1948 - Bach/Cortot - Harpsichord Concerto No.5 in F minor, BWV 1056: 2. Largo - take on shell

Commercial recording - These recordings are professionally made studio recordings. Up until the 1950's, they were recorded as 78-rpm record sides, fitting up to ca. 5 minutes of music each. Each side had to be recorded in one continuous take and no editing was possible. Sometimes this necessitated multiple takes to achieve a satisfactory result - though many of Cortot's recordings were successfully made in 1-2 takes per side.

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  • Bryan Crimp (2005). [Liner notes]. In Alfred Cortot: The Late Recordings, Vol. 2 [CD]. Appian Publications & Recordings.

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