John Field: Piano Concertos, Nocturnes, Sonatas

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).

Works

• Field: Irish Concerto
• Field: Nocturne in E flat major 'Romance'
• Field: Nocturne No. 8 in A major
• Field: Nocturne No. 1 in E flat major (H.24)
• Field: Nocturne No. 10 in E minor
• Field: Nocturne No. 11 in E flat major (H.56)
• Field: Nocturne No. 12 in G major (H.58)
• Field: Nocturne No. 13 in D minor (H.59)
• Field: Nocturne No. 14 in C major (H.60)
• Field: Nocturne No. 15 in C major (H.61)
• Field: Nocturne No. 16 in F major (H.62)
• Field: Nocturne No. 17 in E major
• Field: Nocturne No. 18 in E major, "Midi" (H.13)
• Field: Nocturne No. 2 in C minor H.25
• Field: Nocturne No. 3 in A flat major (H.26)
• Field: Nocturne No. 4 in A major (H.36)
• Field: Nocturne No. 5 in B flat major (H.37)
• Field: Nocturne No. 6 in F major, 'Cradle Song' (H.40)
• Field: Nocturne No. 7 in C major 'Reverie' (H.45)
• Field: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, H27
• Field: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A flat major, H31
• Field: Piano Concerto No. 3 in E flat major, H32
• Field: Piano Concerto No. 4 in E flat major, H28
• Field: Piano Concerto No. 5 in C major, 'L'incendie par l'orage', H39
• Field: Piano Concerto No. 6 in C major, H49
• Field: Piano Concerto No. 7 in C major, H58
• Field: Sonata in A major Op. 1 No. 2
• Field: Sonata in C minor Op. 1 No. 3
• Field: Sonata in E flat major Op. 1 No. 1

April 2019