Rubinstein: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 - 3 Serenades

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
January 24, 2020
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      RUBINSTEIN, ANTON
    • PERFORMER
      Han Chen
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 24, 2020
    • UPC
      747313398973
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8573989
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro appassionato

      Composer: Anton Rubinstein

      Performer: Han Chen

    2. II. Andante largamente

      Composer: Anton Rubinstein

      Performer: Han Chen

    3. III. Moderato

      Composer: Anton Rubinstein

      Performer: Han Chen

    4. IV. Moderato con fuoco

      Composer: Anton Rubinstein

      Performer: Han Chen

    5. No. 1. Andante con moto

      Composer: Anton Rubinstein

      Performer: Han Chen

    6. No. 2. Moderato

      Composer: Anton Rubinstein

      Performer: Han Chen

    7. No. 3. Allegretto con moto

      Composer: Anton Rubinstein

      Performer: Han Chen

    8. I. Allegro con moto

      Composer: Anton Rubinstein

      Performer: Han Chen

    9. II. Andante: Theme and Variations

      Composer: Anton Rubinstein

      Performer: Han Chen

    10. III. Vivace

      Composer: Anton Rubinstein

      Performer: Han Chen


Anton Rubinstein was the equal of Liszt as a pianist and a technically gifted composer but, in his own words, he was perceived by his contemporaries as too German to be Russian and too Russian to be German, and his music was frequently disparaged. Although occasionally derivative, the first two sonatas are impressively bravura and passionate works which pianist Han Chen approaches as if reading a 19th-century Russian novel, digging down to the very essence of the human soul. It is perhaps an irony of the history of taste that Rubinstein's very real achievements are beginning to be valued only some 125 years after his death.