Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2
Arthur Rubinstein (piano)
Here, in recordings dating from 1946-58, superbly remastered, is Rubinstein in all his early glory. Made long before the occasional sobriety that afflicted him later in life, all these performances...
Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2
Arthur Rubinstein (piano)
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Here, in recordings dating from 1946-58, superbly remastered, is Rubinstein in all his early glory. Made long before the occasional sobriety that afflicted him later in life, all these performances...
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This fourth instalment in the Naxos series of Rubinstein’s middle period Chopin recordings (after the two Piano Concertos on 8111296, the Polonaises on 8111346 and the Waltzes and Impromptus on 8111365) presents recordings from the two extreme ends of the period. The Sonata and Preludes were recorded in 1946 and first issued on 78 rpm discs, while the remaining selections were recorded on tape in 1957 and 1958. When the recording of the Preludes, Rubinstein’s only committal of the work to disc, was issued in the UK in 1955, Gramophone declared: ‘As a whole, this masterly performance is the best we have had so far of Chopin’s great work’.
Reissue Producer & Audio Restoration Engineer: Mark Obert-Thorn
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Awards Issue 2011
Here, in recordings dating from 1946-58, superbly remastered, is Rubinstein in all his early glory. Made long before the occasional sobriety that afflicted him later in life, all these performances have a swagger and brio...no living pianist would or could play or record with such abandon and personal commitment. This disc, the eighth in Naxos's bargain series of Rubinstein's Chopin, is beyond price.
