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Walter Gieseking: Poet of the Keyboard

Walter Gieseking (piano), with Philharmonia Wind Quartet: Sidney Sutcliffe, Bernard Walton, Dennis Brain, Cecil James

Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchester der Hessischen Rundfunks, Herbert von Karajan, Kurt Schröder

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Contents

Mozart: Sonata for Keyboard No. 11 in A K331 / K300i (1990 Digital Remaster)

Work length16:51
$3.90
$5.10
  • Walter Gieseking (piano)
  • Recorded: 1953-08-05
  • Recording Venue: 4/5 August 1953, No.3 Studio, Abbey Road

I. Tema con variazoni

Track length7:28
$1.30
$1.70

II. Menuetto

Track length5:40
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III. Rondo alla turca

Track length3:43
$1.30
$1.70

Mozart: Sonata for Keyboard No. 12 in F K332 / K300k (1990 Digital Remaster)

Work length13:53
$3.90
$5.10
  • Walter Gieseking (piano)
  • Recorded: 1953-08-05
  • Recording Venue: 5 August 1953, No.3 Studio, Abbey Road

Allegro

Track length4:34
$1.30
$1.70

Adagio

Track length4:50
$1.30
$1.70

Allegro assai

Track length4:29
$1.30
$1.70

Mozart: Zwölf Variationen in Es-Dur über das französische Lied 'La belle Francoise' K353 (300f)

Work length6:50
$1.30
$1.70
  • Walter Gieseking (piano)
  • Recorded: 1953-08-09
  • Recording Venue: 9 August 1953, No.3 Studio, Abbey Road

Mozart: Variations (9) in C major on a theme by Nicolas Dezede ‘Lison dormait' K264

Work length14:41
Album only
Album only
  • Walter Gieseking (piano)
  • Recorded: 1953-08-10
  • Recording Venue: 9/10 August 1953, No.3 Studio, Abbey Road

Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 13 in B flat major, K333

Work length17:05
$3.90
$5.10
  • Walter Gieseking (piano)
  • Recorded: 1953-08-06
  • Recording Venue: 5/6 August 1953, No.3 Studio, Abbey Road

Allegro

Track length4:58
$1.30
$1.70

Andante cantabile

Track length6:14
$1.30
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Allegretto grazioso

Track length5:53
$1.30
$1.70

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K488

Work length25:39
Album only
Album only
  • Walter Gieseking (piano)
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Herbert von Karajan
  • Recorded: 1951-06-10
  • Recording Venue: 10 June 1951 / No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

I. Allegro - Cadenza (Gieseking) - Tempo I

Track length11:04
Album only
Album only

II. Adagio

Track length6:53
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III. Allegro assai

Track length7:42
$1.30
$1.70

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K491

Work length31:51
Album only
Album only
  • Walter Gieseking (piano)
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Herbert von Karajan
  • Recorded: 1953-08-26
  • Recording Venue: 25 & 26 August 1953 / Kingsway Hall, London

I. Allegro - Cadenza (Hummel) - Tempo I

Track length13:02
Album only
Album only

II. Larghetto

Track length9:37
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III. Allegretto

Track length9:12
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Mozart: Quintet for Piano and Winds in E flat, K452

Work length21:25
$3.90
$5.10
  • Bernard Walton (clarinet), Cecil James (bassoon), Dennis Brain (horn), Sidney Sutcliffe (oboe), Walter Gieseking (piano)
  • Recorded: 1955-04-15
  • Recording Venue: 15 April 1955 / No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

I. Largo - Allegro moderato

Track length8:25
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II. Larghetto

Track length7:09
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III. Rondo (Allegro)

Track length5:51
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Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 'Pathétique' - 1. Grave-Allegro di molto e con brio

Work length7:50
$1.30
$1.70
  • Walter Gieseking (piano)
  • Recorded: 1956-10-19
  • Recording Venue: 18 & 19 October 1956, No. 3 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 'Pathétique': 2. Adagio cantabile

