Emil Gilels plays Russian Piano Concertos: Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, Kabalevsky

Expertly transferred, Emil Gilels’s incandescent live accounts of the Rachmaninov and Prokofiev with Kondrashin transcend their sonic limitations, although the Kabalevsky is rather short on charm. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2018, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 13th Apr 2018
Catalogue No: PRD250395
Label: Praga
Series: Digitals

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Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30

Emil Gilels (piano)
USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra,
Kirill Kondrashin

Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26

Emil Gilels (piano)
USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra,
Kirill Kondrashin

Kabalevsky: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D major, Op. 50, ‘Dedicated to Soviet Youth’

Emil Gilels (piano)
USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra,
Kirill Kondrashin

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Gilels was renowned for playing Beethoven, like his predecessors Artur Schnabel, Wilhelm Backhaus and Rudolf Serkin. He made his name in his native land as promoter of Russian music – that of Rachmaninov, of course (still revered despite his exile in America), Prokofiev, the prodigal son harshly punished on his return to the Soviet Union and Kabalevsky, the epitome of professionalism and popular music. Here you can enjoy a unique triptych, which studiedly sheers away from Sviatoslav Richter’s repertoire.

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August 2018

Expertly transferred, Emil Gilels’s incandescent live accounts of the Rachmaninov and Prokofiev with Kondrashin transcend their sonic limitations, although the Kabalevsky is rather short on charm.

Emil Gilels plays Russian Piano Concertos

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