Description

Beethoven: Sonatas No. 21 “Aurore” & No. 28 – Emil Gilels

UPC: CM 04049-50

Product Details:

Label: Melodiya (CM 04049-50)
Format: 2×LP, Stereo
Country: USSR
Genre: Classical

Product Features

Two late-period piano sonatas by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
- Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 “Aurore”
- Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101
Performed by legendary Russian pianist Emil Gilels
High-fidelity stereo recording on original Soviet Melodiya pressing
Captures Gilels’s characteristic blend of poetic nuance and structural clarity

Overview

EN: Emil Gilels brings profound insight to Beethoven’s Op. 53 “Aurore” and Op. 101, two of the composer’s most forward-looking sonatas. Gilels’s crystalline touch and authoritative technique illuminate the youthful exuberance of the C-major sonata and the introspective subtlety of the A-major work. This Melodiya stereo pressing preserves the artistry of one of the 20th century’s great pianists in sonatas that bridge Classical form and early Romantic expressivity.

RU: Эмиль Гилельс предстаёт во всей полноте своего таланта, исполняя «Аврору» (Соната № 21, до мажор, соч. 53) и Сонату № 28 (ла мажор, соч. 101). Хрупкость фразировки и безупречная техника Гилельса подчёркивают юношеский пыл первой сонаты и глубокую рефлексию второй. Это стерео-издание Melodiya сохраняет редкое сплавление классической формы и ранне-романтической лирики в исполнении мастера.

Track Listing

Side A

Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 “Aurore”: I. Allegro con brio
Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 “Aurore”: II. Introduzione. Adagio molto

Side B 3. Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 “Aurore”: III. Rondo. Allegretto moderato – Prestissimo

Side C

Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101: I. Etwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten Empfindung
Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101: II. Lebhaft. Marschmäßig

Side D 3. Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101: III. Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll 4. Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101: IV. Geschwinde, doch nicht zu sehr und mit Entschlossenheit