●12張歷來重要專輯收錄、含RCA黃金時期錄音
●罕見1960蕭邦紀念音樂會華沙現場實況
●錄音均保留原始唱片封面設計
●低價發行、物超所值
魯賓斯坦的氣質出眾，琴聲充滿詩意及高貴，在古典樂壇獨樹一格，是20世紀最偉大的鋼琴家之一，有鋼琴家中貴族之稱號。1887年生於波蘭第二大城羅茲市，家族是世居波蘭的猶太裔移民。4歲開始習琴，後來受19世紀小提琴大師姚阿幸賞識，10歲前往柏林繼續鋼琴教育。1900年13歲之齡，與柏林愛樂合作舉行生涯首次演出。其後與李斯特門生巴斯繼續學琴，與德國鋼琴家肯普夫為師兄弟。在獨奏上，魯賓斯坦擅長演奏蕭邦、貝多芬、舒曼，及布拉姆斯等古典晚期接浪漫樂派的作品，同時，魯賓斯坦也是一位相當優秀的室內樂合奏者，與卡薩爾斯、提博、海飛茲、謝霖等大師經常合作演出及灌錄唱片，本10CD合輯主要收集魯賓斯坦在RCA時期的錄音選輯，特別值得一提的是CD6收錄當年為波蘭廣播公司所錄製的布拉姆斯第二號鋼琴協奏曲，是本輯的一大驚喜。
曲目：
CD 1:
1-3 CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21
4 Andante Spianato und Grande Polonaise Es-Dur, op. 22
Symphony of the Air Orchestra / Alfred Wallenstein (1958)
5 LISZT: Mephisto – Walzer (1955)
CD 2:
1-3 RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Fritz Reiner (1956)
4 LISZT: Funerailles, No. 7 aus Harmonies Poétiques et Religieuses
5 Valse Impromptu As-Dur
6 Liebestraum No. 3 As-Dur, Op. 62
7 Ungarische Rhapsodie No. 10 E-Dur
8 Consolation No. 3 Des-Dur
9 Ungarische Rhapsodie No. 12 cis-Moll
(4-9: 1953)
CD 3:
1-3 TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra / Dimitri Mitropoulos (1946)
4-6 GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra / Alfred Wallenstein (1961)
CD 4:
1-3 BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
4-5 BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
Symphony of the Air Orchestra New York / Josef Krips (1956)
CD 5:
1-3 MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, KV 491
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra / Josef Krips (1959)
4-6 MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, KV 453
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra / Alfred Wallenstein (1962)
CD 6:
1-4 BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83
National Philharmonic Orchestra, Warsaw / Witold Rowicki (1960, Live)
5 SCHUMANN: Symphonische Etuden, op.13, Nr.1-12
6 Arabeske C-Dur, op.18
(1961, Carnegie Hall)
CD 7:
1 SCHUMANN: Carnaval, Op. 9
2 Fantasiestucke, Op. 12
-1962
CD 8:
1 CHOPIN: Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35, Marche funebre
-1961
2 CHOPIN: Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58
(1959/60)
CD 9:
1 BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 9 for Violin and Piano in A Major, op. 47
2 BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 5 for Violin and Piano in F major, op. 24 Spring Sonata
Henryk Szeryng, Violin (1958)
CD 10:
1 MENDELSSOHN: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello No.1 in D Minor, Op. 49
2 RAVEL: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in A minor
Jascha Heifetz, Violin / Gregor Piatigorsky, Cello (1950)
3 RAVEL: Forlane No. 3 from Le tombeau de Couperin (1950)