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Emil Gilels
pianist. in the Soviet School tradition.
Emil Gilels was one of the greatest Soviet/Russian pianists of the 20th century, renowned for his powerful technique and deeply expressive interpretations of Beethoven, Brahms, and Tchaikovsky.
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Emil Gilels Legacy, Vol. 3: 1975 Helsinki Recital (Live)
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Emil Gilels Legacy, Vol. 3: 1975 Helsinki Recital (Live)
Schumann, Brahms, Chopin, Mozart / Emil Gilels
ICA Classics
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Sep 24, 2013
This authorized BBC tape has never been issued before. The recital is slightly unusual in that Gilels opens with Schumann's rarely heard Four Klavierstuckeop.32. Gilels only performed these pieces late in his career from 1977 to 1984. This is an exceptionally rare CD and presents the Russian pianist at his best in a relaxed, informal atmosphere. There is a beautifully played encore - Mozart's D minor Fantasy K397 - which is also featured on this well-filled 80+minute disc.
Beethoven: Sonaten Op. 26, Op. 31/1; Schumann: Toccata; Arabeske; Brahms: Vier Balladen
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Nov 19, 2013
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The Russian Piano Tradition: Emil Gilels
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, "Emperor" / Overtures
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Emil Gilels Legacy, Vol. 3: 1975 Helsinki Recital (Live)
Doremi
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Emil Gilels Legacy, Vol. 3: 1975 Helsinki Recital (Live)
Emil Gilels Legacy, Vol. 8: Studio & Live Recordings (1950-1
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May 11, 2010
Emil Gilels Legacy, Vol. 8: Studio & Live Recordings (1950-1
EMIL GILELS- REC. 1947-51
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Jan 01, 2012
Classical Music
Emil Gilels Legacy, Vol. 11
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May 29, 2020
Emil Gilels was born in Odessa on October 19, 1916. At five, he began to take lessons from Yakov Tkach. Gilels development was astonishingly rapid and by twelve, he had mastered Chopin's etudes. He gave his first public performance in 1929. The following year he was accepted to the Odessa Conservatory in the class of Berta Reingbald. Under her tutelage, Gilels blossomed. When Arthur Rubinstein came to Odessa in the early 1930s, he predicted that young Emil would one day eclipse them all. Gilels entered the first "All Union Competition" (1933), which he won unanimously. He then toured the Soviet Union and was acclaimed as the standard-bearer of a "new" Soviet pianism. In 1935 he moved to Moscow and entered the class of the legendary pianist and pedagogue Heinrich Neuhaus. At the start of 1936, Gilels performed Beethoven's third piano concerto with Otto Klemperer. Two years later, he took part in the "International Brussels Competition." The jury, numbering such luminaries as Leopold Stokowski, Otto Klemperer, Walter Gieseking, Emil von Sauer, Carlo Zecchi, Robert Casadesus and Samuil Feinberg, awarded him first prize. It was planned that he set forth on a long tour, including of the United States, but these were scotched by the Second World War. Throughout the war, Gilels performed all over the country. Rachmaninoff's 3rd Piano Concerto was a staple of his repertoire. When the war ended, he toured Europe and in 1955, became the first Soviet musician to tour the United States. Until his death in 1985, Emil Gilels continued to perform and record widely. He is universally acclaimed as one of the greatest pianists of all time. We are honored to present here live performances of two of his sterling concerto performances.
THE UNRELEASED RECITALS
Fondamenta
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Mar 25, 2022
Fondamenta: Kirill Gilels, the grandson of the famous pianist Emil Gilels, made the decision to entrust us with the results of several years of research: he gave us a list of dates and places of the previously unreleased recordings of his grandfather. It was in Amsterdam where at last we succeeded in extracting five recordings of performances Gilels, one of the most important pianists of the twentieth century, had given between 1975 and 1980 at the Concertgebouw - recordings that had fallen into oblivion.
