... The main things missing from the discography are the Ankh and Yedang releases. I did not buy all of the Yedang releases since many duplicated Revelation...
Hi, I´ve got a friend who plays piano and loves Slava and last week he asked me how long were the hands of Richter to understand how could he play some works....
Hello -- I have read in Notes and Conversations and heard in Bruno Monsaingeon's film that Sviatoslav Richter gave many spontaneous performances. "I may play...
I hope the price of EUR 10,99 for 5 CDs is not an "advertising error". Also, I was led to believe that there was going to be 14 CDs released. Considering the...
Hi Alex, ... There is a drawing of Richter's hand made by himself, life-size, indicating "dirty nails" by an arrow - from a letter to Aunt Mary. I have an...
Alex, Among the files on the web site for this group is exactly the information you seek: http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/sviatoslavrichter/files/ There...
Hi, No, the price of Eur 10.99 is no error. I just had my order confirmed at that price. Ironically, the shipping cost to the USA is more than the cost of the...
Richter's hand were big but not huge (like Rachmaninov or Karelin) The basis for some "abnormal" chords etc. for example in the "authorized" Phillips CDs is...
Antti Sairanen
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Jun 2, 2004 9:58 pm
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Richter took a duodecima (C1-E2) easily, while Rachmaninof had a span by two white keys wider (C1-G2). Richter's hand size is discussed in detail in the book...
... I doubt that. Having seen Richter in concert many times, watched numerous videos and listened to recordings, I am pretty sure that Richter's hands were a...
Zoltán Kocsis told me that Richter could reach from a C1 to A2 (this is new notation for me - thumb on the middle C and little finger on the A an octave plus...
Dear Peter and Nick, Thanks for the information! Stupid me, duodecima *is* octava + quinta! One who takes it easily, can reach the next note (Kocsis) and take...
... Dear Peter, Nick, Dmitri and others, C1-E2 (or F2) makes sense for me as some time ago I had the possibility to put my own hands on that the outlines that...
Antti Sairanen
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Jun 5, 2004 12:34 pm
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I've read conflicting accounts about Liszt's hands, but quite a few seem to indicate that he'd struggle with a tenth, which I thing is implausible when you...
... Mal, In 2002 I made a longer interview with Andreas Lucewizc, where also the holding of notes and third pedal were discussed. The interview was published ...
Antti Sairanen
antti.sairanen@...
Jun 6, 2004 11:25 am
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I found two pictures of Richter's hands in "Jozsef Gat: The Technique of Piano Playing", 1965, 1974. I put them in the Files section. There is no measurement,...
Jozsef Gat wrote about Richter's hands (from: The Technique of Piano Playing. 1965, 1974): "The thickness of the fingers is also an important factor of a good ...
Has anyone heard the RCA reissue of Richter in the Beethoven sonatas #22 and #23 and the concerto #1 with Munch? This was released in the U.S. during April...
Dear Henk, Your discussion of finger thickness reminded me of Richter's remark (from one of the books, I don't remember which). An acquiantance of his, female...
I am sorry to bring this up on the Richter website, but people had been disspointed with ClassicalVideoRarities Richter series, which is available in better...
Dubash, Ardashir
ardashir.dubash@...
Jun 7, 2004 3:31 pm
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several people have complained about these recently on this list. i've had good luck with all 20 or so that i have received. but, as mentioned on the website,...
... [...] ... Let me chime in here with an utterance of mild surprise at this statement. Having just browsed the "recorded Richter", I noticed that TWO...
It seems that no one has Neuhaus's book around to quote the chords Richter was described as being able to play. Richter reaching only a tenth: silly! He has...
Dear Peter, Before accusing Andreas Lucewicz - whom I and my family & friends knows as one of the fairest and most honest persons - to have forgotten or ...
Antti Sairanen
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Jun 8, 2004 2:33 pm
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... While English is not my native language, I am quite confident that I have not misunderstood the basic difference between attacking a person and saying that...
... Dear Group, I may have been lurking for some time, but I don't think I can let this go by unchallenged! As one example of many, I would cite the year...
Dear Peter, the two recitals on March 7 and March 10, 1991 are correct! I was present at both recitals with identical programme: Bach French Suites Nos. 2,4,6...
Pete! Good to hear from you at last - one of the originals of this group. Now that you've come out of retirement, maybe Davide can take a cue and do the same. ...
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