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Emil Gilels: The 100th Anniversary Edition

Melodiya, Emil Gilels, Kurt Sanderling, , , , CD, , Igor Stravinsky, Saint-Saens, Mieczyslaw WEINBERG , Domenico Scarlatti, Alexander Glazunov, Carl Philipp Emanuel, Isaac Albéniz, Francis Poulenc, César Franck, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Mily Balakirev, Aram Khachaturian, Antonio Vivaldi

Albéniz: Recuerdos de Viaje, Op. 71: No. 6 - Rumores de la caleta

Recuerdos de Viaje, Op. 71: No. 6 - Rumores de la caleta

Alyabyev: Piano Trio in A minor

Babadzhanian: Heroic Ballade

Bach, C P E: Sonata in A major, Wq. 55/4 (H186)

Bach, J S: Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue in D minor, BWV903

Aria Variata in A minor, BWV989 ‘alla Maniera Italiana'

Prelude in B minor (after BWV855a, arr Siloti)

Balakirev: Islamey - Oriental Fantasy

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

Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15

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

Piano Trio No. 8 in E flat major, WoO 38

Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2 No. 3

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

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

Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101

Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 'Pathetique'

Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101

Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 'Waldstein'

Variations (12) on a Russian Dance, WoO 71

Piano Sonata No. 12 in A flat major, Op. 26 'March Funebre'

Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major, Op. 31 No. 1

Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10 No. 3

Piano Sonata No. 25 in G major, Op. 79

Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat major, Op. 81a 'Les Adieux'

Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90

Eroica Variations, Op. 35

Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major, Op. 106 'Hammerklavier'

Borodin: Piano Trio in D major

Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor

Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83

Romance in F major, Op. 118 No. 5

Fantasies (7 piano pieces), Op. 116

Ballades (4), Op. 10

Variations on a theme by Paganini in A minor, Op. 35

Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23

Nocturne No. 13 in C minor, Op. 48 No. 1

Impromptu No. 2 in F sharp major, Op. 36

Impromptu No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 66 'Fantaisie-Impromptu'

Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major, Op. 53 'Héroique'

Mazurka No. 7 in F minor, Op. 7 No. 3

Mazurka No. 27 in E minor, Op. 41 No. 2

Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise, Op. 22

Variations on Mozart's 'La ci darem la mano' in B flat major, Op. 2

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

Preludes (24), Op. 28

Trois Nouvelles Études: Étude in A flat major

Étude Op. 25 No. 2 in F minor

Polonaise No. 4 in C minor, Op. 40, No. 2

Polonaise No. 3 in A major, Op. 40 No. 1 'Military'

Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58

Clementi: Sonata in C Major, Op. 34 No. 1

Cui: Sonata for violin & piano, Op. 84

Debussy: Trois Nocturnes: Fêtesarr. Borwick

Images pour piano - Book 1

Estampes (3) (Complete)

Arabesque No. 2

Petite Suite: En bateau

Falla: Ritual Fire Dance (from El amor brujo)

Fauré: Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor Op. 15

Franck, C: Symphonic Variations for piano & orchestra, M46

Glazunov: Piano Sonata No. 2 in E minor, Op. 75

Handel: Keyboard Suite, HWV 435 (Chaconne) in G major

Haydn: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G (after Piano Trio No. 31 in G major, Hob.XV:32)

Keyboard Concerto No. 11 in D major, HobXVIII:11

Piano Sonata No. 33 in C minor, Hob.XVI:20

Henselt: Etude Op. 2 No. 6 'Si oiseau j`etais'

Kabalevsky: Piano Sonata No. 2 in E flat, Op. 45

Khachaturian: Piano Sonata

Liszt: Fantasy on Themes from Mozart's Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni, S697arr. Busoni

Grande Étude de Paganini, S. 141 No. 5 'La Chasse'

Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 6 in D flat major

Piano Sonata in B minor, S178

Valse oubliée No. 1, S.215/1

Grande Étude de Paganini, S. 141 No. 3 'La Campanella'

Transcendental Study, S139 No. 11 'Harmonies du soir'

Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 9 in E flat major 'Pesther Carneval'

Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 15 in A minor 'Rákóczy Marsch'

Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, S124

Rhapsodie espagnole, S254

Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 2 in C sharp minor

Loeillet, Jean Baptiste: Gigue in E minor arr. Godowsky

Medtner: Sonata reminiscenza in A minor, Op. 38 No. 1

Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 38 No. 6 in A flat major 'Duetto'

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo arr. Rachmaninoff

Etude in A Minor Op. 104b

Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25

Etude in A Minor Op. 104bl

Mozart: Violin Sonata No. 17 in C major, K296

Divertimento (Piano Trio) in B flat, K254

Piano Sonata No. 17 in B flat major, K570

Rondo for Piano & Orchestra in D major, K382

Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K467 'Elvira Madigan'

Piano Sonata No. 3 in B flat, K281

Sechs Variationen in F-Dur über die Arie 'Salve tu, Domine' aus der Oper I filosofi immaginarii (Giovanni Paisiello) K398 (416e)

