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Discussion: Rubinstein: Works for Cello and Piano - Kanka/Klepac

Posts: 9

Post by Domimag February 22, 2009 (1 of 9)
Hello

My Praga/Rubinstein SACD (2 sacd) are only 2ch !
Has somebody that Rubinstein SACD ? are they multichannel ?

Thanks - Dominique

Post by jeff3948 December 17, 2014 (2 of 9)
Mine was in 2 channel stereo only as well, even though the sticker on the cellophane says multi-channel and the back insert says multi-channel and on the SACD itself says multi-channel. There is no reason this should not be multi-channel as the recording was done in 9/3-4/2003 well after everyone was recording in multi-channel. I feel cheated!!!

Post by krisjan December 17, 2014 (3 of 9)
I'll be happy to take it off your hands for the right (i.e. low) price.

Post by Chris from Lafayette December 17, 2014 (4 of 9)
jeff3948 said:

Mine was in 2 channel stereo only as well, even though the sticker on the cellophane says multi-channel and the back insert says multi-channel and on the SACD itself says multi-channel. There is no reason this should not be multi-channel as the recording was done in 9/3-4/2003 well after everyone was recording in multi-channel. I feel cheated!!!

Yup - I just checked my copy, and both discs play in stereo only. I feel violated too!

Post by krisjan December 17, 2014 (5 of 9)
Hey, maybe I've got a bidding war brewing...

Post by Simon V. December 17, 2014 (6 of 9)
I'm surprised there's so much interest in this recording. I tend to assume that Rubinstein is a kind of Russian Fibich (though Fibich had his moments), and a marginally more interesting figure than Cesar Cui, but doubtless I'm displaying my ignorance.

Post by krisjan December 17, 2014 (7 of 9)
I already have performances of the two cello sonatas on a Russian Disc RBCD which I find to be decent in performance and sound quality hence I never had much interest in this SACD that extends to two discs with the inclusion of a couple of minor pieces. However, if one of the current owners wants to part with their copy at a good price, I might spring for it if nothing else but to have it in hi-rez format.

Post by Chris from Lafayette December 17, 2014 (8 of 9)
Simon V. said:

I'm surprised there's so much interest in this recording. I tend to assume that Rubinstein is a kind of Russian Fibich (though Fibich had his moments), and a marginally more interesting figure than Cesar Cui, but doubtless I'm displaying my ignorance.

Heh-heh! Anton Rubinstein, the GREAT Rubinstein as my father-in-law used to call him (in contrast to you know who!), certainly has his moments. And actually, I'd say one of them is the last movement of that First Cello Sonata, with its zillions of notes in the main theme (at least in the piano part) contrasted with the ever so soulful secondary theme, with its memorably swooning motive in the piano. The Praga performance by Kanka and Klepac is good, but the Isserlis/Hough performance on a plain old CD really shows what can be done with this music when a genuinely bravura approach is taken. Sure, there's a lot of less inspired music in Rubinstein's huge output too, but, at least for me, he's very interesting and entertaining at his best - often, you can't help but smile!

Yeah, I like Fibich too (in fact, I love that Horn Quintet and the last couple of symphonies), but Rubinstein will appeal even more to folks with a pianistic interest. My knowledge of Cui's music is pretty non-existent - I guess most of us know him because he was such a dip-wad as a critic!

Post by Simon V. December 17, 2014 (9 of 9)
Chris from Lafayette said:

Heh-heh! Anton Rubinstein, the GREAT Rubinstein as my father-in-law used to call him (in contrast to you know who!), certainly has his moments. And actually, I'd say one of them is the last movement of that First Cello Sonata, with its zillions of notes in the main theme (at least in the piano part) contrasted with the ever so soulful secondary theme, with its memorably swooning motive in the piano. The Praga performance by Kanka and Klepac is good, but the Isserlis/Hough performance on a plain old CD really shows what can be done with this music when a genuinely bravura approach is taken. Sure, there's a lot of less inspired music in Rubinstein's huge output too, but, at least for me, he's very interesting and entertaining at his best - often, you can't help but smile!

Yeah, I like Fibich too (in fact, I love that Horn Quintet and the last couple of symphonies), but Rubinstein will appeal even more to folks with a pianistic interest. My knowledge of Cui's music is pretty non-existent - I guess most of us know him because he was such a dip-wad as a critic!

Thanks for your thoughts on Rubinstein. I think I have a Pavlovian reaction to his name because I associate it with the Marco Polo label, which I associate with third-rate performances of third-rate repertoire.

I feel a bit guilty about using Fibich to disparage Rubinstein. His horn quintet is indeed lovely, and the melody from "At Twilight" is one of the most achingly beautiful you'll ever hear.

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