Walter Gieseking - 130th Anniversary Edition - Box Set 29CDs + 1DVD

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Tracklist :

RADIO BROADCASTS OF THE REICHSRUNDFUNK GESELLSCHAFT (1933–1945)

CD 1

1. BRAHMS: Intermezzo in A major, Op 118, No 2

2. BRAHMS: Romanze in F major, Op 118, No 5

3. BRAHMS: Intermezzo in C major, Op 119, No 3

18 November 1933 · Berlin · Großer Saal · Deutschlandsender · Radio Studio Recording

4−8. PFITZNER: 5 Klavierstücke (Piano Pieces), Op 47 'World Premiere'

1 May 1941 · Munich · Senderaum · RS München · Radio Studio Recording

9−11. MOZART: Piano Sonata No 18 in D major, KV 576

12−14. BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 5 in C minor, Op 10, No 1

15−16. BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 27 in E minor, Op 90

17−18. WALTER NIEMANN: 2 Barcarolles, Op 144

16 June 1943 · Berlin · Haus des Rundfunks · Saal 2 · RS Berlin · Radio Studio Recording

CD 2

1−4. SCHUMANN: Piano Sonata No 1 in F-sharp minor, Op 11

5.  GRIEG: For dine Føtter (At your feet), Lyric Piece, Op 68, No 3

16 June 1943 · Berlin · Haus des Rundfunks · Saal 2 · RS Berlin · Radio Studio Recording

6−12. GIESEKING: Spiel um ein Kinderlied for piano four hands

Michael Raucheisen (2nd piano)

7 December 1943 · Hamburg · Senderaum · RS Hamburg · Radio Studio Recording

13−15. BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 14 in C-sharp minor, Op 27, No 2 'Moonlight'

16. BRAHMS: Capriccio in C major, Op 76, No 8

17. BRAHMS: Intermezzo in A-flat major, Op 76, No 3

10 March 1944 · Frankfurt · Funkhaus · RS Frankfurt · Radio Studio Recording

18−22. JULIUS WEISMANN: Sommerland, Op 32 

23 June 1944 · Frankfurt · Funkhaus · RS Frankfurt · Radio Studio Recording

23. GRIEG: Trolltog (March of the dwarfs), Lyric Piece, Op 54, No 3

24. GRIEG: Bestemors menuett (Grandmother's minuet), Lyric Piece, Op 68, No 2

23 January 1945 · Berlin · Haus des Rundfunks · Saal 2 · RS Berlin · Radio Studio Recording

CD 3

1−8. BACH: English Suite No 6 in D minor, BWV 811

9−11. BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 23 in F minor, Op 57 'Appassionata'

12. SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata in D major, D 850 'IV. Rondo: Allegro moderato'

13−15. SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata in A major, D 664

16. GRIEG: Vuggevise (Berceuse), Lyric Piece, Op 38, No 1

17. GRIEG: Notturno (Nocturne), Lyric Piece, Op 54, No 4

18. GRIEG: Bryllupsdag på Troldhaugen (Troldhaugen), Lyric Piece, Op 65, No 6

19. LISZT: Liebestraum No 3 in A-Flat major, HS 541/3

23 January 1945 · Berlin · Haus des Rundfunks · Saal 2 · RS Berlin · Radio Studio Recording

RADIO BROADCASTS OF THE REICHSRUNDFUNK GESELLSCHAFT (1933–1945)

CD 4

1−13. SCHUMANN: Études Symphoniques, Op 13

14−21. SCHUMANN: Kreisleriana, Op 16

22−23. SCHUMANN: Fantasie in C major, Op 17 (2nd movement missing)

22-23 January 1945 · Berlin · Haus des Rundfunks · Saal 2 · RS Berlin · Radio Studio Recording

CD 5

1−3. SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 54

Preußische Staatskapelle — Robert Heger

24 September 1944 · Berlin · Haus des Rundfunks · Saal 1 · RS Berlin · Radio Studio Recording

4−6.  BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 5 in E-flat major, Op 73

Großes Berliner Rundfunkorchester — Artur Rother

23 January 1945 · Berlin · Haus des Rundfunks · Saal · RS Berlin · Radio Studio Recording

7. BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No 2 in B-flat major, Op 83 (*)

(*)German Radio Announcement for a concert on 11 April 1943 with Walter Gieseking performing excerpts

from the 2nd movement of the work with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Bruxelles — Théo Dejoncker.

