Arthur Rubinstein: The Complete Album Collection [142CDs Box Set] (2012) FLAC
2012 | Classical
FLAC, Lossless | 25,1 Gb
From December on, "Arthur Rubinstein The Complete Album Collection" will be the world's biggest CD edition for a solo artist according to Guinness World Records (TM). It features all the legendary pianist's issued recordings made by RCA Victor between 1940 and 1976, and includes one LP issued on the DECCA label in 1978. The collection also includes the recordings Rubinstein made in England for the English label His Master's Voice (HMV) between 1928 and 1940, most of which were released in the United States by RCA on its Victor label. The collection includes complete studio and live performances, solo, concerto and chamber music repertoire in reproductions of original LP sleeves and labels, the earlier recordings, initially released on 78-rpm discs, appear in three sets with 14 CDs in the edition.
The bonus CDs in this edition (CDs 140-142) contain recordings of his legendary 1961 cycle of ten concerts at New York's Carnegie Hall. They include four works that Rubinstein had never before committed to disc plus two others that represent brand-new additions to his RCA discography.
This edition also boasts the finest sound quality ever bestowed on Arthur Rubinstein's complete recordings. The masters for the principal works in the collection come from the series of Living Stereo SACDs and Japanese XRCDs. All the other recordings are based on masters from the Rubinstein Collection of 1999, technically and sonically refurbished for this edition. In cases where the desired results could not be obtained, Sony Classical has gone back to the original analogue tapes.
The 164-page full-colored hardcover book in landscape format includes new liner notes by Rubinstein biographer Harvey Sachs, photos shot or selected by Arthur Rubinstein's daughter Eva Rubinstein, an essay about the legendary 1961 Carnegie Hall concerts, complete discography in alphabetical and chronological order featuring 78s, 45s and LPs and track listings with complete discographical notes, producer names and matrix nos.
The two bonus DVDs are "Rubinstein Remembered", a documentary tracing the great pianist's life from his origins in ód , Poland, through his final concert there in 1975, with interviews from family and friends, newsreels, home movies, TV interviews and performance footage. Narrated by Rubinstein's son John Rubinstein and produced by Peter Rosen and the "The Benefit Recital for Israel 1976" recorded at Ambassador College, Pasadena, California on Jan 15, 1975 featuring works by Beethoven, Schumann, Debussy, Chopin and Mendelssohn.
The "Arthur Rubinstein Complete Album Collection" consists almost entirely of reproductions of vinyl LPs in their original sleeves. The few exceptions that were only released on CD retain their original CD cover. Thus for the first time ever, music lovers have the opportunity of discovering every single one of Rubinstein's original albums in a single issue.
Works:
Beethoven:
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 'Pathetique'
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight'
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 'Appassionata'
Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat major, Op. 81a 'Les Adieux'
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
NBC Symphony Orchestra, Toscanini
Piano Trio No. 7 in B flat Major, Op. 97 'Archduke'
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Beecham
Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5 (complete)
Symphony Of The Air, Krips
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 'Waldstein'
Piano Sonata No. 18 in E flat major, Op. 31 No. 3 'The Hunt'
Brahms:
Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8
Cello Sonata No. 1 In E Minor, Op. 38
Chopin:
Nocturnes Nos. 1-19
Mazurkas Nos. 1-51
Waltzes Nos. 1-14
Bolero, Op. 19
Impromptus Nos. 1-4
Ballades Nos. 1-4
Tarantella in A flat major, Op. 43
Scherzi Nos. 1-4
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11
New Symphony Orchestra of London, Stanisław Skrowaczewski
Trois Nouvelles Études
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21
Symphony of the Air, Alfred Wallenstein
Preludes (24), Op. 28
Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57
Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 'Marche funèbre'
Impromptu No. 3 in G flat major, Op. 51
Falla:
Noches en los jardines de Espana
Fauré:
Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor Op. 15
Members Of The Paganini Quartet
Franck, C:
Violin Sonata in A major
Symphonic Variations for piano & orchestra, M46
Grieg:
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
Liszt:
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, S124
Mendelssohn:
Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49
Mozart:
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K488
Rachmaninov:
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner
Prelude Op. 3 No. 2 in C sharp minor
Ravel:
Piano Trio in A minor
Saint-Saëns:
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22
Schubert:
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B flat major, D960
Fantasie in C major, D760 'Wanderer'
Impromptu in G flat major, D899 No. 3
Impromptu in A flat major, D899 No. 4
Piano Trio No. 1 in B flat major, D898
Schumann:
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Steinberg
Fantasiestücke, Op. 12
Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44
Paganini Quartet
Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129
Strauss, R:
Violin Sonata in E flat major, Op. 18
Tchaikovsky:
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Mitropoulos
Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50 'In Memory of a Great Artist'
TRACK LIST
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