All this week on Classic Drive, Lorcan will feature music from 'John Field: Complete Nocturnes' by Alice Sara Ott.
Profound musicianship, dazzling technical brilliance and emotional honesty have helped Alice Sara Ott establish her place among the world's leading classical performers. On her new album "John Field: Complete Nocturnes", Alice dedicates herself to the compositions of John Field: "Engaging with these Nocturnes was a deeply rewarding experience. Their beauty and grace affected me profoundly and enriched my life while I was preparing for this recording".
Highly praised by his contemporaries (Chopin, Liszt, Schumann), John Field's Nocturnes are largely unknown today. "I hope that this complete recording of the Nocturnes – the first to find a place for itself in the Deutsche Grammophon catalogue – may perhaps inspire the occasional listener to discover Field’s music for themselves. Here, after all, is the man who bequeathed the Nocturne to posterity".
Tracklist
- Nocturne No. 1 in E-Flat Major
- Nocturne No. 2 in C Minor
- Nocturne No. 3 in A-Flat Major
- Nocturne No. 4 in A Major
- Nocturne No. 5 in B-Flat Major
- Nocturne No. 6 in F Major 'Cradle Song'
- Nocturne No. 7 in A Major
- Nocturne No. 8 in E-Flat Major
- Nocturne No. 9 in E Minor
- Nocturne No. 10 in E Major 'Nocturne Pastorale'
- Nocturne No. 11 E-Flat Major
- Nocturne No. 12 in E Major 'Nocturne Caractéristique: Noontide'
- Nocturne No. 13 in C Major 'Reverie-Nocturne'
- Nocturne No. 14 in G Major
- Nocturne No. 15 in D Minor 'Song Without Words'
- Nocturne No. 16 in C Major
- Nocturne No. 17 in C Major
- Nocturne No. 18 in F Major