Alfred Cortot Encores

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0 of 5 stars

Pieces by Albéniz, Brahms, Chopin, Handel, Liszt, Schubert and Weber


Reviewed by: Paul Cherry

Reviewed: October 2007
CD No: NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.111261
Duration: 79 minutes

Popular repertoire from a pianist of the past: Cortot’s individual manner – both showman and searcher – is redolent of a thankfully-preserved-on-recordings era and which points up what can be lacking today. Cortot illuminates these pieces with a mix of respect, imagination and unpredictability – and some ‘wrong’ notes! But these are real performances captured for posterity and sounding fine in Obert-Thorn’s transfers.

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