... There still is some mystery about this Melodiya issue: Question 1: What is the code number on the CD? Question 2: Where can it be purchased? Cheers, John...
You lucky dog! If ever you for some insane reason need to rid yourself of that copy, you now know where to turn to... It is a great performance (WTC), and if...
Tere T. Yes the Richter reading I refer to is on the Palexa CD. His long term impresario and friend Jacques Leiser tells that just this CD brought in his mind...
Thanks for this; it seems tempting and easy to then simply sample an individual disc set or two, if there is no special space-saving box or something to miss...
Thanks, first of all, for the interesting link -- didn't know of the existence of this initiative. Finally a forum, not a competition! And all in the spirit of...
Hi Antti, Thanks for the nice writeup -- not just intriguing in its content but a pleasure to read as well. Of the performances you mention I'm only familiar...
Dear all you, I've been lately trying to listen and in particular to understand five respectable readings of Liszt's Funérailles, namely those by Simon Barere...
I have a copy of this release and am listening to it now. The sound quality is mixed. The quieter parts are clear but there is noticable distortion in the...
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...
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...
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...
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 &...
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...
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...
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...
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...
product code: BBCL 42652 BBC Legends SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata in C minor, D958 BARTÓK: Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs SZYMANOWSKI: Two pieces from `Masques',...
... 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...
... 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 ...
... 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...
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...
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...
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...
According to Melodiya's live journal <http://melody-su.livejournal.com/42529.html> (in Russian) Melodiya released new CD: Richter plays Chopin. This CD...
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