"In June 2017, when I have to perform in Moscow, I meet Kirill Gilels, grandson of the famous pianist Emil Gilels. He has listened to what our Phoenix Mastering restoration process can accomplish and gives us a list of the years and locations of his grandfather's unpublished recordings. In Berlin, Moscow, St. Petersburg, we discover a heritage that amazes us with the quality and consistency of Emil Gilels' piano playing. We are undoubtedly facing one of the greatest musicians of the 20th century. It is finally in Amsterdam, thanks to the determination of Piet Tullenaar, that we manage to extract five recitals that the pianist gave between 1975 and 1980 at the Concertgebouw and which everyone had forgotten existed. As we audition the tapes one by one in the studio allocated to us, neither Piet Tullenaar, nor Michel Navarra, nor myself exchange a word. What a beauty!" F. D'Oria-Nicolas
24bit/176.4kHz AIFF audio files. 84 pages pdf booklet included.
Record 1
Beethoven: Sonata No. 25 in G Major, Op.79
Presto alla tedesca
Andante
Perennial
Beethoven: Sonata No. 27 in E Minor, Op. 90
Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck
Neither wind nor sehr singbar vorgetragen
Beethoven: Sonata No. 26 in E-flat Major “Les Adieux”, Op. 81a
Das Lebewohl (Adagio – Allegro)
Abwesenheit (Andante espressivo)
Das Wiedersehen (Vivacissimamente)
Schumann: Arabesque, Op. 18
Record 2
Brahms: 4 Ballads, Op. 10
Ballade No. 1 in D Minor "Edward"
Ballade No. 2 in D Major
Ballade No. 3 in B Minor “Intermezzo”
Ballade No. 4 in B Major
Brahms: Fantasies, Op. 116
Capriccio in D Minor: Presto energico
Intermezzo in A Minor: Andante
Capriccio in G Minor: Allegro passionato
Intermezzo in E Major: Adagio
Intermezzo in E Minor: Andante con grazia ed intimate sentimento
Intermezzo in E Major: Andantino teneramente
Capriccio in D Minor: Allegro agitato
Record 3
Beethoven: Sonata No. 12 in A-flat Major, Op. 26
Andante with variations
Scherzo: Allegro molto
Marcia funebre sulla mort d'un Eroe: Maestoso andante
Allegro
Prokofiev: Fugitive Visions, Op. 22 (excerpts)
No. 1, Slowly
No. 3, Allegretto
No. 5, Molto giocoso
No. 7, Pittoresque
No. 8, Commodo
No. 10, Ridicolosamente
No. 11, Con vivacità
No. 17, Poetico
Prokofiev: Prelude, Op. 12, No. 7
Prokofiev: Sonata No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 28
Prokofiev: March from “The Love for Three Oranges”, Op. 33
Record 4
Chopin: Polonaise in C Minor, Op. 40, No. 2
Chopin: Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58
Allegro maestoso
Scherzo: Molto perennial
Largo
Finale: Presto ma non tanto
Chopin: New Study in A-flat Major, No. 2
Chopin: Polonaise No. 6 in A-flat Major, Op. 53 "Heroic"
Record 5
Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 15 in F Major, K. 533/494
Allegro
Andante
Rondo: Allegretto
Mozart: Fantasia in D Minor, K. 397
Mozart: Variations on "Salve tu Domine" from "I filosofi immaginari" by Paisiello, K. 398
Record 6
Scriabin: Study in C-sharp Minor, Op. 2, No. 1
Scriabin: Study in F-sharp Minor, Op. 8, No. 2
Scriabin: 5 Preludes, Op. 74
No. 1 (Painful, heartbreaking)
No. 2 (Very slow, contemplative)
No. 3 (Allegro dramatico)
No. 4 (Slow, vague, indecisive)
No. 5 (Proud, belligerent)
Ravel: Pavane for a deceased infanta
Ravel: Water games
Ravel: Alborada del gracioso from “Miroirs”
Bach/Siloti: Prelude in B Minor, BWV 855A
Record 7
Beethoven: Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10, No. 3
Presto
Long and short
Menuetto: Allegro
Rondo: Allegro
Beethoven: Variations and Fugue in E-flat Major “Eroica”, Op.35 Introduzione col basso del tema: Allegretto vivace
Tema
Variation No. 1
Variation No. 2
Variation No. 3
Variation No. 4
Variation No. 5
Variation No. 6
Variation No. 7 Canone all'ottava
Variation No. 8
Variation No. 9
Variation No. 10
Variation No. 11
Variation No. 12
Variation No. 13
Variation No. 14 Minor
Variation No. 15 Maggiore. Largo
Coda
Finale: Alla fuga
Emil Gilels, piano
Recorded at the Concertgebouw, Netherlands 19.I.1975 26.X.1976 29.III.1978 30.I.1979 15.IV.1980 STEREO ℗ 1975 TROS STEREO ℗ 1976 NOS STEREO ℗ 1978 KRO STEREO ℗ 1979 NOS STEREO ℗ 1980 NOS
"In June 2017, when I have to perform in Moscow, I meet Kirill Gilels, grandson of the famous pianist Emil Gilels. He has listened to what our Phoenix Mastering restoration process can accomplish and gives us a list of the years and locations of his grandfather's unpublished recordings. In Berlin, Moscow, St. Petersburg, we discover a heritage that amazes us with the quality and consistency of Emil Gilels' piano playing. We are undoubtedly facing one of the greatest musicians of the 20th century. It is finally in Amsterdam, thanks to the determination of Piet Tullenaar, that we manage to extract five recitals that the pianist gave between 1975 and 1980 at the Concertgebouw and which everyone had forgotten existed. As we audition the tapes one by one in the studio allocated to us, neither Piet Tullenaar, nor Michel Navarra, nor myself exchange a word. What a beauty!" F. D'Oria-Nicolas
24bit/176.4kHz AIFF audio files. 84 pages pdf booklet included.
