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These Chopin piano concertos are among my favorites, but I didn't have a single album by one artist combining both pieces. This one filled the bill. From listening to it, Artur Rubinstein is indeed the master of Chopin.
When I first started playing the opening track, of Piano Concerto No. 1, the sound quality of the orchestral introduction at first struck me as dated. However, once the piano started in, this impression was dissolved. The piano sound is wonderfully realistic and the overall orchestral sound is actually from the "golden age" of early stereo recording.
The "three new studies" which finish off the disc are like three little encores filling out a wonderful concert-like experience.
