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Robert Lortat - The Complete Recordings
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Robert Lortat - The Complete Recordings

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Details

Composer
Frederic Chopin
Artist
Robert Lortat
Format
CD
Label
APR
Released
Aug 04, 2023
Catalog #
APR6042
UPC
5024709160426

About

This is the tenth release in APR’s ongoing French Piano School series which aims to present important recordings from the often-forgotten pianists who represent the very distinctive French style of playing in the first half of the 20th century. 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 APR6026), 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.

Tracklist 69 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 No. 1 in C Major 00:41
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1 in C Major
    Duration
    00:41
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  3. 2 No. 2 in A Minor 02:14
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2 in A Minor
    Duration
    02:14
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  4. 3 No. 3 in G Major 01:02
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3 in G Major
    Duration
    01:02
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  5. 4 No. 4 in E Minor 02:24
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 4 in E Minor
    Duration
    02:24
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  6. 5 No. 5 in D Major 00:42
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 5 in D Major
    Duration
    00:42
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  7. 6 No. 6 in B Minor 02:20
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 6 in B Minor
    Duration
    02:20
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  8. 7 No. 7 in A Major 00:43
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 7 in A Major
    Duration
    00:43
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  9. 8 No. 8 in F-Sharp Minor 02:00
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 8 in F-Sharp Minor
    Duration
    02:00
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  10. 9 No. 9 in E Major 01:28
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 9 in E Major
    Duration
    01:28
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  11. 10 No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor 00:35
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor
    Duration
    00:35
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  12. 11 No. 11 in B Major 00:40
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 11 in B Major
    Duration
    00:40
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  13. 12 No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor 01:12
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor
    Duration
    01:12
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  14. 13 No. 13 in F-Sharp Major 03:06
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 13 in F-Sharp Major
    Duration
    03:06
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  15. 14 No. 14 in E-Flat Minor 00:37
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 14 in E-Flat Minor
    Duration
    00:37
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  16. 15 No. 15 in D-Flat Major, "Raindrop" 05:50
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 15 in D-Flat Major, "Raindrop"
    Duration
    05:50
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  17. 16 No. 16 in B-Flat Minor 01:15
    Track
    16
    Title
    No. 16 in B-Flat Minor
    Duration
    01:15
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  18. 17 No. 17 in A-Flat Major 03:10
    Track
    17
    Title
    No. 17 in A-Flat Major
    Duration
    03:10
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  19. 18 No. 18 in F Minor 01:04
    Track
    18
    Title
    No. 18 in F Minor
    Duration
    01:04
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  20. 19 No. 19 in E-Flat Major 01:31
    Track
    19
    Title
    No. 19 in E-Flat Major
    Duration
    01:31
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  21. 20 No. 20 in C Minor 01:54
    Track
    20
    Title
    No. 20 in C Minor
    Duration
    01:54
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  22. 21 No. 21 in B-Flat Major 01:40
    Track
    21
    Title
    No. 21 in B-Flat Major
    Duration
    01:40
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  23. 22 No. 22 in G Minor 00:50
    Track
    22
    Title
    No. 22 in G Minor
    Duration
    00:50
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  24. 23 No. 23 in F Major 00:53
    Track
    23
    Title
    No. 23 in F Major
    Duration
    00:53
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  25. 24 No. 24 in D Minor 02:56
