Composer: Frédéric François Chopin, Ferencz Liszt
Performer: Alfred Cortot
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8111065
Release: 2006
Size: 295 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 ‘Marche funèbre’
01. I. Grave: Allegro
02. II. Scherzo
03. III. Marche funebre
04. IV. Finale: Presto
Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58
05. I. Allegro maestoso
06. II. Scherzo: Allegro vivace
07. III. Largo
08. IV. Finale: Presto non tanto
Liszt: Chants Polonais after Chopin, S480
09. No. 2. Fruhling (Wiosna, Spring)
10. No. 3. Das Ringlein (Pierscien, The Ring)
11. No. 5. Mein Freuden (Moja pieszczotka, My Joys)
12. Chopin: Grande Polonaise Brillante, Op. 22
13. Chopin: Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major, Op. 53 ‘Héroïque’
14. Chopin: Polonaise No. 7 in A flat major, Op. 61 ‘Polonaise-fantaisie’
Cortot’s 1928 recording of the Second Sonata is one of the earliest studio recordings of the work. He takes dizzying tempos at various points: both the scherzo and the finale are rapid and threaten to run away – yet Cortot never comes undone…high fidelity isn’t everything, and it is the 1928 performance – unedited, and far from note-perfect – that is his most distinctive