John Field was an Irish composer, contemporary with Beethoven, whose music embraces the Romantic aesthetic which was emerging in all the arts of the time. Field wrote a large number of compositions, among them being 27 nocturnes (including Number 5) which ably demonstrate the delicacy of his compositional technique. Nocturne No. 5 is a beautiful, restful work which can provide an excellent contrast to more technically oriented works to help demonstrate the full range of expression which the flut...