Chopin: Polonaises [selection] (Rec 1934-35)

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FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Polonaises [selection] (Rec 1934-35)
Artur Rubinstein (piano)

[ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD ]

Release Date: Wednesday 20 August 2008

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"When Rubinstein launches into these works, it's soul music!"
- Classics Today (Jed Distler), December, 2000

"Artur Rubinstein's pioneering Chopin Polonaise cycle from the 1930s may not be as disciplined or scrupulous to the text as his LP-era remakes, yet the pianist's big-heartedness, rhythmic snap, and joie de vivre leap out and invite you in. Other 78-era artists like Solomon, Lhevinne, and Horowitz produced equally memorable (and cleaner) A-flat Polonaises, and Hofmann's Andante Spianato & Grande Polonaise remains supreme for scintillating lightness. But when Rubinstein launches into these works, it's soul music!"
- Classics Today (Jed Distler), December, 2000

Tracks:

Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante, Op. 22
Polonaise No. 1 in C sharp minor, Op. 26, No. 1
Polonaise No. 2 in E flat minor, Op. 26, No. 2
Polonaise No. 3 in A major, Op. 40, No. 1, "Military"
Polonaise No. 4 in C minor, Op. 40, No. 2
Polonaise No. 5 in F sharp major, Op. 44
Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major, Op. 53, "Heroic"
Polonaise No. 7 in A flat major, Op. 61, "Polonaise-Fantaisie"