Field / Restani / Orchestre Philharmonique De Nice Complete Piano Concertos CD

John Field, inventor of the Nocturne. That is all most people know about this remarkable and influential Irish composer. Born in 1782 in Dublin, he became one of the most celebrated pianist-composers of the early-Romantic age. Admired by his contemporaries Hummel, Moscheles and Kalkbrenner, he also drew praise from Chopin (upon whose music he exerted a huge influence) and Schumann. His seven concertos contain some of his most strikingly original and beautiful ideas. Notable is the central slow nocturne section in the first movement of No.7 (praised by Schumann), and the storm sequence in No.5, complete with gong, bell, tam tam, trombone and a second piano. The Second Concerto remained in the repertoire of the great virtuosi Pachmann, Mark Hambourg, Nikolai Rubinstein and von Bulow. Chopin and Clara Schumann taught it. It remains one of the most influential and effective early-Romantic piano concertos, and the blueprint for Chopin's two concertos.

1. Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Flat Major, H. 27: 1. Allegro 2. Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Flat Major, H. 27: 2. Air ?cossais: Adagio Non Troppo 3. Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Flat Major, H. 27: 3. Rondo Finale: Allegro Vivace 4. Piano Concerto No. 2 in a Flat Major, H. 31: 1. Allegro Moderato 5. Piano Concerto No. 2 in a Flat Major, H. 31: 2. Poco Adagio 6. Piano Concerto No. 2 in a Flat Major, H. 31: 3. Rondo: Moderato Innocente 7. Piano Concerto No. 3 in E Flat Major, H. 32: 1. Allegro Moderato 8. Nocturne No.2, for Piano in C minor, H. 25 9. Piano Concerto No. 3 in E Flat Major, H. 32: 2. Rondo: Tempo Di Polacca 10. Piano Concerto No. 4 in E Flat Major, H. 28: 1. Allegro Moderato 11. Piano Concerto No. 4 in E Flat Major, H. 28: 2. Siciliano: Un Poco Adagio 12. Piano Concerto No. 4 in E Flat Major, H. 28: 3. Rondo: Allegretto 13. Piano Concerto No. 5 in C Major, H. 39: 1. Allegro (Moderato) 14. Piano Concerto No. 5 in C Major, H. 39: 2. Adagio 15. Piano Concerto No. 5 in C Major, H. 39: 3. Rondo: Allegro 16. Piano Concerto No. 6 in C Major, H. 49: 1. Tempo Di Marcia: Allegro Moderato 17. Piano Concerto No. 6 in C Major, H. 49: 2. Larghetto 18. Piano Concerto No. 6 in C Major, H. 49: 3. Rondo: Moderato 19. Piano Concerto No. 7 in C minor, H. 58: 1. Allegro Moderato (Maestoso) - Lento - Tempo 1 20. Piano Concerto No. 7 in C minor, H. 58: 2. Rondo: Allegro Moderato