Celebrating 100 years of Soviet pianist Emil Gilels (1916–1985), Sony Classical release this budget-priced 7-CD box set. Widely regarded as one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century, this is the first ever collection of Gilels’s complete recordings for RCA and Columbia from 1955 to 1979. First release of his Schubert Piano Sonata no.14 recording from 1964 on CD, remastered from the original analogue tapes. Original jacket collection featuring facsimile sleeves and LP labels.

Set contents:

CD 1: LM-1969 (in stereo from VICS-1039) (1955)
Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto no.1 in B flat minor, op.23
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Fritz Reiner

CD 2: LSC-2219 (1958)
Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 83 in B Flat
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Fritz Reiner

CD 3: LSC-2493 (1960)
Schubert - Piano Sonata in D major, D850/op.53

CD 4: LSC-2811 (1964/5)
Liszt - Piano Sonata in B minor
Schubert - Piano Sonata in A minor, D784/op.143 (remastered)

CD 5: LSC-2868
Shostakovich - Piano Sonata no.2, op. 61 (1965)
Bach - French Suite no.5 in G major, BWV 816 (1960)

CD 6: MS 6712 (1964)
Chopin - Piano Concerto no.1 in E minor, op.11
- The Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy

CD 7: IM 36600 (1979)
Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto no.1 in B flat minor, op.23
- New York Philharmonic Orchestra/Zubin Mehta
JS Bach - Prelude no.10 in E minor, BWV 855 (WTC I)