The Last Concert in the Great Hall
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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
Authors
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.