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Emil Gilels/Ludwig van Beethoven - Works

Emil Gilels

542 media for this composer
102 labels for this composers
48 works for this composer
104 recordings for this composer

Emil Gilels ( 1916 - 1985 ) was born in Odessa, Ukraine. He studied under Heinrich Nehaus at the Moscow Conservatory and was one of the first pianists to be allowed by Stalin to travel west. He would go on to record for EMI, RCA and DG. He has benchmark recordings of the Brahms Ballades & Concertos, Tchaikovsky Concertos, Grieg Lyric Pieces, and was just a few sonatas shy of completing a Beethoven sonata cycle.



Emil Gilels - Ludwig van Beethoven Discography

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Piano Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 2, No. 2
Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2, No. 3

Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-Flat Major, Op. 7 'Grande Sonata'

Piano Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 1
Piano Sonata No. 6 in F Major, Op. 10, No. 2
Piano Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10, No. 3

Violin Sonata No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 12, No. 3
- performed with Leonid Kogan

Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 'Pathetique'

Piano Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 14, No. 2

Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15
- Kurt Sanderling conducting Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

- Kurt Sanderling conducting Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra

- Kurt Sanderling conducting Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra

- Sir Adrian Boult conducting New Philharmonia Orchestra

- Kyrill Kondrashin conducting USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra

- George Szell conducting Cleveland Symphony Orchestra

- André Vandernoot conducting Orchestra de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire

- Francisco Molinari-Pradelli conducting Alessandro Scarlatti della RAI di Napoli

- Kurt Masur conducting USSR State Symphony Orchestra


Sonata in F Major, Op. 17
- performed with Harvey Shapiro

Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 19
- George Szell conducting Cleveland Symphony Orchestra

- Kurt Sanderling conducting Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra

- Kurt Sanderling conducting Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

- André Vandernoot conducting Orchestra de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire

- Kurt Masur conducting USSR State Symphony Orchestra

- Neeme Jarvi conducting Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra


Piano Sonata No. 11 in B-Flat Major, Op. 22

Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 'Spring'
- performed with Leonid Kogan

Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-Flat Major, Op. 26 'Funeral March'

(2) Piano Sonatas, Op. 27
Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-Flat Major, Op. 27, No. 1 'Quasi una fantasia'
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2 'Moonlight Sonata'

Piano Sonata No. 15 in D Major, Op. 28 'Pastorale'

Piano Sonata No. 16 in G Major, Op. 31, No. 1
Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31, No. 2 'Tempest'
Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3 'Hunt'

Bagatelle No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 33

15 Variations and Fugue on Prometheus in E-Flat Major, Op. 35 'Eroica Variations'

Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37
- Kurt Masur conducting USSR State Symphony Orchestra

- George Szell conducting Cleveland Symphony Orchestra

- Wolfgang Sawallisch conducting Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra

- Eugune Ormandy conducting Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

- André Cluytens conducting Orchestra de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire

- Neeme Jarvi conducting Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

- Kyrill Kondrashin conducting Moscow State Philharmonic Society

- Sir Adrian Boult conducting New Philharmonia Orchestra

- Kurt Sanderling conducting Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

- Paul Kletzki conducting Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise

- Alexander Gauk conducting USSR State Orchestra

- Paavo Berglund conducting Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

- Kurt Sanderling conducting Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra

- Kyrill Kondrashin conducting Moscow Radio Orchestra

- Kyrill Kondrashin conducting USSR State Orchestra

- George Szell conducting Wiener Philharmoniker


Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47 'Kreutzer Sonata'
- performed with Leonid Kogan

Piano Sonata No. 19 in G Minor, Op. 49, No. 1
Piano Sonata No. 20 in G Major, Op. 49, No. 2

Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53 'Waldstein'

Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 'Appassionata'

Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58
- Leopold Ludwig conducting Philharmonia Orchestra

- Witold Rowicki conducting Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

- Kurt Masur conducting USSR State Symphony Orchestra

- Kurt Sanderling conducting Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

- Wilhelm Loibner conducting NHK Symphony Orchestra

- George Szell conducting Cleveland Symphony Orchestra

- Sir John Barbirolli conducting Halle Orchestra

- Kurt Sanderling conducting Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra

- Neeme Jarvi conducting Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

- Charles Dutoit conducting Orchestre National de France

- Francisco Molinari-Pradelli conducting Orchestra Alessandro Scarlatti di Napoli


Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 'Emperor'
- Kurt Sanderling conducting Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra

- Erich Leinsdorf conducting New York Philharmonic

- Wolfgang Svalhush conducting NHK Symphony Orchestra

- Karl Böhm conducting Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

- Lorin Maazel conducting New York Philharmonic

- Leopold Ludwig conducting Philharmonia Orchestra

- Kurt Sanderling conducting Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

- Kurt Masur conducting USSR State Symphony Orchestra

- Günter Wand conducting Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra

- Bruno Martinotti conducting Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano della RAI

- George Szell conducting Cleveland Symphony Orchestra

- Antal Doráti conducting Orchestre National de la ORTF


6 Variations on an Original Theme in D Major, Op. 76 'The Ruins of Athens'

Piano Sonata No. 25 in G Major, Op. 79 'Cuckoo'

Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-Flat Major, Op. 81a 'Les Adieux'

Piano Sonata No. 27 in E Minor, Op. 90

Piano Trio No. 7 in B-Flat Major, Op. 97 'Archduke'
- performed with Mstislav Rostropovich and Leonid Kogan

Piano Sonata No. 28 in A Major, Op. 101

Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-Flat Major, Op. 106 'Hammerklavier'

Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109

Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-Flat Major, Op. 110

Piano Trio in E-Flat Major, WoO. 38
- performed with Mstislav Rostropovich and Leonid Kogan

Piano Sonata No. 2 in F Minor, WoO. 47
Piano Sonata No. 3 in D Major, WoO. 47

12 Variations on a Russian Dance in A Major, WoO. 71

32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor, WoO. 80

Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2 'Moonlight Sonata' (excerpt)

Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 'Emperor' (excerpt)
- Kurt Sanderling conducting Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra