Because of his early first recordings of complete works composed by Chopin, Cortot became, in the publics mind, a Chopin specialist. (This also was the case, to a lesser extent, with Rubinstein) This was unfortunate because Cortot had, during his younger years, a large repertoire. His Beethoven was highly regarded. However as he aged, Cortot dropped many composers from his live performing repertoire. The public expected Chopin and that (with a few exceptions such as Schumann, Debussy etc. ) is what he gave them.
Here Cortot plays the Minuet from Purcell's Harpsichord Suite No 1.
