The Richter Acolyte
A Gilels Videography
compiled by JUDITH RAYNOR (and Alex Malow 2002-2007)
Contact for queries and comments: JudithRaynor@aol.com
| ITEM | PERFORMANCE [NOTE : The items listed below are all the films of Gilel's performances, as well as films about him, which are currently known about. However not all these films may have survived; those films that are definitely know to have survived are printed in bold type.] | PLACE/DATE | DURATION | "ORIGIN" | COMMENTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albeniz - Navarra (with Y.Flier, 2nd piano) | 1941 Moscow? |
4min.27 sec. | * Soviet film (TV?) * Youtube | Studio. |
| 2 | Rachmaninoff - Prelude in g Op.23/5 | 1943 USSR |
excerpt | *Soviet film, in *NVC ARTS 3984-29199-2 DVD 'Art of Piano' | War-time film showing Gilels playing to troops; soundtrack was probably taken from different recording. |
| 3 | Liszt - Piano Concerto #1 (Orch.?/Conductor?) | pre 1949 Russia |
? | ? | Russian performance of this concerto. |
| 4 | Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto #1 (NHK S.O./Ferdinand Leitner) | 12/10/57 Tokyo |
? | * Japanese TV | . |
| 5 | Beethoven - Piano Sonata #14 & #23, Prokofiev - Visions Fugitives (various) | 20/10/57 Tokyo |
? | * Japanese TV | Mov.1(9min.) of Piano Sonata #14 was included in a Japanese TV series: "Great Artists of the Twentieth Century" |
| 6 | Prokofiev - Piano Sonata #3 [Kabalevsky work, probably 3rd. mov. of Sonata #2, and Liszt work, probably Hungarian Rhapsody #15] | 19/2/59 London |
Prokofiev: 6'33 min. Whole broadcast: 20min. | * BBC film *EMI DVD DVA4901259 (Prokofiev only) | STUDIO. BBC TV 'Celebrity Recital', producer Walter Todd. |
| 7 | 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 - INA | STUDIO. |
| 8 | Tchaikovsky- Piano Concerto #1 (ORTF Nat. Och./Cluytens) "Emil Gilels Plays" | 19/06/59 Paris |
33 min. | * French TV *EMI 4901249 (PAL DVD), EMI 4901259 (NTSC DVD) | LIVE. |
| 9 | Beethoven - Violin Sonata #9 (Leonid Kogan) | 1963? Helsinki |
34 min. | * Finnish TV | probably STUDIO (B&W); broadcast on 30/9/63. Film no longer held by Finnish TV (YLE) |
| 10 | Beethoven - Piano Concerto #4 (Halle Orch./Barbirolli) | 8/9/1966 Edinburgh Festival |
? | * BBC TV | Shown on BBC TV 13/9/66.LIVE. |
| 11 | Schubert - Piano Sonata D.784 | Late 1960's? London |
? | * BBC TV | STUDIO. |
| 12 | Schumann - Nachtstucke, Prokofiev - Piano Sonata #8 | Sept.1966 (?) London |
50.min. | * BBC TV | Shown on BBC TV 5/5/67. STUDIO. |
| 13 | Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto #1 (State Academic S.O.USSR/Victor Dubrowsky) | 1966 Moscow (Large Hall of the Moscow Conservatoire) |
35 min. | * VAI DVD 4471 * BoMB 033 663DVD ("Russian Interpretation School #17") | LIVE. Note; conductor is not Verbitsky as stated by VAI |
| 14 | 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" |
| 15 | Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto #1 (Symphony Orch./Alfred Wallenstein) | Concert date not known. New York |
34 min. | * CBC TV broadcast of 25/12/69 * VAI DVD 4373 |
LIVE. |
| 16 | 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. |
