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| |  | Emil Gilels - Early Recordings Volume 1All tracks recorded in the USSR, 1935-1951
Debussy: | Clair de Lune Fetes arr. Borwick | Godowsky: | Renaissance - No. 12, Gigue in E (Loeillet) | Mendelssohn: | Scherzo in E minor, Op. 16 No. 2 Song without words in A flat Major, Op. 38, No. 18 Op.38/6 (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 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 | 
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| |  | Schumann: Piano Works
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| |  | Schumann - The Original Piano Roll Recordings
Schumann: | Sitz'ich allein, Op. 25, No. 1 Fantasiestücke, Op. 12 No. 1 'Des Abends' Soaring, Op. 12, No. 2 Warum, Op. 12, No. 3 Novelette in B minor, Op. 99 No. 9 Frühlingsnacht, Op. 39, No. 12 Etudes symphoniques, Op. 13 The Prophet Bird Op. 82 No. 7 Toccata in C major, Op. 7 Traümerei (from Kinderszenen, Op. 15) |
Wilhelm Backhaus, Ignaz Friedman, Josef Hofman, Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Shura Cherkassky, Josef Lhevinne, Ignacy Paderewski & Leopold Godowsky | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | Emil Gilels Live Recital 12th February 1976
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| |  | Vladimir HorowitzThe Complete European Solo Recordings 1930-36
Bach, J S: | Chorale Prelude BWV734 'Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gmein' (arranged Busoni) | Beethoven: | 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C minor, WoO 80 | Chopin: | Étude Op. 10 No. 4 in C sharp minor Étude Op. 10 No. 5 in G flat major 'Black Key' Étude Op. 10 No. 8 in F major Étude Op. 25 No. 3 in F major Mazurka No. 7 in F minor, Op. 7 No. 3 Mazurka No. 27 in E minor, Op. 41 No. 2 Mazurka No. 32 in C sharp minor, Op. 50 No. 3 Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54 Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 'Marche funèbre' First movement | Haydn: | Piano Sonata No. 62 in E flat major, Hob. XVI/52 | Liszt: | Funérailles Harmonies poétiques et réligieuses, S173, No. 7 Piano Sonata in B minor, S178 | Prokofiev: | Toccata in C major, Op. 11 | Rachmaninov: | Prelude Op. 23 No. 5 in G minor | Rimsky Korsakov: | Flight of the Bumble Bee (arranged Rachmaninov) | Scarlatti, D: | Keyboard Sonata K87 in B minor Keyboard Sonata K125 in G major | Schumann: | Presto passionato in G minor op.22 Arabesque in C major, Op. 18 Traumes Wirren (Fantasiestucke, Op. 12 No. 7) Toccata in C major, Op. 7 | Stravinsky: | Danse Russe (from Pétrouchka) |
Vladimir Horowitz (piano) (2 CDs for the price of 1) "Self-respecting pianophiles will already have most of these seminal recordings. But, compared with earlier issues, APR reveal a fuller, richer piano sound where every nuance is crystal clear and in a judiciously-enhanced ambience…APR's presentation,as usual, leaves its peers standing, fully worthy of the great artist enshrined in these magical recordings." Classic CD | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Emil Gilels - Early RecordingsOriginal Masters Twofers
Beethoven: | Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2 No. 3 rec. 1952, Moscow | Chopin: | Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 rec. 1949, Moscow | Liszt: | Grandes Études de Paganini S141 (1851) No. 5 in E major “La chasse”. rec. 1940, Moscow Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 9 in E flat major 'Pesther Carneval' No. 9. rec. 1951, Moscow | Loeillet: | Gigas - Arr. From Suite for Harpsichord No.1 in G minor arranged Godowsky. rec. 1935, Moscow | Medtner: | Piano Sonata in G minor, Op. 22 rec. 1952, Moscow | Mendelssohn: | Op.38/6 (Duetto) rec. 1947, Moscow | Prokofiev: | The Love for Three Oranges: March rec. 1947, Moscow | Scarlatti, D: | Keyboard Sonata K159 in C major rec. 1955, Moscow Keyboard Sonata K27 in B minor rec. 1955, Moscow Keyboard Sonata K125 in G major rec. 1955, Moscow Keyboard Sonata K380 in E major rec. 1955, Moscow Keyboard Sonata K113 in A major rec. 1955, Moscow | Schumann: | Der Contrabandiste arrnaged Tausig. rec. 1935, Moscow Toccata in C major, Op. 7 rec. 1935, Moscow Fantasiestücke, Op. 12 No. 7. rec. 1937, Moscow. |
“But my goodness, here was a boy – I remember it as if it happened yesterday – with a mass of red hair and freckles, who played …I can’t describe it. All I can say is, if he ever comes to America, I may as well pack my bags.” (Artur Rubinstein’s famous salute to the young Emil Gilels, prompted by a visit which Rubinstein made to Odessa, Gilels’s birthplace, in 1931.) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | R. Schumann - Piano Music
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| |  | Transcendent Journey
Juan Jose Chuquisengo (piano)  BBC Music Magazine
Instrumental Choice - August 2005 |
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| |  | Simon BarereThe complete HMV recordings 1934-36
Balakirev: | Islamey | Blumenfeld: | Etude for the left hand | Chopin: | Scherzo No. 3 in C sharp minor, Op. 39 Mazurka No. 38 in F sharp minor, Op. 59 No. 3 Waltz No. 5 in A flat major, Op. 42 | Glazunov: | Etude in C, Op. 31/1 | Godowsky: | Renaissance - No. 12, Gigue in E (Loeillet) Renaissance - No. 6, Tambourin in E minor (Rameau) | Liszt: | La leggierezza Etude de concert No. 2, S144 Petrarch Sonnet No. 104 Années de Pèlerinage: Deuxième année, Italie, S161/5 Gnomenreigen, S145 No. 2 Réminiscences de "Don Juan" (after Mozart), S. 418 Valse oubliée No. 1 in F sharp, S.215 Rhapsodie espagnole, S254 | Schumann: | Toccata in C major, Op. 7 | Scriabin: | Étude Op. 2 No. 1 in C sharp minor Étude Op. 8 No. 12 in D sharp minor |
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