Emil Gilels

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Evgeny Svetlanov conducts Tchaikovsky

Evgeny Svetlanov conducts Tchaikovsky

Recorded February 20th 1968

Tchaikovsky:

Concert Overture in C minor

Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23

Elena Gilels (piano)

Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32

Piano Concerto No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 75

Emil Gilels (piano)

plus bonus track - rehearsal of the Piano Concerto No. 3

State Academic Symphony Orchestra, Evgeny Svetlanov

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Emil Gilels

Emil Gilels

Recorded: The Town Hall, Cheltenham, 20 November 1980

Beethoven:

Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10 No. 3

Eroica Variations, Op. 35

Poulenc:

Pastourelle

Ravel:

Jeux d'eau

Alborada del gracioso (Miroirs No. 4)

Scriabin:

Étude Op. 8 No. 2 in F sharp minor

Étude Op. 2 No. 1 in C sharp minor

Preludes, Op. 74 (5)

Emil Gilels (piano)

Any Emil Gilels recital is an eagerly awaited event for collectors. His live recital of Back, Prokofiev, Scarlatti, Schumann and Tchaikovsky on BBC Legends (BBCL40152) has been a best-seller since its release in 1999.

Gilels first performed Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No.3, Op.10 as late as 1979 during a US tour which included the ‘Eroica Variations’, Op.35. Both were recorded in the studio but these live performances have a special atmosphere, Gilels having the uncanny ability to hold the audience’s attention throughout.

Gilels often mixed early and late Scriabin, ending with the Preludes, Op.74, the last work of Scriabin’s to be published in 1914. Gilels conveys the extraordinarily unsettling power these works can still have when played by a master.

Although he played three pieces by Ravel at this Cheltenham recital, the ‘Pavane pour une infante défunte’ had to be removed due to time constraints. All the French titles are played stunningly, ending as an encore with the delightful ‘Pastorelle’ by Poulenc.

“This 1980 Cheltenham recital (in fine BBC stereo sound) contains some passages f wonderful pianism. Was there another pianist so capable of nuances in Beethoven allegros without losing a leonine dynamism” Christopher Breunig, Hi-Fi News, May 2009 Album of the Month

“Gilels's clean articulation is a marvel in the rapid-fire Presto of Beethoven's Sonata...The 'Eroica' Variations comes wrapped in granite. Fingerwork here is stunning, and despite the hard-as-rock general demeanour, there are some moments of real fantasy. As the complexity of the Variations increases, so do Gilels's responses to the demands, resulting in some spectacular playing...he structure the Variations and Fugue brilliantly…” Colin Clarke, MusicWeb International

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Piano Concertos

Piano Concertos

Ludwig van Beethoven

Klavierkonzert Nr.4, G-Dur, op. 58, Allegro moderato (16:06)

Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester,

Leitung: Günter Wand, Robert Casadesus, Piano

2. Johannes Brahms

Klavierkonzert Nr.2, op.16, a-moll, Allegretto grazioso (8:18)

Boston Symphony Orchestra,

Leitung: Antal Dorati, Arthur Rubinstein, Piano

3. Robert Schumann

Klavierkonzert op.54, a-moll, Intermezzo (Andante grazioso) (5:05)

The Philharmonia Orchestra,

Leitung: Herbert von Karajan, Dinu Lipatti, Piano

4. Franz Liszt

Klavierkonzert Nr.1, Es-Dur, Allegro marziale animato (4:09)

Philharmonia Orchestra,

Leitung: Otto Ackermann, Géza Anda, Piano

5. Ludwig van Beethoven

Klavierkonzert Nr.5, op. 73, Es-Dur, Adagio un poco mosso (7:52)

The Philharmonia Orchestra,

Leitung: Herbert von Karajan,Walter Gieseking, Piano

6. Edvard Grieg

Klavierkonzert op.16, a-moll, Allegro molto moderato (12:19)

RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra,

Leitung: Antal Dorati, Arthur Rubinstein, Piano

7. Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Klavierkonzert Nr. 1 op. 23, Allegro non troppo

e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito . 18:41

Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra,

Leitung: Dimitri Mitropoulos, Vladimir Horowitz, Piano

Gesamtspielzeit / Total time: 73:09

CD2

1. Johann Sebastian Bach

Klavierkonzert, D-Dur, BWV 1052, Allegro (6:55)

Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam,

Leitung: Dimitri Mitropoulos, Glen Gould, Piano

2. Johann Sebastian Bach

Klavierkonzert, D-Dur, BWV 1052, Allegro (6:06)

Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam,

Leitung: Dimitri Mitropoulos, Glen Gould, Piano

3. Ludwig van Beethoven

Klavierkonzert, op. 73, Es-Dur, Allegro (20:27)

Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester,

Leitung: Günter Wand, Emil Gilels, Piano

4. Ludwig van Beethoven

Klavierkonzert op. 73, Es-Dur, Rondo - Allegro (10:51)

Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester,

Leitung: Günter Wand, Emil Gilels, Piano

5. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Klavierkonzert Nr. 24, c-moll, KV 491, Allegretto (10:57)

The Philharmonia Orchestra,

Leitung: Herbert von Karajan,Walter Gieseking, Piano

6. Ludwig van Beethoven

Chorphantasie op .80 (13:57)

USSR RTV Large Symphony Orchestra,

Leitung: Kurt Sanderling, Sviatoslav Richter, Piano

7. Franz Liszt

La Leggierezza (4:41)

Martha Argerich, Piano

Arthur Rubinstein, Emil Gilels, Glen Gould, Walter Gieseking, Robert Casadesus, Dinu Lipatti, Géza Anda, Shura Cherkassky & Sviatoslav Richter

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Emil Gilels plays Brahms & Beethoven

