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Emil Gilels/Frédéric Chopin - Works

Emil Gilels

176 media for this composer
63 labels for this composers
49 works for this composer
42 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 - Frédéric Chopin Discography

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Variations on Mozart's Là ci darem la mano for Piano and Orchestra in B-Flat Major, Op. 2
- Kyrill Kondrashin conducting USSR State Orchestra


Mazurka No. 6 in A Minor, Op. 7, No. 2
Mazurka No. 7 in F Minor, Op. 7, No. 3

Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11
- Kyrill Kondrashin conducting Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

- Eugune Ormandy conducting Philadelphia Orchestra

- Franco Caracciolo conducting Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano della RAI


Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise in E-Flat Major, Op. 22
- Karl Eliasberg conducting Moscow Radio Orchestra

- Kyrill Kondrashin conducting USSR State Symphony Orchestra


Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23

Mazurka No. 15 in C Major, Op. 24, No. 2

Etude in F Minor, Op. 25, No. 2
Etude in G-Flat Major, Op. 25, No. 9 'Butterfly'

(24) Preludes, Op. 28
Prelude in C Major, Op. 28, No. 1
Prelude in A Minor, Op. 28, No. 2
Prelude in G Major, Op. 28, No. 3
Prelude in E Minor, Op. 28, No. 4
Prelude in D Major, Op. 28, No. 5
Prelude in B Minor, Op. 28, No. 6
Prelude in A Major, Op. 28, No. 7
Prelude in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 28, No. 8
Prelude in E Major, Op. 28, No. 9
Prelude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 28, No. 10
Prelude in B Major, Op. 28, No. 11
Prelude in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 28, No. 12
Prelude in F-Sharp Major, Op. 28, No. 13
Prelude in E-Flat Minor, Op. 28, No. 14
Prelude in D-Flat Major, Op. 28, No. 15 'Raindrop'
Prelude in B-Flat Minor, Op. 28, No. 16
Prelude in A-Flat Major, Op. 28, No. 17
Prelude in F Minor, Op. 28, No. 18
Prelude in E-Flat Major, Op. 28, No. 19
Prelude in C Minor, Op. 28, No. 20
Prelude in B-Flat Major, Op. 28, No. 21
Prelude in G Minor, Op. 28, No. 22
Prelude in F Major, Op. 28, No. 23
Prelude in D Minor, Op. 28, No. 24

Impromptu No. 1 in A-Flat Major, Op. 29

Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35 'Funeral March'

Impromptu No. 2 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 36

(2) Polonaises, Op. 40
Polonaise No. 3 in A Major, Op. 40, No. 1 'Military'
Polonaise No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 40, No. 2

Mazurka No. 27 in E Minor, Op. 41, No. 2

Nocturne No. 13 in C Minor, Op. 48, No. 1

Polonaise No. 6 in A-Flat Major, Op. 53 'Heroic'

Nocturne No. 16 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55, No. 2

Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58

Impromptu No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 66 'Fantasie Impromptu'

Mazurka No. 48 in F Major, Op. 68, No. 3

Rondo for Two Pianos in C Major, Op. 73
- performed with Jakov Zak

Trois Nouvelles Etude in A-Flat Major, B. 130, No. 2