For the 100th anniversary of Emil Gilels, one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century, Melodiya presents an anthology of his pianistic legacy.

“Titans of the piano like Gilels are born once in a hundred years,” wrote a Japanese correspondent in 1957; similar comments accompanied the musician’s performances throughout his performing career.

The performance of the young man from the Odessa Conservatory at the 1933 First All-Union Competition in

Moscow came as a bombshell: the audience gave him a standing ovation, and unfamiliar people congratulated each other on the emergence of a genius. Five years later, Gilels gained another unconditional victory at the international competition in Brussels. After WWII, in the period of the most strained relations between the Soviet Union and the West, Gilels conquered the public in the United States and Western Europe. The pianist never interrupted his concert life for half a century. Gilels’s art continued to develop through extending the repertoire and enhancing the interpretations of the works he had played many times, and at times the pieces already well known and “worn out” by other pianists received surprise readings from him.

The Melodiya anniversary release covers Gilels’s almost entire life in music from his first studio recording of 1935 (Liszt’s Fantasy on Themes from Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, the number with which young Gilels caused a furor at the competition) to the artist’s last performance in Moscow in 1984 with Beethoven’s Hammerklavier Sonata, one of the most difficult works in piano literature. Most part of the set is dedicated to live broadcasts that captured the pianist’s extensive repertoire – from Scarlatti and Bach to Shostakovich and Stravinsky, including a number of never-before-released interpretations such as Scriabin’s Sonata No. 1, Bach’s Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, Handel’s Chaconne, Borodin’s Scherzo etc.

The art of Gilels as an ensemblist is represented with his collaborations with the greatest Soviet performers such as Leonid Kogan, Mstislav Rostropovich and Rudolf Barshai. The recordings with the pianist’s sister, remarkable violinist Elizaveta Gilels, are worth a special mention. There are genuine rarities among the chamber ensemble recordings – Gabriel Fauré’s Piano Quartet, Alexander Alyabyev’s Trio and César Cui’s Sonata for violin and piano.

Emil Gilels was a chairman of the panel of the Tchaikovsky International Competition for over twenty years and one of the few pianists who had all three piano concertos of the great Russian composer in his repertoire – all of them are featured in this set (two little-known recordings of the First Concerto made in 1948 and 1956 are particularly notable).

Emil Gilels played with the world’s best orchestras, and this release features the prominent Soviet conductors Konstantin Ivanov, Kirill Kondrashin, Rudolf Barshai and Evgeny Svetlanov accompanying the pianist.

Tracklist :

CD 1 Franz Liszt – Ferruccio Busoni 1 Fantasy on two themes from W.A. Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), BV B66 _ 13.14 Jean-Baptiste Loeillet – Leopold Godowsky 2 Gigue from Suite No. 1 in G minor _ 1.58 Francis Poulenc 3 Pastourelle in B flat major, FP 45 _ 2.27 Claude Debussy – Leonard Borwick 4 Fêtes from Nocturnes, L. 91 No. 2 _ 5.58 Franz Liszt 5 Etude No. 5 in E major, La chasse, from Grandes études de Paganini, S. 141 _ 2.29 Johannes Brahms 6 Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor, WoO 1 _ 2.51 Frédéric Chopin 7 Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 _ 8.15 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy 8 Duetto, Song without Words, Op. 38 No. 6 _ 2.45 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy – Sergei Rachmaninoff 9 Scherzo from incidental music to Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1933) _ 4.25 Franz Liszt 10 Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 in D flat major, S. 244/6 _ 6.04 Carl Tausig 11 Pastorale and Capriccio on motives of Domenico Scarlatti’s sonatas in D minor, K. 9, and in E major, K. 20 _ 6.58 Sergei Rachmaninoff 12 Etude-tableau in E flat minor, Op. 39 No. 5 _ 4.49 Total time: 62.49

Recorded in 1935 (1, 2), 1937 (3, 4), 1940 (5, 6), 1946 (7), 1947 (8), 1949 (9–12).

Remastering – M. Pilipov

CD 2 Frédéric Chopin 1 Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48 No. 1 _ 5.52 2 Impromptu No. 2 in F sharp major, Op. 36 _ 5.30 3 Fantaisie-impromptu in С sharp minor, Op. 66 _ 4.28 4 Polonaise in A flat major, Op. 53 _ 6.38 Franz Liszt 5 Piano Sonata in B minor, S. 178 _ 29.05 6 Valse oubliée No. 1, S. 215 _ 2.46 Claude Debussy Images, Book I, L. 110 7 1. Reflets dans l`eau _ 4.56 8 2. Hommage à Rameau _ 6.02 9 3. Mouvement _ 3.22 Total time: 68.36

Recorded in 1949 (1–6), 1948 (7), 1947 (8, 9). Remastering – E. Barykina

CD 3 Ludwig van Beethoven 1 32 Variations for piano in C minor, WoO 80 _10.43 Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 2 I. Allegro con brio _ 10.47 3 II. Introduzione. Adagio molto _ 3.56 4 III. Rondo. Allegretto moderato _ 9.05 Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101 5 I. Etwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten Empfindung. Allegretto, ma non troppo _ 3.57 6 II. Lebhaft. Marschmäßig. Vivace alla Marcia _ 5.36 7 III. Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll. Adagio, ma non troppo, con affetto _ 2.46 8 IV. Geschwinde, doch nicht zu sehr, und mit Entschlossenheit. Allegro _ 6.56 Robert Schumann Piano Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22 9 I. Vivacissimo _ 5.59 10 II. Andantino _ 4.05 11 III. Scherzo _ 1.43 12 IV. Presto _ 5.43 Total time: 71.24

Recorded in 1946 (1), 1947–1948 (2–4), 1950 (5–12). Remastering – E. Barykina

CD 4 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15 1 I. Allegro con brio _ 13.36 2 II. Largo _ 11.54 3 III. Rondo. Allegro _ 7.22 Johannes Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83 4 I. Allegro non troppo _ 16.35 5 II. Allegro appassionato _ 8.06 6 III. Andante _ 11.48 7 IV. Allegretto grazioso _ 7.38 Total time: 77.23

Emil Gilels, piano The USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra Conductor – Kirill Kondrashin Recorded in 1954 (1–3), 1952 (4–7). Remastering – M. Pilipov

CD 5 Pyotr Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23 1 I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso _ 20.42 2 II. Andantino semplice _ 6.55 3 III. Allegro con fuoco _ 6.15 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19 4 I. Allegro con brio _ 13.39 5 II. Adagio _ 8.46 6 III. Rondo. Molto allegro _ 6.00 Total time: 62.46

