Nocturnes-Time and again Chopin succeeded in giving different Piano music genres their own individual characters whether etudes preludes waltzes scherzi or Nocturnes. The Irishman John Field had alreadycomposed over 20 nocturnes which presumably greatly influenced Chopin. The latter continued to develop the light song-like Piano writing and created works whose dreamy longing atmosphere came to embodyChopin???s music. Our volume contains the works that were published during Chopin???s lifetime as well as ones which were only published posthumously including the famous Lento con gran espressione in c sharpminor in two authentic versions.