Arthur Rubinstein – Chopin: The Nocturnes And Waltzes (1984)
Arthur Rubinstein – Chopin: The Nocturnes And Waltzes (1984)
The Nocturnes A1 No. 1 In B-Flat Minor Op. 9 5:23 A2 No. 2 In E-Flat Op. 9 4:22 A3 No. 3 In B Op. 9 6:45 A4 No. 1 In F Op. 15 4:16 A5 No. 2 In F-Sharp Op. 15 3:53 B1 No. 3 In G Minor Op. 15 4:59 B2 No. 1 In C-Sharp Minor Op. 27 5:35 B3 No. 2 In D-Flat Op. 27 6:10 B4 No. 1 In B Op. 32 4:37 B5 No 2. In A-Flat Op. 32 5:44 C1 No. 1 In G-Minor Op. 37 6:16 C2 No. 2 In G Op. 37 6:52 C3 No. 1 In C Minor Op. 48 5:50 C4 No. 2 In F-Sharp Minor Op. 48 7:16 D1 No. 1 In F Minor Op. 55 5:37 D2 No. 2 In E-Flat Op. 55 6:32 D3 No. 1 In B Op. 62 6:47 D4 No. 2 In E Op. 62 5:16 D5 No. 1 In E Minor (Posth.) Op. 72 4:40 The Waltzes E1 In E-Flat ("Grande valse brillante") Op. 18 5:22 E2 No. 1 In A-Flat ("Valse brillante") Op. 34 5:02 E3 No. 2 In A Minor ("Valse brillante") Op. 34 5:11 E4 No. 3 In F ("Valse brillante") Op. 34 2:21 E5 In A-Flat (The "Two-Four" Waltz) Op. 42 3:45 E6 No. 1 In D-Flat ("Minute" Waltz) Op. 64 1:49 F1 No. 2 In C-Sharp Minor Op. 64 3:40 F2 No. 3 In A-Flat Op. 64 3:19 F3 No. 1 In A-Flat ("L'Adieu")(Posth.) Op. 69 3:26 F4 No. 2 In B Minor (Posth.) Op. 69 3:49 F5 No. 1 In G-Flat (Posth.) Op. 70 1:49 F6 No. 2 In F Minor (Posth.) Op. 70 3:25 F7 No. 3 In D-Flat (Posth.) Op. 70 2:47 F8 In E Minor (Posth.) 3:04 Arthur Rubinstein - piano
I can't believe the sound quality from about 30 yrs ago can be this crystal! When I listen to it I am stunned by the work that all the people did on this CD. Especially, Artur's beautiful playing will make you smile then. I said to myself 'why can't others do this!! why!!'. It's the best version of Chopin The Nocturnes I have ever hear on sound quality and playing, compares to the other two version with unnamed players. ---L. Zhao, amazon.com
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