| 17 | Bach-Busoni - Prelude & Fugue BWV 532, Mozart- Fantasy K 397, Mozart- Piano Sonata K 310, Prokofiev- Scherzo & March op.33 | Concert date unknown. Montreal |
45 min. | * CBC TV * VAI DVD 4373 |
LIVE. |
| 18 | Mozart - Fantasy K 397 | 16/5/71 Aix, France |
7min. | * French TV? |
. |
| 19 | 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) |
MOSTLY NOT LIVE. |
| 20 | Mozart- Piano Concerto #27 K 595 (Orch. of Turin/Nino Sanzogno) | 31/03/72 Turin |
35 min. | * Italian TV * (DSE, RAI, TRE) |
LIVE. |
| 21 | Brahms - Piano Concerto #2 (NHK S.O./Wolfgang Sawallisch) + encore: extract from Schubert - Moment Musicaux | broadcast 23/4/72 Tokyo |
? | * Japanese TV | . |
| 22 | "Emil Gilels Plays - Concert Programme"(film) - Mozart,Beethoven,Schumann,Mendelssohn. | broadcast 1973 Moscow(?) |
96 min. | * Soviet TV |
LIVE.Probably same works played as in Ossiach '71, but Russian director.This concert[if in Moscow] is not in the concertography 1971-73 |
| 23 | Mozart - Concerto for two pianos (Elena and Emil Gilels, Prague Chamber Orch./Petr Skovr) | October 1974 Prague |
? | * Czech TV |
LIVE. |
| 24 | Concert for the 200th Anniversary of the Bolshoi Theatre 1976 - Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto #1 mov.3 only.(State Academic Bolshoi Theatre O./conductor?) | 1976 Moscow |
7 min. | * Soviet TV |
LIVE. |
| 25 | Schumann- Piano Concerto (USSR S.O./Verbitsky) + encore: Arabesque op.18 | 15-16/02/76 Moscow |
43 min. | * Soviet TV * Triton DVD DIBC 38006 |
LIVE. |
| 26 | 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, Bach-Siloti - Prelude in B minor | 24-25/12/77 Moscow |
76 min. | * Soviet TV * Triton DVD DIBC 38005 * VAI DVD 4468 ("Emil Gilels: Live in Moscow,Vol.3.") |
LIVE. |
| 27 | 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 | 27/12/77 Moscow |
90 min. | * Soviet TV * Triton DVD DIBC 38004 & 38005 *VAI DVD 4469 ("Emil Gilels: Live in Moscow, Vol.4.") * BoMB 033 662DVD ("CHOPIN - from the Large Hall of the Moscow Conservatory") ( |
Bach/Siloti on DVD DIBC 38005. LIVE. |
| 28 | Beethoven - Piano Concerto #5 (Strasbourg P.O./Alain Lombard) | 1978? Strasbourg (possibly performance date was 1977) |
40 min. | * French TV | LIVE. Film to be shown in King's Place Concert Hall London, 24 March 2009. |
| 29 | Grieg- Piano Concerto (Bergen S.O./Karsten Anderson) | 24/05/78 Bergen |
34 min. | * Norwegian TV | The first public performance of Gilels playing this Concerto. LIVE. |
| 30 | Mozart - Piano Concerto #27 (USSR State Academic Orch./Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov) | 1979 Moscow Tchaikovsky hall (exact date unknown) |
36 min. | * Soviet TV * VAI DVD 4467 ("Emil Gilels: Live in Moscow, Vol.2.") | LIVE. |
| 31 | Grieg - Piano Concerto (London S.O./Colin Davis) | 26/07/79 London |
34 min. | * BBC TV | High spirited Proms performance. Broadcast on BBC TV 29/7/79. LIVE. |
| 32 | Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto #1(New York Phil.Orch./Mehta) | 14/11/79 New York |
36 min. | * US TV (PBS) | LIVE |
| 33 | Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto #1(Birmingham S.O./Rattle) | 18/11/80 London |
