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Cortot Schumann/Chopin 21 (recorded July 8, 1935) alfred cortot, pianist; London Philharmonic Orch/Landon Ronald (Schumann); Orch/John Barbirolli (Chopin) NAXOS 8.110612 (B) (ADD) TT http://classicalcdreview.com/cortot.htm
Extractions: NAXOS 8.110612 (B) (ADD) TT: 60:58 Alfred Cortot (1877-1962) was a pianist in the grand style, idiosyncratic to the extreme, a superb technician who seldom found time to practice. There is a sense of improvisation present even in his recordings. His lapses in memory are legendary. Sir Thomas Beecham said, describing an episode of forgetfulness when accompanying Cortot, "We started with the Beethoven, and I kept up with Cortot through the Grieg, Schumann, Bach and Tchaikovsky, and then he hit on one I didn't know, so I stopped dead." Don't expect note-perfect performances in these grand interpretations, Cortot's only recording of the Chopin Second, recorded in 1935 with an anonymous orchestra, his third of the Schumann (the first was an acoustic made in 1923, the second an electric made in 1927 all conducted by Landon Ronald). I can still remember when very young (many years ago!) listening repeatedly to the second movement of the Chopin (Victor Album M 567) marveling at the incredible sensitivity combined with bravura in this performance. Both the Schumann and Chopin receive impetuous readings that command attention. Barbirolli often conducted concerto accompaniments (he had recorded the Chopin Second in 1931 with Artur Rubinstein ) and copes admirably with Cortot's waywardness.
Cortot Franck/Saint-Saens FRANCK Symphonic Variations (alfred cortot/London Philharmonic Orch cortot produced a sound that belied his small The somewhat erratic pianist had technique to http://classicalcdreview.com/cortot2.htm
Extractions: FRANCK: Symphonic Variations (Alfred Cortot/London Philharmonic Orch/Landon Ronald, rec. Oct. 13, 1934); SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Concerto No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 44 (Cortot/"Orch"/Charles Munch, rec. July 9, 1935); Etude in the Form of a Waltz (rec. May 1931); RAVEL: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand (Cortot/Paris Conservatory Orch/Charles Munch, rec. May 12, 1939). NAXOS 8.110613 (B) (ADD) TT: 59:38 This is a worthy companion to Naxos' recent issue of Cortot's recordings of Chopin's Concerto No. 2 and Schumann's concerto (see review) , completing their survey of Cortot's complete concerto recordings (with the exception of his 1927 recording of Symphonic Variations These performances are extraordinary. Cortot produced a sound that belied his small presence (he was only 5 ft. tall). The somewhat erratic pianist had technique to burn and, at his best, even though on occasion he had memory lapses, was one of the top pianists of the century. Symphonic Variations was of particular interest to him. Louis DiÈmer was Cortot's principal piano teacher; Franck dedicated the work to him and it was he who played the premiere May 1, 1886 with the composer conducting. Cortot referred to the music as "the work of Franck's that I have played the most, and of which I had the pleasure of being at least a loving interpreter if I had no other merit in nearly every city in the old and the new worlds." Naxos' fine CD notes by Norman Pellegrini give Cortot's detailed comments on all aspects of interpreting the score.
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Extractions: In Paris in 1902, the twenty-five-year-old conductor gave the first performance of Wagner's and later Parsifal German Requiem , Liszt's Saint Elizabeth Oratorio , and even Beethoven's Missa Solemnis which, amazing as it sounds, took eighty-five years to reach Paris from Vienna. Besides this, he championed many contemporary French works both as a conductor and pianist. Ever restless and musically hungry, he formed a piano trio with Pablo Casals and Jacques Thibaud in 1905, which must rank as one of the finest chamber ensembles in history. Fortunately, their art is captured in several priceless recordings including Beethoven's Archduke Trio, Schubert's B-flat Trio, and the Mendelssohn and Schumann D minor Trios, while Cortot's conducting may be heard in the Brahms Double Concerto with Casals and Thibaud as soloists. Cortot's dedication to his art was tireless. He once warned Lipatti, "If you decide to dedicate your life to this art you must be armed with patience, and be ready for many sacrifices". Cortot's musical advice was often highly detailed. After a public performance by Lipatti of the Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1, Lipatti wrote home: "At the end of the concert Cortot opened the score and made some interesting remarks. He would have liked bars 22-23, in the third section (Scherzo), played a little more freely, more capriciously. Also in the Scherzo, bars 141-161, he suggested I play a tremolo (similar to the one which precedes the last scale-passage in the Coda) instead of a trill, as only in this way will it sound clearly and powerfully. The same applies to bars 70-72 in the Finale. As to bars 80-85, he suggests I play them in the version given as 'ossia', not in original form. He also showed me several changes in the score added later by Liszt himself..."
