As the song progress, the main melody is repeated thrice, and each time includes more. What are the difficulties of chopin pieces from easiest to. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming. For them, rubinsteins power, clarity, and control make these the recordings the best. Arthur rubinstein january 28, 1887 december 20, 1982 was a polish american classical pianist who received international acclaim for his. Our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination. Arthur rubinstein s recordings were as noteworthy for what they lacked as for what they featured.
Arthur rubinstein understood their childlike wonder, his playing refreshingly, charmingly simple. Despite being forever associated with the nocturne, essentially a piece of particularly wistful, dreamy music, often intended to evoke images of the night chopin was not actually its inventor. When first published, chopins nocturnes were met with mixed reactions from critics. The speed and way that he played showed that he was totally part of this beautiful movement. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music. Heute mal kein cover, stattdessen eins meiner absoluten. Here is a link to my piano practice guide on chopin nocturne op. Streaming and by permanent download to your computer andor device. Frederic chopin, artur rubinstein the chopin collection. Others say the 1965 rca recordings of the same works are definitive.
The piece features a strange motif where the tune is cut off in midstream. One of chopin s most beautiful nocturnes, as well as a personal favourite of mine. Vadim chaimovichs interpretation of chopins most famous nocturne in eflat major. Scores at the international music score library project imslp nocturne in eflat major, op. Jul 14, 2015 chopin nocturne op 9 no 1 in b flat minor arthur rubinstein. Arthur rubinstein chopin colletion 157 clips ritatutube. Arthur rubinsteins recordings were as noteworthy for what they lacked as for what they featured. Feb 04, 2016 welcome to the daily download, a handpicked, free, downloadable piece of classical music available every weekday.
A native of lodz in poland, a few miles from chopins birthplace, he grew up in a culture with an intimate closeness to the composer and his musical language. As another person who answered a similar question to this has said, this is a very subjective question but here are some rankings from piano streets forum. Long post, i put a lot of rankings in this answer nocturnes easiest to most difficult. One of the many factors aside from the obvious technical and tonal ones which made rubinsteins chopin so compelling in its day was his refusal to cross the line separating. Nocturnes and berceuse for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Chopin nocturne op 9 no 2 arthur rubinstein youtube. Arthur rubinsteins talent and origins tie directly to his approach to frederic chopins music. Rubinsteins temperament had sufficient fire for beethoven but enough poetry for chopin. You want to hit the notes that are on the downbeat the bbs on the fourth beat of the first measure, the f and bb on the downbeat of the second measure, and the eb and bb on the fourth beat of the second measure. Chopin nocturne op 9 no 1 in b flat minor arthur rubinstein. Welcome to the daily download, a handpicked, free, downloadable piece of classical music available every weekday. The second nocturne of the work is widely regarded as chopins most famous piece, and is regularly featured in films, television programs and video games. One of the many factors aside from the obvious technical and tonal ones which made rubinstein s chopin so compelling in its day was his refusal to cross the line separating sentiment empathy and sentimentality schmaltz.
For some, the 19361937 emi recordings of chopins nocturnes, the performances on this twodisc set, are the ones to get. When first published, chopin s nocturnes were met with mixed reactions from critics. Arthur rubinstein chopin colletion 157 clips youtube. Editors notes chopins nocturnes could well have been written for the voice, their beautiful, lyrical melodies unfolding with a magic that few composers for piano can match.
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