Alfred Cortot
Biography
Alfred Denis Cortot ( kor-TOH, French: [alfʁɛd dəni kɔʁto]; 26 September 1877 – 15 June 1962) was a French pianist, conductor, and teacher who was one of the most renowned classical musicians of the 20th century. A pianist of massive repertory, he was especially valued for his poetic insight into Romantic piano works, particularly those of Chopin, Franck, Saint-Saëns and Schumann. For Éditions Durand, he edited editions of almost all piano music by Chopin, Liszt and Schumann. A central figure of the French musical culture in his time, he was well known for his piano trio with violinist Jacques Thibaud and cellist Pablo Casals.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
615 releases · 97 albums · active 1950–2025
- Performance · 826
- Other credits · 75
- Production · 2
- Engineering · 2
Studios: Abbey Road Studios · Small Queen's Hall, London · Large Queen's Hall, London · Kingsway Hall
Frequent collaborators
- Chopin
- Schumann
- Various
- Beethoven
- Frédéric Chopin
- Debussy
- Pablo Casals
- Franck