Emil Gilels - Brahms: The Piano Concertos, Fantasien Op. 116 (1972/2015/2024) [Official Digital Download 24/192]

"These performances mount the only serious competition as a complete set to the Leon Fleisher/George Szell versions on Sony Classical. Emil Gilels was an extraordinary virtuoso who decided to place his technical wizardry in the service of the most disciplined and demanding classical masterpieces. No piano concertos live up to this description more than the two by Brahms. Himself a pianist, Brahms placed every purely musical stumbling block that he could in front of the soloist–only audiences never notice because there's no gratuitous display at all. A performer who has not mastered these pieces doesn't necessarily miss notes; he or she just bores everyone to tears. Well, Gilels is never dull, and neither is Eugen Jochum, whose spontaneous-sounding yet sensitive accompaniments support his soloist every step of the way."
- David Hurwitz (Music Critic - "The Ultimate Classical Music Guide")

For its 125th birthday, Deutsche Grammophon is releasing legendary recordings with highest sound standards: The new series presents outstanding recordings from the 1970s in a whole new sound quality. For this, the renowned Emil Berliner Studios have remastered and edited the original four-track tapes using technologies developed specifically to produce the series. The sonic differences to the original releases are considerable: greater clarity, more subtleties and improvements in frequency response, while at the same time less background noise, distortion and compression allow for an audiophile listening experience like never before.

TRACKLIST

1. Emil Gilels - I. Maestoso - Poco più moderato
2. Emil Gilels - II. Adagio
3. Emil Gilels - III. Rondo (Allegro non troppo)
4. Emil Gilels - I. Allegro non troppo
5. Emil Gilels - II. Allegro appassionato
6. Emil Gilels - III. Andante - Più adagio
7. Emil Gilels - IV. Allegretto grazioso - Un poco più presto
8. Emil Gilels - No. 1 Capriccio in D Minor
9. Emil Gilels - No. 2 Intermezzo in A Minor
10. Emil Gilels - No. 3 Capriccio in G Minor
11. Emil Gilels - No. 4 Intermezzo in E Major
12. Emil Gilels - No. 5 Intermezzo in E Minor
13. Emil Gilels - No. 6 Intermezzo in E Major
14. Emil Gilels - No. 7 Capriccio in D Minor



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