Emil Gilels, piano The USSR State Symphony Orchestra Conductor – Konstantin Ivanov (1–3) The Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor – Kurt Sanderling (4–6) Recorded in 1951 (1–3), 1958 (4–6). Sound engineer – A. Grossman (4–6) Remastering – M. Pilipov

CD 6 César Cui Violin Sonata in D major, Op. 84 1 I. Allegro _ 6.49 2 II. Andante non troppo _ 5.07 3 III. Allegro _ 4.13 Alexander Borodin Piano Trio in D major (1861) 4 I. Allegro con brio _ 7.00 5 II. Andante _ 7.42 6 III. Intermezzo _ 5.43 Alexander Alyabiev Piano Trio in A minor (1820) 7 I. Allegro ma non troppo _ 5.52 8 II. Adagio _ 4.34 9 III. Rondo. Allegretto _ 6.12 Violin Sonata in E minor (1834) 10 I. Allegro con brio _ 10.41 11 II. Adagio cantabile _ 6.12 12 III. Rondo. Allegretto scherzando _ 4.26 Total time: 74.41

Emil Gilels, piano Elizaveta Gilels, violin (1–3) Dmitri Tsyganov, violin (4–12) Sergei Shirinsky, cello (4–9) Recorded in 1951 (1–3), 1950 (4–6, 10–12), 1947 (7–9). Sound engineers: E. Fedulov, D. Gaklin (7–12) Remastering – E. Barykina

CD 7 Antonio Vivaldi Violin Sonata in A major, RV 31 1 I. Preludio a Capriccio. Presto _ 1.23 2 II. Corrente. Allegro _ 2.19 3 III. Adagio _ 1.23 4 IV. Giga. Allegro _ 2.46 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Sonata No. 8 in C major, KV 296 5 I. Allegro vivace _ 8.33 6 II. Andante sostenuto _ 8.11 7 III. Rondo. Allegro _ 4.01 Violin Sonata No. 35 in A major, KV 526 8 I. Allegro molto _ 8.58 9 II. Andante _ 11.41 10 III. Presto _ 6.35 Joseph Haydn Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Hob. XV: 32 11 I. Andante _ 7.29 12 II. Allegro _ 9.29 Total time: 72.54

Elizaveta Gilels, violin Emil Gilels, piano Recorded in 1951. Remastering – N. Radugina CD 8 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Trio (Divertimento) in B flat major, KV 254 1 I. Allegro assai _ 7.33 2 II. Adagio _ 13.05 3 III. Rondo. Tempo di menuetto _ 5.39 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Trio in E flat major, WoO 38 4 I. Allegro moderato _ 4.29 5 II. Scherzo. Allegro ma non troppo _ 3.49 6 III. Rondo. Allegretto _ 5.31 Gabriel Fauré Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15 7 I. Allegro molto moderato _ 8.10 8 II. Scherzo. Allegro vivo _ 5.20 9 III. Adagio _ 7.45 10 IV. Allegro molto _ 7.32 Total time: 69.00

Emil Gilels, piano Leonid Kogan, violin Rudolf Barshai, viola (7–10) Mstislav Rostropovich, cello Recorded in 1952 (1–3), 1950 (4–6), 1958 (7–10). Sound engineers: E. Fedulov (1–6), N. Shtilman (7–10) Remastering – M. Pilipov

CD 9 Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 1 I. Allegro ma non tanto _ 14.24 2 II. Intermezzo. Adagio _ 10.02 3 III. Finale. Alla breve _ 13.29 Pyotr Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23 4 I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso _ 18.59 5 II. Andantino semplice – Prestissimo _ 6.04 6 III. Allegro con fuoco _ 6.10 Total time: 69.10

Emil Gilels, piano The USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra Conductor – Kirill Kondrashin Recorded live on March 15, 1949. Remastering – M. Pilipov

CD 10 Johann Sebastian Bach 1 Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903 _ 12.26 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Sonata in B flat major, KV 570 2 I. Allegro _ 5.10 3 II. Adagio _ 7.21 4 III. Allegretto _ 3.17 Robert Schumann Piano Sonata No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 11 5 I. Introduzione. Un poco Adagio. Allegro vivace _ 9.14 6 II. Aria _ 2.47 7 III. Scherzo e Intermezzo. Allegrissimo _ 4.14 8 IV. Finale. Allegro un poco maestoso. Presto _ 10.23 Franz Liszt 9 Valse oubliée No. 1, S. 215 _ 2.31 10 Etude No. 3 in G sharp minor, La campanella, from Grandes études de Paganini, S. 141 _ 4.35 Total time: 62.05

Recorded live on November 1, 1948. Remastering – M. Pilipov CD 11 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Sonata in B flat major, KV 570 1 I. Allegro _ 5.19 2 II. Adagio _ 7.39 3 III. Allegretto _ 3.19 Robert Schumann Carnaval, Op. 9 4 Préambule _ 2.03 5 Pierrot _ 1.04 6 Arlequin _ 0.49 7 Valse noble _ 1.10 8 Eusebius _ 1.27 9 Florestan _ 0.49 10 Coquette _ 0.55 11 Réplique _ 0.31 12 Sphinxes _ 0.34 13 Papillons _ 0.40 14 A.S.C.H.–S.C.H.A. Lettres dansantes _ 0.42 15 Chiarina _ 1.00 16 Chopin _ 1.12 17 Estrella _ 0.26 18 Reconnaissance _ 1.29 19 Pantalon et Colombine _ 0.50 20 Valse allemande. Paganini _ 2.08 21 Aveu _ 0.39 22 Promenade _ 1.44 23 Pause. Marche des Davidsbündler contre les Philistins _ 3.19 Frédéric Chopin 24 Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48 No. 1 _ 5.36 25 Impromptu No. 2 in F sharp major, Op. 36 _ 5.31 26 Fantaisie-impromptu in С sharp minor, Op. 66 _ 4.36 27 Mazurka in F minor, Op. 7 No. 3 _ 2.18 28 Mazurka in E minor, Op. 41 No. 2 _ 2.05 Maurice Ravel Three Pieces from Le tombeau de Couperin, M. 68 29 No. 1 Prélude _ 3.05 30 No. 3 Forlane _ 4.22 31 No. 6 Toccata _ 4.00 Total time: 71.34

