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Emil Gilels played a sonata by Scarlatti at his first public concert in 1929 and included them in his tours to the West in the 1950s. These recordings present a splendid group of the composer’s widely contrasting moods. Gilels was a true virtuoso in the Lisztian tradition, combining musical integrity with rarely equalled technique. The Fantasia was one of the works with which he won the First Soviet All-Union Competition in 1933, while his recordings of the Hungarian Rhapsodies and three works by Chopin are full of character and personality. A recently discovered notebook in which Gilels logged some of his recording sessions has made the dating of these recordings more accurate in this edition.
Ward Marston, audio restoration engineer
Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in A major, K.533/L.395/P.537
Keyboard Sonata in A major, K.533/L.395/P.537
Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in D minor, K.141/L.422/P.271
Keyboard Sonata in D minor, K.141/L.422/P.271
Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in C major, K.159/L.104/P.418
Keyboard Sonata in C major, K.159/L.104/P.418
Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in B minor, K.27/L.449/P.83
Keyboard Sonata in B minor, K.27/L.449/P.83
Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in G major, K.125/L.487/P.152
Keyboard Sonata in G major, K.125/L.487/P.152
Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in E major, K.380/L.23/P.483
Keyboard Sonata in E major, K.380/L.23/P.483
Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in A major, K.113/L.345/P.160
Keyboard Sonata in A major, K.113/L.345/P.160
Franz Liszt: Fantasie uber zwei Motive aus W.A. Mozarts Die Hochzeit des Figaro (completed by F. Busoni)
Fantasie uber zwei Motive aus W.A. Mozarts Die Hochzeit des Figaro (completed by F. Busoni)
Franz Liszt: Grandes Etudes de Paganini, S141/R3b
No. 3 in G sharp minor, "La campanella"
No. 5 in E major
Franz Liszt: 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies, S244/R106
No. 6 in D flat major
No. 9 in E flat major, "Pesther Carneval"
Fryderyk Chopin: Polonaise No. 3 in A major, Op. 40, No. 1, "Military"
Polonaise No. 3 in A major, Op. 40, No. 1, "Military"
Fryderyk Chopin: Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major, Op. 53, "Heroic"
Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major, Op. 53, "Heroic"
Fryderyk Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
September 2012
“Few pianists have possessed a more comprehensive, magisterial technique or musical integrity than Emil Gilels...And here, in Naxos's third volume, you will at once hear those salient characteristics that prompted awe and envy among Gilels's finest colleagues...[His Liszt] is overwhelming in its pulverising strength and brilliance.”
Christmas 2012
*****
“Outstanding early Gilels, with some superb Liszt including his legendary Figaro Fantasy from 1935. The Scarlatti Sonatas may not stand the test of time so well, but this is a must.”
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Keyboard Sonata in A major, K.533/L.395/P.537
