Arthur Rubinstein: The Complete Album Collection Help

[Brian]

There are two Rubinstein D960s, one I liked, one I did not. The 1969 one that was approved by the pianist I did not like, but the 1965 one I did like.

from the 1999 liner notes:

Oh! Thank you very much for posting this. I heard the 1969 performance, and that explains my displeasure. (Mandryka, you're right that he had only started playing it a few years before. The slow movement is 10:30ish in length but seemed fast, to me, at the very onset.) If the giant box has the 1965 version I'll try it sometime soon...

[George]

Oh! Thank you very much for posting this. I heard the 1969 performance, and that explains my displeasure. (Mandryka, you're right that he had only started playing it a few years before. The slow movement is 10:30ish in length but seemed fast, to me, at the very onset.) If the giant box has the 1965 version I'll try it sometime soon...

It does.

[Karl Henning]

This is a dangerous thread for me to visit . . . .

[springrite]

This is a dangerous thread for me to visit . . . .

As someone who has already gone down that path...

[mn dave]

 

[Dancing Divertimentian]

This is a dangerous thread for me to visit . . . .

I think - if I may be allowed to delicately offer a counter-opinion - there's perhaps reason enough to pass on this box if one is already in possession of many of these performances in alternate versions. But that's asking a lot of course...so...if one isn't in possession of many of these performances in alternate versions...then this might make for the handiest of one-stop boxes.....

...Umm......

[springrite]

I think - if I may be allowed to delicately offer a counter-opinion - there's perhaps reason enough to pass on this box if one is already in possession of many of these performances in alternate versions. But that's asking a lot of course...so...if one isn't in possession of many of these performances in alternate versions...then this might make for the handiest of one-stop boxes.....

...Umm......

SO, if you have 72 or more of the 144, pass on it.
If you have less than 72, consider it.
If you have less than 44, buy it.

I have 5. So I bought it.

[Karl Henning]

The danger is acute for me, as I have scarcely any duplication.

Going back to the comfort of my nostalgic squirrels . . . .

[springrite]

The danger is acute for me, as I have scarcely any duplication.

Going back to the comfort of my nostalgic squirrels . . . .

You only need to throw away a shoebox to make room, you know.

[Dancing Divertimentian]

SO, if you have 72 or more of the 144, pass on it.
If you have less than 72, consider it.
If you have less than 44, buy it.

I have 5. So I bought it.

I'll leave it to others to fill in the blanks.

[mn dave]

It's the most massive box I own. I can't imagine one being much larger.

And it's bigger than a shoebox.

[springrite]

It's the most massive box I own. I can't imagine one being much larger.

And it's bigger than a shoebox.

That's due to the size of your shoe...

[Todd]

I can't imagine one being much larger.

I can:

[mn dave]

That's due to the size of your shoe...

[mn dave]

I can:

That's not a box. It's a shelving unit! 

[springrite]

That's not a box. It's a shelving unit! 

It's a shoebox closet.

[George]

It's a shoebox closet.

[Holden]

One of my best ever purchases, like Jeffrey I am working my way through from CD 1. The overall quality of the sound is excellent and as an avowed Rubinstein fan I love what I'm hearing. The second set of Chopin Nocturnes might just surpass the third set as my all time favourite. Another recording to really stand out so far is the Tchaikovsky A minor Trio.

For the price this set is a no-brainer. I enjoyed hearing those CDs that I already had in improved sound

[mn dave]

I'm listening to CD 6 right now. That's right! CD 6. 

[George]

I'm listening to CD 6 right now. That's right! CD 6. 

Which one is that? One of the early Chopins?