The Piano Recordings of Alfred Cortot

 




 


Extant unpublished recordings:

          Chopin

·         Four Ballades: 1957

·         Preludes, Op.28: 1957

Franck


Beethoven's 32 Sonatas were recorded twice, once with Cortot's comments. They ought to be in Pathe Marconi's Paris archive. They may date from 1957.


·  Chopin/Liszt

·  Franck/Cortot

·  Schumann

Sonata #2: 1954


·        A film exists of Cortot playing most of Debussy's Children's Corner Suite.

·        Another film  of Cortot playing the Les Adieu waltz of Chopin is also out there.

·        The recent video The  art of The Piano has Cortot giving a spellbinding master class on The Poet Speaks by Schumann.

·        There is also a very early slow motion  silent film of Cortot playing Chopin Op. 10 # 1.


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