Emil Gilels
Emil Gilels
Your choice of pianist for Beethoven?
If you were to buy one set of the complete Beethoven piano sonatas, what pianist would you choose??
Personally I would choose Emil Gilels. Although I find Schnabel's interperatation to be the best, his lack of technical mastery detracts from the experiance as a whole. Gilels in my opinion possesses a wonderful and balanced combination of technical mastery and interperative vision. Looking forward to your opinions.
How about elaborating on why you prefer a certain pianist.
I would have to buck the trend here. You have to consider the quality of the recordings in addition to the performer.
So I would have to choose the sets by Alfred Brendel or Wilhelm Kempff. Brendel has recorded the complete sonatas twice, the later version more contemplative and cerebral.
Kempff's Beethoven is filled with nobility and beauty.
Your choice of Gilels is a good one. Schnabel's versions have long been considered definitive, but the older recording sometimes detract from the purchase. This occurs a lot these days when high quality sound from CDs is available. As an example of this compare the recordings of Debussy's music recorded definitively by Gieseking to the modern recordings by Pascal Roge.
Overall the Brendel and Kempff sets are the complete package.
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 BEETHOVEN’S 32 PIANO SONATAS 14LP BOX 1ST PRESS  US $1,650.00
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 EMIL GILELS LAST RECORDING BEETHOVEN SONATAS No 30 31 DG DIGITAL US $280.00
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 EMIL GILELSGEORGE SZELL BEETHOVEN EURODISC 5 LP RARE US $250.00
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 TIME LIFE STORY CONCERTS OF GREAT MUSIC 18 BOX LP SET US $175.00
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 BEETHOVEN Erzherzog GILELS KOGAN ROSTROPOVICH Telefunken BLE 14110 US $155.00
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 EMIL GILELS GLAZUNOV METHEP COHATA MELODIYA USSR STEREO 33CM 04331 32 US $100.00
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 ROSTROPOVITCH GILELS KOGAN w YAKOV SHAPIRO HAYDN BRAHMS TRIO WESTMINSTER US $100.00
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 9 Lps Classical Piano Music Lot 8LPs 1x2LP 50s 70s US $100.00
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 KOGAN BARSHAI ROSTROPOWITSCH GILELS MELODIA AUSLESE STEREO GERMANY US $100.00
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 Svlatoslav Richter Святослав Теофілович Ріхтер USSR LP US $99.99
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 RCA LP LSC 2466 Brahms Concerto No 2 RICHTER Leinsdorf 1960 OOP USA US $99.99
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 Beethoven Five Concerts Emil Gilels fortepiano 5LPsNMM US $99.99
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 EMIL GILELS KLAVIERKONZERT BEETHOVEN SZELL GERMANY LP US $90.05
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 MEGA RARE EMIL GILELS ON REGENT MG 5055 TCHAIKOVSKY 1 SIXTEN EHRLING NM US $90.00
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 33CX 1323 RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto 3 EMIL GILELS CLUYTENS NM US $88.00
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 EMIL GILELS LIVE RECORDING SALZBURG MOZARTEUM MOZART SEALED US $80.00
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 EMIL GILELS BRAHMS FOUR BALLADES FANTASIES 7 pieces for Piano MELODIYA USSR US $80.00
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 TSCHAIKOWSKY CONCERTO NO 1 EMIL GILELS RECORDS LP US $74.95
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 Kogan Mendelssohn Mozart Cti EMI Aust SOELP10071 US $71.25 |
 BEETHOVEN Sonatas 24 EMIL GILELS DGG dig 1985 US $65.00
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 RARE EMIL GILELS CHOPIN FUNERAL MARCH 3 PRELUDES FUGUES US $64.99
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 EMIL GILELS moscow conservatory grand hall 2 LP USSR US $64.00
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 GILELS ROSTROPOVITCH KOGAN HAYDN PIANO TRIOS SAGA STEREO W GERMANY US $60.00
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 DGG LP Brahms Piano Conc 1 Emil Gilels Jochum NM US $59.99
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 DGG LP Brahms Piano Conc 2 Emil Gilels Jochum NM US $59.99
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 VARIOUS brahms the compete concerto 4 lp set US $59.99
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 GILELS Beethoven Five Piano Con MEL 5LP C01795 MINT US $59.00
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 EMIL GILELS piano recital Orig ChdM LDA8104 LP10 US $56.25
