Piano Music - Anton Rubinstein

Anton Rubinstein


1829 - 1894
Russian pianist, composer, conductor and teacher, brother of Nikolay Rubinstein. He was one of the greatest pianists of the 19th century; his playing was compared with Liszt’s, to the disadvantage of neither. He was also an influential figure in Russian musical circles, and an exceptionally prolific composer.


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Piano Music by Anton Rubinstein







Books by Anton Rubinstein





Recordings of Anton Rubinstein's Piano Music


Cherkassky plays Anton Rubinstein "Melody" in F Op. 3 No. 1



Anton Rubinstein Kamennoi-Ostrow Op. 10 No. 22
Harold Victor Bauer (between 1915 and 1929)
Duo-Art piano roll No. 6057



Anton Rubinstein 2 Melodies, Op. 3 (1852)
Balazs Szokolay and Joseph Banowetz, piano



Morton Estrin, piano



Akrostichon No. 2, Op. 114: No. 1. Andante con moto
Joseph Banowetz, piano



Barcarolle in F Minor, Op. 30, No. 1
Alexander Paley, piano




Piano Works by Anton Rubinstein


— Ondine, study, 1842

— Four Polkas, 1843–4

— Sailor’s Song, 1847

— Three Pieces, 1847: Folksong, Rêverie, Impromptu [orig. op.8]

— Three Characteristic Pieces, pf, 4 hands, 1847–8: Russian Song, Nocturne on the Water, The Waterfall [orig. op.9]

Op. 6 Tarantella, b, 1848

— Two Nocturnes, F, G, 1848 [orig. op.10]

Op. 7 Impromptu-caprice, a, c1848–54

Op. 12 Sonata no.1, E, c1848–54

Op. 20 Sonata no.2, c, c1848–54

— Variation on a romance by A. Varlamov, 1849

— Euphémie-polka, 1849 (

— Vnutrenniye golosa [Inner Voices], album, 1849–50

Op. 23 Six Studies, F, C, c♯, E♭, F, G, 1849–50

— Cavalry Trot, 1850

Op. 2 Two fantasias on Russian folksongs, 1850

Op. 29 Two Funeral Marches: K pokhoronam artista [For an artist], f, 1851, K pokhoronam geroya [For a hero], c, 1856

Op. 3 Two Melodies, F, B, 1852

Op. 5 Three Pieces, 1852: Polonaise, c, Krakowiak, E♭, Mazurka, E

Op. 30 Two pieces: Barcarolle, f, 1852, Allegro appassionata, d, 1856

— Marie-polka, 1853

Op. 10 Kamennïy-ostrov [Rocky Island], 24 portraits, 1853–4

Op. 4 Mazurka-fantasia, G, 1854

Op. 14 The Ball, fantasia in 10 nos., 1854

Op. 24 Six Preludes, A♭, f, E, b, G, c, 1854

Op. 26 Two Pieces, 1854–8: Romance, F, Impromptu, a

Op. 50 Six Characteristic Pictures, pf, 4 hands, 1854–8: Nocturne, E, Scherzo, F, Barcarolle, g [also arr pf 2 hands], Capriccio, A, Berceuse, b, March, C

Op. 16 Three Pieces, 1855: Impromptu, F, Berceuse, D, Serenade, g

Op. 21 Three Caprices, F♯, D, E♭, 1855

Op. 22 Three Serenades, F, g, E♭, 1855

Op. 38 Suite, 10 movts, 1855

Op. 41 Sonata no.3, F, 1855

Op. 28 Two Pieces, 1856 (Vienna, n.d.): Nocturne, G♭, Caprice, E♭

Op. 37 Akrostichon [Laura], 1856

— Barcarolle no.2, a, 1857 [also orchd]

Op. 51 Six Pieces, 1857: Mélancholie, g, Enjouement, B♭, Rêverie, a, Caprice, D♭, Passion, F, Coquetterie, B♭

Op. 53 Six Preludes and Fugues in Free Style, A♭, f, E, b, G, c, 1857

— Hungarian Fantasia, 1858

Op. 44 Soirées à Saint-Petersbourg, 6 pieces, 1860: Romance, E♭ [also arr. as song Noch′ [Night] (Pushkin)], Scherzo, a, Preghiera, B♭, Impromptu, G, Nocturne, F, Appassionato, b

— cadenzas to Mozart: Pf Conc. K466; Beethoven: Pf Concs. 1–4, 1861

Op. 73 Fantasia, f, 2 pf, 1864

Op. 75 Album de Peterhof, 12 pieces, 1866: Souvenir, C, Aubade, E♭, Funeral March, g, Impromptu, E♭, Rêverie, d, Russian Capriccio, F, Pensées, f♯, Nocturne, G, Prelude, D, Mazurka, d, Romance, B♭, Scherzo, F

Op. 77 Fantasia, e, 1866

Op. 69 Five Pieces, 1867: Caprice, A♭, Nocturne, G, Scherzo, a, Romance, b, Toccata, d

Op. 71 Three Pieces, 1867: Nocturne, A♭, Mazurka, f, Scherzo, D♭

— Two Studies, C, 1867, C, 1868

Op. 82 Album of Popular Dances of the Different Nations, 1868; Russian Dance and Trepak, Lezghinka, Mazurka, Csárdás, Tarantella, Waltz, Polka

— Valse-caprice, E♭, 1870

Op. 81 Six Studies, f, A, g, E, d, E♭, 1870

Op. 89 Sonata, D, pf 4 hands, 1870

— Barcarolle no.4, G [also orchd]

Op. 88 Theme and Variations, G, 1871

Op. 93 Miscellaneous Pieces, 9 bks, 1872–3 [incl. Barcarolle no.5, a]

Op. 100 Sonata no.4, a, 1877

Op. 103 Bal costumé, 20 nos., 2 pf, 1879 [also orchd for ballet]

— Russian Serenade, b, 1879 [pubd in album in memory of Bellini]

Op. 104 Six Pieces, 1882–5 : Elegy, d, Variation, A♭, Study, C, Barcarolle no.6, c [also orchd], Impromptu, G, Ballade, a

Op. 109 Soirées musicales, 9 pieces, 1884 : Prelude, a, Valse, e, Nocturne, F, Scherzo, D, Impromptu, G, Rêverie-caprice, g, [8] Badinages, Theme and Variations, D, Study, E♭

— Bluette, 1885

Op. 114 Akrostichon no.2, 1890

— Valse, A♭, 1891

Op. 118 Souvenir de Dresde, 6 pieces, 1894: Simplicitas, F, Appassionata, c, Novellette, A, Caprice, C, Nocturne, A♭, Polonaise, E♭






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