Recorded live on April 7, 1950. Remastering – M. Pilipov

CD 12 George Frideric Handel 1 Chaconne in G major, HWV 435 _ 6.02 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2 No. 3 2 I. Allegro con brio _ 8.49 3 II. Adagio _ 6.49 4 III. Scherzo. Allegro _ 2.44 5 IV. Allegro assai _ 4.54 Dmitri Shostakovich Preludes and Fugues from 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87 6 No. 1 in C major _ 4.45 7 No. 5 in D major _ 3.10 8 No. 24 in D minor _ 10.41 Alexander Scriabin Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 6 9 I. Allegro con fuoco _ 9.30 10 II. _ 4.13 11 III. Presto _ 3.08 12 IV. Funebre _ 4.44 Total time: 69.36

Recorded live on 5 January, 1952. Remastering – E. Barykina CD 13 Franz Liszt 1 Piano Sonata in B minor, S. 178 _ 27.42 Pyotr Tchaikovsky 2 Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op. 19 No. 4 _ 3.48 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy 3 Etude in A minor, Op. 104b No. 3 _ 1.31 Manuel de Falla 4 Danza ritual del fuego from Suite for piano from the ballet El Amor brujo (1921) _ 3.00 Franz Liszt 5 Etude No. 11, Harmonies du soir, from Études d’exécution transcendante, S. 139 _ 7.25 6 Hungarian Rhapsody No. 9 in E flat major, The Carnival at Pesth, S. 244/9 _ 9.30 Sergei Rachmaninoff 7 Moment musical in D flat major, Op. 16 No. 5 _ 3.52 Frédéric Chopin 8 Polonaise in A flat major, Op. 53 _ 6.21 Total time: 63.13

Recorded live on November 1, 1948 (1), April 7, 1950 (2–4), January 5, 1952 (5, 6), December 21, 1949 (7, 8). Remastering – M. Pilipov CD 14 Alexander Glazunov Piano Sonata No. 2 in E minor, Op. 75 1 I. Moderato _ 8.25 2 II. Scherzo. Allegretto _ 5.58 3 III. Finale. Allegro moderato _ 8.36 Sergei Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 14 4 I. Allegro ma non troppo _ 6.10 5 II. Scherzo. Allegro marcato _ 1.47 6 III. Andante _ 4.58 7 IV. Vivace _ 4.44 Mily Balakirev 8 Islamey, an oriental fantasy, Op. 18 _ 7.43 Sergei Rachmaninoff 9 Moment musical in D flat major, Op. 16 No. 5 _ 3.28 10 Polichinelle from Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3 No. 4 _ 3.13 Sergei Prokofiev 11 March from the opera The Love for Three Oranges, Op. 33ter _1.43 Total time: 56.52

Recorded live on March 3, 1950. Sound engineer – V. Parfionova Remastering – N. Radugina

CD 15 Pyotr Tchaikovsky Six Pieces, Op. 19 1 1. Rêverie du soir _ 4.06 2 2. Scherzo humoristique _ 3.16 3 3. Feuillet d’album _ 1.42 4 4. Nocturne _ 3.14 5 5. Capriccioso _ 2.45 6 6. Thème original et variations _ 10.24 Аlexander Scriabin Piano Sonata No. 4 in F sharp major, Op. 30 7 I. Andante _ 2.44 8 II. Prestissimo volando _ 4.29 Sergei Prokofiev 9 Piano Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 28 _ 6.54 Franz Liszt 10 Piano Sonata in B minor, S. 178 _ 27.51 11 Valse oubliée No. 1, S. 215 _ 2.33 Isaac Albéniz 12 Rumores de la Caleta (Malagueña) from Recuerdos de viaje, Op. 71 _ 3.17 Manuel de Falla 13 Danza ritual del fuego from Suite for piano from the ballet El Amor brujo (1921) _ 3.27 Total time: 77.03

Recorded live on March 3, 1950 (1–6), on March 2, 1957 (7–13). Sound engineer – D. Gaklin (1–6) Remastering – M. Pilipov

CD 16 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 1 I. Allegro con brio _ 15.54 2 II. Largo _ 9.17 3 III. Rondo. Allegro _ 8.22 Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Op. 40 4 II. Largo _ 5.48 5 III. Allegro vivace _ 8.40 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 6 I. Molto allegro con fuoco _ 7.15 7 II. Andante _ 5.27 8 III. Presto – Molto allegro e vivace _ 6.18 Total time: 67.05

Emil Gilels, piano The USSR State Symphony Orchestra Conductor – Kirill Kondrashin Recorded live on January 23, 1951. Remastering – M. Pilipov

CD 17 César Franck 1 Symphonic Variations for piano and orchestra, FWV 46 _ 14.40 Frédéric Chopin 2 Andante spianato and Grande polonaise brillante for piano and orchestra in E flat major, Op. 22 _ 13.30 Camille Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22 3 I. Andante sostenuto _ 10.12 4 II. Allegro scherzando _ 5.04 5 III. Presto _ 6.14 Franz Liszt 6 Etude No. 3 in G sharp minor, La campanella, from Grandes études de Paganini, S. 141 _ 4.22 Total time: 54.18

Emil Gilels, piano The Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra Conductor – Karl Eliasberg (1–5) Recorded live on March 4, 1951. Remastering – M. Pilipov

CD 18 Frédéric Chopin 1 Variations for piano and orchestra in B flat major on Là ci darem la mano from W.A. Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Op. 2 _ 18.14 Maurice Ravel 2 Piano Concerto for the Left Hand No. 2 in D major, M. 82 _ 17.48 Arno Babajanian 3 Heroic Ballade for piano and orchestra (1950) _ 20.34 Camille Saint-Saëns 4 Presto from Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22 _ 7.02 Total time: 63.41

Emil Gilels, piano The USSR State Symphony Orchestra Conductor – Kirill Kondrashin Recorded live on May 14, 1953. Remastering – N. Radugina CD 19 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Sonata in B flat major, KV 570 1 I. Allegro _ 5.34 2 II. Adagio _ 7.25 3 III. Allegretto _ 3.31 Claude Debussy Images, Book I, L. 110 4 1. Reflets dans l’eau _ 4.26 5 2. Hommage à Rameau _ 5.29 6 3. Mouvement _ 3.18 Estampes, L. 100 7 1. Pagodes _ 4.15 8 2. La soirée dans Grenade _ 4.47 9 3. Jardins sous la pluie _ 3.59 Sergei Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 14 10 I. Allegro ma non troppo _ 5.58 11 II. Scherzo. Allegro marcato _ 1.52 12 III. Andante _ 4.30 13 IV. Vivace _ 5.01 Visions fugitives, Op. 22 14 No. 1 Lentamente _ 0.57 15 No. 2 Andante _ 1.08 16 No. 3 Allegretto _ 1.01 17 No. 5 Molto giocoso _ 0.20 18 No. 6 Con eleganza _ 0.37 19 No. 7 Pittoresco (Arpa) _ 1.17 20 No. 11 Con vivacità _ 0.57 21 No. 18 Con una dolce lentezza _ 0.54 22 No. 14 Feroce _ 1.08 23 No. 17 Poetico _ 1.30 24 Toccata in D minor, Op. 11 _ 4.52 25 March from the opera The Love for Three Oranges, Op. 33ter _ 2.08 Total time: 77.06

