Cortot, Alfred

Music Painters [5 CDs]

7 CD / Naïve / 2012-01-31

Works: Maurice Ravel: Une barque sur l'océan, for orchestra; Rêves, song for voice & piano; Daphnis et Chloé Suite no 1; Deux mélodies hébraïques (Two Hebraic Melodies); Conc...
Performers: Armstrong, Louis; Ashkenazy, Vovka; Barreaux, Gerard; Berezovsky, Boris [Piano]; Blumenthal, Daniel; Bon, Maarten; Bostridge, Ian; Bruns, Peter; Cabasso, Laurent; Casals, Pablo; Cassard, Philippe; Ch...
Conductors: Krivine, Emmanuel; Robertson, David; Equilbey, Laurence; ; Grindenko, Anatoly; Yablonsky, Dmitry; Mihaylov, Zdravko; Von der Goltz, Gottfried; Spering, Christoph; Jean, Kenneth; Halász, Michael;...
Ensemble: ; Dizzy Gillespie All-Stars; Duo Campion-Vachon; Ensemble Kasbek; Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five; Rare Fruits Council; Tempo Jazz Men; Végh Quartet

Portrait: Claude Debussy [10 CDs]

10 CD / Red/membran / 2011-12-06

Works: Claude Debussy: La mer; Images for Orchestra; Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun), for orchestra, L. 86; Nocturnes (3) for Orchestra; Petite su...
Performers: Agosti, Guido; Collart, Claudine; Cortot, Alfred; Danco, Suzanne; Gieseking, Walter; Gulda, Friedrich; Horowitz, Vladimir; Plantey, Bernard; Rubinstein, Artur [Piano]
Conductors: Inghelbrecht, Désiré-Emile; Markevitch, Igor; Monteux, Pierre; Ansermet, Ernest; Mengelberg, Willem; Cluytens, André

The Art of Piano / Great Pianists of the 20th Century [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2011-07-26

Works: Various: Work(s)
Performers: Arrau, Claudio; Backhaus, Wilhelm; Cortot, Alfred; Cziffra, Gyorgy; Fischer, Annie; Fischer, Edwin; Gilels, Emil; Gould, Glenn; Hess, Myra; Hofmann, Josef; Horowitz, Vladimir; Michelangeli, Arturo Be...

From Ignaz Jan Paderewski in 1936 to Claudio Arrau in 1970, The Art of Piano features some of the most fascinating material, historically and musically,...continue...
Run Time: 107 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0,
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Japanese
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Alfred Cortot: The Late Recordings, Vol. 4

1 CD / Appian Publications & Recordings / 2011-02-08

Works: Franz Schubert: Moments musicaux (6) for Piano, D 780/Op. 94; Valses sentimentales (34) for Piano, D 779/Op. 50; Litanei auf das Fest Aller Seelen, D 343; Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for P...
Performers: Cortot, Alfred

APR’s fourth volume of Alfred Cortot completes their survey of post-war recordings that the pianist made for EMI in the UK. These are the first...continue...
Recording information: Studio 3, Abbey Road, London....continue...

Les Musiques de Picasso / Rafael Orozco, Alfred Cortot, et al

2 CD / Naïve / 2009-07-28

Works: Isaac Albéniz: Asturias (Leyenda), instrumental arrangement after Suite española no 1, Op. 47/5; Enrique Morente: Buleria no 2; Erik Satie: Gnossienne for piano no 1; Gnossienne for piano n...
Performers: Azzolini, Sergio; Bacan, Ines; Bacan, Pedro; Bauer, Marc; Bayo, Maria; Bostridge, Ian; Brezynski, Daniel; Carbonell, Antionia; Cerutti, Michel; Chicharito; Claret, Lluis; Cortes, Paco; Cortot, Alfred...
Conductors: Colomer, Edmon; Sanderling, Stefan; Munch, Charles; Ros Marbà, Antoni; Kaltenbach, Jérôme
Ensemble: ; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Orchestre de la Société du Conservatoire Paris; Spanish National Youth Orchestra

