EMIL GILELS: In Ensembles (4CD)

CD1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Ferruccio Busoni
1) Overture to The Magic Flute (КV 620) . 6.18
2) Fantasia in F Minor (КV 608) . .9.31
3) Duettino concertante (КV 459) . 6.57
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
4) Fugue in C Minor, КV 426 . .4.09
Camille Saint-Saёns
5) Variations on a Theme by Beethoven, Op. 35 . .17.39
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto No. 10 for two pianos and orchestra in E Flat Major, КV 365/316а
6) I Allegro . 9.46
7) II Andante . 7.38
8) III Rondo. Allegro . .6.40

Emil Gilels, piano
Yakow Zak, piano
The USSR State Symphony Orchestra
Conductor — Kirill Kondrashin (6-8)
Recorded in 1948–1952

CD2
Joseph Haydn
Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano in G Major, Hob. XV:32
9) I Andante . .7.31
10) II Allegro . 9.35
Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata for horn and piano in F Major, Op. 17
11) I Allegro moderato . 7.50
12) II Poco Adagio quasi Andante . .1.33
13) III Rondo. Allegro moderato . .4.56
Johannes Brahms
14) Variations on a Theme by Haynd, Op. 56 . 16.22
César Cui
Three pieces for two pianos, Op. 69
15) № 1 Intermezzo . 2.36
16) № 2 Nocturne . 9.33

Emil Gilels, piano
Elizaveta Gilels, violin (9-10)
Yakov Shapiro, horn (11-13)
Yakov Zak, piano (14)
Yakov Flier, piano (15-16)
Recorded in 1946 (14), 1949 (15-16), 1951 (9-13)

CD3
Rachmaninoff
Suite No. 2 for two pianos in C Major, Op. 17
17) Introduction . .3.47
18) Valse . 5.26
19) Romance . 6.12
20) Tarantella . .5.45
Leonid Nikolayev
Suite for two pianos in B Minor, Op. 13
21) Prélude . 4.18
22) Intermezzo . 3.37
23) Mélodie . 3.22
24) Fugue . 2.24
Frédéric Chopin
25) Rondo for two pianos in C Major, Op. 73 . .9.16
Franz Liszt
Concerto pathétique for two pianos in E Minor, S. 258
26) Allegro energico — Andante sostenuto — Allegro agitato assai . .18.41

Emil Gilels, piano
Yakov Zak, piano
Recorded in 1946 (17-20), 1949 (26), 1950 (25), 1951 (21-24)

CD4
Johannes Brahms
Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25
27) I Allegro . 10.39
28) II Intermezzo. Allegro ma non troppo — Trio. Animato . .6.41
29) III Andante con . 8.30
30) IV Rondo alla Zingarese. Presto . .7.35
Andrey Babayev
Trio for piano, violin and cello in C Sharp Minor
31) I Allegro . .7.12
32) II Scherzo . 2.13
33) III Moderato . 5.59
34) IV Finale . 4.15

Emil Gilels, piano
Dmitri Tsyganov, violin
Vadim Borisovsky, viola (27-30)
Sergei Shirinsky, cello
Recorded at the Small Hall of the Moscow Conservatory
on 3 January 1959 (27-30)
Recorded in the 1950s (31-34)

ALL RECORDINGS ARE FROM ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES.
FIRST PUBLICATION: TRACKS 9-26, 31-34