Recorded live on October 3, 1954. Remastering – M. Pilipov

CD 20 Domenico Scarlatti 1 Sonata in D minor, L. 422 (K. 141) _ 4.23 2 Sonata in B minor, L. 449 (K. 27) _ 5.00 3 Sonata in G major, L. 487 (K. 125) _ 2.12 4 Sonata in C sharp minor, L. 256 (K. 247) _ 6.20 5 Sonata in A major, L. 395 (K. 533) _ 3.09 Robert Schumann Piano Sonata No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 11 6 I. Introduzione. Un poco adagio – Allegro vivace _ 9.54 7 II. Aria _ 3.05 8 III. Scherzo. Allegrissimo – Intermezzo. Lento _ 4.29 9 IV. Finale. Allegro un poco maestoso _ 11.17 Igor Stravinsky Five Fragments from the ballet Petrushka 10 1. Russian Dance (arr. by I. Stravinsky) _ 2.39 11 2. Petrushka`s Room (arr. by I. Stravinsky) _4.10 12 3. The Moor`s Room (arr. by T. Szántó) _ 3.17 13 4. Dance of the Ballerine (arr. by T. Szántó) _ 0.43 14 5. The Shrovetide Fair (arr. by I. Stravinsky) _ 8.19 Total time: 69.04

Recorded live on February 23, 1957. Remastering – M. Pilipov CD 21 Johannes Brahms 1 Romance in F major, Op. 118 No. 5 _ 3.42 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy 2 Etude in A minor, Op. 104b No. 3 _ 1.46 Pyotr Tchaikovsky Six Pieces, Op. 19 3 1. Rêverie du soir _ 4.24 4 2. Scherzo humoristique _ 3.31 5 3. Feuillet d’album _ 1.57 6 4. Nocturne _ 4.00 7 5. Capriccioso _ 2.57 8 6. Thème original et variations _ 11.31 Mieczysław Weinberg Piano Sonata No. 4 in B minor, Op. 56 9 I. Allegro _ 7.24 10 II. Allegro _ 3.18 11 III. Adagio _ 6.23 12 IV. Allegro _ 7.48 Claude Debussy 13 Arabesque in G major, L. 66 No. 2 _ 3.40 Isaac Albéniz 14 Rumores de la Caleta (Malagueña) from Recuerdos de Viaje, Op. 71 _ 3.19 Total time: 65.47

Recorded in 1950 (3–8) and live on October 3, 1954 (1, 2), February 23, 1957 (9–14). Remastering – E. Barykina

CD 22 Joseph Haydn Piano Concerto in D major, Hob. XVIII: 11 1 I. Vivace _ 7.20 2 II. Un poco adagio _ 8.13 3 III. Rondo all’Ungarese. Allegro assai _ 4.19 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 4 Rondo for piano and orchestra in D major, KV 382 _ 9.14 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto in G major No. 4, Op. 58 5 I. Allegro moderato _ 19.00 6 II. Andante con moto _ 6.06 7 III. Rondo. Vivace _ 10.20 Total time: 64.52

Emil Gilels, piano The Moscow Chamber Orchestra Conductor – Rudolf Barshai (1–4) The Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor – Neeme Järvi (5–7) Recorded live on January 16, 1959 (1–4), March 24, 1966 (5–7). Sound engineer – I. Veprintsev (5–7) Remastering – М. Pilipov

CD 23 Frédéric Chopin 1 Andante spianato et Grande polonaise brillante for piano and orchestra in E flat major, Op. 22 _ 13.55 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, KV 467 2 I. Allegro maestoso _ 14.03 3 II. Andante _ 7.38 4 III. Allegro vivace assai _ 6.35 Pyotr Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Op. 44 5 I. Allegro brillante _ 19.20 6 II. Andante non troppo _ 8.05 7 III. Allegro con fuoco _ 7.40 Total time: 76.36

Emil Gilels, piano The USSR State Symphony Orchestra Conductor – Kirill Kondrashin Recorded in 1952 (1) and live on December 23, 1959 (2–7). Remastering – M. Pilipov

CD 24 Johann Sebastian Bach 1 Aria variata alla maniera italiana in A minor, BWV 989 _ 14.54 Franz Schubert 2 Impromptu in F minor, D. 935 No. 1 _ 9.59 Robert Schumann Piano Sonata No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 11 3 I. Introduzione. Un poco Adagio – Allegro vivace _ 9.23 4 II. Aria _ 2.58 5 III. Scherzo. Allegrissimo – Intermezzo. Lento _ 4.11 6 IV. Finale. Allegro, un poco maestoso _ 10.26 Dmitri Kabalevsky Piano Sonata No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 45 7 I. Allegro moderato. Festivamente _ 7.19 8 II. Andante sostenuto _ 6.31 9 III. Presto assai _ 5.50 Total time: 71.38

Recorded live on January 22, 1959. Remastering – N. Radugina

CD 25 Domenico Scarlatti 1 Sonata in D minor, L. 422 (K. 141) _ 4.32 2 Sonata in F major, L. 116 (K. 518) _ 4.29 3 Sonata in D minor, L. 423 (K. 32) _ 2.14 4 Sonata in F minor, L. 118 (K. 466) _ 3.58 5 Sonata in A major, L. 395 (K. 533) _ 2.49 6 Sonata in B minor, L. 449 (K. 27) _ 4.17 7 Sonata in G major, L. 487 (K. 125) _ 2.24 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Sonata in A major, H. 186 8 I. Allegro assai _ 9.17 9 II. Poco adagio _ 4.38 10 III. Allegro _ 4.38 Joseph Haydn Sonata in C minor, Hob. XVI: 20 11 I. Moderato _ 10.09 12 II. Andante con moto _ 7.39 13 III. Finale. Allegro _ 4.41 Total time: 66.31

Recorded live on December 26, 1960. Remastering – N. Radugina

CD 26 Franz Liszt 1 Piano Sonata in B minor, S. 178 _ 29.03 Frédéric Chopin Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 2 I. Grave. Doppio movimento _ 5.30 3 II. Scherzo _ 6.52 4 III. Marche funèbre. Lento _ 7.29 5 IV. Finale. Presto. Sotto voce e legato _ 1.34 Robert Schumann Piano Sonata No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 11 6 I. Introduzione. Un poco adagio – Allegro vivace _ 9.12 7 II. Aria _ 2.51 8 III. Scherzo. Allegrissimo – Intermezzo. Lento _ 4.12 9 IV. Finale. Allegro un poco maestoso _ 11.34 Total time: 78.23

Recorded live on October 4 and 10, 1961. Sound engineer – I. Veprintsev CD 27 Pyotr Tchaikovsky Piano Sonata in C sharp minor, Op. 80 1 I. Allegro con fuoco _ 10.23 2 II. Andante _ 4.20 3 III. Scherzo. Allegro vivo _ 5.48 4 IV. Allegro vivo _ 5.04 Igor Stravinsky Five Fragments from the ballet Petrushka 5 1. Russian Dance (arr. by I. Stravinsky) _ 2.39 6 2. Petrushka`s Room (arr. by I. Stravinsky) _ 4.21 7 3. The Moor`s Room (arr. by T. Szántó) _ 3.26 8 4. Dance of the Ballerine (arr. by T. Szántó) _ 0.43 9 5. The Shrovetide Fair (arr. by I. Stravinsky) _ 9.03 Sergei Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 8 in B flat major, Op. 84 10 I. Andante dolce _ 15.35 11 II. Andante sognando _ 4.11 12 III. Vivace _ 9.58 Total time: 75.37

Recorded live on April 9, 1962. Sound engineer – I. Veprintsev (1–4) Remastering – M. Pilipov

CD 28 Maurice Ravel Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61 1 Modéré, très franc _ 1.07 2 Assez lent, avec une expression intense _ 1.42 3 Modéré _ 1.15 4 Assez animé _ 1.03 5 Presque lent, dans un sentiment intime _ 0.55 6 Vif _ 0.35 7 Moins vif _ 2.13 8 Épilogue. Lent _ 3.05 Franz Liszt 9 Hungarian Rhapsody No. 15 in A minor, Rákóczi-Marsch, S. 244/15 _ 5.01 Igor Stravinsky 10 Adagio from the ballet Apollon musagète (1928) (arr. by I. Stravinsky) _ 3.30 Frédéric Chopin 11 Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor, Op. 66 _ 4.39 Igor Stravinsky 12 Russian Dance from the ballet Petrushka (1911) (arr. by I. Stravinsky) _ 2.47 Muzio Clementi Piano Sonata in C major, Op. 34 No. 1 13 I. Allegro con spirito _7.33 14 II. Un poco andante, quasi allegretto _ 6.16 15 III. Finale. Allegro _ 4.14 Jean-Philippe Rameau 16 La villageoise (Rondeau) from Suite Pièces de clavecin in E minor, RCT 2 _ 1.59 17 Tambourin from Suite Pièces de clavecin in E minor, RCT 2 _ 1.40 Maurice Ravel 18 Alborada del gracioso from Miroirs, M. 43 _ 6.09 Johann Sebastian Bach – Аlexander Siloti 19 Prelude in B minor, BWV 855a _ 3.23 Igor Stravinsky 20 Adagio from the ballet Apollon musagète (1928) (arr. by I. Stravinsky) _ 3.28 21 Russian Dance from the ballet Petrushka (1911) (arr. by I. Stravinsky) _ 2.57 Sergei Rachmaninoff 22 Prelude in G minor, Op. 23 No. 5 _ 4.11 Total time: 69.56

Recorded live on January 22, 1959 (1–12), December 26, 1960 (13–17), October 4 and 10, 1961 (18–21), April 9, 1962 (22). Remastering – E. Barykina CD 29 Joseph Haydn Sonata in C minor, Hob. XVI: 20 1 I. Moderato _ 6.50 2 II. Andante con moto _ 5.35 3 III. Finale. Allegro _ 4.37 Frédéric Chopin 4 Variations for piano in B flat major on Là ci darem la mano from W.A. Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Op. 2 _ 14.44 5 Nocturne in E flat major, Op. 55 No. 2 _ 5.26 6 Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 _ 9.06 Aram Khachaturian Piano Sonata in E flat major (1961) 7 I. Allegro vivace _ 8.04 8 II. Andante tranquillo _ 6.41 9 III. Allegro assai _ 7.19 Total time: 68.28

Recorded live in Leningrad on February 15, 1963. Remastering – E. Barykina

CD 30 Claude Debussy 1 En bateau from Petite suite, L. 65 _ 4.10 2 Arabesque No. 2 in G major, L. 66 _ 3.24 Maurice Ravel 3 Alborada del gracioso from Miroirs, M. 43 _ 6.19 Frédéric Chopin 4 Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor, Op. 66 _ 5.15 Francis Poulenc 5 Pastourelle in B flat major, FP 45 _ 2.38 Sergei Rachmaninoff 6 Prelude in B flat major, Op. 23 No. 2 _ 3.41 Frédéric Chopin 24 Preludes, Op. 28 7 1. in C major _ 0.34 8 2. in A minor _ 2.07 9 3. in G major _ 0.51 10 4. in E minor _ 1.49 11 5. in D major _ 0.35 12 6. in B minor _ 1.50 13 7. in A major _ 0.45 14 8. in F sharp minor _ 1.35 15 9. in E major _ 1.10 16 10. in C sharp minor _ 0.29 17 11. in B major _ 0.40 18 12. in G sharp minor _ 1.03 19 13. in F sharp major _ 2.52 20 14. in E flat minor _ 0.34 21 15. in D flat major _ 5.22 22 16. in B flat minor _ 1.05 23 17. in A flat major _ 2.56 24 18. in F minor _ 0.48 25 19. in E flat major _ 1.11 26 20. in C minor _ 1.33 27 21. in B flat major _ 1.36 28 22. in G minor _ 0.44 29 23. in F major _ 0.59 30 24. in D minor _ 2.27 Total time: 61.18

Recorded live in Leningrad on February 15, 1963 (1–6), January 26, 1953 (7–30). Remastering – Е. Barykina CD 31 Frédéric Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 1 I. Allegretto maestoso _ 19.57 2 II. Romance. Larghetto _ 9.55 3 III. Rondo. Vivace _ 9.42 Francis Poulenc Concert champêtre in D major, FP 49 4 I. Adagio – Allegro molto _ 10.24 5 II. Andante. Mouvement de Sicilienne _ 6.10 6 III. Finale. Presto très gai _ 7.00 Total time: 63.30

