{"product_id":"1136670","title":"Han Chen - Anton Rubinstein: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2, Three Serenades [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnton Rubinstein was the equal of Liszt as a pianist and a technically gifted composer but, in his own words, he was perceived by his contemporaries as too German to be Russian and too Russian to be German, and his music was frequently disparaged. Although occasionally derivative, the first two sonatas are impressively bravura and passionate works which pianist Han Chen approaches as if reading a 19th-century Russian novel, digging down to the very essence of the human soul. It is perhaps an irony of the history of taste that Rubinstein\\x92s very real achievements are beginning to be valued only some 125 years after his death.Piano Sonata No. 1 In E Minor, Op. 12 (1848-54)\u003cbr\u003eThree Serenades, Op. 22 (1855)\u003cbr\u003ePiano Sonata No. 2 In C Minor, Op. 20 (1848-50)","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55149696876929,"sku":"1136670","price":12.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/41S6-_oWBnL._SL1500.jpg?v=1767847492","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/1136670","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}