Chopin - Piano Concertos No.1, 2 / Remastered (Century's recording: Arthur Rubinstein)

Album available // Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 by Arthur Rubinstein **Listen to our mastering update (2022)** : bit.ly/3vMIaWN 🎧 Qobuz (Hi-Res) bit.ly/4aDdryt Tidal (Hi-Res) bit.ly/3Mul2mZ 🎧 Deezer (Hi-Fi) bit.ly/35X2cnD Amazon Music (Hi-Res) amzn.to/3tIP6Cx 🎧 Napster (Hi-Fi) bit.ly/41EIE09 Spotify (mp3) spoti.fi/3RLHhbt 🎧 SoundCloud (aac) bit.ly/39HZJ2N Youtube Music (mp4) bit.ly/3vMIaWN 🎧 Pandora, Anghami, QQ音乐, LineMusic 日本… Frédéric François Chopin (1810-1849) - Piano Concertos No.1 & 2 / Remastered 2022 Click to activate the English subtitles for the presentation (00:00-02:52) Piano Concerto #1 In E Minor, Op. 11, B 53 1. Allegro Maestoso (00:00) 2. Romance: Larghetto (19:43) 3. Rondo: Vivace (30:26) Arthur Rubinstein New Symphony Orchestra of London Stanislaw Skrowaczewski Recorded in 1961 Piano Concerto #2 In F Minor, Op. 21, B 43 1. Maestoso (40:37) 2. Larghetto (53:56) 3. Allegro Vivace (1:02:34) Arthur Rubinstein Symphony of the Air Alfred Wallenstein Recorded in 1958 🔊 FOLLOW US on SPOTIFY (Profil: CMRR) : spoti.fi/3016eVr 🔊 Download CMRR's recordings in High fidelity audio (QOBUZ) : bit.ly/2M1Eop2 ❤️ If you like CM//RR content, please consider membership at our Patreon page. Thank you :) www.patreon.com/cmrr Le concerto de Chopin connu sous le nom de n°2 a été en fait le premier à être composé, entre l'automne 1829 et le début de 1830. Le n°1 a été écrit entre avril et août 1830 et publié en 1833, tandis que le "fa mineur", en raison de retards dans la préparation des parties orchestrales, n'a été imprimé qu'en 1836. Il contient des éléments qui devaient rester caractéristiques de Chopin, par exemple le type de figure rythmique pointée qui ouvre le Maestoso et que l'on retrouve tout au long de son œuvre ultérieure. Ce premier thème est en effet mémorable, et le passage orchestral initial prépare bien l'entrée dramatique du soliste. Habituellement, le rôle de l'orchestre est subsidiaire, les responsabilités du piano presque continues et souvent élaborées sont presque autosuffisantes. Il n'y a pas de véritable développement de la forme sonate, car c'est plutôt la partie de clavier qui élabore et commente les thèmes du mouvement avec fantaisie et invention constante. Le Larghetto, le mouvement lent de Chopin est le cœur de ce concerto, et il est peut-être significatif qu'il ait été achevé en premier. Une grande intensité lyrique est transmise, et l'écriture au piano est encore plus originale, surtout dans la section déclamatoire centrale, une sorte de récitatif instrumental. La musique folklorique polonaise a sa place dans le finale de ce concerto, un Allegro vivace. Il s'agit d'un rondo à grande échelle avec des épisodes aux contrastes piquants et une partie solo plus ouvertement athlétique que dans les mouvements précédents. Le résultat reste cependant à la fois pittoresque et expressif. Le Concerto en mi mineur suit un chemin similaire, mais de manière plus décisive. Il a été composé alors que Chopin et ses compatriotes espéraient l'indépendance de la Pologne. Les Russes ont dûment écrasé l'insurrection en septembre 1831, mais l'esprit héroïque de l'Allegro maestoso ne fait aucun doute. Comme son équivalent dans le Concerto en fa mineur, il n'est guère un chef-d'œuvre de structure formelle, et le fait que Chopin s'en tienne à la tonique pour les deux premiers sujets est très inhabituel. Il est vrai que lorsque le premier sujet réapparaît en do majeur au début du développement, l'effet est saisissant. Et les faiblesses de la forme et de l'orchestration semblent relativement peu importantes par rapport à la poésie et à l'éclat de la partie soliste. Comme dans le concerto en fa mineur, le Larghetto central, que Chopin a intitulé "Romance" en l'occurrence, est une explosion de mélodie passionnée. Pièce calme et mélancolique, elle est suivie d'un rondo, dirigé Vivace, qui est en mi majeur comme le mouvement lent, bien qu'il commence dans le relatif mineur. Il tire une partie de son caractère de la "krakowiak", une danse de la région de Cracovie en Pologne, à temps double rapide et réputée pour ses rythmes syncopés. Album available // Chopin: 4 Scherzos & 4 Ballades by Arthur Rubinstein Qobuz (Hi-Res) cutt.ly/ww4bW2WK Tidal (Hi-Res) cutt.ly/4w4bEg11 Deezer (Hi-Fi) cutt.ly/zw4bEAPQ Amazon Music (Hi-Res) amzn.to/3JwcEDj Spotify (mp3) spoti.fi/3Ub9Mll Youtube Music (mp4) cutt.ly/nw4bTHLm Apple Music (off), Napster, Pandora, Anghami, Soundcloud, QQ音乐, LineMusic 日本… Chopin by Arthur Rubinstein - 51 Mazurkas / New Mastering + Presentation (recording of the Century) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r92pHa9VGzk&list=PL3UZpQL9LIxOd2d1F4YsbL4XLfB6zvRfj&index=6 Frédéric François Chopin PLAYLIST (reference recordings) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKmtJlEDxDw&index=4&list=PL3UZpQL9LIxOd2d1F4YsbL4XLfB6zvRfj

