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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Liszt - The Original Piano Roll Recordings
Liszt: | Liebestraum, S541 No. 2 Liebestraum, S541 No. 3 in A flat major Paganini Etude, No. 1 Etude d'exécution transcendante d'après Paganini No. 2 Etude d'exécution transcendante d'après Paganini No. 3 in G sharp minor, S.140 (La Campanella) Paganini Etude No. 5 in E major Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 2 in C sharp minor Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 10 in E major 'Preludio' Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 11 in A minor Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 12 in C sharp minor Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 15 in A minor 'Rákóczy Marsch' Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 5 in E minor 'Héroïde-élégiaque' Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 14 in F minor Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 9 in E flat major 'Pesther Carneval' |
Ignaz Friedheim, Alfred Cortot, Rudolf Ganz (pianists) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | French Masterpieces
Jacques Thibaud (violin) & Alfred Cortot (piano) Two of the greatest interpreters of the roamantic era join forces to present a priogramme of French Masterpieces by Debussy, Chausson, Faure and Franck. Recordings made between 1927 and 1953. | 
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| |  | Thibaud & Cortot
Jacque Thibaud (Violin) Alfred Cortot (piano) |
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| |  | Alfred Cortot plays Chopin & Schumann
Alfred Cortot was renowned above all as a pianist whose interpretations, especially of the works of Schumann, Debussy and Chopin, were often on a spiritual level. This 1953 performance of Chopin’s Piano Sonata No. 2 is his fifth and final commercial recording of the work (the 1928 recording is available on Naxos 8.111065; the 1927 recording is unissued). Cortot wanted to record the work again partly because he felt his interpretation would be ‘an example for the young pianists, who are so little imbued with the Romantic spirit’. His 1953 and third recording of Schumann’s Kinderszenen is notable for the familiar singing tone and poetic warmth he brings to Kind im Einschlummern (Child falling asleep) and Der Dichter spricht (The poet speaks). Cortot’s interpretation of the youthful romanticism of Carnaval is full of colour and character,far preferable to bland and uninspired subsequent accounts from lesser pianists |
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| |  | Chopin & Mendelssohn - The Late Recordings Volume 3
Chopin: | Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 Nocturne No. 4 in F major, Op. 15 No. 1 Nocturne No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 1 Étude Op. 10 No. 3 in E major 'Tristesse' Étude Op. 10 No. 4 in C sharp minor Étude Op. 25 No. 2 in F minor Trois Nouvelles Études Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60 Prelude Op. 28 No. 15 in D flat major ‘Raindrop' Prelude Op. 45 in C sharp minor (No. 25) Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57 Waltz No. 3 in A minor 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 34 No. 2 Waltz No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 'Minute Waltz' Waltz No. 9 in A flat major, Op. 69 No. 1 'Farewell Waltz' Waltz No. 11 in G flat major, Op. 70 No. 1 Waltz No. 12 in F minor, Op. 70 No. 2 | Mendelssohn: | Variations sérieuses in D minor Op. 54 |
“This great artist was notoriously nervous, but these last recordings, of favourite works by Chopin and Mendelssohn, capture perfectly a Romantic atmosphere which was shortly to disappear, and are most valuable and loveable.” BBC Music Magazine, December 2007 ***** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Alfred Cortot - Encores
Albéniz: | Sous le palmier, Op. 232, No. 3 | Brahms: | Wiegenlied, Op. 49 No. 4 (Lullaby) (arr. Cortot) | Chopin: | Impromptu No. 2 in F sharp major, Op. 36 Étude Op. 25 No. 1 in A flat major 'Aeolian Harp' Waltz No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2 Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 Part 2; (“Fragment from Ballade”) Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 | Handel: | Suite No. 5 in E major HWV 430 Suite in E major 'Harmonious Blacksmith' | Liszt: | Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 11 in A minor Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 2 in C sharp minor Concert Paraphrase on Rigoletto, S.434 after Verdi's opera | Schubert: | Litanei auf das Fest Allerseelen, D343 (arr. Cortot) | Weber: | Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65 |