Work length5:48
$1.30
$1.70
  • Walter Gieseking (piano)
  • Recorded: 1956-10-19
  • Recording Venue: 18 & 19 October 1956, No. 3 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 'Pathétique': 3. Rondo

Work length4:08
$1.30
$1.70
  • Walter Gieseking (piano)
  • Recorded: 1956-10-19
  • Recording Venue: 18 & 19 October 1956, No. 3 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14 No. 1

Work length11:50
$3.90
$5.10
  • Walter Gieseking (piano)
  • Recorded: 1956-10-19
  • Recording Venue: 19th October 1956, No. 3 Studio, Abbey Road

Allegro

Track length4:58
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Allegretto

Track length3:37
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Rondo (Allegro comodo)

Track length3:15
$1.30
$1.70

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 14 No. 2

Work length16:11
$3.90
$5.10
  • Walter Gieseking (piano)
  • Recorded: 1956-10-19
  • Recording Venue: 19th October 1956, No. 3 Studio, Abbey Road

Allegro

Track length6:32
$1.30
$1.70

Andante

Track length6:28
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Scherzo (Allegro assai)

Track length3:11
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Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 13 in E flat Major Op. 27 No. 1 (1990 Digital Remaster)

Work length14:26
$3.90
$5.10
  • Walter Gieseking (piano)
  • Recorded: 1956-10-22
  • Recording Venue: 21st & 22nd October 1956, No. 3 Studio, Abbey Road

I. Andante - Allegro

Track length3:50
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II. Allegro molto e vivace

Track length2:04
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III. Adagio con espressione - Allegro vivace

Track length8:32
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Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight'

Work length14:12
$3.90
$5.10
  • Walter Gieseking (piano)
  • Recorded: 1990-01-01
  • Recording Venue: 19 October 1956, No. 3 Studio, Abbey Road, London

I. Adagio sostenuto

Track length6:34
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II. Allegretto

Track length2:27
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III. Presto agitato

Track length5:11
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58

Work length31:43
Album only
Album only
  • Walter Gieseking (piano)
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Herbert von Karajan
  • Recorded: 1951-06-11
  • Recording Venue: 9th - 11th June 1951, Kingsway Hall, London

I. Allegro moderato

Track length16:43
Album only
Album only

II. Andante con moto

Track length5:02
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III. Rondo (Vivace)

Track length9:58
$1.30
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 'Emperor'

Work length38:10
Album only
Album only
  • Walter Gieseking (piano)
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Herbert von Karajan
  • Recorded: 1951-06-09
  • Recording Venue: 8 & 9 June 1951 / Kingsway Hall, London

I. Allegro

Track length20:07
Album only
Album only

II. Adagio un poco mosso

Track length7:49
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III. Rondo

Track length10:14
Album only
Album only

Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54

Work length30:19
Album only
Album only
  • Walter Gieseking (piano)
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Herbert von Karajan
  • Recorded: 1953-08-25
  • Recording Venue: 24 & 25 August 1953 / Kingsway Hall, London

I. Allegro affettuoso - Andante espressivo - Tempo 1 - Cadenza - Allegro molto

Track length14:40
Album only
Album only

II. Intermezzo (Andantino grazioso)

Track length5:44
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III. Allegro vivace

Track length9:55
$1.30
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Franck, C: Symphonic Variations for piano & orchestra, M46

Work length15:50
Album only
Album only
  • Walter Gieseking (piano)
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Herbert von Karajan
  • Recorded: 1951-06-07
  • Recording Venue: 7 June 1951 / Kingsway Hall, London

Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16

Work length29:17
Album only
Album only
  • Walter Gieseking (piano)
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Herbert von Karajan
  • Recorded: 1951-06-11
  • Recording Venue: 6 & 11 June 1951 / Kingsway Hall, London

I. Allegro molto moderato

Track length12:54
Album only
Album only

II. Adagio

Track length6:55
$1.30
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III. Allegro moderato molto e marcato - Andante maestoso

