{"id":1333,"date":"2009-10-19T13:45:42","date_gmt":"2009-10-19T13:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/?p=1333"},"modified":"2009-10-20T14:04:24","modified_gmt":"2009-10-20T14:04:24","slug":"the-great-arthur-rubinstein-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/video-picks\/the-great-arthur-rubinstein-revisited-1333\/","title":{"rendered":"The Great Arthur Rubinstein Revisited"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For decades people who were fortunate enough to see and hear esteemed pianist Artur Rubinstein (1887-1982) perform left concert halls spellbound.<br \/>\nRubinstein went for the soul of the audience as he wrapped his soaring and spirited playing around each listener. His magnificent interpretation of Chopin remains without equal.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.abebooks.com\/products\/isbn\/9780802115799\/Harvey+Sachs\/Rubinstein%3A+A+Life\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/rubinstein_book.jpg\" alt=\"Rubinstein biography\" width=\"100\" height=\"145\" \/><\/a>Biographer and music historian Sachs first heard Rubinstein play in 1959, but it was not until 1986 that he seriously considered writing a biography of Rubinstein. Not having primary source material from the musician&#8217;s first 53 years was an obstacle (Rubinstein&#8217;s papers were destroyed or lost when the Germans occupied his house during the war), but Sachs had the full cooperation of Rubinstein&#8217;s wife, Nela, and access to a huge amount of source material that had accumulated after the Rubinsteins came to the United States. Since in his memoirs (My Young Years and My Many Years), Rubinstein occasionally changed some dates and facts, Sachs realized an added necessity of thoroughness in his research. The resultant biography &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.abebooks.com\/products\/isbn\/9780802115799\/Harvey+Sachs\/Rubinstein%3A+A+Life\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rubinstein &#8211; A Life<\/a>&#8221;  is definitive and belongs on the shelf alongside those memoirs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">From the treasure caves of the Russian television, we have here a live rendition of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/piano_sheet_music\/Chopin-2610\/Barcarolle-op-60.html\">Chopin\u00b4s Barcarolle Op. 60<\/a>, one of Rubinsteins most beloved pieces and also frequently mentioned in his memoirs:<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"445\" height=\"364\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/dNcb3inSg2I&amp;hl=sv&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;color2=0x999999&amp;border=1\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"445\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/dNcb3inSg2I&amp;hl=sv&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;color2=0x999999&amp;border=1\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/piano_sheet_music\/Chopin-2610\/Barcarolle-op-60.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/search\/images_tn\/chopinf\/chopin_barcarolle_op60.gif\" alt=\"Chopin Barcarolle opus 60\" width=\"300\" height=\"80\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Peter Gutmans concentrated webpages on Rubinstein are<br \/>\nhighly recommended:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.classicalnotes.net\/columns\/rubinstein.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.classicalnotes.net\/columns\/rubinstein.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For decades people who were fortunate enough to see and hear esteemed pianist Artur Rubinstein (1887-1982) perform left concert halls spellbound. Rubinstein went for the soul of the audience as he wrapped his soaring and spirited playing around each listener. His magnificent interpretation of Chopin remains without equal. 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