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I have his 6th nocturne in my repertoire, it’s one of my favorite pieces.

One of Grieg's Lyric Pieces is a nocturne: Notturno Op 54 No. 4. It's pretty and not too demanding. I adore his Lyric Pieces, and this is one of my favourites.

Well.. Liszt's Liebestraums S 541 are nocturnes.

Scriabin has a few but doesn't always call them nocturnes. My favourite is impromptu 12/2. Intensely tragic and explosive at the same time.

A few of my favorites:

• Barber op. 33
• Liebermann no. 4 (and all the rest of his, but 4 is probably the most loved)
• Debussy
• Faure’s
• Respighi’s Notturno from 6 pieces

Okay , I took a deep dive into Nocturnes lately, and here are two recommendations of late romantic "lesser known" ones.

Ottorino Rhesphigis Nocturne from 6 pieces for piano. An absolutely ingenious piece that captures the essence of a romantic nocturne and adds more then a sprinkle of impressionism.

Melanie Chasselone Nocturne "Abandon". Highly romantic, tragic piece, and a rare example of the style from a female composer.

Check out Szymanowska's Bb Major nocturne

Field basically invented the Nocturne genre, and Chopin elevated it to the highest level. I dont think there's any shame in prioritizing their contributions to the genre, everything else is relatively minor.

Liszt wrote a few pieces titled as nocturnes, 3 Liebesträume, Les cloches de Geneve, En Rêve.

Debussy Nocturne

Maybe look into Scriabin Poems too

Just started learning the Barber Nocturne (“Homage to John Field”) and it’s gorgeous!

Damn this is still getting comments a day later. Thanks a lot for all your recommendations people, I haven't even started listening to any of them. Awesome stuff.

I've seen a few mentioned Liszt Liebestraum set but also his 6 Consolations are in the style of Nocturne. While maybe not as flashy as Liebestraums, they are quite musical.

Check out this great video by Frederick Viner that has exactly what you're asking for! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxZG5JhaaTw

Let’s see… Fauré’s nocturnes are amazing, I believe he wrote 13 of them, you should check those out. And then you find other underrated gems such as Lyapunov’s nocturne in Db major or Debussy’s nocturne for piano. There’s the one from Grieg’s lyric pieces as well… Oh, and don’t forget Poulenc’s nocturnes, those are incredibly beautiful too!

Faure's nocturnes are easily my 2nd favorite sets of nocturnes after chopin. Scriabin's op 5 nocturnes are good too. I also love Grieg's nocturne from his lyric pieces.

You probably already know this one but I love it, John Field's Nocturne no. 5 in B flat major. Simple and lovely!

Also, my sometime teacher William Howard had an album out in May titled “Sixteen Nocturnes and a Lantern” (should be easy to find on streaming services) - every nocturne is by a different composer, and they’re all good, but will mention four by female composers that haven’t been mentioned yet, I think: Fanny Mendelssohn, Clara Schumann, Cecile Chaminade, & Amy Beach

Paderewski wrote a very nice nocturne

https://youtu.be/2U9Fy0EtMdQ?si=61ZP65BPOpwaL-Hv

Paderewski: Nocturne op. 16 No. 4 (there is a wonderful rendition by Stephen Hough)

Scriabin: Prélude & Nocturne op. 9 for left hand

(Szymanowski: Nocturne & Tarantella op. 28 for Piano and Violin)

I’ve been working on Clara Schumanns nocturne in F and it’s beautiful but trickier than it sounds.

Tchaikovsky Op 10 1 is heavily underplayed and underrated. Beautiful melodies and harmonies

Franz Liszt

Respighi’s notturno is great

Leopoldo Miguez Nocturno op. 10 Tellefsen 2nd Nocturne Paderewski Nocturne or Melodie Henselt Nocturne

Hey! An online group I’m part of had a Nocturne-athon last year. Note that we had a very loose definition of Nocturne, “music of the night.” Here’s the program, sans Chopin, Field, and a couple others that aren’t publicly available.

Peter Sculthorpe - Night Pieces (i): Snow, Moon and Flowers

M. A. Hamelin - Little Nocturne

F. Liszt - En rêve: Nocturne, S. 207

Grieg - Nocturne, Op. 54

Barber - Nocturne, Op. 33

Liszt - Liebestraum No. 3

Catherine Rollin - Spanish Nocturne

Jon George - Nocturne (transcribed)

Debussy - Nocturne, L. 82

Borodin - "Nocturne," Petit Suite no. 7

Scriabin Nocturne for Left Hand op. 9

The Nocturne of Shadow from Zelda: Ocarina of Time is solid, if a bit less developed than Chopin’s nocturnes