Chopin: Waltzes Nos. 1-14 / Fantasie (Cortot, 78 Rpm Recordings, Vol. 2) (1933-1949)

Album by Alfred Cortot

This compilation album by pianist Alfred Cortot collects 78 rpm recordings made between 1933 and 1949. The recordings present Cortot's Romantic interpretations of Chopin's piano repertoire, characterised by expressive rubato, intimate phrasing and the timbral warmth of pre-war acoustic recording, and they document a later phase of his recording career that contributes to understanding mid-20th-century performance practice.
First released: February 2006

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Grande valse brillante in E-Flat Major, Op. 18 - Waltz No. 1 in E
    4:41
  2. 2.
    Waltzes, Op. 34 "Valses brillante" - Waltz No. 2 in A-Flat Major, Op. 34, No. 1
    4:49
  3. 3.
    Waltzes, Op. 34 "Valses brillante" - Waltz No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 34, No. 2
    4:19
  4. 4.
    Waltzes, Op. 34 "Valses brillante" - Waltz No. 4 in F Major, Op. 34, No. 3
    2:17
  5. 5.
    Waltz in A-Flat Major, Op. 42 - Waltz No. 5 in A
    3:46
  6. 6.
    Waltzes, Op. 64 - Waltz No. 6 in D-Flat Major, Op. 64, No. 1, "Minute"
    1:42
  7. 7.
    Waltzes, Op. 64 - Waltz No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 64, No. 2
    3:08
  8. 8.
    Waltzes, Op. 64 - Waltz No. 8 in A-Flat Major, Op. 64, No. 3
    2:59
  9. 9.
    Waltz No. 9 in A-Flat Major, Op. 69, No. 1, "L'adieu"
    3:08
  10. 10.
    Waltz No. 10 in B Minor, Op. 69, No. 2
    2:55
  11. 11.
    Waltz No. 11 in G-Flat Major, Op. 70, No. 1
    2:03
  12. 12.
    Waltz No. 12 in F Minor, Op. 70, No. 2
    2:28
  13. 13.
    Waltz No. 13 in D-Flat Major, Op. 70, No. 3
    2:48
  14. 14.
    Waltz No. 14 in E Minor, Op. Posth.
    2:22
  15. 15.
    Waltz No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 64, No. 2
    3:08
  16. 16.
    Waltz No. 9 in A-Flat Major, Op. 69, No. 1, "L'adieu"
    3:10
  17. 17.
    Waltz No. 9 in A-Flat Major, Op. 69, No. 1, "L'adieu"
    3:02
  18. 18.
    Waltz No. 11 in G-Flat Major, Op. 70, No. 1
    2:31
  19. 19.
    Waltz No. 6 in D-Flat Major, Op. 64, No. 1, "Minute"
    1:42
  20. 20.
    Fantasie in F Minor, Op. 49
    11:27