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Alfred Cortot produced more than 150 recordings in the 1920s and 1930s alone and sometimes went back into the studios to revisit the same works. This can create confusion when searching for the best among the many Cortot reissues. He made three versions of the Chopin Preludes, for example, but the 1933 recording was certainly his finest.

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|Alfred Cortot produced more than 150 recordings in the 1920s and 1930s alone and sometimes went back into the studios to revisit the same works. This can create confusion when searching for the best among the many Cortot reissues. He made three versions of the Chopin Preludes, for example, but the 1933 recording was certainly his finest.
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