Casals Festivals at Prades - Live Concert Performances

13 CD / Music & Arts / 2009-05-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet for Piano and Strings no 2 in E flat major, K 493; Quartet for Oboe and Strings in F major, K 370 (368b); Idomeneo; Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major, K 581...
Performers: Casals, Pablo; Cortot, Alfred; Curzon, Clifford; de los Angeles, Victoria; Engel, Karl; Foley, Madeline; Goldberg, Szymon; Gonzales, Jose; Grumiaux, Arthur [Violin]; Horszowski, Mieczyslaw; Istomin, ...
Conductors: Casals, Pablo
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum

This collection features the best public performance recordings from Prades, in which Casals is joined by the violinists Menuhin, Szigeti, Grumiaux, Goldberg and Vegh; the...continue...

Franck: Violin Sonata; Chausson: Concerto for Piano and Violin / Thibaud, Cortot, et al

1 CD / Opus KURA / 2009-04-14

Works: César Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, M 8; Ernest Chausson: Concert for Piano, Violin and String Quartet in D major, Op. 21
Performers: Cortot, Alfred; Thibaud, Jacques

Combining these two classic recordings is a tribute to Jacques Thibaud, who died 55 years ago on September 1 and also to Eugene Ysaye, the...continue...

Song of the Birds - Cello Encores - Falla, Beethoven, Bruch, Bach, etc / Pablo Casals, et al

1 CD / Regis Records / 2008-11-03

Works: Manuel de Falla: Canciones populares españolas (7); Ludwig van Beethoven: Variations (7) for Cello and Piano on Mozart's "Bei Männern", WoO 46; Variations (12) for Cello and Piano in F ma...
Performers: Casals, Pablo; Cortot, Alfred; Thibaud, Jacques
Conductors: Ronald, Landon, Sir
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Alfred Cortot - The Late Recordings Vol 3

1 CD / Appian Publications & Recordings / 2007-12-11

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano no 2 in E flat major, Op. 9/2, CT. 109; Nocturne for piano no 4 in F major, Op. 15/1, CT. 111; Nocturne for piano no 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/1, CT. 11...
Performers: Cortot, Alfred

This third volume of Alfred Cortot’s late recordings (1949-51) proves once again that their neglect has been unjustified. Here we have a superb selection of...continue...

The Classic 100 Concerto [Box Set]

8 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2007-11-20

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"; Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. 58; Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello in C major, Op. 56 "T...
Performers: Anda, Geza; Anthony, Adele; Auber, Stefan; Baerg, Irmgard; Balsam, Artur; Bargy, Roy; Barton, William; Belkin, Boris; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Brown, Iona; Cazal, Olivier; Collins, Geoffrey; Cominati...
Conductors: Walker, Antony; Fürst, Jànos; Halstead, Anthony; Lang-Lessing, Sebastian; Braithwaite, Nicholas; Dyer, Paul; Kelly, Brett; Bonynge, Richard; Tchivzhel, Edvard; Hogwood, Christopher; Stanhop...
Ensemble: ; Australian Chamber Orchestra; I Musici

What is the one concerto you cannot live without? This question was asked of the australian public through a poll by abc classic fm and...continue...

The Original Piano Roll Recordings - Liszt / Cortot, et al

2 CD / Dal Segno / 2007-10-05

Works: Franz Liszt: Venezia e Napoli, S 162
Performers: Cortot, Alfred

This release is part of a new composer-led series of the piano roll albums. This is not a recording of Liszt playing the player piano....continue...

Beethoven, Schubert / Thibaud, Feurmann, Cortot, et al

1 CD / Opus KURA / 2007-10-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 9 in A major, Op. 47 "Kreutzer"; Franz Schubert: Sonata for Arpeggione in A minor, D 821; Max Reger: Suites (3) for Cello solo, Op. 131
Performers: Cortot, Alfred; Feuermann, Emanuel; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Thibaud, Jacques

The 1936 photo of Jacques Thibaut and Emanuel Feuermann, taken in Tokyo and featured on the CD book, was the inspiration for this disc. Both...continue...

