Arthur Rubinstein Plays Chopin and Rachmaninov

Arthur Rubinstein Plays Chopin and Rachmaninov

In the intimate setting of his home, one of the most celebrated pianists of the 20th century performs an all-Chopin program, with the Mazurka in C Sharp Minor, Op. 30, No. 4; Scherzo in C Sharp Minor, Op. 39; Nocturne in F Sharp Major, Op. 15, No. 2; and Polonaise in A Flat Major ("Grand Polonaise"), Op. 53. Augmenting this 1950 film are two 1956 Producer's Showcase "Festival of Music" performances: a reprise of the A-Flat Polonaise and Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. "Admirers of the legendary Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982) will covet this ... black-and-white salon recital done in Hollywood style, with unidentified guests - including the pianist's wife Eva - caught in medias res, with Rubinstein's playing the last fifteen bars of the Prelude in F# Minor, uncredited. Rubinstein then asks permission to play a mazurka, the piece most representative of Chopin's national character.... The camera then cuts to the Delacroix portrait hanging in Rubinstein's home as he realizes the virtues of the C# Minor Mazurka, and then proceeds to extol the masculine virtues of Chopin's pianism, exemplified in the grueling filigree of the Third Scherzo. 'A little night-music,' queries Rubinstein, and he enters in to the F# Minor nocturne. 'Now the music closest to my heart,' offers Rubinstein, and we are privy to a muscular, virile account of the Heroic Polonaise; and the camera swings from medium shot of the pianist in profile to an overhead of the keyboard, with Rubinstein's hands in full throttle."-Audiophile Audition
Country USA
Brand RUBINSTEIN,ARTHUR
Manufacturer VAI / Video Artists Int'l
Binding DVD
ItemPartNumber unknown
ReleaseDate 2004-05-25
UnitCount 1
Format Multiple Formats
UPCs 089948427599
EANs 0089948427599

Country	USA
Brand	RUBINSTEIN,ARTHUR
Manufacturer	VAI / Video Artists Int'l
Binding	DVD
ItemPartNumber	unknown
ReleaseDate	2004-05-25
UnitCount	1
Format	Multiple Formats
UPCs	089948427599
EANs	0089948427599