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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

Walter Gieseking: Poet of the Keyboard

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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Mozart: Sonata for Keyboard No. 11 in A K331 / K300i (1990 Digital Remaster)
Work length16:51
I. Tema con variazoni
Track length7:28
II. Menuetto
Track length5:40
III. Rondo alla turca
Track length3:43
Mozart: Sonata for Keyboard No. 12 in F K332 / K300k (1990 Digital Remaster)
Work length13:53
Allegro
Track length4:34
Adagio
Track length4:50
Allegro assai
Track length4:29
Mozart: Variations (12) in E flat major on "La belle Françoise", K353 / 300f
Work length6:50
Mozart: Variations (9) in C major on a theme by Nicolas Dezede ‘Lison dormait' K264
Work length14:41
This work is only available as an album download.
Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 13 in B flat major, K333
Work length17:05
Allegro
Track length4:58
Andante cantabile
Track length6:14
Allegretto grazioso
Track length5:53
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K488
Work length25:39
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I. Allegro - Cadenza (Gieseking) - Tempo I
Track length11:04
This track is only available as an album download.
II. Adagio
Track length6:53
III. Allegro assai
Track length7:42
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K491
Work length31:51
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I. Allegro - Cadenza (Hummel) - Tempo I
Track length13:02
This track is only available as an album download.
II. Larghetto
Track length9:37
III. Allegretto
Track length9:12
Mozart: Quintet for Piano and Winds in E flat, K452
Work length21:25
I. Largo - Allegro moderato
Track length8:25
II. Larghetto
Track length7:09
III. Rondo (Allegro)
Track length5:51
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 'Pathétique' - 1. Grave-Allegro di molto e con brio
Work length7:50
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 'Pathétique': II. Adagio cantabile
Work length5:48
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 'Pathétique': III. Rondo
Work length4:08
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14 No. 1
Work length11:50
Allegro
Track length4:58
Allegretto
Track length3:37
Rondo (Allegro comodo)
Track length3:15
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 14 No. 2
Work length16:11
Allegro
Track length6:32
Andante
Track length6:28
Scherzo (Allegro assai)
Track length3:11
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 13 in E flat Major Op. 27 No. 1 (1990 Digital Remaster)
Work length14:26
I. Andante - Allegro
Track length3:50
II. Allegro molto e vivace
Track length2:04
III. Adagio con espressione - Allegro vivace
Track length8:32
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight'
Work length14:12
I. Adagio sostenuto
Track length6:34
II. Allegretto
Track length2:27
III. Presto agitato
Track length5:11
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
Work length31:43
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I. Allegro moderato
Track length16:43
This track is only available as an album download.
II. Andante con moto
Track length5:02
III. Rondo (Vivace)
Track length9:58
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 'Emperor'
Work length38:10
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I. Allegro
Track length20:07
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II. Adagio un poco mosso
Track length7:49
III. Rondo
Track length10:14
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Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
Work length30:19
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I. Allegro affettuoso - Andante espressivo - Tempo 1 - Cadenza - Allegro molto
Track length14:40
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II. Intermezzo (Andantino grazioso)
Track length5:44
III. Allegro vivace
Track length9:55
Franck, C: Symphonic Variations for piano & orchestra, M46
Work length15:50
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Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
Work length29:17
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I. Allegro molto moderato
Track length12:54
This track is only available as an album download.
II. Adagio
Track length6:55
III. Allegro moderato molto e marcato - Andante maestoso
Track length9:28
Debussy: Préludes Books I & II (1995 Digital Remaster), BOOK 1
Work length1:10:25
  • 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
II. Voiles
Track length2:43
III. Le vent dans la plaine
Track length1:58
IV. 'Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir' - Ch. Baudelaire
Track length3:30
V. Les collines d'Anacapri
Track length2:47
VI. Des pas sur la neige
Track length3:29
VII. Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest
Track length2:46
VIII. La fille aux cheveux de lin
Track length2:25
IX. La sérénade interrompue
Track length2:15
X. La cathédrale engloutie
Track length6:34
XI. La danse de Puck
Track length2:27
XII. Minstrels
Track length2:14
I. Brouillards
Track length2:51
II. Feuilles mortes
Track length3:03
III. La Puerta del Vino
Track length2:50
IV. 'Les fées sont d'exquises danseuses'
Track length2:47
V. Bruyères
Track length2:33
VI. 'General Lavine' - excentric
Track length2:28
VII. La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune
Track length3:50
VIII. Ondine
Track length2:53
IX. Hommage à S. Pickwick, Esq., P.P.M.P.C.
Track length2:09
X. Canope
Track length2:47
XI. Les tierces alternées
Track length2:26
XII. Feux d'artifice
Track length3:24
Debussy: Suite Bergamasque
Work length15:51
Prélude
Track length3:34
Menuet
Track length3:22
Clair de lune
Track length5:11
Passepied
Track length3:44
Debussy: Danse bohemienne
Work length1:55
Debussy: Rêverie
Work length3:38
Debussy: Mazurka
Work length2:22
Debussy: Valse romantique (L. 71)
Work length3:11
Debussy: Deux arabesques, L. 66
Work length6:28
No 1 Andantino con moto
Track length3:37
No 2 Allegretto scherzando
Track length2:51
Debussy: Nocturne
Work length5:51
Debussy: Danse (Tarentelle styrienne)
Work length4:46
Debussy: Ballade
Work length6:29
Debussy: Fantasie for piano and orchestra
Work length22:27
  • 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
Lento e molto expressivo
Track length7:49
Allegro molto
Track length6:52
Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit
Work length20:51
1. Ondine (Lent)
Track length6:03
2. Le Gibet (Très lent)
Track length5:49
3. Scarbo (Modéré - Vif)
Track length8:59
Ravel: Menuet sur le nom de Haydn
Work length2:01
Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales
Work length12:33
Moderé - très franc
Track length1:14
Assez lent (avec une expression intense)
Track length1:36
Moderé
Track length1:23
Assez animé
Track length0:55
Presque lent (dans un sentiment intime)
Track length1:06
Vif
Track length0:38
Moins vif
Track length2:27
Epilogue - Lent
Track length3:14
Ravel: Prélude (Assez lent et très expressif d'un rythme libre)
Work length1:21
Ravel: A la manière de Borodine
Work length1:32
Ravel: A la manière de Chabrier
Work length2:01
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
Work length25:31
I: Prélude (Vif)
Track length3:16
II: Fugue (Allegro moderato)
Track length4:08
III: Forlane (Allegretto)
Track length5:47
IV: Rigaudon (Assez vif)
Track length3:09
V: Menuet (Allegro moderato)
Track length5:17
VI: Toccata (Vif)
Track length3:54
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