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Rubinstein plays Chopin

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Arthur Rubinstein (piano)

Rubinstein plays Chopin
The florid gusto of Rubinstein's playing may not suit modern tastes, but he is clearly engaged with his material, rendering such considerations meaningless; and at his best, he is breathtaking.

The Independent, 24th April 20095 out of 5 stars

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Rubinstein plays Chopin

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Arthur Rubinstein (piano)

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The florid gusto of Rubinstein's playing may not suit modern tastes, but he is clearly engaged with his material, rendering such considerations meaningless; and at his best, he is breathtaking.

The Independent, 24th April 20095 out of 5 stars

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The first appearance by Arthur Rubinstein in the Original Jacket series includes all of Rubinstein's solo Chopin recordings for Red Seal.

Now available again in one integral set, for the first time using the remastered versions of these legendary recordings from the 1999 Rubinstein Edition.

“Rubinstein in Chopin is a magician in matters of colour,” The Penguin Guide raves, adding, “Chiseled perfection, suggesting the metaphor of finely cut and polished diamonds … Master pianist that he was, Rubinstein seems actually to be rethinking and re-creating each piece … at the very moment of performance.”

Contents and tracklist

Chopin: Nocturnes (3) Op. 9
Work length16:23
No. 1 in B-Flat Minor
Track length5:21
No. 2 in E-Flat Major. Andante
Track length4:20
No. 3 in B Major
Track length6:42
Chopin: Nocturnes (3), Op. 15
Work length13:02
Nocturne in F Major, No. 1
Track length4:14
No. 2 in F-Sharp Major
Track length3:51
No. 3 in G Minor
Track length4:57
Chopin: Nocturnes (2), Op. 27
Work length11:39
No. 1 in C-Sharp Minor
Track length5:32
No. 2 in D-Flat Major
Track length6:07
Chopin: Nocturnes (2), Op. 32
Work length10:20
No. 1 in B Major
Track length4:35
No. 2 in A-Flat
Track length5:45
Chopin: Nocturnes (2), Op. 37
Work length13:02
No. 1 in G Minor
Track length6:15
No. 2 in G Major
Track length6:47
Chopin: Nocturnes (2), Op. 48
Work length12:57
No. 1 in C Minor
Track length5:46
No. 2 in F-Sharp Minor
Track length7:11
Chopin: Nocturnes (2), Op. 55
Work length11:17
No. 1 in F Minor
Track length5:34
No. 2 in E-flat
Track length5:43
Chopin: Nocturnes
Work length11:56
No. 17 in B Major, Op. 62 No. 1
Track length6:43
No. 18 in E Major, Op. 62 No. 2
Track length5:13
Chopin: Nocturne No. 19 in E minor, Op. 72 No. 1
Work length4:41
Chopin: Mazurkas (4), Op. 6
Work length8:03
No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor
Track length2:37
No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor
Track length2:42
No. 3 in E Major
Track length2:04
No. 4 in E-Flat Minor
Track length0:40
Chopin: Mazurkas (5), Op. 7
Work length10:35
No. 1 in B-Flat Major
Track length2:35
No. 2 in A Minor
Track length3:29
No. 3 in F Minor
Track length2:51
No. 4 in A-Flat Major
Track length1:05
No. 5 in C Major
Track length0:35
Chopin: Mazurkas (4), Op. 17
Work length13:17
No. 1 in B-Flat Major
Track length2:28
No. 2 in E Minor
Track length1:58
No. 3 in A-Flat Major
Track length4:20
No. 4 in A Minor
Track length4:31
Chopin: Mazurkas (4), Op. 24
Work length12:13
No. 1 in G Minor
Track length2:48
No. 2 in C Major
Track length2:14
No. 3 in A-Flat Major
Track length2:07
No. 4 in B-Flat Minor
Track length5:04
Chopin: Mazurkas (4), Op. 30
Work length9:39