Emil Gilels, piano Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor – Kirill Kondrashin Recorded live on October 12–13, 1962. Sound engineer – A. Grossman Remastering – M. Pilipov

CD 32 Franz Schubert 1 Fantasie in F minor, D. 940 (arranged for piano and orchestra by Dmitri Kabalevsky) _ 17.27 Camille Saint-Saëns Le carnaval des animaux (The Carnival of the Animals), zoological fantasy for 2 pianos and ensemble, R. 125 2 I. Introduction et Marche royale du lion (Introduction and Royal March of the Lion) _ 2.17 3 II. Poules et coqs (Hens and Cocks) _ 0.57 4 III. Hémiones (Animaux véloces) (Wild Asses: Swift Animals) _ 0.36 5 IV. Tortues (Tortoises) _ 1.36 6 V. L’éléphant (The Elephant) _ 1.03 7 VI. Kangourous (Kangaroos) _ 0.52 8 VII. Aquarium _ 2.05 9 VIII. Personnages à longues oreilles (Personages with Long Ears) _ 0.43 10 IX. Le coucou au fond des bois (The Cuckoo in the Depths of the Woods) _ 1.52 11 X. Volière (Aviary) _ 1.19 12 XI. Pianistes (Pianists) _ 1.33 13 XII. Fossiles (Fossils) _ 1.33 14 XIII. Le cygne (The Swan) _ 2.49 15 XIV. Finale _ 2.03 Franz Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, S. 124 16 I. Allegro maestoso _ 5.27 17 II. Quasi Adagio _ 4.24 18 III. Allegretto vivace. Allegro animato _ 4.16 19 IV. Allegro marziale animato _ 4.00 Total time: 57.02

Emil Gilels, piano Yakov Zak, piano (2–15) Daniil Shafran, cello (2–15) The USSR State Symphony Orchestra (1–15) Conductors: Kirill Kondrashin (1), Karl Eliasberg (2–15) The Moscow Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Conductor – Kirill Kondrashin (16–19) Recorded live on October 12 (13), 1962 (1); in 1951 (2–15), 1950 (16–19). Sound engineer – I. Veprintsev (1) Remastering – E. Barykina CD 33 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101 1 I. Etwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten Empfindung. Allegretto, ma non troppo _ 3.57 2 II. Lebhaft. Marschmäßig. Vivace alla marcia _ 5.36 3 III. Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll. Adagio, ma non troppo, con affetto _ 2.46 4 IV. Geschwinde, doch nicht zu sehr, und mit Entschlossenheit. Allegro _ 6.56 Johannes Brahms Fantasien, Op. 116 5 1. Capriccio in D minor _ 2.00 6 2. Intermezzo in A minor _ 3.25 7 3. Capriccio in G minor _ 2.57 8 4. Intermezzo in E major _ 3.11 9 5. Intermezzo in E minor _ 2.46 10 6. Intermezzo in E major _ 2.56 11 7. Capriccio in D minor _ 2.17 Franz Liszt 12 Piano Sonata in B minor, S. 178 _ 27.40 13 Valse oubliée No. 1, S. 215 _ 2.45 Robert Schumann 14 Arabeske in C major, Op. 18 _ 6.28 Total time: 75.37

Recorded live on March 21, 1965. Remastering – E. Barykina

CD 34 Franz Schubert Piano Sonata in A minor, D. 784 1 I. Allegro giusto _ 11.08 2 II. Andante _ 4.47 3 III. Allegro vivace _ 5.14 Six moments musicaux, D. 780 4 No. 1 Moderato _ 4.52 5 No. 2 Andantino _ 6.26 6 No. 3 Allegretto moderato _ 1.51 7 No. 4 Moderato _ 4.19 8 No. 5 Allegro vivace _ 1.50 9 No. 6 Allegretto _ 5.45 Frédéric Chopin 10 Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 _ 8.19 Total time: 54.37

Recorded live in Kiev on April 6, 1965. Remastering – E. Barykina

CD 35 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19 1 I. Allegro con brio _ 14.11 2 II. Adagio _ 8.28 3 III. Rondo. Molto allegro _ 6.31 Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 4 I. Allegro con brio _ 16.18 5 II. Largo _ 9.31 6 III. Rondo. Allegro _ 8.38 Total time: 63.41

Emil Gilels, piano Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor – Neeme Järvi Recorded live on April 22, 1966. Sound engineers: I. Veprintsev, E. Buneyeva Remastering – N. Radugina CD 36 Franz Schubert Piano Sonata No. 14 in A minor, D. 784 1 I. Allegro giusto _ 10.51 2 II. Andante _ 4.43 3 III. Allegro vivace _ 4.58 Moments musicaux, D. 780 4 1. in C major. Moderato _ 4.43 5 2. in A flat major. Andantino _ 6.18 6 3. in F minor. Allegro moderato _ 1.50 7 4. in C sharp minor. Moderato _ 4.12 8 5. in F minor. Allegro vivace _ 1.45 9 6. in A flat major. Allegretto _ 7.04 Dmitri Shostakovich Piano Sonata No. 2 in B minor, Op. 61 10 1. Allegretto _ 6.44 11 2. Largo _ 6.22 12 3. Moderato _ 12.10 Total time: 71.48

Recorded live on March 13, 1965. Sound engineer – М. Pakhter Remastering – Е. Barykina

CD 37 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Pathetique, Op. 13 1 I. Grave. Allegro di molto e con brio _ 8.27 2 II. Adagio cantabile _ 5.44 3 III. Rondo. Allegro _ 5.03 Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 (Moonlight Sonata) 4 I. Adagio sostenuto _ 7.12 5 II. Allegretto _ 2.39 6 III. Presto agitato _ 6.59 Franz Schubert 7 Impromptu in F minor, D. 935 No. 1 _ 9.56 Maurice Ravel 8 Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19 _ 6.25 9 Jeux d`eau, M. 30 _ 5.26 Nikolai Medtner 10 Sonata-reminiscenza in A minor from Forgotten Melodies I, Op. 38 No. 1 _ 13.20 Frédéric Chopin 11 Nouvelle étude No. 2 in A flat major, B. 130 _ 2.00 12 Etude in F minor, Op. 25 No. 2 _ 1.31 Sergei Prokofiev March and Scherzo from the opera The Love for Three Oranges, Op. 33ter 13 No. 2 Scherzo _ 1.20 14 No. 1 March _ 1.47 Total time: 77.57

