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Schumann by Alfred Cortot: Kinderszenen, Symphonic Studies, Piano Concerto.. (2020 Remastered, Paris 1923-1953)
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Schumann by Alfred Cortot_Kinderszenen, Symphonic Studies, Piano Concerto..
Alfred Cortot (2020 Remastered, Paris 1923-1953)
6 disc(s) - 166 track(s)
Total length: 06:00:15
Interview with Bernard Gavoty (July 1953).
In Lausanne, at Cortot’s villa, where several of the photographs that follow were taken. Is it a villa or a museum? On reflection, it is a museum inside a villa. On the walls hang Renoir’s Wagner, along with historical portraits depicting Chopin, Schumann, Liszt and Mozart. Behind glass or inside these document cabinets lie manuscripts that set the imagination alight: the E major Étude, L’Après-midi d’un faune, Debussy’s Préludes, Franck’s Sonata, letters from Beethoven. An abundance of medals, engravings and plaster casts. One of the richest musical libraries in Europe.
— I have travelled extensively, visited museums, antique dealers...
— And is that how you developed your passion for collecting?
— It all began with a book someone gave me when I was a child. I wanted to have two, then three... We were very poor...
Three plaster hands rest for good on a low library shelf:
— Liszt’s, Chopin’s... and mine!
— A poor hand, that one. Difficult, slow to warm up, once clumsy... Fortunately, I had, and still have, a supple wrist that acts like a spring: that is what gives me my momentum and lightness.
— Of all your teachers, which one taught you the most? (The interview is proceeding according to the rules...)
— One never stops learning... My sisters, Descombes and Diémer taught me the piano. Risler revealed music to me. But two lessons, above all others, have stayed with me.
The first came from Anton Rubinstein, who had asked Diémer to hear one of his pupils. I was chosen. I was fifteen. I arrived at Diémer’s home and saw Rubinstein sunk deep in an armchair: with one hand he was swinging a cigar, while in the hollow of the other he was warming a glass of cognac. I bowed. No reaction. At a sign from Diémer, I went to the piano and played the Appassionata. Nothing. I stood up. In the profound silence, Rubinstein’s voice rose, gravelly and rough:
“Your cognac is very good, Diémer. I think I could manage another glass...”
My heart froze in my chest... Farewell to music!
Crushed and trembling, I bowed to the old lion and made for the door, when Rubinstein caught me by the sleeve, placed his hand on my shoulder and, looking straight into my eyes, slowly and emphatically said:
“Son, never forget what I am about to tell you: Beethoven is not something you play; he is something you reinvent...”
I was saved!
— You mean that Rubinstein freed you from a scruple?
— Faced with a masterpiece, there are two possible attitudes: reverence or violation. What does it mean to play according to the composer’s wishes, or in the tradition of his pupils? What matters is to give free rein to the imagination, to recreate the work, to live it anew. That is what interpretation means...
“That fruitful illusion of the interpreter, which at moments makes him merge with the creator...”
What is an artist, if not a visionary? That is why, when Cortot played Schumann’s Concerto under Nikisch at the Leipzig Gewandhaus in 1913, Germany, which since Nietzsche had regarded Schumann as a minor artist, felt the stirring call of its own race, the voice of its genius. In an ineffable way, Cortot had discovered the secret vibration of this music, so gentle and so heartbreaking—and all the more heartbreaking for being so gentle...
— And the second lesson?
— I received it from a little girl, Chouchou Debussy, to whom her father had dedicated Children’s Corner. Shortly after Claude Debussy’s death, at his widow’s request, I went to play the Préludes for her, which she had not heard for some time. I performed that marvellous series on the upright Bechstein piano that Debussy loved for its easy touch and whispering sonorities. I finished. Madame Debussy was in tears. Then, searching for something to say, I turned to Chouchou, sitting in a corner—the children’s corner—who was watching me with her solemn eyes.
“Well, Chouchou, is that how your father used to play?”
“Oh, no. Papa listened more...”
— The lessons of the passing wind, which tells us the story of the world...
That unique way of questioning the keyboard, of moving an instrument made of strings and hammers, an instrument condemned, in essence, to dryness; that gift for making what should merely sound actually sing; that invisible bow, those iridescent strokes, those velvet chords, that downy snow...
The miracle of Cortot is that, with him, the piano ceases to be a piano!
