Five Days in London

May 1, 2010

Nocturnes (2)

Filed under: Music — Fernando Almeida e Costa @ 4:42 am

For those born in the 60′s or 70′s, chances are that Chopin has had a bad press. Too popular, too melodious, everything but the acknowledgement of Chopin’s marvellous complexity. Time, that mighty sculptor, has now perhaps corrected that unfortunate, ill-formed perception. Or has it? Here is a good test:

Chopin, Nocturne Op.9, N.2, by Arthur Rubinstein

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