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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
Fryderyk Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35, "Funeral March"
I. Grave - Doppio movimento
II. Scherzo
III. Marche funebre: Lento
IV. Finale: Presto
Fryderyk Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28
Prelude No. 1 in C major
Prelude No. 2 in A minor
Prelude No. 3 in G major
Prelude No. 4 in E minor
Prelude No. 5 in D major
Prelude No. 6 in B minor
Prelude No. 7 in A major
Prelude No. 8 in F sharp minor
Prelude No. 9 in E major
Prelude No. 10 in C sharp minor
Prelude No. 11 in B major
Prelude No. 12 in G sharp minor
Prelude No. 13 in F sharp major
Prelude No. 14 in E flat minor
Prelude No. 15 in D flat major, "Raindrop"
Prelude No. 16 in B flat minor
Prelude No. 17 in A flat major
Prelude No. 18 in F minor
Prelude No. 19 in E flat major
Prelude No. 20 in C minor
Prelude No. 21 in B flat major
Prelude No. 22 in G minor
Prelude No. 23 in F major
Prelude No. 24 in D minor
Fryderyk Chopin: 3 Nouvelles etudes, Op. posth.
Etude No. 1 in F minor
Etude No. 2 in A flat major
Etude No. 3 in D flat major
Fryderyk Chopin: Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57
Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57
Fryderyk Chopin: Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60
Barcarolle, Op. 60
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.”
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I. Grave - Doppio movimento
