The Last Concert in the Great Hall

This is one of the last performances of a very great pianist, and he does himself full justice, despite a noisy audience. Everything here is magnificent, but above all the Hammerklavier Sonata, which is a supreme account. Michael Tanner

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5

Michael Tanner

Published: January 20, 2012 at 4:21 pm

COMPOSERS: Beethoven,Prokofiev,Scriabin
LABELS: Melodiya
PERFORMER: Emil Gilels (piano)
CATALOGUE NO: MELCD 1001133

This is one of the last performances of a very great pianist, and he does himself full justice, despite a noisy audience. Everything here is magnificent, but above all the Hammerklavier Sonata, which is a supreme account. Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.
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