1969 was the year I discovered the great Rubinstein. These days I’ve become so sentimental that I tear up! Friends with whom I shared this love have passed on .😢

How lucky we are to have these wonderful performances preserved for posterity!

Rubinstein is still one of my favorite classical piano player. No flashiness. Precision with passion.

Listening to classical music is like a journey through history. It's incredible to think that the compositions we hear today have been cherished for centuries.

Perhaps the finest Chopinist of the last century.

This is my most favorite rendition of Chopin's concertos 1 and 2. Mr. Rubinstein is masterful!!!

The first live piano concert I attended was in Barcelona Palau de la Musica in 1969 and the pianist was Rubinstein, in spite of his age he was so full of energy, at the end of the concert I had tears in my eyes because I knew that I had been very lucky to see one of the best pianists of all times, a true legend, and ever since I have attended, and I still do, some unforgetable piano concerts with the best pianists!!!

Rubenstein plays masterfully. He lets each note come out beautifully.

Still the greatest pianist of all time, and listen how beautifully the orchestra plays for him. They adored this man. The end of an era of greatness never again to be heard or seen. 1887-1982. Chopin himself could not play his works so beautifully with such a golden sound, his signature genius and with such unbelievable clarity, like a painting fashioned of pure sunlight. And hear how he follows each soloist, gracing their interpretation with his own. The rubato in these timeless recordings will never be surpassed. Bravo for posting this treasure!

The very difficult measures between 12:37 and 12:50 are exquisitely performed. Rubinstein is one of the greatest pianists of the last century.

The melody is so beautiful in the first movement, I cannot keep the tears back

CUANDO LA EJECUCIÓN DE UNA COMPOSICIÓN DE CHOPÍN LO HACE RUBINSTEIN, UNO TIENE LA SENSACIÓN QUE LO ESTÁ EJECUTANDO EL MISMO CHOPIN, ES MARAVILLOSO.

This is my favorite piece of music ever, there is such hope coming out around 16:20 and I'm never fed up listening again and again. Thank million times❤

In the green room of Symphony Hall in San Diego in the mid-1990s after a performance of Bruckner's 4th with Stanislaw Skrowaczewski conducting the San Diego Symphony, I mentioned to the Maestro that one of my treasured recordings was the one he made with Rubinstein of the Chopin 1st. He lit up and said, "Ah, Artur; we had such fun making that record!" It remains my desert island recording of that work. (Incidentally, the recording engineer was the legendary Kenneth E. Wilkinson.)

아침부터 서너시간 동안 계속 반복해서 듣고 있습니다. 그냥 계속 피아노 소리에 머무르고 싶네요. 말할 수 없는 기쁨과 감동으로 인생이 충만합니다. 좋은 것을 베풀어주신 쇼팽과 루빈스타인에게 감사합니다

Nothing mote beautiful and excelllent!! A Rubinstein is the one that knows and feels Chopin like no others!!! Thanks!!!

What a recording! Thank you CM/RR.

Rubinstein talks to and caresses our heart when he plays Chopin. Those who say perfection does not exist in music making should listen to this recording.

If there is perfection, this is it! Artur Rubinstein's recordings of Chopin Piano Concertos 1 & 2 presented here are the best I have ever heard. Since I grew up listening to my dad's old classical LPs, I never had an appreciation until I left home for college and began listening to these recordings again. As Chopin Piano Concerto #1 became my all-time favorite piano concerto, I began listening to ALL other recordings, collecting LPs and CDs, attending live performances, and now YouTube (including competition playing too). This also included the multiple records made by Rubinstein (#1 in 1937 w/Sir John Barbirolli-London Phil, 1953 w/Wallenstein-LA Phil, 1947 live w/Walter-NY Phil, etc). You can't get any better than this. As such, after 1,000's of listening pleasure over 4 decades, Rubinstein's playing (particularly in this recording) still ranks the top of the heap by far! It's his (famed "golden tone") playing combined with the masterpiece itself. I consider the touch, phrasing, tempo, subtle dynamics, and musicality that contributed to his superb playing. Lucky for us, this recording was a gift from heaven to mankind! (This also holds true of his RCA recordings on Chopin's Ballads, Scherzos, Polonaises, Nocturnes, Mazurkas, Impromptus, Sonatas, and miscellaneous works - notice I didn't include his waltzes here; not his absolute best). I could go on and on but that will be another blog...