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Alfred Cortot - Encores

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Alfred Cortot - Encores

Albéniz:	Sous le palmier, Op. 232, No. 3
Brahms:	Wiegenlied, Op. 49 No. 4 (Lullaby) (arr. Cortot)
Chopin:	Impromptu No. 2 in F sharp major, Op. 36 Étude Op. 25 No. 1 in A flat major 'Aeolian Harp' Waltz No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2 Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 Part 2; (“Fragment from Ballade”) Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
Handel:	Suite No. 5 in E major HWV 430 Suite in E major 'Harmonious Blacksmith'
Liszt:	Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 11 in A minor Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 2 in C sharp minor Concert Paraphrase on Rigoletto, S.434 after Verdi's opera
Schubert:	Litanei auf das Fest Allerseelen, D343 (arr. Cortot)
Weber:	Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65

Alfred Cortot (piano)

Recorded in Camden, New Jersey 1925-1926

A critic wrote after Cortot’s 5th January 1927 recital at New York’s Aeolian Hall: “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 fortunate as he in striking the mean between what is nobly expressive and what is sentimental….”

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