COMPOSERS: Field
LABELS: Naxos
WORKS: Nocturne No. 10; Nocturne No. 11; Nocturne No. 12; Nocturne No. 13; Nocturne No. 14; Nocturne No. 15; Nocturne No. 16; Nocturne No. 17; Nocturne No. 18; Sonata in C minor, Op. 1/3
PERFORMER: Benjamin Frith (piano)
CATALOGUE NO: 8.550762
Attractive enough if insipid music, very attractively played by a distinguished pianist who has better things to do – like playing Beethoven (witness his account of the Diabelli Variations on ASV), or Mendelssohn (the complete piano music, also on Naxos). Jeremy Siepmann
Field: Nocturne No. 10; Nocturne No. 11; Nocturne No. 12; Nocturne No. 13; Nocturne No. 14; Nocturne No. 15; Nocturne No. 16; Nocturne No. 17; Nocturne No. 18; Sonata in C minor, Op. 1/3
Attractive enough if insipid music, very attractively played by a distinguished pianist who has better things to do – like playing Beethoven (witness his account of the Diabelli Variations on ASV), or Mendelssohn (the complete piano music, also on Naxos). Jeremy Siepmann
Our rating
3
Published: January 20, 2012 at 1:23 pm