Alfred Cortot plays Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas

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Ludwig van Beethoven ( 1770-1827 )
Piano Sonata No.8 in C Minor, Op.13 « Pathetique »
00:00 I. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio
05:37 II. Adagio cantabile
08:49 III. Rondo : Allegro
Piano Sonata No.14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op.27 No.2 « Moonlight »
12:06 I. Adagio sostenuto
16:09 II. Allegretto
17:36 III. Presto agitato
Piano Sonata No.23 in F Minor, Op.57 « Appassionata »
20:40 I. Allegro assai
30:39 II. Andante con moto
35:15 III. Allegro ma non troppo : Presto
Piano Sonata No.25 in G Major, Op.79
37:34 I. Presto alla tadesca
39:15 II. Andante
40:51 III. Vivace
Piano Sonata No.26 in E-Flat Major, Op.81
42:54 I. Das Lebewohl : Adagio - Allegro
49:24 II. Abwesenheit : Andante espressivo
52:56 III. Das Wiedersehen : Vivacissimamente
Artificial reconstructions after these masterclasses : • Alfred Cortot’s master...
Alfred Cortot, piano
Rec. 1950s, at Ecole Normale de Musique, Paris
( Warner )
Sofronichrist, 2023

Пікірлер: 26

@ThePianoFiles Жыл бұрын

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.

@sofronichrist-bonus Жыл бұрын

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…

@Isegawa2001 7 ай бұрын

Gosh, what a loss. The evaluation seems about right, but I'd still love to hear Cortot's take on the full cycle...

@user-br5ln8wu5w 4 ай бұрын

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.

@CarmenReyes-em9np 11 күн бұрын

Un Genio. 🎶🎶🎶💚🫶

@_PROCLUS 9 ай бұрын

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

@sofronichrist-bonus 9 ай бұрын

Merci infiniment pour votre soutien ! Je suis ravi que cela vous ait plu :)

@_PROCLUS 9 ай бұрын

🌹

@leongunnyli6059 Жыл бұрын

One of the best Les Adieux I have listened to, sounds like a full movie.

@Abidification 6 ай бұрын

I would agree wholeheartedly.

@Pogouldangeliwitz 3 ай бұрын

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.

@ladivinafanatic Жыл бұрын

Love this!

@sofronichrist-bonus Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much !

@CarmenReyes-em9np 11 күн бұрын

Porque hizo las correcciones hechas a mano ,( no se había inventado la imprenta. )

@leonidpolonsky4932 Жыл бұрын

At any moment you hear the very great and unique musician. Even when he is very far from being technically perfect.

@Cayres18 7 ай бұрын

Obrigado por isso❤

@Cayres18 7 ай бұрын

Preciso de mais gravações de cortot tocando Beethoven!

@marichristian1072 Жыл бұрын

I agree, the phasing and dynamics are remarkable even if the rendition by the older Cortot is a little shaky.

@Abidification 6 ай бұрын

He uses rubato extensively in the Pathetique Sonata. I like his performance of the Beethoven sonatas which are stylistically unique to him.

@Seleuce 24 күн бұрын

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.)