Walter Gieseking - The complete Homocord recordings and other rarities
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Walter Gieseking - The complete Homocord recordings and other rarities
Walter Gieseking (piano)
[ APR / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Tuesday 10 September 2013
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Describing his youth in his posthumously published memoirs, the legendary French-born, German pianist Walter Gieseking (1895-1956) remembered how, besides all of Wagner's operas, he already 'knew and played most of Bach's [keyboard] works, probably the complete Beethoven, Schumann and Chopin, some Schubert, also some Mendelssohn, but, on the other hand, no Brahms, very little Liszt and … nothing modern!' 'As for my contemporaries Debussy and Ravel,' he added, 'I had never even heard of them!' This was still prior to his studies at the State Conservatory in Hanover from 1911 to 1916. The precocious youth's repertoire was indeed uncommonly vast, and it soon encompassed innumerable twentieth-century compositions as well. These efforts were facilitated greatly by his innate gifts: a natural technique, absolute pitch, stupendous sight-reading skills, and, to top it all off, an extraordinary photographic memory.
By August 1916, Gieseking was serving in the First World War, though away from the Western Front as a military musician in northwest Germany. He therefore performed throughout the conflict, often during the regional regiment band tours. Only after his demobilization on 1 December 1918, however, could he properly begin his delayed professional career as a concert pianist, aged twenty-three. Very soon he had established himself throughout his homeland, the newly founded Weimar Republic, and international success followed swiftly: between 1921 and 1928, he made his debut in twelve foreign European nations, with extended North American tours commencing in 1926. By the 1950s, he was appearing in major venues worldwide.
Tracks:
Partita No 1 in B flat major BWV825 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Four Impromptus D935 Op 142 (NO 3) Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Nocturne in B major Op 9 No 3 [4'44] Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Nocturne in F sharp major Op 15 No 2 [3'08] Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Études Op 25 Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Polonaise in A flat major Op 53 [5'41] Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Rapsodie hongroise XII (No 12 in C sharp minor / D flat major of Hungarian Rhapsodies, S244) [7'44] Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
2 Rhapsodies Op 79 Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Wedding day at Troldhaugen (No 6 of Lyrische Stücke VIII, Op 65) [4'49] Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
To the Spring (No 6 of Lyrische Stücke III, Op 43) [2'27] Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Butterfly (No 1 of Lyrische Stücke III, Op 43) [1'28] Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) recorded March 1925
Deux Arabesques Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Reflets dans l'eau (No 1 of Images. Set 1) [3'57] Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Golliwog's Cake-Walk (No 6 of Children's Corner) [2'29] Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Préludes. Book 1 (No 12) Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Jeux d'eau [3'56] Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Trois Mouvements perpétuels Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Deux Arabesques Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Wedding day at Troldhaugen (No 6 of Lyrische Stücke VIII, Op 65) [4'33] Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Lyrische Stücke III Op 43 (Nos 6 & 1) Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Ständchen (No 2 of Sechs Lieder, Op 17) [2'38] Richard Strauss (1864-1949), arr. Walter Gieseking (1895-1956)
Freundliche Vision (No 1 of Fünf Lieder, Op 48) [2'50] Richard Strauss (1864-1949), arr. Walter Gieseking (1895-1956)
Das wohltemperirte Klavier 'The well-tempered Clavier' Book 1 BWV846-869 (No 3) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Sonata in D minor Kk9 [2'11] Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
Sonata in E major Kk380 [2'33] Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
and much more
Brahms:
Variations on a theme by Paganini in A minor, Op. 35: Book 2
Intermezzo in B flat minor, Op. 117 No. 2
Chopin:
Impromptu No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 66 'Fantaisie-Impromptu'
Debussy:
Clair de Lune (from Suite Bergamasque)
Franck, C:
Symphonic Variations for piano & orchestra, M46
Philharmonia Orchestra, Walter Susskind
Granados:
Laments or the Maiden and the Nightingale
Liszt:
Transcendental Study, S139 No. 5 'Feux Follets'
Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este (Années de pèlerinage III, S. 163 No. 4)
Polonaise No. 2 in E major, S223 No. 2
Mephisto Waltz No. 1
Litolff:
From Concerto symphonique, No. 4 Op. 102: Scherzo
Philharmonia Orchestra, Walter Susskind
Mendelssohn:
Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
Philharmonia Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik
Rondo brillant in E flat major, Op. 29
London Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Menges
Prokofiev:
Toccata in D minor, Op. 11
Ravel:
Le Tombeau de Couperin: Toccata
Schumann:
Études symphoniques, Op. 13
The Prophet Bird Op. 82 No. 7
Shostakovich:
Fantastic Dances (3), Op. 5
Turina:
Rapsodia sinfonica, Op. 66
Philharmonia Orchestra, Walter Susskind