Tchaikovsky, Schumann / Ferenc Fricsay, Alfred Cortot, et al

1 CD / Audite / 2007-05-30

Works: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64; Robert Schumann: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54
Performers: Cortot, Alfred
Conductors: Fricsay, Ferenc
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

Ferenc Fricsay (1914-1963), one of the greatest Hungarian conductors of his time, directed what is now the DSO (German Symphony Orchestra) Berlin for 13 years....continue...

Chopin: Preludes, Impromptu, etc / Alfred Cortot

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-10-03

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Preludes (24) for Piano, Op. 28; Prelude for Piano in C sharp minor, B 141/Op. 45; Berceuse for Piano in D flat major, B 154/Op. 57; Impromptu for Piano no 1 in A flat ...
Performers: Cortot, Alfred

Jacques Thibaud - The Complete Solo Recordings 1929-36

2 CD / Appian Publications & Recordings / 2006-09-12

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Le Déluge, oratorio for voices, chorus & orchestra, Op. 45; Havanaise, for violin & piano (or orchestra) in E major, Op. 83; Manuel de Falla: Danza Española no...
Performers: Cortot, Alfred; Janopoulo, Tasso; Lausany, Georges de; Thibaud, Jacques
Conductors: Ansermet, Ernest
Ensemble: Suisse Romande Orchestra

Sergio Fiorentino's Rachmaninov 'Preludes' were recorded in 1963 for Concert Artist Recordings and issued on that label and a variety of others from the same...continue...
Includes work(s) for violin & piano: sicilienne by Domenico Paradies....continue...

Alfred Cortot - The Late Recordings Vol 2

1 CD / Appian Publications & Recordings / 2006-05-09

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord in F minor, BWV 1056; Henry Purcell: Suites (8) for harpsichord, Z. 660-669; Franz Schubert: Litanei auf das Fest Aller Seelen, D 343; Robert Schumann:...
Performers: Cortot, Alfred

These works present the essence of Cortot's style, his instantly recognizable singing line, his wonderful voicing of chords and the nobility of it all. It...continue...

Maurice Ravel - Son oeuvre et son temps Vol 1 - 1899-1911

3 CD / Cascavelle / 2005-08-01

Works: Maurice Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte; Jeux d'eau; Quartet for Strings in F major; Shéhérazade, poems (3) for soprano (or tenor) & orchestra (or piano); Sonatine for Pia...
Performers: Casadesus, Robert; Cortot, Alfred; Gieseking, Walter
Conductors: Ansermet, Ernest; Stokowski, Leopold

Maurice Ravel - Son oeuvre et son temps Vol 3 - 1918-1934

3 CD / Cascavelle / 2005-08-01

Works: Maurice Ravel: Miroirs; La valse; Sonata for Violin and Piano in G major; Berceuse sur le nom de Fauré; Tzigane; Boléro; Menuet antique; Concerto for Piano left hand; Concerto for Piano...
Performers: Cortot, Alfred; Shumsky, Oscar
Conductors: Koussevitzky, Serge

Alfred Cortot - The Late Recordings Vol 1 - 1947

1 CD / Appian Publications & Recordings / 2004-10-01

Works: Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15; Frédéric Chopin: Nocturnes (2) for Piano, B 152/Op. 55; Trois nouvelles études, for piano, KK IIb/3, CT. 38-40 (B. 130); Prelude for piano no 25 ...
Performers: Cortot, Alfred

Chopin - Solo Piano Vol 1

4 CD / Andante / 2004-04-01

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Preludes (24) for Piano, Op. 28; Prelude for piano no 7 in A major, Op. 28/7, CT. 172; Etude for piano no 5 in G flat major, Op. 10/5, CT. 18; Prelude for piano no 15 in D ...
Performers: Brailowsky, Alexander; Busoni, Ferruccio; Casadesus, Robert; Cortot, Alfred; Cutner, Solomon; Friedman, Ignaz; Gieseking, Walter; Godowsky, Leopold; Hofmann, Josef [Piano]; Horowitz, Vladimir; Koczal...

