Clarity and civility, strength and restraint, mind and heart, these are the words that best describe the playing of pianist Emil Gilels. In this wonderfully chosen two-disc set drawn from his catalog of recordings for Deutsche Grammophon, the selections showcase Gilels at his best and most characteristic. There is his refined and enlightened performance of Beethoven's E flat major Sonata, Op. 31/3, his warm and wise performances of Grieg's Lyric Pieces, as well as his insightful and inspired performance of Mozart's B flat ...
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Clarity and civility, strength and restraint, mind and heart, these are the words that best describe the playing of pianist Emil Gilels. In this wonderfully chosen two-disc set drawn from his catalog of recordings for Deutsche Grammophon, the selections showcase Gilels at his best and most characteristic. There is his refined and enlightened performance of Beethoven's E flat major Sonata, Op. 31/3, his warm and wise performances of Grieg's Lyric Pieces, as well as his insightful and inspired performance of Mozart's B flat major Sonata, K. 281. To be sure, there are also performances that present Gilels at his most passionate -- his tempestuous Brahms Ballades, his ardent Chopin B minor Sonata, and especially his highly charged Schubert F minor Fantasy with his daughter Elena -- but that's where his strength and his restraint come in. Instead of yielding to his passion and losing control, Gilels hews close to the score, controlling his performance the better to express the music's passions and not his...
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