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I'm very sorry for this. Obviously, We're at the other end of this wondering why we don't get more CD's sold...Please contact me at lalindqvist@web.de and I'll get you one right away.

Thank you for your interest in our Rubinstein CD. We sell it on Amazon in Germany for EUR 15,99 and it is supposed to be offered in other countries at this price as well. I just saw that it doesn't show up on seaches on the .uk site- we're not "premium sellers" on Amazon so the service is below what you would expect. I'm sorry for this; you could try to order it via the german Amazon here: http://www.amazon.de/Persian-Songs-Helene-Philipp-Lindqvist/dp/B007C7Q7YM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1339139273&sr=8-2

...or let me know via the contact form at the Art Song Project, and I'll send you a copy personally.

Hi,
just to let you know that there is now a recording of 30 songs by Anton Rubinstein "Persian love songs" by The Art Song Project.
The CD also features Op. 32, Op. 57 and Op. 72.
You can hear sample here http://theartsongproject.com/anton-rubinstein-es-hat-die-rose-sich-beklagtthe-rose-lamented

If it was the most beautiful song cycle you ever heard I'd certainly want to see/hear it! Can the scores be bought somewhere?

Thanks for answering!
Very often in the beginning of songs and as 8th's motive "jumping up and down" (this is difficult to describe!), but also "in between", in places where I feel it could have something to do with the text... In one song a passage goes something like " so ziehts in mir zu dir...und nur im Menschen der Verstand..hält mich fest mit kalter Hand"- on the word "kalt" an octave motiv; this time as 2 simultaneously hit 4ths in the right hand in the piano.
Maybe it's just a thing he likes?

Hi!
I have been studying Rubinsteins songs and have found he uses the octave motive very often, almost so much that I wonder if he uses it as a sort of "signature" (like b.a.c.h.). Does anyone have an opinion on this?

I personally love the sound a good orchestra makes when playing without a vibrato. Much clearer, purer, cleaner sound.