Frith: John Field – Piano Concertos, Nocturnes, Sonatas (FLAC)

Composer: John Field
Performer: Benjamin Frith
Orchestra: Northern Sinfonia
Conductor: David Haslam
Number of Discs: 6
Format: FLAC (image+cue)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8506033
Release: 2019
Size: 1.18 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes

CD 01
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, H. 27
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Air ecossais “Within a Mile of Edinburgh Town”. Adagio non troppo
03. III. Finale. Allegro vivace

Piano Concerto No. 3 in E-Flat Major, H. 32
04. I. Allegro moderato
05. III. Rondo. Tempo di polacca

CD 02
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A-Flat Major, H. 31
01. I. Allegro moderato
02. II. Poco adagio
03. III. Rondo. Moderato innocente

Piano Concerto No. 4 in E-Flat Major, H. 28
04. I. Allegro moderato
05. II. Siciliano. Poco adagio
06. III. Rondo. Allegretto

CD 03
Piano Concerto No. 5 in C Major, H. 39 “L’incendie par l’orage”
01. I. Allegro moderato
02. II. Adagio
03. III. Rondo. Allegro

Piano Concerto No. 6 in C Major, H. 49A
04. I. Allegro moderato
05. II. Larghetto
06. III. Rondo. Moderato

CD 04
Piano Concerto No. 7 in C Minor, H. 58a
01. I. Allegro moderato
02. II. Rondo. Allegro moderato

Piano Concerto No. 2 in A-Flat Major, H. 31 (Hans Priegnitz)
03. I. Allegro moderato (Arr. H. Priegnitz as Irish Concerto)

Piano Sonata No. 4 in B Major, H. 17A
04. I. Moderato
05. II. Rondo. Moderato

CD 05
01. Nocturne No. 1 in E-Flat Major, H. 24
02. Nocturne No. 2 in C Minor, H. 25
03. Nocturne No. 3 in A-Flat Major, H. 26
04. Nocturne No. 4 in A Major, H. 36
05. Nocturne No. 5 in B-Flat Major, H. 37A

Piano Sonata No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 1 No. 1, H. 8A
06. I. Allegro moderato
07. II. Rondo. Allegro

08. Nocturne No. 6 in F Major, H. 40A
09. Nocturne No. 7 in C Major, H. 45A
10. Nocturne No. 8 in A Major, H. 14E

Piano Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 1 No. 2, H. 8A
11. I. Allegro vivace
12. II. Allegro vivace

13. Nocturne No. 9 in E-Flat Major, H. 30

CD 06
01. Nocturne No. 10 in E Minor, H. 46B
02. Nocturne No. 11 in E-Flat Major, H. 56A
03. Nocturne No. 12 in G Major, H. 58D
04. Nocturne No. 13 in D Minor, H. 59A
05. Nocturne No. 14 in C Major, H. 60A

Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 1 No. 3, H. 8A
06. I. Non troppo allegro, ma con fuoco e con espressione
07. II. Rondo. Allegretto scherzando

08. Nocturne No. 15 in C Major, H. 61A
09. Nocturne No. 16 in F Major, H. 62
10. Nocturne No. 17 in E Major, H. 54A
11. Nocturne No. 18 in E Major, H. 13R “Le midi”

Irish by birth, John Field gained an international reputation as one of the finest pianists of his time, with an influential delicacy and nuance in his playing that is expressed in his innovative and poetically lyrical Nocturnes. Field’s earlier Sonatas are more classical in feel, but their sense of flow and dramatic narrative exhibit qualities that are developed and given added virtuoso panache in his fine Piano Concertos, works admired by Liszt, Chopin and Schumann. ‘Benjamin Frith has done a stellar job in bringing these concertos into the sunlight, brilliantly supported by the Northern Sinfonia under David Haslam’ (Pianist magazine).