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Great Pianists: Rubinstein plays Rachmaninov | Naxos - Historical 8111289

Great Pianists: Rubinstein plays Rachmaninov

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Label: Naxos - Historical

Cat No: 8111289

Barcode: 0747313328925

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 2nd June 2008

Contents

Artists

Arthur Rubinstein (piano)
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Philharmonia Orchestra

Conductors

Vladimir Golschmann
Walter Susskind

Works

Rachmaninov, Sergei

Morceaux de fantaisie, op.3
» no.2 Prelude in C sharp minor
Piano Concerto no.2 in C minor, op.18
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op.43

Artists

Arthur Rubinstein (piano)
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Philharmonia Orchestra

Conductors

Vladimir Golschmann
Walter Susskind

About

Although Rubinstein did not play many works by Rachmaninov, he made four recordings of the Piano Concerto No.2. If, in this May 1946 recording, Rubinstein’s adherence to the text is not always completely accurate, his performance is full of exhilaration and panache with fast tempos and a climax judged to have any audience jumping to its feet.

The 1947 recording of the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini is remarkable, even today, for the high quality of the sound, described as “Stunning! The recording is almost too vivid”, by a critic in 1948.

The only solo work of Rachmaninov that Rubinstein committed to disc was the famous Prelude in C sharp minor Op.3 No.2 which he recorded twice.

Contents:
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18
Arthur Rubinstein (piano)
NBC Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Golschmann
Recorded 27th May, 1946 in Carnegie Hall, New York City

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Arthur Rubinstein (piano)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Walter Susskind
Recorded 16th-17th September, 1947 in EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London

Prelude in C sharp minor, Op. 3, No. 2
Arthur Rubinstein (piano)
Recorded 11th December, 1950 in the RCA Studios, Hollywood

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