I totally agree with some other opinions here: This playing is really a very beautiful and coloured version. To me, Plowright has felt the right tempo and intention of this wonderful nocturne. Most of the published recordings seem too fast to me, so this one here is quite good.
It was Jonathan who introduced me to this piece when he played it as an encore at a recital he gave in Cambridge recently. I asked him what it was and where I could get the score and am now working on it ... As others have said, J plays it with great beauty and control; one has the sense that he is truly feeling the music rather than performing it (as Hough does, though admittedly he was a mere boy in 1988!), and its stylistic affinity to Grieg is strongly audible here - though even Grieg wrote nothing more beguiling than this. Fabulous. Thanks for posting.
I had the pleasure of attending a concert by this marvellous pianist last night, and he played this very pretty nocturne as an encore
I totally agree with some other opinions here: This playing is really a very beautiful and coloured version. To me, Plowright has felt the right tempo and intention of this wonderful nocturne. Most of the published recordings seem too fast to me, so this one here is quite good.
It was Jonathan who introduced me to this piece when he played it as an encore at a recital he gave in Cambridge recently. I asked him what it was and where I could get the score and am now working on it ... As others have said, J plays it with great beauty and control; one has the sense that he is truly feeling the music rather than performing it (as Hough does, though admittedly he was a mere boy in 1988!), and its stylistic affinity to Grieg is strongly audible here - though even Grieg wrote nothing more beguiling than this. Fabulous. Thanks for posting.
A gorgeous piece, at whatever speed, I think!
Just wonderful controlled playing. Great tone.
to play with this beauty at such a slow speed (4:32 compared with say Hough at 3:54) takes a lot of control and skill
sehr sehr schön, weil es langsam gespielt wird.
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