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WARNER CLASSICS EDITION

WARNER CLASSICS EDITION

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His exceptional touch and sense of phrasing, his deep and personal understanding of the most varied repertoires, or even the legendary trio he formed together with Jacques Thibaud and Pablo Casals, made Alfred Cortot the greatest pianist of his time. Master of many disciples, notably the brilliant Dinu Lipatti, Samson François and Clara Haskil, Cortot also had a lasting influence on the Russian piano school through Samuil Feinberg and Heinrich Neuhaus, the latter himself being the revered teacher of Sviatoslav Richter.

All of the recordings in this set had undergone careful sound restoration in 2012, in order to respect as closely as possible the original sound. The remastering was carried out under the expert control of Mr. Guthrie Luke, a former disciple of Alfred Cortot who attended many recording sessions by Cortot. These recordings do not represent a "complete" edition: the many rolls engraved by the artist for Duo-Art, Aeolian and Pleyela labels have not been reproduced here, most of them doubling the 78-RPM repertoire. The first recordings are acoustic; and the ones with an electric microphone appeared as early as 1926.

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Product Description:


  • Release Date: September 15, 2023


  • UPC: 5054197471940


  • Catalog Number: WCL747194.2


  • Label: WARNER CLASSICS


  • Number of Discs: 0


  • Composer: Robert Schumann, César Franck, Frédéric Chopin, Camille Saint-Saëns, Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, Isaac Albeniz, Franz Liszt, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Schubert, Carl Maria von Weber, Gabriel Fauré, Johannes Brahms, George Frideric Handel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Henry Purcell , Franz Joseph Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven, Ernest Chausson


  • Conductor: Landon Ronald, John Barbirolli, Charles Munch


  • Orchestra/Ensemble: International String Quartet, London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire, Orchestre de l'Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris


  • Performer: Alfred Cortot, Jacques Thibaud, Pablo Casals, Charles Panzera, Maggie Teyte