CD 6

1−4.  PFITZNER: Piano Concerto in E-flat major, Op 31

Großes Hamburger Rundfunkorchester — Albert Bittner

6 December 1943 · Hamburg · Musikhalle · Grosser Saal · RS Hamburg · Live Recording

5−8. PFITZNER: Piano Quintet in C major, Op 23 (*)

Max Strub — violin. Hermann Hubl — violin, Hermann Hirschfelder — viola, Hans Rudolf Münch-Holland — cello

24 May 1941 · Haus des Rundfunks · Saal 2 · RS Berlin · Radio Studio Recording

(*)Incomplete, only 9 of the original 12 discs survive; discs RS Berlin 65887, 65890, and 65895 are missing.

RADIO BROADCASTS FROM GIESEKING’S OWN TRANSCRIPTION DISCS (1939-1940)

CD 7

1−3. RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor, Op 1831:35

Concertgebouworkest — Willem Mengelberg

31 October 1940 · Amsterdam · Concertgebouw · AVRO · Radio Hilversum · Live Recording

4−6.  RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor, Op 30

New York Philharmonic Orchestra — John Barbirolli

12 February 1939 · New York · Carnegie Hall · Melotone Recording Studio · Live Recording

RADIO BROADCASTS OF HESSISCHER RUNDFUNK (1947–1953)

CD 8

1−3. MOZART: Piano Concerto No 21 in C major, KV 467

Sinfonie-Orchester von Radio Frankfurt — Kurt Schröder

2 February 1947 · Frankfurt · Funkhaus Eschersheimer Landstraße · HR · Live Recording

4−6. MOZART: Piano Concerto No 23 in A major, KV 488

Sinfonie-Orchester des Hessischen Rundfunks — Kurt Schröder

1 October 1951 · Frankfurt · Funkhaus Eschersheimer Landstraße · HR · Radio Studio Recording

7. FRANCK: Variations symphoniques, FWV 46

Sinfonie-Orchester von Radio Frankfurt — Kurt Schröder

30 June 1950 · Frankfurt · Funkhaus Eschersheimer Landstraße · HR · Radio Studio Recording

CD 9

1−3. MOZART: Piano Concerto No 9 in E-flat major, KV 271 'Jeunehomme'

4−6. FALLA: Noches en los jardines de España, G 49

Sinfonie-Orchester des Hessischen Rundfunks — Kurt Schröder

27 December 1952 · Frankfurt · Funkhaus Eschersheimer Landstraße · HR · Radio Studio Recording

7−9. DEBUSSY: Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra. L 72

Sinfonie-Orchester des Hessischen Rundfunks — Kurt Schröder

30 October 1951 · Frankfurt · Funkhaus Eschersheimer Landstraße · HR · Radio Studio Recording

CD 10

1−3. BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 1 in C major, Op 15

Sinfonie-Orchester des Hessischen Rundfunks — Winfried Zillig

27 December 1950 · Frankfurt · Funkhaus Eschersheimer Landstraße · HR · Radio Studio Recording

4−6. BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 5 in E-flat major, Op 73 'Emperor'

Sinfonie-Orchester von Radio Frankfurt — Winfried Zillig

3 October 1948 · Frankfurt · Funkhaus Eschersheimer Landstraße · HR · Radio Studio Recording

CD 11

1−3. SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 54

Sinfonie-Orchester von Radio Frankfurt — Kurt Schröder

2 November 1949 · Frankfurt · Funkhaus Eschersheimer Landstraße · HR · Radio Studio Recording

4−6. GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 16

Sinfonie-Orchester des Hessischen Rundfunks — Kurt Schröder

13 October 1951 · Frankfurt · Funkhaus Eschersheimer Landstraße · HR · Radio Studio Recording

7−8. TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No 1 in B-flat minor, Op 23 (*)

Sinfonie-Orchester des Hessischen Rundfunks — Kurt Schröder

31 December 1953 · Frankfurt · Funkhaus Eschersheimer Landstraße · HR · Live Recording

(*)A reel-to-reel recording of fragments from the 1st and 2nd movements, preserved in the Dr. Jung

Collection. The original recording, produced by Hessischer Rundfunk, was regrettably discarded.

