In Paris, about 20 years ago, three good friends recorded Schubert and Beethoven trios. Their performances are still definitive in chamber music. Pianist Alfred Cortot and Violinist Jacques Thibaud ...

I don’t play accurately—anyone can play accurately—but I play with wonderful expression. As far as the piano is concerned, sentiment is my forte. I keep science for Life. And yet it can hardly be ...

Alfred Cortot produced more than 150 recordings in the 1920s and 1930s alone and sometimes went back into the studios to revisit the same works. This can create confusion when searching for the best ...

In the first of a new series of weekly columns, leading pianists choose their favourite performer of all time. Coming up: playwrights and lead vocalists. I've loved Alfred Cortot's playing from an ...

FROM THE ARCHIVES: The tensions in France following the second World War between those who had supported the Vichy collaborationist regime and those opposed to it flowed into all aspects of life, ...

(3) Impromptus, Movements: No. 2 in F sharp, Op. 36 Fryderyk Chopin, Composer Alfred Cortot, Piano (27) Etudes, Movements: A flat, 'Harp Study', Op. 25/1 Fryderyk ...

Legendary pianist Alfred Cortot was also a fine arranger. Hear He Yue play some of Cortot's most famous pieces. The soloist on this exhilarating recording is He Yue – a Chinese pianist who’s rapidly ...

APR’s latest addition to its fascinating ‘French Piano School’ series contains the wartime recordings of Alfred Cortot. Can he really be said to be a representative of that school? Daring, insouciance ...

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