Variations (10) in G major on Gluck's 'Unser dummer Pöbel meint', K455

Fantasia in D minor, K397

Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor, K310

Piano Sonata No. 15 in F major, K533/494

Poulenc: Pastourelle

Concert champêtre

Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 14

The Love for Three Oranges: March

Piano Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 28

Visions fugitives, Op. 22

Toccata in D minor, Op. 11

Piano Sonata No. 8 in B flat major, Op. 84

The Love for Three Oranges - Scherzo

Prelude in C major, Op. 12 No. 7

Rachmaninov: Étude-Tableau, Op. 39 No. 5 in E flat minor

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

Moment musical No. 5 in D flat major, Op. 16 No. 5

Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Op. 40

Prelude Op. 23 No. 5 in G minor

Prelude Op. 23 No. 2 in B flat major

Daisies, Op. 38 No. 3

Prelude Op. 3 No. 2 in C sharp minor

Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14

Prelude Op. 23 No. 10 in G flat major

Prelude Op. 32 No. 11 in B major

Rameau: La villageoise

Tambourin

Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin: Prelude

Le Tombeau de Couperin: Forlane

Le Tombeau de Couperin: Toccata

Piano Concerto in D major (for the left hand)

Valses nobles et sentimentales

Alborada del gracioso (Miroirs No. 4)

Pavane pour une infante défunte

Jeux d'eau

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

Le carnaval des animaux

Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K141 in D minor

Keyboard Sonata K27 in B minor

Keyboard Sonata K125 in G major

Keyboard Sonata K533 in A major

Keyboard Sonata K247 in C sharp minor

Keyboard Sonata K518 in F major

Keyboard Sonata K32 in D minor

Keyboard Sonata K466 in F minor

Schubert: Impromptu in F Minor, D935 No. 1

Fantasie in F minor for piano duet, D940

Piano Sonata No. 14 in A minor, D784

Moments Musicaux (6), D780, Op. 94

Piano Sonata No. 14 in A minor, D784

Schumann: Piano Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22

Piano Sonata No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 11

Carnaval, Op. 9P

Arabeske in C major, Op. 18

Presto passionato in G minor op.22

Toccata in C major, Op. 7

Klavierstücke (4), Op. 32

Études symphoniques, Op. 13

Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 6

Piano Sonata No. 4 in F sharp major, Op. 30

Étude Op. 2 No. 1 in C sharp minor

Piano Sonata No. 3 in F sharp minor, Op. 23

Shostakovich: Prelude & Fugue for piano, Op. 87 No. 1 in C major

Prelude & Fugue for piano, Op. 87 No. 5 in D major

Prelude & Fugue for piano, Op. 87 No. 24 in D minor

Piano Sonata No. 2 in B minor, Op. 61

Stravinsky: Petrushka: five fragments

Danse Russe (from Pétrouchka)

Apollon musagète: Adagio

Tausig: Pastorale in E minor (after Scarlatti)

Capriccio in E major (after Scarlatti)

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

Nocturne for cello & small orchestra (or cello & piano), Op. 19 No. 4

Morceaux (6), Op. 19

Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Op. 44

Piano Sonata No. 2 in C sharp minor, Op. 80

Piano Concerto No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 75

Vivaldi: Violin Sonata, Op. 2 No. 2 in A major, RV 31

Weinberg: Piano Sonata No. 4 in B minor, Op. 56

For the 100th anniversary of Emil Gilels, one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century, Melodiya presents an anthology of his pianistic legacy.
“Titans of the piano like Gilels are born once in a hundred years,” wrote a Japanese correspondent in 1957; similar comments accompanied the musician’s performances throughout his performing career.
The performance of the young man from the Odessa Conservatory at the 1933 First All-Union Competition in
Moscow came as a bombshell: the audience gave him a standing ovation, and unfamiliar people congratulated each other on the emergence of a genius. Five years later, Gilels gained another unconditional victory at the international competition in Brussels. After WWII, in the period of the most strained relations between the Soviet Union and the West, Gilels conquered the public in the United States and Western Europe. The pianist never interrupted his concert life for half a century. Gilels’s art continued to develop through extending the repertoire and enhancing the interpretations of the works he had played many times, and at times the pieces already well known and “worn out” by other pianists received surprise readings from him.
The Melodiya anniversary release covers Gilels’s almost entire life in music from his first studio recording of 1935 (Liszt’s Fantasy on Themes from Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, the number with which young Gilels caused a furor at the competition) to the artist’s last performance in Moscow in 1984 with Beethoven’s Hammerklavier Sonata, one of the most difficult works in piano literature. Most part of the set is dedicated to live broadcasts that captured the pianist’s extensive repertoire – from Scarlatti and Bach to Shostakovich and Stravinsky, including a number of never-before-released interpretations such as Scriabin’s Sonata No. 1, Bach’s Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, Handel’s Chaconne, Borodin’s Scherzo etc.
The art of Gilels as an ensemblist is represented with his collaborations with the greatest Soviet performers such as Leonid Kogan, Mstislav Rostropovich and Rudolf Barshai. The recordings with the pianist’s sister, remarkable violinist Elizaveta Gilels, are worth a special mention. There are genuine rarities among the chamber ensemble recordings – Gabriel Fauré’s Piano Quartet, Alexander Alyabyev’s Trio and César Cui’s Sonata for violin and piano.
Emil Gilels was a chairman of the panel of the Tchaikovsky International Competition for over twenty years and one of the few pianists who had all three piano concertos of the great Russian composer in his repertoire – all of them are featured in this set (two little-known recordings of the First Concerto made in 1948 and 1956 are particularly notable).
Emil Gilels played with the world’s best orchestras, and this release features the prominent Soviet conductors Konstantin Ivanov, Kirill Kondrashin, Rudolf Barshai and Evgeny Svetlanov accompanying the pianist.