Walter Gieseking is considered one of the twentieth century's greatest pianists, and his playing of Debussy and Ravel in particular is often regarded as definitive. For most of his career he recorded for Columbia. However, his earliest recordings were made in the 1920s for the German label Homocord and these are hardly known. This set brings together all of them in their first complete CD transfer, and sheds new light on Gieseking's playing. We hear him in composers such as Chopin and Liszt as well as his earliest takes on the repertoire for which he was to become best known. The set is completed with other rarities including his single Brunswick disc and various previously unissued recordings from a variety of labels.
G**S
Booooo!
I always thought of Gieseking as the best and this collection gave me a wonderful confirmation!I will not do anything for you if you are not satisfied
R**N
New light on Gieseking
This is a very interesting set and throws a new light on the young Gieseking and his command of the instrument.
R**R
OK but ..
quite a disturbing continuous noise (78 tours?) superb playing, no doubts
B**Y
A Grand Master When Young
This is a huge collection of Gieseking piano roll music by a wide variety of composers, including himself, some of whom have never been otherwise heard played by Gieseking. Piano rolls made marvelous recordings. Don' be put off by the technology. It's just fine.What could be better than playing by a grand master when young!
C**B
Five Stars
Yet another great old recordings CD and good supplier service
L**O
古い録音ですが名演揃いです
かなり古いアコースティック録音から電気録音まで網羅しておりどれも名演です。あまり演奏されることのない曲や特にギーゼキングの自作自演を聴けるのが貴重で、よくこれだけの稀少な音源を集めたものだと感心します。しかも大手有名スタジオの※※※（何とかテクノロジー）とかいう、名前だけは立派でも過度なノイズ処理の結果音が死んでしまっているとても聞くに耐えない復刻に比べると本CDは余計な加工処理は施してしていないようで、オリジナル盤の状態によるところが大きいのは勿論なのですが概して音質が良く、ギーゼキングファンには是非ともお勧めしたいCDです。
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