Rubinsteins Chopin preludes

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Rubinsteins Chopin preludes.
Artur Rubinstein was undoubtedly the most carismatic pianist  of the twentieth century, and was dearly loved by his audiences all over the world. To many he was the greatest pianist of the century. He left a legacy of  outstanding recordings which even so does not bear full witness of his outstanding presence on the concert platform. Still, they are what we have, and they represent his aftermath to future generations. Rubinstein recorded extensively throughout his life with frequent retakes as recordingtechnology evolved and improved. However, he only recorded the Chopin preludes once. I think it was in the late 1940-ties. The sad thing is that he himself at a much later date denounced his recording  of the preludes as unsatisfactory. A view shared by his biographer Harvey Sachs. Probabely too late for Rubinstein to do anything about it.  Now, I happen to have this Lp in my collection, and  I strongly disagree. I  find Rubinsteins preludes absolutely charming, adoring and full of poetry and insight. I would love to hear other peoples opinion on this. 

[mephisto]

I think it is his worst Chopin recordings. But still it is quite good. Some of the preludes like no16 are great recordings.

[pianistimo]

what do you think of jean-yves thibaudet's preludes?