Waldstein Archive
Gilels in Seattle = Works of BEETHOVEN, CHOPIN, PROKOFIEV, RAVEL, DEBUSSY, STRAVINSKY & BACH – DGG
DGG restores a colossal recital from the Russian legend Gilels. Gilels in Seattle = BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53 “Waldstein”; CHOPIN: Variations on “La ci darem la mano,” Op. 2; PROKOFIEV: Piano Sonata No. 3 in a minor, Op. 28; Visions fugitives, Op. 22 – excerpts; DEBUSSY: Images, Book I; RAVEL: Alborado del gracioso from Miroirs; STRAVINSKY: Danse russe from Petrouchka; J.S. BACH (arr. Siloti): Prelude in b minor, BWV 855a – Emil Gilels, p. – DGG 479 6288, 74:47 (9/2/16) [Distr. by Universal] ****: Emil Gilels (1916-1985) appeared in Seattle’s Opera House 6 December 1964 as part of his fifth tour of the United States. The private tape of the recital, made with professional equipment, came under the aegis of Deutsche Grammophone via pianist Felix Gottlieb, a former pupil of Gilels who had established the Emil Gilels Foundation and who runs the Emil Gilels Festival in Freiburg im Breisgau. The surviving recital had to dispense with the Chopin Ballade No. 1, the recording of which had lost several moments. Only the variations on Mozart by Chopin have ever appeared on records prior. Despite somewhat distant microphone placement, the opening 1803 Waldstein Sonata reveals a virtuoso […]
Benno Moiseiwitsch = in piano music of BEETHOVEN, SCHUMANN, MUSSORGSKY, RACHMANINOV & CHOPIN + radio interviews – Testament (3 CDs)
The “George Sanders of the keyboard,” Benno Moiseiwitsch, reveals his colossal gifts in previously unpublished performances and interviews.
James Rhodes – Piano Man (2014)
A unique approach to the standard piano recital on video.
BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 3 = Piano Sonata No. 15 in D Major, “Pastorale”; Piano Sonata No. 16 in G Major; Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, “Waldstein” – Jonathan Biss, p. – Onyx
Jonathan Biss extends his persuasive grasp of the Beethoven sonatas with three works from Beethoven’s “new path” period.
“A Beethoven Odyssey”, Volume 2 = Piano Sonatas: No. 8 in c, “Pathetique”; No. 14, “Moonlight”; No. 19 in g, “Leichte”; No. 20 in G, “Leichte”; No. 21 in C, “Waldstein” – James Brawn, p. – MSR Classics
Volume 2 of James Brawn’s trek through the sonatas maintains the glories of the first—almost.
Shehori plays BEETHOVEN, Vol. I: Rondo in G Major; Piano Sonata No. 8 “Pathetique”; Piano Sonata No. 21 “Waldstein”; Piano Sonata No. 23 “Appassionata” – Mordecai Shehori, p. – Cembal d’amour
Virtuoso Mordecai Shehori institutes a cycle of Beethoven sonatas and selected piano pieces, beginning with three of the most powerful and musically familiar.
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
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