Thanks Giorgio. I was confused, because there is a recording date in "Recorded Richter" for the Beethoven Sonata 9/11/56 - Moscow - Live - (PT)* So I thought,...
Pretty sure, let's say 95%. Best Romeo Giorgio ... Da: ruinen2001 Data: 05/01/06 17:05:16 A: sviatoslavrichter@yahoogroups.com Oggetto: Rif: [ Sviatoslav...
Hello friends, I've recently seen Vol's 1, 2 and 3 of Richter on Olympia at a used music store. The only one of this series I own currently is Vol. 8. Are...
Dear Robert, The OLYMPIA recordings of SR are perhaps acoustically the best-quality recordings of the Maestro. Rafal, Krakow [ The Olympia CDs are reissues of...
Dear Robert: In my humble view, these Olympia recordings are a must for any Richter collector, or indeed any serious music lover. The recorded sound is...
Heroldj46@...
May 9, 2006 4:39 pm
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Yes, the Olympia discs are excellent - both recordings and performances. But they have been rereleased on the low-price label Regis easily available in UK (at...
Thanks to all who gave feedback. As it turned out, I went back today and bought five discs: Vols. 1, 2, 3, 5, and 8 (they were still shrink-wrapped and cost...
I have received and listened to ANKH Volume 4 (Bach, Beethoven and Schumann -- live recital Feb 27, 1948) and I would encourage members to buy it, as it is a...
What are the individual pieces, Peter, if I may ask, or have you listed these somewhere else? Rich Mace in NYC...
RJMACE@...
May 14, 2006 1:14 am
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Hello friends, This recital is superb, indeed! But I do not understand why they didn't include the complete English Suite. I have the complete recital, and it...
Dear Joël, Dear discussion list members We did not include the English Suite because Richter has a very big memory gap and we could not fix it. We try to...
The pieces are: Bach: Capriccio on the departure of his most beloved brother, BWV 992 Sonata in D major, BWV 963 Beethoven, op. 54 Schumann Fantasy from Bach...
A comparison with Richter’s Notebooks shows that the Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in C minor, Op.23/7 (CD No. 6) was played as an encore on October 28 (not on ...
... big memory gap and we could not fix it... I hope you understand our point of view. ... Dear ANKH, I do understand your point of view, but I don't agree...
Dear Pete, Bob and others, It is the old dilemma that Brod suffered when he had to decide on Kafka's heritage. As a friend, he should have destroyed the...
Dear Pete, You've a point here: in our attempt of understanding or just trying to follow to our best ability the musical world in Richter's phonogram heritage,...
Pete and others, this is very convincing... and I have to agree with you. I agree with the idea that every Richter recording is an important historical...
Dear Lou, With great musicians one has to take in consideration the whole span, from the worst to the very best, and forget the very best. In Richter's case...
My personal reaction to this set is that I'm glad I bought it, enjoy listening to it, and the sound quality is not as bad as I feared it would be. Generally I...
Dear Dmitri, ... that's the idea of the day! That's exactly what we would like to have. I would dare to hear/see Richter practising for example! Are there any...
While I rate Richter highly, I am not sure that he is served well by clearly problematic performances. We all have bad nights. I am more interested in the...
Dear group, I want to let you know that at www.youtube.com I have found a video of Maestro playing the Schumann Toccata on a video that I had never seen...
Dear Paul, The performance is from 1985 "The World of Romanticism" December Nights, Moscow, and it is a great performance, indeed. There may be faster readings...
Now I find myself, for once, in strong disagreement with Marc Levin. The first movements of Richter's performances of the D960 and G major sonatas of ...
What a treat! Question: Does anyone know why Richter's glasses were removed halfway through the playing of the Toccata? (Watch the video to see what I am...
Dear Friends I was interested in the recent thread regarding obtaining downloads from youtube.com, BitComet and other illegal sources. Far from being...
Peter Lyon
petermlyon@...
May 21, 2006 1:07 pm
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Don't know but assume that the glasses had started to disturb Richter. He says something to the confused looking non-active page turner (what is very ...
... I am happy to have these videos available. Youtube, Google Video, and other such services will remove infringing items at the request of a copyright ...
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