Classical Corner Classical Music Corner (thread #42)

You can find some info at the following link:

https://groups.google.com/forum/m/?...ot/rec.music.classical.recordings/d7rydL6B6oo

Yes lots of unreleased, especially Beethoven.

From amazon.fr:


Descriptions du produit
Description du produit
Un monument du piano Ses exceptionnels touché et sens du phrasé, sa compréhension profonde et personnelle des répertoires les plus variés, ou encore le trio légendaire qu'il forma avec Jacques Thibaud et Pablo Casals, ont fait d'Alfred Cortot le plus grand pianiste de son temps, tout simplement. Maître de nombreux disciples, notamment les géniaux Dinu Lipatti, Samson François et Clara Haskil, Cortot a aussi durablement influencé l'école de piano russe à travers Samuil Feinberg et Heinrich Neuhaus, ce dernier étant lui-même le professeur révéré de Sviatoslav Richter. L'ensemble des enregistrements de ce coffret a fait l'objet d'une restauration sonore attentive et soignée, afin de respecter au plus près le son originel de chaque oeuvre. Ce remastering a été réalisé sous le contrôle expert de M. Guthrie Luke, un ancien disciple d'Alfred Cortot qui assista d'ailleurs à de nombreuses séances d'enregistrement du maître. Les enregistrements proposés ici ne constituent pas une « intégrale ». N'ont pas été reproduits ici les rouleaux gravés par l'artiste pour les marques Duo-Art, Aeolian et Pleyela, la plupart doublant le répertoire des 78 tours. Les premiers disques, issus de la collection Victor, relèvent de la technique de prise de son acoustique, et les enregistrements avec microphone électrique apparaissent dès 1926. Plusieurs inédits Parmi les quelques enregistrements d'importance demeurés inédits, mentionnons en premier lieu les Schumann (Etudes symphoniques, CD 26) et les Kreisleriana (CD 27) de l'année 1953, des Chopin (Préludes & Ballades) de l'année 1957 (CD 28), et quelques gravures plus anciennes, comme le Triana d'Albéniz, la 3e romance sans paroles (CD 1) et la berceuse de Dolly de Fauré (CD 4), ainsi que quelques pièces de Chopin et de César Franck (CD 20) sorties des archives sonores d'EMI. Beethoven commenté Issus du projet inabouti d'intégrale des sonates de Beethoven réalisée par Cortot à la toute fin des années 1950, quelques mouvements de sonates pianistiquement acceptables ont été sélectionnés : le premier mouvement de l'Appassionata, le second mouvement de la sonate op.90 et les trois mouvements de la sonate op.81 a (les adieux). Ces morceaux choisis sont complétés au cas par cas par les leçons orales d'interprétations, avec exemples au piano, que Cortot a fixées à la même époque en vue de leur publication sur microsillon, leçons demeurées inédites. Ainsi, trouve-t-on le commentaire des sonates « Pathétique », « Clair de lune », « Appassionata », ainsi que des sonates op.79, op.90 et op.81a. En conclusion de ce coffret, on entendra encore la voix d'Alfred Cortot prononçant un discours radiophonique en hommage et à la mémoire de son élève Dinu Lipatti. CONTENU oeuvres de Albéniz - Bach - Beethoven - Brahms - Chausson - Chopin - Couperin - Debussy - Fauré - Franck - Haendel - Haydn - Liszt - Mendelssohn - Purcell - Ravel - Saint-Saëns - Schubert - Schumann - Scriabin - Weber Alfred Cortot piano & chef d'orchestre Avec Jacques Thibaud - Pablo Casals - International String Quartet - Louis Isnard - Vladimir Voulfman - Georges Blanpain - Maurice Eisenberg - Charles Panzéra - Maggie Teyte - John Barbirolli - Charles Munch - Landon Ronald New Remastering: Studio Art & Son, Paris 2012

 

I do not have your box, but i just listened to this recording through a japanese reissue. Very powerful and involving.

