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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Karl Böhm, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Emil Gilels: The Mozart Recordings
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (8) - Disc #1
1. 1. Allegro
2. 2. Andante amoroso
3. 3. Rondeau (Allegro)
4. Six Variations in F, K.398 on "Salve tu, Domine" by D. Paisiello
5. Andante-Adagio-Allegretto
6. 1. Allegro maestoso
7. 2. Andante cantabile con espressione
8. 3. Presto
Track Listings (6) - Disc #2
1. 1. Allegro
2. 2. Larghetto
3. 3. Allegro
4. 1. Allegro
5. 2. Andante
6. 3. Rondeau. Allegro

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All Artists: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Karl Böhm, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Emil Gilels, Elena Gilels
Title: Emil Gilels: The Mozart Recordings
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Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Original Release Date: 1/1/2006
Re-Release Date: 11/14/2006
Genre: Classical
Styles: Chamber Music, Forms & Genres, Concertos, Fantasies, Sonatas, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830), Instruments, Keyboard
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 028947763734

Synopsis

Album Description

Celebrate the life of the great Russian pianist, Emil Gilels. Three great packages that represent his long and illustrious recording career. Early Recordings features rare tracks that were made from 1935 to 1955 for the Melodiya label in Moscow and made available on CD for the first time with state-of-the-art remastering. Gilels's complete Mozart recordings on Deutsche Grammophon include his celebrated performance of Mozart's last piano concerto. Includes the Mozart "two-piano" concerto performed with Gilels daughter Elena, complemented by an unforgettable live recital from Salzburg, now back in print. Complete Beethoven sonatas includes PathÃ©tique, Moonlight, Appasionata, The Tempest, Waldstein and Hammerklavier on 9 discs. Released to coincide with Emil Gilels 90th birthday year, he was born in 1916.

CD Reviews

Outstanding performance

Itzhak Yogev | ISRAEL | 06/23/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This album ionclues an outstanding performance of two of Mozart's piano sonatas (K. 281 and K. 310). While the piano concerto is also very beautifully played, there are many similarly satisying recordings of the concerto. There is nothing like the performance of these sonatas, at least not that I know of. The feature distinguishing it from all the rest is the inner truth: you listen to the music, and you can hearly believe everything it is telling you.

You may think you know these sonatas very well, but when you hear Gilels playing them for the first time, they'll be completely new for you.

I would purchase it even if only for the sake of these two sonatas."

Great Recording

Piano lover | Turkey | 05/12/2010

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Emil Grigoryevich Gilels is one of my favorite Mozart players among Wilhelm Kempff, Alicia de Larrocha, and Maria-João Pires.

First CD with Sonatas K.281, K.310 and the Fantasia K.397 are played with perfection.

Second CD is not new to me since I have Mozart: Piano Concerto No.27; Concerto For Two Pianos K.365; Schubert: Fantasie D. 940 [Germany],

which is one of his greatest recordings.

I would highly recommend this 2 CD set of Mozart piano festival."