    Track
    24
    Title
    No. 24 in D Minor
    Duration
    02:56
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  26. 25 Waltz No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 18, "Grande valse brillante" 05:35
    Track
    25
    Title
    Waltz No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 18, "Grande valse brillante"
    Duration
    05:35
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  27. 26 Waltz No. 2 in A-Flat Major, Op. 34, No. 1, "Valse brillante" 05:00
    Track
    26
    Title
    Waltz No. 2 in A-Flat Major, Op. 34, No. 1, "Valse brillante"
    Duration
    05:00
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  28. 27 Waltz No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 34, No. 2, "Valse brillante" 05:33
    Track
    27
    Title
    Waltz No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 34, No. 2, "Valse brillante"
    Duration
    05:33
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  29. 28 Waltz No. 4 in F Major, Op. 34, No. 3, "Valse brillante" 02:20
    Track
    28
    Title
    Waltz No. 4 in F Major, Op. 34, No. 3, "Valse brillante"
    Duration
    02:20
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  30. 29 Waltz No. 5 in A-Flat Major, Op. 42 03:50
    Track
    29
    Title
    Waltz No. 5 in A-Flat Major, Op. 42
    Duration
    03:50
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  31. 30 Waltz No. 6 in D-Flat Major, Op. 64, No. 1, "Minute" 01:51
    Track
    30
    Title
    Waltz No. 6 in D-Flat Major, Op. 64, No. 1, "Minute"
    Duration
    01:51
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  32. 31 Waltz No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 64, No. 2 03:01
    Track
    31
    Title
    Waltz No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 64, No. 2
    Duration
    03:01
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  33. 32 Waltz No. 8 in A-Flat Major, Op. 64, No. 3 03:03
    Track
    32
    Title
    Waltz No. 8 in A-Flat Major, Op. 64, No. 3
    Duration
    03:03
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  34. 33 Waltz No. 9 in A-Flat Major, Op. 69, No. 1, "L'adieu" 03:56
    Track
    33
    Title
    Waltz No. 9 in A-Flat Major, Op. 69, No. 1, "L'adieu"
    Duration
    03:56
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  35. 34 Waltz No. 10 in B Minor, Op. 69, No. 2 04:04
    Track
    34
    Title
    Waltz No. 10 in B Minor, Op. 69, No. 2
    Duration
    04:04
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  36. 35 Waltz No. 11 in G-Flat Major, Op. 70, No. 1 02:39
    Track
    35
    Title
    Waltz No. 11 in G-Flat Major, Op. 70, No. 1
    Duration
    02:39
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  37. 36 Waltz No. 12 in F Minor, Op. 70, No. 2 03:14
    Track
    36
    Title
    Waltz No. 12 in F Minor, Op. 70, No. 2
    Duration
    03:14
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  38. 37 Waltz No. 13 in D-Flat Major, Op. 70, No. 3 02:34
    Track
    37
    Title
    Waltz No. 13 in D-Flat Major, Op. 70, No. 3
    Duration
    02:34
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  39. 38 Waltz No. 14 in E Minor, Op. posth. 02:53
    Track
    38
    Title
    Waltz No. 14 in E Minor, Op. posth.
    Duration
    02:53
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  40. Disc 2
  41. 1 No. 1 in C Major, Op. 10, No. 1 02:01
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1 in C Major, Op. 10, No. 1
    Duration
    02:01
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  42. 2 No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 10, No. 2 01:28
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 10, No. 2
    Duration
    01:28
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  43. 3 No. 3 in E Major, Op. 10, No. 3 04:24
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3 in E Major, Op. 10, No. 3
    Duration
    04:24
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  44. 4 No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor Op. 10, No. 4 02:02
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor Op. 10, No. 4
    Duration
    02:02
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  45. 5 No. 5 in G-Flat Major, Op. 10, No. 5, "Black Keys" 01:39
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 5 in G-Flat Major, Op. 10, No. 5, "Black Keys"
    Duration
    01:39
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  46. 6 No. 6 in E-Flat Minor, Op. 10, No. 6 04:12
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 6 in E-Flat Minor, Op. 10, No. 6
    Duration
    04:12
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  47. 7 No. 7 in C Major, Op. 10, No. 7 01:29
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 7 in C Major, Op. 10, No. 7
    Duration
    01:29