Recorded live on December 21 and 23, 1968. Sound engineers: I. Veprintsev, E. Buneyeva Remastering – E. Barykina

CD 38 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 28 in А major, Op. 101 1 I. Etwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten Empfindung. Allegretto, ma non troppo _ 4.00 2 II. Lebhaft. Marschmäßig. Vivace alla Marcia _ 5.46 3 III. Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll. Adagio, ma non troppo, con affetto _ 3.01 4 IV. Geschwinde, doch nicht zu sehr, und mit Entschlossenheit. Allegro _ 7.02 Robert Schumann 5 Presto passionatо(original finale of Piano Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22) _ 6.01 Nachtstücke (Night Visions), Op. 23 6 1. Mehr langsam, oft zurückhaltend _ 4.08 7 2. Markiert und lebhaft _ 7.01 8 3. Mit großer Lebhaftigkeit _ 3.36 9 4. Ad libitum. Einfach _ 3.52 Sergei Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 8 in B flat major, Op. 84 10 I. Andante dolce _ 15.07 11 II. Andante sognando _ 4.01 12 III. Vivace _ 9.35 Total time: 73.18

Recorded live on January 26, 1967. Remastering – M. Pilipov

CD 39 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 1 I. Allegro con brio _ 10.42 2 II. Introduzione. Adagio molto _ 3.37 3 III. Rondo. Allegretto moderato _ 9.13 4 12 Variations for piano in A major on the Russian Dance from the ballet Das Waldmädchen by P. Wranitzky, WoO 71 _ 11.40 5 32 Variations for piano in C minor, WoO 80 _ 10.30 Carl Maria von Weber Piano Sonata No. 2 in A flat major, Op. 39 6 I. Allegro moderato, con spirito ed assai legato _ 11.48 7 II. Andante _ 5.59 8 III. Menuetto capriccioso. Presto assai _ 3.34 9 IV. Rondo. Moderato e molto grazioso _ 5.47 Total time: 72.57

Recorded live on October 18, 1967. Sound engineer – M. Pakhter Remastering – E. Barykina

CD 40 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Sonata in B flat major, KV 281 1 I. Allegro _ 7.54 2 II. Andante amoroso _ 8.16 3 III. Rondo. Allegro _ 5.01 4 Six Variations for piano in F major on Salve tu, Domine from the opera I filosofi immaginari by G. Paisiello, KV 398 _ 8.37 5 Ten Variations for piano in G major on Unser dummer Pöbel meint from the opera La rencontre imprévue, ou Les pèlerins de la Mecque by C.W. Gluck, KV 455 _14.36 6 Fantasia in D minor, KV 397 _ 6.25 Piano Sonata in A minor, KV 310 7 I. Allegro maestoso _ 8.56 8 II. Andante cantabile con espressione _ 10.58 9 III. Presto _ 3.18 Total time: 74.07

Recorded live on January 5, 1970. Sound engineer – M. Kustov

CD 41 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Sonata in F major, KV 533/494 1 I. Allegro _ 9.16 2 II. Andante _ 8.14 3 III. Rondo _ 6.38 Frédéric Chopin 4 Polonaise in C minor, Op. 40 No. 2 _ 8.02 Franz Liszt 5 Rhapsodie espagnole, S. 254 _ 12.27 Sergei Prokofiev Visions fugitives, Op. 22 6 No. 1 Lentamente _ 0.59 7 No. 3 Allegretto _ 0.50 8 No. 5 Molto giocoso _ 0.19 9 No. 11 Con vivacità _ 1.24 10 March from the opera The Love for Three Oranges, Op. 33ter _ 1.52 Alexander Scriabin 11 Etude in C sharp minor, Op. 2 No. 1 _ 3.33 Sergei Rachmaninoff 12 Prelude in G minor, Op. 23 No. 5 _ 4.03 Frédéric Chopin 13 Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 _ 8.13 Robert Schumann 14 Arabeske in C major, Op. 18 _ 6.36 Total time: 72.36

Recorded live on February 12, 1972 (1–4), October 18, 1967 (5–10), January 26, 1967 (11, 12), March 13, 1965 (13, 14). Sound engineer – M. Pakhter (5–14) Remastering – М. Pilipov

CD 42 Pyotr Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Op. 44 1 I. Allegro brillante _ 21.04 2 II. Andante non troppo _ 9.25 3 III. Allegro con fuoco _ 8.41 Piano Concerto No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 75 4 I. Allegro brillante _ 18.14 5 Rehearsal of Piano Concerto No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 75 _ 21.47 Total time: 79.14

Emil Gilels, piano The USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra Conductor – Evgeny Svetlanov Recorded live on January 3, 1970 (1–3) and on February 20, 1968 (4, 5).

CD 43 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 12 in A flat major, Op. 26 1 I. Andante con Variazioni _ 8.12 2 II. Scherzo. Allegro molto _ 2.40 3 III. Marcia funebre sulla morte d`un Eroe. Maestoso andante _ 5.57 4 IV. Allegro _ 2.38 Sergei Prokofiev 5 Piano Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 28 _ 8.05 6 Prelude in C major, Op. 12 No. 7 _ 2.04 Visions fugitives, Op. 22 7 No. 1 Lentamente _ 1.01 8 No. 3 Allegretto _ 0.54 9 No. 5 Molto giocoso _ 0.25 10 No. 7 Pittoresco (Аrpа) _ 1.29 11 No. 8 Commodo _ 1.23 12 No. 10 Ridicolosamente _ 0.51 13 No. 11 Con vivacità _ 1.06 14 No. 17 Poetico _ 1.05 Sergei Rachmaninoff 15 Daisies, Op. 38 No. 3 _ 2.28 16 Prelude in C sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2 _ 4.04 17 Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14 _ 5.53 18 Prelude in B flat major, Op. 23 No. 2 _ 3.43 19 Prelude in G flat major, Op. 23 No. 10 _ 3.12 20 Prelude in B major, Op. 32 No. 11 _ 2.20 21 Prelude in G minor, Op. 23 No. 5 _ 4.06 Alexander Scriabin 22 Etude in C sharp minor, Op. 2 No. 1 _ 2.38 Johann Sebastian Bach – Аlexander Siloti 23 Prelude in B minor, BWV 855a _ 3.22 Total time: 69.46

