The reasons why I consider Monsaingeon's edition of Richter's diaries, notebooks a falsum, or in best case a most poor edition. In connection to my research...
Hi Leslie, Yes, the recording technology dates from the early '70s, and Denon was the pioneer in the field. I was under the understanding that the first...
Moi Antti, You touch upon some important issues related to editing and translating (or in reverse order) works for non-scholarly purposes. And to what I know...
If by "false" you mean incomplete you might have a case. However, if by "false" you mean intent to deceive I don't buy your argument. Sincerely, the anonymous...
Timo, Yes, this it is important to notice that Bruno is an artist, not a hard core documentarist, and has indeed done a great job in favor of our efforts for...
Don, If the Richter-notebooks were some trivial literature, some cutting, rewriting and editing would be just good - if not deleting the whole. But Richter was...
Somebody please correct my assertion if it is incorrect-- western audiences only know about the opinions of Richter and Sofronitski of each other through a...
Hello Gentlemen, I rarely contribute here, but finally you've touched on a subject that I know about to a degree. I'm a record collector(7,000 LPs and 10"...
Zolt, There is hardly more documentation about very this meeting than those by what is said/written by Richter and ditto by Sofronitzki. Being connected to...
Dear group, EMI reissued in cheap edition two 2-CD Handel sets available from Amazon.com for under $9 each set: Handel: Keyboard Suites, Vol. 1 (suites 1 thru...
Max, Thanks for the interesting links, or hints to. It is fascinating to see to what Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga has developed to a great lot of everything printed...
According to Melodiya's live journal <http://melody-su.livejournal.com/42529.html> (in Russian) Melodiya released new CD: Richter plays Chopin. This CD...
Dear all While listening to the wonderful performance of Prokofiev's first violin sonata op. 80 with Richter and Oistrakh (on Melodiya), I recalled seeing a...
The recent biography of Prokofiev by Simon Morrison titled "The People's Artist" includes the following (page 388): "The March 7 memorial service at the House...
Thanks, Yuri! These recordings are important because the disc carries a note, "First on CD." I quickly checked a few first items against the trovar.com...
... Which, sadly, doesn't mean much. It was not updated in a long time, LOTs of more recent editions are missing - just think of the Ankh releases or Richter...
... A few years ago I asked the same question. Here is what Risto Vaisanen answered me: "there is an autograph facsimile of the complete score (just 13 ...
... FWIW, I emailed the webmaster earlier this year and he told me that the site would be updated soon. George [ If readers would like an idea of what to...
product code: BBCL 42652 BBC Legends SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata in C minor, D958 BARTÓK: Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs SZYMANOWSKI: Two pieces from `Masques',...
Berkshire offers Parnassus' Sviatoslav Richter in the 1950s, Volume 5 for $15.98: Label Cat. #: PACD 96017/8 Format: CD Amount/set: 2 Schubert, Piano Sonata in...
You are right, Antti, in pointing out the difficulty of trying to wear the two hats, of a documentarist/recorder of facts and of an artist. The problem is that...
Are the any who own this set or some of the individually released issues belonging to it (of the 17-disc TNC "Richter in Kiev" release)? What are your thoughts...
Quite interesting. I have a CD reissue which is probably a compilation from this set, Pires playing Mozart sonatas in A minor (K.310) and C minor (K.457) along...
Just to pick up an older thread for additional clarification: I took a look at the existing (though not wholly up-to-date) Richter discographies (the Geffen &...
I purchased the TNC "Richter in Kiev" 17CD collection just about the first week it was available. It had no box. It also didn't include an entire movement of...
I had the good fortune of obtaining VICC60071-74 from overseas just as it was made available for sale in Japan and it does have the Jewel Case artwork you...
Timo, Thanks for your kind words and patient waiting for what may come. Only yesterday/today another Finn wrote to me exactly the same as you about the...