— ...Just as I myself would have liked to cease being a pianist...
Conductor, the creator in Paris of Götterdämmerung, composer, incomparable teacher, chamber musician, lecturer, Cortot has achieved something among the rarest things in the world: unity amid profusion.
I notice on a shelf the three volumes of French Piano Music, alongside the solitary volume Aspects of Chopin; on the desk lie the first handwritten pages of a work by Schumann. Behind this semicircular desk of pale cedar, how many mornings have been devoted to work!
— One must explain to oneself the reasons for loving one’s art so passionately... Passionately, without respite...
One day, he told me in a low voice:
“I can never get enough!”
That is his secret. Is this why, today, he is one of the few who can restore the youth of masterpieces, drawing forth from faded pages their original freshness?
So many virtuosos...
— Don’t talk to me about virtuosos! There are far too many of them—and they amount to so little... They remind me of Chantecler... The poor fools! They genuinely believe that a cock-a-doodle-doo makes the sun rise!
The outburst brings colour to his cheeks. His passion for argument vies with his love of music. Have several of the magnificent portraits that follow not captured him in the heat of his demonstrations?
One last glance at the walls. A photograph shows an elongated island, half-veiled by the low branch of a maritime pine—Cortoshima. The Japanese gave it to him after a triumphant tour. It is as large as Porquerolles, planted with rockroses and bamboo.
— That day, I was given another gift when someone told me the ideographic meaning of my name.
In Japanese, Cortot means: “A solitary soul on the island of dreams.”
What finer legend could I have wished for?
To live up to the very end the image that sums up his life, will he go and live on his island, like a lord upon his own domain?
“No, no...”
A fleeting, elusive dream passes through his dark eyes...
“...For I have great, unfulfilled departures within me!”
Enjoy your listening
Track listing
CD 1
1-1-Kinderszenen Op. 15 - No. 1 Von fremden Landern und Menschen (Remastered 2020, Version 1947)
1-2-Kinderszenen Op. 15 - No. 2 Kuriose Geschichte (Remastered 2020, Version 1947)
1-3-Kinderszenen Op. 15 - No. 3 Hasche-Mann (Remastered 2020, Version 1947)
1-4-Kinderszenen Op. 15 - No. 4 Bittendes Kind (Remastered 2020, Version 1947)
1-5-Kinderszenen Op. 15 - No. 5 Gluckes genug (Remastered 2020, Version 1947)
1-6-Kinderszenen Op. 15 - No. 6 Wichtige Begebenheit (Remastered 2020, Version 1947)
1-7-Kinderszenen Op. 15 - No. 7 Traumerei (Remastered 2020, Version 1947)
1-8-Kinderszenen Op. 15 - No. 8 Am Kamin (Remastered 2020, Version 1947)
1-9-Kinderszenen Op. 15 - No. 9 Ritter vom Steckenpferd (Remastered 2020, Version 1947)
1-10-Kinderszenen Op. 15 - No. 10 Fast zu ernst (Remastered 2020, Version 1947)
1-11-Kinderszenen Op. 15 - No. 11 Furchtenmachen (Remastered 2020, Version 1947)
1-12-Kinderszenen Op. 15 - No. 12 Kind im Einschlummern (Remastered 2020, Version 1947)
1-13-Kinderszenen Op. 15 - No. 13 Der Dichter spricht (Remastered 2020, Version 1947)
1-14-Kinderszenen Op. 15 - No. 1 Von fremden Landern und Menschen (Remastered 2020, Version 1953)
