Emil Gilels
Emil Gilels was one of the great pianists of history. He was a master of a wide repertory from the time of Bach to his own era, and one of the first pianists to adopt a modern, more objective style of playing and interpreting music. His family was musical; his sister Elizaveta had a national reputation as a solo and chamber violinist, and married fellow violinist Leonid Kogan. Emil entered the Odessa Institute of Music and Drama in 1922 to study with Yakov Tkatch and Berthe Ringold. Following a successful debut as a child prodigy in 1929, he transferred to study with Reingbald at Odessa Conservatory. (Some biographies confuse Ringold and Reingbald.) In 1933 he won the first All Union Musicians' Contests, initiating its rapid rise to become the leading musical performance competition in the U.S.S.R. Even with this success, he carefully continued his education, remaining at Odessa Conservatory until he graduated in 1935. After that he continued his studies as a graduate student at the Moscow Conservatory with Heinrich Neuhaus. In 1938 he took another prestigious first prize at the Ysaÿe International Festival in Brussels. In the same year he was engaged as a teacher at Moscow Conservatory. He planned to launch his international career in 1939, beginning with a visit to the New York World's Fair, but the outbreak of World War II in Europe prevented his travel. During the war he was evacuated to the East in 1941 when the German armies reached the outskirts of Moscow. He resumed his career in 1946, and soon won the Stalin Prize. He finally made his first appearance outside the Soviet Union in 1947, when he visited several European cities, but frigid diplomatic relations between Washington and Moscow prevented his appearance in the United States until 1955, when he became the first prominent Soviet performing artist to play a concert there on October 3, with the Tchaikovsky First Piano Concerto in Philadelphia, Eugene Ormandy conducting. The resulting storm of acclaim led to his returning to the U.S. 13 more times. He debuted in England in 1959 to similar success. He became known for his refined yet powerful performances of great concentration and attention to the inner logic of the music. He was noted for his performances of Bach, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, and Shostakovich. He made numerous recordings, both for the Soviet state recording agencies (many of which are reappearing in improved sound on compact disc) and on Western labels. He was a two-time recipient the Order of Lenin.© TiVo Read more
Emil Gilels was one of the great pianists of history. He was a master of a wide repertory from the time of Bach to his own era, and one of the first pianists to adopt a modern, more objective style of playing and interpreting music.
His family was musical; his sister Elizaveta had a national reputation as a solo and chamber violinist, and married fellow violinist Leonid Kogan. Emil entered the Odessa Institute of Music and Drama in 1922 to study with Yakov Tkatch and Berthe Ringold. Following a successful debut as a child prodigy in 1929, he transferred to study with Reingbald at Odessa Conservatory. (Some biographies confuse Ringold and Reingbald.)
In 1933 he won the first All Union Musicians' Contests, initiating its rapid rise to become the leading musical performance competition in the U.S.S.R. Even with this success, he carefully continued his education, remaining at Odessa Conservatory until he graduated in 1935. After that he continued his studies as a graduate student at the Moscow Conservatory with Heinrich Neuhaus.
In 1938 he took another prestigious first prize at the Ysaÿe International Festival in Brussels. In the same year he was engaged as a teacher at Moscow Conservatory. He planned to launch his international career in 1939, beginning with a visit to the New York World's Fair, but the outbreak of World War II in Europe prevented his travel.
During the war he was evacuated to the East in 1941 when the German armies reached the outskirts of Moscow. He resumed his career in 1946, and soon won the Stalin Prize. He finally made his first appearance outside the Soviet Union in 1947, when he visited several European cities, but frigid diplomatic relations between Washington and Moscow prevented his appearance in the United States until 1955, when he became the first prominent Soviet performing artist to play a concert there on October 3, with the Tchaikovsky First Piano Concerto in Philadelphia, Eugene Ormandy conducting. The resulting storm of acclaim led to his returning to the U.S. 13 more times.
He debuted in England in 1959 to similar success. He became known for his refined yet powerful performances of great concentration and attention to the inner logic of the music. He was noted for his performances of Bach, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, and Shostakovich. He made numerous recordings, both for the Soviet state recording agencies (many of which are reappearing in improved sound on compact disc) and on Western labels. He was a two-time recipient the Order of Lenin.
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Grieg: Lyric Pieces
Emil Gilels
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Jan 1, 1974
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Brahms: The Piano Concertos, Fantasien Op. 116
Emil Gilels
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Jan 1, 1996
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Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos.8 "Pathétique", 13 & 14 "Moonlight"
Emil Gilels
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Jan 1, 1981
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Schubert: Piano Quintet "The Trout"; String Quartet "Death And The Maiden"
Emil Gilels
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Apr 7, 2015
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Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas
Emil Gilels
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Jan 1, 1996
Every man's death diminishes us all, but the death of a man so close to completing his greatest achievement and the summation of his life's work dimin ...
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Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos, Variations, Op. 76, WoO 71 & 80
Emil Gilels
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Jan 1, 1970
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Camille Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2, Cello Concerto No. 1, Violin Concerto No. 3, Introduction & Rondo capriccioso
Emil Gilels
Concertos - Released by Praga Digitals on May 1, 2013
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Mozart: Piano Concerto No.27; Concerto for Two Pianos K.365
Emil Gilels
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Jan 1, 1974
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Bach, Liszt, Mozart, Rameau, Scarlatti & Schumann
Emil Gilels
Solo Piano - Released by Les Indispensables de Diapason on Feb 23, 2017
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Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83
Emil Gilels
Classical - Released by RCA Red Seal on Jan 25, 2005
It is not too much to say that Emil Gilels' recording of Brahms' Piano Concerto in B flat major with Fritz Reiner and the Chicago Symphony from Februa ...
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Beethoven, Schumann & Brahms: Piano Works (Live)
Emil Gilels
Classical - Released by Orfeo on Oct 28, 2013
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Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 by Emil Gilels
Emil Gilels
Classical - Released by Alexandre Bak - Classical Music Reference Recording on Feb 11, 2022
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Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23
Emil Gilels
Classical - Released by RCA Red Seal on Jan 1, 1956
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Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
Emil Gilels
Classical - Released by Alexandre Bak - Classical Music Reference Recording on Sep 24, 2021
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Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Emil Gilels
Classical - Released by Alexandre Bak - Classical Music Reference Recording on Sep 24, 2021
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Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos.21"Waldstein", 26 "Les Adieux" & 23 "Appassionata"
Emil Gilels
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Jan 1, 1986
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Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Opp. 101 & 106 "Hammerklavier"
Emil Gilels
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Jan 1, 2001
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Brahms : The Piano Concertos - Fantasias Op.116
Emil Gilels
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Jan 1, 1996
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The Complete RCA and Columbia Album Collection
Emil Gilels
Classical - Released by RCA Red Seal on Aug 19, 2016
Le Choix de France MusiqueDiapason d'or16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2
Emil Gilels
Concertos - Released by Warner Classics on Feb 16, 1975
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Schubert: Piano Quintet "The Trout"; String Quartet "Death and the Maiden"
Emil Gilels
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Apr 7, 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo