The son of
German parents living in France, Gieseking began study at the Hannover
Municipal Conservatory in 1911 and made his debut in 1913. During World War I
he was a regimental bandsman in the German Army. From the early 1920s he toured
widely in Europe and the United States. He was known as an interpreter of
Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Domenico Scarlatti, Mozart, and Beethoven, and
he was an acknowledged master of pedal technique. His own compositions include
a set of variations and a sonata for flute and piano. Accused of collaborating
with the Nazis, he was an object of heated controversy after World War II; his
1949 recital in New York City was canceled because of violent public protest.
Officially de-Nazified by an Allied court in Germany, he successfully toured
the United States in 1953. In 1955 he was seriously injured in a bus accident
in Germany but resumed concert activity briefly before his death in 1956.
TRACKLIST
3820, 3821
BACH – “Italian” Concerto S.971 1st and 2nd mvts.
3821 BACH –
“Italian” Concerto S.971 3rd mvt.
3822 BACH –
Partiten für Cembalo (Clavierübung I), Allemande, Courante u. Sarabande a. d.
Partita I, BWV 825 B-Dur.
3823
BEETHOVEN-GIESEKING-Violin Sonata, Op. 47 “Kreutzer” 1st mvt.
3824
BEETHOVEN-GIESEKING-Violin Sonata, Op. 47 “Kreutzer” 2nd mvt.
3826 DEBUSSY
– Masques
3827 DEBUSSY
– Images, Series I, No. 2 Hommage à Rameau (Tribute)
3829 LISZT –
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 14, f
3832
SCHONBERG – Six Little Piano Pieces, Op. 19
7329 DEBUSSY
– Préludes, Book I, Nos. 11 La danse de Puck; 12 Minstrels
7606 DEBUSSY
– Préludes, Book I, No. 1 Danseuses de Delphes
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