The Original Jacket Collection - Rubinstein Plays Chopin
Arthur Rubinstein, 1887 ~ 1982
아르투르 루빈스타인(Artur Rubinstein). 20세기를 살았던 가장 위대한 피아니스트 중 하나인 그는 쇼팽의 대명사, 쇼팽의 교과서였으며 좋은 인품과 성격을 지닌 모두에게 존경받는 예술가였다.
아르투르 루빈스타인은 20세기 전반부의 피아니스트를 이야기할 때 결코 빼놓을 수도 없고 빼놓아서도 안되는 위대한 피아니스트이다. 1887년에 태어나 1982년까지 무려 95년을 살며 90세까지 현역으로 활동했던 대단한 노익장을 과시했고 그토록 오랜 세월동안 수많은 작곡가의 수많은 곡을 연주하며 너무도 아름답고 자연스러운 피아노의 선율을 들려준 거장 중의 거장이었다.
루빈스타인은 쇼팽의 나라인 폴란드에서 유태인의 핏줄을 받고 태어났다. 대부분의 거장이라 불리는 이들이 그랬던 것처럼 루빈스타인 역시 어릴 적부터 음악에 대한 천부적인 소질을 타고난 것으로 전해지는데 암보와 초견에 무척 능했다고 한다. 특별히 연습도 없이 악보를 한 번만 보고 바로 연주회에서 완벽한 연주를 할 수 있을 정도였다.
루빈스타인은 천재적인 재능을 타고 났지만 성격이 지극히 낙천적이었고 게을렀다. 그 게으른 성격 때문에 빚이 많았고 생활이 무절제했으며 젊은 시절엔 자살까지도 시도했다. 그러나 극단적인 생각까지 했다가도 이를 다시 추스리고 재도약의 기회로 삼는 것을 보면 그는 대단한 정신력의 소유자이기도 했고 때론 나사가 풀린 듯이 철없는 행동을 하다가도 이를 다시 조절하는 피드백 시스템이 잘 갖추어진 사람이었다. 역시 역사에 남을만한 대단한 거장들은 달라도 뭔가 다르다는 것을 알 수 있다.
1921년부터 미국에서 본격적인 연주여행을 하며 미국전역에서 명성을 쌓아나간 루빈스타인은 1946년엔 정식으로 미국시민권을 획득하였고 미국이 자랑하는 최고의 피아니스트가 되었다. 연주회 개런티 역시 최고의 수준을 지급받았고 그의 명성은 당대 최고임을 의심할 여지가 없었다.
CD1
1. Nocturnes, Op. 9 No. 1 In B-Flat Minor
2. Nocturnes, Op. 9 No. 2 In E-Flat
3. Nocturnes, Op. 9 No. 3 In B
4. Nocturnes, Op. 15 No. 1 In F
5. Nocturnes, Op. 15 No. 2 In F-Sharp
6. Nocturnes, Op. 15 No. 3 In G Minor
7. Nocturnes, Op. 27 No. 1 In C-Sharp Minor
8. Nocturnes, Op. 27 No. 2 In D-Flat
9. Nocturnes, Op. 32 No. 1 In B
10. Nocturnes, Op. 32 No. 2 In A-Flat
Recorded in 1965, 1967
CD2
1. Nocturnes, Op. 37 No. 1 In G-Minor
2. Nocturnes, Op. 37 No. 2 In G
3. Nocturnes, Op. 48 No. 1 In C Minor
4. Nocturnes, Op. 48 No. 2 In F-Sharp Minor
5. Nocturnes, Op. 55 No. 1 In F Minor
6. Nocturnes, Op. 55 No. 2 In E-Flat
7. Nocturnes, Op. 62 No. 1 In B
8. Nocturnes, Op. 62 No. 2 In E
9. Nocturnes, Op. 72: No. 1 In E Minor
Recorded in 1965, 1967
CD3
1. Mazurkas, Op. 6 No. 1 In F-Sharp Minor
2. Mazurkas, Op. 6 No. 2 In C-Sharp Minor
3. Mazurkas, Op. 6 No. 3 In E
4. Mazurkas, Op. 6 No. 4 In E- Flat Minor
5. Mazurkas, Op. 7 No. 1 In B-Flat
6. Mazurkas, Op. 7 No. 2 In A Minor
7. Mazurkas, Op. 7 No. 3 In F Minor
8. Mazurkas, Op. 7 No. 4 In A-Flat
9. Mazurkas, Op. 7 No. 5 In C
10. Mazurkas, Op. 17 No. 1 In B-Flat
11. Mazurkas, Op. 17 No. 2 In E Minor
12. Mazurkas, Op. 17 No. 3 In A-Flat
13. Mazurkas, Op. 17 No. 4 In A Minor
14. Mazurkas, Op. 24 No. 1 In G Minor
15. Mazurkas, Op. 24 No. 2 In C
16. Mazurkas, Op. 24 No. 3 In A-Flat
17. Mazurkas, Op. 24 No. 4 In B-Flat
18. Mazurkas, Op. 30 No. 1 In C Minor
19. Mazurkas, Op. 30 No. 2 In B Minor