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 Emil Gilels recital Beethoven S ta 7 15 Variations DG Digital NM US $55.00
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 RCA Living Stereo SB 2032 Emil Gilels Brahms Concerto 2 REINER NM US $54.99
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 Sonatas Nos 14 17 UK vinyl record LP SB 6668 RCA US $51.00
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 ARTIA LP ALP 154 Mussorgsky Prokofiev RICHTER piano OOP USA 1960 NM US $50.99
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 100 Years of Berlin Philharmonic Celebrated Soloist US $50.00
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 EMIL GILELS DAVID OISTRAKH MOAZART BEETHOVEN CONCERT ELECTROLA HOR ZU GERMANY US $50.00
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 AUDIOPHILE UK BS LABEL COLUMBIA GILELS 10 INCH STEREO LP US $49.99
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 BRAHMS Concerto No 2 EMIL GILELS RCA MEGA RARE US $49.99
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 DGG LP 2535 107 Beethoven Piano Concerto No 3 RICHTER 1975 OOP NM US $49.99
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 UK Columbia 33 CX EMIL GILELS Chopin Sonate 2 Shostakovich 3 Preludes Fugues US $49.99
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 IgumnovNeuhausSofronitskyGinzburgFlierGilelsKogan US $49.99
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 Emil Gilels Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart LP Mint US $49.99
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 MONITOR LP MC 2022 RICHTER plays Schumann Franck USA 1960s Mono NM US $49.99
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 MOZART Conc K 365 595 LP NM Elena Emil Gilels German US $49.99
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 EMIL GILELS Scarlatti Five Sonatas Lp NM Rare US $49.95
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 Saint Saens Carnival Gilels Zak Shafran SU 2nd pressing on pre Melodiya NM copy US $49.00
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 GILELS Complete Rec2 Last Recital ScriabinProkofievBeeth MEL 2LP C31411 MINT US $49.00
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 Beethoven Piano Concerto 4 EGilels SU early pressing on Torch label NM copy US $49.00
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 Beethoven Piano Concerto 2 EGilels SU 1st pressing NM copy US $49.00
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 Saint Saens Piano Concerto 2 Gilels SU 1st pressing on pre Melodiya label US $49.00
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 Beethoven Piano Concerto 1 EGilels SU 1st pressing on pre Melodiya NM copy US $49.00
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 VARIOUS the worlds greatest music 10 LP WGM 1 US $48.00
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 BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas 1718 Tempest GILELS DGG dig 82 US $45.00
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 EMIL GILELS BEETHOVEN SONATAS No7 THE TEMPEST No18 DG DIGITAL US $45.00
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 GOLDENWEISER FEINBERG GINZBURG NEUHAUS KOGAN BARINOVA MELODIYA 2LP R00783 MINT US $45.00
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 DGG Digital 2532 008 Beethoven Sonatas Emil Gilels NM US $45.00
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 Emil Gilels plays Beethoven 5 c Piano 5LPs in box US $44.00
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 DGG LP SLPM 138077 Svjatoslav Richter piano SCHUMANN Tulips 1960s NM US $42.49
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 Gilels Emil Beethoven Piano Sonata LP Melodiya C102523 US $39.29
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 SHAFRAN Kabalevsky Cello Concerto TORCH D014029 MINT US $40.00
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 SAINT SAENS GLAZOUNOV EMIL GILELS COLOSSEUM LP US $40.00
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 BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Trauermarsch Funeral March EMIL GILELS DG US $40.00
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 EMIL GILELS DAVID OISTRAKH BEETHOVEN MOZART EMI US $40.00
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 Leningrad Philharmonic Conducted by Kurt Sanderling Emil Gilels Piano Beeth US $39.99
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 ARTIA Recordinh Corp Schumann Op 11 Prokofiev Op US $39.99 |
 RCA LSC2507SD LP Van Cliburn Prokofieff MacDowell 1961 US $39.99
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 WESTMINSTER LP EMIL GILELS Khachaturian Kabalevsky 56 US $39.99
