Cortot Late Recordings

Documentation is good and the transfers too...These discs trace Cortot in the studio between 1947 and 1954 and reflect the vicissitudes of the time, and sometimes the toll taken on the pianist... — MusicWeb International, 19th February 2014More…

This great artist was notoriously nervous, but these last recordings, of favourite works by Chopin and Mendelssohn, capture perfectly a Romantic atmosphere which was shortly to disappear, and... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2007, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

Several of the items [here] show the pianist in visionary form... The transfers are excellent... Definitely recommended for Cortot buffs — FanfareMore…

The old and ill master-pianist sprays wrong notes about even more than usual. There's some scintillating Chopin nonetheless, and Cortot's trademark supple lyricism in Schubert's Ländler. — BBC Music Magazine, April 2011, 3 out of 5 starsMore…