Artur Rubinstein - The Chopin Collection: 7 Polonaises
Chopin's nationalistic side brought out the best in Artur Rubinstein. The pianist's stereo remakes  yield nothing in pomp and swagger to his two earlier Polonaise cycles from the thirties and fifties, and  benefit from upgraded engineering and more rhythmic exactitude. While Rubinstein's cheery traversal of  thePolonaise Fantasieglosses over the work's brooding, introspective qualities, the pianist is  thoroughly in his element elsewhere, especially in his signature A Flat and F Sharp Minor Polonaises. You  won't go wrong with this disc.--Jed Distler