Beethoven; Weber Piano Sonatas
Gilels live in familiar repertoire showing his peerless pianistic grace and mastery
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Composer or Director: Carl Maria von Weber, Ludwig van Beethoven
Genre:
Instrumental
Label: BBC Legends
Magazine Review Date: 1/2010
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 76
Mastering:
Mono
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Catalogue Number: BBCL4260-2
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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Sonata for Piano No. 21, 'Waldstein' |
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
Emil Gilels, Piano Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer |
(12) Variations on a Russian Dance from Wranitzky' |
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
Emil Gilels, Piano Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer |
(32) Variations on an Original Theme |
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
Emil Gilels, Piano Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer |
Sonata for Piano No. 2 |
Carl Maria von Weber, Composer
Carl Maria von Weber, Composer Emil Gilels, Piano |
Composer or Director: Sergey Prokofiev, Ludwig van Beethoven, Alexander Scriabin, Claude Debussy, Domenico Scarlatti
Genre:
Instrumental
Label: BBC Legends
Magazine Review Date: 1/2010
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
Stereo
Mono
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Catalogue Number: BBCL4261-2
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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Sonatas for Keyboard Nos. 1-555, Movement: D minor (L422) |
Domenico Scarlatti, Composer
Domenico Scarlatti, Composer Emil Gilels, Piano |
Sonatas for Keyboard Nos. 1-555, Movement: F (L116) |
Domenico Scarlatti, Composer
Domenico Scarlatti, Composer Emil Gilels, Piano |
Sonatas for Keyboard Nos. 1-555, Movement: D minor (L423) |
Domenico Scarlatti, Composer
Domenico Scarlatti, Composer Emil Gilels, Piano |
Sonatas for Keyboard Nos. 1-555, Movement: F minor (L118) |
Domenico Scarlatti, Composer
Domenico Scarlatti, Composer Emil Gilels, Piano |
Sonatas for Keyboard Nos. 1-555, Movement: A (L395) |
Domenico Scarlatti, Composer
Domenico Scarlatti, Composer Emil Gilels, Piano |
Sonatas for Keyboard Nos. 1-555, Movement: B minor, Kk27 (L449) |
Domenico Scarlatti, Composer
Domenico Scarlatti, Composer Emil Gilels, Piano |
Sonatas for Keyboard Nos. 1-555, Movement: G (L487) |
Domenico Scarlatti, Composer
Domenico Scarlatti, Composer Emil Gilels, Piano |
Pour le piano |
Claude Debussy, Composer
Claude Debussy, Composer Emil Gilels, Piano |
(6) Images, Movement: Reflets dans l'eau |
Claude Debussy, Composer
Claude Debussy, Composer Emil Gilels, Piano |
Sonata for Piano No. 27 |
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
Emil Gilels, Piano Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer |
Sonata for Piano No. 4 |
Alexander Scriabin, Composer
Alexander Scriabin, Composer Emil Gilels, Piano |
(20) Visions fugitives, Movement: No. 1, Largamente |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Emil Gilels, Piano Sergey Prokofiev, Composer |
(20) Visions fugitives, Movement: No. 3, Allegretto |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Emil Gilels, Piano Sergey Prokofiev, Composer |
(20) Visions fugitives, Movement: No. 5, Molto giocoso |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Emil Gilels, Piano Sergey Prokofiev, Composer |
(20) Visions fugitives, Movement: No. 10, Ridiculosamente |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Emil Gilels, Piano Sergey Prokofiev, Composer |
(20) Visions fugitives, Movement: No. 11, Con vivacita |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Emil Gilels, Piano Sergey Prokofiev, Composer |
(20) Visions fugitives, Movement: No. 17, Poetico |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Emil Gilels, Piano Sergey Prokofiev, Composer |
Sonata for Piano No. 3 |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Emil Gilels, Piano Sergey Prokofiev, Composer |
Author: Ivan Moody
Seven Scarlatti sonatas show him in an inimitable if unfashionable mood, slow and romantically free in the repeated notes of the D minor Sonata, Kk141 (the reverse of Argerich’s flame-throwing brilliance in the same sonata) and, again, another voice from, say, Pletnev’s razor-sharp, often frosty edge in Scarlatti. His Debussy (including a first commercial release of Pour le piano), once again, sings and expands in a style far remote from a more classic French performing tradition, and his Beethoven, while not to everyone’s taste, is mesmeric in its imperturbable mastery. The Waldstein Sonata in particular is more a calm flow of events rather than a river in full spate, though the prestissimo coda is a glorious virtuoso dash to the finishing line. Both sets of variations are given with a peerless pianistic grace and mastery, and the virtuosity and charm of his Weber A flat Sonata release all of its courtly elegance. All of this is familiar Gilels repertoire; yet hearing it again, live, and in such excellent transfers is a reminder of a pianist as lovable as he was formidable.
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