Grieg: Lyric Pieces / Emil Gilels
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Composer: Edvard GriegPerformer: Emil Gilels
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1997-03-11
Music Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Soundtracks:
- Lyric Pieces: Arietta, Op 12, No. 1
- Lyric Pieces: Berceuse `Cradle Song', Op. 38, No. 1
- Lyric Pieces: Schmetterling `Butterfly', Op. 43, No. 1
- Lyric Pieces: Einsamer Wanderer `Solitary Wanderer', Op. 43, No. 2
- Lyric Pieces: Albumblatt `Album-leaf', Op. 47, No. 2
- Lyric Pieces: Melodie `Melody', Op. 47, No. 3
- Lyric Pieces: Norwegischer Tanz: Halling `Norwegian Danve', Op. 47, No. 4
- Lyric Pieces: Notturno `Nocturn', Op. 54, No. 4
- Lyric Pieces: Scherzo, Op 54, No. 5
- Lyric Pieces: Heimweh `Homesickness', Op 57, No. 6
- Lyric Pieces: Bachlein `Brooklet', Op. 62, No. 4
- Lyric Pieces: Heimwarts `Homeward', Op. 62, No. 6
- Lyric Pieces: Im Balladenton `Ballad', Op. 65, No. 5
- Lyric Pieces: Grossmutters Menuett `Grandmother's Minuet', Op. 68, No. 2
- Lyric Pieces: Zu Deinen Fussen `At Your Feet', Op. 68, No. 3
- Lyric Pieces: An der Wiege `At the Cradle', Op. 68, No. 5
- Lyric Pieces: Es war einmal `Once upon a Time', Op. 71, No. 1
- Lyric Pieces: Kobold `Puck', Op. 71, No. 3
- Lyric Pieces: Voruber `Gone', Op. 71, No. 6
- Lyric Pieces: Nachklange `Remberences', Op. 71, No. 7
Free Music Notes for Grieg: Lyric Pieces / Emil Gilels
Free Music Review: Pleasant but nothing more...
Hit: 2 Stars
I know that many reviewers find this to be one of the greatest piano discs ever recorded, so I hope that readers will be open to a contrary and somewhat heretical point of view.
I never heard these pieces until I bought this CD. They are basically nice salon pieces: charming, melodic, lightweight. I notice that several reviewers have pointed out that Gilels does not play up the sentimentality in these pieces. Perhaps that's what I find lacking in these performances. I guess I am saying that I would prefer to hear frankly sentimental compositions such as these played with a great deal more sentiment.
Please be aware of the very real possibility that you will find this music boring. The music has grown on me over a period of several months of frequent listening, but I prefer to listen to a few pieces at a time and then put the disc away for a while. It also makes very pleasant background music! (More heresy!!)
Caveat emptor.
Grieg: Lyric Pieces / Emil Gilels Poster
Emil Gilels' personal selection of favorite lyric pieces is one of his most praised and best recordings. The pianist obviously selected the pieces with which he felt the strongest identification, and he plays them lovingly, with sprightly rhythms and a rich, singing tone. Gilels was the one who identified himself as second to Sviatoslav Richter--"If you think I'm something, wait until you hear Richter," he supposedly said. But this collection is just as beautiful in its way as Richter's lyric collections. Along with some of his Chopin playing, this Grieg set reminds us that Gilels was a major Romantic pianist. --Leslie GerberClassical Music CDs
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