- Apart from Mozart I do not favour the Richter Brahms Paganini variation and the Brahms sonatas.I have heard much better. One of the best to me:The Sofia...
I had the same thrill listening to the 'Sofia recording some 30 years ago. It still acts as "scalp tingling' when I listen to it now , with headphones-sheer...
Some recent books on Richter, which are available at the shop at the Pushkin Museum in Moscow: Dmitri Dorliak--Mimoletnosti Sviatoslava Rikhtera, published Oct...
... Here: Debussy, Claude Suite bergamasque L75 Sviatoslav Richter 1977/08/26 Orfeo C 491 981 B CD It's still available. ___ Peter Hartmann ________ ...
Dear Peter, It is interesting to read that Pushkin Museum has published another coffee table book. I met the museum's director last summer, but she did not...
Antti Sairanen
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Feb 1, 2006 9:24 pm
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Dear Peter Lyon e.a., A most interesting topic you bring up, a topic that has intrigued me for quite some time already. There is no accounting for tastes and I...
Dear Lou, Thank you very much for your highly interesting "listening to Richter account" Personally for me there is no best nor worst Richter reading,...
Antti Sairanen
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Feb 2, 2006 7:30 pm
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I like his Mozart (Konzert K 466, Sonate K 283 and violine Sonaten with Kagan), and I don't know many pianists who succeed with Mozart solo pianoworks on a...
Dear Group, I used to think that Richter's Mozart did not have the glow or the insights of some of his other triumphs. Then, one day, I chanced upon the out...
Dear Group, Richter used to play Wagner's "schmachtend" in A flat as an encore. Does anyone know where it is published. I've searched quite a bit but cannot...
Thank you. Your comments concerning the imperfection of some Richter performances and how his total output has a sense of honesty and unity for you are the...
... disaster - ... altogether ... Dear Lou, I really don't recognise this Richter you describe. If you heard any Hammerclavier by Richter and failed to be...
I came across this new Brilliant classics release of Brahms lieder with Richter : Brahms, Lieder Cat.No.: 92891 EAN Code: 5028421928913 Format: 6 CD Label:...
Thanks in return, Antti, Again, there is no accounting for taste, and I fully respect whatever anybody experiences in any artistic performance. Communication...
Hi ... It is published on the 4th CD of a four CD-set by Music&Arts, No. CD-775, "Sviatoslav Richter, Concert Performances and Boradcasts, 1958-1976" It has...
It was truly fascinating to read about Richter playing the last movement of the Prokofiev 7th Sonata as an encore in Newark. I didn't hear that concert, but he...
Leslie Gerber
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Feb 3, 2006 4:07 pm
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Sorry to be blowing my own horn about this, but this material (and others) can be had from Parnassus, with menus. Please write to me personally for further...
Leslie Gerber
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Feb 3, 2006 5:20 pm
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Andreas, there is an autograph facsimile of the complete score (just 13 measures!) published in an short article by Jean Matter ('Une page inconnue de Richard...
You are welcome Lou, It is impossible to describe the taste of orange, still less possible to communicate this in words. I reckon this covers other tastes too....
Antti Sairanen
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Feb 3, 2006 9:00 pm
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Dear Fellow Members, Has anyone purchased this 17 volume set? Is it an investment worth making in your estimation? Thank you, Martin Rommel...
the appassionata of '92 compared to '60... he was in his late 70ies then... I am sure you can not peak everyday at that age... but disappointment is a strange...
Dear Pete, I'm not offended, on the contrary, I'm happy with a forte discussion. ... That is well possible, since I dislike this sonata, specially the fugue. ...
the Bach recordings in the 'authorized recordings' philips box are not among his best ofcourse... and he disapproved of Philips releasing them did he not ?... ...
... in your estimation? Yes I have it. It IS really worth buying it, if you are a Richter-collector. The sound quality differs of course (sometimes bad,...
... Well, I like most of them, to be honest. For the English Suites I would probably go for the Philips or the Delos (originally on Russian Masters) - but...
On the Links page for this group: <http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/sviatoslavrichter/links/> you will now find a folder called "MP3" that has links to ten...
Dear Dmitri, ... Of course, but that's not the point. It was taken as an example for a general phenomenon. ... Now you misunderstand my words. After more than...
Dear Paul, This is a pleasant surprise (audio files for audiophiles!). What are the details of these recordings (date and location)? Is this the beginning of...
dear Lou, his playing changed over the decades ofcourse... more passionate in the 40ies and 50ies... more abstract, restrained and detached in the 70ies and...
PHILIPS 434 163-2 looks like this: http://www.trovar.com/str/covers/Philips/434163.jpg The CD contains Liszt piano concerto 1 & 2(Kondrashin conducted London ...
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