The Piano Recordings of Alfred Cortot
prepared by Farhan Malik
- Albeniz
- Malaguena: 1919, 1923, 1930
- Seguidillas op 232: 1919, 1923, 1930
- Sous le Palmier op 232 #3 1926
- Triana: 1922
- Bach
- Brandenburg Concerto #5: 1932 Paris Conservatoire Orch.
- Bach/Cortot
- Beethoven
- Trio op 121a: 1926 Thibaud, Casals
- Trio op 97: 1928 Thibaud, Casals
- Variations on Bei Mannern: 1927 Casals
- Violin Sonata op 47:1929 Thibaud
- Brahms/Cortot
- Cradle Song op 49 #4: 1925, 1954
- Chausson
- Concerto Piano Violin String Quartet: 1931 Thibaud
- Chopin
- Ballade op 23: 1926, 1929, 1933
- Ballade op 23: pt. II: 1925
- Ballade op 38: 1929, 1933
- Ballade op 47: 1929, 1933
- Ballade op 52: 1929, 1933
- Barcarolle op 60:1933 1951
- Berceuse op 57: 1920, 1923, 1926, 1949,1954, 1957
- Concerto op 21: 1935 Barbirolli
- Etude op 10 #3: 1951, 1952
- Etude op 10 #4: 1951
- Etude op 10 #5: 1920, 1923, 1954 (2 versions)
- Etude op 25 #1: 1925
- Etude op 25 #2: 1922, 1954
- Etude op 25 #3: 1922
- Etude op 25 #9: 1920, 1923, 1952, 1954 (2 versions)
- Etude op 25 #11:1923
- Etudes op 10: 1933, 1942
- Etudes op 25: 1934, 1942
- Fantasy Impromptu op 66: 1933
- Fantasy op 49: 1933, 1952
- Grand Polonaise op 22: 1923, 1952
- Impromptu op 29: 1922, 1933
- Impromptu op 36: 1925, 1933, 1952
- Impromptu op 51: 1933
- Nocturne op 9 #2: 1929, 1949, 1952, 1957
- Nocturne op 15 #1: 1951
- Nocturne op 15 #2: 1948, 1954 (2 versions)
- Nocturne op 27 #1: 1951
- Nocturne op 55 #1: 1947
- Nocturne op 55 #2: 1947
- Nouvelle Etudes: 1947, 1949
- Polonaise Fantasy op 61:1947
- Polonaise op 53: 1933, 1952
- Prelude op 28 #12: 1928
- Prelude op 28 #15: 1950, 1952
- Prelude op 45: 1947, 1949
- Preludes op 28:1926, 1933/4, 1942, 1955
- Scherzo op 31: 1952
- Scherzo op 39: 1952
- Sonata op 35: 1928, 1933, 1952, 1953, 1956
- Sonata op 58: 1931, 1933
- Tarantelle op 43: 1919, 1920, 1923, 1931, 1933, 1954
- Waltz E Minor op post: 1934, 1943
- Waltz op 18: 1934, 1943
- Waltz op 34 #1: 1934, 1943
- Waltz op 34 #2: 1934, 1943
- Waltz op 34 #3: 1934, 1943
- Waltz op 42: 1934, 1943
- Waltz op 64 #1: 1934, 1943,1954,1957
- Waltz op 64 #2: 1925,1934,1943,1954 (2 versions)
- Waltz op 64 #3: 1934, 1943
- Waltz op 69 #1: 1931, 1934, 1943,1954,1957
- Waltz op 69 #2: 1934, 1943
- Waltz op 70 #1: 1934, 1943, 1954
- Waltz op 70 #2: 1934, 1943, 1954
- Waltz op 70 #3: 1934, 1943
- Chopin/Liszt
- My Joys: 1919, 1923, 1939
- Ring: 1939
- Spring: 1939
- Debussy
- Aupres de Cette Grotte Sombre (Song):1936 Teyte
- Ballade Des Femmes de Paris (Song):1936 Teyte
- Children's Corner Suite: 1923, 1928, 1947
- Clair de Lune (Song): 1936 Teyte
- Colloque Sentimental (Song):1936 Teyte
- Crois Mon Conseil Chere Climene (Song): 1936 Teyte
- De Greve (Song):1936 Teyte
- En Sourdine (Song):1936 Teyte
- Fantoches (Song):1936 Teyte
- Girl With the Flaxen Hair: 1919, 1928, 1931
- Goldfish: 1952 [not sure about this one----A.E.]
