Emil Gilels performs sonatas by Beethoven, Mozart, and Schumann - a first-time release on DVD
A specialist of the German repertoire and master of the miniature form, the great Russian pianist Emil Gilels performed an all German-Austrian program at the Carinthian Summer Festival in 1971
Emil Gilels, universally acclaimed for his breathtaking performances of the most demanding pieces of piano literature, delivers a virtuosic, emotionally charged rendering of these works
"One can listen to Gilels's Beethoven for hours on end without wishing a single passage to be differently phrased or moulded." (Sunday Times)
"Virtuosity with a human face" (Gramophone reviewing Gilels) |
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