The Richter Acolyte
A Gilels Videography
(compiled by Judith Raynor)
Contact: JudithRaynor@aol.com
| Item | Performance | Place/Date | Duration | "Origin" | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liszt - Piano Concerto #1 (Orch.?/Conductor?) | pre 1949 Russia |
? | ? | Russian performance of this concerto. |
| 2 | Beethoven - Piano Sonata #23 mov.1 | 20/10/57 Tokyo |
9 min. | * Japanese TV | Included in a Japanese TV series: "Great Artists of the Twentieth Century" |
| 3 | Prokofiev - Piano Sonata #3 | 19/2/59 London |
7 min. | * BBC TV *EMI DVD DVA4901259 | STUDIO |
| 4 | Schubert- Impromptu op.142 #1, Tchaikovsky- Reverie op.19 #1, Feuillet d'Album, Humoresque op.10 #2, Prokofiev- Toccata | 16/06/59 Strasbourg |
31 min. | * French TV | STUDIO |
| 5 | Kabalevski- Piano Sonata #2, Liszt- Hungarian Rhapsody #15(?)"Celebrity Recital" | 1959 London? |
30 min. | * BBC | This BBC "Celebrity Concert" was to be shown at the Louvre music film festival (Feb.16 to Mar.16, 1998 "Grand Pianists of the 20th Century") but was apparently withdrawn. |
| 6 | Tchaikovsky- Piano Concerto #1 (ORTF Nat. Och./Cluytens) "Emil Gilels Plays" | 19/06/59 Paris |
33 min. | * French TV *EMI 4901249 (PAL DVD) | LIVE |
| 7 | Beethoven - Violin Sonata #9 (Leonid Kogan) | 30/09/63 Helsinki |
34 min. | * Finnish TV | probably STUDIO (B&W) |
| 8 | Beethoven - Piano Concerto #4 (Halle Orch./Barbirolli) | 9/9/1966 Edinburgh |
? | * BBC TV | Shown on BBC TV 13/9/66.Live? Info - thanks to Judith Raynor's Gilels newsletter of July 2005. |
| 9 | Schubert - Piano Sonata D.784 | Sept.1966 (?) London |
? | * BBC TV | Check "The Classic Record Collector" August 2003 issue for mention of these possible filmings. Probably not "live". |
| 10 | Schumann - Nachtstucke, Prokofiev - Piano Sonata #8 | Sept.1966 (?) London |
? | * BBC TV | Shown on BBC TV 5/5/67. |
| 11 | Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto #1 (State Academic S.O.USSR/Victor Dubrowsky) | 1966 TV broadcast Moscow (Large Hall of the Moscow Conservatory) |
35 min. | * Soviet TV | LIVE. |
| 12 | Emil Gilels- Documentary, clips etc, in Russian with Japanese subtitles. Tchaikovsky #1 mov.1 (Kondrashin) Rehearsal & Performance clip. Bach/ Siloti- Prelude in b. Stravinsky/Petrushka. Shostakovich- Piano Sonata # 2 (mov.3). Rachmaninoff- Prelude op.23 #5 (1943). Beethoven- Piano Concerto # 5, mov.1 (Orch/Conductor?) | 1968 USSR |
29 min. | * Soviet TV * IVC IVCV-64144 |
Japanese issue in "Hi Fi Mono" |
| 13 | Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto #1 (Symphony Orch./Alfred Wallenstein) | 25/12/69 New York |
34 min. | * CBC TV * VAI DVD 4373 |
LIVE |
| 14 | Beethoven - Piano Concerto #3 (BBC S.O./Colin Davis) | 13/8/69 London |
? | * BBC TV | Shown on BBC TV 24/8/69.Proms concert.LIVE |
| 15 | Bach-Busoni - Prelude & Fugue BWV 532, Mozart- Fantasy K 397, Mozart- Piano Sonata K 310, Prokofiev- Scherzo & March op.33 | 10/01/71 Montreal |
45 min. | * CBC TV * VAI DVD 4373 |
LIVE.Prokofiev's Vision Fugitives may also have been filmed at this recital. |
| 16 | Mozart- Fantasy K 397, Piano Sonata K 310, 6 variations K 398. Beethoven- Piano Sonata #21 & #28. Schumann- Nachtstucke op.23 #4, Mendelsohnn- Spinning Song | 10/08/71 Ossiach |
97 min. | * Austrian TV * Unitel DG DVD 0734265 (NTSC) |
LIVE. |
| 17 | "Emil Gilels Plays" - Mozart,Beethoven,Schumann,Mendelssohn. | broadcast 1973 Moscow(?) |
96 min. | * Soviet TV |
LIVE. |
| 18 | Gilels in Ossiach- Programme about Gilels' recital in Ossiach, Commentary in German by Wolfgang Sawallisch, Beethoven- Piano Sonata #28 (complete, LIVE) | ? Austria? |
80 min. | * Austrian TV? | Comments |
| 19 | Mozart- Piano Concerto #27 K 595 (Orch. of Turin/Nino Sanzogno) | 31/03/72 Turin |
