Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) wrote his piano Nocturne Op. 27, No. 2 in D flat Major in 1835, while living in Paris, away from his native Poland.
This Nocturne is a second of the pair of nocturnes op. 27 that was first published in Leipzig in May of 1836 by Breitkopf & Härtel.
This work, Op. 27, was first time that the composer linked his nocturnes as a pair, since earlier he had a custom of publishing nocturnes in sets of triplets. Perhaps the reason for this change could be simply the enharmonic relationship between the two nocturnes, or their contrasting characters.
The work is dedicated to the Countess Thérèse d’Apponyi, the Austrian Ambassadress in Paris, who happened to be one of Chopin’s students at that time. The Nocturne Op. 27, No. 2 is a paradigm of the Chopin’s style, while simultaneously the poetic quality of this work makes it the quintessence of an early Romantic era.
Here is Evgeny Kissin to play this work for your enjoyment:
