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50 Best Romantic Piano Classics - Popular romantic classics for solo piano or piano & orchestra

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; The Seasons, Op. 47b; Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Conc...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Ahn Trio; Alexeev, Dmitri; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Angelich, Nicholas; Bennett, Richard Rodney [Composer]; Bran, Tim; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Donohoe, Peter; Duchable, Francois-Rene ...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Marriner, Sir Neville; Maksymiuk, Jerzy; Thompson, Bryden; Galliera, Alceo; Jansons, Mariss; Foster, Lawrence; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; ...
Ensemble: ; Rostal & Schaefer Piano Duo

This 3-CD set contains 50 tracks of romantic piano music from catalogues of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics performed by some of the world's finest...continue...

The Very Best of Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-05

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Ridente la calma, K 152 (210a); Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz...
Performers: Fischer, Edwin [Piano]; Gieseking, Walter; Grummer, Elisabeth; Jackson, Harold; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors: Galliera, Alceo; Pritchard, John; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Böhm, Karl; Susskind, Walter; Schmidt, Heinrich; Karajan, Herbert von; Matacic, Lovro von; Gellhorn, Peter; Szell, George; Ackermann, Otto

Multi-award winning opera singer Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, praised for the 'pristine beauty of her lyric soprano' voice by The Guardian, was revered in opera houses worldwide...continue...

The Best Classical Music in the Movies Ever!

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-18

Works: John Williams: Star Wars; Schindler's List; E.T.; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite no 1; Stanley Myers: The Deer Hunter; James Horner: My Heart Will Go On (from the...
Performers: Abel, David [Conductor]; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Barrueco, Manuel; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Gieseking, Walter; Horner, James; Little, Tasmin; Lopardo, Frank; Meier, Waltraud; Morris, James; Mo...
Conductors: Love, Geoff; Previn, Andre; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Muti, Riccardo; Sutherland, Iain; Goodwin, Ron; Ormandy, Eugene; Lombard, Alain

Schumann: Meisterwerke / Master Works

5 CD / ZYX Records / 2012-05-29

Works: Robert Schumann: Symphony no 1 in B flat major ("Spring"), Op. 38; Symphony no 2 in C major, Op. 61; Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 97 "Rhenish"; Symphony no 4 in D minor, Op. 120; Concerto for C...
Performers: Anda, Geza; Casals, Pablo; Gieseking, Walter; Haskil, Clara; Lipatti, Dinu; Menuhin, Yehudi
Conductors: Coppola, Piero; Bernstein, Leonard; Adolph, Henry; Krips, Josef; Ormandy, Eugene; Barbirolli, John; Karajan, Herbert von

Debussy: Complete Piano Works / Walter Gieseking [Limited Ed.]

4 Super Audio CD / EMI Classics / 2012-05-08

Works: Claude Debussy: Préludes (12) for piano, Book I, L. 117; Préludes (12) for piano, Book II, L. 123; Images for Piano, Set 1; Images for Piano, Set 2; Pour le piano, suite for piano, L. 9...
Performers: Gieseking, Walter

Gramophone Magazine
Walter Gieseking's classic set [of the Préludes] is unsurpassed... A set that should be in every collection.
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Debussy: Preludes, Books I & II / Walter Gieseking

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-03-26

Works: Claude Debussy: Préludes (24) for piano, Books I & II, L.117, 123
Performers: Gieseking, Walter

Recording information: No. 3 Studio, Abbey Road, London....continue...

Portrait: Claude Debussy [10 CDs]

10 CD / Red/membran / 2011-12-06

Works: Claude Debussy: La mer; Images for Orchestra; Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun), for orchestra, L. 86; Nocturnes (3) for Orchestra; Petite su...
Performers: Agosti, Guido; Collart, Claudine; Cortot, Alfred; Danco, Suzanne; Gieseking, Walter; Gulda, Friedrich; Horowitz, Vladimir; Plantey, Bernard; Rubinstein, Artur [Piano]
Conductors: Inghelbrecht, Désiré-Emile; Markevitch, Igor; Monteux, Pierre; Ansermet, Ernest; Mengelberg, Willem; Cluytens, André

Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 5 / Walter Gieseking, piano (1948 & 1945)

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2011-08-09

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 1 in C major, Op. 15; Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"
Performers: Gieseking, Walter
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael; Rother, Artur
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Reissued by Music and Arts, these recordings were originally made in 1948 and 1945 and restored in 2004. Gramophone noted that this was "...017685125126...continue...

