[SACD-R][OF] Walter Gieseking - Claude Debussy – The Complete Piano Works - 1953/2012 (Piano)

Preludes Book I :
01] I. Danseuses de Delphes
02] II. Voiles
03] III. Le vent dans la plaine
04] IV. 'Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir' - Ch. Baudelaire
05] V. Les collines d'Anacapri
06] VI. Des pas sur la neige
07] VII. Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest
08] VIII. La fille aux cheveux de lin
09] IX. La serenade interrompue
10] X. La cathedrale engloutie
11] XI. La danse de Puck
12] XII. Minstrels
Preludes Book II :
13] I. Brouillards
14] II. Feuilles mortes
15] III. La Puerta del Vino
16] IV. 'Les fees sont d'exquises danseuses'
17] V. Bruyeres
18] VI. 'General Lavine' - eccentric
19] VII. La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune
20] VIII. Ondine
21] IX. Hommage a S. Pickwick, Esq., P.P.M.P.C.
22] X. Canope
23] XI. Les tierces alternees
24] XII. Feux d'artifice

Images Set I :
01] I. Reflets dans l'eau
02] II. Hommage a Rameau
03] III. Mouvement
Images Set II :
04] Images Set II : I. Cloches a travers les feuilles
05] Images Set II : II. Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut
06] Images Set II : III. Poissons d'or
Pour le piano :
07] I. Prelude
08] II. Sarabande
09] III. Toccata
Estampes :
10] I. Pagodes
11] II. La soiree dans Grenade
12] III. Jardins sous la pluie
13] Berceuse heroique
14] Hommage a Haydn

12 Etudes :
01] Pour les cinq doigts-d'apres Monsieur Czerny
02] Pour les tierces
03] Pour les quartes
04] Pour les sixtes
05] Pour les ocatves
06] Pour les huits doigts
07] Pour les degres chromatiques
08] Pour les agrements
09] Pour les notes repetees
10] Pour les sonorites opposees
11] Pour les arpeges composes
12] Pour les accords
13] D'un cahier d'esquisses
14] Tarantelle styrienne
15] Nocturne
16] Valse romantique
17] The Little Nigar
18] Masques
19] Danse bohemienne
20] Ballade
21] Mazurka

Suite Bergamasque :
01] I. Prelude
02] II. Menuet
03] III. Clair de lune
04] IV. Passepied
05] Reverie
06] Arabesque No. 1
07] Arabesque No. 2
Children's Corner :
08] I. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum
09] II. Jimbo's Lullaby
10] III. Serenade for the Doll
11] IV. The Snow is Dancing
12] V. The Little Shepherd
13] VI. Golliwogg's Cake Walk
14] La plus que lente
15] L'Isle joyeuse

The usual EMI approach of analogue source converted to 24bit/96kHz PCM for remastering then converted to DSD. Recorded 1953.
Amazon review by Suzanneon July 14, 2012:
Most looking at this set of Gieseking’s Debussy recordings for EMI already know what it’s about; Gieseking’s interpretations have been seminal since their original release, if not without controversy. Whether you feel that nobody has done them better, or you have quibbles with his approach, these are indeed recordings that everyone moderately interested in Debussy or even classical music should at least hear. So, why all the negative reviews on the Amazon page? Well, two of the reviews (a 1-star and 2-star) were written before the product was even released, only to complain about EMI’s selection for their first round of SACD releases. I’ll be the first to join in on the chorus that the selection is indeed bizarre given how many world-class, famous recordings there are in EMI’s vaults. But Gieseking’s Debussy shouldn’t be considered a controversial choice given its popularity. Perhaps the only caveat would be skepticism over what SACD remastering could do with the 1953/1954 mono sound.
That brings me to Laddie’s one-star review complaining that this is inferior to older releases. Well, I don’t know what older releases he is referring to, but this SACD sounds noticeably better than this one. The sound is definitely warmer, cleaner, clearer, with more space and dynamics. No, SACD and remastering in general can’t perform miracles on old mono recordings; you simply can’t get more out of what’s on the original master tapes, but what you can do is get as much as possible out of those master tapes, and that sounds to me precisely what this release does, while at the same time cleaning up a lot of the hiss and crackle and distortion that comes along with such releases. There’s always an aura and atmosphere that comes along with the best mono releases, and, to me, this release has it, and its most noticeable with headphones on a great system.
Finally, Keki Dadachanji’s review complains about the packaging of this EMI set, and I do tend to agree that too many companies go out of their way to make these high quality packages that have too low functionality. As ugly as jewel cases are, they are at least functional. Cardboard sleeves do nothing but make it difficult to extract discs without leaving prints. That said, I don’t think these EMI releases are even close to the worst offenders. At least there’s enough room in the sleeves to slip a finger in and roll the disc out without ever having to touch the bottom (the part the player actually reads). So while the packaging isn’t the best in terms of function, I don’t think I’d call it DISfunctional. At least, I don’t think there’s much danger of damaging the disc when removing and reinserting them. I’m also not sure why he’s complaining about the price or comparing EMI to Pentatone, because EMI is offering 4 discs on SACD for $25, which is about $6 per disc, which is far cheaper than anything by Pentatone (or any other company that I’m aware of–if anyone knows of SACDs available for less than that, please point me to them!).
Ultimately, whether you buy this release shouldn’t have anything to do with EMI’s choices for their first round of SACDs, or the packaging; it should be about whether you think the remastering is worth the money. I can’t claim that it’s revelatory, but it is, IMO, the best this release has sounded, and likely the best it will ever sound.

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