Emil Gilels – Grieg: Lyric Pieces [Stereo] (The Original Source Series Edition)

(AAA) — Lacquers cut from the original analog master tapes by Sidney Meyer at Emil Berliner Studios.

An album with a reference character: The great Russian pianist Emil Gilels recorded 20 of Edvard Grieg's 66 lyrical pieces in 1972 - undoubtedly a milestone in piano discography. Although Grieg's lyrical pieces have a reputation for being playable by amateurs, the dynamic and colorful nuance that Gilels adds to the compositions is in a class of its own.

The audiophile vinyl series The Original Source showcases outstanding recordings from the 1970's in a whole new sound quality. For this, the renowned Emil Berliner Studios remastered and edited the original four - and eight-track tapes using technologies developed specifically for the production of the series in 100% analog quality (AAA). The tonal differences from the original releases are considerable: greater clarity, more subtleties and improvements in frequency response, as well as less background noise, distortion and compression enable an audiophile listening experience like never before.

On 180g vinyl and in a deluxe gatefold edition with original covers and lyrics, copies of this series are released limited and numbered, accompanied by additional photographs and facsimiles of the recording logs and tape boxes.

Tracklisting:
Side A
Grieg:
1. Lyric Pieces, Book 1, Op. 12: No. 1, Arietta
2. Lyric Pieces, Book 2, Op. 38: No. 1, Berceuse

Lyric Pieces, Book 3, Op. 43
3. No. 1, Butterfly
4. No. 2, Solitary Traveler

Lyric Pieces, Book 4, Op. 47
5. No. 2, album sheet
6. No. 3, melody
7. No. 4, Halling (Norwegian Folk Dance)

Lyric Pieces, Book 5, Op. 54
8. No. 4, Notturno
9. No. 5, Scherzo

10. Lyric Pieces, Book 6, Op. 57: No. 6, Homesickness

Side B
Grieg:
Lyric Pieces, Book 7, Op. 62
1. No. 4, Brooklet
2. No. 6, Homeward

3. Lyric Pieces, Book 8, Op. 65: No. 5, Ballad

Lyric Pieces, Book 9, Op. 68
4. No. 2, Grandmother's Minuet
5. No. 3, At Your Feet
6. No. 5, At the Cradle

Lyric Pieces, Book 10, Op. 71
7. No. 1, Once upon a Time
8. No. 3, puck
9. No. 6, Gone
10. No. 7, Remembrances

(Above description from DeutscheGrammophon.com)