The Best of Beethoven: Ode to Joy / Muti, Arrau, Menuhin, Karajan

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 3, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("Für Elise"), WoO 59; Sonata for Piano no 8, Op. 13 "Pathétique"; Egmont; Sonata for Piano no 23, Op. 5...
Performers: Arrau, Claudio; Gieseking, Walter; Knushevitsky, Svyatoslav; Lympany, Moura; Menuhin, Jeremy; Menuhin, Yehudi; Morris, James; Oborin, Lev; Oistrakh, David; Suk, Josef
Conductors: Sanderling, Kurt; Marriner, Sir Neville; ; Karajan, Herbert von; Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martins in the Fields; Berlin Philharmonic; Melos Ensemble of London

50 Best Beethoven / EMI

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-04-19

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C, Op. 21; Symphony no 2 in D, Op. 36; Symphony no 3 in E flat, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Symphony no 4 in B flat, Op. 60; Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Symphony no ...
Performers: Altmeyer, Theo; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Arrau, Claudio; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Baldwin, Dalton; Bar, Olaf; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Chung Trio; Collot, Serge; de los Angeles,...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Sanderling, Kurt; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Jochum, Eugen; Karajan, Herbert von; Davies, Dennis R.; Boult, Adrian; Galliera, Alceo; Szell, George; ; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Tate, Jeffrey
Ensemble: ; Melos Ensemble of London; Nash Ensemble

Beethoven: Mass in C major / Günter Wand

1 CD / Archipel / 2011-02-04

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Mass in C major, Op. 86; Robert Schumann: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54
Performers: Ebers, Clara; Fehringer, Franz; Gieseking, Walter; Werner, Hermann; Wolfram, Karl
Conductors: Wand, Günter

Recording information: Köln....continue...

Bach: Das wohltiemperierte Klavier 1 & 2 / Gieseking

3 CD / Newton Classics / 2010-09-28

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846-869; Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, BWV 870-893
Performers: Gieseking, Walter

"Giereking has a light touch, and his sense of rhythm is joyous and dance-like. In the fugues he accentuates the grandiose architecture of the music...continue...
Recording information: Saar Radio, Germany (03/1950/04/1950)....continue...

Portrait: Maurice Ravel

10 CD / Membran Import / 2010-07-06

Works: Maurice Ravel: Boléro; Ma mère l'oye; Rapsodie espagnole; La valse; Le tombeau de Couperin; Valses nobles et sentimentales; Daphnis et Chloé; Concerto for Piano in G major; Conce...
Performers: Bobillier, Gisele; Bonneau, Jacqueline; Casadesus, Robert; Cuenod, Hugues; Danco, Suzanne; Delecluse, Ulysse; Gieseking, Walter; Heifetz, Jascha; Laskine, Lily; Long, Marguerite; Lovano, Lucien; Mich...
Conductors: Ravel, Maurice; Inghelbrecht, Désiré-Emile; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Markevitch, Igor; Cluytens, André; Gracis, Ettore; Ormandy, Eugene; Ansermet, Ernest; Lindenberg, Edouard

Essential Beethoven

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-02-23

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"; Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"; ...
Performers: Arrau, Claudio; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Donahoe, Peter; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Eschenbach, Christoph [Piano/Conductor]; Frese, Siegfried Rudolf; Gieseking, Walter; Hollweg, Werner [Tenor V...
Conductors: Sanderling, Kurt; Muti, Riccardo; Galliera, Alceo; Boult, Adrian; Davies, Dennis R.; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Karajan, Herbert von; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Marriner, Sir Neville;
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Melos Ensemble of London

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 4

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2010-02-05

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 16 in G major, Op. 31 no 1; Sonata for Piano no 24 in F sharp major, Op. 78 "A Thérèse"; Sonata for Piano no 25 in G major, Op. 79 "Cuckoo"; So...
Performers: Gieseking, Walter

An historical legacy which is not to be missed. This double CD is the fourth and last of the full exclusive collection of Beethoven Sonatas...continue...
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Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 3

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2010-01-02

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 18 in E flat, Op. 31; Sonata for Piano no 19 in G minor, Op. 49 no 1; Sonata for Piano no 20 in G major, Op. 49 no 2; Sonata for Piano no 21 in C major, Op. ...
Performers: Gieseking, Walter

This double CD is the third of the production which collects all the recordings of the Beethoven Sonatas for piano performed by Walter Gieseking during...continue...
Recording information: 1956....continue...