No. 1 in C Minor
Track length1:37
No. 2 in B Minor
Track length1:28
No. 3 in D-Flat Major
Track length2:52
No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor
Track length3:42
Chopin: Mazurkas, Op. 33
Work length11:31
No. 1 in G-Sharp Minor
Track length1:36
No. 2 in D Major
Track length2:45
No. 3 in C Major
Track length1:35
No. 4 in B Minor
Track length5:35
Chopin: Mazurkas (4) Op. 41
Work length9:00
No. 1 in C-Sharp Minor
Track length3:29
No. 2 in E Minor
Track length2:11
No. 3 in B Major
Track length1:10
No. 4 in A-Flat
Track length2:10
Chopin: Mazurkas (3), Op. 50
Work length10:57
No. 1 in G Major
Track length2:30
No. 2 in A-Flat Major
Track length3:07
No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor
Track length5:20
Chopin: Mazurka No. 56 in B flat major, K.IIa / 3
Work length11:51
No. 1 in B Major
Track length4:20
No. 2 in C Major
Track length1:44
No. 3 in C Minor
Track length5:47
Chopin: Mazurkas (3), Op. 59
Work length10:05
No. 1 in A Minor
Track length3:51
No. 2 in A-Flat Major
Track length2:35
No. 3 in F-Sharp Minor
Track length3:39
Chopin: Mazurkas (3), Op. 63
Work length6:19
No. 1 in B Major
Track length2:17
No. 2 in F Minor
Track length1:44
No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor
Track length2:18
Chopin: Mazurkas (4), Op. 67
Work length7:49
No. 1 in G Major
Track length1:10
No. 2 in G Minor
Track length1:58
No. 3 in C Major
Track length1:37
No. 4 in A Minor
Track length3:04
Chopin: Mazurkas (4), Op. 68
Work length9:04
No. 1 in C Major
Track length1:40
No. 2 in A Minor
Track length2:46
No. 3 in F Major
Track length1:26
No. 4 in F Minor
Track length3:12
Chopin: Mazurka Op. posth. in A Minor "Notre temps"
Work length3:16
Chopin: Mazurka Op. posth. in A Minor "À Émile Gaillard"
Work length2:35
Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
Work length9:22
Chopin: Ballade No. 2 in F major, Op. 38
Work length6:42
Chopin: Ballade No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47
Work length7:19
Chopin: Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52
Work length10:42
This work is only available as an album download.
Chopin: Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20
Work length9:07
Chopin: Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31
Work length9:46
Chopin: Scherzo No. 3 in C sharp minor, Op. 39
Work length7:17
Chopin: Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54
Work length10:58
This work is only available as an album download.
Chopin: Polonaises (2), Op. 26
Work length14:51
No. 1 in C-sharp Minor
Track length7:41
No. 2 in E-flat Minor
Track length7:10
Chopin: Polonaises (2), Op. 40
Work length12:43
No. 1 in A Major "Military"
Track length4:06
No. 2 in C Minor
Track length8:37
Chopin: Polonaise No. 5 in F sharp minor, Op. 44
Work length11:12
This work is only available as an album download.
Chopin: Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major, Op. 53 'Héroïque'
Work length7:06
Chopin: Polonaise No. 7 in A flat major, Op. 61 'Polonaise-fantaisie'
Work length12:55
This work is only available as an album download.
Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 'Marche funèbre'
Work length22:25
I. Grave - Doppio movimento
Track length5:36
II. Scherzo
Track length6:31
III. Marche funebre. Lento
Track length8:55
IV. Presto
Track length1:23
Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58
Work length25:28
I. Allegro maestoso
Track length8:56
II. Scherzo. Molto vivace
Track length2:31
III. Largo
Track length9:00
IV. Finale. Presto, non tanto
Track length5:01
Chopin: Fantasia in F minor, Op. 49
Work length11:58
