{"product_id":"rubinstein-beethoven-piano-concerto-no-4-1947-pasc165","title":"RUBINSTEIN Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 (1947) - PASC165","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eBEETHOVEN \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003ePiano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded 1947\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration: 30:38 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eArthur Rubinstein, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003epiano\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e Royal Philharmonic Orchestra \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003econducted by\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e Sir Thomas Beecham\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFanfare Review578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fThe music sparkles under his lithe and graceful touch578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp class=\"B\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eRecorded in 1947 at the Abbey Road Studio in\nLondon, this recording has been skillfully remastered by Andrew Rose.\nBoth piano and orchestra sound vivid and clear, and Rubinstein, age 60\nat the time, is in top form technically. It is always a pleasure to hear\nthis pianist of pianists, even with minor caveats. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"B\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eAlthough he was a master of the Romantic style,\nRubinstein’s conception of the first movement (in fact, the whole\nconcerto) anticipates the “historically informed” movement, with rather\nbrisk and business-like tempos and little lingering over phrasing. His\nuse of the sustaining pedal is restrained, and the sparkling clarity of\nhis passagework comes across delightfully. He elects to play the\nSaint-Saens cadenzas for both the first and third movements: the former\nis quite lengthy (and a bit bizarre in the context of a Classical\nconcerto), exhibiting both full-blooded Romantic feeling and bravura\nstyle. The slow movement is very expressive, with the piano more\nresponsive to the lyrical content, serenely answering the orchestral\noutbursts. In the Rondo finale, Rubinstein’s tempo is one of the fastest\non record—it takes 8: 50 (including the brief Saint-Saens cadenza).\n(Arrau, known for his rather stately tempos, needs close to 11 minutes,\nand most of the other pianists available for comparison [Schnabel,\nKempff, Pollini, and Zacharias] take over 10 minutes.) Yet Rubinstein\nonly occasionally sounds as if he is rushing, and here again, the music\nsparkles under his lithe and graceful touch. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"Br\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eBeecham follows Rubinstein congenially, and there\nis a fine balance in sound. Although Rubinstein is not my first choice\nin Beethoven interpretation, one can appreciate his sheer joy in making\nmusic. Rubinstein’s zest for living enriched his playing, and he\ncommunicated it vividly to his audience. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"Br\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESb\"\u003eSusan Kagan \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"dateBlockDiv\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eThis article originally appeared in Issue 33:4 (Mar\/Apr 2010) of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eFanfare\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003e Magazine.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PASC165.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24px;\"\u003eA truly excellent Fourth from Rubinstein and Beecham\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"bodybig\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cem class=\"bodymid\"\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e\"So far as I am concerned, nobody need bother to record this concerto again : this performance is it !\" - The Gramophone\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem class=\"bodymid\"\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"bodybig\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"bodybig\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eAs transfers and restoration go, this was a delight from start to finish. A good, clean, near-mint set of 78s exhibited very few of the characteristics for which the medium is often notorious - what little swish was occasionally evident was simple to remove; the frequency range was full and tonal balance good; surface noise was limited to some easily-removed crackle and relatively low hiss; there was not a scratch to be found.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eWhat I have been able to do is bring the very latest remastering technology to bear on this recording: XR remastering reveals a slightly fuller-bodied recording with finer natural reverberation than was immediately apparent; new advances in digital noise reduction techniques allow for greater-than-ever suppression of background noise without audible damage to the musical content; Ambient Stereo processing gives the whole recording an even greater sense of realism; side joins are seamless - the only possible giveaway is an occasional hint of end-of-side distortion and treble roll-off.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eIn short, for much of the time this sounds like a very slightly hissy recording taped in the 1960s or 70s, rather than captured on 78s in the 1940s. It's a really excellent performance, perhaps marred for some by the unusual use in the first and third movements of Saint-Saëns' candenzas, and it sound fabulous! \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\" align=\"left\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrew Rose\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFull Track Listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5ftrack_listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eBEETHOVEN \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003ePiano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArthur Rubinstein, \u003c\/b\u003epiano\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Royal Philharmonic Orchestra \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003econducted by\u003cb\u003e Sir Thomas Beecham\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Abbey Road Studios, London, Tuesday 30th September, 1947.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIssued as HMV 78s DB.6732-5\u003cbr\u003e Matrix nos. 2EA.12331-8 - takes 2, 1, 3, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Transfers and XR remastering by Andrew Rose at Pristine Audio, May 2009\u003cbr\u003e Cover artwork based on a photograph of Arthur Rubinstein\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Total duration: 30:38 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fCover Art578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcover_art578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcovers\/thumbs\/PASC165.jpg578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcovers\/PASC165.pdf578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab4_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fHistoric Review578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab4_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab4_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003eRarely, rarely as comes the spirit of delight, there \u003cem\u003eis\u003c\/em\u003e\nthe infrequent occasion which makes the reviewer's life really worth\nwhile : such an occasion is the issue of this recording. I cannot\nremember a finer or more deeply satisfying performance of this great\nconcerto, one which more effortlessly overcomes every obstacle and in\nwhich every detail is so meticulously polished and so absolutely right.\nThe recipe is simple enough : take a soloist and a conductor who,\nbesides being personalities as well as great artists, are entirely \u003cem\u003een rapport\u003c\/em\u003e,\nadd a first-rate orchestra of alert musicians, give them all enough\ntime to rehearse thoroughly, finish off with a recording engineer who\nsecures the right balance between piano and orchestra, and who captures\nthe lustre of the orchestral playing —and you get a masterpiece, like\nthis. (I should like to feel that everybody concerned in the Columbia\nset I reviewed in July will listen to this issue.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003eThroughout these discs there is this feeling that\ntwo personalities are pulling together, each inspiring the other. The\norchestral playing is never allowed to become just an accompaniment, but\nis full of life (notice, as one instance only, the basses in bars\n55-58). Phrasing is beautifully modelled, the rhythm is admirably taut\n(listen to the second subject of the first movement), and the\nperfectly-controlled string dynamics at the end of the \u003cem\u003eAndante\u003c\/em\u003e\nare most moving. Rubinstein's cadenzas, which are new to me, are\nentirely acceptable in style, though that in the first movement is\nover-long.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003eSo far as I am concerned, nobody need bother to record this concerto again : this performance is \u003cem\u003eit\u003c\/em\u003e ! \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eL.S.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eReview from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Gramophone\u003c\/b\u003e, October 1949, Page 14\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab4_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab4_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab4_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab4_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab4_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab4_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab4_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab4_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab4_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f","brand":"Pristine Classical","offers":[{"title":"Ambient Stereo 24-bit FLAC","offer_id":54932181811539,"sku":"dud1789301134656","price":11.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Ambient Stereo 16-bit FLAC","offer_id":54932181844307,"sku":"xrp1789301134657","price":9.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Mono 16-bit FLAC","offer_id":54932181877075,"sku":"lle1789301134658","price":9.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"320kbps Ambient Stereo MP3","offer_id":54932181909843,"sku":"sou1789301134659","price":7.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1068\/1833\/9155\/files\/rubinstein-beethoven-piano-concerto-no-4-1947---pasc165_1.jpg?v=1789301142","url":"https:\/\/vendnora.com\/products\/rubinstein-beethoven-piano-concerto-no-4-1947-pasc165","provider":"luckagni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}