RADIO BROADCASTS OF HESSISCHER RUNDFUNK (1947–1953)

CD 12

1−3.RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor, Op 18

Sinfonie-Orchester des Hessischen Rundfunks — Kurt Schröder

20 July 1953 · Frankfurt · Funkhaus Eschersheimer Landstraße · HR · Radio Studio Recording

4−6. CASELLA: Partita for Piano and Orchestra, Op 42

Sinfonie-Orchester des Hessischen Rundfunks — Kurt Schröder

29 June 1950 · Frankfurt · Funkhaus Eschersheimer Landstraße · HR · Radio Studio Recording

7. PISTON: Concertino for Piano and Chamber Orchestra

Sinfonie-Orchester von Radio Frankfurt — Kurt Schröder

17 April 1947 · Frankfurt · Funkhaus Eschersheimer Landstraße · HR · Radio Studio Recording

CD 13

1−5. HINDEMITH: Theme with Four Variations for Piano and Strings

Sinfonie-Orchester des Hessischen Rundfunks — Winfried Zillig

8 October 1952 · Frankfurt · Funkhaus Eschersheimer Landstraße · HR · Radio Studio Recording

RADIO BROADCASTS OF SÜDWESTFUNK (1953)

6−8. BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor, Op 1

Südwestfunk-Orchester Baden-Baden — Hans Rosbaud

17 March 1953 · Baden-Baden · Studio · SWF · Radio Studio Recording

RADIO BROADCASTS OF HESSISCHER RUNDFUNK (1947–1949)

CD 14

1−7. BACH: Partita No 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825

8−15. BACH: English Suite No 6 in D minor, BWV 811

2 November 1949 · Frankfurt · Funkhaus Eschersheimer Landstraße · HR · Radio Studio Recording

16−18. BACH: Italian Concerto, BWV 971

19−24. DEBUSSY: 6 Préludes, Livre II, L 123

4 March 1947· Frankfurt · Funkhaus Eschersheimer Landstraße · HR · Live Recording

CD 15

1−3. BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 23 in F minor, Op 57 'Appassionata'

4−6. BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 30 in E major, Op 109

7−8. BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 32 in C minor, Op 111

9. SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata in C major, K 513

10. SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata in D minor, K 9

11 .SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata in E major, K 380

17 April 1947 · Frankfurt · Funkhaus Eschersheimer Landstraße · HR · Radio Studio Recording

RADIO BROADCASTS OF HESSISCHER RUNDFUNK (1947–1953)

CD 16

1−3. MOZART: Piano Sonata No 11 in A major, KV 331

4−6. SCHUMANN: Fantasie in C major, Op 17

7. SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata in D minor, K 9

8. RAVEL: Jeux d'eau, M 30

9. SCRIABIN: Piano Sonata No 5 in F-sharp major, Op 53

10−11. SCRIABIN: 2 Poèmes, Op 32

12−15. SCRIABIN: 4 Pieces, Op 51

30 October 1947 · Frankfurt · Funkhaus Eschersheimer Landstraße · HR · Radio Studio Recording

CD 17

1. DEBUSSY: Serenade for the Doll, Children's Corner, L 113/3

2−4. CASELLA: Piano Sonatina, Op 28

30 October 1947 · Frankfurt · Funkhaus Eschersheimer Landstraße · HR · Radio Studio Recording

5. CHOPIN: Ballade No 3 in A-flat major, Op 47

6. DEBUSSY: Danse (Tarantelle styrienne), L 69

7. DEBUSSY: Prélude No 8 'La fille aux cheveux de lin', Livre I, L 117/8

8. DEBUSSY: Golliwogg's Cakewalk, Children's Corner, L 113/6

4 November 1947 · Frankfurt · Funkhaus Eschersheimer Landstraße · HR · Radio Studio Recording

9−13. BRAHMS: Piano Sonata No 3 in F minor, Op 5

14. GUSTAVE SAMAZEUILH: Naïades au soir, IGS 11

15. VILLA-LOBOS: Prole do Bebê No 2 'Moreninha (A boneca de massa)', W 140

16. VILLA-LOBOS: A lenda do caboclo, W 166

17. VILLA-LOBOS: Saudades das selvas brasileiras No 2, W 226

25 September 1948 · Frankfurt · Funkhaus Eschersheimer Landstraße · HR · Radio Studio Recording

CD 18

1−3. MOZART: Piano Sonata No 18 in D major, KV 576 'Hunt'

