Chopin Nocturne 55.1 (remastered)
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Continuing with the work of remastering all my existing home recordings, here\\u2019s a Chopin nocturne I posted almost exactly one year ago. It is a subtle, spare thing, and its spareness makes it much more difficult than it sounds. Listening to this recording again, I think I could play it better now; perhaps I\\u2019ll record it again in the future. A really fine piece of music is a lifelong exploration, so I\\u2019m certainly not opposed to posting new versions of pieces I\\u2019ve already recorded! Still, this recording is decent \\u2014 the idea of the music certainly comes across, and the new sound really helps.
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\\nNocturne Op 55 No 1 (in F minor)\\n
\\nPaul Cantrell,\\npiano\\n
\\n\\u266b\\nDownload\\n(6:05 / 7.4 M)\\n
My favorite moment of many favorites in the piece: the magical chromatic spiral toward the end (it begins at 4:25 in this recording). It was a delight picking that apart one note at a time, figuring out how Chopin put it together \\u2014 then feeling it sinking comfortably into muscle memory, the ears and the fingers an organic living whole. I marvel at Chopin, and playing his music is humbling \\u2014 but the wonderful thing about being a musician is that I get to make it my own all the same. (If any of you out there let out a longing sigh as you read that: it\\u2019s never too late to start (or restart) piano lessons!)
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