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Cortot

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Cortot
Alfred . 1877--1962, French pianist, born in Switzerland


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Debussy's way of playing the piece, apart from being musically logical, was also known to some of his acquaintances, including Alfred Cortot who recorded the piece on disc with the same tempo changes.
``My most significant models have been the great pianists of the past as I have heard them on recordings, people like Paderewski, Cortot, Rachmaninoff and others from the European tradition in classical music,'' said Arulanantham.
Other pianists represented in the collection are Alfred Cortot, Ignaz Friedman, Ernest Hutcheson and Ernest Schelling.
 
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