I was listening to this interview with Zimerman on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is8-f82KSBU&feature=related apparently Zimerman knew Richter...
Thanks for the tip, Dan. I listened to the interview, then audited KZ playing a Schubert Impromptu, molto prestissimo (not as satisfying as Perahia, IMHO). As...
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ZImerman's comment on technique reminded me a bit of Richter comment of how to study a piece... you start with page 1 and if you finish page 1 you move to page...
Dear all you, The Richter bio, or a fair reading of his life and art, man and music, by Prof. Rasmussen was to be published 2009 by UPNE, the New England...
That is excellent news Antti ! I can't imagine how difficult such a task must have been. A heartfelt thankyou from this fellow.......a very big thanks indeed!...
Can anyone comment on the quality of the remastering for this recent release of the Budapest 09-02-1958 recital? I have had these performances for some time...
Hello Andrew I have two vinyls of that performance, both bought in the mid seventies (one is titled L'EXTRAORDINAIRE SVIATOSLAV RICHTER) and a cd of some of...
Most here probably either have bought these sets or have the recordings already (or both), so no need really for a recommendation. Just a couple of comments...
Dear Søren, Thanks for the nice post. I have 3 problems with the DG 9-CD set: 1) Timings range from 36 to 60 minutes, averaging 51 minutes. The music could...
... The sound quality is not bad. The overall sound is very tolerable. And of course the playing is as expected, wonderful. It is well documented. Enjoy! David...
Hi, A newcomer to this list, I'm not sure if I managed to exhaustively search the topic before posting on this, so please excuse if I'm repeating what's...
Hi, To my ears, the sound in this DGG box is identical to the sound on the older individual CDs. Some had been remastered as the OneBitOriginalImage version,...
... Hi Paul, Great move. Thanks a lot. Your efforts and skill are really appreciated. Regards, Mort Linder ... [ Work is currently underway to move all the...
About a year ago, I spent a lot of time comparing the three recordings of the Hammerklavier by Richter to try to answer this exact question -- which one did I...
Hello, The Stradivarius! To me it is the slow 3rd movement, the Adagio Sostenuto-Appassionato e con Molto Sentimento, which makes this Sonata, not the fugue....
I found in among my Richter LP collection one with his readings of Beethoven's op. 26 and 57. This Italian Fabri Editori by RCA 1980 licenced LP has a jolly...
Melodiya is going to release a CD containing Preludes Livre II and Suite Bergamasque never released on CD before. Maybe they are from 1967 and 1964. ...
... Thanks very much for the info! Any idea if this CD will be released in the United States? I have seen a number of Melodiya titles come back to a local...
The Richter web site now includes a Wiki: http://www.trovar.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Richter/Richter There is very little content so far. Please let me know if...