Robert Lortat - The Complete Recordings

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Release Date
August 4, 2023
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Frederic Chopin
    • PERFORMER
      Robert Lortat
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 04, 2023
    • UPC
      5024709160426
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      APR6042
    • LABEL
      APR
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Piano
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1 in C Major

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    2. No. 2 in A Minor

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    3. No. 3 in G Major

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    4. No. 4 in E Minor

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    5. No. 5 in D Major

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    6. No. 6 in B Minor

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    7. No. 7 in A Major

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    8. No. 8 in F-Sharp Minor

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    9. No. 9 in E Major

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    10. No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    11. No. 11 in B Major

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    12. No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    13. No. 13 in F-Sharp Major

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    14. No. 14 in E-Flat Minor

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    15. No. 15 in D-Flat Major, "Raindrop"

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    16. No. 16 in B-Flat Minor

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    17. No. 17 in A-Flat Major

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    18. No. 18 in F Minor

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    19. No. 19 in E-Flat Major

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    20. No. 20 in C Minor

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    21. No. 21 in B-Flat Major

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    22. No. 22 in G Minor

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    23. No. 23 in F Major

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    24. No. 24 in D Minor

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    25. Waltz No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 18, "Grande valse brillante"

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    26. Waltz No. 2 in A-Flat Major, Op. 34, No. 1, "Valse brillante"

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    27. Waltz No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 34, No. 2, "Valse brillante"

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    28. Waltz No. 4 in F Major, Op. 34, No. 3, "Valse brillante"

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    29. Waltz No. 5 in A-Flat Major, Op. 42

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    30. Waltz No. 6 in D-Flat Major, Op. 64, No. 1, "Minute"

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    31. Waltz No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 64, No. 2

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    32. Waltz No. 8 in A-Flat Major, Op. 64, No. 3

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    33. Waltz No. 9 in A-Flat Major, Op. 69, No. 1, "L'adieu"

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    34. Waltz No. 10 in B Minor, Op. 69, No. 2

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    35. Waltz No. 11 in G-Flat Major, Op. 70, No. 1

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    36. Waltz No. 12 in F Minor, Op. 70, No. 2

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    37. Waltz No. 13 in D-Flat Major, Op. 70, No. 3

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    38. Waltz No. 14 in E Minor, Op. posth.

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    39. No. 1 in C Major, Op. 10, No. 1

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    40. No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 10, No. 2

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    41. No. 3 in E Major, Op. 10, No. 3

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    42. No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor Op. 10, No. 4

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    43. No. 5 in G-Flat Major, Op. 10, No. 5, "Black Keys"

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    44. No. 6 in E-Flat Minor, Op. 10, No. 6

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    45. No. 7 in C Major, Op. 10, No. 7

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    46. No. 8 in F Major, Op. 10, No. 8

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    47. No. 9 in F Minor, Op. 10, No. 9

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    48. No. 10 in A-Flat Major, Op. 10, No. 10

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    49. No. 11 in E-Flat Major, Op. 10, No. 11

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    50. No. 12 in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 12, "Revolutionary"

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    51. No. 13 in A-Flat Major, Op. 25, No. 1, "Harp Study"

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    52. No. 14 in F Minor, Op. 25, No. 2

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    53. No. 15 in F Major, Op. 25, No. 3

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    54. No. 16 in A Minor, Op. 25, No. 4

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    55. No. 17 in E Minor, Op. 25, No. 5

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    56. No. 18 in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 25, No. 6

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    57. No. 19 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 25, No. 7

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    58. No. 20 in D-Flat Major, Op. 25, No. 8

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    59. No. 21 in G-Flat Major, Op. 25, No. 9, "Butterfly's Wings"

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    60. No. 22 in B Minor, Op. 25, No. 10

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    61. No. 23 in A Minor, Op. 25, No. 11, "Winter Wind"

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    62. No. 24 in C Minor, Op. 25, No. 12

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    63. No. 1 in F Minor

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    64. No. 2 in A-Flat Major

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    65. No. 3 in D-Flat Major

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    66. I. Grave - Doppio movimento

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    67. II. Scherzo

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    68. III. Marche funèbre: Lento

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat

    69. IV. Finale: Presto

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Robert Lortat


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.