Dear Friends The great cellist Valentin Berlinsky, leader of the Borodin Quartet for more than 60 years(and Richter's close friend) passed away during the ...
To the Sviatoslav Richter group: I have created a new Yahoo group called "Beethoven sonatas" and I would like to invite anyone interested to join. (This is the...
Oxford University Press has recently published a new book by Simon Morrison that covers the last years of the career of the great composer, from 1936 to 1948....
Thought I should post this review here that I wrote recently. I haven't seen much talk about this one. Repertoire: SCHUBERT: Sonata No.9 in B, D.575 First...
I was listening to the second CD from this set just last night. I agree with your review in all but one respect: I absolutely love the D.459 Schubert sonata....
Hi, Thanks for the nice listing and review. I basically agree with your appraisal of the recordings. Unfortunately, Doremi has often disappointed in their CD...
I just was perusing Trovar and noticed that he recorded a number of these multiple times. I thought I would inquire here to see which performances of each of...
Here are my favourites: Sonata 2: Brooklyn, Apr 22 1965, AS Disc Sonata 4: Moscow, May 2 1966, Russian Masters RM 15 Sonata 6: New York, Dec 26 1960, RCA 2-CD...
Hi Els, Thanks for the post. I just found a video on line of S. Richter and D.F.D. rehearsing a Hugo Wolf song, in clear black and white: 1) www.europeana.eu ...
Hi all, A few years ago, I had an interview with pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja. One of the topics I absolutely wanted to discuss with her was of course her...
Thanks so much, Willem, for this link. The Leonskaja interview is very
interesting and moving as far as Richter is concerned. Congratulations, also
for your...
Hi Mort, Thanks for the link. Fyi, that same video appears in the "Enigma" film. It documents an incredible rehearsal/performance by two musical giants,...
Dear Willem, I've seen your website http://www.pianistique.com/ It is highly knowledgeable, congratulations! In particolar the interview with Elisabeth...
Thanks Willem, It is valuable "piece" of work you've done with interviewing this lot of pianists, not least Liza Leonskaja. I agree with her to certain degree...
I thought it would prove interesting to survey Richter's performances of Schubert sonatas. I decided to start with D 960 and work my way backwards through the...
Time for another installment in Richter's Schubert Sonatas. Moving backwards through the repertoire, we arrive at D 958, as Richter chose not to record D 959....
Today I listened to the two performances listed over at Trovar of D 894 by Schubert- Moscow 3 May 1978 (Brilliant Classics) – This was my first encounter ...
Fine reviews. I only know the three last of the mentioned performances (the Aldeburgh I have from BBC Legends, so the sound is probably better). I completely...
Thanks for your reply, not too long at all! I was wondering if anyone was reading these posts. The 894 is my favorite, as a I read recently it was also the...
Dear Friends, As publisher of Parnassus Records and the "Richter in the 1950s" series, I can assure you that the recordings in this series are not filtered....
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With all due respect Leslie, I find it very hard to believe that any noise reduction technique does not also reduce the upper frequencies. This subject has...
Hello everyone I fully agree with 'gperkins151' Much is discussed about noise/reduction and filtering of music and whatever more. Each time we get a new CD ,...
Very nice reviews indeed George and be certain that I read them thoroughly. I had just listened to a full recital of Richter , given in London on 31/03/79. It...
Where can I get the praga-version of D960 ? It would be nice, if you had any hints as to where to buy it ! Regards, Benjamin [The Praga recordings have been...
I agree completely with George. While Leslie's CDs have had some loss of live sound and treble, the Doremi CDs have been much worse despite their denials that ...
Indeed it is not easy to find. I was just discussing with another friend last night as to why Praga would ever let this set go OOP. Very strange IMO. I...
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