35 min. | * BBC TV | LIVE. |
| 34 | Saint-Saens - Piano Concerto #2 (USSR State Orch./Berglund) + encores: Debussy - Petite Suite #1 "En bateau", Liszt/Paganini- Etude #5 | 07/02/82 Moscow |
37 min. | * Soviet TV | LIVE. |
| 35 | Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto #1 (Finnish Radio S.O./Berglund) + encore: Sibelius-Bagatelle op.92 "Laulu". | 10/02/82 Helsinki |
43 min. | * Finnish TV. Directed by Aarno Cronvall. | LIVE. |
| 36 | Schumann - 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) |
36 min. | * Soviet TV |
LIVE. Broadcast on Kultura TV October 2006. |
| 37 | 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) |
93 min. | * Soviet TV * Triton DVD DIBC 38005 (just the Brahms Paganini Variations BK.1) * VAI DVD 4466 (complete recital) |
LIVE. |
| 38 | Grieg - Piano Concerto + encore: mov.2 (Finnish Radio S.O./Berglund) | 14/09/83 Helsinki |
42 min. | * Finnish TV Directed by Aarno Cronvall * Triton DVD DIBC 38006 * BoMB 033 663DVD ("Russian Interpretation School #17") |
LIVE. |
| 39 | Mozart- Piano Concerto #27 (Gewandhaus Orch./Masur) | 6/10/83 Leipzig |
37 min. | * German TV | LIVE. |
| 40 | Mozart- Concerto for 2 pianos (Elena and Emil Gilels), Piano Concerto #27 (Emil Gilels) + encore: mov.2 (Moscow Academic S.O./Ovchinnikov) | 24/11/83 Moscow (Large Hall of the Moscow Conservatoire) |
75 min. | * Soviet TV * VAI DVD 4467 ("Emil Gilels: Live in Moscow, Vol.2.") encore not included. | LIVE. |
| 41 | Beethoven - Piano Concerto #3 (Philharmonia Orch.London/Paavo Berglund) | 6/9/84 Helsinki |
44 min. | * Finnish TV Directed by Aarno Cronvall. | LIVE. |
| 42 | "Emil Gilels (For The 70th.Anniversary of Emil Gilels)":Bach-Siloti,Beethoven, Loeillet-Godovsky,Chopin, Balakirev Rachmaninoff,Mendelssohn,Grieg,Stravinsky,Kabalevsky,Mozart,Tchaikovsky (Newsreels were also used) Director N. Pablova-Arbenina | broadcast 1986 Moscow? |
65 min. | * Soviet TV | Includes Documentary reminiscences of: D. Kabalevsky, G. Cherni-Stefanska, A. Eshpai, Kurt Sanderling, Yakov Tkach(!!), Prof.E.Tabasscherna (Finland), Prof.T. Nikolaeva, Prof.L. Ginzburg, Prof.G. Dombaev, Barry Douglas. |
| 43 | "Emil Gilels - Life in Music" | 1988 Moscow? |
61 min. | * Soviet TV |
Scriptwriter L. Braslavsky, Director P. Kharlip (on the life and art of Emil Gilels) |
| 44 | Tribute to Gilels after his death; Wolfgang Sawallisch reminisces on working with EG; with excerpts from the Ossiach film (see above) | Germany |
80 min. | *Unitel/ZDF TV 1988. | . |
| 45 | "The Great Gilels" - Film on artistry of EG. Includes conversation with Lev Barenboim, newsreel footage from 1938, and extracts from Schumann Concerto, Beethoven Op.23, Chopin Op.71/3, Prokofiev Sonata #3, Bach-Siloti, Brahms Op.116 | 1991 Moscow |
56 min. | * Russian TV | Director Echova Liubov |
| 46 | "Indomitable Gilels" - Russian documentary with clips, interviews with Tikhon Khrennikov, Andrei Eshpai, Rodion Shchedrin, Victor Merzhanov, Zubin Mehta. | 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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