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 2

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2009-11-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 9 in E major, Op. 14 no 1; Sonata for Piano no 10 in G major, Op. 14 no 2; Sonata for Piano no 11 in B flat major, Op. 22; Sonata for Piano no 12 in A flat m...
Performers: Gieseking, Walter

At the end of 1956's summer, Walter Gieseking went to London to record at EMI the complete cycle of Beethoven's 32 Piano Sonatas but fell...continue...
Recording information: 1956....continue...

Walter Gieseking plays Beethoven, Schumann, Debussy, Ravel & Bach

1 CD / Medici Masters / 2009-08-25

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. 58; Robert Schumann: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54; Claude Debussy: La plus que lente; Tarentelle styrienne; Maurice Ravel: Jeux ...
Performers: Gieseking, Walter
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph; Wand, Günter
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Beethoven: The early Piano Sonatas / Gieseking

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2009-07-05

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 1 in F minor; Sonata for Piano no 2 in A major, Op. 2 no 2; Sonata for Piano no 3 in C major, Op. 2 no 3; Sonata for Piano no 5 in C minor, Op. 10 no 1; Sona...
Performers: Gieseking, Walter

At the end of the summer in 1956, Walter Gieseking went to London to record at EMI the complete cycle of Beethoven's '32 Piano Sonatas'...continue...
Recording information: 1956....continue...

Piano Concertos - Beethoven, Brahms, Schumann, Liszt, Bach, etc / Anda, Argerich, Casadesus, et al

2 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2009-04-28

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Klavierkonzert no 4 in G-Dur, Op. 58; Klavierkonzert in Es-Dur, Op. 73 "Emperor"; Fantasia in C minor, Op. 80 "Choral Fantasy"; Johannes Brahms: Klavierkonzert no 2 in a-moll, O...
Performers: Anda, Géza; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Casadesus, Robert; Cherkassky, Shura; Gieseking, Walter; Gilels, Emil; Gould, Glenn; Horowitz, Vladimir; Lipatti, Dinu; Richter, Sviatoslav; Rubinstein, A...
Conductors: Wand, Günter; Dorati, Antal; Karajan, Herbert von; Ackermann, Otto; Kempe, Rudolf; Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Sanderling, Kurt

Icon - Walter Gieseking plays Mozart, Beethoven, Debussy, Ravel, etc

8 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-04-21

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano no 11 in A major, K 331 (300i); Piano Sonata, K. 332; Variations (12) for Piano in E flat major on "La belle françoise", K 353 (300f); Variations (9) ...
Performers: Gieseking, Walter
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; ; Schroder, Kurt
Ensemble: ; Philharmonia Orchestra; Philharmonia Wind Quartet

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...continue...

Debussy: Images for Piano / Arrau, Benedetti Michelangeli, Doyen, et al

1 CD / Ysaye / 2009-02-10

Works: Claude Debussy: Images for Piano, Set 1; Images for Piano, Set 2
Performers: Arrau, Claudio; Doyen, Jean; Gaillard, Marius-Francois; Gieseking, Walter; Meyer, Marcelle; Michelangeli, Arturo Benedetti; Paderewski, Ignace Jan; Rubinstein, Artur [Piano]; Vines, Ricardo

This CD from Ysaye Records is a collection of historic recordings of the works of Claude Debussy, reproduced from originals made in the first half...continue...

Classical Dreams / Norrington, Winschermann, Zhukov, Hartung, et al

3 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2008-09-30

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C minor, K 457; Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Sonata for Piano no 11 in A major, K 331 (300i); Adagio for Violin and Orchestra in...
Performers: Backhaus, Wilhelm; Basch, Wolfgang; Belesow, Sergej; Gasparovic, Jadranka; Gieseking, Walter; Greutter, Roland; Hagen, Lukas; Koroliov, Evgeni; Kremer, Pierre; Makarow, Igor; Meneses, Antonio; Rubsam...
Conductors: Pesek, Libor; Blomstedt, Herbert; Winschermann, Helmut; Hartung, Volker; Jans, Carlo; Norrington, Roger; Cloutier, Denise; Köster, Tilmann; Wand, Günter; Karajan, Herbert von; Zhukov, Igor;...
Ensemble: Camerata Salzburg; Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Cologne Youth Symphony; Dresden Staatskapelle; European Philharmonic Orchestra; German Bach Soloists; Latvian Philharmonic Chamber Orc...

