Alfred Cortot

Scriabin (Artist), Cortot (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 16, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Klavier
• ASIN: B00000K2O7
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #586,369 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Etude for piano in D sharp minor, Op. 8/12

2. Etude for piano No. 3 in E major, Op. 10/3, CT. 16

3. Etude for piano No. 5 in G flat major, Op. 10/5, CT. 18

4. Pièces posthumes (5), for piano: Album Leaf (Fiullet d'album)

5. Etude for piano No. 20 in D flat major, Op. 25/8, CT. 33

6. Etude for piano No. 21 in G flat major, Op. 25/9, C. 34

7. Etude for piano No. 24 in C minor, Op. 25/12, CT. 37

8. Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109

9. Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109

10. Prelude for piano No. 15 in D flat major, Op. 28/15, CT. 180

11. Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056: Largo

12. Impromptu for piano in G flat major, Op. 51, CT. 45

13. Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat major ('Hammerklavier'), Op. 106: Scherzo

14. Nocturne for piano No. 16 in E flat major, Op. 55/2, CT. 123

15. Pièces pittoresques (10), for piano: Idylle

16. Au bord d'une source (II & III), for piano (Années I/4), S. 160/4 & S. 160/4bis (LW A159/4)

17. The Maiden's Wish, transcription for piano (after Chopin, Op. 71/1, Chants polonais No. 1), S. 480/1 (LW A193/1)

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Here are beautiful performances by one the greatest pianists of the 20th Century, reproduced from piano rolls made during the 1920s and recording in modern stereo. Cortot's performances of the Chopin Etudes are masterpieces of expression.