Music : The Chopin Collection
from: RCA Victor Europe
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0035626082222
Format: Box set, Import
Label: RCA Victor Europe
Manufacturer: RCA Victor Europe
Number Of Discs: 11
Publisher: RCA Victor Europe
Release Date: October 07, 1991
Sales Rank: 3267
Studio: RCA Victor Europe
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11cd Box Set with the Legendary Rubinsetin Recordings of Chopin Works.
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At less than $30, this has to be one of the greatest bargains currently out there. For many lovers of Chopin and piano playing, Rubinstein's late 1950s/early 1960s RCA survey is the Bible. Undoubtedly, it contains some godly Chopin playing. However, there is too much unevenness and lack of drama for this cycle to live up to its reference status.
Indeed, this is a Chopin Collection and not a complete survey, missing the Etudes, Rondos, Variations, early Polonaises, First Sonata, concert fantasies, chamber music as well as some miscellaneous pieces--most notably the Op post Nocturnes, Mazurkas, Waltzes and Prelude, plus the Op 45 Prelude and Allegro de concert. In contrast to the Ashkenazy set, this collection includes the two Concertos.
Particularly Rubinstein's Waltzes, Mazurkas and Nocturnes are often claimed to be of reference standard (persistently so both by Jed Distler and the Penguin Guide). Indeed, some of them are excellent (the Opp 59 and 68 Mazurkas as well as the Opp 27/2 and 48/1 Nocturnes), whereas too many suffer from what I would call a general lack of drama--that is underplayed contrasts in tempo, dynamics and above articulation (the Waltzes annoyingly much so). Rubinstein tends to play everything in a similarly smooth manner with an unfailing beauty of tone; hence, the results are never less than comfortable. However, the individual imagination--and thus memorableness--of the likes of Ohlsson, Moravec, Pogorelich, and even to some extent ... Read More
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This is a bargain for the price, with GREAT sound quality! Warm, but also clear. The perfomances are great, specially the mazurkas and waltzes and sonatas. I thought the noctures where played a bit to "straight", but it depends what one compares it to. I prefer Cortot for about all the Chopin I've heard of him before 1934 (Although I like Rubinsteins sonata better) and brazilian G. Novaes for the nocturnes.
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These impressions are based on very limited listening thus far but the performances seem to be very crisp and correct and devoid of schmaltz which surprised me. I think Chopin needs a bit more melodrama to be at its best.
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The ultimate way to apreciate the work of Chopin. powerful then again delicate. Sublime piano by Rubinstein. Curacao, apri1 14th 2008
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In an age when there were few exceptional pianists, Rubinstein came to maturity after his marriage and 40th birthday - and fortunately his best work was recorded by RCA in America. Here's the Chopin you must have in a collection. Still brilliant by today's standards and still the Master.The Chopin Collection
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