SEALED Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 Rubinstein Reiner Classic Records 180 gram
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Classic Records superb re-issue on impeccable 180 gram vinyl- long out of print and almost impossible to find sealed.
Concerto for Piano no 1 in D minor, Op. 15 by Johannes Brahms
Performer: Artur Rubinstein (Piano)
Conductor: Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1854-1858; Germany
Date of Recording: 1954
Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Length: 46 Minutes 20 Secs.
From the review of the SACD issue (this auction is for the audiophile vinyl pressing)
Although RCA's 1954 Rubinstein/Reiner Brahms First Concerto originally appeared in mono, an experimental stereo version surfaced in the late 1970s, offering a fuller, more three-dimensional sonic experience. The two-track source tape sounded even better in its 24-bit transfer for RCA's 1999 complete Rubinstein edition. On SACD, you perceive further ambient clarity and a sense of air between the notes, where the anguished trills in the first movement and full-throated sonorities from the Chicago Symphony's superb brass players truly hit home. Indeed, I've always loved this performance chiefly for its orchestral distinction and for Reiner'sRead more forward-moving, disciplined leadership. Note, for example, the gorgeous euphony of the woodwinds in the slow movement, or the sharp profile and delineation with which Reiner shapes and balances the fugato in the finale. Rubinstein's heartfelt affinity and mastery of Brahms' burly piano writing is never in doubt, although the pianist's remake 10 years later with Erich Leinsdorf and the Boston Symphony benefits from his greater introspection and expressive simplicity in the first movement's lyrical second theme and the entirety of the slow movement. All told, the volatile Rubinstein/Reiner Brahmsian chemistry holds its own after more than half a century. Let's hope their Rachmaninov Second Concerto and Paganini Rhapsody collaborations will appear on SACD before too long. [2/15/2005]
--Jed Distler, ClassicsToday.com
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