Sviatoslav Richter plays Beethoven
Did Richter give more concerts than any other pianist of the 20th century? It's certainly possible. He shunned the high life and lights to set up a festival in a barn in southwest France; to drag himself across the plains and mountains of Soviet Russia, playing Hindemith and more to audiences who likely had never even heard a piano -- as well as getting in six hours of practice.
Such was his appetite for making music, and his scorn for the merry-go-round of record companies and ritzy recitals. This release focuses on his mastery of Beethoven: strong and determined, as you'd expect from a pianist who was always his own harshest critic, and capable of
thundering heights of eloquence, but more often bringing out Beethoven the quixotic poet in, say, the questing opening movement of Op.110 or the mysterious Arietta which concludes the composer's cycle of 32 sonatas. A complementary recording of the Third Concerto is made with Kurt Sanderling, one of the most durable and understanding of his conducting partners.
Other information:
- Recorded in 1952--1975.
- Can a Russian play Beethoven? When a genius, the answer is yes. And Sviatoslav Richter was a genius, a giant, a universal musical mind, free of idiosyncrasies, fashionable styles or cheap tricks; he represents music making of the highest order. Richter's Beethoven, is strong and passionate, yet sober and purist, never exaggerated, getting straight to the deeper meaning of the music.
- The highlights from this selection of Beethoven piano sonatas are the last three sonatas Opp. 109-110-111, one the best of his many recordings of these eternal works.
Awarded with a Diapason d'Or in France.
- Includes comprehensive booklet notes
profiling Richter and each work.
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Kategorie:
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Filmy i muzyka
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Język wydania:
angielski
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ISBN:
5028421943992
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EAN:
5028421943992
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Wymiary:
14.0x12.0cm
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Waga:
0.20kg
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Czas trwania:
3:57:49
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Nośniki:
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#1: Sviatoslav Richter plays Beethoven CD 2
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1. II. Scherzo: Allegretto vivace (04:37)
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2. I. Allegro molto e con brio (08:23)
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3. II. Adagio (07:27)
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4. III. Menuetto: Moderato e grazioso (04:35)
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5. IV. Rondo: Poco allegretto e grazioso (05:47)
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6. III. Allegretto (06:52)
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7. I. Allegro (09:12)
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8. I. Largo – Allegro (09:23)
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9. III. Allegro (05:27)
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10. II. Largo, con gran espressione (07:50)
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11. IV. Presto con fuoco (03:59)
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#2: Sviatoslav Richter plays Beethoven CD 1
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1. I. Vivace ma non troppo – Adagio espressivo – Tempo I (03:23)
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2. I. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo (06:16)
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3. II. Arietta: Adagio molto semplice e cantabile (14:50)
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4. III. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo (12:31)
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5. III. Adagio ma non troppo – Arioso dolente – (03:50)
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6. I. Maestoso – Allegro con brio ed appassionato (08:12)
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7. II. Allegro molto (02:41)
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8. II. Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorzutragen (06:41)
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9. Fuga: Allegro ma non troppo – L’istesso tempo di arioso (07:33)
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10. II. Prestissimo (02:24)
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11. I. Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck (05:45)
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#3: Sviatoslav Richter plays Beethoven CD 3
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1. IV. Geschwind, doch nicht zu sehr, und mit Entschlossenheit (Allegro) (06:37)
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2. II. Adagio (07:54)
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3. I. Allegro con brio (16:15)
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4. III. Rondo: Allegro (08:21)
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5. I. Allegro con brio (10:29)
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6. II. Lebhaft. Marschmäßig (Vivace alla marcia) (05:32)
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7. IV. Allegro assai (05:01)
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8. I. Etwas lebhaft und mit den innigsten Empfindung (Allegretto ma non troppo) (04:21)
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9. III. Scherzo: Allegro (03:29)
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10. II. Largo (09:15)
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11. III. Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll (Adagio, ma non troppo, con affetto) (02:33)