[ Sony / RCA Original Album Series / 5 CD Box Set ]
Release Date: Thursday 25 May 2017
A classic collection of five CDs featuring five original album releases of Chopin that the late Artur Rubinstein released on the RCA label from the 1950s and 1960s! Many aficionados consider these the definitive performances of the Chopin repertoire.
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11
1954
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Alfred Wallenstein
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21
1959
Symphony of the Air, Alfred Wallenstein
Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise, Op. 22
1959
Symphony of the Air, Alfred Wallenstein
Preludes (24), Op. 28
Ballades Nos. 1-4
Waltz No. 1 in E flat major 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 18
Waltz No. 2 in A flat major 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 34 No. 1
Waltz No. 3 in A minor 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 34 No. 2
Waltz No. 4 in F major 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 34 No. 3
Waltz No. 5 in A flat major, Op. 42
Waltz No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 'Minute Waltz'
Waltz No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2
Waltz No. 8 in A flat major, Op. 64 No. 3
Waltz No. 9 in A flat major, Op. 69 No. 1 'Farewell Waltz'
Waltz No. 9 in A flat major, Op. 69 No. 1 'Farewell Waltz'
Waltz No. 10 in B minor, Op. 69 No. 2
Waltz No. 11 in G flat major, Op. 70 No. 1
Waltz No. 12 in F minor, Op. 70 No. 2
Waltz No. 13 in D flat major, Op. 70 No. 3
Waltz No. 14 in E minor, Op. post., KKIVa:15, B 56