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Sviatoslav Richter in Sofia (1958) | Parnassus PACL95001

Sviatoslav Richter in Sofia (1958)

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Label: Parnassus

Cat No: PACL95001

Barcode: 5055354409011

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 11th June 2021

Contents

Works

Chopin, Frederic

Etudes (12), op.10
» no.3 in E major 'Tristesse'

Liszt, Franz

Etudes d'execution transcendante (12), S139
» no.5 in B flat major 'Feux follets'
» no.11 in D flat major 'Harmonies du soir'
Valses oubliees (4), S215
» no.1 in F sharp major
» no.2 in A flat major

Mussorgsky, Modest

Pictures at an Exhibition

Schubert, Franz

Impromptus (4), op.90 D899
» no.2 in E flat major
» no.4 in A flat major
Moments musicaux (6), op.94 D780
» no.1 in C major

Artists

Sviatoslav Richter (piano)

Works

Chopin, Frederic

Etudes (12), op.10
» no.3 in E major 'Tristesse'

Liszt, Franz

Etudes d'execution transcendante (12), S139
» no.5 in B flat major 'Feux follets'
» no.11 in D flat major 'Harmonies du soir'
Valses oubliees (4), S215
» no.1 in F sharp major
» no.2 in A flat major

Mussorgsky, Modest

Pictures at an Exhibition

Schubert, Franz

Impromptus (4), op.90 D899
» no.2 in E flat major
» no.4 in A flat major
Moments musicaux (6), op.94 D780
» no.1 in C major

Artists

Sviatoslav Richter (piano)

About

Richter’s first and most famous public concert recording - a favourite of his.

“made at public concerts, and involves applause between items, and some occasional coughs. The microphone picks up piano action noise, and the tone is not ideally free. BUT none of these faults mask for a moment the art of Richter, who, I am inclined to suspect, is the greatest interpreter of music (piano or otherwise) in the world ...  Schubert he plays simply, lyrically, with perfectly judged articulation and rhythm ... Liszt: Valse oubliée: begins with a gentle, very affectionate, whimsical rubato that lifts, but never disturbs, the rhythm; and then suddenly away he goes with the repeated-note theme and you jump out of your skin at the precision and strength and musical control  ... warm bass harmonies like the relaxing sun on a Mediterranean beach and the final recitative fades away with almost intolerable pathos. The second Valse oubliée merges into the muffled clatter of a barrel-organ (a genius made it, and another is turning the handle). ... Transcendental studies: superior performances will only be heard in heaven. In Feux follets, an ethereal sensibility unmatched in my experience.” – Gramophone

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