The Guardian

Chopin: Complete Nocturnes review – powerful period piano is something special

Though not the most imaginative take on the 21 nocturnes, the French pianist captures Chopin’s music as it was conceived on a superb-sounding 1836 Pleyel Chopin composed 21 nocturnes, 18 of which were ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

1000 Years of Classical Music: Chopin Nocturnes

In Paris, far from his Polish homeland, Chopin gave his soul to the piano, creating for it music of unearthly beauty. Into the Nocturnes, he poured the greatest brightness of his genius. Chopin was ...
The Baltimore Sun

Pires plays prettily but without imagination Nocturnes: There is no sense of drama in the pianist’s graceful interpretations of the Chopin compositions,

Chopin, the Nocturnes, performed by pianist Maria Joao Pires (Deutsche Grammophon 447096): Those who buy Maria Joao Pires’ extravagantly praised new set of Chopin’s 21 Nocturnes may be disappointed.
Gramophone

Reimagining the Nocturnes: Tom Hicks on Chopin, Authenticity and Creative Freedom

There was something about the slower pace of life during pandemic-era lockdowns that invited me to explore the introspective and generally calming world of nocturnes. I enjoyed sight-reading through ...