4−6. BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 21 in C major, Op 53 'Waldstein'

7. BRAHMS: Intermezzo in A-flat major, Op 76, No 3

8. BRAHMS: Intermezzo in B-flat major, Op 76, No 4

9. BRAHMS: Capriccio in C major, Op 76, No 8

10. BRAHMS: Intermezzo in E major, Op 116, No 6

11. BRAHMS: Romanze in F major, Op 118, No 5

12. DEBUSSY: Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum, Children's Corner, L 113/1

13. DEBUSSY: Jimbo's Lullaby, Children's Corner, L 113/2

14. DEBUSSY: The snow is dancing, Children's Corner, L 113/4

15. DEBUSSY: The little shepherd, Children's Corner, L 113/5

16. DEBUSSY: Prélude No 5 'Bruyères', Livre II, L 123/5

17. DEBUSSY: Prélude No 7 'Terrasse des audiences du clair de lune', Livre II, L 123/7

18. DEBUSSY: Prélude No 8 'Ondine', Livre II, L 123/8

19. DEBUSSY: Prélude No 11 'Les Tierces Alternées', Livre II, L 123/11

20. FAURÉ: Nocturne No 4 in E flat major, Op 36

4 March 1949 · Frankfurt · Funkhaus Eschersheimer Landstraße · HR · Radio Studio Recording

RADIO BROADCASTS OF NORDDEUTSCHER RUNDFUNK (1947-1954)

CD 19

1−3. MOZART: Piano Sonata No 14 in C minor, KV 457

4−6. MOZART: Piano Sonata No 16 in C major, KV 545

10 November 1954 · Hamburg · Funkhaus · NDR · Radio Studio Recording

7−9. SCHUMANN: Fantasie in C major, Op 17

10 November 1951 · Hamburg · Funkhaus · NDR · Radio Studio Recording

10−13. DEBUSSY: Suite Bergamasque, L 75

11 November 1951 · Hamburg · Funkhaus · NDR · Radio Studio Recording

CD 20

1. RAVEL: Jeux d'eau, M 30

26 September 1947 · Hamburg · Musikhalle · NDR · Live Recording

2−13. DEBUSSY: 12 Préludes, Livre I, L 117

19 November 1950 · Hamburg · Funkhaus · NDR · Radio Studio Recording

14−25. DEBUSSY: 12 Préludes, Livre II, L 123

20 September 1953 · Hamburg · Funkhaus · NDR · Radio Studio Recording

CD 21

1−4. SCRIABIN: 4 Pieces, Op 51

5. SCRIABIN: Poème in F-sharp minor, Op 32, No 1

26 September 1947 · Hamburg · Musikhalle · NDR · Live Recording

RADIO BROADCAST OF RADIO BREMEN (1948)

6. DEBUSSY: Danse bohémienne, L 9

7. DEBUSSY: Le petit négre, L 114

8. DEBUSSY: Mazurka, L 67

24 May 1948 · Bremen · Studio C · Radio Bremen · Radio Studio Recording

RADIO BROADCAST OF BAYERISCHER RUNDFUNK (1950)

9−15. BACH: Partita No 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825

16. BRAHMS: Romanze in F major, Op 118, No 5

17. BRAHMS: Intermezzo in C major, Op 119, No 3

18. SCHUBERT: Moment Musicaux No 3 in F minor, D 780

19. DEBUSSY: La soirée dans Grenade, Estampes, L 100/2

20. DEBUSSY: Reflets dans l'eau, Images, Livre I, L 110/1

21−23. RAVEL: Sonatine, M 40

24. STRAUSS/GIESEKING: Ständchen, Op 17, No 2

2 December 1950 · Munich · Studio 2 · BR · Radio Studio Recording

BBC TRANSCRIPTION DISCS (1950)

25. FAURÉ: Nocturne No 1 in E flat minor, Op 33

26. FAURÉ: Nocturne No 4 in E flat major, Op 36

27. FAURÉ: Barcarolle No 4 in A-flat major, Op 44

28. FAURÉ: Impromptu No 3 in A flat major, Op 34

2 February 1950 · London · BBC Studio · Programme Transcription Discs · Radio Studio Recording

RADIO BROADCASTS OF BERLINER RUNDFUNK (1947)

