ExclusiveChopin: Nocturne in F sharp minor, Op. 48 no. 2

【Classical music and nature 古典音樂小站】Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in F sharp minor, Op. 48 no. 2. This beautiful piece was played by Luke Faulkner. It has common licence (Public Domain Mark 1.0 Universal), and is provided through musopen.org.

The Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48, No. 1, becomes 'poco più lento' at bar 25, entering its middle section — a chorale in C major. Later, at measure 49, it moves to a technically demanding Doppio Movimento Agitato, featuring fortissimo octave passages and double octave arpeggios. The piece ends with a reprise of the initial melody accompanied by extremely fast chords. The piece is 77 measures long in total.

It is one of Chopin's most well-known nocturnes and has been categorised as one of his greatest emotional achievements. Theodor Kullak said of the piece: 'The design and poetic content of this nocturne make it the most important one that Chopin created; the main theme is a masterful expression of profound grief.' Jan Kleczyński Sr. describes the nocturne as 'broad and most imposing, with its powerful intermediate movement — a radical departure from the traditional nocturne style'.

The video was captured by Christian Schlegel in Kiental, Switzerland and edited by Wenjing Ma.


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