Arthur Rubinstein (January 28, 1887 – December 20, 1982) was a Polish-American pianist. His first recording was made in 1910, but his major recording career was between 1928 and 1976.
Overview
Rubinstein's first recording was made in 1910; he recorded Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No. 10 for the Polish "Favorit" label. The pianist was displeased with the acoustic recording process, which he said made the piano sound “like a banjo” and did not record again until after the advent of electrical recording in 1925. However, Rubinstein made numerous player piano music rolls for the Aeolian Duo-Art system and the American Piano Company (AMPICO) in the 1920s.
Beginning in 1928, Rubinstein began to record extensively for the Victor Talking Machine Company/RCA Victor in the United States and the Gramophone Company/EMI Records (also known as His Master's Voice) in England. Rubinstein made a large number of solo, concerto and chamber music recordings regularly until his retirement in 1976. As recording technology improved, from 78rpm records, to LPs, and from monophonic to stereophonic recordings, Rubinstein rerecorded much of his repertoire. Thus, there are often three or more recordings of Rubinstein playing the same works. In 1985, RCA began releasing some of his recordings on compact disc. Most of his monophonic recordings were not issued on CD until 1999, when RCA issued a boxed set of 94 discs containing his complete recordings for that company (along with a recording of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 which was originally released by Decca/London). From 1937 onward, he was billed as Artur Rubinstein on concert engagements and RCA Victor's American issued recordings at the instruction of his manager, Sol Hurok. Since 1999, all CD reissues have used the Arthur spelling, which the pianist preferred and used.
Rubinstein preferred to record in the studio, and during his lifetime only approved for release around three hours of live recordings. However, since the pianist’s death, several labels have issued live recordings taken from radio broadcasts.
This discography contains only CD reissues of his recordings. Original issues on 78rpm, LP and tape formats are not included.
Albums
Year of issue | Album details | Recording date(s) | Record label |
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1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 1
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1929/1932 | RCA Red Seal |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 2
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1928–1937 | RCA Red Seal |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 3
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1932/1936 | RCA Red Seal |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 4
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1928–1935 | RCA Red Seal |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 5
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1931–1937 | RCA Red Seal |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 6
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1932/1938 | RCA Red Seal |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 7
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1929–1947 | RCA Red Seal |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 8
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1928–1947 | RCA Red Seal |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 9
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1931/1947 | RCA Red Seal |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 10
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1941–1947 | RCA Red Seal |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 11
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1940–1946 | RCA Red Seal |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 12
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1941 | RCA Red Seal |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 13
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1942/1953 | RCA Red Seal |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 14
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1944–1946 | RCA Red Seal |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 15
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1946 | RCA Red Seal |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 16
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1946 | RCA Red Seal |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 17
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1946/1953 | RCA Red Seal |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 18
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1941–1955 | RCA Red Seal |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 19
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1946–1949 | RCA Red Seal |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 20
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1949/1953 | RCA Red Seal |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 21
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1949/1953 | RCA Red Seal |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 22
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1949/1952 | RCA Red Seal |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 23
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1949 | RCA Red Seal |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 24
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1941/1950 | RCA Red Seal |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 25
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1950 | RCA Red Seal |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 26
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1950–1958 | RCA Red Seal |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 27
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1952–1957 | RCA Red Seal |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 28
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1950 | RCA Red Seal |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 29
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1953–1958 | RCA Red Seal |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 30
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1950–1953 | RCA Red Seal |
1999 | Arthur Rubinstein Plays Great Piano Concertos (Sony Classical) | 1953 | RCA Red Seal |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 31
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1950–1955 | RCA Red Seal |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 32
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RCA Red Seal | |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 33
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1954 | RCA Red Seal |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 34
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RCA Red Seal | |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 35
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RCA Red Seal | |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 36
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RCA Red Seal | |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 37
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RCA Red Seal | |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 38
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RCA Red Seal | |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 39
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RCA Red Seal | |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 40
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RCA Red Seal | |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 41
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RCA Red Seal | |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 42 Carnegie Hall Highlights
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1961 | RCA Red Seal |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 43
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RCA Red Seal | |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 44
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RCA Red Seal | |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 45
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RCA Red Seal | |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 46
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RCA Red Seal | |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 47
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RCA Red Seal | |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 48
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1964 | RCA Red Seal |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 49 (Sony Classical)
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1965 | RCA Red Seal |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 50
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RCA Red Seal | |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 51
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RCA Red Seal | |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 52
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RCA Red Seal | |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 53
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RCA Red Seal | |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 54
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1961/1965 | RCA Red Seal |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 55
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RCA Red Seal | |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 56
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RCA Red Seal | |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 57
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RCA Red Seal | |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 58
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RCA Red Seal | |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 59
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1964/1967 | RCA Red Seal |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 60
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1961/1971 | RCA Red Seal |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 61
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RCA Red Seal | |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 62 - Recital in Moscow
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1964 | RCA Red Seal |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 63
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1959/1970 | RCA Red Seal |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 64
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RCA Red Seal | |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 65
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RCA Red Seal | |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 66
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RCA Red Seal | |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 67
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RCA Red Seal | |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 68
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1961–1970 | RCA Red Seal |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 69
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RCA Red Seal | |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 70
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RCA Red Seal | |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 71
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1971/1976 | RCA Red Seal |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 72
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1972 | RCA Red Seal |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 73
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RCA Red Seal | |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 74
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RCA Red Seal | |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 75
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RCA Red Seal | |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 76
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RCA Red Seal | |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 77
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1975 | RCA Red Seal |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 78
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1975 | RCA Red Seal |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 79
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1975–1976 | RCA Red Seal |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 80 - Recital for Israel
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1975 | RCA Red Seal |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 81
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1976 | RCA Red Seal (originally issued on Decca) |
1999 | Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 82
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1939–1957 | RCA Red Seal |
2004 | Chopin: Waltzes; Impromptus | RCA Red Seal | |
2007 | Rubinstein plays Beethoven, Saint-Saëns, Villa-Lobos & Chopin | 1957–1968 | BBC Music |
2008 | Chopin: Nocturnes Nos, 1-19; Four Scherzi | 1928–1937 | EMI Classics |
2009 | The Great Concertos | 1958–1976 | RCA Red Seal |
2009 | The Original Jacket Collection 10-CD set
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1946–1965 | RCA Red Seal |
2011 | The Complete Album Collection 142 CD set
Contains all previously issued RCA recordings, plus three CDs of previously unissued material drawn from Carnegie Hall performances in 1961:
Also includes:
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1928–1976 | Sony Classical/RCA Red Seal |
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