Great Pianists: Alfred Cortot (HMV Recordings 1931-1948)
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Label: Naxos - Historical
Cat No: 8112012
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 2nd February 2009
Contents
Works
Lieder (5), op.49Landler (12), D790
Piano Sonata no.2 in A flat major, op.39 J199
Artists
Alfred Cortot (piano)Works
Lieder (5), op.49Landler (12), D790
Piano Sonata no.2 in A flat major, op.39 J199
Artists
Alfred Cortot (piano)About
Drawn from sessions in London between 1931 and 1948, these recordings include a wonderfully poetic reading of Weber’s introspective and playful Second Piano Sonata, and intense yet subtly nuanced renditions of Liszt’s ground-breaking B minor Sonata, issued almost entirely from first takes, and Légende No.2.
Cortot’s own arrangements imbue Schubert’s Litanei and Brahms’s famous Lullaby with a heartfelt touch.
Contents:
Weber: Sonata No.2 in A flat Major, Op.39
Recorded on 10th March 1939 in EMI Studio No. 3, Abbey Road, London
Schubert: Ländler, D 790, Op.171
Recorded on 19th May 1937, EMI Studio No.3, Abbey Road, London
Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor, S 178
Recorded on 13th March 1939, Small Queen’s Hall, London
Liszt: Légendes, S 175/R 17: No.2 - St François de Paule marchant sur les flots
Recorded on 19th May 1937, EMI Studio No. 3, Abbey Road, London
Liszt: Études de concert, S 144: No.2 - La leggierezza
Recorded on 13th May 1931, Small Queen’s Hall, London
Schubert (arr. Cortot): Litanie auf das Fest Aller Seelen, D 343
Recorded on 19th May 1937, EMI Studio No. 3, Abbey Road, London
Brahms (arr. Cortot): Wiegenlied, Op.49, No.4
Recorded on 20th April 1948, EMI Studio No. 3, Abbey Road, London
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