Emil Gilels plays Brahms & Beethoven

Studio recordings

Beethoven:

Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 'Appassionata'

recorded in 1951

Brahms:

Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83

recorded in 1958

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner

Emil Gilels (piano)

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Emil Gilels: Early Recordings Volume 1

Emil Gilels: Early Recordings Volume 1

All tracks recorded in the USSR, 1935-1951

Debussy:

Clair de Lune (from Suite Bergamasque)

Trois Nocturnes: Fêtes

arr. Borwick

Godowsky:

Renaissance - No. 12, Gigue in E (Loeillet)

Mendelssohn:

Scherzo in E minor, Op. 16 No. 2

Song without Words, Op. 38 No. 6 in A flat major 'Duetto'

Song without Words, Op. 38 No. 6 in A flat major 'Duetto'

Mozart:

Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor, K457

Rameau:

La villageoise

Le rappel des oiseaux

Ravel:

Le Tombeau de Couperin: Prelude

Le Tombeau de Couperin: Forlane

Le Tombeau de Couperin: Toccata

Schumann:

Toccata in C major, Op. 7

Traumes Wirren (Fantasiestucke, Op. 12 No. 7)

Der Kontrabandiste, Op. 74 No. 10

arr. C. Tausig

Smetana:

Czech Dances, Book 1, No. 2

Polka in A minor

Polka in F major

Emil Gilels (piano)

Emil Gilels was one of the greatest Russian pianists of the twentieth century, born in Odessa in 1916.

The recordings on this first disc of his early recordings, made in the USSR, come from the first stage of Gilels’s career and include his first known recordings from1935.

Leopold Godowsky’s arrangement of the Gigue by Jean-Baptiste Loeillet immediately shows the immense power the nineteen-year old Gilels had at the keyboard. His playing, especially in his youth, was fiery, volatile and exciting, and even late in his career it still retained grandeur and sweep of a great master in the Russian tradition.

“Gilels had a sense of grandeur tempered by discipline and respect for the text….strong and massive without being harsh…. A fine pianist.” BBC Music Magazine

“Here was a real artist, and a real communicator.” BBC Music Magazine

“Here, in performance after performance, is the sort of playing that made Rubinstein, on hearing the teenage Gilels in Russia, exclaim, 'if that boy ever comes to America I might as well pack my bags and retire'. Even in dated sound an 'elemental virtuoso gift' and a 'sonority rich in noble metal' are omnipresent. And whether you hear Gilels in his exquisite Rameau, the thunderous brilliance of his Godowsky or in the way his decorations in Smetana's A minor Polka shimmer like the beating of a hummingbird's wings, you will hear a nonpareil pianism. True, in years to come Gilels would find greater depth than his enviably spruce and immaculately turned Mozart conveys, but even here the playing is of an aristocratic distinction and finesse.
All in all these performances is a reminder of this grandest of musical titans. Ward Marston's transfers come up excellently and special thanks go to Judith Rayner for the loan of discs from her priceless collection.” Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010

“…here, in performance after performance, is the sort of playing that made Rubinstein, on hearing the teenage Gilels in Russia, exclaim, "if that boy ever comes to America I might as well pack my bags and retire".” Gramophone Magazine, February 2009

“these are now the transfers of choice for this body of recordings” MusicWeb International

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Beethoven - Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 4

Beethoven - Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 4

Beethoven:

Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15

Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58

Emil Gilels (piano)

Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Sanderling

Recordings made in 1957/58

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Emil Gilels Live in Moscow, Vol. 2

Emil Gilels Live in Moscow, Vol. 2

Mozart:

Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major, K595

two performances

Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orchestra No. 10 in E flat, K365

Emil Gilels & Elena Gilels (piano)

USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov

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Emil Gilels Live in Moscow, Vol. 3

Emil Gilels Live in Moscow, Vol. 3

Bach, J S:

Prelude in B minor (after BWV855a, arr Siloti)

Beethoven:

Piano Sonata No. 12 in A flat major, Op. 26 'March Funebre'

Prokofiev:

Piano Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 28

Prelude in C major, Op. 12 No. 7

Visions fugitives, Op. 22 (extracts)

8 Short Pieces

Rachmaninov:

Daisies, Op. 38 No. 3

Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14

Prelude Op. 23 No. 10 in G flat major

Prelude Op. 32 No. 11 in B major

Prelude Op. 23 No. 5 in G minor

Prelude Op. 3 No. 2 in C sharp minor

Prelude Op. 23 No. 2 in B flat major

Scriabin:

Étude Op. 2 No. 1 in C sharp minor

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Emil Gilels Live in Moscow, Vol. 4

Emil Gilels Live in Moscow, Vol. 4

1978 recital from the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory

Brahms:

Ballades (4), Op. 10

Chopin:

Polonaise No. 4 in C minor, Op. 40, No. 2

Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58

Etude No. 26 in A-flat major, Op. posthumous

Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major, Op. 53 'Héroïque'

Schumann:

Klavierstücke (4), Op. 32

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Emil Gilels Live in Moscow, Vol. 1

Emil Gilels Live in Moscow, Vol. 1

Brahms:

Variations on a theme by Paganini in A minor, Op. 35

Fantasies (7 piano pieces), Op. 116

Mendelssohn:

Song without Words, Op. 38 No. 6 in A flat major 'Duetto'

Etude in A Minor Op. 104b

Schumann:

Klavierstücke (4), Op. 32

Études symphoniques, Op. 13

Emil Gilels (piano)

“Filmed in the Tchaikovsky Hall in 1983, this testament to the art of Gilels captures the veteran artist's characteristically deep-thinking, deeply layered and incredibly rich toned performance.” BBC Music Magazine, November 2008 *****

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