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  48. 8 No. 8 in F Major, Op. 10, No. 8 02:27
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 8 in F Major, Op. 10, No. 8
    Duration
    02:27
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  49. 9 No. 9 in F Minor, Op. 10, No. 9 02:16
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 9 in F Minor, Op. 10, No. 9
    Duration
    02:16
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  50. 10 No. 10 in A-Flat Major, Op. 10, No. 10 01:55
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 10 in A-Flat Major, Op. 10, No. 10
    Duration
    01:55
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  51. 11 No. 11 in E-Flat Major, Op. 10, No. 11 02:06
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 11 in E-Flat Major, Op. 10, No. 11
    Duration
    02:06
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  52. 12 No. 12 in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 12, "Revolutionary" 02:29
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 12 in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 12, "Revolutionary"
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  53. 13 No. 13 in A-Flat Major, Op. 25, No. 1, "Harp Study" 02:19
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 13 in A-Flat Major, Op. 25, No. 1, "Harp Study"
    Duration
    02:19
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  54. 14 No. 14 in F Minor, Op. 25, No. 2 01:22
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 14 in F Minor, Op. 25, No. 2
    Duration
    01:22
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  55. 15 No. 15 in F Major, Op. 25, No. 3 01:46
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 15 in F Major, Op. 25, No. 3
    Duration
    01:46
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  56. 16 No. 16 in A Minor, Op. 25, No. 4 01:41
    Track
    16
    Title
    No. 16 in A Minor, Op. 25, No. 4
    Duration
    01:41
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  57. 17 No. 17 in E Minor, Op. 25, No. 5 03:13
    Track
    17
    Title
    No. 17 in E Minor, Op. 25, No. 5
    Duration
    03:13
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  58. 18 No. 18 in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 25, No. 6 02:03
    Track
    18
    Title
    No. 18 in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 25, No. 6
    Duration
    02:03
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  59. 19 No. 19 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 25, No. 7 04:32
    Track
    19
    Title
    No. 19 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 25, No. 7
    Duration
    04:32
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  60. 20 No. 20 in D-Flat Major, Op. 25, No. 8 01:05
    Track
    20
    Title
    No. 20 in D-Flat Major, Op. 25, No. 8
    Duration
    01:05
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  61. 21 No. 21 in G-Flat Major, Op. 25, No. 9, "Butterfly's Wings" 00:56
    Track
    21
    Title
    No. 21 in G-Flat Major, Op. 25, No. 9, "Butterfly's Wings"
    Duration
    00:56
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  62. 22 No. 22 in B Minor, Op. 25, No. 10 03:39
    Track
    22
    Title
    No. 22 in B Minor, Op. 25, No. 10
    Duration
    03:39
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  63. 23 No. 23 in A Minor, Op. 25, No. 11, "Winter Wind" 03:27
    Track
    23
    Title
    No. 23 in A Minor, Op. 25, No. 11, "Winter Wind"
    Duration
    03:27
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  64. 24 No. 24 in C Minor, Op. 25, No. 12 02:34
    Track
    24
    Title
    No. 24 in C Minor, Op. 25, No. 12
    Duration
    02:34
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  65. 25 No. 1 in F Minor 02:13
    Track
    25
    Title
    No. 1 in F Minor
    Duration
    02:13
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  66. 26 No. 2 in A-Flat Major 01:43
    Track
    26
    Title
    No. 2 in A-Flat Major
    Duration
    01:43
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  67. 27 No. 3 in D-Flat Major 02:05
    Track
    27
    Title
    No. 3 in D-Flat Major
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  68. 28 I. Grave - Doppio movimento 06:10
    Track
    28
    Title
    I. Grave - Doppio movimento
    Duration
    06:10
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  69. 29 II. Scherzo 07:03
    Track
    29
    Title
    II. Scherzo
    Duration
    07:03
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  70. 30 III. Marche funèbre: Lento 09:14
    Track
    30
    Title
    III. Marche funèbre: Lento
    Duration
    09:14
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat
  71. 31 IV. Finale: Presto 01:41
    Track
    31
    Title
    IV. Finale: Presto
    Duration
    01:41
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Robert Lortat