Emil Gilels: Complete EMI Recordings

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Release Date: 9th Aug 2010
Catalogue No: 6295112
Label: Warner Classics
Series: Icons
Length: 9 hours 52 minutes

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15

Work length35:44

Album only

Emil Gilels (piano)
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell
Recorded: 1968-05-01
Recording Venue: April/May 1968, Severance Hall, Cleveland

I. Allegro con brio

Track length14:27

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II. Largo

Track length12:29

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III. Rondo (Allegro scherzando) [ Cadenzas by Beethoven]

Track length8:48

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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19

Work length29:45

Album only

Emil Gilels (piano)
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell
Recorded: 1968-05-02
Recording Venue: 30 April - 2 May 1968 / Severance Hall, Cleveland

I. Allegro moderato

Track length14:17

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II. Adagio

Track length9:02

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III. Rondo (molto allegro)

Track length6:26

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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37

Work length35:53

Album only

Emil Gilels (piano)
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell
Recorded: 1996-12-31
Recording Venue: April/May 1968, Severance Hall, Cleveland

Allegro con brio

Track length16:39

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Largo

Track length10:25

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Rondo (Allegro - Presto)

Track length8:49

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

Work length34:36

Album only

Emil Gilels (piano)
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell
Recorded: 1968-05-04
Recording Venue: 29 April - 4 May 1968: Severance Hall, Cleveland

I. Allegro moderato

Track length18:51

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II. Andante con moto

Track length5:46

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III. Rondo (Vivace)

Track length9:59

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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 'Emperor'

Work length39:48

Album only

Emil Gilels (piano)
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell
Recorded: 1996-12-31
Recording Venue: 29 April - 4 May 1968: Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, USA Cleveland, Ohio

Allegro

Track length20:16

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Adagio un poco mosso

Track length8:56

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Rondo (Allegro)

Track length10:36

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Beethoven: Variations (32) on an Original Theme in C minor, WoO 80

Work length10:41

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Emil Gilels (piano)
Recorded: 1968-05-04
Recording Venue: 29th April & 4th May 1968. Severance Hall, Cleveland, USA.

Thema. Allegretto -

Track length0:18

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Variations I - III

Track length0:31

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Variations IV & V

Track length0:32

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Variation VI

Track length0:11

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Variation VII & VIII

Track length0:45

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Variations IX - XI

Track length0:58

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Variation XII

Track length0:25

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Variations XIII & XIV

Track length0:37

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Variations XV - XVIII

Track length1:13

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Variations XIX - XXII

Track length0:52

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Variations XXIII - XXV

Track length0:52

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Variations XXVI & XXVII

Track length0:27

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Variations XXVIII

Track length0:16

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Variations XXIX & XXX

Track length0:43

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Variations XXXI & XXXII

Track length2:01

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Beethoven: Variations (12) on a Russian Dance, WoO 71

Work length12:02

$16.90

$22.10

Emil Gilels (piano)
Recorded: 1968-05-04
Recording Venue: 29th April & 4th May 1968. Severance Hall, Cleveland, USA.

Thema. Allegretto -

Track length0:39

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Variation I

Track length0:48

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Variation II -

Track length0:46

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Variation III -

Track length1:04

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Variation IV -

Track length0:46

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Variation V -

Track length1:00

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Variation VI -

Track length0:36

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Variation VII -

Track length0:33

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Variation VIII -

Track length0:38

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Variation IX -

Track length0:39

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Variation X -

Track length0:34

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Variation XI -

Track length0:54

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Variation XII

Track length3:05

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Beethoven: Variations (6) on an original theme 'Die Ruinen von Athen', Op. 76

Work length7:06

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Emil Gilels (piano)
Recorded: 1968-05-04
Recording Venue: 29th April & 4th May 1968. Severance Hall, Cleveland, USA.

Thema. Allegro risoluto -

Track length0:44

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Variation I

Track length0:42

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Variation II -

Track length0:43

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Variation III -

Track length1:04

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Variation IV -

Track length0:55

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Variation V -

Track length0:58

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Variation VI, Presto - Tempo I

Track length2:00

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

Work length33:18

Album only

Emil Gilels (piano)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Leopold Ludwig
Recorded: 1957-05-01
Recording Venue: 30th April & 1st May 1957. Abbey Road Studios, London

I. Allegro moderato

Track length17:58

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II. Andante con moto

Track length5:26

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III. Rondo (Vivace)

Track length9:54

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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 'Emperor'

Work length39:16

Album only

Emil Gilels (piano)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Leopold Ludwig
Recorded: 1957-05-01
Recording Venue: 30th April & 1st May 1957. Abbey Road Studios, London.

I. Allegro

Track length19:41

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II. Adagio un poco mosso

Track length9:15

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III. Rondo - Allegro ma non troppo

Track length10:20

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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15

Work length35:19

Album only

Emil Gilels - Orch Ste Conc Du Conservatoire - André Vandernoot, Emil Gilels (piano)
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
André Vandernoot
Recorded: 1957-01-01

I Allegro Con Brio

Track length14:23

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II Largo

Track length12:16

Album only

III Rondo (Allegro Scherzando)

Track length8:40

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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19

Work length30:15

Album only

Emil Gilels - Orch Ste Conc Du Conservatoire - André Vandernoot, Emil Gilels (piano)
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
André Vandernoot
Recorded: 1957-01-01

I Allegro Con Brio

Track length14:39

Album only

II Adagio

Track length9:26

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III Rondo (Molto Allegro)

Track length6:10

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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37

