Glad you are exploring! The fun thing for me about classical music is that there are so many different artists, so many different interpretations, so many different styles of performance and of music.
Rubinstein was prolific. RCA released a 142-CD Set of his recordings. If you like what he does, I can only recommend you keep sampling.
Martha Argerich is one of my favorite pianists. Perhaps a bit variable, but I usually love what she does.
If you’re not completely sold on Britten, try this album. The performances may shift your opinion of his music.
Review found HERE
I don’t have any Rubinstein in my library. For some reason I never got into his recordings. About the only one from his era that I have is Horowitz, though most of my piano recordings are more recent, whether Argerich, Ashkenazy, Schiff, Sherman, or solidly contemporary ones like Fliter or Ólafsson. I know there are plenty of others in my library besides these, but I’m away from the system right now and they don’t come immediately to mind.
I’m not sure if this belongs here, but this is where I feel it will be appreciated the most!
Michael Tilson Thomas, renowned conductor and composer, dies at 81
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/23/nx-s1-5797482/michael-tilson-thomas-dead
Sad so Sad, Mahler n°9 will be skyrocketing price and would be unaffordable as a masterpiece from now a legend!
RIP decicated conductor!
Terribly sad, but not surprising. He’d been suffering serious health problems for some time, pushing through as best he could to maintain his varied artistic obligations. Hard to believe he was 81 - I always think of him as youthful.
I’d forgotten I had this LP - a 1980 release from the Musical Heritage Society that, if I’m not mistaken, was offered either free, or at a loss-leading discount as a premium for joining the MHS club. Seldom played, because as sweet a piece as the Canon is, I just don’t care much for the baroque period, other than JS Bach. This is the Pachelbel Canon in D Major, plus his Partita No. VI in Bb Major and his Partie in G Major, and on side two, three works from the lesser known Johann Friedrich Fasch.
Great Satie music and a great artist!
