[ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD ]
Release Date: Monday 13 March 2006
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The son of a French father and Swiss mother, Alfred Cortot was born in Nyon, Switzerland in 1877. During his childhood the family moved to Paris and young Alfred joined the Paris Conservatoire at the age of nine, studying the piano first with Emile Descombes (1829-1912) and, from the age of fifteen, with Louis Diémer (1843-1919).
Fantasie in F minor, Op. 49
Waltz No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 18
Waltz No. 10 in B minor, Op. 69, No. 2
Waltz No. 11 in G flat major, Op. 70, No. 1
Waltz No. 12 in F minor, Op. 70, No. 2
Waltz No. 13 in D flat major, Op. 70, No. 3
Waltz No. 14 in E minor, Op. posth.
Waltz No. 2 in A flat major, Op. 34, No. 1
Waltz No. 3 in A minor, Op. 34, No. 2
Waltz No. 4 in F major, Op. 34, No. 3
Waltz No. 5 in A flat major, Op. 42
Waltz No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 64, No. 1, "Minute"
Waltz No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64, No. 2
Waltz No. 8 in A flat major, Op. 64, No. 3
Waltz No. 9 in A flat major, Op. 69, No. 1, "L'adieu"