Chopin : Nocturnes by Bruno Rigutto

"Bruno Rigutto performed a new recording, matured over time, of Chopin's Nocturnes, 40 years after his first complete recording of these pieces. His long-time attendance and his poetic approach to this corpus make this new album an exciting object. This second complete recording is enriched with the sheen that only time and long-lasting imagination can give to the performance.

For the French pianist, playing Chopin's music has a mysterious aura. The performer's sensitivity has to resonate with the composer's affects. The alchemy is complete, the interpreter drawing from within himself the atmospheres to create subtle nuances and phrasings. Finally, the album is the mirror of the inner life of Chopin since it follows the chronological order of composition of the Nocturnes. So this is the soundtrack to Chopin’s life that we are following as we listen.

The listener discovers or rediscovers Bruno Rigutto under the nocturnal rays of romanticism, which are infused with the works of one of the most endearing composers and pianists."

"Quarante ans ! C’est le temps qui sépare le premier enregistrement par Bruno Rigutto des Nocturnes de Chopin (EMI) de cette nouvelle interprétation gravée au disque, longuement mûrie. Le pianiste français a fréquenté ce corpus toute une vie durant, conférant à ce nouvel enregistrement un caractère fascinant, et une patine que seul le temps du travail intérieur de l’imagination peut offrir.

Pour Bruno Rigutto, jouer la musique de Chopin tient du mystère sympathique des résonances entre la sensibilité de l’interprète et les affects à fleur de partition du compositeur. L’alchimie est complète, l’interprète puisant en lui les atmosphères au moyen de choix inspirés et de dosages subtils des nuances et des phrasés. Enfin, tous deux se confondent puisque le programme suit ici l’ordre chronologique de composition des Nocturnes, faisant défiler le film sonore de la vie intérieure de Chopin.

L’auditeur découvre ou redécouvre Bruno Rigutto sous les rayons nocturnes du romantisme qu’irradient les œuvres de l’un des compositeurs-pianistes les plus attachants."

Tracklist

1.	Nocturne in E minor, op.72 (posthumous)	3:43
2.	Nocturne in C sharp minor, op. posthumous	3:52
3.	Nocturne in B flat minor, op.9 no.1	5:57
4.	Nocturne in E flat major, op.9 no.2	4:01
5.	Nocturne in B major, op.9 no.3	6:12
6.	Nocturne in F major, op.15 no.1	4:01
7.	Nocturne in F sharp major, op.15 no.2	3:20
8.	Nocturne in G minor, op.15 no.3	4:54
9.	Nocturne in C sharp minor, op.27 no.1	5:07
10.	Nocturne in D flat major, op.27 no.2	5:48
11.	Nocturne in B major, op.32 no.1	4:28
12.	Nocturne in A flat major, op.32 no.2	4:37
13.	Nocturne in C minor, op. posthumous	3:05
14.	Nocturne in G minor, op.37 no.1	5:53
15.	Nocturne in G major, op.37 no.2	4:51
16.	Nocturne in C minor, op.48 no.1	6:13
17.	Nocturne in F sharp minor, op.48 no.2	7:23
18.	Nocturne in F minor, op.55 no.1	4:50
19.	Nocturne in E flat major, op.55 no.2	4:22
20.	Nocturne in B major, op.62 no.1	6:27
21.	Nocturne in E major, op.62 no.2	5:26

Credits

released September 27, 2019

Frédéric Chopin
Bruno Rigutto: piano

AP220

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