The Chopin Ballades

by Fr茅d茅ric Chopin / Artur Rubinstein

The Chopin Ballades cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: February 1960
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Country: Poland
  • Length: 34:15
  • Community rating: 3.97/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Artur Rubinstein

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Captured in high-fidelity 'Living Stereo', this performance stands as the Polish-American pianist's definitive post-war interpretation of the four Ballades. His execution famously balances poetic, rhythmic flexibility with the formidable technical demands of the 19th-century Romantic piano repertoire.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, ballad, instrumental, melodic, complex, unaccompanied-solo, rubato, grand, piano, virtuosic

Tracklist

  1. Ballade No. 1 In G Minor, Op. 23 (9:22)
  2. Ballade No. 2 in F Major, Op. 38 (6:43)
  3. Ballade No. 3 in A-Flat Major, Op. 47 (7:20)
  4. Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52 (10:48)

Credits

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin - primary artist, composed by
  • Arthur Rubinstein - primary artist, piano
  • John Crawford - engineer
  • Victor Kalin - illustration
  • Irving Kolodin - liner notes
  • John Pfeiffer - producer

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