Alfred Cortot - Chopin Concerto No. 2 in F minor (1944, radio)

Live January 16, 1944. Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Paris
Grand Orchestre de Radio-Paris, cond. Willem Mengelberg
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[@pianomaly9859]

Incredible. How musically and sensitively Mengelberg manages the accompaniment. The most imaginative orchestral playing in a Chopin concerto I've ever heard. And Cortot.............his playing, the whole performance is just plain beyond the horizon. Much thanks for posting this treasure.

[@d_r_e_a_m_b_o_a_t]

Mengelberg’s accompaniment makes me wish for the first time that Chopin wrote more for orchestra- the conducting style is exactly suited to him, and a perfect match for Cortot on piano!

[@christopherczajasager9030]

Historic document of two great music individualists of the great European tradition.Merci....dank u wel

[@1fattyfatman]

This guy is pretty good at music.

[@ClassicalPianoRarities]

Not bad! 😉

[@doGreatartistsgrowontrees]

Wow, didn’t know this existed. Made my day. Thank you for uploading.

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Enjoy!

[@antoniofernandez-albalatga5731]

Eel poeta del piano!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@bvbwv3]

Such beautiful moments throughout, especially the whole 2nd mvt. Thank you for this rarity.

[@ClassicalPianoRarities]

Happy that you enjoyed it.

[@annah.1927]

Beautiful ! 💐💐💐 Thank you.

[@notmytempo464]

Such beauty, thank you for sharing this.

[@sergeihsiao4011]

So lovely ,thank you❤

[@annah.1927]

Merci beaucoup ! 💐💐💐

[@user-yw5en8hp6w]

Fantastic! Thank you so much!

[@Cayres18]

Unique Pianist.

[@artvirtue2]

Truly great!

[@richardresseguier1]

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[@richardresseguier1]

Numéro one

[@pablobear4241]

the contrast frmo 31:56 then. 32:03... just amazing, makes everyone else sound like a noob at this piece despite a bit of labored fingerwork

[@alombredeslava2468]

Valeur d’archive pour deux grands noms de la musique qui en ces temps tourmentés s’étaient ostensiblement fourvoyés...et semblent très loin ici de nous donner le meilleur d’eux-mêmes.

[@tommasomarino1575]

Woah!

[@j.vonhogen9650]

28:18 - What the heck is that high pitched note? It almost sounds like an 'Ondes Martenot'! 😱 Did Mengelberg hire the Ghostbusters, perhaps?

[@ransomcoates546]

With Mengelberg anything is possible.

[@lospazio]

33:27 😂

[@valvelive5428]

Political idealism aside ... The fact that these very high-level performances were performed in occupied France cannot be changed. Cortot's performance in live performances is really great, and in a way it seems to be the most greasy at this time. Recording noise is unavoidable, but I feel that it is a very musical performance.

[@elias7748]

Is the orchestration different in this rendition from what Chopin wrote? Sounds very different from other recordings. This is my favorite recording despite the scratch

[@hugod327]

They were caughing a lot

[@jerseycitysteve]

Those were the good old days, when everybody smoked, drank, ate steak, beat the Axis, and rebuilt the world. Today, nobody smokes, drinks, eats a pound of beef at a sitting, and are letting the world go to Hell. ;-)

[@hugod327]

@@jerseycitysteve hahaha nicely said

[@praaht18]

somewhat erratic but very beautiful if you can stand the hissing

[@ClassicalPianoRarities]

It is in exceptional sound compared to most historical recordings