Cortot recorded the complete sonatas in EMI studios in the 1950s, in two ways - uninterrupted performances and versions where he played the music alongside lectures about each movement. The complete 32 sonatas were not released because the producer felt that Cortot's playing in most of them was too unstable even for great Cortot fans, so he released the ones he felt were best.
Thank you for the information (and your commentary, as always 😌) I only have the first movement of 23 and 26 in full. It would be interesting to broadcast the complete cycle for documentary purposes…
I believe that all of Cortot's 1950s performances, no matter how poor in terms of mechanics, deserve to be listened to. For moderns to expect a release of Cortot's complete Beethoven cycle might be like expecting a complete Beethoven cycle by a great Interpreter that was never realized, say, Schnabel's second complete cycle or Lefebure's complete Beethoven cycle. But as long as Cortot's complete works are exist, we too should receive the benefit of his outstanding poetic sentiment.
No estaba ya para este proyecto.Ademas,fue siempre el poeta de los romanticos.Nunca lo vi referente para otro periodo.Es el Cortot que escuche y admire siempre.
Une telle rareté... Beethoven de Cortot... D'abord les cinq vidéos de votre chaîne avec les Masterclasses, maintenant ce merveilleux bijou... Quelle brillante idée de compiler... Donne une toute nouvelle compréhension du grand art tardif de Cortot et même de certains aspects de sa personnalité musicale en général... Je ne vous remercierai jamais assez, cher Guilhem Chameyrat ... 💝💝💝 TY
I could agree if you replaced "best" with "interesting". Pianistically, it's only half the expected train wreck. Musically, it's more often than not stimulating.
Cortot was a Chopin expert, and I hear a bit of a Chopinesque touch in most composers that he played. I find it most obvious in Beethoven and I like it, it's different. (I like to imagine that maybe Chopin's pianistic Beethoven interpretations sounded similar.)
Cortot recorded the complete sonatas in EMI studios in the 1950s, in two ways - uninterrupted performances and versions where he played the music alongside lectures about each movement. The complete 32 sonatas were not released because the producer felt that Cortot's playing in most of them was too unstable even for great Cortot fans, so he released the ones he felt were best.
Thank you for the information (and your commentary, as always 😌) I only have the first movement of 23 and 26 in full. It would be interesting to broadcast the complete cycle for documentary purposes…
Gosh, what a loss. The evaluation seems about right, but I'd still love to hear Cortot's take on the full cycle...
I believe that all of Cortot's 1950s performances, no matter how poor in terms of mechanics, deserve to be listened to.
For moderns to expect a release of Cortot's complete Beethoven cycle might be like expecting a complete Beethoven cycle by a great Interpreter that was never realized, say, Schnabel's second complete cycle or Lefebure's complete Beethoven cycle. But as long as Cortot's complete works are exist, we too should receive the benefit of his outstanding poetic sentiment.
Un Genio. 🎶🎶🎶💚🫶
No estaba ya para este proyecto.Ademas,fue siempre el poeta de los romanticos.Nunca lo vi referente para otro periodo.Es el Cortot que escuche y admire siempre.
Une telle rareté... Beethoven de Cortot...
D'abord les cinq vidéos de votre chaîne avec les Masterclasses, maintenant ce merveilleux bijou...
Quelle brillante idée de compiler...
Donne une toute nouvelle compréhension du grand art tardif de Cortot et même de certains aspects de sa personnalité musicale en général...
Je ne vous remercierai jamais assez, cher Guilhem Chameyrat ... 💝💝💝 TY
Merci infiniment pour votre soutien ! Je suis ravi que cela vous ait plu :)
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One of the best Les Adieux I have listened to, sounds like a full movie.
I would agree wholeheartedly.
I could agree if you replaced "best" with "interesting".
Pianistically, it's only half the expected train wreck.
Musically, it's more often than not stimulating.
At any moment you hear the very great and unique musician. Even when he is very far from being technically perfect.
I agree, the phasing and dynamics are remarkable even if the rendition by the older Cortot is a little shaky.
He uses rubato extensively in the Pathetique Sonata. I like his performance of the Beethoven sonatas which are stylistically unique to him.
Cortot was a Chopin expert, and I hear a bit of a Chopinesque touch in most composers that he played. I find it most obvious in Beethoven and I like it, it's different. (I like to imagine that maybe Chopin's pianistic Beethoven interpretations sounded similar.)
Preciso de mais gravações de cortot tocando Beethoven!
Porque hizo las correcciones hechas a mano ,( no se había inventado la imprenta. )
Me gusta mucho "el sonido" de el Mtro. Cortot...
Realmente, es una revelacion.....BRAVO, Maestro....desde Mexico City!
Obrigado por isso❤
Two minutes was more than enough.
And what is your opinion?
Are you truly interested in anything Mr. Two Minutes has to say? @@dwacheopus