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Robert Schumann: Etudes Symphoniques Op. 13; Waldscenen, Op. 82; and Romances, Op. 28: Nos. 1 & 2 (all recorded 9 July 1951 in Saarbucken) and Sonata No. 1 in F# Minor, Op. 11 (Grosse Sonate) (recorded in 1942 for RRG, the German radio system). Total time: 74:41. [AAD]

UPC #0-17685-10132-8.

CD No. 2 (77:15) Beethoven: Sonata No. 16 in G, Op. 31 No.1 (1947), Beethoven: Sonata No. 27 in e, Op. 90 (1943), Schubert: Rondo, from Sonata in D, Op. 53 (1945), Mendelssohn: Rondo capriccoso in E (1947).

CD No. 3 (74:01) Mendelssohn: Hunting Song from Songs Without Words in A, Op 19, No. 3 (1947), Mendelssohn: Song of the Pilgrim from Songs Without Words in Bb, Op. 67, No. 3 (1947), Mendelssohn: The Joyous Peasant from Songs Without Words in A, Op. 10, No. 5 (1947). Schumann: Sonata in f# Op. 11 (1943). Schumann: XII Symphonic Etudes Op. 13 (1945). Brahms: Intermezzo in C (1933).

CD No. 4 (78:46) Brahms: Intermezzo in A (1933), Brahms: Romanze in F (1933), Debussy: La soirée dans Grenade from Estampes, Mouvement de Habanera (1947), Debussy: Hommage a Rameau from Images I (1947), Debussy: Mouvement from Images I (1947), Debussy: La Cathédrale engloutie (1947) Debussy: Feux d’Artifice (1947), Scriabin: Sonata No. 3 in f# minor Op. 23 (1945), Scriabin: Sonata No. 5 in F#, Op. 53 (1947), Scriabin: Sonata No. 9 in F major Op. 68 (1947), Ravel; La vallée des closches (1947), Ravel: Alborada del gracioso (1947), Ravel: Ondine (1947).

(AAD) UPC # 0-17685-10702-3 (A co-production with Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv).

GIESEKING PLAYS SCHUMANN

SKU CD-1013 Categories Classical, Keyboard/Piano

GIESEKING PLAYS SCHUMANN

$14.95

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Description

A phenomenal technician and colorist who made melody communicate to a unique degree and played with great stylistic differentiation, Walter Gieseking was one of the most individual and consistently inspired pianists of our time. This collection brings together some of his finest broadcast performances of works by Schumann.

CD-1013(1) GIESEKING PLAYS SCHUMANN Robert Schumann: Etudes Symphoniques Op. 13; Waldscenen, Op. 82; and Romances, Op. 28: Nos. 1 & 2 (all recorded 9 July 1951 in Saarbucken) and Sonata No. 1 in F# Minor, Op. 11 (Grosse Sonate) (recorded in 1942 for RRG, the German radio system). Total time: 74:41. [AAD] UPC #0-17685-10132-8.