Arthur Rubinstein’s Recordings

A “statistical overview” over the recordings on the 142 CDs included with the box set “Arthur Rubinstein, The Complete Album Collection”

Piano Recital Can Çakmur — Druckerei, Baden AG, 2022-11-19

Concert review, ★★★★, Can Çakmur @ Druckerei Baden (Piano District), Baden AG, 2022-11-19 — Mozart: Sonata No.13 in B♭ major, K.333; Schubert: Sonata in A minor, D.845; Liszt: Fantasy and Fugue on the Theme B-A-C-H, S.529/2; Mitropoulos: Passacaglia, Preludio e Fuga; Busoni: Transcription of Bach’s Chorale Prelude for Organ “Ich ruf’ zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ”, BWV 639 / BV B 27/5
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Piano Recital Tetiana Shafran — Zurich, 2022-10-22

Concert review, ★★★★★, Tetiana Shafran @ Alte Kantonsschule, Zurich, 2022-10-22 — Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.2 in A major, op.2/2; Ravel: Sonatine, M.40; Chopin: Rondo in E♭ major, op.16; Chopin: Nocturne No.17 in B major, op.62/1; Liszt: Ballade No.2 in B minor, S.171; Liszt: Étude No.3 G♯ minor, “La Campanella”, S.141/3, from 6 Grandes Études de Paganini; Lysenko: Elegie
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Piano Recital Oxana Shevchenko — Baden, 2022-09-18

Concert review, ★★★★½, Oxana Shevchenko @ Gartensaal, Villa Boveri, Baden, 2022-09-18 — Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.18 in E♭ major, op.31/3, “The Hunt”; Brahms: Piano Sonata No.1 in C major, op.1; Debussy: Estampes, L.100; Rachmaninoff: Lilacs, op.21/5 & Daisies, op.38/3; Stravinsky: Trois mouvements de “Pétrouchka”; Tchaikovsky: X. Octobre from “Les Saisons”, op.37a (Encore)
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Beethoven: Violin Sonata No.9 in A major, op.47, “Kreutzer”

Beethoven: Sonata for Piano and Violin No.9 in A major, op.47, “Kreutzer Sonata” — comparing 12 recordings: Busch/Serkin (1941), Capuçon/Braley (2009), Faust/Melnikov (2008), Grumiaux/Haskil (1957), Kremer/Argerich (1995), Menuhin/Kempff (1970), Mullova/Bezuidenhout (2009), Oistrakh/Oborin (1962), Perlman/Ashkenazy (1975), Perlman/Argerich (1998), Szeryng/Rubinstein (1958), Tur Bonet/Vişovan (2020)

Danae Dörken — Piano Recital @ Lucerne, 2019-11-21

Concert review, ★★★, Danae Dörken @ Lukaskirche, Lucerne, 2019-11-21 (Lucerne Piano Festival, Debut Series) — Debussy: “Images”, Book I; Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances, Sz 56 / BB 68; Poulenc: 8 Nocturnes, FP 56; de Falla: Fire Dance from “El amor brujo”; Chopin: Piano Sonata No.3 in B minor, op.58
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