Browse: Richter Edition (series)
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Richter's technical feats make his Liszt playing extraordinary, while his sense of near-demonic possession in these live performances, recorded at various points in the 1950s, is hair-raising. — More…
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Richter's piano is clangorous in Op. 90, yet every bar is filled with personality and ideas. He is reflective yet explosive in Op. 101, though there's some technical insecurity. — More…
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Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 & Symphony No. 6
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Yevgeny Mravinsky
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These accounts find Richter in quirky mode, pressing at the extremes of Schumann: hair-raising speed and melting depth mix and match. The Fantasie is hugely impressive. — More…
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Richter’s brilliant playing — muscular, mercurial — recorded live in Prague, emphasises the qualities in Beethoven’s music that amazed contemporaries when he first burst on the scene and that... — More…