Alfred Cortot plays Chopin Fantasy in F minor, Op. 49

[Bluetooth6483]

What's the date of this recording?

[Bluetooth6483]

The Polish soul!!

[uhartchristian]

Cortot avait entre autres une eleve qui est devenu une pianiste celébre en amerique et membre d honneur du philadelphia orchestra comme Aergerich et Rubinstein. Apres une grande carriere elle s est fixé a Paris et donnait des cours a tout l elite francaise du piano d aujourdhui. Mais personne ne semble plus connaitre son nom, ses enregistrements ont disparu.... ELIANE RICHEPIN

l ingratitude qui regne aujourdhui est immense.... deux fois elle avait recu la legion d honneur pour ses merites!!!!

[ilovescarlatti]

Cortot è un immenso musicista, prima che pianista. Tutto ciò che suona è di straordonario interesse e fascinazione. Anche nelle cose che gli riescono meno bene (pezzi virtuosistici) ci amalia con la sua arte. Sbaglio?

[lucamadeus]

@ilovescarlatti condivido pienamente, un genio assoluto, interprete di prim'ordine, tutto quello che toccava diventava oro: non aveva particolare interesse nell'arida perfezione tecnica, l'importante per lui era trasmettere un'idea, un pensiero espressivo e interpretativamente coerente

[GeorgeSand1976]

SUBLIME!!!!

[johnwhynot]

Gorgeous!

[aardvaark069]

He is possessed in this playing. It's adriven, urgent performance. I love it. His involvement is total. I sometimes wish he had played some other piano than a Pleyel though.

[pianistmusic]

This is great music and a great performance with inspiration and depth. Thank you so much for this wonderful recording.

[ManfredDeJesus]

I agree that in places, his playing is very melodramatic. But Alfred did actually live during some of the Romantic period, so it's quite possible that pieces like this were meant to be played with such dramatic flourish, a style that went out of fashion as the decades rolled on.

[LazlosPlane]

Plays like a man possessed. Sometimes, it just doesn't work. Sometimes it's breathtaking.

[ibclappin]

it would be hard, or maybe even unnrcessary, to get used to this, if, at least i personally, were to start listening to it. it's weird; certain parts are great but certain other parts sound like he completely miss-judged Chopin's phrases, or he tried to be so creative that he went over-board. when it comes to many of Chopin's piece i'm a fan of Cortot's work, but this piece here, i'm sorry to say, isn't played like how Chopin wrote it.

[junglejim66]

This is fine with me. Cortot was one of the last of the"grand tradition", when more flexibility was permitted.

[nickus32000]

The conception here is monumental, I almost forgot about the clunkers.

[chad410]

Perlemuters favourite dislike was don t play like a machine........well he obviously took that from the Lord himself. His chamber playing was quite outstanding too.

[paulphilip1]

@chad410 i've just been listening to perlemuter playing this, it's good to compare student and teacher