Recorded in Camden, New Jersey 1925-1926 A critic wrote after Cortot’s 5th January 1927 recital at New York’s Aeolian Hall: “He is one of those great musicians from whose readings of familiar works there is almost invariably something to learn and remember… it would be hard to surpass his sincerity, his feeling, his colouring, and declamation of the music. Nor are many as fortunate as he in striking the mean between what is nobly expressive and what is sentimental….” “There are wrong notes, some of the recordings are of poor quality, others remarkably good for the 1920s: what is amazing is the unfailing verve, poetry, warmth and spontaneity. Some of the playing here is hardly credible, the technique and insight together are overpowering.” BBC Music Magazine, January 2008 ***** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Bach - The Original Piano Roll Recordings
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| |  | Chopin - The Original Piano Roll Recordings
Chopin: | Étude Op. 25 No. 12 in C minor Ballade No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47 Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 'Marche funèbre' 3rd movement Waltz No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 'Minute Waltz' Scherzo No. 3 in C sharp minor, Op. 39 Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60 Nocturne No. 5 in F sharp major, Op. 15 No. 2 Nocturne No. 9 in B major, Op. 32 No. 1 Mazurka No. 45 in A minor, Op. 67 No. 4 Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 Prelude Op. 28 No. 1 in C major Largo, Prelude Op. 28 No. 4 Prelude Op. 28 No. 10 in C sharp minor Prelude Op. 28 No. 21 in B flat major Prelude Op. 28 No. 24 in D minor Waltz No. 1 in E flat major 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 18 Mazurka No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 50 No. 2 Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31 Nocturne No. 8 in D flat major, Op. 27 No. 2 Étude Op. 10 No. 5 in G flat major 'Black Key' Impromptu No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 66 'Fantaisie-Impromptu' Prelude Op. 28 No. 15 in D flat major ‘Raindrop' Ballade No. 2 in F major, Op. 38 Mazurka No. 34 in C major, Op. 56 No. 2 Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 Nocturne No. 13 in C minor, Op. 48 No. 1 Nocturne No. 3 in B major, Op. 9 No. 3 Impromptu No. 2 in F sharp major, Op. 36 Nocturne No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 1 |
Alfred Cortot, Ignace Jan Paderewski, Fanny Zeisler, Ignaz Friedman, Arthur Rubinstein, Vladimir de Pachmann, Leopold Godowsky, Guiomar Novaes, Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Eugène d'Albert | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | Great Pianists - Cortot78 rpm recordings - volume 5
Chopin: | Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 Recorded 7th June, 1929, London Ballade No. 2 in F major, Op. 38 Ballade No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47 Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 Recorded 11th March, 1929, London Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 Recorded 19th March, 1929, London Nocturne No. 4 in F major, Op. 15 No. 1 Recorded 17th October, 1951, London Nocturne No. 5 in F sharp major, Op. 15 No. 2 Recorded 20th April, 1948, London Nocturne No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 1 Recorded 17th October, 1951, London Nocturne No. 15 in F minor, Op. 55 No. 1 Recorded 9th October, 1947, London Nocturne No. 16 in E flat major, Op. 55 No. 2 Recorded 15th October, 1947, London |
“The great French pianist famous for…. His magical touch and lovely singing tone and a flexibility of phrasing and movement as natural as breathing.” The Sunday Times | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Great Pianists - Cortot78 rpm recordings - volume 4
Chopin: | Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 'Marche funèbre' Recorded 5th June and 11th December 1928, London Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 Recorded 6th July 1933, London 2 Chants polonais op.74. (transcribed by Liszt) Recorded 10th March 1939, London Grande Polonaise Op. 22 Recorded 5th February 1923, Camden, New Jersey Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major, Op. 53 'Héroïque' Recorded 4th & 5th July 1933, London Polonaise No. 7 in A flat major, Op. 61 'Polonaise-fantaisie' Recorded 15th October 1947, London |
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