Recorded live on December 24–25, 1977. Remastering – E. Barykina

CD 44 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major, Op. 31 No. 1 1 I. Allegro vivace _ 6.44 2 II. Adagio grazioso _ 11.32 3 III. Rondo. Allegretto _ 6.46 Piano Sonata No. 12 in A flat major, Op. 26 4 I. Andante con Variazioni _ 8.08 5 II. Scherzo. Allegro molto _ 2.47 6 III. Marcia funebre sulla morte d`un Eroe. Maestoso andante _ 6.23 7 IV. Allegro _ 2.43 Robert Schumann 8 Toccata in C major, Op. 7 _ 7.42 Franz Liszt 9 Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C sharp minor, S. 244/2 _ 9.00 Total time: 61.50

Recorded live on February 12, 1976. Remastering – M. Pilipov

CD 45 Robert Schumann Four Pieces for piano, Op. 32 1 1. Scherzo _ 4.19 2 2. Gigue _ 1.25 3 3. Romanze _ 3.59 4 4. Fughette _ 2.44 Johannes Brahms Four Ballades for piano, Op. 10 5 No. 1 in D minor. Andante _ 4.42 6 No. 2 in D major. Andante _ 6.40 7 No. 3 in B minor. Intermezzo. Allegro _ 4.12 8 No. 4 in B major. Andante con moto _ 7.36 Frédéric Chopin 9 Polonaise in C minor, Op. 40 No. 2 _ 6.53 Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 10 I. Allegro maestoso _ 10.17 11 II. Scherzo. Molto vivace _ 2.30 12 III. Largo _ 9.01 13 IV. Finale. Presto non tanto. Agitato _ 5.32 Total time: 70.02

Recorded live on December 27, 1977. Remastering – M. Pilipov

CD 46 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10 No. 3 1 I. Presto _ 6.55 2 II. Largo e mesto _ 9.07 3 III. Menuetto. Allegro _ 2.46 4 IV. Rondo. Allegro _ 4.14 Piano Sonata No. 25 in G major, Op. 79 5 I. Presto alla tedesca _ 4.42 6 II. Andante _ 3.29 7 III. Vivace _ 2.15 Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat major, Op. 81a 8 I. Das Lebewohl. Adagio _ 7.20 9 II. Abwesenheit. Andante espressivo _ 3.23 10 III. Das Wiedersehen. Vivacissimamente _ 6.09 Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90 11 I. Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck _ 5.10 12 II. Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorgetragen _ 8.51 Adolph von Henselt 13 Etude No. 6 in F sharp major, Si oiseau j’étais (If I Were a Bird), from 12 Études caractéristiques, Op. 2 _ 2.15 Franz Liszt 14 Etude No. 5 in E major, La chasse, from Grandes études de Paganini, S. 141 _ 3.12 Total time: 69.56

Recorded live on October 20, 1980. Remastering – M. Pilipov

CD 47 Ludwig van Beethoven 1 15 Variations and Fugue on an original theme in E flat major, Eroica Variations , Op. 35 _ 23.27 Johannes Brahms Four Ballades for piano, Op. 10 2 No. 1 in D minor. Andante _ 4.37 3 No. 2 in D major. Andante _ 6.45 4 No. 3 in B minor. Intermezzo. Allegro _ 3.58 5 No. 4 in B major. Andante con moto _ 8.11 Robert Schumann 6 Arabeske in C major, Op. 18 _ 6.59 7 Toccata in C major, Op. 7 _ 5.04 Frédéric Chopin 8 Nouvelle étude No. 2 in A flat major, B. 130 _ 2.20 9 Polonaise in A flat major, Op. 53 _ 7.03 Total time: 68.31

Recorded live on October 20, 1980 (1), February 12, 1976 (2–5), January 5, 1970 (6, 7), December 27, 1977 (8, 9). Remastering – M. Pilipov

CD 48 Johannes Brahms 1 Variations on a Theme by Paganini in A minor, Op. 35, Book I _ 13.14 Seven Fantasien for piano, Op. 116 2 1. Capriccio in D minor _ 2.23 3 2. Intermezzo in A minor _ 3.59 4 3. Capriccio in G minor _ 3.26 5 4. Intermezzo in E major _ 4.54 6 5. Intermezzo in E minor _ 3.11 7 6. Intermezzo in E major _ 3.18 8 7. Capriccio in D minor _ 2.19 Robert Schumann Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13 9 Theme _ 1.55 10 Etude I _ 1.08 11 Etude II _ 4.13 12 Etude III _ 1.11 13 Etude IV _ 0.47 14 Etude V _ 1.11 15 Etude VI _ 0.48 16 Etude VII _ 1.09 17 Etude VIII _ 2.47 18 Etude IX _ 0.34 19 Etude X _ 1.14 20 Etude XI _ 3.09 21 Etude XII (Finale) _ 6.29 Total time: 63.31

Recorded live on January 9, 1983. Remastering – N. Radugina

CD 49 Robert Schumann Four Pieces for piano, Op. 32 1 1. Scherzo _ 3.58 2 2. Gigue _ 1.17 3 3. Romance _ 4.12 4 4. Fughette _ 2.57 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy 5 Duetto, Song without Words, Op. 38 No. 6 _ 4.38 6 Etude in A minor, Op. 104b No. 3 _ 1.47 Аlexander Scriabin Piano Sonata No. 3 in F sharp minor, Op. 23 7 I. Drammatico _ 6.50 8 II. Allegretto _ 2.50 9 III. Andante _ 5.11 10 IV. Presto con fuoco _ 6.18 Five Preludes, Op. 74 11 1. Douloureux, déchirant _ 1.16 12 2. Très lent, contemplatif _ 1.32 13 3. Allegro drammatico _ 1.04 14 4. Lent, vague, indécis _ 1.19 15 5. Fier, belliqueux _ 1.29 Sergei Prokofiev 16 Piano Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 28 _ 8.49 Total time: 55.51

Recorded live on January 9, 1983 (1–6), January 26, 1984 (7–16). Sound engineer – V. Ivanov (1–6) Remastering – M. Pilipov

CD 50 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat major, Hammerklavier, Op. 106 1 I. Allegro _ 12.18 2 II. Scherzo. Assai vivace _ 2.49 3 III. Adagio sostenuto _ 18.52 4 IV. Introduzione. Largo – Fuga. Allegro risoluto _ 13.23 Total time: 47.26

Recorded live on January 26, 1984. Remastering – M. Pilipov

امیل گیللس نسخه صدمین سالگرد از لیبل ملودیا

امیل گیللس نسخه صدمین سالگرد از لیبل ملودیا