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Composer:
Franz Schubert

Artist(s):
Alfred Cortot

Background: This collection brings together Alfred Cortot's complete electrical recordings for the Victor Talking Machine Company. Of special interest are the March 1925 recordings of the second half of Chopin's G minor Ballade, which here receives its first CD release outside Japan.

Also of interest is Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No.11, transferred for this Naxos release from a vinyl test pressing for the unissued twelve-inch 78rpm.

CATALOGUE NR: 8111261
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Historical
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 30-Jul-2007

COMPOSER: Franz Schubert  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Great Pianists - Cortot : Encores
TRACKS: Litany (Schubert arr. Cortot). Impromptu in F sharp major op.36. Etude in A flat major op.25 No.1. Waltz No.7 in C sharp minor op.64 No.2. Ballade in G minor op.23 : Part 2 'Fragment from Ballade' (Chopin). Wiegenlied op.49 No 4 (Brahms arr. Cortot). Hungarian Rhapsody No.11 (Liszt). Invitation to the Dance (von Weber). Suite No.5 in E major HWV430. Air and Variations 'The Harmonious Blacksmith' (Handel). Sous le palmier op.232 No.3 (Albeniz). Invitation to the Dance (von Weber). Ballade in G minor op.23. Berceuse in D flat op.57 (Chopin). Hungarian Rhapsody No.2. Hungarian Rhapsody No.11. Concert Paraphrase on Verdi's 'Rigoletto' (Liszt).
ARTISTS: Alfred Cortot      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1925-1926 - Jan-2008 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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