Great Pianists - Cortot
78 rpm recordings - volume 4
Alfred Cortot (piano)
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2007, Re-issue of the Month
Cortot’s 1928 recording of the Second Sonata is one of the earliest studio recordings of the work. He takes dizzying tempos at various points: both the scherzo and the finale are rapid and threaten...
Great Pianists - Cortot
78 rpm recordings - volume 4
Alfred Cortot (piano)
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Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2007, Re-issue of the Month
Cortot’s 1928 recording of the Second Sonata is one of the earliest studio recordings of the work. He takes dizzying tempos at various points: both the scherzo and the finale are rapid and threaten...
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- Alfred Cortot (piano)
- Recorded: 5 June, 11 December, 1928
- Recording Venue: Queen's Small Hall, London
- Alfred Cortot (piano)
- Recorded: 6 July, 1993
- Recording Venue: EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 3, London
- Alfred Cortot (piano)
- Recorded: 10 March, 1939
- Recording Venue: EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 3, London
- Alfred Cortot (piano)
- Recorded: 5 February, 1923
- Recording Venue: Camden, New Jersey
- Alfred Cortot (piano)
- Recorded: 4-5 July, 1933
- Recording Venue: EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 3, London
- Alfred Cortot (piano)
- Recorded: 15 October, 1947
- Recording Venue: EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 3, London
Awards and reviews
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Gramophone MagazineMarch 2007Re-issue of the Month
March 2019
Cortot’s 1928 recording of the Second Sonata is one of the earliest studio recordings of the work. He takes dizzying tempos at various points: both the scherzo and the finale are rapid and threaten to run away – yet Cortot never comes undone…high fidelity isn’t everything, and it is the 1928 performance – unedited, and far from note-perfect – that is his most distinctive
