The Greatest Pianists of All Time | Rubinstein, Gilels, Lefébure

The Greatest Pianists of All Time
Tracklist:

Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488
0:00:00 I. Allegro
0:10:56 II. Adagio
0:18:00 III. Allegro Assai
Arthur Rubinstein

Arthur Rubinstein (Polish: Artur Rubinstein; 28 January 1887 – 20 December 1982) was a Polish-American pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest pianists of all time. He received international acclaim for his performances of the music written by a variety of composers and many regard him as one of the greatest Chopin interpreters of his time. He played in public for eight decades.

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0:25:53 Scarlatti - Sonata in A Major, L. 395 (K. 533)
0:28:56 Scarlatti - Sonata in B Minor, L. 449 (K. 27)
0:33:43 Scarlatti - Sonata in D Minor, K. 141 (L. 422)
0:38:21 Scarlatti - Sonata in D Minor, K. 32 (L. 423)
0:41:25 Scarlatti - Sonata in F Major, K. 518 (L. 116)
0:46:23 Scarlatti - Sonata in F Minor, L. 118 (K. 466)
0:51:25 Scarlatti - Sonata in G Major, L. 487 (K. 125)
Debussy - Suite pour le piano:
0:53:46 I. Prélude
0:57:51 II. Sarabande
1:03:07 III. Toccata
Emil Gilels

Emil Grigoryevich Gilels (19 October 1916 – 14 October 1985) is widely regarded as one of the greatest pianists of all time. He is universally admired for his superb technical control and burnished tone. Gilels had a repertoire ranging from baroque to late Romantic and 20th-century classical composers. His interpretations of the central German-Austrian classics formed the core of his repertoire, in particular Beethoven, Brahms, and Schumann; but he was equally illuminative with Scarlatti and 20th-century composers such as Debussy, Rachmaninoff, and Prokofiev.

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Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, KV 466
1:07:14 I. Allegro
1:20:12 II. Romanza
1:29:23 III. Rondò Allegro Assai
Yvonne Lefébure
Berliner Philharmoniker
Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwängler
Live in Lugano, Switzerland (1954)

Yvonne Lefébure was one of the premier French pianists and teachers of the 20th century. A prodigy, she studied with Maurice Emmanuel and Charles-Marie Widor at the Paris Conservatoire. Yvonne Lefebure was a remarkably well-rounded and cultured musician, whose formation was far more comprehensive than the bulk of French pianists of her era. She maintained a lifelong concert schedule and was a favourite of conductors such as Igor Markevitch, Sir Adrian Boult, Wilhelm Furtwängler, and in particular Pablo Casals. These conductors liked her no-nonsense approach, which was tempered with high emotional sensitivity and an artistic flair.

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Chopin - Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35
1:36:01 I. Grave. Doppio movimento
1:41:29 II. Scherzo
1:48:00 III. Marcia funebre. Lento
1:56:34 IV. Finale. Presto
Prokofiev - from Visions Fugitives, Op. 22:
1:58:00 I. Lentamente
1:59:04 II. Andante
2:00:30 III. Allegretto
2:01:19 XVIII. Con una dolce lentezza
2:02:25 VI. Con eleganza
2:02:51 VII. Pittoresco (Arpa)
2:04:35 X. Ridicolosamente
2:05:17 XI. Con vivacità
2:06:19 XII. Assai moderato
2:07:20 IX. Allegro tranquillo
2:08:16 XIV. Feroce
2:09:16 XVI. Dolente
Schumann - Fantasiestücke, Op. 12:
2:10:58 I. Des Abends
2:14:41 II. Aufschwung
2:18:05 III. Warum
2:20:48 IV. Grillen
2:23:40 V. In der Nacht
2:27:22 VI. Fabel
2:29:53 VII. Traumes Wirren
2:36:16 VIII. Ende vom Lied
2:36:45 Liszt - Mephisto Waltz No.1, S. 514
Arthur Rubinstein (Live 1961)

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