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Complete Solo Piano Works

A wanderer between worlds: born in Lyon, pianist Walter Gieseking studied the piano in Hanover and soon embarked on a world career as a soloist- first in Europe, then in the U SA. He was an acknowledged master of the French repertoire- his recordings of piano works by Maurice Ravel and Claude Debussy are legendary. Gieseking's playing lived from his accuracy and gift of observation, but also from being at home in various European cultures and possessing an awareness of widely differing musical f