Track length9:28
$1.30
$1.70

Debussy: Préludes Books I & II (1995 Digital Remaster), BOOK 1

Work length1:10:25
$31.20
$40.80
  • Walter Gieseking (piano)
  • Recorded: 1995-01-01
  • Recording Venue: 15 & 16 August 1953 (Bk I) and 9 & 10 December 1954 (Bk II), No.3 Studio, Abbey Road, London

I. Danseuses de Delphes

Track length3:16
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II. Voiles

Track length2:43
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III. Le vent dans la plaine

Track length1:58
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IV. 'Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir' - Ch. Baudelaire

Track length3:30
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V. Les collines d'Anacapri

Track length2:47
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VI. Des pas sur la neige

Track length3:29
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VII. Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest

Track length2:46
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VIII. La fille aux cheveux de lin

Track length2:25
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IX. La sérénade interrompue

Track length2:15
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X. La cathédrale engloutie

Track length6:34
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XI. La danse de Puck

Track length2:27
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XII. Minstrels

Track length2:14
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I. Brouillards

Track length2:51
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II. Feuilles mortes

Track length3:03
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III. La Puerta del Vino

Track length2:50
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IV. 'Les fées sont d'exquises danseuses'

Track length2:47
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V. Bruyères

Track length2:33
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VI. 'General Lavine' - excentric

Track length2:28
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VII. La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune

Track length3:50
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VIII. Ondine

Track length2:53
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IX. Hommage à S. Pickwick, Esq., P.P.M.P.C.

Track length2:09
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X. Canope

Track length2:47
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XI. Les tierces alternées

Track length2:26
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XII. Feux d'artifice

Track length3:24
$1.30
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Debussy: Suite Bergamasque

Work length15:51
$5.20
$6.80
  • Walter Gieseking (piano)
  • Recorded: 1953-08-18
  • Recording Venue: 17 & 18 August 1953, No.3 Studio, Abbey Road

Prélude

Track length3:34
$1.30
$1.70

Menuet

Track length3:22
$1.30
$1.70

Clair de lune

Track length5:11
$1.30
$1.70

Passepied

Track length3:44
$1.30
$1.70

Debussy: Danse bohemienne

Work length1:55
$1.30
$1.70
  • Walter Gieseking (piano)
  • Recorded: 1953-08-20
  • Recording Venue: 12, 14-16, 19 & 20 August 1953, No.3 Studio, Abbey Road

Debussy: Rêverie

Work length3:38
$1.30
$1.70
  • Walter Gieseking (piano)
  • Recorded: 1953-08-20
  • Recording Venue: 12, 14-16, 19 & 20 August 1953, No.3 Studio, Abbey Road

Debussy: Mazurka

Work length2:22
$1.30
$1.70
  • Walter Gieseking (piano)
  • Recorded: 1953-08-20
  • Recording Venue: 12, 14-16, 19 & 20 August 1953, No.3 Studio, Abbey Road

Debussy: Valse romantique (L. 71)

Work length3:11
$1.30
$1.70
  • Walter Gieseking (piano)
  • Recorded: 1953-08-20
  • Recording Venue: 12, 14-16, 19 & 20 August 1953, No.3 Studio, Abbey Road

Debussy: Deux arabesques, L. 66

Work length6:28
$2.60
$3.40
  • Walter Gieseking (piano)
  • Recorded: 1953-08-20
  • Recording Venue: 12, 14-16, 19 & 20 August 1953, No.3 Studio, Abbey Road

No 1 Andantino con moto

Track length3:37
$1.30
$1.70

No 2 Allegretto scherzando

Track length2:51
$1.30
$1.70

Debussy: Nocturne

Work length5:51
$1.30
$1.70
  • Walter Gieseking (piano)
  • Recorded: 1953-08-20
  • Recording Venue: 12, 14-16, 19 & 20 August 1953, No.3 Studio, Abbey Road

Debussy: Danse (Tarentelle styrienne)

