Chopin’s Nocturne No. 7, in C-sharp minor, begins with a low, ashen sound: a prowling arpeggio in the left hand, consisting only of C-sharps and G-sharps. It’s a hollowed-out harmony, in limbo between ...
It's Irish pianist John O'Conor, recorded in our own Studio 4A. He's brought along the Nocturne No. 6 by John Field, the composer whose music inspired Frederic Chopin to write nocturnes of even more ...