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Album Summary

Performer

• Walter Gieseking (Piano)

Conductors

• Karajan, Herbert von
• Schroder, Kurt

Ensembles

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• Philharmonia Orchestra
• Philharmonia Wind Quartet

Composers

• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
• Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)
• Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• César Franck (1822 - 1890)
• Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)

Notes & Reviews:

Pianist Walter Gieseking began his career as an accompanist and opera coach, but later on made a name for himself on the recital circuit as a proponent of modern composers such as Schoenberg, Busoni, Szymanowski, and Hindemith. This 8-CD set, however, focuses mainly on works by Mozart, Beethoven, Debussy, and Ravel, music for which Gieseking has come to be remembered as an unsurpassed interpreter.

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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Sonata for Piano no 11 in A major, K 331 (300i)

• Performer: Walter Gieseking (Piano)
• Notes: EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England (08/04/1953-08/06/1953)
• Running Time: 16 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1783

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Piano Sonata, K. 332

• Performer: Walter Gieseking (Piano)
• Notes: EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England (08/04/1953-08/06/1953)
• Running Time: 13 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1783

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Variations (12) for Piano in E flat major on "La belle françoise", K 353 (300f)

• Performer: Walter Gieseking (Piano)
• Notes: EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England (08/04/1953-08/06/1953)
• Running Time: 6 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1778

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Variations (9) on "Lison dormait," for piano in C major, K. 264 (K. 315d)

• Performer: Walter Gieseking (Piano)
• Notes: EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England (08/04/1953-08/06/1953)
• Running Time: 14 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1778

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Sonata for Piano no 13 in B flat major, K. 333 (K. 315c)

• Performer: Walter Gieseking (Piano)
• Notes: EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England (08/04/1953-08/06/1953)
• Running Time: 16 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1783

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Concerto for Piano no 23 in A major, K 488

• Performer: Walter Gieseking (Piano)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
• Running Time: 25 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1786

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Concerto for Piano no 24 in C minor, K 491

• Performer: Walter Gieseking (Piano)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
• Notes: Kingsway Hall, London, England (08/25/1953-08/26/1953)
• Running Time: 31 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1786

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Quintet for Piano and Winds in E flat major, K 452

• Performer: Walter Gieseking (Piano)
• Ensemble: Philharmonia Wind Quartet
• Running Time: 21 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Chamber Music
• Written: 1784

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Sonata for piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathetique"

• Performer: Walter Gieseking (Piano)
• Notes: EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England (10/18/1956-10/19/1956)
• Running Time: 17 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1797-1798

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Sonata for Piano no 9 in E major, Op. 14 no 1

• Performer: Walter Gieseking (Piano)
• Notes: Composition written: 1798.
• Running Time: 11 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1798

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Sonata for Piano no 10 in G major, Op. 14 no 2

• Performer: Walter Gieseking (Piano)
• Notes: Composition written: 1799.
• Running Time: 16 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1799

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Sonata for Piano no 13 in E flat major, Op. 27 no 1 "Quasi una fantasia"

• Performer: Walter Gieseking (Piano)
• Notes: EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England (10/21/1956-10/22/1956)
• Running Time: 14 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1800-1801

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"

• Performer: Walter Gieseking (Piano)
• Running Time: 14 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1801

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. 58

• Performer: Walter Gieseking (Piano)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
• Notes: Kingsway Hall, London, England (06/09/1951-06/11/1951)
• Running Time: 31 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1805-1806

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"

• Performer: Walter Gieseking (Piano)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
• Notes: Kingsway Hall, London, England (06/08/1951-06/09/1951)
• Running Time: 38 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1809

Schumann, Robert : Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54

• Performer: Walter Gieseking (Piano)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
• Notes: Kingsway Hall, London, England (08/24/1953-08/25/1953)
• Running Time: 29 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1841

César Franck (1822 - 1890) : Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra, M 46

