Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 50: Chopin: 51 Mazurkas: Chopin: Mazurkas Nos. 1-51

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Recording in the studio, rather than at a live concert, quite naturally leads to a safe and uniform approach, which doesn't really serve the inspired inventiveness of the music. In some ways... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Release Date: 3rd Feb 2001
Catalogue No: 09026630502
Label: RCA
Series: The Rubinstein Collection
Length: 2 hours 16 minutes

Chopin: Mazurkas (4), Op. 6

Work length8:03

$5.20

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Arthur Rubinstein (piano)

No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor

Track length2:37

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No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor

Track length2:42

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No. 3 in E Major

Track length2:04

$1.30

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No. 4 in E-Flat Minor

Track length0:40

$1.30

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Chopin: Mazurkas (5), Op. 7

Work length10:35

$6.50

$8.50

Arthur Rubinstein (piano)

No. 1 in B-Flat Major

Track length2:35

$1.30

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No. 2 in A Minor

Track length3:29

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No. 3 in F Minor

Track length2:51

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No. 4 in A-Flat Major

Track length1:05

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No. 5 in C Major

Track length0:35

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Chopin: Mazurkas (4), Op. 17

Work length13:17

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Arthur Rubinstein (piano)

No. 1 in B-Flat Major

Track length2:28

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No. 2 in E Minor

Track length1:58

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No. 3 in A-Flat Major

Track length4:20

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No. 4 in A Minor

Track length4:31

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Chopin: Mazurkas (4), Op. 24

Work length12:13

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Arthur Rubinstein (piano)

No. 1 in G Minor

Track length2:48

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No. 2 in C Major

Track length2:14

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No. 3 in A-Flat Major

Track length2:07

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No. 4 in B-Flat Minor

Track length5:04

$1.30

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Chopin: Mazurkas (4), Op. 30

Work length9:39

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Arthur Rubinstein (piano)

No. 1 in C Minor

Track length1:37

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No. 2 in B Minor

Track length1:28

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No. 3 in D-Flat Major

Track length2:52

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No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor

Track length3:42

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Chopin: Mazurkas, Op. 33

Work length11:31

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Arthur Rubinstein (piano)

No. 1 in G-Sharp Minor

Track length1:36

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No. 2 in D Major

Track length2:45

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No. 3 in C Major

Track length1:35

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No. 4 in B Minor

Track length5:35

$1.30

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Chopin: Mazurkas (4) Op. 41

Work length9:00

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Arthur Rubinstein (piano)

No. 1 in C-Sharp Minor

Track length3:29

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No. 2 in E Minor

Track length2:11

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No. 3 in B Major

Track length1:10

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No. 4 in A-Flat

Track length2:10

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Chopin: Mazurkas (3), Op. 50

Work length10:57

$3.90

$5.10

Arthur Rubinstein (piano)

No. 1 in G Major

Track length2:30

$1.30

$1.70

No. 2 in A-Flat Major

Track length3:07

$1.30

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No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor

Track length5:20

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Chopin: Mazurka No. 56 in B flat major, K.IIa / 3

Work length11:51

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Arthur Rubinstein (piano)

No. 1 in B Major

Track length4:20

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No. 2 in C Major

Track length1:44

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No. 3 in C Minor

Track length5:47

$1.30

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Chopin: Mazurkas (3), Op. 59

Work length10:05

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Arthur Rubinstein (piano)

No. 1 in A Minor

Track length3:51

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No. 2 in A-Flat Major

Track length2:35

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No. 3 in F-Sharp Minor

Track length3:39

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Chopin: Mazurkas (3), Op. 63

Work length6:19

$3.90

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Arthur Rubinstein (piano)

No. 1 in B Major

Track length2:17

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No. 2 in F Minor

Track length1:44

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No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor

Track length2:18

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Chopin: Mazurkas (4), Op. 67

Work length7:49

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Arthur Rubinstein (piano)

No. 1 in G Major

Track length1:10

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No. 2 in G Minor

Track length1:58

$1.30

$1.70

No. 3 in C Major

Track length1:37

$1.30

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No. 4 in A Minor

Track length3:04

$1.30

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Chopin: Mazurkas (4), Op. 68

Work length9:04

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Arthur Rubinstein (piano)

No. 1 in C Major

Track length1:40

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No. 2 in A Minor

Track length2:46

$1.30

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No. 3 in F Major

Track length1:26

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No. 4 in F Minor

Track length3:12

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Chopin: Mazurka Op. posth. in A Minor "Notre temps"

Work length3:16

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Arthur Rubinstein (piano)

Chopin: Mazurka Op. posth. in A Minor "À Émile Gaillard"

Work length2:35

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Arthur Rubinstein (piano)

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2010

Recording in the studio, rather than at a live concert, quite naturally leads to a safe and uniform approach, which doesn't really serve the inspired inventiveness of the music. In some ways these recordings suffer from this. If you compare Rubinstein's readings here with those he recorded on 78rpm discs in 1938-9, you immediately notice that an element of fantasy and caprice has given way to a more sober view of the music. The Mazurkas are so intricate in their variety of moods that the successful pianist has to be able to treat each one as an entity, contrasting the emotional content within the context of that particular piece. Rubinstein, with his serious approach, lends the music more weight than is usual and he wholly avoids trivialising it with over-snappy rhythms. With him many of the lesser-known Mazurkas come to life, such as the E flat minor, Op 6 No 4, with its insistent little motif that pervades the whole piece. His phrasing is free and flexible and he has utter appreciation of the delicacy of Chopin's ideas.
He doesn't, however, take an improvisatory approach. Rubinstein judges to perfection which details to bring out so as to give each piece a special character. He convinces one that he has made this music his own. When you hear Rubinstein tackle the C sharp minor Mazurka, Op 53 No 3, you at once know that he fully comprehends the depth of this, perhaps the greatest of them all. He ranges from the pathos of the opening to a persuasive tonal grandeur in the more assertive parts, and yet is able to relate the two. The recording has a number of blemishes: the piano is too closely recorded, the loud passages are hollow-toned, especially in the bass, and little sparkle to the sound.

Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 50: Chopin: 51 Mazurkas

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