I cannot seem to find this reissue of the Richter/Schrier Winterreise on line at any of my recording sources. Is it available yet in the US If not, where may...
Dear Albert , Both are available from British shops : MDT , http://secure.mdt.co.uk/MDT_Exp/index.htm ( searching in the February releases section as for the...
Dear friends , Urania announced another release : URN.SP.4223---SVIATOSLAV RICHTER Tchaikovski: Grand Sonata op.37 ( Live recording , Moscow , 4 December ,...
Dear Colleagues A commentary on a recent issue of a Richter recital in 1950 represented this performance as the "young" 35 year-old pianist in his "wild"...
Hi, Philips has just released a lower-priced 2-CD set number 475-490-2, which includes this Winterreise and Schubert's Sonata D-840. The sound is the same as...
The Tchaikovsky, of course, must be copied from my Parnassus issue, which was the only live Richter performance of this music ever published. But since legal...
Leslie Gerber
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Mar 10, 2004 11:15 am
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Dear Bill, In great large I can just agree with you. The proposition is indeed well simplistic, in Richter's case. There are few if any instrumentalists who ...
Antti Sairanen
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Mar 10, 2004 11:15 am
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I noticed in the archives that a few years ago some people on this list were trying to secure for rerelease the master tapes from the 1960 Richter Carnegie...
Here's what I have learned about these tapes. They may still be in Sony's vault, but Sony has no rights to use them. They were recorded at the expense of Sol...
Leslie Gerber
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Mar 12, 2004 3:45 pm
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I have the original records in excellent condition. Does anyone have any idea what they might be worth? ME ... From: Leslie Gerber To:...
I agree with Franco considerations and with Davide conclusions.The other artists' performances are not "wrong", they are just different (and someone could like...
Dear Davide, thank you for the reply. I check the timing in the booklet included in the MIchelangeli DVD and I found out a certain difference on what you...
Franco, I am in total agreement about Richter's right tempo.,whether it be faster or slower than others. I have compared Richter's version with Gilels' and had...
Mark, can you be so kind to let us know what recordings are available? thank you very much and regards Massimo...
Massimo Gandini
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Mar 14, 2004 3:31 pm
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I have an excellent idea of what the Richter at Carnegie Hall LPs are worth, being an LP record dealer. Not as much as they once were, but that's the fate of...
Leslie Gerber
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Mar 14, 2004 3:43 pm
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Caro Massimo , The covers of the CBS / Columbia records are here : http://www.trovar.com/str/covers/Columbia.html Those of the much more rare Sony series are...
The USA release is quite easy to find. The japanese one (aka SONY) is by far absolutely rare, expecially the ninth volume, with the encores Richter performed...
In a message dated 3/14/2004 7:03:36 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... Several years ago, I was fortunate to hear Maurizio Pollini play the Beethoven sonata cycle...
GENTLEMEN,does anyone know how I could purchase Richters Beethoven "Tempest" where the original LP had on its reverse side the Schumann Fantasie. My LP is...
In a message dated 3/14/2004 7:45:49 AM Pacific Standard Time, ... You and me both Leslie..........Richter's vinyl will always have a special place in my heart...
Give Annie Fischer's version of this sonata a spin (on vol, 1 of the Hungaroton cycle). It should restore your faith in "other pianists". Dan ... you ... the...
... A word of truth, Tom! Besides the stamp-size CD cover pictures can't honor the great man. Antti Sairanen Southern Jutland, Denmark...
Antti Sairanen
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Mar 15, 2004 11:57 am
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Pleae forgive me for the off-topic post. HMV.co.jp (from which several SR-afficianados order), used to offer their website in English, but now I'm only seeing...
Hi You can see the Japanese - English button at the very left bottom corner of their home page. The RCA studio recordings of Beethoven Sonatas and Concerto...
... It's being offered on Ebay, but the starting price is $ 29.99: <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4002269303&category=43674> Joel...
In a message dated 3/15/2004 2:10:27 PM Pacific Standard Time, ... Way over-priced for an American pressed Angel. The originsal UK ASD EMI "White Gold"...
I am not a Richter collector but I have long been interested in Richter's art and have heard many of his recordings. It seems to me that his style has changed...