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 BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas 21 28 GILELS 1 DG LP NM US $36.13
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 SCHUBERT Piano Fantasia EMIL ELENA GILELS DGG 1978 US $35.00
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 BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Pathétique GILELS DGG 2532008 digital 1981 US $35.00
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 GilelsEhrling Tchaikovsky piano conc op 23 Metronome MCLP 85041 NM US $35.00
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 CHOPIN LISZT Piano Concert No1 Emil Gilels Japan LP US $34.99
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 piano SAMUIL FEINBERG EMIL GILELS BEETHOVEN Sonatas Nos34 MELODIYA LP US $34.99
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 EMIL GILELS plays BEETHOVEN Appassionatta Sonata Op10 No2 DG LP 2530 406 US $31.42
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 EMIL GILELS schumann prokofiev piano sonata LP VG 163 US $32.00
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 Emil Gilels BEETHOVEN Sonatas No25 27 DG 2530 589 US $30.00
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 GILELS Kabalevsky Piano Con3Comedian Suite KABALEVSKY TORCH 1st D2622 NM US $30.00
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 Emil Gilels VLADIGEROV BARTOK SMETANA RAVEL Melodiya 33 M 10 41057 58a US $30.00
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 Emil Gilels plays Beethovens11 Piano LP US $29.99
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 Emil Gilels plays Beethovens24 Piano LP US $29.99
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 AUDIOPHILE UK VICS 1039 FIRST PRESSING REINER LP US $29.99
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 SEALED MELODIA LULLY RAMEAU SCHUMANN PIANO RECITAL EMIL GILELS 1934 1938 NM US $29.99
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 cello DANIEL SHAFRAN KABALEVSKY Concerto MELODIYA LP US $29.99
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 EMIL GILELS beethoven 1960s ussr lp US $29.99
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 BRAHMS Piano Concertos Emil Gilels Eugen Jochum DGG 2 LP Box almost MINT US $29.99
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 Beethoven Emil Gilels Leopold Ludwig Stereo LP US $29.99
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 EMIL GILELS BeethovenSonaten LP DGG 2532 008 German Pressing NM Stereo US $29.99
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 Emil Gilels Schubert Fantasie Gran Rondeau NM LP US $29.99
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 EMIL GILELS Beethoven Emperor Concerto Lp NM US $29.95
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 EMIL GILELS BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTO 4 RECORD ALBUM US $29.95
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 BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas 21 28 GILELS 1 DG LP NM 1 US $28.27
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 Beethoven Emil Gilels Szell Eterna Black Stereo LP NM US $28.99
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 DGG 2707064 2LP BRAHMS piano concts GILELS JOCHUM BPO US $28.21
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 Jochum Eugen Brahms Piano Concerto No 2 LP Deutsch Gra US $27.50
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 Tchaikovsky Three Piano Concertos Emil Gilels Lorin Maazel 2 Vinyl LP EMI SLS865 US $26.70
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 EMIL GILELS BEETHOVEN KLAVIERSONATEN Nr2321 NM M LP US $26.99
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 Brahms Piano Concertos Emil Gilels Berlin PO Eugen Jochum Box 2 LP DG US $25.00
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 GILELS KORNEYEV HandelSchubert LIGHTH 1st D04704 MINT US $25.00
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 GILELS ZAK MozartSaint Saens Piano Duo MELODIYA M40821 MINT US $25.00
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Emil Gilels - Beethoven Sonatas US$ 43.76 Disc 8:
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Russian Archives: Emil Gilels US$ 18.57 Disc 1:
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Emil Gilels - Recital (DVD) US$ 26.76 Description not available. |
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Grieg: Lyric Pieces / Emil Gilels US$ 10.87 Description Not Available |
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Beethoven: Sonaten "Waldstein", "Les Adieux" / Emil Gilels US$ 12.15 Description Not Available |
Gilels plays Rachmaninoff Prelude Op. 23 No. 5