35 min. | * Italian TV * (DSE, RAI, TRE) |
LIVE |
| 20 | Schumann- Piano Concerto (USSR S.O./Verdichky) + encore: Arabesque op.18 | 15-16/02/76 Moscow |
43 min. | * Soviet TV * Triton DVD DIBC 38006 |
Exquisite playing from an Exquisite artist. LIVE |
| 21 | Beethoven- Piano Sonata #12, Prokofiev- Piano Sonata #3 op.28, Visions Fugitives op.22,#1,#3,#5,#7,#8,#10,#11,#17, Rachmaninoff- "Daises" op.38 #3, Preludes op.23 #2,#10, op.32 #11, op.23 #5, Vocalaise op.34 #14, Scriabin- Etude op.2 #1 | 24-25/12/77 Moscow |
76 min. | * Soviet TV * Triton DVD DIBC 38005 |
LIVE. |
| 22 | Schumann- 4 Piano pieces op.32, Brahms- 4 Ballades op.10, Chopin- Polonaise op.40 #2, Piano Sonata #3, Nouvelle Etude #2 op. posthumous, Polonaise a-flat major op.53, (Bach/Siloti- Prelude in b minor) | 27/12/77 Moscow |
90 min. | * Soviet TV * Triton DVD DIBC 38004 & 38005 |
Bach/Siloti on DVD DIBC 38005. LIVE |
| 23 | Grieg- Piano Concerto (Bergen S.O./Anderson) | 24/05/78 Bergen |
34 min. | * Norwegian TV | The first public performance of Gilels playing this Concerto. LIVE |
| 24 | Grieg - Piano Concerto (London S.O./Colin Davis) | 26/07/79 London |
34 min. | * BBC TV | High spirited Proms performance. LIVE |
| 25 | Tchaikovsky-Piano Concerto #1(New York Phil.Orch./Mehta) | 14/11/79 New York |
36 min. | * US TV (PBS) | LIVE |
| 26 | Tchaikovsky- Piano Concerto #1(Birmingham S.O./Rattle) | 18/11/80 London |
35 min. | * BBC TV | LIVE |
| 27 | Saint-Saens-Piano Concerto #2 + encores: Debussy - Petite Suite #1 "En bateau", Liszt/Paganini- Etude #5(USSR State Orch./Berglund) | 07/02/82 Moscow |
37 min. | * Soviet TV | LIVE |
| 28 | Tchaikovsky-Piano Concerto #1 + encore: Sibelius-Bagatelle op.92 "Laulu"(Finnish Radio S.O./Berglund) | 10/02/82 Helsinki |
43 min. | * Finnish TV | LIVE |
| 29 | Brahms - Paganini Variations BK.1, 7 Fantasies op.116, Schumann - 4 Piano Pieces op.32, Symphonic Etudes op.13.Mendelssohn - Etude #3 BK.2 op.104,Song Without Words #6 op.38. | 07/01/83 Moscow (Large Hall of the Moscow Conservatoire) |
96 min. | * Soviet TV |
LIVE. |
| 30 | Brahms - Paganini Variations BK.1, 7 Fantasies op.116, Schumann - 4 Piano Pieces op.32, Symphonic Etudes op.13,Mendelssohn - Etude #3 BK.2 op.104, Song Without Words #6 op.38. | 09/01/83 Moscow (Tchaikovsky Hall)) |
? | * Soviet TV * Triton DVD DIBC 38005 (just the Brahms Paganini Variations BK.1) |
LIVE. |
| 31 | Grieg- Piano Concerto + encore: mov.2 (Finnish Radio S.O./Berglund) | 14/09/83 Helsinki |
42 min. | * Finnish TV * Triton DVD DIBC 38006 |
LIVE |
| 32 | Mozart- Concerto for 2 pianos (Elena and Emil Gilels), Piano Concerto #27 (Emil Gilels) + encore: mov.2 ( Orch./Ovchinnikov) | 24/11/83 Moscow |
81 min. | * Soviet TV | LIVE. |
| 33 | Mozart- Piano Concerto #27 (Gewandhaus Orch./Masur) | 6/10/83 Leipzig |
37 min. | * German TV | LIVE |
| 34 | Beethoven - Piano Concerto #3 (Philharmonia Orch.London/Paavo Berglund) | 6/9/84 Helsinki |
44 min. | * Finnish TV (?) | LIVE. |
| 35 | "Emil Gilels" - tribute programme to his birth 70 years earlier:Bach-Siloti,Beethoven,Goldovsky,Chopin, Balakirev Rachmaninoff,Mendelssohn,Grieg,Stravinsky,Kabalevsky,Mozart,Tchaikovsky | broadcast 1986 Moscow? |
65 min. | * Soviet TV | Presumably clips are shown from various video archives, with tributes and reminiscences from various musical notables, such as Kurt Sanderling, Barry Douglas and others. |
| 36 | "Indomitable Gilels" - Russian documentary with clips, interviews. | 2006 Russia |
37 min.. | * Russian TV ("Kultura" TV channel) | Clips of a young Gilels playing Chopin, Stravinsky as well as later performances. |
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