1-15-Kinderszenen Op. 15 - No. 2 Kuriose Geschichte (Remastered 2020, Version 1953)
1-16-Kinderszenen Op. 15 - No. 3 Hasche-Mann (Remastered 2020, Version 1953)
1-17-Kinderszenen Op. 15 - No. 4 Bittendes Kind (Remastered 2020, Version 1953)
1-18-Kinderszenen Op. 15 - No. 5 Gluckes genug (Remastered 2020, Version 1953)
1-19-Kinderszenen Op. 15 - No. 6 Wichtige Begebenheit (Remastered 2020, Version 1953)
1-20-Kinderszenen Op. 15 - No. 7 Traumerei (Remastered 2020, Version 1953)
1-21-Kinderszenen Op. 15 - No. 8 Am Kamin (Remastered 2020, Version 1953)
1-22-Kinderszenen Op. 15 - No. 9 Ritter vom Steckenpferd (Remastered 2020, Version 1953)
1-23-Kinderszenen Op. 15 - No. 10 Fast zu ernst (Remastered 2020, Version 1953)
1-24-Kinderszenen Op. 15 - No. 11 Furchtenmachen (Remastered 2020, Version 1953)
1-25-Kinderszenen Op. 15 - No. 12 Kind im Einschlummern (Remastered 2020, Version 1953)
1-26-Kinderszenen Op. 15 - No. 13 Der Dichter spricht (Remastered 2020, Version 1953)
1-27-Symphonic Studies, Op. 13 - Thema (Remastered 2020, Version 1929)
1-28-Symphonic Studies, Op. 13 - Variation I (Etude I) (Remastered 2020, Version 1929)
1-29-Symphonic Studies, Op. Posth. - Posthumous variation I (Remastered 2020, Version 1929)
1-30-Symphonic Studies, Op. 13 - Variation II (Etude II) (Remastered 2020, Version 1929)
1-31-Symphonic Studies, Op. 13 - Etude III (Remastered 2020, Version 1929)
1-32-Symphonic Studies, Op. 13 - Variation III (Etude IV) (Remastered 2020, Version 1929)
1-33-Symphonic Studies, Op. 13 - Variation IV (Etude V) (Remastered 2020, Version 1929)
1-34-Symphonic Studies, Op. Posth. - Posthumous variation IV (Remastered 2020, Version 1929)
1-35-Symphonic Studies, Op. 13 - Variation V (Etude VI) (Remastered 2020, Version 1929)
1-36-Symphonic Studies, Op. 13 - Variation VI (Etude VII) (Remastered 2020, Version 1929)
1-37-Symphonic Studies, Op. Posth. - Posthumous variation II (Remastered 2020, Version 1929)
1-38-Symphonic Studies, Op. Posth. - Posthumous variation V (Remastered 2020, Version 1929)
1-39-Symphonic Studies, Op. 13 - Variation VIII (Etude VIII) (Remastered 2020, Version 1929)
1-40-Symphonic Studies, Op. 13 - Etude IX (Remastered 2020, Version 1929)
1-41-Symphonic Studies, Op. 13 - Posthumous variation III (Remastered 2020, Version 1929)
1-42-Symphonic Studies, Op. 13 - Variation X (Etude X) (Remastered 2020, Version 1929)
1-43-Symphonic Studies, Op. 13 - Variation XI (Etude XI) (Remastered 2020, Version 1929)
1-44-Symphonic Studies, Op. 13 - Finale (Etude XII) (Remastered 2020, Version 1929)
CD 2
2-1-Carnaval, Op. 9 - Preambule (Remastered 2020, Version 1928)
2-2-Carnaval, Op. 9 - Pierrot (Remastered 2020, Version 1928)
2-3-Carnaval, Op. 9 - Arlequin (Remastered 2020, Version 1928)
2-4-Carnaval, Op. 9 - Valse noble (Remastered 2020, Version 1928)
2-5-Carnaval, Op. 9 - Eusebius (Remastered 2020, Version 1928)
2-6-Carnaval, Op. 9 - Florestan (Remastered 2020, Version 1928)
2-7-Carnaval, Op. 9 - Coquette (Remastered 2020, Version 1928)
2-8-Carnaval, Op. 9 - Replique (Remastered 2020, Version 1928)
2-9-Carnaval, Op. 9 - Sphinxes (Remastered 2020, Version 1928)
2-10-Carnaval, Op. 9 - Papillons (Remastered 2020, Version 1928)
