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Broadcast Recitals
Walter Gieseking
Broadcast Recitals
Genre: Classical
 
  •  Track Listings (13) - Disc #1
  •  Track Listings (30) - Disc #2
  •  Track Listings (44) - Disc #3
  •  Track Listings (31) - Disc #4


     
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CD Details

All Artists: Walter Gieseking
Title: Broadcast Recitals
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Music & Arts Program
Release Date: 3/23/1999
Genre: Classical
Styles: Chamber Music, Forms & Genres, Sonatas, Suites, Historical Periods, Baroque (c.1600-1750), Classical (c.1770-1830), Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Romantic (c.1820-1910)
Number of Discs: 4
SwapaCD Credits: 4
UPC: 017685474323
 

CD Reviews

A Mixed Bag, But Much Pleasure
Timothy Dougal | Madison, Wi United States | 10/18/2003
(4 out of 5 stars)

"This set is a curious 4-CD collection, containing a lot of Beethoven sonatas, recorded in 1949, Bach suites and inventions recorded in 1950, and Schumann recorded in 1951. Disc 1 is all Beethoven, disc 3 is all Bach, disc 2 is mostly Schumann, with 2 Beethoven sonatas at the end, and disc 4 is about half Bach, and half Hammerklavier Sonata, (perhaps the most jarring transition on the set, both musically and sonically!). The playing by Gieseking is characteristically excellent, always perfectly suited to the composer at hand, always insightful, spontaneous and surprising. The sound could be better, and the discs are possibly too full (74-78 min. each), but there is a lot here to like and get to know."