Walter Gieseking – Debussy: Préludes, Berceuse héroïque & Estampes (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:26:18 minutes | 1,63 GB | Genre: Classical
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The third batch of Walter Gieseking’s mythical 1953 Debussy cycle. The complete set of Préludes is a sparkling example of the pianist’s unique ability to vary the nuances of his play and to illuminate Debussy’s music with his incredible palette of colors.
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Walter Gieseking – Debussy: Preludes Book I & II (1953/1955)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:09:45 minutes | 645 MB | Genre: Classical
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Debussy composed and published his celebrated 24 Preludes in two books. On this breathtaking audiophile download, Walter Gieseking delivers flawless renditions of these treasured pieces. His playing is thoughtful and precise, captured with pristine clarity. Bryce Morrison declared the album is incomparable and should be in every musician’s library.
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Walter Gieseking – Debussy: Piano Works (1954)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 50:43 minutes | 447 MB | Genre: Classical
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On this collection, distinguished pianist Walter Gieseking renders sensational renditions of Debussy’s shorter piano works. Gieseking’s interpretations have become seminal classics with their elegant touch and renowned attention to color and nuance. Gieseking evokes excitement, transparency and fluidity throughout each piece. The recording is highlighted by one of Debussy’s most beloved piano suites, the Suite Bergamasque.
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Walter Gieseking – Debussy: Images Sets I & II – Pour Le Piano (1954/2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 56:41 minutes | 509 MB | Genre: Classical
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Walter Gieseking was one of Debussy’s greatest interpreters. On this recording, Gieseking brings forth the maturity and sheer poetic beauty of Debussy’s compositions. His virtuoso technique intensifies the work with a refined harmonic richness.
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Walter Gieseking – Debussy: 12 Etudes, D’Un Cahier D’Esquisses (1954/2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:14:47 minutes | 675 MB | Genre: Classical
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Walter Gieseking was one of Debussy’s greatest interpreters. His artistic survey of the pieces is compelling and haunting. The performance is a work of sheer beauty.
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Walter Gieseking – J.S. Bach: Piano Works (2021 Remastered Version) (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:06:09 minutes | 607 MB | Genre: Classical
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Walter Wilhelm Gieseking (5 November 1895 – 26 October 1956) was a German pianist and composer.
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Walter Gieseking – Debussy: Piano Works (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 04:11:57 minutes | 2,26 GB | Genre: Classical
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The affinity of Walter Gieseking for the music of Debussy is nothing less than legendary. As Gramophone magazine wrote: ‘Debussy and Gieseking form an inseparable union where creator and recreator become one and the same person. Had Debussy lived to hear Gieseking he would surely have marvelled at such an uncanny identification with his very spirit.’ These miraculous recordings, dating from the early 1950s, continue to set a standard in the interpretation of the French master’s music. Remastered in 24bit/96kHz.
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Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Walter Gieseking – A Mozart Song Recital (1956)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 49:12 minutes | 990 MB | Genre: Classical
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The daughter of a teacher, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf began to study voice in 1934 at the Berliner Musikhochschule with Lula Mysz-Gmeiner and with Maria Ivogun. She also studied lieder interpretation with Michael Raucheisen, Ivogun’s husband. In 1938, Schwarzkopf debuted in Berlin as a Flower Maid in Parsifal. She remained in Berlin until 1944 when she joined the Vienna State Opera making her debut as Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos. Her first international appearances were in 1947 at London with the Vienna State Opera on tour as Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni and Marzelline in Fidelio. She became a regular guest at Covent Garden. That same year she made her debut at the Salzburg Festival and she appeared there nearly every year until 1964. At Salzburg she was best known for her Mozart roles of Donna Elvira, Countess in Le nozze di Figaro and Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, but also had great success as Alice Ford in Falstaff and the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier. Her recitals with Gerald Moore as accompanist at Salzburg were always highly regarded, but in 1953 the great conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler accompanied her in an all Wolf recital. Her Teatro alla Scala debut in 1949 as the Countess in Le nozze di Figaro was a great success and she sang there until 1964 in a variety of roles including Melisande, Carmina burana, Catulli Carmina, and Il Trionfo of Orff, Elisabeth in Tannhäuser, Elsa in Lohengrin, Anne in The Rake’s Progress, Iole in Handel’s Hercules, as well as her Mozart and Strauss roles. She made her San Francisco Opera debut in 1955, but did not sing at the Metropolitan Opera until 1964. Her belated debut there is attributed to her ties to the National Socialist regime in Germany and Austria.
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