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ID: MELCD1002210
CDs: 4
Type: CD
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Collection: Piano Concerto
Subcollection: Piano and Orchestra
Box set
The recordings were made in 1946 to 1959.
Firma Melodiya presents a set of rare recordings by Emil Gilels.
“The world knows many talented pianists and a few great masters who tower above them all. Emil Gilels is one of them.”
“The titans of piano like Gilels are borne once in a century.” Those were the kind of reviews that accompanied Gilels throughout his pianistic career beginning with his victory at the all-union competition in 1933 in Moscow. However, this set will open new sides to Gilels’s repertoire even to those who is well acquainted with his recordings.
We will hear Emil Gilels as an ensemble musician.
The titan of piano, who roused the audiences and orchestras, was able to turn into a fine chamber musician, a wonderful ensemble partner as though he dissolved his brightest individuality in a piece he performed.
The more so because Gilels’s partners were truly brilliant soloists such as Yakov Flier and Yakov Zak (piano), Elizaveta Gilels (violin), musicians from the Beethoven Quartet Dmitri Tsyganov (violin), Vadim Borisovsky (viola) and Sergei Shirinsky (cello).
The set features compositions from various periods. Along with well-know piano and chamber ensembles, it includes recordings of rarely performed works by Mozart arranged by Busoni, Saint-Saëns and Cui. But the previously unreleased recordings by Emil Gilels deserve a special mention. They are Suite No. 2 for piano by Rachmaninoff, Rondo four hands by Chopin, Concerto pathétique by Liszt, a suite for two pianos by Leonid Nikolayev and a piano trio by Andrei Babayev.
Babayev -Trio for piano violin and cello in C sharp minor
Beethoven -Horn Sonata in F major, Op. 17
Brahms -Variations on a theme by Haydn for two pianos, Op. 56b 'St Anthony Variations' / Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
Chopin - Rondo in C major for two pianos, Op. 73
Cui - Pieces for two pianos, Op. 69
Haydn -Piano Trio No. 31 in G major, Hob.XV:32
Liszt - Concerto pathétique in E minor for two pianos, S258
Mozart - Die Zauberflöte, K620: Overture / Fantasia in F minor for a mechanical organ, K608 / Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major, K459 / Fugue for 2 Pianos (K426) / Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orchestra No. 10 in E flat, K365
L. Nikolayev - Suite for two pianos in B minor, Op. 13
Rachmaninov - Suite No. 2 for Two Pianos, Op. 17
Saint-Saëns - Variations on a theme by Beethoven, Op. 35
Emil Gilels (piano) |
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ID: VVCD-00161
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Piano Concerto
Subcollection: Piano
Live recording from the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatoire 28.12.1974 (1-3); 15.02.1976 (4-6)
USSR State Symphony Orchestra No Conductor (1-3); Conductor V. Verbitsky (5-6) |
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ID: MELCD1000721
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Instrumental
Subcollection: Piano
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ID: MELCD1000718
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Instrumental
Subcollection: Piano
Chopin:
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 'Marche funèbre'
Liszt:
Piano Sonata in B minor, S178
Schumann:
Piano Sonata No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 11 |
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ID: MELCD1002224
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Baroque
Subcollection: Piano and Orchestra
Firma Melodiya presents recordings of J S Bach’s works performed by Emil Gilels.
This disc continues the series of recordings made by the great pianist. However, these recordings suggest a different view on Gilels’ performing art.
Emil Gilels entered the music life of the USSR as a virtuoso in the best, romantic sense of the word. His inspired artistry always produced a magnetic effect on the audience. He conquered the world with his performances of Beethoven’s sonatas, Mozart’s works in Salzburg, and interpretations of Tchaikovsky’s and Rachmaninov’s concertos. It was difficult to assume that a well-established stereotype of romantic pianism hid an inspired and profound interpreter of Bach’s music.
Johann Sebastian Bach was never at the centre of Gilels’ repertoire. They were more like individual pieces, but that was exactly what made them so unexpected at his concerts. Nevertheless, he kept revisiting some of them time and again.
This disc features recordings made in 1948 to 1968. Not claiming to be authentic and at the same time not falling into excessive romanticism, Emil Gilels shapes his own unique vision of the great cantor’s music world.
J.S. Bach:
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV1050
Elizaveta Gilels (violin) & Nikolai Kharkovsky (flute)
The USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Kondrashin
Concerto for Two Keyboards in C major, BWV1061
with Yakov Zak (piano)
The USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Kondrashin
Partita No. 1 in B flat major, BWV825
Prelude & Fugue Book 1 No. 10 in E minor, BWV855: Prelude
arr. Alexander Siloti
Prelude and Fugue in D Major (Bach BWV532) Transcription Busoni
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Emil Gilels (piano) |
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ID: RRC1367
CDs: 1
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Subcollection: Piano
Gilels’ legendary performances of the Beethoven Piano Concertos, re-mastered and presented at super budget price.
Beethoven:
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 'Emperor'
Emil Gilels (piano)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Leopold Ludwig |
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ID: MKM291
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Great Performers
Subcollection: Piano
(1 - 6) - Lazar Berman, piano: Recorded 1979
(7 - 10) - Emil Gilels, piano: Recorded 1978 |
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