2-11-Carnaval, Op. 9 - A.S.C.H.-S.C.H.A. (Lettres dansantes) (Remastered 2020, Version 1928)
2-12-Carnaval, Op. 9 - Chiarina (Remastered 2020, Version 1928)
2-13-Carnaval, Op. 9 - Chopin (Remastered 2020, Version 1928)
2-14-Carnaval, Op. 9 - Estrella (Remastered 2020, Version 1928)
2-15-Carnaval, Op. 9 - Reconnaissance (Remastered 2020, Version 1928)
2-16-Carnaval, Op. 9 - Pantalon at Colombine (Remastered 2020, Version 1928)
2-17-Carnaval, Op. 9 - Valse allemande (Remastered 2020, Version 1928)
2-18-Carnaval, Op. 9 - Paganini (Intermezzo) (Remastered 2020, Version 1928)
2-19-Carnaval, Op. 9 - Aveu (Remastered 2020, Version 1928)
2-20-Carnaval, Op. 9 - Promenade (Remastered 2020, Version 1928)
2-21-Carnaval, Op. 9 - Pause (Remastered 2020, Version 1928)
2-22-Carnaval, Op. 9 - Marche des Davidsbundler contre les Philistins (Remastered 2020, Version 1928)
2-23-Piano Concerto Op. 54 - No. 1 Allegro affetuoso (Remastered 2020, Version 1934)
2-24-Piano Concerto Op. 54 - No. 2 Intermezzo. Andantino grazioso (Remastered 2020, Version 1934)
2-25-Piano Concerto Op. 54 - No. 3 Allegro vivace (Remastered 2020, Version 1934)
2-26-Vogel als Prophet (from Waldszenen, Op. 82 - No. 7) (Remastered 2020, Version 1948 a)
2-27-Vogel als Prophet (from Waldszenen, Op. 82 - No. 7) (Remastered 2020, Version 1948 b)
CD 3
3-1-Kreisleriana Op. 16 - No. 1 Ausserst Bewegt (Agitato Assai) (Remastered 2020, Version 1935)
3-2-Kreisleriana Op. 16 - No. 2 Sehr Innig Und Nicht Zu Rasch (Intimissimo E Non Troppo Allegro) (Remastered 2020, Version 1935)
3-3-Kreisleriana Op. 16 - No. 3 Sehr Aufgeregt (Molto Agitato) (Remastered 2020, Version 1935)
3-4-Kreisleriana Op. 16 - No. 4 Sehr Langsam (Lento) (Remastered 2020, Version 1935)
3-5-Kreisleriana Op. 16 - No. 5 Sehr Lebhaft (Vivace) (Remastered 2020, Version 1935)
3-6-Kreisleriana Op. 16 - No. 6 Sehr Langsam (Lento Assai) (Remastered 2020, Version 1935)
3-7-Kreisleriana Op. 16 - No. 7 Sehr Rasch (Vivace) (Remastered 2020, Version 1935)
3-8-Kreisleriana Op. 16 - No. 8 Schnell Und Spielend (Vivo E Giocoso) (Remastered 2020, Version 1935)
3-9-Davidsbundlertanze Op. 6 - No. 1 Lebhaft (Remastered 2020, Version 1937)
3-10-Davidsbundlertanze Op. 6 - No. 2 Innig (Remastered 2020, Version 1937)
3-11-Davidsbundlertanze Op. 6 - No. 3 Mit Humor (Remastered 2020, Version 1937)
3-12-Davidsbundlertanze Op. 6 - No. 4 Ungeduldig (Remastered 2020, Version 1937)
3-13-Davidsbundlertanze Op. 6 - No. 5 Einfach (Remastered 2020, Version 1937)
3-14-Davidsbundlertanze Op. 6 - No. 6 Sehr Rasch (Remastered 2020, Version 1937)
3-15-Davidsbundlertanze Op. 6 - No. 7 Nicht Schnell (Remastered 2020, Version 1937)
3-16-Davidsbundlertanze Op. 6 - No. 8 Frisch (Remastered 2020, Version 1937)
3-17-Davidsbundlertanze Op. 6 - No. 9 Lebhaft (Remastered 2020, Version 1937)
3-18-Davidsbundlertanze Op. 6 - No. 10 Balladenmassig Ser Rasch (Remastered 2020, Version 1937)
3-19-Davidsbundlertanze Op. 6 - No. 11 Einfach (Remastered 2020, Version 1937)
3-20-Davidsbundlertanze Op. 6 - No. 12 Mit Humor (Remastered 2020, Version 1937)
3-21-Davidsbundlertanze Op. 6 - No. 13 Wild Und Lustig (Remastered 2020, Version 1937)