20. Mazurkas, Op. 30 No. 3 In D-Flat
21. Mazurkas, Op. 30 No. 4 In C-Sharp Minor
22. Mazurkas, Op. 33 No. 1 In G-Sharp Minor
23. Mazurkas, Op. 33 No. 2 In D
24. Mazurkas, Op. 33 No. 3 In C
25. Mazurkas, Op. 33 No. 4 In B Minor
26. Mazurkas, Op. 41 No. 1 In C-Sharp Minor
Recorded in 1965, 1966
CD4
1. Mazurkas, Op. 41 No. 2 In E Minor
2. Mazurkas, Op. 41 No. 3 In B
3. Mazurkas, Op. 41 No. 4 In A-Flat
4. Mazurkas, Op. 50 No. 1 In G
5. Mazurkas, Op. 50 No. 2 In A-Flat
6. Mazurkas, Op. 50 No. 3 In C-Sharp Minor
7. Mazurkas, Op. 56 No. 1 In B
8. Mazurkas, Op. 56 No. 2 In C
9. Mazurkas, Op. 56 No. 3 In C Minor
10. Mazurkas, Op. 59 No. 1 In A Minor
11. Mazurkas, Op. 59 No. 2 In A-Flat
12. Mazurkas, Op. 59 No. 3 In F-Sharp Minor
13. Mazurkas, Op. 63 No. 1 In B
14. Mazurkas, Op. 63 No. 2 In F Minor
15. Mazurkas, Op. 63 No. 3 In C-Sharp Minor
16. Mazurkas, Opus Posthumous In A Minor "A Emile Gaillard"
17. Mazurkas, Opus Posthumous In A Minor "Notre Temps"
18. Mazurkas, Op. 67 No. 1 In G
19. Mazurkas, Op. 67 No. 2 In G Minor
20. Mazurkas, Op. 67 No. 3 In C
21. Mazurkas, Op. 67 No. 4 In A Minor
22. Mazurkas, Op. 68 No. 1 In C
23. Mazurkas, Op. 68 No. 2 In A Minor
24. Mazurkas, Op. 68 No. 3 In F
25. Mazurkas, Op. 68 No. 4 In F Minor
Recorded in 1965, 1967
CD5
1. Ballades No. 1, Op. 23 In G Minor
2. Ballades No. 2, Op. 38 In F
3. Ballades No. 3, Op. 47 In A-Flat
4. Ballades No. 4, Op. 52 In F Minor
5. Scherzos No. 1, Op. 20 In B Minor
6. Scherzos No. 2, Op. 31 In B-Flat Minor
7. Scherzos No. 3, Op. 39 In C-Sharp Minor
8. Scherzos No. 4, Op. 54 In E
Recorded in 1959
CD6
1. Polonaises, Op. 26 No. 1 In C-Sharp Minor
2. Polonaises, Op. 26 No. 2 In E-Flat Minor
3. Polonaises, Op. 40 No. 1 In A "Military
4. Polonaises, Op. 40 No. 2 In C Minor
5. Polonaise, Op. 44 In F-Sharp Minor
6. Polonaise, Op. 53 In A-Flat "Heroic
7. Polonaise-Fantaisie, Op. 61 In A-Flat
Recorded in 1964
CD7
1. Sonata No. 2, Op. 35 In B-Flat Minor "Funeral March" Grave; Doppio
2. Sonata No. 2, Op. 35 In B-Flat Minor "Funeral March" Scherzo
3. Sonata No. 2, Op. 35 In B-Flat Minor "Funeral March" Marche funebre: Lento
4. Sonata No. 2, Op. 35 In B-Flat Minor "Funeral March" Finale: Presto
5. Sonata No. 3, Op. 58 In B Minor Allegro Maestoso
6. Sonata No. 3, Op. 58 In B Minor Scherzo: Molto Vivace
7. Sonata No. 3, Op. 58 In B Minor Largo
8. Sonata No. 3, Op. 58 In B Minor Finale: Presto, Non Tanto
9. Fantaisie, Op. 49 In F Minor
Recorded in 1961, 1962
CD8
