"In June 2017, I was due to perform in Moscow when I met Kirill Gilels, the grandson of the famous pianist Emil Gilels. He listened to what our Phoenix Mastering restoration process can achieve, and gave us a list of dates and places of the previously unreleased recordings of his grandfather.
In Berlin, Moscow and Saint Petersburg, we came across a treasure trove, stunning in terms of both the quality and consistency of Emil Gilels’s playing. We were fully aware that he was one of the greatest musicians of the twentieth century.
It was in Amsterdam where at last, thanks to the unstinting efforts of Piet Tullenaar, we succeeded in extracting five recordings of performances Gilels had given between 1975 and 1980 at the Concertgebouw – recordings that had fallen into oblivion. We were allotted a studio where we listened to the tapes one by one. Sitting there were Piet Tullenaar, Michel Navarra and myself. We did not utter a word, so overcome were we by the beauty of what we heard" F. D'Oria-Nicolas
Beethoven : Sonata No. 25 in G Major, Op.79 | ||||
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II. Andante | 03:29 |
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III. Vivace | 02:05 |
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Beethoven : Sonata No. 26 in E-flat Major “Les Adieux”, Op. 81a | ||||
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I. Das Lebewohl (Adagio – Allegro) | 06:59 |
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II. Abwesenheit (Andante espressivo) | 03:29 |
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III. Das Wiedersehen (Vivacissimamente) | 05:55 |
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Beethoven : Sonata No. 27 in E Minor, Op. 90 | ||||
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I. Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck | 05:32 |
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II. Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorgetragen | 08:31 |
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Brahms : Ballade No. 1 in D Minor "Edward", Op. 10 | 04:21 |
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Brahms : Ballade No. 2 in D Major, Op. 10 | 06:57 |
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Brahms : Ballade No. 3 in B Minor “Intermezzo”, Op. 10 | 04:05 |
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Brahms : Ballade No. 4 in B Major, Op. 10 | 08:00 |
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Schumann : Arabesque, Op. 18 | 06:54 |
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Prokofiev : Prélude, Op. 12, No. 7 | 02:20 |
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Brahms : Fantasies, Op. 116 | ||||
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I. Capriccio in D Minor: Presto energico | 02:32 |
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II. Intermezzo in A Minor: Andante | 03:47 |
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III. Capriccio in G Minor: Allegro passionato | 03:12 |
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IV. Intermezzo in E Major: Adagio | 04:20 |
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V. Intermezzo in E Minor: Andante con grazia ed intimisso sentimento | 02:03 |
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VI. Intermezzo in E Major: Andantino teneramente | 02:58 |
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VII. Capriccio in D Minor: Allegro agitato | 02:54 |
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Prokofiev : Visions Fugitives, Op. 22 (excerpts) | ||||
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No. 1, Lentamente | 01:22 |
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No. 3, Allegretto | 00:54 |
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No. 5, Molto giocoso | 00:26 |
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No. 7, Pittoresco | 01:17 |
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No. 8, Commodo | 01:20 |
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No. 10, Ridicolosamente | 00:57 |
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No. 11, Con vivacità | 01:08 |
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No. 17, Poetico | 01:21 |
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Prokofiev : Sonata No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 28 | 07:56 |
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Liszt : Sonata in B Minor, S.178 | 28:26 |
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Schumann : Arabesque, Op. 18 | 06:54 |
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Prokofiev : March from “The Love for Three Oranges“, Op. 33 | 01:51 |
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Beethoven : Sonata No. 12 in A-flat Major, Op. 26 | ||||
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I. Andante con variazioni | 08:47 |
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II. Scherzo: Allegro molto | 02:45 |
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III. Marcia funebre sulla morte d’un Eroe: Maestoso andante | 06:11 |
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IV. Allegro | 02:43 |
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Prokofiev : Visions Fugitives, Op. 22 (excerpts) | ||||
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No. 1, Lentamente | 01:10 |
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No. 3, Allegretto | 00:56 |
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No. 5, Molto giocoso | 00:30 |
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No. 7, Pittoresco | 01:26 |
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No. 8, Commodo | 01:55 |
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No. 10, Ridicolosamente | 00:56 |
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No. 11, Con vivacità | 01:09 |
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No. 17, Poetico | 01:29 |
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Prokofiev : Prélude, Op. 12, No. 7 | 02:21 |
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Chopin : Polonaise in C Minor, Op. 40, No. 2 | 06:43 |
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Chopin : Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58 | ||||
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I. Allegro maestoso | 10:53 |
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II. Scherzo: Molto vivace | 02:39 |
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III. Largo | 09:11 |
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IV. Finale: Presto ma non tanto | 05:39 |
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Chopin : Nouvelle Étude in A-flat Major, No. 2 | 02:21 |
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Chopin : Polonaise No. 6 in A-flat Major, Op. 53 "Heroic" | 07:00 |
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Mozart : Piano Sonata No. 15 in F Major, K. 533/494 | ||||
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I. Allegro | 09:50 |
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II. Andante | 10:57 |
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III. Rondo: Allegretto | 07:01 |
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Mozart : Fantasia in D Minor, K. 397 | 06:39 |
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Mozart : Variations on "Salve tu Domine" from "I filosofi immaginari" by Paisiello, K. 398 | 07:47 |
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Scriabin : Étude in F-sharp Minor, Op. 8, No. 2 | 02:10 |
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Scriabin : Étude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 2, No. 1 | 03:16 |
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Scriabin : 5 Préludes, Op. 74 | ||||
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No. 1 (Douloureux, déchirant) | 01:07 |
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No. 2 (Très lent, contemplatif) | 01:27 |
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No. 3 (Allegro dramatico) | 01:07 |
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No. 4 (Lent, vague, indécis) | 01:12 |
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No. 5 (Fier, belliqueux) | 01:39 |
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Ravel : Pavane pour une infante défunte | 06:55 |
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Ravel : Jeux d’eau | 05:34 |
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Ravel : Alborada del gracioso from “Miroirs” | 07:15 |
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Bach/Siloti : Prelude in B Minor, BWV 855a | 03:34 |
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Beethoven : Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10 No. 3 | ||||
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I. Presto | 07:14 |
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II. Largo e mesto | 10:02 |
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III. Menuetto: Allegro | 03:04 |
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IV. Rondo: Allegro | 04:16 |
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Beethoven : Variations and Fugue in E-flat Major “Eroica”, Op. 35 | ||||
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Introduzione col basso del tema: Allegretto vivace | 02:54 |
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Tema | 00:41 |
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Variation No. 1 | 00:35 |
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Variation No. 2 | 00:50 |
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Variation No. 3 | 00:38 |
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Variation No. 4 | 00:33 |
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Variation No. 5 | 00:51 |
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Variation No. 6 | 00:31 |
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Variation No. 7 Canone all’ottava | 00:38 |
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Variation No. 8 | 00:53 |
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Variation No. 9 | 00:38 |
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Variation No. 10 | 00:39 |
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Variation No. 11 | 00:49 |
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Variation No. 12 | 00:41 |
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Variation No. 13 | 00:43 |
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Variation No. 14 Minore | 01:32 |
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Variation No. 15 Maggiore. Largo | 03:13 |
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Coda | 01:07 |
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Finale: Alla fuga | 04:51 |
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Beethoven : Sonata No. 8 in C Minor “Pathétique”, Op. 13 | ||||
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I. Grave – Allegro di molto e con brio | 06:54 |
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