July 6,2005
John Field
書上都說蕭邦夜曲的曲式源自於早他約三十年的 John Field. 喜歡蕭邦, 怎可不聽聽 John Field 的夜曲.
在 amazon 上找他的夜曲, 錄音少得可憐. 或者應該說, 聽過 John Field 的人本來就不多. 其實, 他的夜曲還挺好聽的. 一張 CD 剛好塞得下. 滿滿一整張柔美的音樂, 適合夜晚聆聽.
我要推薦的版本, amazon 上面找不到. allmusic guide 上也找不到貼圖和演奏者資料. 國內有雙木林代理 , Columns classics, 由名不見經傳的 Bart van Oort 演奏修復完好的 1823 broadwood 古鋼琴. 這張錄音好極,古鋼琴雖然因為機械結構, 表情不若現代鋼琴多彩, 但好的古鋼琴, 當如這張表現, 木頭味的質感, 立體如圓弧的顆粒感, 一點也不少. 只是不如現代鋼琴般明亮, 但溫潤如古玉, 另是一番趣味.
無奈找不到這張的試聽, 上面這段試聽放的是別人家的版本.
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John Field (July 26, 1782 – January 23, 1837) was an Irish composer and pianist. He is best known for being the first composer to write nocturnes.
Biography
Born in Dublin, Field first studied the piano under his father, who was a violinist, and later under Tommaso Giordani. He later went to London where he studied under Muzio Clementi. He toured Europe both to demonstrate the pianos that Clementi made and as a concert pianist before settling in Saint Petersburg in Russia where he was a popular performer and teacher. He died in Moscow.
Music
Field is best remembered as the first composer to write nocturnes, single movement pieces for piano which were not in a fixed form (as the minuet or fugue are) and which maintained a single mood throughout. These pieces greatly influenced Frederic Chopin, who went on to write 21 nocturnes himself. Inasmuch as Field's nocturnes were the first single-movement piano character pieces, they can be seen as important forerunners of many other Romantic composers' works, among them Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt and Edvard Grieg.
Field wrote seven piano concertos.
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat, H. 27 (1799)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A flat, H. 31 (1811)
Piano Concerto No. 3 in E flat, H. 32 (1811)
Piano Concerto No. 4 in E flat, H. 28 (1814, revised 1819)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in C, H. 39 (1817), l'Incendie par l'Orage
Piano Concerto No. 6 in C, H. 49 (1819, revised 1820)
Piano Concerto No. 7 in C minor, H. 58 (1822, revised 1822-32)
Among his solo piano compositions, Field composed 16 nocturnes, four piano sonatas (the first three published together as his Op. 1), as well as fantasias, etudes, rondos, and sets of variations.
An article on Field originally published in The Etude, 1915
A biography by Charles K. Moss and list of Field's works
Biography
Born in Dublin, Field first studied the piano under his father, who was a violinist, and later under Tommaso Giordani. He later went to London where he studied under Muzio Clementi. He toured Europe both to demonstrate the pianos that Clementi made and as a concert pianist before settling in Saint Petersburg in Russia where he was a popular performer and teacher. He died in Moscow.
Music
Field is best remembered as the first composer to write nocturnes, single movement pieces for piano which were not in a fixed form (as the minuet or fugue are) and which maintained a single mood throughout. These pieces greatly influenced Frederic Chopin, who went on to write 21 nocturnes himself. Inasmuch as Field's nocturnes were the first single-movement piano character pieces, they can be seen as important forerunners of many other Romantic composers' works, among them Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt and Edvard Grieg.
Field wrote seven piano concertos.
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat, H. 27 (1799)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A flat, H. 31 (1811)
Piano Concerto No. 3 in E flat, H. 32 (1811)
Piano Concerto No. 4 in E flat, H. 28 (1814, revised 1819)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in C, H. 39 (1817), l'Incendie par l'Orage
Piano Concerto No. 6 in C, H. 49 (1819, revised 1820)
Piano Concerto No. 7 in C minor, H. 58 (1822, revised 1822-32)
Among his solo piano compositions, Field composed 16 nocturnes, four piano sonatas (the first three published together as his Op. 1), as well as fantasias, etudes, rondos, and sets of variations.
An article on Field originally published in The Etude, 1915
A biography by Charles K. Moss and list of Field's works
Posted by cuty
at July 6,2005 11:27
還蠻好聽的，可是都只有一點點>"< 不過癮..
(會用過癮來形容古典躍的淺可. 噗)
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Posted by cuty
at July 6,2005 11:39
這段英文的簡介, 有一段說 John Field 到歐洲去展示 Clementi 的鋼琴. 這句話其實隱隱的挑起了當時英國鋼琴跟維也納鋼琴競爭發展的歷史. 在當時兩大派製琴技術可是鬥得很厲害. 那時大約是 1800 年吧.
如果讀到海頓的傳記, 大概也會讀到海頓的鍵盤作品, 大約也分大鍵琴, 古鋼琴等幾大區塊. 以及他晚年去了趟倫敦, 後來的作品起了不小的變化. 大抵是見識了當代新戰馬的威力.
如果讀到海頓的傳記, 大概也會讀到海頓的鍵盤作品, 大約也分大鍵琴, 古鋼琴等幾大區塊. 以及他晚年去了趟倫敦, 後來的作品起了不小的變化. 大抵是見識了當代新戰馬的威力.
Posted by 大羅
at July 6,2005 20:33
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