Record 1
Beethoven: Sonata No. 25 in G Major, Op.79
Presto alla tedesca
Andante
Perennial
Beethoven: Sonata No. 27 in E Minor, Op. 90
Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck
Neither wind nor sehr singbar vorgetragen
Beethoven: Sonata No. 26 in E-flat Major “Les Adieux”, Op. 81a
Das Lebewohl (Adagio – Allegro)
Abwesenheit (Andante espressivo)
Das Wiedersehen (Vivacissimamente)
Schumann: Arabesque, Op. 18
Record 2
Brahms: 4 Ballads, Op. 10
Ballade No. 1 in D Minor "Edward"
Ballade No. 2 in D Major
Ballade No. 3 in B Minor “Intermezzo”
Ballade No. 4 in B Major
Brahms: Fantasies, Op. 116
Capriccio in D Minor: Presto energico
Intermezzo in A Minor: Andante
Capriccio in G Minor: Allegro passionato
Intermezzo in E Major: Adagio
Intermezzo in E Minor: Andante con grazia ed intimate sentimento
Intermezzo in E Major: Andantino teneramente
Capriccio in D Minor: Allegro agitato
Record 3
Beethoven: Sonata No. 12 in A-flat Major, Op. 26
Andante with variations
Scherzo: Allegro molto
Marcia funebre sulla mort d'un Eroe: Maestoso andante
Allegro
Prokofiev: Fugitive Visions, Op. 22 (excerpts)
No. 1, Slowly
No. 3, Allegretto
No. 5, Molto giocoso
No. 7, Pittoresque
No. 8, Commodo
No. 10, Ridicolosamente
No. 11, Con vivacità
No. 17, Poetico
Prokofiev: Prelude, Op. 12, No. 7
Prokofiev: Sonata No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 28
Prokofiev: March from “The Love for Three Oranges”, Op. 33
Record 4
Chopin: Polonaise in C Minor, Op. 40, No. 2
Chopin: Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58
Allegro maestoso
Scherzo: Molto perennial
Largo
Finale: Presto ma non tanto
Chopin: New Study in A-flat Major, No. 2
Chopin: Polonaise No. 6 in A-flat Major, Op. 53 "Heroic"
Record 5
Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 15 in F Major, K. 533/494
Allegro
Andante
Rondo: Allegretto
Mozart: Fantasia in D Minor, K. 397
Mozart: Variations on "Salve tu Domine" from "I filosofi immaginari" by Paisiello, K. 398
Record 6
Scriabin: Study in C-sharp Minor, Op. 2, No. 1
Scriabin: Study in F-sharp Minor, Op. 8, No. 2
Scriabin: 5 Preludes, Op. 74
No. 1 (Painful, heartbreaking)
No. 2 (Very slow, contemplative)
No. 3 (Allegro dramatico)
No. 4 (Slow, vague, indecisive)
No. 5 (Proud, belligerent)
Ravel: Pavane for a deceased infanta
Ravel: Water games
Ravel: Alborada del gracioso from “Miroirs”
Bach/Siloti: Prelude in B Minor, BWV 855A
Record 7
Beethoven: Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10, No. 3
Presto
Long and short
Menuetto: Allegro
Rondo: Allegro
Beethoven: Variations and Fugue in E-flat Major “Eroica”, Op.35 Introduzione col basso del tema: Allegretto vivace
Tema
Variation No. 1
Variation No. 2
Variation No. 3
Variation No. 4
Variation No. 5
Variation No. 6
Variation No. 7 Canone all'ottava
Variation No. 8
Variation No. 9
Variation No. 10
Variation No. 11
Variation No. 12
Variation No. 13
Variation No. 14 Minor
Variation No. 15 Maggiore. Largo
Coda
Finale: Alla fuga
Emil Gilels, piano
Recorded at the Concertgebouw, Netherlands 19.I.1975 26.X.1976 29.III.1978 30.I.1979 15.IV.1980 STEREO ℗ 1975 TROS STEREO ℗ 1976 NOS STEREO ℗ 1978 KRO STEREO ℗ 1979 NOS STEREO ℗ 1980 NOS
