Robert Lortat plays Chopin: The Complete Recordings
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Label: APR
Cat No: APR6042
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 4th August 2023
Contents
Works
Etudes (12), op.10Etudes (12), op.25
Etudes, Nouvelles (3)
Piano Sonata no.2 in B flat minor, op.35 'Funeral March'
Preludes (24), op.28
Waltzes (14)
Artists
Robert Lortat (piano)Works
Etudes (12), op.10Etudes (12), op.25
Etudes, Nouvelles (3)
Piano Sonata no.2 in B flat minor, op.35 'Funeral March'
Preludes (24), op.28
Waltzes (14)
Artists
Robert Lortat (piano)About
Were it not for the chronic illness which dogged him after service in WW1 and led to his premature death, Robert Lortat (1885–1938) would undoubtedly have recorded more and been remembered as one of the greatest French pianists of the 20th century. He performed a wide repertoire, including much Fauré and Debussy, magnificently, but Chopin was central to his art. He first performed the composer’s complete works from memory in five concerts in 1912 and his only recordings, presented here complete, are of Chopin. Lortat was only the second pianist to record Chopin’s complete etudes, after the Backhaus cycle of 1928 (on APR_6026), and that they preceded Cortot cycle shows the esteem with which Lortat’s playing was held in France.
When they have been presented before, Lortat’s recordings have suffered from very poor transfers from the original 78s. We hope these new transfers, by Mark Obert-Thorn, cast them in a new and much improved light.
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