This work is only available as an album download.
Chopin: Waltz No. 1 in E flat major 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 18
Work length5:26
Chopin: Waltzes (3), Op. 34
Work length12:39
No. 1 in A-Flat Major
Track length5:04
No. 2 in A Minor
Track length5:14
No. 3 in F Major
Track length2:21
Chopin: Waltz No. 5 in A flat major, Op. 42
Work length3:46
Chopin: Waltzes (3), Op. 64
Work length8:51
No. 1 in D-Flat Major "Minute"
Track length1:49
No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor
Track length3:42
No. 3 in A-Flat Major
Track length3:20
Chopin: Waltzes (2), Op. 69
Work length7:17
No. 1 in A-Flat Major "Valse de l'adieu"
Track length3:27
No. 2 in B Minor
Track length3:50
Chopin: Waltzes (3), Op. 70
Work length8:05
No. 1 in G-Flat Major
Track length1:50
No. 2 in F Minor
Track length3:27
No. 3 in D-Flat Major
Track length2:48
Chopin: Waltz No. 14 in E minor, Op. post., KKIVa:15, B 56
Work length3:05
Chopin: Impromptu No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 29
Work length4:08
Chopin: Impromptu No. 2 in F sharp major, Op. 36
Work length5:54
Chopin: Impromptu No. 3 in G flat major, Op. 51
Work length4:43
Chopin: Impromptu No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 66 'Fantaisie-Impromptu'
Work length5:12
Chopin: Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60
Work length9:01
Chopin: Trois Nouvelles Études
Work length5:40
No. 1 in F Minor
Track length2:08
No. 2 in A-Flat Major
Track length1:48
No. 3 in D-Flat Major
Track length1:44
Chopin: Bolero, Op. 19
Work length8:24
Chopin: Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57
Work length4:40
Chopin: Tarantella in A flat major, Op. 43
Work length3:16
Chopin: Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise, Op. 22
Work length14:56
Andante spianato
Track length5:30
Grand Polonaise
Track length9:26
Chopin: Preludes (24), Op. 28
Work length35:02
Prelude No. 1 in C
Track length0:44
Prelude No. 2 in A minor
Track length1:52
Prelude No. 3 in G
Track length0:49
Prelude No. 4 in E minor
Track length1:45
Prelude No. 5 in D
Track length0:27
Prelude No. 6 in B minor
Track length1:47
Prelude No. 7 in A
Track length0:49
Prelude No. 8 in F-sharp minor
Track length1:40
Prelude No. 9 in E
Track length1:14
Prelude No. 10 in C-sharp minor
Track length0:29
Prelude No. 11 in B
Track length0:33
Prelude No. 12 in G-sharp minor
Track length0:58
Prelude No. 13 in F-sharp
Track length3:27
Prelude No. 14 in E-flat minor
Track length0:24
Prelude No. 15 in D-Flat Major
Track length4:27
Prelude No. 16 in B-flat minor
Track length0:57
Prelude No. 17 in A-flat
Track length3:35
Prelude No. 18 in F minor
Track length0:40
Prelude No. 19 in E-flat
Track length1:16
Prelude No. 20 in C minor
Track length1:30
Prelude No. 21 in B-flat
Track length1:47
Prelude No. 22 in G minor
Track length0:39
Prelude No. 23 in F
Track length1:04
Prelude No. 24 in D minor
Track length2:09
Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 'Marche funèbre'
Work length20:32
Grave; Doppio movimento
Track length4:55
Scherzo: Vivace, rude, dramatico
Track length5:43
Marche funèbre
Track length8:37
Finale: Presto
Track length1:17
Chopin: Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57
Work length4:11
Chopin: Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60
Work length9:04

Awards and reviews

24th April 2009

The florid gusto of Rubinstein's playing may not suit modern tastes, but he is clearly engaged with his material, rendering such considerations meaningless; and at his best, he is breathtaking.
5 out of 5 stars
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