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France. Once closely associated were Pianist Alfred Cortot, Violinist Jacques Thibaud, Cellist Pablo Casals. Today thin, aging Pianist Cortot is a member of the Vichy State Council, ranks as guardian of France's musical tradition. Although in recent years he has conducted more than he has played, he still gives piano concerts. Violinist Thibaud, for a time heartbroken by the loss of a son in the war, now plays in Occupied and Unoccupied France. Cellist Casals, contrary to rumor, is not in concentration camp, although as a Catalan partisan of the Loyalists he is out of favor with...
...fire flashes through the Double Concerto. The first movement has a grand fervor and sweep, and the new recording communicates these qualities superbly. Unfortunately there was no opportunity to compare it side by side with the old one of the work, made years ago by Thibaud, Casals, and Cortot conducting Casals' orchestra. That set, one of the oldest in the Victor catalogue, has been recalled. However, it is safe to say that the performances in that version can hardly have excelled those in the new one. And both soloists and orchestra in the new set are reproduced with a brilliance...
Chopin: Concerto No. 2 in F Minor (Alfred Cortot, piano ; orchestra conducted by John Barbirolli; Victor, 8 sides). Best recording to date of a romantic staple, by a prolific waxer of Chopiniana...
...Alfred Cortot, in the other volume, discusses the work for piano of Debussy, Franck, Faure, Chaubrier, and Paul Dukas. A general survey of the composer's style is followed by detailed comment on individual works. Mr. Cortot has a profound knowledge of his instrument and its literature, and the listener will find in his book admirable matter on almost any work he wishes to look for, It should be a valuable addition to any musical library...
Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata by Pianist Alfred Cortot and Violinist Jacques Thibaud (Victor, $10)?The David and Jonathan of musicians play expertly the Sonata dedicated to the once eminent violinist, Rudolph Kreutzer. Later Tolstoy added to its lustre by using it as the kernel of his hotly-debated novel...