Walter Gieseking: The complete Homocord recordings and other rarities | APR APR6013

Walter Gieseking: The complete Homocord recordings and other rarities

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Cat No: APR6013

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Release Date: 30th September 2013

Contents

Works

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Partita no.1 in B flat major, BWV825 (abridged)
The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1, BWV846-869
» no.3 in C sharp major, BWV848

Brahms, Johannes

Rhapsodies (2), op.79
» no.2 in G minor

Chopin, Frederic

Etudes (12), op.25
» no.1 in A flat major
» no.2 in F minor
Nocturnes (21)
» no.3 in B major, op.9 no.3
» no.5 in F sharp major, op.15 no.2
Polonaise no.6 in A flat major, op.53 'Heroic'

Debussy, Claude

Arabesques (2)
Children's Corner
» VI Golliwogg's Cake-Walk
Images pour piano, Book 1
» I Reflets dans l'eau
La Plus que lente, L121
Preludes (12), Book 1
» no.12 Minstrels

Gieseking, Walter

Sonatine for flute and piano
Variations (8) on a theme by Grieg, for flute and piano

Grieg, Edvard

Lyric Pieces: Book 3 (6), op.43
» no.1 Butterfly
» no.6 To Spring
Lyric Pieces: Book 8 (6), op.65
» no.6 Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

Liszt, Franz

Hungarian Rhapsodies (19), S244
» no.12 in C sharp minor

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Piano Sonata no.18 in D major, K576

Niemann, Walter

Das Magische Buch, op.92
» no.6 The silver cascade

Poulenc, Francis

Mouvements perpetuels (3)

Ravel, Maurice

Jeux d'eau

Roussel, Albert

Aria (arr. of Vocalise no.2)
Joueurs de flute, op.27
» IV M de la Pejaudie

Scarlatti, Domenico

Keyboard Sonata in D minor, K9
Keyboard Sonata in E major, K380

Schubert, Franz

Impromptus (4), op.142 D935
» no.3 in B flat major

Strauss, Richard

Lieder (5), op.48
» no.1 Freundliche Vision
Lieder (6), op.17
» no.2 Standchen (arr. Gieseking)

Tansman, Alexandre

Novelettes (8) for piano
» no.6 Blues

Artists

Walter Gieseking (piano)
Lambros Callimahos (flute)
Gustav Scheck (flute)

Works

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Partita no.1 in B flat major, BWV825 (abridged)
The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1, BWV846-869
» no.3 in C sharp major, BWV848

Brahms, Johannes

Rhapsodies (2), op.79
» no.2 in G minor

Chopin, Frederic

Etudes (12), op.25
» no.1 in A flat major
» no.2 in F minor
Nocturnes (21)
» no.3 in B major, op.9 no.3
» no.5 in F sharp major, op.15 no.2
Polonaise no.6 in A flat major, op.53 'Heroic'

Debussy, Claude

Arabesques (2)
Children's Corner
» VI Golliwogg's Cake-Walk
Images pour piano, Book 1
» I Reflets dans l'eau
La Plus que lente, L121
Preludes (12), Book 1
» no.12 Minstrels

Gieseking, Walter

Sonatine for flute and piano
Variations (8) on a theme by Grieg, for flute and piano

Grieg, Edvard

Lyric Pieces: Book 3 (6), op.43
» no.1 Butterfly
» no.6 To Spring
Lyric Pieces: Book 8 (6), op.65
» no.6 Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

Liszt, Franz

Hungarian Rhapsodies (19), S244
» no.12 in C sharp minor

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Piano Sonata no.18 in D major, K576

Niemann, Walter

Das Magische Buch, op.92
» no.6 The silver cascade

Poulenc, Francis

Mouvements perpetuels (3)

Ravel, Maurice

Jeux d'eau

Roussel, Albert

Aria (arr. of Vocalise no.2)
Joueurs de flute, op.27
» IV M de la Pejaudie

Scarlatti, Domenico

Keyboard Sonata in D minor, K9
Keyboard Sonata in E major, K380

Schubert, Franz

Impromptus (4), op.142 D935
» no.3 in B flat major

Strauss, Richard

Lieder (5), op.48
» no.1 Freundliche Vision
Lieder (6), op.17
» no.2 Standchen (arr. Gieseking)

Tansman, Alexandre

Novelettes (8) for piano
» no.6 Blues

Artists

Walter Gieseking (piano)
Lambros Callimahos (flute)
Gustav Scheck (flute)

About

Walter Gieseking is known as one of the greatest 20th-century pianists, and his playing of Debussy and Ravel in particular is often regarded as definitive. For most of his recording career he recorded for Columbia, and many of these recordings have been frequently reissued, but his earliest recordings were made in the 1920s for the German label Homocord, and these are hardly known.

This set brings together all of them in their first complete CD transfer, and sheds new light on Gieseking’s playing. We hear him in composers such as Chopin and Liszt, who he did not feature much in his later years, as well as his earliest takes on the repertoire for which he was to become best known.

The set is completed with other rarities: his single Brunswick disc and various previously unissued recordings from a variety of labels. Of particular interest are two major works for flute and piano where we find Gieseking in his much less well known role of composer.

Contents:
CD 1: [80.01] Homocord Recordings 1923-27
1-4 BACH: Partita No.1 BWV825 (abridged) (1923)
5 SCHUBERT: Impromptu Op.142/3 (1924)
6-10 CHOPIN: Nocturne Op.9/3; Nocturne Op.15/2; Etudes Op.25/1 & 2; Polonaise Op.53 (1924-5)
11 LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No.12 in C sharp minor S244/12 (1924)
12 BRAHMS: Rhapsody in G minor Op.79/2 (1924)
13-15 GRIEG: Wedding Day at Troldhaugen Op.65/6; To the Spring Op.43/6; Butterfly Op.43/1 (1925)
16-20 DEBUSSY: Deux arabesques; Refects dans l’eau; Golliwog’s Cakewalk; Minstrels (1923-5)
21 RAVEL: Jeux d’eau (1923)
22-24 POULENC: Mouvements perpétuels (1925)
25-26 DEBUSSY: Deux arabesques (1927)

CD 2: [79.18] Homocord, Brunswick, Columbia & Electrola Recordings 1925-56
1-3 GRIEG: Wedding Day at Troldhaugen Op.65/6; To the Spring Op.43/6; Butterfly Op.43/1 (1927)
4-5 STRAUSS/GIESEKING: Ständchen Op.17/2; Freundliche Vision Op.48/1 (1927)
6-7 BACH: Prelude & Fugue in C sharp major WTC book 1 BWV848 (Homocord 1925 unissued)
8-9 SCARLATTI: Sonata in D minor Kk9; Sonata in E major Kk380 (Homocord 1925 unissued)
10 NIEMANN: The Silver Cascade Op.92/6 (Brunswick 1928)
11 DEBUSSY: La plus que lent (Brunswick 1928)
12-19 GIESEKING: Variations on a theme by Grieg for Flute and Piano (with Lambros Callimahos) (US Columbia 1937 unissued)
20-22 GIESEKING: Sonatine for flute and piano (with Gustav Scheck - flute) (German Columbia 1937)
23-24 ROUSSEL: Aria; M de la Péjaudie (both with Gustav Scheck - flute) (German Columbia 1937)
25-27 MOZART: Sonata in D major K576 (Electrola ca.1940-42 unissued)
28 TANSMAN: Blues (English Columbia 1956 unissued)

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