David Dubal feels that the pieces are "more aptly described as ballades in miniature". Blair Johnson states that these two nocturnes are "two of the most powerful—and famous—nocturnes [Chopin] has ever penned" and that these nocturnes are "virtually unrecognizable" to those of John Field.

Date of composition 1836
First published 1837
Dedicated to Countess d'Appony
Type Nocturne
Tonality C-sharp Minor
Catalogue Op. 27
Instruments Piano
Links
Autotranslations beta Frédéric Chopin: Nocturnes for Piano n°1 en do dièse mineur, Op. 27
Fryderyk Chopin: Nocturnes for Piano n. 1 in do diesis minore, Op. 27
Frédéric Chopin: Nocturnes for Piano Nr. 1 cis-moll, Op. 27