- Golliwog's Cakewalk: 1952
- Hills of Anacapri: 1931
- Je Tremble En Voyant Ton Visage (Song): 1936 Teyte
- La Chevelure (Song):1936 Teyte
- La Flute de Pan (Song):1936 Teyte
- Le Faune (Song):1936 Teyte
- Le Tombeau Des Naiades (Song):1936 Teyte
- Les Ingenus (Song):1936 Teyte
- Minstrels: 1919, 1931
- Preludes Book 1:1930/1, 1949
- Serenade for the Doll:1931
- Sunken Cathedral:1923, 1947
- Violin Sonata: 1929
- Wind in the Plain: 1928
- Debussy/Hartmann
- Faure
- Berceuse (from Dolly):1925
- Berceuse: 1931 Thibaud
- Romance: 1922
- Violin Sonata op 13: 1927 Thibaud
- Franck
- Prelude Aria Finale: 1932
- Prelude Chorale and Fugue:1929
- Quintet:1927 International
- Symphonic Variations 1927, 1933 Ronald, London
- Violin Sonata: 1923, 1929 Thibaud
- Handel
- Harmonious Blacksmith:1926
- Haydn
- Trio #25 G Major: 1927 Thibaud, Casals
- Liszt
- Au Bord d'Une Source:1923
- Hungarian Rhapsody #2:1926, 1952
- Hungarian Rhapsody #2 Part 1:1920
- Hungarian Rhapsody #2 Part 2:1923
- Hungarian Rhapsody #11:1925, 1926, 1952, 1953
- La Leggierezza: 1919, 1923, 1931
- Sonata: 1929
- St. Francis Walking on the Waves: 1935
- Massenet
- Mendelssohn
- Rondo Capriccioso op 14:1923
- Scherzo op 16 #2:1923
- Song Without Words op 19 #1:1937
- Trio op 49:1927 Thibaud, Casals
- Variations Serieuses op 54: 1937,1950
- Purcell/Henderson
- Air,Gavotte,Minuets,Siciliana: 1937, 1954
- Ravel
- Concerto Left Hand:1939 Munch
- Jeux d'eau: 1920, 1923, 1931
- Sonatine:1931
- Saint-Saens
- Bouree op 135 Left Hand:1923,1952
- Concerto op 44:1935 Munch
- Etude in Form of Waltz op 52 #6:1919,1931
- Schubert
- 12 Landler op 171: 1937,1951
- Impromptu op 90 #3: 1954 [not sure about this one----A.E.]
- Moment Musical op 94 #3: 1952, 1954
- Trio op 99:1926 Thibaud, Casals
- Schubert/Cortot
Litanei: 1925, 1937, 1948, 1952
- Schumann
- Carnaval op 9: 1923, 1928, 1953
- Concerto op 54:1923, 1927, 1934 Ronald
- Concerto op.54:1936 (Uruguay radio)
- Concerto op 54:1951 Fricsay, RIAS
- Davidsbundlertanze op 6: 1937
- Des Abends op 12 #1: 1937
- Dichterliebe op 48:1935/Panzera, 1956/Souzay
- Kinderscenen op 15: 1935, 1947, 1953
- Kreisleriana op 16:1935
- Papillons op 2:1935
- Prophet Bird op 82 #7: 1948, 1953
- Symphonic Etudes op 13: 1929,1953
- Trio op 63:1928 Thibaud, Casals
- Scriabin
- Verdi/Liszt
- Rigoletto Paraphrase: 1920,1923,1926
- Vivaldi/Cortot
- Weber
- Invitation to the Dance op 65:1923,1926
- Sonata #2:1939
Extant unpublished recordings:
Chopin
- Four Ballades: 1957
- Preludes, Op.28: 1957
Franck
- Variations Symphoniques: 1957/ Lausanne Orch.
Beethoven's 32 Sonatas were recorded twice, once with Cortot's
comments. They ought to be in Pathe Marconi's Paris archive. They
may date from 1957 and might be poorly played.
Chopin/Liszt
Franck/Cortot
- Prelude, Fugue, Variation
Schumann
- Sonata #2: 1954 (sounds authentic)
A film exists of Cortot playing most of
Debussy's Children's Corner Suite. The tasteless scenario obscures
Cortot throughout, except for a few rare moments allowing glimpses
of him and his hands. What a lost opportunity!
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