 

Yes, the adjective powerful came to mind many times when I was listening. Also, few pianists have played this work with such confidence. It's exhilarating to listen to.

 

I dare say that goes for all of us.

 

Well, I'm glad to hear that you're alive. I'm also glad that you can telecommunicate [commune?] to work. Hang in there.

 

Yes, all the best Stuart

 

Alex, thanks for the links!

 

My Blue Heaven

Messiaen and birds, sounds like my kind of heaven.

 

You're welcome.

My Cortot box just shipped from Amazon.fr (pre order price 48 Euro)!

Alex

 

I've got this fine set:



Haven't spun it in awhile. Still catching up on my backlog. I've been listening exclusively to things in my collection that I haven't heard yet and I have only 64 CDs left. (plus the stuff I have ordered online in the last few weeks.) My goal is to get caught up ASAP.

 

Same here Buddy!
Ya had me worried now I see your ok.
Hope you have your power back before it gets really cold.
Keep us informed!

 

Nice, let us know how it is when you get a chance to listen to it or to some of it of course.

 

I had a very interesting experience this week with a series of concerts at Davies Hall in San Francisco, The Smith Center in Las Vegas and Disney Hall in L.A.

I not only attended concerts in those halls (twice in Davies) but had the privilidge of sitting in on the rehearsals which allowed me to sit in other seats (of course I looked for the best seats in the house each time)

The differences between halls becomes even more obvious when you get to do this sort of thing. My impressions of Disney Hall and Davies Hall did not change a bit. But the differences were far far bigger than I had really thought before.

Also during the rehearsal I discovered the "god" seat at Disney Hall for a piano concerto. Row DD seat 154. It is the best view I have ever had of the piano and the best sound I have ever heard from a piano and/or from an orchestra. It is the "God" seat. I suspect it may be the single best seat in any concert hall in the world for a piano concerto.

What a fun week.

 

Funny, I have sat in that exact seat (and those to the direct left) and I agree. I have long preferred DD, whenever possible. The fact that you can sit that close and see everything so perfectly, and still have the best sound is truly amazing.

 

At long last, I tracked down a reasonably priced copy of this OOP 2CD set by Novaes.

 

Thanks George. Finally got the power back around 12 noon today. This was the longest power loss I have ever had - 114 hours or close to 5 full days ...

 

I'll have to keep an eye out for that Celestial Harmony release. Though I have to say - that Anonymous 4 record sure looks cool!
------ Chris

 

Jim, Sounds like you are fine. I was wondering how your area would fare when I heard Sandy was moving inland to NY and PA ...

I am fine after having survived without power for close to 5 days and my wife will check with our heating oil/propane supplier on a LP (liquid propane) generator on Monday to avoid repeating this lousy experience down the road. It appears we can see more and more of these storms.

 

Glad you and everyone on our thread from down that way made it thru ok.
We dodged the bullet here! Lotta wind....not a lotta rain.
Had some tense moments as I have a 100+yr old Oak across the street from my house.
House is like 40ft from the base of this monster and it's on another persons property.
All the leaves all came off JUST before the storm came so that was a relief for sure.
If it comes down it WILL flatten my house no doubt about it.
We get a lotta wind I get REAL nervous!!

 

Great pianist, I have her Chopin preludes which I like a lot.

 

Got a link? The CD set I posted avove is the preludes, but live. I've read that none of her studio recordings really show the true depth of her art.

 

Wonder how the recording quality is??

 

It's really bad, but I want it anyway.

 

You mean a link to a cd? No, I have it on a VOX LP. I don't think that this has been released on digital but I am not 100% positive.
Also I have Chopin's Complete Waltzes with her. Most of her recordings for VOX are very easy to find through EBay and they are not expensive at all.
I think she was an incredible pianist and I just need to get more of her.

 

Ah, I figured (after asking) that yours was an LP.