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Piano Concerto
Grieg, Rubinstein, Ormandy
Piano Concerto
Genre: Classical
 
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Arthur Rubinstein's 1941 Grieg Concerto, the first, and possibly best of his four recorded versions, is poorly transferred here, a problem one hopes will be corrected for BMG's upcoming complete Rubinstein edition. The pia...  more »

     
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All Artists: Grieg, Rubinstein, Ormandy
Title: Piano Concerto
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: RCA
Release Date: 2/11/1992
Genre: Classical
Styles: Forms & Genres, Ballads, Concertos, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Instruments, Keyboard
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 090266089727

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Arthur Rubinstein's 1941 Grieg Concerto, the first, and possibly best of his four recorded versions, is poorly transferred here, a problem one hopes will be corrected for BMG's upcoming complete Rubinstein edition. The pianist strikes a good balance between sensitivity and unbridled energy in a nicely contrasted set of Grieg's Lyric pieces and the underrated G Minor Ballade, which benefit from (relatively) superior engineering. --Jed Distler

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Only the sound quality diminishes the beauty...
rockerford | Oregon | 06/01/2000
(3 out of 5 stars)

"Yes, if only Artur and Eugene could have recorded this colorful and bright concerto by Grieg with the best technology of the late 1990's, I would give this disc 5+ stars. Artur has a way of dancing through the concerto -- sometimes lightly, sometimes more heavily -- that causes one to say "How could anyone do this piece any better than he?"The solo piano works are no less brilliantly done. The Ballade is not lacking in power, it's just that a shallow sound never fails to show us the limitations that sound reproduction had in those days. Artur's Lyric Pieces are superbly interpreted in a graceful, poignant, and masculine manner."