Chopin Nocturne No 16 Op 55 No 2 Cortot Rec 1947

Loading...

Sign in or sign up now!
Alert icon
Upgrade to the latest Flash Player for improved playback performance. Upgrade now or more info.
8,651
Loading...
Alert icon
Sign in or sign up now!
Alert icon

Uploaded by on Aug 30, 2009

A wondrous performance.

Category:

Music

Tags:

License:

Standard YouTube License

  • likes, 0 dislikes

Link to this comment:

Share to:

Top Comments

  • Perhaps Chopin's most sumptuously beautiful Nocturne. Interesting to compare it with Friedman's...both are gorgeous performances--I think in Cortot's hands it has more a feeling of spontaneity, of almost an improvisation

  • Pollini is a Cortot's fan. Like us.

see all

All Comments (26)

Sign In or Sign Up now to post a comment!
  • Lento?....

    great performance though

  • thankyou for posting this, it absolutely took my breath away - please tell me how to obtain this recording. 

  • what on earth planet is this man from? unreal.

  • The depth he creates with an almost independence of each hand is amazing.  There is a wondrous luminosity here I haven't heard in any other interpretation.

  • @gedugat It sounds more like a Pleyel which Chopin loved because of its light touch, permitting a fine pianissimo The pedal in the Pleyel Chopin played did not sustain as long as a modern pedal does and the piano's tone was sweeter. He did double pedal according to his students

  • The most beautiful interpretation I have ever heard of any of the nocturnes.  A new dimension entirely.

  • @gedugat

    Cortot recorded on Pleyel (Naxos, Preludes) and on Steinway. To me this recording sounds Steinway but not sure. A agree, there is a difference in sound between the modern Steinway and the pre-second word war ones.

Loading...

Alert icon
0 / 00Unsaved Playlist Return to active list
    1. Your queue is empty. Add videos to your queue using this button:
      or sign in to load a different list.
    Loading...Loading...Saving...
    • Clear all videos from this list
    • Learn more