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Great Pianists - Alfred Cortot | Naxos - Historical 8111065

Great Pianists - Alfred Cortot

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Label: Naxos - Historical

Cat No: 8111065

Barcode: 0747313306527

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 30th October 2006

Gramophone Editor's Choice

Contents

Works

Frederic Chopin
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 ’Funeral March’; Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58; Chants Polonais, Op. 74 (transcribed by Liszt); Grande Polonaise, Op. 22; Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major, Op. 53 ‘Heroic’; Polonaise No. 7 in A flat major, Op. 61 ‘Polonaise-Fantasie’

Artists

Alfred Cortot

Works

Frederic Chopin
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 ’Funeral March’; Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58; Chants Polonais, Op. 74 (transcribed by Liszt); Grande Polonaise, Op. 22; Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major, Op. 53 ‘Heroic’; Polonaise No. 7 in A flat major, Op. 61 ‘Polonaise-Fantasie’

Artists

Alfred Cortot

About

Posterity has judged Alfred Cortot as one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century.  His Naxos Historical recording of Chopin and Schumann Piano Concertos had him elevated in The Sunday Times as “The great French pianist famous for…. his magical touch and lovely singing tone and a flexibility of phrasing and movement as natural as breathing.”
 
This fourth disc in the Naxos five volume series devoted to his 78 rpm era recordings of Chopin includes three rarities: My Joys and the Polonaise-Fantasie, both unreleased on 78 rpm, and the first-ever CD appearance of the 1933 version of the Piano Sonata No. 3. Completed in only fourteen takes on 6th July, this version of the Sonata has incredible energy, particularly in the last movement. 
 
The stunning performance of the Grande Polonaise, Op. 22, demonstrates Cortot’s total understanding of Chopin’s use of the decorated melodic line. The popular Polonaise in A flat, Op. 53 is played with majestic swagger and pomp, aided by a well recorded Steinway piano.
 
Cortot 78 rpm recordings - Volume 4
Piano Sonata No. 2 (Recorded 5th June and 11th December 1928, London)
Piano Sonata No. 3 (Recorded 6th July 1933, London)
Chants Polonais (Recorded 10th March 1939, London)
Grande Polonaise, (Recorded 5th February 1923, Camden, New Jersey)
Polonaise No. 6 (Recorded 4th & 5th July 1933, London)
Polonaise No. 7 (Recorded 15th October 1947, London)

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