Emil Gilels Live in Moscow, Vol. 5

The Russian titan is captured here in Moscow recitals ten years apart. His Tchaikovsky is breathtaking. The Schumann, though, is sluggish. Jessica Duchen

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Jessica Duchen

Published: January 20, 2012 at 4:23 pm

COMPOSERS: Tchaikovsky; Schumann
LABELS: VAI
WORKS: Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 (filmed 1966); Schumann: Piano Concerto (filmed 1976)
PERFORMER: Emil Gilels (piano); USSR State SO/Vladimir Verbitsky
CATALOGUE NO: 4471

The Russian titan is captured here in Moscow recitals ten years apart. His Tchaikovsky is breathtaking. The Schumann, though, is sluggish. Jessica Duchen

Jessica Duchen

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Jessica Duchen studied music at Cambridge University and was the classical music correspondent for The Independent from 2004 to 2016. She has also written for The Guardian, The Observer, The Sunday Times, BBC Music Magazine and the JC, among others. Jessica Duchen has written librettos include numerous choral works and operas for the composer Roxanna Panufnik, including Silver Birch, commissioned by Garsington Opera and shortlisted for an International Opera Award in 2018. Two more works based on stories by Oscar Wilde were commissioned for Garsington’s Youth Company, The Happy Princess with composer Paul Fincham (2019) and The Selfish Giant with John Barber, which fell victim to lockdown, this has been postponed to 2021.
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