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composer
Chopin, Fryderyk
title
Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2
performers
Cortot, Alfred
catalogue number
8.111327
description
Alfred Cortot was renowned above all as a pianist whose interpretations, especially of the works of Schumann, Debussy and Chopin, were often on a spiritual level. This 1953 performance of Chopin's Piano Sonata No. 2 is his fifth and final commercial recording of the work (the 1928 recording is available on Naxos 8.111065; the 1927 recording is unissued). Cortot wanted to record the work again partly because he felt his interpretation would be 'an example for the young pianists, who are so little imbued with the Romantic spirit'. His 1953 and third recording of Schumann's Kinderszenen is notable for the familiar singing tone and poetic warmth he brings to Kind im Einschlummern (Child falling asleep) and Der Dichter spricht (The poet speaks). Cortot's interpretation of the youthful romanticism of Carnaval is full of colour and character, far preferable to bland and uninspired subsequent accounts from lesser pianists.
format
CD x 1
label
Naxos
release date
8/28/08
EAN / barcode
747313332724
PLN 58.00
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