Rubinstein and the Chopin Etudes.

[theodopolis]

I'm sure I read somewhere that Artur Rubinstein 'feared' the Chopin etudes. However, does this mean that he never recorded them, I can only find the 'Trois nouvelles études.'
It would seem a shame that this great of the keyboard could not spread his mastery of the complete oeuvre of Chopin.

Thanks
Theodopolis

[SteinwayTony]

Unfortunately, you're right.  Rubinstein never recorded the etudes.

[presto agitato]

As far is i know he never recorded them because he wasnt able to play Op 10-1 and Op 10-7.

[Hmoll]

He recorded, and performed some of them, but never recorded all of them.

[SteinwayTony]

In his younger days he often performed the Op. 25 cycle, but he was criticized for performing them before having learned them properly.