Russian Piano School: Sviatoslav Richter, Volume Six

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Sviatoslav Richter's 1948 Bach recordings are well played, but with no special insight. Not so with his miraculous Haydn, perfectly proportioned and witty at every turn. The Beethoven sonata is the same studio recording on RCA Gold Seal 6804-2 RG, but terribly transferred. Richter takes enormous chances in the ballades, to hair-raising results in the coda of the First and volatile A Minor middle section of the Second. This CD is worth investigating for the Haydn and Chopin. --Jed Distler

Russian Piano School: Sviatoslav Richter, Volume Six, Music, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Fryderyk Chopin, Franz Joseph Haydn, Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter, Ballade for Keyboard, Classical, Classical Music, Classical Sonata/Sonatina for Keyboard, Fantasy/Fantasia for Keyboard, Keyboard, Music for Keyboard, Romantic Sonata/Sonatina for Keyboard
Russian Piano School: Sviatoslav Richter, Volume Six
Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
  • A historical portrait!
 Russian Piano School: Sviatoslav Richter, Volume Six

Manufacturer: Melodiya
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

All Works by J.S. BachAll Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
All Works by BeethovenAll Works by Beethoven | Beethoven, Ludwig van | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
All Works by ChopinAll Works by Chopin | Chopin, Frédéric | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
All Works by Franz Joseph HaydnAll Works by Franz Joseph Haydn | Haydn, Franz Joseph | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
BalladsBallads | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
FantasiesFantasies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
SonatinasSonatinas | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
General ModernGeneral Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
Chamber MusicChamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
Richter, SviatoslavRichter, Sviatoslav | ( R ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B000001HBX
Release Date: 1997-01-14

Tracks:

  1. Italian Con in F, BVW 971: Allegro
  2. Italian Con in F, BVW 971: Andante
  3. Italian Con in F, BVW 971: Presto
  4. Fant And Fugue in a, BWV 944
  5. Son In C, Hob.XVI No.50: Allegro
  6. Son In C, Hob.XVI No.50: Adagio
  7. Son In C, Hob.XVI No.50: Allegro Molto
  8. Son No.12 in A-Flat, Op.26: Andante con variazioni
  9. Son No.12 in A-Flat, Op.26: Scherzo. Alegro molto
  10. Son No.12 in A-Flat, Op.26: Marcia funebre sulla morte d'un Eroe
  11. Son No.12 in A-Flat, Op.26: Allegro
  12. Ballade No.1 in g, Op.23
  13. Ballade No.2 in F, Op.38

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Sviatoslav Richter's 1948 Bach recordings are well played, but with no special insight. Not so with his miraculous Haydn, perfectly proportioned and witty at every turn. The Beethoven sonata is the same studio recording on RCA Gold Seal 6804-2 RG, but terribly transferred. Richter takes enormous chances in the ballades, to hair-raising results in the coda of the First and volatile A Minor middle section of the Second. This CD is worth investigating for the Haydn and Chopin. --Jed Distler

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars A historical portrait!.......2005-12-05

Sviatoslav Richter offers us the best of his craft in this historic documents that gathers his early recordings.

His Bach is very interesting; combining clearness, precision and expression., The Fantasy is played steely but the Italian Concert remind us to the first ages of Glenn Gould.

His Haydn is simply distorted; there is neither humor nor grace; besides it is extremely fast and very inexpressive. His Beethoven simply lacks of soul and definition. There is abundant exhibitionism but nothing else.

Finally his Chopin sounds effective and precise, even a bit of coldness and expression.

Recommended for historic reasons.

Track Listings:

  1. Sallinen: String quartet No3; Symphony No3
  2. Silvestre Revueltas: Redes (Nets) / Sensemaya / Julián Orbón: Concerto Grosso for String Quartet & Orchestra / Alberto Ginastera: Pampenano No.3 - Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela / Cuarteto Latinoamericano / Eduardo Mata
  3. Sir George Solti: The Last Recording; Bartók / Kodály / Weiner: Cantata Profana / Psalmus hungaricus / Serenade
  4. Stravinsky & Bartok [Import]
  5. Symphony 5 / Lark Assending
  6. Symphony No.2, Armenian Suite
  7. Taheke: 20th Century Masterpieces for Flute and Harp
  8. Tchaikovsky: Serenade,Op.48/Dvorák: Serenade, Op.22
  9. The Music Man (1957 Original Broadway Cast) [Cast Recording]
  10. The New Voice of the North

Track Listings

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Track Listings

can'tneverdidnothin' (Clean) [Clean]

Dvorak, Smetana: Orchestral Works

I Want That Man [CD-single] [Import]

Aspects [Import]

At His Very Best [Import]

Hiatus of the Heart

Finian's Rainbow (2004 Off-Broadway Concert Cast) [Soundtrack]

Emperor Waltz: Famous Vienna Waltzes

Gluggo

Faure: Requiem and Franck: Symphony in D Minor

Gellers [Import] [Limited Edition]

Donde Nadie Llego

En la Magia del Bolero [Import]

I Told You So

A Better Version of Me