Cortot, Alfred


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Buy Now	Frédéric Chopin: Piano Works (more) »rank: 61097 from: Angel Records	Buy Now	Chopin: Preludes, Impromtus, Barcarolle & Berceuse - Alfred Cortot (more) »rank: 139420 from: EMI Classics
Buy Now	Alfred Cortot Plays Chopin, Liszt, Ravel, Schumann - Great Pianists of the 20th Century (more) »rank: 187348 from: Philips	Buy Now	Alfred Cortot Plays Weber & Mendelssohn (more) »rank: 112669 from: Biddulph Records
Buy Now	Schumann: Piano Concerto in Am Op54; Chopin: Concerto for piano in Fm (more) »rank: 246322 from: Naxos : :This disc is a prime example of why we listen to historical recordings. The performances are unlike anything we can hear today. Cortot, famous for his poetic, searching interpretations of Chopin and Schumann, gives singular performances of both works. He uses a rhetorical approach with a degree of rhythmic freedom that raises eyebrows today, but his alterations of basic pulse are always done to bring out points in the music. His sensitivity and color come across in the excellent sonic restoration by Mark Obert-Thorn, which sounds more like good mid-1950s mono than the actual 1934-'35 recording dates. Although Cortot was sometimes ...	Buy Now	Schumann: Kinderszenen; Carnaval; Kreisleriana (more) »rank: 330926 from: Magic Talent : :This disc is a prime example of why we listen to historical recordings. The performances are unlike anything we can hear today. Cortot, famous for his poetic, searching interpretations of Chopin and Schumann, gives singular performances of both works. He uses a rhetorical approach with a degree of rhythmic freedom that raises eyebrows today, but his alterations of basic pulse are always done to bring out points in the music. His sensitivity and color come across in the excellent sonic restoration by Mark Obert-Thorn, which sounds more like good mid-1950s mono than the actual 1934-'35 recording dates. Although Cortot was sometimes ...
Buy Now	Grand Piano: Chopin, Liszt, Beethoven, Skriabin, Saint-Saëns & Chabrier (more) »rank: 290333 from: Nimbus Records : :This disc is a prime example of why we listen to historical recordings. The performances are unlike anything we can hear today. Cortot, famous for his poetic, searching interpretations of Chopin and Schumann, gives singular performances of both works. He uses a rhetorical approach with a degree of rhythmic freedom that raises eyebrows today, but his alterations of basic pulse are always done to bring out points in the music. His sensitivity and color come across in the excellent sonic restoration by Mark Obert-Thorn, which sounds more like good mid-1950s mono than the actual 1934-'35 recording dates. Although Cortot was sometimes ...	Buy Now	Alfred Cortot Plays Schumann, Volume 3 (more) »rank: 337993 from: Biddulph Records : :This disc is a prime example of why we listen to historical recordings. The performances are unlike anything we can hear today. Cortot, famous for his poetic, searching interpretations of Chopin and Schumann, gives singular performances of both works. He uses a rhetorical approach with a degree of rhythmic freedom that raises eyebrows today, but his alterations of basic pulse are always done to bring out points in the music. His sensitivity and color come across in the excellent sonic restoration by Mark Obert-Thorn, which sounds more like good mid-1950s mono than the actual 1934-'35 recording dates. Although Cortot was sometimes ...
Buy Now	Alfred Cortot (more) »rank: 345882 from: Naxos : :Few artists can match Alfred Cortot's ability to penetrate the emotional core of the music he played, and to bring listeners along for the ride. That it was a sometimes bumpy ride can be heard in the Ravel, where the wrong note quotient is pretty high. But, like everything on this disc of 1930s recordings, it's still an exciting performance. For despite his cavalier attitude toward note-perfect playing, Cortot was a front-rank virtuoso with immense communicative powers and an absolute identification with the music in his repertory. That helps explain why many of his recordings are so revered. The Franck is ...	Buy Now	The Late Recordings, Vol. 2 (more) »rank: 309345 from: Apr UK : :Few artists can match Alfred Cortot's ability to penetrate the emotional core of the music he played, and to bring listeners along for the ride. That it was a sometimes bumpy ride can be heard in the Ravel, where the wrong note quotient is pretty high. But, like everything on this disc of 1930s recordings, it's still an exciting performance. For despite his cavalier attitude toward note-perfect playing, Cortot was a front-rank virtuoso with immense communicative powers and an absolute identification with the music in his repertory. That helps explain why many of his recordings are so revered. The Franck is ...