This Andante set is the only historical survey of the greatest Chopin pianists, including Arthur Rubinstein, Alfred Cortot, Sergei Rachmaninov, Vladimir Horowitz, or young Arturo...continue...

Singers to Remember - Maggie Teyte - The Pocket Prima Donna

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories Import / 2002-10-08

Works: Maurice Ravel: Shéhérazade, poems (3) for soprano (or tenor) & orchestra (or piano); Hector Berlioz: Les nuits d'été, Op. 7, song cycle; Henri Duparc: L'invitation au voya...
Performers: Cortot, Alfred; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Teyte, Maggie
Conductors: Rignold, Hugo; Heward, Leslie; Morel, Jean Paul; Greenbaum, Hyam
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra; Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Singers to Remember - Charles Panzéra -Master of French Song

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2002-10-01

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Mélodies (5), Op. 58 "de Venise"; Au Cimetière, song for voice & piano in E minor, Op. 51/2; La bonne chanson, Op. 61; L'horizon chimérique, Op. 118; Henri Duparc...
Performers: Cortot, Alfred; Panzéra-Baillot, Magdeleine; Panzèra, Charles

RCA Red Seal Century - Soloists & Conductors

2 CD / RCA Records / 2001-10-23

Works: Fritz Kreisler: Sicilienne and Rigaudon in the style of Francoeur; Schön Rosmarin; Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano no 12 in G major, Op. 37/2, CT. 119; Mazurka for piano no 23 in ...
Performers: Bauer, Harold; Berkowitz, Ralph; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Cliburn, Van; Cortot, Alfred; Elman, Mischa; Feuermann, Emanuel; Gabrilowitsch, Ossip; Galway, James [Flute]; Goode, Richard; Heifetz, Jascha;...
Conductors: Muck, Karl; Stokowski, Leopold; Fiedler, Arthur; Koussevitzky, Sergey; Munch, Charles; Shaw, Robert; Toscanini, Arturo; Monteux, Pierre; Reiner, Fritz; Levine, James; Measham, David; Wand, Günte...
Ensemble: ; Boston Pops; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; NBC Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra; San Francisco Sympho...

References - Chopin: Preludes, Impromptu, etc /Alfred Cortot

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2001-03-06

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Preludes (24) for Piano, Op. 28; Prelude for piano no 25 in C sharp minor, Op. 45, CT. 190; Berceuse for Piano in D flat major, B 154/Op. 57; Impromptu for Piano no 1 in A ...
Performers: Cortot, Alfred

Grand Piano - Chopin, Liszt, Beethoven, et al / Cortot

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1998-04-21

Works: Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for Piano, S 244; Années de pèlerinage, première année, S 160 "Suisse"; Frédéric Chopin: Andante spianato et Grand polonai...
Performers: Cortot, Alfred

"This Nimbus anthology gives convincing proof of Cortot's mastery: there is a magisterial keyboard command." -Classic CD...continue...

Liszt: 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies Played by 19 Great Pianists

2 CD / Video Artists International / 1994-10-24

Works: Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for Piano, S 244
Performers: Arrau, Claudio; Bolet, Jorge; Borovsky, Alexander; Bukrinski, Valery; Cherkassky, Shura; Cortot, Alfred; Cutner, Solomon; Cziffra, Gyorgy; Frager, Malcolm; Hambourg, Mark; Levitzki, Mischa; Moiseiwit...

Alfred Cortot plays French Concertos - Chopin, Ravel, et al

1 CD / Pearl / 1991-05-01

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 2 in F minor, B 43/Op. 21; Camille Saint-Saëns: Concerto for Piano no 4 in C minor, Op. 44; Études (6) for piano, Op. 52; Maurice Ravel: Con...
Performers: Cortot, Alfred
Conductors: Barbirolli, John; Munch, Charles
Ensemble: ; Paris Conservatory Concert Society Orchestra