Work length4:46
$1.30
$1.70
  • Walter Gieseking (piano)
  • Recorded: 1953-08-20
  • Recording Venue: 12, 14-16, 19 & 20 August 1953, No.3 Studio, Abbey Road

Debussy: Ballade

Work length6:29
$1.30
$1.70
  • Walter Gieseking (piano)
  • Recorded: 1953-08-20
  • Recording Venue: 12, 14-16, 19 & 20 August 1953, No.3 Studio, Abbey Road

Debussy: Fantasie for piano and orchestra

Work length22:27
$3.90
$5.10
  • Walter Gieseking/Orchester des Hessischen Rundfunks/Kurt Schröder, Walter Gieseking (piano)
  • hr-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt
  • Kurt Schröder
  • Recorded: 1951-10-30
  • Recording Venue: 30 October 1951, Musikhochschule, Frankfurt (live)

Andante - Allegro

Track length7:46
$1.30
$1.70

Lento e molto expressivo

Track length7:49
$1.30
$1.70

Allegro molto

Track length6:52
$1.30
$1.70

Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit

Work length20:51
$3.90
$5.10
  • Walter Gieseking (piano)
  • Recorded: 2001-12-31
  • Recording Venue: 10-12, 14-17 December 1954/No.3 Studio, Abbey Road

1. Ondine (Lent)

Track length6:03
$1.30
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2. Le Gibet (Très lent)

Track length5:49
$1.30
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3. Scarbo (Modéré - Vif)

Track length8:59
$1.30
$1.70

Ravel: Menuet sur le nom de Haydn

Work length2:01
$1.30
$1.70
  • Walter Gieseking (piano)
  • Recorded: 2001-12-31
  • Recording Venue: 10-12, 14-17 December 1954 / No.3 Studio, Abbey Road

Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales

Work length12:33
$10.40
$13.60
  • Walter Gieseking (piano)
  • Recorded: 2001-12-31
  • Recording Venue: 10-12, 14-17 December 1954 / No.3 Studio, Abbey Road

Moderé - très franc

Track length1:14
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Assez lent (avec une expression intense)

Track length1:36
$1.30
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Moderé

Track length1:23
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$1.70

Assez animé

Track length0:55
$1.30
$1.70

Presque lent (dans un sentiment intime)

Track length1:06
$1.30
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Vif

Track length0:38
$1.30
$1.70

Moins vif

Track length2:27
$1.30
$1.70

Epilogue - Lent

Track length3:14
$1.30
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Ravel: Prélude (Assez lent et très expressif d'un rythme libre)

Work length1:21
$1.30
$1.70
  • Walter Gieseking (piano)
  • Recorded: 2001-12-31
  • Recording Venue: 10-12, 14-17 December 1954 / No.3 Studio, Abbey Road

Ravel: A la manière de Borodine

Work length1:32
$1.30
$1.70
  • Walter Gieseking (piano)
  • Recorded: 2001-12-31
  • Recording Venue: 10-12, 14-17 December 1954 / No.3 Studio, Abbey Road

Ravel: A la manière de Chabrier

Work length2:01
$1.30
$1.70
  • Walter Gieseking (piano)
  • Recorded: 2001-12-31
  • Recording Venue: 10-12, 14-17 December 1954 / No.3 Studio, Abbey Road

Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin

Work length25:31
$7.80
$10.20
  • Walter Gieseking (piano)
  • Recorded: 2001-12-31
  • Recording Venue: 10-12, 14-17 December 1954 / No.3 Studio, Abbey Road

I: Prélude (Vif)

Track length3:16
$1.30
$1.70

II: Fugue (Allegro moderato)

Track length4:08
$1.30
$1.70

III: Forlane (Allegretto)

Track length5:47
$1.30
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IV: Rigaudon (Assez vif)

Track length3:09
$1.30
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V: Menuet (Allegro moderato)

Track length5:17
$1.30
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VI: Toccata (Vif)

Track length3:54
$1.30
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