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Extractions: A pianist is a person who plays the piano A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an orchestra or smaller ensemble , or accompany one or more singers or solo instrumentalists A performing classical pianist usually starts playing piano at a very young age, some as early as three years old. Many well-known classical composers were able pianists themselves; for example, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Ludwig van Beethoven Franz Liszt Frederic Chopin ... Robert Schumann , and Sergei Rachmaninov were all virtuoso pianists. Some pianists have special preferences as to which composer's music they play. Most western forms of music can make use of the piano. Consequently, pianists have a wide variety of forms and styles to choose from, including jazz classical music , and all sorts of popular music Well-known or influential classical pianists: See List of jazz pianists Well known blues pianists include: Ray Charles also jazz, and
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Extractions: Pianist and conductor, born in Nyon, Switzerland, of French parents. After winning the first prize for piano-playing at the Paris Conservatoire in 1896, he became known in France as an outstanding player of Beethoven's concertos. In 1905, with Jacques Thibaud and Pablo Casals, he founded a trio whose chamber music performances won great renown. He was professor of the pianoforte at the Paris Conservatoire (191720), and author of several books on musical appreciation, interpretation, and piano technique.
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Extractions: see previous page Alfred Cortot September 26 June 15 ) was a French pianist and conductor Born in Nyon in Switzerland , Cortot studied at the Paris Conservatoire, winning the piano prize there in 1896. Between 1898 and 1901 he was an assistant conductor at Bayreuth from 1898 to 1901, and in 1902 he conducted the Paris premiere of Götterdämmerung . He later taught the piano at the Paris Conservatoire before founding the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris in 1919. His courses in musical interpretation there became almost legendary. He toured as a pianist all over the world, also appearing as guest conductor of many orchestras. He died in Lausanne As a pianist, Cortot was particularly noted for his interpretations of Frederic Chopin and Robert Schumann , and he made editions of both those composers' music. He also played
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Index To Ragging The Classics cortot, alfred Three pianistConductors; Rudolf Ganz, alfred cortot, Erno Dohnanyi part one R/R 155/6 July 1978 p.11 (see Dohnanyi for part two) http://www.hensteeth.com/classics.html
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Extractions: Concert Artist/Fidelio Recordings Royston, Hertfordshire, SG8 7EG, England The Cortot Edition The complete recordings by the great French pianist digitally remastered and sonically restored. The series includes many items not otherwise available. The following releases have been announced to date. The audiocassette version is gradually to be replaced by compact disc. Bach , Johann Sebastian (1685-1750 The Complete Brandenburg Concertos, Alfred Cortot, piano Orchestre de lÉcole Normale de Musique, Paris Two CD Set in Preparation) Chopin , Frédéric François (1810-1849) Mazurkas Vol.1 Alfred Cortot, piano CE4-TC-7001 Mazurkas Vol.2 Alfred Cortot, piano CE4-TC-7002 Mazurkas Vol.3 A minor, Notre Temps A minor, Emille Gaillard Alfred Cortot, piano CE4-TC-7003 The Mazurkas 1-52 Alfred Cortot, piano CACD-9180-2 Two Set in Preparation) The Four Ballades, The Four Impromptus, Polonaise in A flat, Op. 53 Alfred Cortot, piano CE4-TC-7005 Twelve Études, Op.10, Twelve Études, Op.25, Chants Polonaise Le Retour Alfred Cortot, piano CE4-TC-7008 Twenty-four Preludes, Op.28
Magda.html she followed her studies with alfred cortot, who, she and Thibaud in concerts, played under cortot s baton Still a young pianist in the flourishing Paris of the http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/rpassarj/magda.html
Extractions: After the Conservatoire, she followed her studies with Alfred Cortot, who, she once recalled in a TV interview in Brazil, showed her how to put her fantasy and imagination at her service when playing. She became a friend of the members of the famous Casals-Cortot-Thibaud trio and used to play tennis with them, accompanied Casals and Thibaud in concerts, played under Cortot's baton. Her youth in the flamboyant Paris was full of adventure: she recalled as being one of the first women drivers, of singing the part of Love in an open air production of Gluck's Orfeo. Among her recollections were walks with Ravel, always silent most of the time. She also met D'Indy, Poulenc, Milhaud.
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Extractions: Date: Mon, 9 Oct 1995 Richard Sauer asks: Several posters persuaded me to invest in Furtwaengler-money well spent. Now I wonder if someone can do the same for Cortot recordings. In the past I shied away from the Furtwaengler releases because of the Penguin Guides. The 1989 companion to the main volume often, but not always, writes about Furtwaengler: "pulls the music out of shape", "distorts" etc. Moreover Penguin's editors weigh the sonics as heavily as the performance, so many classic performances get the kiss of death- a (*). Similarly, I have flipped past Cortot discs (Pearl) because of the cost, and the suspicion (unwarranted I suspect) that Cortot wasn't all he was cracked-up to be-"willful", "distorting". I know he drops a lot of notes, but so did Schnabel. Anyway: Why Cortot? and where does one start? Schumann? Chopin? or Liszt? NOTE: info shamelessly stolen from liner notes and Harold Schonberg's The Great Pianists . I'm sure there are other sources, but this is being done strictly OTTOMH.
