Release Date: 11 August 2017
Label: MDG
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 760623184920
Genres: Classical Solo Instrumental
Description
Simple melodies appealingly and tenderly hover over richly figured harmonies and seem to drift out into infinity. John Field is the author of these magical nocturnes, and one generation
before the much more famous Pole (Chopin) he combined
strongly expressive romanticism with an extraordinary
keyboard intuition.
Stefan Irmer performs on volume 1 of the complete nocturnes of John Field.
Field never viewed his works as finished; every time he
performed them he added something new to them – inspired by the circumstances, the public, and the atmosphere of the moment. For this reason, some of his nocturnes have been transmitted in significantly different versions.
Stefan Irmer rises to this challenging piano adventure: employing musical means from our times, he continues Field's music, adding his own ideas to it. Influences from jazz and tango are also in evidence.
Tracklisting
Andrzej Szadejko, Agnieszka Budzinska-Bennett, Cracow Singers
Lea Suter
Wolfgang Sawallisch, Leopolder-Quartett, Munchner Klaviertrio
Various Artists
Holger Falk, Steffen Schleiermacher
Leipzig String Quartet
Chimaera Trio
Consort of Musicke, Emma Kirkby, Anthony Rooley
Stefan Irmer
Stefan Irmer
Stefan Irmer
