One of two pieces in Chopin's Opus 48 collection, the Nocturne in C minor, No. 13, is seen as one of the composer's greatest emotional achievements. Mournful, stately, and beautiful - in just over six ...

Nocturnes, Movements: No. 13 in C minor, Op. 48/1 Vesselin Stanev, Piano Fryderyk Chopin, Composer Nocturnes, Movements: No. 14 in F sharp minor, Op. 48/2 Vesselin ...

On the third instalment of his Chopin series, Louis Lortie precedes what is a strikingly powerful account of the Third Sonata with a series of nocturnes and impromptus. He has taken particular care ...

Though not the most imaginative take on the 21 nocturnes, the French pianist captures Chopin’s music as it was conceived on a superb-sounding 1836 Pleyel Chopin composed 21 nocturnes, 18 of which were ...

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 ...

The recording can be found on Hicks new album of the Complete Chopin Nocturnes Today's Video of the day is a performance of Chopin's 'Nocture No.13 in C minor' by Tom Hicks. His recording of the ...

The meanings behind the Nocturne in C-sharp Minor. Editor’s note: Madeleine Kearns writes a weekly column noting peculiar aspects of cultural, artistic, and natural marvels. It might seem hyperbolic ...

In this extract from a 1980 Sony recording, Polish-Jewish pianist and classical composer Wladyslaw Szpilman plays Chopin's Nocturne in C Sharp Minor. Chopin's heart, preserved in alcohol for more than ...

I remember where I was, what I was eating and what I was reading the first time I heard Chopin’s Nocturne in C Minor, Op 48 No. 1. It was the early 1990s. Simply Red, Kylie and PM Dawn dominated the ...