Wolfgang Lempfrid: Alfred Cortot (DLF) pianist alfred cortot. Dieser Beitrag ist entstanden als Sendemanuskript für den Deutschlandfunk, Köln (Historische Aufnahmen). http://www.koelnklavier.de/texte/interpreten/cortot.html
Extractions: [Dauer: 3'30] Dem Dirigentenberuf hatte er jedoch nie gänzlich abgeschworen: Von 1904 an leitete er die Konzerte der "Sociéte nationale" in Paris, wenig später übernahm er die "Concerts populaires" in Lille und das "Orchestre symphonique de Paris". Von 1929 stammt eine Schallplattenaufnahme mit dem Doppelkonzert für Violine, Violoncello und Orchester von Johannes Brahms. Alfred Cortot dirigiert hier das "Orquesta Pablo Casals"; die Solisten sind Jacques Thibaud (Violine) und Pablo Casals (Violoncello), mit denen Cortot lange Zeit auch die Kunst des Klaviertrios pflegte. Hier nun ein Ausschnitt aus dem ersten Satz. Musik 003: Brahms: op. 102 (Ausschnitt) So sehr Alfred Cortot es liebte, am Dirigentenpult zu stehen, so wenig ist dieser Bereich auf Tondokumenten greifbar. Vor allem seine Auffassung der Wagner-Opern wäre sicherlich aufschlußreich gewesen. Als Pianist hat Cortot sich dann mit einem ganz anderen, geradezu gegensätzlichen Repertoire einen Namen gemacht - mit dem Oeuvre von Frédéric Chopin. Man hat ihn gelegentlich den "letzten Romantiker am Klavier" genannt. Und in der Tat: Für Cortot scheint es keine Musik ohne die Assoziation von Bildern zu geben - wobei ihm ausschließlich an der eigenen Imagination gelegen ist. Cortot müht sich gar nicht erst um den historisch wahren Sinn einer Komposition. Der geschriebene Notentext ist ihm eine willkommene Gelegenheit, sich selbst auszudrücken. Was zählt, ist die subjektive Vision des Interpreten - oder, wie er es einmal formuliert hat: "der heiße Atem des Sprechenden".
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Extractions: Alfred Cortot September 26 June 15 ) was a French pianist and conductor Born in Nyon in Switzerland , Cortot studied at the Paris Conservatoire, winning the piano prize there in 1896. Between 1898 and 1901 he was an assistant conductor at Bayreuth from 1898 to 1901, and in 1902 he conducted the Paris premiere of Götterdämmerung . He later taught the piano at the Paris Conservatoire before founding the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris in 1919. His courses in musical interpretation there became almost legendary. He toured as a pianist all over the world, also appearing as guest conductor of many orchestras. He died in Lausanne As a pianist, Cortot was particularly noted for his interpretations of Frederic Chopin and Robert Schumann , and he made editions of both those composers' music. He also played chamber music , most notably in a piano trio with Jacques Thibaud and Pablo Casals This content from wikipedia is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License Power Supplies Hardware Information Law Advice
Extractions: She is considered one of the most distinguished Italian concert performers. Significant contributions to her artistic formation were made by celebrated Maestros Bruno Seidlhofer, Alfred Cortot and Carlo Zecchi. She graduated with High Dinstinction (maximum votes), cum laude and with special mention at the Milan Conservatorium of Music "G. Verdi", at the Salzburg Academy and in Vienna. For many years she has most successfully achieved an intense soloist career, and as a member of renowed chamber music ensembles, both in Europe and in America, Asia and Africa, for the major concert societies, radio and television networks and with the most prestigious orchestras directed by famous conductors. In all, she has performed over two thousand concerts in about eighty different countries. She has held seminars, master classes and advanced courses of piano interpretation in various countries. She has constantly been a member of juries in national and international piano competitions, also with the role of chairwoman, and she has performed and recordered for various musical recording companies. Consolidating her acquired artistic status at world-wide level, in 1981, a highly-qualified international jury assigned her one of the Prizes in the 8th Edition of "Il Sagittario d'Oro", never before awarded to an Italian soloist-concert pianist.
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Extractions: A B C D ... Z Artist or Album: Alfred Cortot - Great Recordings of the Century: Beethoven "Archduke" Piano Trio and Schubert Piano Trio in B flat List Price: Price: Average Customer Rating: Release Date: 14 September, 1999 Availability: Usually ships within 6 to 9 days Label: Angel Records Media: Audio CD Jed Distler Alfred Cortot CDs: Great Recordings of the Century: Beethoven "Archduke" Piano Trio and Schubert Piano Trio in B flat - Ludwig van Beethoven