• Performer: Walter Gieseking (Piano)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
• Running Time: 15 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1885

Grieg, Edvard : Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 16

• Performer: Walter Gieseking (Piano)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
• Notes: Kingsway Hall, London, England (06/06/1951/06/11/1951)
• Running Time: 28 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1868

Debussy, Claude : Préludes, Book 1

• Performer: Walter Gieseking (Piano)
• Notes: EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England (08/15/1953-08/16/1953)
• Running Time: 34 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1907-1910

Debussy, Claude : Préludes, Book 2

• Performer: Walter Gieseking (Piano)
• Notes: EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England (12/09/1954-12/10/1954)
• Running Time: 31 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1910-1912

Debussy, Claude : Suite bergamasque

• Performer: Walter Gieseking (Piano)
• Notes: EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England (08/17/1953-08/18/1953)
• Running Time: 15 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1890

Debussy, Claude : Danse bohémienne, for piano, L. 9

• Performer: Walter Gieseking (Piano)
• Notes: EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England (08/12/1953/08/14/1953)
• Running Time: 1 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1880

Debussy, Claude : Poèmes (7) de Banville

• Performer: Walter Gieseking (Piano)
• Notes: EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England (08/12/1953/08/14/1953)
• Running Time: 3 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1890

Debussy, Claude : Mazurka, for piano, L. 67

• Performer: Walter Gieseking (Piano)
• Notes: EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England (08/12/1953/08/14/1953)
• Running Time: 2 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1890

Debussy, Claude : Valse romantique, for piano, L. 71

• Performer: Walter Gieseking (Piano)
• Notes: EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England (08/12/1953/08/14/1953)
• Running Time: 3 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1890

Debussy, Claude : Arabesques (2) for Piano

• Performer: Walter Gieseking (Piano)
• Notes: EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England (08/12/1953/08/14/1953)
• Running Time: 6 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1888-1891

Debussy, Claude : Nocturne, for piano, L. 82

• Performer: Walter Gieseking (Piano)
• Notes: EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England (08/12/1953/08/14/1953)
• Running Time: 5 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1892

Debussy, Claude : Tarentelle styrienne

• Performer: Walter Gieseking (Piano)
• Notes: EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England (08/12/1953/08/14/1953)
• Running Time: 4 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1890

Debussy, Claude : Ballade (slave), for piano (or piano, 4 hands), L. 70

• Performer: Walter Gieseking (Piano)
• Notes: EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England (08/12/1953/08/14/1953)
• Running Time: 6 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1890

Debussy, Claude : Fantaisie for piano & orchestra, L. 73

• Performer: Walter Gieseking (Piano)
• Conductor: Kurt Schroder
• Running Time: 21 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1889-1890

Ravel, Maurice : Gaspard de la nuit

• Performer: Walter Gieseking (Piano)
• Notes: EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England (12/10/1954-12/12/1954)
• Running Time: 20 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1908

Ravel, Maurice : Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn

• Performer: Walter Gieseking (Piano)
• Notes: EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England (12/10/1954-12/12/1954)
• Running Time: 2 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1909

Ravel, Maurice : Valses nobles et sentimentales

• Performer: Walter Gieseking (Piano)
• Notes: EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England (12/10/1954-12/12/1954)
• Running Time: 11 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1911

Ravel, Maurice : Prélude for Piano in A minor

• Performer: Walter Gieseking (Piano)
• Notes: EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England (12/10/1954-12/12/1954)
• Running Time: 1 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1913

Ravel, Maurice : A la manière de. . . , for piano

• Performer: Walter Gieseking (Piano)
• Notes: EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England (12/10/1954-12/12/1954)
• Running Time: 3 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1912-1913

Ravel, Maurice : Le tombeau de Couperin

• Performer: Walter Gieseking (Piano)
• Notes: EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England (12/10/1954-12/12/1954)
• Running Time: 24 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1914-1917