Karajan - Complete EMI Recordings 1946-84 Vol 1 - Orchestral Works

88 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-04-01

Works: Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; An der schönen, blauen Donau (On the Beautiful, Blue Danube), waltz for orchestra (with chorus ad li; Kaiserwaltzer Waltz, Op. 437; Perpetuum mobile, Op. 257 "...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Blau, Andreas; Brain, Dennis [French Horn]; Braun, Manfred; Galway, James [Flute]; Gieseking, Walter; Höngen, Elisabeth; Hauptmann, Norbert; Helmis, Fritz; Hotter, Hans; James, C...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

The first volume of Karajan's complete catalog for EMI - 88 CDs of some of history's greatest orchestral recordings at a budget price....continue...

Classic 100 - Your 100 Favourite Classical Masterpieces

8 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2008-01-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Concerto for Piano no 23 in A major, K 488; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, ...
Performers: Allen, Jamie; Brennan, David; Buchanan, Isobel; Campbell, Elizabeth; Campbell, Fiona; Drury, David; Dudman, Michael; Elkins, Margreta; Elms, Lauris; English, Helen; Gershwin, George; Gieseking, Walte...
Conductors: Walker, Antony; Halstead, Anthony; Otterloo, Willem Van; Woods, Thomas; Weymark, Brett; Fürst, Jànos; Lang-Lessing, Sebastian; ; Braithwaite, Nicholas; Kelly, Brett; Stanhope, David; Fredma...
Ensemble: ; Macquarie Trio

The original collection which started the classic 100 phenomenon is back. Since its run-away success in 2002 the classic 100 concept has grown ever more...continue...

The Classic 100 Concerto [Box Set]

8 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2007-11-20

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"; Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. 58; Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello in C major, Op. 56 "T...
Performers: Anda, Geza; Anthony, Adele; Auber, Stefan; Baerg, Irmgard; Balsam, Artur; Bargy, Roy; Barton, William; Belkin, Boris; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Brown, Iona; Cazal, Olivier; Collins, Geoffrey; Cominati...
Conductors: Walker, Antony; Fürst, Jànos; Halstead, Anthony; Lang-Lessing, Sebastian; Braithwaite, Nicholas; Dyer, Paul; Kelly, Brett; Bonynge, Richard; Tchivzhel, Edvard; Hogwood, Christopher; Stanhop...
Ensemble: ; Australian Chamber Orchestra; I Musici

What is the one concerto you cannot live without? This question was asked of the australian public through a poll by abc classic fm and...continue...

Best Beethoven 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-07-31

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36; Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Symphony no 4 in B flat major, Op. 60; Symphony no 5 in C min...
Performers: Altmeyer, Theo; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Arrau, Claudio; Bär, Olaf; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Baldwin, Dalton; Bar, Olaf; Barbizet, Pierre; Berry, Walter; Blochwitz, Hans-...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Sanderling, Kurt; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Jochum, Eugen; Karajan, Herbert von; Davies, Dennis R.; Boult, Adrian; Pritchard, John; Galliera, Alceo; Szell, George; Gibson, Alexander, Sir;...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Chung Trio; Cleveland Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Melos Ensemble of London; Nash Ensemble; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Orchestra ...

Elisabeth Schwazkopf - 1915-2006

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-01-16

Works: Hugo Wolf: Elfenlied; Goethe Lieder; Ganymed ("Wie im Morgenglanze"), song for voice & piano (Goethe Lieder); Lieder (6) für eine Frauenstimme; Alte Weisen (6); Wenn du zu den Blumen gehst, song...
Performers: Gieseking, Walter; Grummer, Elisabeth; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Parsons, Geoffrey; Schmitt-Walter, Karl; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Sutcliffe, Sidney
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; De Sabata, Victor; Ackermann, Otto; Serafin, Tullio; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Krips, Josef; Dart, Thurston; Galliera, Alceo
Ensemble: ; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf is universally acknowledged as one of the greatest singers of the 20th century. Blessed with a voice of exquisite beauty, as well as...continue...

Mozart, Mendelssohn / Gieseking, Heifetz, Cantelli, NYPO

1 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2006-10-08

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in E minor, Op. 64; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467
Performers: Gieseking, Walter; Heifetz, Jascha
Conductors: Cantelli, Guido
Ensemble: New York Philharmonic

During the last years of his short but stunning career, Guido Cantelli conducted some of the most renowned soloists of his day. The present CD...continue...

