Walter Gieseking
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Beethoven & Mozart: Quintets for Piano and Wind
RecommendedWalter Gieseking, Dennis Brain
Philharmonia Wind Quartet, Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan
There have never been any doubts about these performances. The horn playing in the Sinfoniaconcertante is unsurpassable and in the quintets Gieseking's lightness and his clarity and sense of... —
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Building a Library, April 2007, Historic Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Gramophone Awards, 1996, Winner - Historic non-vocal
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Gieseking was indeed a ‘sorcerer’. Hear him in ‘Voiles’, ‘Les sons et les parfums’ or ‘Des pas sur la neige’ and you sense how everything is accomplished by tonal finesse rather than heavy underlining... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Historical
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Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies
Piano Concertos 4 & 5 - Missa Solemnis - Overtures
Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan
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Walter Gieseking: Three Legendary Concert Performances
Walter Gieseking (piano)
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, William Mengelberg, John Barbirolli
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Building a Library, October 2018, Also recommended
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Bach - Piano Transcriptions Volume 1
Selected works including Toccata and Fugue in D Minor BWV 565 and more
Sergey Rachmaninov, Alfred Cortot, Winifred Christie, Ethel Bartlett, Rae Robertson, Olga Samaroff, George Copeland, Harriet Cohen, Alexander Kelberine, Walter Gieseking, Wilhelm Backhaus, Byron Janis, Artur Rubinstein (all piano)
This grand transcription may forever be associated with Vladimir Horowitz's 1965 historic return, yet his rival Arthur Rubinstein arguably played it better for one of his least discussed and... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Best-kept Secrets
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Mozart: 16 Lieder & Quintet for Piano and Wind
Walter Gieseking (piano), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano)
Philharmonia Wind Ensemble
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Great Pianists - Walter Gieseking
RecommendedConcerto Recordings Vol. 1
Walter Gieseking (piano)
Preussischen Staatskapelle Dresden, Berlin State Opera Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Böhm, Hans Rosbaud, Henry Wood
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Building a Library, June 2010, Historic Choice
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Hans Rosbaud conducts Brahms. Symphonies, Serenades, Piano Concertos
Südwestfunkorchester Baden-Baden, Hans Rosbaud
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2019, Reissue/Archive Recording of the Month
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