Work length35:01

Album only

Emil Gilels - André Cluytens - Orch Ste Conc Du Conservatoire, Emil Gilels (piano)
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
André Cluytens
Recorded: 1954-01-01

I Allegro Con Brio

Track length16:25

Album only

II Largo

Track length10:05

Album only

III Rondo : Allegro - Presto

Track length8:31

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Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 17 in B flat major, K570

Work length18:13

$3.90

$5.10

Emil Gilels (piano)
Recorded: 1954-01-01

I Allegro

Track length5:21

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II Adagio

Track length9:32

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III Allegretto

Track length3:20

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

Work length38:25

Album only

Emil Gilels (piano)
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
André Cluytens
Recorded: 1955-06-13
Recording Venue: 13 June 1955 / Théâtre des Champs-Élyséees, Paris

I. Allegro ma non tanto

Track length15:07

Album only

II. Intermezzo (Adagio)

Track length10:02

Album only

III. Finale (Alla breve)

Track length13:16

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Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22

Work length22:43

Album only

Emil Gilels (piano)
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
André Cluytens
Recorded: 1954-03-11
Recording Venue: 11 March 1954 / Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris

I. Andante sostenuto

Track length11:16

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II. Allegro scherzando

Track length5:12

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III. Presto

Track length6:15

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Shostakovich: Twenty-Four Preludes & Fugues, Op.87 (2006 Digital Remaster), No. 5 in D major

Work length3:21

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Emil Gilels (piano)
Recorded: 1955-10-19
Recording Venue: New York New York

Prelude (Allegretto)

Track length1:26

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Fugue (Allegretto)

Track length1:55

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Shostakovich: Twenty-Four Preludes & Fugues, Op.87 (2006 Digital Remaster), No. 24 in D minor

Work length11:08

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Emil Gilels (piano)
Recorded: 1955-10-19
Recording Venue: New York New York

Prelude (Andante)

Track length4:32

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Fugue (Moderato)

Track length6:36

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Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23

Work length34:17

Album only

Emil Gilels (piano)
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Lorin Maazel
Recorded: 1972-10-14
Recording Venue: 11-17 October 1972: No.1 Studio, Abbey Road London

Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso

Track length20:05

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Andantino semplice

Track length7:20

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Allegro con fuoco

Track length6:52

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Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 Op. 44 (edited Siloti) (1995 Digital Remaster)

Work length36:13

Album only

Emil Gilels (piano)
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Lorin Maazel
Recorded: 1995-01-01
Recording Venue: 11-17 October 1972, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road London

Allegro brillante

Track length20:18

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Andante non troppo

Track length7:54

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Allegro con fuoco

Track length8:01

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Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 3 in E flat, Op. 75 (1995 Digital Remaster): Allegro brillante - Cadenza - Tempo I - Vivacissimo

Work length18:04

Album only

Emil Gilels (musician)
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Lorin Maazel
Recorded: 1995-01-01
Recording Venue: 11-17 October 1972, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road

Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 'Marche funèbre'

Work length23:20

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Emil Gilels (piano)
Recorded: 1955-10-19
Recording Venue: New York

I. Grave - Doppio movimento (Allegro)

Track length5:46

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II. Scherzo

Track length6:53

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III. Marche funèbre (Lento)

Track length9:13

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IV. Finale (Presto)

Track length1:28

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Shostakovich: Twenty-Four Preludes & Fugues, Op.87 (1996 Digital Remaster), No. 1 in C

Work length8:02

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Emil Gilels (piano)
Recorded: 1955-10-19
Recording Venue: New York New York

Prelude (Moderato)

Track length2:57

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Fugue (Moderato)

Track length5:05

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$1.70

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Emil Gilels started studying the piano at the age of six at the Institute of Music and Drama in his home town of Odessa. Following a successful debut in 1929 he moved to the Odessa Conservatoire and it was there two years later that Artur Rubinstein heard him and remarked “If he ever comes to America, I may as well pack my bags and go.” In 1933 he won the first prize in the first All-Union Musicians Competition in Moscow but he returned to complete his studies in Odessa and graduated in 1935.

He attended master classes with Heinrich Neuhaus in Moscow and heard (and later admitted to having been greatly inflenced by) many foreign artists in those years, including Petri, Cortot, Gieseking and Arrau.

Winning second prize at the Vienna International Competition in 1936 was followed by winning first prize at the Queen Elisabeth International Festival in Brussels in 1938. He started to teach at the Moscow Conservatoire and was due to have played at the 1939 New York World Fair, but the war intervened and it was not until 1947 that he gave his first concerts outside Russia – France, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium and Denmark.

It was in France that he made his first recording for EMI – the Saint-Saëns second concerto in 1954 which was followed a year later by the Rachmaninov third concerto and the Chopin second sonata. In that year he also became the first major Russian musician to play in the US after the war and his New York debut aroused much enthusiasm as did his first appearance in London during 1959.

Although he now had a international career he did not tour that often nor as extensively as other artists so his appearances were regarded as “events” and, as such, tickets were highly-prized amongst his numerous fans and the piano-cognoscenti. He stands with Sviatoslav Richter as the two greatest Russian pianists of his generation. His virtuosity always placed at the service of the music whilst the lucidity and purity of his pianism captured the very essence of what he was performing. This collection covers so many aspects of his art, encompassing works in which the poetry of the music is tangible and others where his incredible dexterity is matched by fluency to yield performances of breathtaking brilliance. His career was brutally cut short by a heart attack in Moscow just before his 69th birthday.

Emil Gilels: Complete EMI Recordings

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