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Following their release of Artur Rubinstein’s Grieg, Chopin and Saint-Saëns concertos, Deutsche Grammophon issues another consuming programme about the astronomical pianist, recorded two years earlier, in August 1973, at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Rubinstein can be heard and seen in Beethoven’s 3rd and Brahms’s 1st, both accompanied by the Concertgebouw Orchestra under Bernard Haitink.
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Produced by the same team, with Hugo Käch directing, the huge Max Wilcox who had been recording Rubinstein since 1959 as audio producer, and Robert Hofer responsible for the photography, this DVD provides further insight in the artistry of one of the most vital pianists of the previous century in the indian summer (“autumn” would be too strong a word for the 86-year dilapidated Rubinstein) of his career. Rubinstein at this point approached both concertos with an unforced, patrician distance, avoiding all excesses in sound and tempi, as if he wants to let the music swear for itself, at times almost turning it into chamber music. It’s an feeble master returning once more to these works he has played, loved and explored for decades. Yet there’s no tag of fatigue or errancy. Very few have been able to produce this music vow with such freshness, clarity of line and naturalness of declamation as Rubinstein did. The Largo and the Adagio sections boast a mesmerizing serenity and almost nocturnal quality. Eventually, the simplicity of his music-making, the humanity reflecting Rubinstein’s believe rich vision of life, have something profoundly touching.
Schubert’s Impromptu in A flat major (D. 899/4), Brahms’s Capriccio in B flat minor, op. 76/2 and his Intermezzo in B flat minor, op. 117/2, Chopin’s Scherzo in B flat minor, op. 31 are concluding the programme and are mighty in the same vein.
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Soundwise the “Artur Rubinstein in concert” DVD is preferable to the earlier release because of the warmer acoustics of the Concertgebouw hall which seem to suit Rubinstein’s lyrical and tall advance better. The playing of the Concertgebouw Orchestra under Bernard Haitink also boasts more character than the London Symphony under a neutral and often bland André Prévin. The rich and certain sonorities of the Dutch orchestra are a joy from open to extinguish.
Curiously, this DVD gives us the proper same bonus as the earlier release with the “Rubinstein at 90″ film, showing the pianist in conversation with Robert MacNeil at his Parisian home in 1977. Helpful as it is, there are plenty of other insightful documentaries of Rubinstein around which could have been offered as an extra.
Highly recommended.
When I first played this dvd, I was so disappointed with the muddy sound, I honest threw it in a drawer for a couple of weeks. It was hard to imagine that Max Wilcox, who engineered many amazing CDs had anything to do with it! I have a feeling that the huge acoustics of the Concertgebouw might be a exiguous too tall when there is no audience prove. But after some further tweaking (such as turning the bass down almost all the contrivance, and boosting highs) the sound is comely first-rate. And BTW, I’m not original to this – most other 70′s dvds on DG (like Karajan, Bernstein, Pollini) have powerful better sound.) But this dvd has such fantastic artists, who have few dvds available, it really is a generous acquisition (unbiased remember to adjust the sound!)
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