Walter Gieseking
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Walter Wilhelm Gieseking was a French-born German pianist and composer. Gieseking was renowned for his subtle touch, pedaling, and dynamic control—particularly in the music of Debussy and Ravel; he ma
Gieseking on 8 October 1949
Walter Gieseking (1929)
Baronia brevicornis of the Coll. Gieseking, Museum Wiesbaden, Germany
The Piano Concerto No. 5 in E♭ major, Op. 73, known as the Emperor Concerto in English-speaking countries, is a piano concerto composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Beethoven composed the concerto in 1809
Walter Gieseking
…recording much of it for Columbia in the 1930s and 1940s, some of which have also been rereleased on CD. Gieseking's 1944 performance of Beethoven's "Emperor" Concerto, in which anti-aircraft fire is audible in the background, is one of the earliest stereo recordings, following a rendition of the same work in 1934 for…
Beethoven in 1815: portrait by Joseph Willibrord Mähler
Beethoven's patron, Archduke Rudolf; portrait by Johann Baptist von Lampi
Sketches for the first movement of the Fifth Piano Concerto