Walter Gieseking

Biography by Mark Satola

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Gieseking's finger acuity, imaginative pedaling, and above all, preternaturally alert ear made him an ideal interpreter of Impressionistic music.
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Composition Highlights

Title	Year	Avg. Duration	Genre
Freundliche Vision, transcription for piano after Richard Strauss		03:08	Keyboard
Variations for flute & piano on a theme of Edvard Grieg		21:14	Chamber Music
Schorschi-Batschi, foxtrot for piano		02:58	Keyboard
Sonatine for flute & piano in E minor	1935	14:51	Chamber Music
Ständchen, transcription for piano after Richard Strauss		02:54	Keyboard
Dance Improvisations (3) for piano	1925	07:25	Keyboard
Sonatine for cello & piano in C major		10:30	Chamber Music
Heimkehr, transcription for piano after Richard Strauss	1887	02:45	Keyboard
Schlechtes Wetter, transcription for piano after Richard Strauss		02:42	Keyboard
Quintet for piano, oboe, clarinet, horn & bassoon in B flat major	1919	27:13	Chamber Music
Aus alter Zeit, transcription for piano after Richard Strauss		03:01	Keyboard
Winterweihe, transcription for piano after Richard Strauss		03:33	Keyboard
Kinderlieder		22:39	Vocal Music
Du, song for voice & piano	1918	03:44	Vocal Music
Das Läusekraut, song for voice & piano	1950	00:52	Vocal Music
Kinderreim, song for voice & piano	1915	00:52	Vocal Music
O wüchsen Flügel mir, song for voice & piano	1917	02:42	Chamber Music
Der Schierling, song for voice & piano	1950	01:04	Vocal Music
Chaconne on a theme by Scarlatti, for piano (after Scarlatti, K. 32)		06:53	Keyboard
Es fallen die Blätter vom Nordwind gepeitscht, song for voice & piano	1918	02:15	Vocal Music