Best Classics 100 Vol 2

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Carl Orff: Carmina burana; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: ...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Andre, Maurice; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Bennett, William; Brown, Iona; Byzantine, Julian; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; ...
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji; Jansons, Mariss; Muti, Riccardo; Marriner, Sir Neville; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Previn, Andre; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Bernstein, Leonard; Temirkanov, Yuri; Prêtre, Georges; Karajan, Her...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bath Festival Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bavarian State Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Boston Symphony ...

Grieg - The Piano Music in Historic Interpretations

3 CD / Simax / 2006-06-21

Works: Edvard Grieg: Pictures (3) from life in the country, Op. 19; Lyric Pieces (6), Book 3, Op. 43; Lyric Pieces (7), Book 10, Op. 71; Sonata for Piano in E minor, Op. 7; Lyric Pieces (6), Book 5, Op. 54;...
Performers: Backer-Grondahl, Fridtjof; Backhaus, Wilhelm; Baekkelund, Kjell; Barratt Due, Mary; Bauer, Harold; Bourne, Una; De Greef, Arthur; Ganz, Rudolph; Gieseking, Walter; Grainger, Percy Aldridge; Grieg, Ed...

Gieseking plays Mozart - Piano Concertos and Sonatas

2 CD / Music & Arts / 2006-04-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 9 in E flat major, K 271 "Jeunehomme"; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Sonata for Piano no 15 in C major ("Sonata semplice") K. 545; Concert...
Performers: Gieseking, Walter
Conductors: ; Cantelli, Guido; Desarzens, Victor; Andreae, Volkmar
Ensemble: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra; NDR Symphony Orchestra (Hamburg); New York Philharmonic; ORTF Orchestra; Zürich Tonhalle Orchestra

Gieseking, widely accepted as one of the most gifted and inspiried pianists of our time, did not live to record his entire repertoire. This set...continue...

Schumann, Brahms: Piano Concertos / Gieseking, et al

1 CD / Opus KURA / 2005-11-01

Works: Robert Schumann: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54; Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 4 in E minor, Op. 98
Performers: Gieseking, Walter
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Maurice Ravel - Son oeuvre et son temps Vol 1 - 1899-1911

3 CD / Cascavelle / 2005-08-01

Works: Maurice Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte; Jeux d'eau; Quartet for Strings in F major; Shéhérazade, poems (3) for soprano (or tenor) & orchestra (or piano); Sonatine for Pia...
Performers: Casadesus, Robert; Cortot, Alfred; Gieseking, Walter
Conductors: Ansermet, Ernest; Stokowski, Leopold

Walter Gieseking - Piano

4 CD / Andante / 2005-02-22

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 1 in C major, Op. 15; Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"; Sonata for Piano no 21 in C major, Op. 53 "Waldstein"; Bagatelle for piano in E flat major, Op. 33...
Performers: Gieseking, Walter
Conductors: Rosbaud, Hans; Walter, Bruno; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Mengelberg, Willem
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra members; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

This 4 CD anthology ranging from 1934 to 1949 is a wonderful cross-section of Gieseking's repertoire ranging from Bach to Strauss. The set contains some...continue...

Chopin - Solo Piano Vol 1

4 CD / Andante / 2004-04-01

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Preludes (24) for Piano, Op. 28; Prelude for piano no 7 in A major, Op. 28/7, CT. 172; Etude for piano no 5 in G flat major, Op. 10/5, CT. 18; Prelude for piano no 15 in D ...
Performers: Brailowsky, Alexander; Busoni, Ferruccio; Casadesus, Robert; Cortot, Alfred; Cutner, Solomon; Friedman, Ignaz; Gieseking, Walter; Godowsky, Leopold; Hofmann, Josef [Piano]; Horowitz, Vladimir; Koczal...

This Andante set is the only historical survey of the greatest Chopin pianists, including Arthur Rubinstein, Alfred Cortot, Sergei Rachmaninov, Vladimir Horowitz, or young Arturo...continue...

Masters of the Piano Roll - Debussy Plays Debussy

1 CD / Dal Segno / 2003-09-30

Works: Claude Debussy: Préludes, Book 1; Children's Corner; D'un cahier d'esquisses; En blanc et noir; Estampes (3) for Piano; Préludes, Book 2; Arabesques (2) for Piano; Suite bergamasque; Rê...
Performers: Debussy, Claude; Gieseking, Walter

The Most Relaxing Piano Album in the World...Ever!

