Since you are interested in Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-32 (Complete on 9 CDs), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Louis Lortie plays Chopin - Volume 1 [Nocturnes, Sonata, Scherzo] Louis Lortie (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 18/Aug/2010 ] "Lortie's musicianship is imaginative but never eccentric, with a technique that is always at the service of the music." BBC Music Magazine, July 2010 **** |
RAVEL
Piano Duets: Bolero, Introduction & Allegro, Ma Mere l'Oye, La Valse etc Louis Lortie, Helene Mercier (pianos) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Jan/2002 ] A Penguin Stereo Guide Rosette recording |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: 27 Etudes,Opp. 10, 25 and posth Louis Lortie (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/May/2004 ] "the performance is as remarkable for keyboard finesse as imaginative vitality. Last but not least, take note that unlike his three CD rivals, Lortie finds space for the Trois nouvelles etudes ending with that so very beautiful benedictory farewell... |
BEETHOVEN
Piano Sonatas Op 31 Nos 1,2, & 3 Louis Lortie (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2000 ] "Nothing in these readings is either awkward or tasteless and the pianist's tone throughout remains free of the clangorous thiness that has infected other accounts." International Record Review (Nov 2000) |
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Complete music for solo piano (Including Gaspard de la nuit; Valses nobles et sentimentales and Pavane pour une infante dafunte) Louis Lortie (piano) [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 28/Nov/2003 ] 'These are among the most distinguished Ravel performances on record.' Hi Fi News |
FRANCK
Les Eolides / Symphonic Variations / Symphony in D minor Louis Lortie (piano) / BBC Philharmonic / Yan Pascal Tortelier [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 12/Feb/2001 ] "A logical-and beautifully performed-coupling" Gramophone |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21 (with Schumann - Piano concerto) Louis Lortie (piano) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] "Rarely has either concerto sounded as convincing or as passionate as here." (MusicWeb Sept 2010) |
LISZT
Works for Piano and Orchestra (Includes Fantasia on a theme from Beethoven's Ruins of Athens & Piano Concertos 1 & 2) Louis Lortie (piano) / Residentie Orchestra The Hague / George Pehlivanian [ Chandos Classics / 3 CD - released 15/May/2006 ] "Interesting essays by Jeremy Siepmann and Beryl Chempin further enhance the value of the set which with superlative pianism, fine rapport between soloist and conductor, excellent orchestral playing and first class sound is a triumph for all... |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Complete Works for Piano & Orchestra Nelson Freire, Louis Lortie (pianos) / Dresden Philharmonic / Residentie orchestra the Hague [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 20/May/2008 ] 'Louis Lortie plays all these works with immaculate brio, where necessary tempering bravura with restraint, and makes the best possible case for the music. He is admirably partnered throughout, and the sound and balance are natural and refined.'... |