Since you are interested in Chopin: Ballades Nos. 1-4 / Nocturnes (Cortot, 78 rpm Recordings, Vol. 5) (1929-1951), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28 / 3 Impromptus / Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57 Alfred Cortot (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 29/Jan/2006 ] "Cortot's ability to make Chopin solid and tangible, to communicate his art both on an earthily human as well as an elevated poetic level - simultaneously" (MusicWeb Feb 2006) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Encores - 78 rpm Recordings (recorded 1925-26) Alfred Cortot (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 13/Sep/2007 ] 'He is one of those great musicians from whose readings of familiar works there is almost invariably something to learn and remember… it would be hard to surpass his sincerity, his feeling, his colouring, and declamation of the music. Nor are many as... |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Etudes (Complete) (1933-1949) Alfred Cortot (Piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 14/Sep/2006 ] Volume 3 of Cortot 78RPM recordings. Cortot was a great musician whose interpretations were often on a spiritual level. He managed to convey a depth of meaning through his playing and became associated with the works of Schumann, Debussy and... |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Piano Sonatas Nos. 2 - 3 / Polonaises (Cortot 78 rpm Recordings Vol. 4) Alfred Cortot (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] "A valuable repository of some of the most charismatic and resourceful Chopin playing on record" (MusicWeb May 2007) |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Waltzes Nos. 1-14 (rec 1933-1949) Alfred Cortot (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 13/Mar/2006 ] 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... |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Nocturnes (Selection) Idil Biret (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] Among forms that Chopin made his own was the Nocturne, at one time synonymous with the Serenade, but with the Irish pianist John Field and Chopin, his successor, a lyrical piano piece offering, nominally at least, a poetic vision of the night. Field... |