Frédéric Chopin: Nocturnes (Arthur Rubinstein)

For intimate solo piano music, nothing surpasses Chopin's nocturnal meditations, and nobody played them with more natural poetry than Arthur Rubinstein. Recorded for RCA in the 1960s, Rubinstein brings unforced elegance, singing tone and aristocratic nuance to each miniature, allowing the melancholic melodies to breathe without sentimental excess.