Does anyone know Richter's opinion about C.Valentin Alkan? I couldn't find any reference in the Monsaingeon's book. Just very curious about Richter's opinion. ...
Nihau Yihung, I doubt that Richter ever had any plans on Alkan. Monsaingeons book is Monsaingeons book about Richter and thus less trustable source. A well...
Antti Sairanen
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Jan 2, 2006 6:35 pm
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forgive me.... I feel the urge to cure people of the 'obscurities urge', which is a sophism in my opinion... are there actually people who like Alkan ?... how...
The problem is that everyone has a different opinion of what is a masterwork, and for many of us, there are many works that are not famous that are equal to or...
... I cannot forgive such a message. ... Yes. ... You will decide for everyone who the other greats are and that Alkan is not among them? ... Is it a...
I know almost all obscure pianorepertoire... internet took care of that urge. only with the complete Liszt pianoworks I still have the idea that it was...
... Why do you have some qualms in regard to Monsaingeon's book, other that his and the bio you're contributing to are covering the same subject and thus...
if someone really likes Alkan that is ofcourse great.... but I suppose there are many people like me who have a compulsive urge to listen through obscure...
Dear Martin, Bruno Monsaingeon did use months, but he is no biographist leaving loads of questions open. An other major problem is that the interviews,...
Antti Sairanen
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Jan 3, 2006 7:51 pm
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... Would like to know when, how Richter expressed any nostalgic words about Schreker's opera? His understanding of opera was paramount and I've no reason to...
Antti Sairanen
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Jan 3, 2006 7:52 pm
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Dmitri wrote: if Alkan is dearer to them then Schubert then I suppose they have their priorities right... _____ In general I think Dmitri's correct: vita...
Eric Yost
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Jan 3, 2006 10:46 pm
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Let me quote from Richter's diary on Der Ferne Klang (as translated in Monsaingeon:) " This work was a revelation to me when I was 15 and I was given a copy of...
"Would like to know when, how Richter expressed any nostalgic words about Schreker's opera?" well... if anyone knows it should be you... also his fondness of...
Dmitri - I suppose you would have advised Mendelssohn not to waste his time on something so obscure as Bach's St. Matthew Passion?? Your approach becomes...
Dear Dmitri: My inquiry about Richter's opinion about Alkan is just an inquiry. I just want to see through Richter's eye to another composer. This way I can...
Good grief. You sound like a genius. Are there any worthwhile recordings of the Schreker operas? I would like to get my hands on some. ... From: Warren Cohen ...
Dubash, Ardashir
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Jan 4, 2006 2:51 pm
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The CPO recordings are all pretty decent, coming from properly prepared stage productions at Kiel Opera that were later recorded; Flammen is a good place to...
if we should have eternal life then I would agree with most of you.... but we have not... and with obscure I did not mean 'unknown' but 'second rate'.... ...
Happy New Year to the group / Bon Nadal! Dmitri, how many works are you considering? Would it be reasonable to post a list here and share it with the rest of...
Bravo Warren! Alkan is clearly (to me) and under appreciated genius. Possibly because much of his music is devilishly hard, possibly because much of it ...
Dmitri- When I was a child, I remember reading an interview with Richter where he said that he often focused on a particular composer for a year - in the...
zilchboss wrote on Thursday, January 05, 2006 11:06 AM I have heard sometime of Richter being fond of painting and pictorial Art ? What Do you musicians know...
Dear Friends, If I am actually able to publish this material, I will want to have each recital available as it was played. I have not yet checked into the ...
Leslie Gerber
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Jan 6, 2006 1:03 am
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I believe it was actually Mike Kellman (known to us as Wireless Mike) who made this recording, and I also believe he was the publisher of the first LP edition...
Leslie Gerber
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Jan 6, 2006 1:04 am
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This is link to Richter's painting: http://www.richtercompetition.com/en_richter32.html...
http://www.richtercompetition.com/en_richter13.html There are more of Richter's paintings in this site. I got it when I went to Richter Competition in Moscow....
my own definition of what makes someone an artist would the natural and constant search of Beauty, be it an already existing one (for example photography,...
All that means we still don't have an opportunity to listen to that 1965 Liszt Sonata recording in the original-source sound quality. By the way, is the rest -...
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