Frédéric Chopin: The Complete Nocturnes (Remastered) Gergely Boganyi

• Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849): Trois Nocturnes Opus 9:
• 1 Trois Nocturnes Opus 9 (1830/31) - Bb minor 06:15
• 2 Trois Nocturnes Opus 9 (1830/31) - EB major 04:46
• 3 Trois Nocturnes Opus 9 (1830/31) - B major 07:03
• Trois Nocutrunes Opus 15:
• 4 Trois Nocutrunes Opus 15 (1830/31) - F major 04:48
• 5 Trois Nocutrunes Opus 15 (1830/31) - F# major 03:47
• 6 Trois Nocutrunes Opus 15 (1830/31) - G minor 04:28
• Deux Nocturnes Opus 27:
• 7 Deux Nocturnes Opus 27 (1835) - C# minor 05:28
• 8 Deux Nocturnes Opus 27 (1835) - Db major 05:53
• Deux Nocturnes Opus 32:
• 9 Deux Nocturnes Opus 32 (1836/37) - B major 04:50
• 10 Deux Nocturnes Opus 32 (1836/37) - Db major 05:28
• Deux Nocturnes Opus 37:
• 11 Deux Nocturnes Opus 37 (1838) - G minor 06:24
• 12 Deux Nocturnes Opus 37 (1838) - G major 06:37
• Deux Nocturnes Opus 48:
• 13 Deux Nocturnes Opus 48 (1841) - C minor 05:44
• 14 Deux Nocturnes Opus 48 (1841) - C F# minor 06:26
• Deux Nocturnes Opus 55:
• 15 Deux Nocturnes Opus 55 (1843) - F minor 04:15
• 16 Deux Nocturnes Opus 55 (1843) - Eb major 05:01
• Deux Nocturnes Opus 62:
• 17 Deux Nocturnes Opus 62 (1845/46) - B major 06:57
• 18 Deux Nocturnes Opus 62 (1845/46) - E major 05:11
• Nocturne Opus posth. 72
• 19 Nocturne Opus posth. 72 (1827) - Nr. 1 E minor (#19) 04:32
• Nocturne Opus posth:
• 20 Nocturne Opus posth. (1837) - KK Ivb Nr. 8 C minor (#21) 03:06
• 21 Nocturne Opus posth. (1830) - KK Iva Nr. 16 C# minor (#20) 04:59
• Total Runtime 01:51:58

Info for Frédéric Chopin: The Complete Nocturnes (Remastered)

Gergely Bogányi was so affected by the piano-recordings from Northeim, that he decided spontaneously to play a selection of his Chopin repertoire for Stockfisch-Records. Günter Pauler were quick off the mark and prepared the microphones. During two (night)sessions Gergely Bogányi recorded all of the 21 Nocturnes by Frédéric Chopin - an amazing performance of concentration and musicianship! Gergely Bogányi’s piano playing is really fascinating, because he becomes one with Chopin’s genius.

Gergely Boganyi is regarded as one of the most exceptional pianists of our time. He was born in 1974 in Vac, Hungary and began playing piano at the age of four. He has been successful in several national and international competitions. In 1996 he won one of the most distinguished competitions in the world, the International Franz Liszt Competition in Budapest.

He has been a constant guest in recitals in the best halls in Europe and worldwide, and has been invited to perform as soloist by the leading orchestras. Gergely Boganyi has been appointed a Citizen of Honour in his native town Vac at the exceptionally young age of 22. In 2000 he was awarded the Liszt Prize by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, in 2002 the Cross of Merit of the White Rose of Finland by the President of the Finnish Republic, and in 2004 he received the highest artistic award of Hungary, the Kossuth Prize.

Gergely Boganyi, piano

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Gergely Bogányi
was born in Vác, Hungary, and began playing the piano at the age of four. He was awarded his first music prize at the age of six, and three years later, at nine, he won first prize at the National Piano Competition in Nyíregyháza, Hungary.

He studied at the Sibelius Academy in Finland, at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest and at the University Academy of Music in Bloomington, USA. Among his most important teachers were Zsuzsa Esztó, László Baranyai, Matti Raekallio and György Sebök. He attended master classes with Dmitry Bashkirov, András Schiff, Annie Fischer, Murray Perahia and Ferenc Rados.

The artist has been awarded prizes at numerous international piano competitions, such as the International Piano Competition in the former Czechoslovakia, the International Piano Competition in Epinal, France, the International Piano Competition in Ettlingen, Germany and the "Helmi-Vesa Piano Competition" of the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. Bogányi has won First Prizes at the Chopin Piano Competition of the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, the Mozart Piano Competition in Hungary and the International Piano Competition in Indianapolis, USA. He also won First Prize at the International Liszt Competition in Budapest in autumn 1996.

As a soloist he performs regularly in Belgium, Germany, Austria, France, Spain, Sweden, Finland, Latvia, Estonia and in Italy. Many of his concerts have been recorded by radio and television stations. In Hungary he has performed with all the major orchestras, in Finland with the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra and the Helsinki Radio Symphony Orchestra and in Holland with the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra.

Gergely Bogányi has recorded several CDs. In recent years he has recorded all of Franz Liszt's sonatas for piano and violin with the Hungarian violinist Barnabás Kelemen and produced several recordings of works by Frédéric Chopin (including the Mazurkas and the 12 Etudes, op. 25), Franz Liszt and Sergei Rachmaninoff.

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