Cortot's early career included performing the French premiere of Wagner's Götterdämmerung and the Paris premieres of Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, Brahms's German Requiem, and Wagner's Parsifal.
Recording & Production
This album includes Cortot's very first recording of Debussy's Children's Corner Suite and his earliest recorded performance of Schumann's Carnaval.
Performer Biography
Alfred Cortot founded the École Normale de Musique in 1919, the year after his American debut.
Interpretation
Cortot's recordings are noted for his bounding spontaneity, elegant phrasing, bell-like tone, lively rhythm, and unique rubato, which compensated for occasional technical slip-ups.
Performer Biography
Alfred Cortot, the pianist on this album, was born in Nyon to a French mother and a Swiss father on September 26, 1877.
Performer Biography
Alfred Cortot was awarded the 'Commander of the Legion of Honour' in 1934, but later offended his countrymen by touring Germany during World War II.