CD 22

1−4. BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 15 in D major, Op 28 'Pastorale'

5−7. BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 16 in G major, Op 31, No 1

8−11. SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata in G major, D 894

12. TANSMAN: Novelette No 6 'Blues'

12 September 1947 · Berlin · Haus des Rundfunks · Saal 2 · Berliner Rundfunk · Radio Studio Recording

CD 23

1−3. BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 6 in F major, Op 10, No 2

4. POULENC: Novelette No 1 'Modéré sans lenteur', FP 47

5−7. POULENC: Trois Mouvements perpétuels, FP 14a

12 September 1947 · Berlin · Haus des Rundfunks · Saal 2 · Berliner Rundfunk · Radio Studio Recording

8. TCHAIKOVSKY: Romance in F minor, Op 5

9−13. SCRIABIN: 5 Preludes, Op 15

14−17. SCRIABIN: 4 Preludes, Op 22

18−19. SCRIABIN: 2 Poèmes, Op 32

20−23. SCRIABIN: 4 Pieces, Op 51

24−27. SCRIABIN: Piano Sonata No 3 in F-sharp minor, Op 23

28. SCRIABIN: Piano Sonata No 7, Op 64 'Messe blanche'

29. SCRIABIN: Piano Sonata No 9 in F major, Op 68 'Messe noire'

15 September 1947 · East Berlin · Funkhaus Grünau · Berliner Rundfunk · Radio Studio Recording

CD 24

1. CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Cipressi, Op 17

9 April 1947 · Berlin · Haus des Rundfunks · Saal 2 · Berliner Rundfunk · Live Recording

2−4. DEBUSSY: Images, Livre I, L 110

5. DEBUSSY: Masques, L 105

13 September 1947 · Berlin · Haus des Rundfunks · Saal 2 · Berliner Rundfunk · Live Recording

WALTER GIESEKING INTERVIEWS

6. Interviewed by Marcel Hauriac and Jacqueline Hopstein (French)

20 November 1948 · Paris · Radiodiffusion Française

7. Interviewed by Henri Jaton (French)

7 September 1954 · Montreux · Radio Lausanne

8. Interviewed by RIAS (German)

7 November 1951 · Berlin · Rundfunk im amerikanischen Sektor

9. Interviewed by Alexis Neve (German)

30 October 1953 · Hannover · Norddeutscher Rundfunk

10. Interviewed by Heinz Dützmann (German)

29 September 1954 · Saarbrücken · Saarländischer Rundfunk

11. Interviewed by Hans Heinz Stuckenschmidt (German)

29 September 1955 · Berlin · Rundfunk im amerikanischen Sektor

12. Interviewed by Reinhard Albrecht (German)

12 March 1956 · Saarbrücken · Saarländischer Rundfunk

AUSTRALIAN RADIO BROADCASTS FROM THE ROY PRESTON COLLECTION (1952)

CD 25

1−4. BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No 2 in B-flat major, Op 83

5. FRANCK: Variations symphoniques, FWV 46

Victorian Symphony Orchestra — Juan José Castro

26 April 1952 · Melbourne · Town Hall · ABC · Live Recording · Roy Preston Collection

6−8. MOZART: Piano Sonata No 11 in A major, KV 331

4 March 1952 · Sydney · Town Hall · ABC · Live Recording · Roy Preston Collection

CD 26

1−3. BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 4 in G major, Op 58

Victorian Symphony Orchestra — Juan José Castro

23 April 1952 · Melbourne · Town Hall · ABC · Live Recording · Roy Preston Collection

4−6. BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 5 in E-flat major, Op 73

Sydney Symphony Orchestra — Eugene Goossens

27 March 1952 · Sydney· Town Hall · ABC · Live Recording · Roy Preston Collection

CD 27

1−3. TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No 1 in B-flat minor, Op 23 (*)

Sydney Symphony Orchestra — Eugene Goossens

2 April 1952 · Sydney · Town Hall · ABC · Live Recording · Roy Preston Collection

(*)The 1st movement contains dropouts caused by imperfections in the original disc, while the 2nd and 3rd movements survive in comparatively better condition.