1. Waltz Op. 18, In E-Flat "Grande Valse Brillante"
2. Waltzes, Op. 34 No. 1 In A-Flat "Valse Brillante"
3. Waltzes, Op. 34 No. 2 In A Minor "Valse Brillante"
4. Waltzes, Op. 34 No. 3 In F "Valse Brillante"
5. Waltz, Op. 42 In A-Flat "Two-Four"
6. Waltzes, Op. 64 No. 1 In D-Flat "Minute"
7. Waltzes, Op. 64 No. 2 In C-Sharp Minor
8. Waltzes, Op. 64 No. 3 In A-Flat
9. Waltzes, Op. 69 No. 1 In A-Flat "L'adieu"
10. Waltzes, Op. 69 No. 2 In B Minor
11. Waltzes, Op. 70 No. 1 In G-Flat
12. Waltzes, Op. 70 No. 2 In F Minor
13. Waltzes, Op. 70 No. 3 In D-Flat
14. Waltz, Opus Posthumous In E Minor
Recorded in 1965
CD9
1. Impromptus No. 1, Op. 29 In A-Flat
2. Impromptus No. 2, Op. 36 In F-Sharp
3. Impromptus No. 3, Op. 51 In G-Flat
4. Impromptus No. 4, Op. 66 In C-Sharp Minor "Fantaisie-Impromptu"
5. Barcarolle, Op. 60
6. Trois Nouvelles etudes, Opus Posthumous
7. Bolero, Op. 19
8. Berceuse, Op. 57
9. Tarantelle, Op. 43
10. Andante Spianato And Grand Polonaise, Op. 22 In E-Flat
Recorded in 1962, 1964, 1965
CD10
1. Preludes, Op. 28 Prelude No. 1 In C
2. Preludes, Op. 28 Prelude No. 2 In A Minor
3. Preludes, Op. 28 Prelude No. 3 In G
4. Preludes, Op. 28 Prelude No. 4 In E Minor
5. Preludes, Op. 28 Prelude No. 5 In D
6. Preludes, Op. 28 Prelude No. 6 In B Minor
7. Preludes, Op. 28 Prelude No. 7 In A
8. Preludes, Op. 28 Prelude No. 8 In F-Sharp Minor
9. Preludes, Op. 28 Prelude No. 9 In E
10. Preludes, Op. 28 Prelude No. 10 In C-Sharp Minor
11. Preludes, Op. 28 Prelude No. 11 In B-Major
12. Preludes, Op. 28 Prelude No. 12 In G-Sharp Minor
13. Preludes, Op. 28 Prelude No. 13 In F-Sharp
14. Preludes, Op. 28 Prelude No. 14 In E-Flat Minor
15. Preludes, Op. 28 Prelude No. 15 In D-Flat "Raindrop"
16. Preludes, Op. 28 Prelude No. 16 In B-Flat Minor
17. Preludes, Op. 28 Prelude No. 17 In A-Flat
18. Preludes, Op. 28 Prelude No. 18 In F Minor
19. Preludes, Op. 28 Prelude No. 19 In E-Flat
20. Preludes, Op. 28 Prelude No. 20 In C Minor
21. Preludes, Op. 28 Prelude No. 21 In B-Flat
22. Preludes, Op. 28 Prelude No. 22 In G Minor
23. Preludes, Op. 28 Prelude No. 23 In F
24. Preludes, Op. 28 Prelude No. 24 In D Minor
25. Sonata No. 2 In B-Flat Minor, Op. 35 "Funeral March" Grave; Doppio Movimento
26. Sonata No. 2 In B-Flat Minor, Op. 35 "Funeral March" Scherzo
27. Sonata No. 2 In B-Flat Minor, Op. 35 "Funeral March" Marche funebre: Lento
28. Sonata No. 2 In B-Flat Minor, Op. 35 "Funeral March" Finale: Presto
29. Berceuse, Op. 57
30. Barcarolle, Op. 60
Recorded in 1946, MONO