Emil Gilels - The Complete RCA and Columbia Album Collection (2016)

Tracklist
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CD1
01. Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso
02. Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23: II. Andantino simplice
03. Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23: III. Allegro con fuoco

CD2
01. Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83: I. Allegro non troppo
02. Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83: II. Allegro appassionato
03. Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83: III. Andante
04. Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83: IV. Allegretto grazioso

CD3
01. Piano Sonata in D Major, D. 850, Op. 53 "Gasteiner": I. Allegro vivace
02. Piano Sonata in D Major, D. 850, Op. 53 "Gasteiner": II. Con moto
03. Piano Sonata in D Major, D. 850, Op. 53 "Gasteiner": III. Scherzo-Allegro vivace
04. Piano Sonata in D Major, D. 850, Op. 53 "Gasteiner": IV. Rondo-Allegro moderato

CD4
01. Piano Sonata in B Minor, S. 178: I. Lento assai-Allegro energico
02. Piano Sonata in B Minor, S. 178: II. Andante sostenuto
03. Piano Sonata in B Minor, S. 178: III. Allego energico
04. Piano Sonata in B Minor, S. 178: IV. Andante sostenuto
05. Piano Sonata No. 14 in A Minor, D. 784, Op. 143: I. Allegro giusto
06. Piano Sonata No. 14 in A Minor, D. 784, Op. 143: II. Andante
07. Piano Sonata No. 14 in A Minor, D. 784, Op. 143: III. Allegro vivace

CD5
01. Piano Sonata No. 2 in B Minor, Op. 61: I. Allegretto
02. Piano Sonata No. 2 in B Minor, Op. 61: II. Largo
03. Piano Sonata No. 2 in B Minor, Op. 61: III. Moderato
04. French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816: I. Allemande
05. French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816: III. Courante
06. French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816: III. Sarabande
07. French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816: IV. Gavotte
08. French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816: V. Bourrée
09. French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816: VI. Loure
10. French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816: VII. Gigue

CD6
01. Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11: I. Allegro maestoso
02. Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11: II. Romance-Larghetto
03. Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11: III. Rondo-Vivace

CD7
01. Piano Concerto No.1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso
02. Piano Concerto No.1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23: II. Andantino semplice
03. Piano Concerto No.1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23: III. Allegro con fuoco-Allegro vivo
04. Prelude No. 10 in B Minor, BWV 855


Emil Gilels was one of the great pianists of history. He was a master of a wide repertory from the time of Bach to his own era, and one of the first pianists to adopt a modern, more objective style of playing and interpreting music. His family was musical; his sister Elizaveta had a national reputation as a solo and chamber violinist, and married fellow violinist Leonid Kogan. Emil entered the Odessa Institute of Music and Drama in 1922 to study with Yakov Tkatch and Berthe Ringold. Following a successful debut as a child prodigy in 1929, he transferred to study with Reingbald at Odessa Conservatory. (Some biographies confuse Ringold and Reingbald.) In 1933 he won the first All Union Musicians' Contests, initiating its rapid rise to become the leading musical performance competition in the U.S.S.R. Even with this success, he carefully continued his education, remaining at Odessa Conservatory until he graduated in 1935. After that he continued his studies as a graduate student at the Moscow Conservatory with Heinrich Neuhaus. In 1938 he took another prestigious first prize at the Ysaÿe International Festival in Brussels. In the same year he was engaged as a teacher at Moscow Conservatory. He planned to launch his international career in 1939, beginning with a visit to the New York World's Fair, but the outbreak of World War II in Europe prevented his travel. During the war he was evacuated to the East in 1941 when the German armies reached the outskirts of Moscow. He resumed his career in 1946, and soon won the Stalin Prize. He finally made his first appearance outside the Soviet Union in 1947, when he visited several European cities, but frigid diplomatic relations between Washington and Moscow prevented his appearance in the United States until 1955, when he became the first prominent Soviet performing artist to play a concert there on October 3, with the Tchaikovsky First Piano Concerto in Philadelphia, Eugene Ormandy conducting. The resulting storm of acclaim led to his returning to the U.S. 13 more times. He debuted in England in 1959 to similar success. He became known for his refined yet powerful performances of great concentration and attention to the inner logic of the music. He was noted for his performances of Bach, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, and Shostakovich. He made numerous recordings, both for the Soviet state recording agencies (many of which are reappearing in improved sound on compact disc) and on Western labels. He was a two-time recipient the Order of Lenin.

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