3-22-Davidsbundlertanze Op. 6 - No. 14 Zart und Singend (Remastered 2020, Version 1937)
3-23-Davidsbundlertanze Op. 6 - No. 15 Frisch (Remastered 2020, Version 1937)
3-24-Davidsbundlertanze Op. 6 - No. 16 Mit Guten Humor (Remastered 2020, Version 1937)
3-25-Davidsbundlertanze Op. 6 - No. 17 Wie Aus Der Ferne (Remastered 2020, Version 1937)
3-26-Davidsbundlertanze Op. 6 - No. 18 Nicht Schnell (Remastered 2020, Version 1937)
3-27-Des Abends (from Fantasiestucke Op. 12 - No. 1) (Remastered 2020, Version 1937)
3-28-Papillon Op. 2 (Remastered 2020, Version 1935)
CD 4
4-1-Dichterliebe Op. 48 - No. 1 Im wunderschönen Monat Mai (Remastered 2020, Version 1935)
4-2-Dichterliebe Op. 48 - No. 2 Aus meinen Tränen spriessen (Remastered 2020, Version 1935)
4-3-Dichterliebe Op. 48 - No. 3 Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube, die Sonne (Remastered 2020, Version 1935)
4-4-Dichterliebe Op. 48 - No. 4 Wenn ich in deine Augen seh (Remastered 2020, Version 1935)
4-5-Dichterliebe Op. 48 - No. 5 Ich will meine Seele tauchen (Remastered 2020, Version 1935)
4-6-Dichterliebe Op. 48 - No. 6 Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome (Remastered 2020, Version 1935)
4-7-Dichterliebe Op. 48 - No. 7 Ich grolle nicht (Remastered 2020, Version 1935)
4-8-Dichterliebe Op. 48 - No. 8 Und wüssten's die Blumen (Remastered 2020, Version 1935)
4-9-Dichterliebe Op. 48 - No. 9 Das ist ein Flöten und Geigen (Remastered 2020, Version 1935)
4-10-Dichterliebe Op. 48 - No. 10 Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen (Remastered 2020, Version 1935)
4-11-Dichterliebe Op. 48 - No. 11 Ein Jüngling liebt ein Mädchen (Remastered 2020, Version 1935)
4-12-Dichterliebe Op. 48 - No. 12 Am leuchtenden Sommer Morgen (Remastered 2020, Version 1935)
4-13-Dichterliebe Op. 48 - No. 13 Ich hab' im Traum geweinet (Remastered 2020, Version 1935)
4-14-Dichterliebe Op. 48 - No. 14 Allnächtlich im Traum seh' ich dich (Remastered 2020, Version 1935)
4-15-Dichterliebe Op. 48 - No. 15 Aus alten Märchen winkt es (Remastered 2020, Version 1935)
4-16-Dichterliebe Op. 48 - No. 16 Die alten bösen Lieder (Remastered 2020, Version 1935)
4-17-Piano Trio in D minor Op. 63 - No. 1 Mit Energie und Leidenschaft (Remastered 2020, Version 1928)
4-18-Piano Trio in D minor Op. 63 - No. 2 Lebhaft, doch nicht zu rasch (Remastered 2020, Version 1928)
4-19-Piano Trio in D minor Op. 63 - No. 3 Langsam, mit inniger Empfindung (Remastered 2020, Version 1928)
4-20-Piano Trio in D minor Op. 63 - No. 4 Mit Feuer (Remastered 2020, Version 1928)
CD 5
5-1-Kreisleriana Op. 16 - No. 1 Äusserst Bewegt (Agitato Assai) (Remastered 2020, Version 1954)
5-2-Kreisleriana Op. 16 - No. 2 Sehr Innig Und Nicht Zu Rasch (Intimissimo E Non Troppo Allegro) (Remastered 2020, Version 1954)
5-3-Kreisleriana Op. 16 - No. 3 Sehr Aufgeregt (Molto Agitato) (Remastered 2020, Version 1954)
5-4-Kreisleriana Op. 16 - No. 4 Sehr Langsam (Lento) (Remastered 2020, Version 1954)
5-5-Kreisleriana Op. 16 - No. 5 Sehr Lebhaft (Vivace) (Remastered 2020, Version 1954)
5-6-Kreisleriana Op. 16 - No. 6 Sehr Langsam (Lento Assai) (Remastered 2020, Version 1954)
5-7-Kreisleriana Op. 16 - No. 7 Sehr Rash (Vivace) (Remastered 2020, Version 1954)
