Arthur Rubinstein(Polish: Artur Rubinstein; January 28, 1887 – December 20,… Read Full Bio ↴Arthur Rubinstein(Polish: Artur Rubinstein; January 28, 1887 – December 20, 1982) was a Polish American classical pianist. He received international acclaim for his performances of the music written by a variety of composers and many regard him as the greatest Chopin interpreter of his time.[1][2] He was described by The New York Times as one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century.[1] He played in public for eight decades.[3]
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shlomo schnall
This isn't Rubinstein.
Perhaps it's a piano-roll that Rubinstein made? Those don't really represent the actual playing of the artist.
AllegroModerato
It's a Rubinstein recording made on a piano roll, he actually recorded and approved a dozen pieces on piano rolls with both Ampico and Duo-Art, from 1919 to 1924.
shlomo schnall
I see. Thanks.
Michael Edwards
@AllegroModerato Before I read these messages, I thought this sounded odd and couldn't believe it was Rubinstein - because it is an absolutely terrible performance: dry, jerky, rhythmically limp. Listen to Alicia de Larrocha's wonderful performance if you want to hear how this really should sound.
Can a piano roll really distort playing that badly? Now, heretical as it may sound, I have often found I don't like Rubinstein's playing - but I never thought it would be as bad as this. If this is what piano rolls do, then they would seem to be of very limited value; if not, then Rubinstein must have been really feeling sick the day he did this.
AllegroModerato
@Michael Edwards Well actually the value of piano rolls is of course limited when compared to gramophone recordings, I would say they were originally a 80/90% representation of a real performance, from then 100 years have passed and some fragile paper roll have worn out. Another big problem is with the cheap piano sampler I use which certainly doesn't positively affect the sound (think of playing this roll with an acustic grand piano).
About Rubinstein approving such recordings, the gramophone wasnt a perfect thing when he recorded the rolls and there were no other decent options at the time, i think the first "real" recording of Rubinstein we have is 5 or 10 years older than this video.