4−8. RAYMOND HANSON: 5 Preludes, Op 11 (1941)

9. MIRIAM HYDE: Lullaby for Christine (1950)

10. MIRIAM HYDE: Magpies at Sunrise (1946)

11. MIRIAM HYDE: Brownhill Creek in Spring (1942)

12. ROY AGNEW: April on the hills, Contrasts No 5 (1927) 

13. ROY AGNEW: Noontide (1935)

14. ROY AGNEW: Toccata Tragica (1922)

5 May 1952 · Sydney · Radio Studio · ABC · Radio Studio Recording · Roy Preston Collection

15. RAYMOND HANSON: Prelude No 5, Op 11 (1941) (**)

16. MIRIAM HYDE: Lullaby for Christine (1950) (**)

17. MIRIAM HYDE: Magpies at Sunrise (1946) (**)

18. MIRIAM HYDE: Concert Study No 2 in F-sharp major (1935) (**)

19. MIRIAM HYDE: Brownhill Creek in Spring (1942) (**)

5 May 1952 · Sydney · Radio Studio · ABC · Radio Studio Recording

ABC Transcription Discs 387412 & 339067 · National Sound Archive of Australia

(**)These recordings are sourced from a different collection and additionally include Concert Study No 2.

AUSTRALIAN RADIO BROADCASTS FROM THE ROY PRESTON COLLECTION (1952)

CD 28

1−4. SCHUMANN: Piano Sonata No 1 in F-sharp minor, Op 11

11 March 1952 · Melbourne · Town Hall · ABC · Live Recording · Roy Preston Collection

5. LISZT: St. François de Paule marchant sur les flots, Légende No 2, HS 175

15 March 1952 · Sydney · Town Hall · ABC · Live Recording · Roy Preston Collection

6. HÄNDEL: Harmonious Blacksmith, HWV 430

7−9. BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 14 in C-sharp minor, Op 27, No 2 'Moonlight'

10. MENDELSSOHN: Rondo Capriccioso in E major, Op 14

11. SCHUBERT: Impromptu in B-flat major, D 935, No 3

5 May 1952 · Sydney · Town Hall · Farewell Recital · ABC · Live Recording · Roy Preston Collection

MISCELLANEOUS RECORDINGS (1942-1953)

CD 29

1. SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata in G major, D 894 'III. Menuetto: Allegro moderato' 

1 July 1942 · Berlin · Electrola Studio No 2 · Unissued Columbia Recording · CRX 225-1

2−4. DEBUSSY: Pour le piano, L 95

24 November 1949 · Saarbrücken · Wartburg · Studio 1 · SR · Radio Studio Recording

5−7. RAVEL: Gaspard de la nuit, M 55

31 January 1950 · London · BBC Studio · Third Programme Transcription Discs · Radio Studio Recording

8−9. PIETRO DOMENICO PARADIES: Piano Sonata in F major, P 893, No 11

10. FAURÉ: Nocturne No 1 in E flat minor, Op 33

11.FAURÉ: Impromptu No 3 in A flat major, Op 34

5 December 1948 · Rüdesheim am Rhein · Schloss Boosenburg · Dr. Carl Jung Collection

12−15 BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 30 in E major, Op 109

Including Gieseking introducing his program

17 May 1953 · Rüdesheim am Rhein · Schloss Boosenburg · Dr. Carl Jung Collection

SURVIVING FILM RECORDINGS (1942-1953)

DVD

GIESEKING PLAYS IN SPECIAL INTERVIEW

1. Gieseking plays excerpts from Debussy's Clair de Lune and Ravel's Jeux d'Eau and Ondine at the Sydney ABC studio. Commentator: Pat Twohill.

7 March 1952 · Sydney · Fox Movietone Newsreel

GIESEKING VISITS THE TARONGA ZOO SYDNEY

2. Gieseking inspects the butterfly collection of the president of the Taronga Park Zoo Trust in Sydney, Mr. Edward John Lees Hallstrom.

21 March 1952 · Sydney · Fox Movietone Newsreel

GIESEKING PLAYS AGAIN

3. Gieseking plays excerpts from Debussy's Arabesque No 1, recorded after the bus accident of December 1955, in which Gieseking tragically lost his wife.

March 1956 · Saarbrücken · Norddeutscher Rundfunk

GIESEKING PLAYS TCHAIKOVSKY 'FINALE 1948'

4. Gieseking plays excerpts of the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 1 (playback performance)

1948 · Frankfurt · Real-Film