Sviatoslav Richter in the 1950s, Volume 4

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Volume 4 of Parnassus's Sviatoslav Richter in the 1950s lives up to the standards set by its three predecessors. There are no additions to the Richter discography--such as Liszt's "Vallee d'Obermann" or Ravel's "Le Gibet"--which were highlights of the earlier volumes. It's just Richter at his best in performances--new even to aficionados of this pianist--that are often different from Richter at his best in performances familiar to us.

Take Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 in a 1954 performance with the USSR State Symphony led by the great German conductor Hermann Abbendroth. Like his first studio recording in the early 1960s (an out-of-print Deutsche Grammophon disc in which Richter is partnered by another distinguished German, Kurt Sanderling), this is a classically shaped performance. But we also hear some of the ferocious dynamism captured on a Praga disc that Richter displayed in 1956 when he played the piece with the Brno State Philharmonic and conductor Bretislav Bakala.

Parnassus's version of Prokofiev's Sixth Sonata shows the pianist operating at a white-hot intensity that surpasses even his performance on Volume 5 of Doremi's Richter series. As Leslie Gerber writes in the program notes, this 1956 performance "captures much of the same furious passion" that some of us heard when the pianist performed this work in Carnegie Hall more than 40 years ago. Everything on these two discs--particularly the pianist's phantasmagorically psychedelic version of Scriabin's "Vers la flamme"--will delight any one interested in the art of the piano. --Stephen Wigler

Sviatoslav Richter in the 1950s, Volume 4, Music, Sviatoslav Richter, Sergei Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, Alexander Scriabin, Chamber Music & Recitals, Classical, Classical Artists, Classical Music

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Sviatoslav Richter in the 1950s, Volume 4 Sviatoslav Richter , Sergei Prokofiev , Dmitri Shostakovich , and Alexander Scriabin Manufacturer: Parnassus ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Bartók, Béla | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Beethoven | Beethoven, Ludwig van | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Scriabin, Alexander | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Shostakovich | Shostakovich, Dmitri | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Prokofiev | Prokofiev, Sergei | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Fugues | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Scriabin, Alexander | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Richter, Sviatoslav | ( R ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Sviatoslav Richter in the 1950's, Vol. 5 Sviatoslav Richter in the 1950s, Vol. 3 Sviatislav Richter in the 1950s, Vol. 2 Sviatislav Richter in the 1950s, Vol. 1 The Sofia Recital 1958 ASIN: B00005YGJ0 Release Date: 2002-01-29

Tracks:

1. Prokofiev: Sonata No. 9 in C, Op. 103: Allegretto
2. Prokofiev: Sonata No. 9 in C, Op. 103: Allegro strepitoso
3. Prokofiev: Sonata No. 9 in C, Op. 103: Andante tranquillo
4. Prokofiev: Sonata No. 9 in C, Op. 103: Allegro con brio, ma non troppo
5. Shostakovich: Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87: Prelude No. 4 in E Minor
6. Shostakovich: Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87: Fugue No. 4 in E Minor
7. Shostakovich: Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87: Prelude No. 3 in G
8. Shostakovich: Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87: Fugue No. 3 in G
9. Shostakovich: Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87: Prelude No. 6 in B Minor
10. Shostakovich: Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87: Fugue No. 6 in B Minor
11. Shostakovich: Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87: Prelude No. 7 in A
12. Shostakovich: Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87: Fugue No. 7 in A
13. Shostakovich: Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87: Prelude No. 2 in A Minor
14. Shostakovich: Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87: Fugue No. 2 in A Minor
15. Shostakovich: Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87: Prelude No. 18 in F Minor
16. Shostakovich: Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87: Fugue No. 18 in F Minor
17. Shostakovich: Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87: Prelude No. 23 in F
18. Shostakovich: Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87: Fugue No. 23 in F
19. Shostakovich: Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87: Prelude No. 15 in D Flat
20. Shostakovich: Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87: Fugue No. 15 in D Flat
21. Prokofiev: Gavotte from "Cinderella," Op. 95
22. Scriabin: Vers la flemme, Op. 72
23. Scriabin: Poeme, Op. 32 No. 1

Tracks:

1. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37: Allegro con brio
2. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37: Largo
3. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37: Rondo: Allegro
4. Bartok: 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs
5. Prokofiev: Sonata No. 6, Op. 82: Allegro moderato
6. Prokofiev: Sonata No. 6, Op. 82: Allegretto
7. Prokofiev: Sonata No. 6, Op. 82: Tempo di valtzer lentissimo
8. Prokofiev: Sonata No. 6, Op. 82: Vivace

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Take Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 in a 1954 performance with the USSR State Symphony led by the great German conductor Hermann Abbendroth. Like his first studio recording in the early 1960s (an out-of-print Deutsche Grammophon disc in which Richter is partnered by another distinguished German, Kurt Sanderling), this is a classically shaped performance. But we also hear some of the ferocious dynamism captured on a Praga disc that Richter displayed in 1956 when he played the piece with the Brno State Philharmonic and conductor Bretislav Bakala.

Parnassus's version of Prokofiev's Sixth Sonata shows the pianist operating at a white-hot intensity that surpasses even his performance on Volume 5 of Doremi's Richter series. As Leslie Gerber writes in the program notes, this 1956 performance "captures much of the same furious passion" that some of us heard when the pianist performed this work in Carnegie Hall more than 40 years ago. Everything on these two discs--particularly the pianist's phantasmagorically psychedelic version of Scriabin's "Vers la flamme"--will delight any one interested in the art of the piano. --Stephen Wigler

Track Listings:

1. Tallis: Sacred Choral Works
2. Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony
3. Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto In D Op. 35/Sibelius: Violin Concerto In D minor Op. 47
4. The Essential Symphonies
5. The Flowering of Genius
6. The Golden Age of Light Music: The 1950s, Vol. 2 - Midnight Matinee
7. The Harmony of the World - a realization for the Ear of Johannes Kepler's Astronomical Data from Harmonices Mundi 1619
8. The Italian Collection, Volume 2
9. The Music of Dmitri Shostakovich: Prelude & Scherzo/Con Piano/Orchestra/Tpt
10. The Secular Songs of Henry Purcell, Vol. 2

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Blue Boy

Ingrid Jacoby: Russian Piano Music

Goin' Back to New Orleans

Casino Lights '99 [Live]

Exclamation Mark [Import] [Original recording remastered]

I Commit to Love

Just in Time for Christmas

Hugo Wolf/Manuel Venegas: Spanisches Liederbuch (Selected Songs)/Opernfragment (Opera Fragment)

In the Wake of Determination [Limited Edition] [Import]

Heartstrings [Import]

Jazz Music: Airmail Special: A Salute to the Big Band Masters

Joyas Del Bolero

Hablando Por lo Claro

Spheres of Influence

Ken Burns JAZZ Collection: Sidney Bechet