Arthur Rubinstein - Rubinstein: 50 Masterworks (2016)

Sony Classical honors the great Rubinstein’s historic recordings with this brilliant collection that contains some of his finest moments committed to tape. His Chopin ballades and nocturnes are front and center here, still holding up today as perhaps the most authoritative interpretations of the composer’s inventive works.

TRACKLIST:
1 Nocturnes, Op. 9: No. 1 in B-Flat Minor 5:26
2 Nocturnes, Op. 9: Nocturnes, Op. 9: No. 2 in E-Flat Major 4:28
3 Nocturnes, Op. 9: Nocturnes, Op. 9: No. 3 in B Major 6:49
4 Nocturnes, Op. 15: No. 2 in F-Sharp Major 3:59
5 Nocturnes, Op. 15 (Highlights): Nocturnes, Op. 15: No. 3 in G Minor 5:05
6 Nocturnes, Op. 27: Nocturnes, Op. 27: No. 1 in C-Sharp Minor 5:41
7 Nocturnes, Op. 27: Nocturnes, Op. 27: No. 2 in D-Flat Major 6:16
8 Nocturnes, Op. 32: No. 1 in B Major 4:43
9 Nocturnes, Op. 37: Nocturnes, Op. 37: No. 1 in G Minor 6:22
10 Nocturnes, Op. 37: Nocturnes, Op. 37: No. 2 in G Major 6:55
11 Nocturnes, Op. 48: Nocturnes, Op. 48: No. 1 in C Minor 5:54
12 Nocturnes, Op. 48: Nocturnes, Op. 48: No. 2 in F-Sharp Minor 7:19
13 Nocturnes, Op. 55: No. 1 in F Minor 5:41
14 Nocturne No. 19 in E Minor, Op. 72 , No. 1 4:46
15 Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto (Remastered) 6:12
16 Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": II. Allegretto (Remastered) 2:40
17 Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": III. Presto agitato Remastered) 6:39
18 Scherzo No. 1 in B Minor, Op. 20 9:06
19 Scherzo No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 31 9:47
20 Scherzo No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 39 7:15
21 Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": I. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio (Remastered) 8:48
22 Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": II. Adagio cantabile (Remastered) 5:41
23 Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": III. Rondo. Allegro (Remastered) 4:49
24 Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata": Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata": I. Allegro assai (Remastered) 9:29
25 Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata": Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata": II. Andante con moto (Remastered) 6:31
26 Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata": Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata": III. Allegro ma non troppo (Remastered) 7:57
27 Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 9:22
28 Ballade No. 2 in F Major, Op. 38 6:43
29 Ballade No. 3 in A-Flat Major, Op. 47 7:19
30 Sonata No. 26 in E-Flat Major, Op. 81a "Les Adieux": Sonata No. 26 in E-Flat Major, Op. 81a "Les Adieux": I. Adagio - Allegro (Remastered) 7:41
31 Sonata No. 26 in E-Flat Major, Op. 81a "Les Adieux": Sonata No. 26 in E-Flat Major, Op. 81a "Les Adieux": II. Andante espressivo Remastered) 3:23
32 Sonata No. 26 in E-Flat Major, Op. 81a "Les Adieux": Sonata No. 26 in E-Flat Major, Op. 81a "Les Adieux": III. Vivacissimamente (Remastered) 5:35
33 Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21 (Highlights): Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21: II. Larghetto 8:37
34 Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21 (Highlights): Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21: III. Allegro vivace 8:08
35 Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35: I. Grave 5:31
36 Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35: II. Scherzo 6:38
37 Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35 (Highlights): Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35: III. Marche funèbre 8:36
38 Prelude in E Minor, Op. 28, No. 4 2:06
39 Prelude in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 28, No. 8 1:59
40 Prelude in D-Flat Major, Op. 28, No. 15 "Raindrop" 4:57
41 Prelude in B-Flat Major, Op. 28, No. 21 1:37
42 Prelude in F Major, Op. 28, No. 23 1:25 43
Intermezzo Op. 118, No. 2, in A 5:02
44 Preludes, Book II, L. 123: No. 8, Ondine 3:13
45 Three Scenes from Petrouchka [Arr. for Piano]: Three Scenes from Petrouchka [Arr. for Piano]: Russian Dance 2:38
46 Three Scenes from Petrouchka [Arr. for Piano]: Three Scenes from Petrouchka [Arr. for Piano]: Petrouchka's Cell 4:11
47 Three Scenes from Petrouchka [Arr. for Piano]: The Shrove-tide Fair 7:54
48 Etude in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 12 ''Revolutionary'' 2:48
49 Mazurka in D Major, Op. 33, No. 2 2:43
50 Polonaise No. 6 in A-Flat Major, Op. 53 ''Heroic'' 7:10