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John Field invented the nocturne, so you can check those out if you want them in their simplest, most basic form, but I don't know which recording specifically.
But I recommend
>Fauré
13 Nocturnes by Germaine Thyssens-Valentin, try to find the remastered 2002 version (Romantic, Proto-Impressionism)
>Debussy
Orchestral Nocturnes by Pierre Boulez (Impressionism)
>Satie
5 Nocturnes (weirder, stripped-down Impressionism)
>Scriabin
There are several scattered around, but Boris Bekhterev for Opus 5 and 9 is good, and Sviatoslav Richter for the more modern Poeme-Nocturne.
>Poulenc
8 Nocturnes by Pascal Rogé (Impressionism, Neoclassical)
>Sorabji
Gulitsan by Charles Hopkins,
Le jardin parfumé by Yonty Solomon (Modern, Post-Impressionism).
>Vangelis
Nocturne: The Piano Album if you want something more contemporary and New Age.