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2003-09-02

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Concerto for Piano no 20 in D minor, K 466; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; B...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Boult, Adrian, Sir [Conductor]; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Collard, Jean-Phillipe...
Conductors: Thompson, Bryden; Marriner, Sir Neville; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Maksymiuk, Jerzy; Boult, Adrian; Galliera, Alceo
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields

Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 2 & 3 / Gieseking, Mengelberg

1 CD / Archipel / 2003-02-06

Works: Sergei Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30
Performers: Gieseking, Walter
Conductors: Mengelberg, Willem
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Walter Gieseking at RIAS - 1950-55 Broadcast Performances

4 CD / Music & Arts / 2002-12-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Variations for piano in A major (from last mvt. K. 581) (doubtful), (K. Anh. B 137); Sonata for Piano no 15 in C major ("Sonata semplice") K. 545; Variations (9) on "Lison do...
Performers: Gieseking, Walter
Conductors: Dorati, Antal
Ensemble: Berlin RIAS Symphony Orchestra

Brahms, Franck, et al: Violin Sonatas / Taschner, Gieseking

1 CD / Archipel / 2002-03-08

Works: Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 108; César Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, M 8; Giuseppe Tartini: Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in G mi...
Performers: Gieseking, Walter; Taschner, Gerhard

Gieseking - 3 Legendary Concert Performances

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2002-02-26

Works: César Franck: Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra, M 46; Claude Debussy: Fantaisie for piano & orchestra, L. 73; Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30
Performers: Gieseking, Walter
Conductors: Mengelberg, Willem; Barbirolli, John
Ensemble: ; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Wilhelm Furtwängler - Maestro Classico Vol 2

10 CD / Membran / 2001-11-06

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 94 in G major, H 1 no 94 "Surprise"; Symphony no 104 in D major, H 1 no 104 "London"; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Robert Schu...
Performers: Fischer, Edwin [Piano]; Gieseking, Walter; Machula, Tibor de
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 21, 23, 30, 31 / Walter Gieseking

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2001-09-11

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 21 in C major, Op. 53 "Waldstein"; Sonata for Piano no 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata"; Sonata for Piano no 30 in E major, Op. 109; Sonata for Piano no ...
Performers: Gieseking, Walter

"These performances bring home forcibly the unruffled elegance and beauty and clarity which were Gieseking's special distinction as a pianist hors concours in his day."...continue...

Concertgebouw Series - Ravel, Kodály, Debussy

1 CD / Audiophile Legends / 2001-06-03

Works: Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suite no 2; Zoltán Kodály: Variations on a Hungarian folksong, "The Peacock" ("Felszállott a páva"), for orchestra; Claude Debussy: ...
Performers: Gieseking, Walter
Conductors: Mengelberg, Willem
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Concertgebouw Series - Rachmaninov, Trapp, Beethoven

1 CD / Audiophile Legends / 2001-05-06

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Max Trapp: Piano Concerto, Op. 26; Ludwig van Beethoven: Egmont, incidental music, Op. 84
Performers: Gieseking, Walter
Conductors: Mengelberg, Willem
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin, Falla, etc / Walter Gieseking

2 CD / Music & Arts / 2001-04-24

Works: Manuel de Falla: Nights in the gardens of Spain; Paul Hindemith: Theme with Four Variations. The Four Temperaments, ballet for piano & strings; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 23 in F minor...
Performers: Gieseking, Walter
Conductors: Schroder, Kurt; Zillig, Winfried
Ensemble: ; Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

This collection presents never before released recordings from the archive of Hessian Radio, including two 20th century masterpieces which Gieseking never recorded commercially....continue...

Beethoven, Franck: Violin Sonatas / Taschner, Gieseking

1 CD / Bayer / 2001-02-03

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 9 in A major, Op. 47 "Kreutzer"; César Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, M 8
Performers: Gieseking, Walter; Taschner, Gerhard

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - Lieder & Songs 1955-1964

1 CD / Testament / 2001-02-01

Works: Franz Schubert: Claudine von Villa Bella, D 239; Frühlingsglaube, D 686/Op. 20 no 2; Die Vögel, D 691/Op. 172 no 6; Der Jüngling an der Quelle, D 300; Der Erlkönig, D 328; Lullaby...
Performers: Gieseking, Walter; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth

This third volume of Schwarzkopf's unpublished EMI recordings focuses on the major part of the great singer's repertoire - Lieder and song. Composers represented include...continue...

Debussy: Preludes, Images / Walter Gieseking

1 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2000-05-15

Works: Claude Debussy: Préludes; Images for Piano
Performers: Gieseking, Walter