5-8-Kreisleriana Op. 16 - No. 8 Schnell Und Spielend (Vivo E Giocoso) (Remastered 2020, Version 1954)
5-9-Kinderszenen Op. 15 - No. 1 Von fremden Ländern und Menschen (Remastered 2020, Version 1935)
5-10-Kinderszenen Op. 15 - No. 2 Kuriose Geschichte (Remastered 2020, Version 1935)
5-11-Kinderszenen Op. 15 - No. 3 Hasche-Mann (Remastered 2020, Version 1935)
5-12-Kinderszenen Op. 15 - No. 4 Bittendes Kind (Remastered 2020, Version 1935)
5-13-Kinderszenen Op. 15 - No. 5 Glückes genug (Remastered 2020, Version 1935)
5-14-Kinderszenen Op. 15 - No. 6 Wichtige Begebenheit (Remastered 2020, Version 1935)
5-15-Kinderszenen Op. 15 - No. 7 Träumerei (Remastered 2020, Version 1935)
5-16-Kinderszenen Op. 15 - No. 8 Am Kamin (Remastered 2020, Version 1935)
5-17-Kinderszenen Op. 15 - No. 9 Ritter vom Steckenpferd (Remastered 2020, Version 1935)
5-18-Kinderszenen Op. 15 - No. 10 Fast zu ernst (Remastered 2020, Version 1935)
5-19-Kinderszenen Op. 15 - No. 11 Fürchtenmachen (Remastered 2020, Version 1935)
5-20-Kinderszenen Op. 15 - No. 12 Kind im Einschlummern (Remastered 2020, Version 1935)
5-21-Kinderszenen Op. 15 - No. 13 Der Dichter spricht (Remastered 2020, Version 1935)
5-22-Carnaval, Op. 9 - Preambule (Remastered 2020, Version 1923)
5-23-Carnaval, Op. 9 - Pierrot (Remastered 2020, Version 1923)
5-24-Carnaval, Op. 9 - Arlequin (Remastered 2020, Version 1923)
5-25-Carnaval, Op. 9 - Valse noble (Remastered 2020, Version 1923)
5-26-Carnaval, Op. 9 - Eusebius (Remastered 2020, Version 1923)
5-27-Carnaval, Op. 9 - Florestan (Remastered 2020, Version 1923)
5-28-Carnaval, Op. 9 - Coquette (Remastered 2020, Version 1923)
5-29-Carnaval, Op. 9 - Papillons (Remastered 2020, Version 1923)
5-30-Carnaval, Op. 9 - A.S.C.H.-S.C.H.A. (Lettres dansantes) (Remastered 2020, Version 1923)
5-31-Carnaval, Op. 9 - Chiarina (Remastered 2020, Version 1923)
5-32-Carnaval, Op. 9 - Chopin (Remastered 2020, Version 1923)
5-33-Carnaval, Op. 9 - Estrella (Remastered 2020, Version 1923)
5-34-Carnaval, Op. 9 - Reconnaissance (Remastered 2020, Version 1923)
5-35-Carnaval, Op. 9 - Pantalon et Colombine (Remastered 2020, Version 1923)
5-36-Carnaval, Op. 9 - Valse allemande (Remastered 2020, Version 1923)
5-37-Carnaval, Op. 9 - Paganini (Intermezzo) (Remastered 2020, Version 1923)
5-38-Carnaval, Op. 9 - Aveu (Remastered 2020, Version 1923)
5-39-Carnaval, Op. 9 - Promenade (Remastered 2020, Version 1923)
5-40-Carnaval, Op. 9 - Pause (Remastered 2020, Version 1923)
5-41-Carnaval, Op. 9 - Marche des Davidsbündler contre les Philistins (Remastered 2020, Version 1923)
CD 6
6-1-Piano Concerto Op. 54 - No. 1 Allegro affetuoso (Remastered 2020, Version 1927)
6-2-Piano Concerto Op. 54 - No. 2 Intermezzo. Andantino grazioso (Remastered 2020, Version 1927)
6-3-Piano Concerto Op. 54 - No. 3 Allegro vivace (Remastered 2020, Version 1927)
6-4-Piano Concerto Op. 54 - No. 1 Allegro affetuoso (Remastered 2020, Version 1923)
6-5-Piano Concerto Op. 54 - No. 2 Intermezzo. Andantino grazioso (Remastered 2020, Version 1923)
6-6-Piano Concerto Op. 54 - No. 3 Allegro vivace (Remastered 2020, Version 1923)
Alfred Cortot - Masterclass on Schumann's "The Poet Speaks" (Paris, 1953)
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