Sviatoslav Richter - The Complete EMI Recordings (14CD BoxSet) (2008)

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Artist: Sviatoslav Richter
Title: The Complete EMI Recordings
Year Of Release: 2008
Label: EMI
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 14:59:34
Total Size: 3.65 Gb
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

CD 1 [74.26]
Beethoven
Piano Sonata No.1 in F minor, Op.2 No.1
1. I Allegro
2. II Adagio
3. III Menuetto (Allegretto)
4. IV Prestissimo
Piano Sonata No.7 in D, Op.10 No.3
5. I Presto
6. II Largo e mesto
7. III Menuetto (Allegro)
8. IV Rondo (Allegro)
Piano Sonata No.17 in D minor, Op.31 No.2 'Tempest'
9. I Largo – Allegro
10.II Adagio
11.III Allegretto
12. Andante favori in F, WoO.57
Recorded: June 1976, Grange de la Besnardière, Tours [1-8];
August 1961 [9-11] & 19-20 September 1977 [12], Abbey Road Studios, London

CD 2 [76.49]
Schubert
Piano Sonata in A, D.664
1. I Allegro moderato
2. II Andante
3. III Allegro
Fantasy in C, D.760 'Wanderer' (revised Badura-Skoda)
4. I Allegro con fuoco ma non troppo
5. II Adagio
6. III Presto
7. IV Allegro
Recorded: February & April 1963, Salle Wagram, Paris
Schumann
Fantasy in C, Op.17
8. I Durchaus phantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen
9. II Mäßig – Durchaus energisch
10.III Langsam getragen – Durchweg leise und halten
Recorded: 1-3 & 5 August 1961, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

CD 3 [52.05]
Schumann
1. Papillons, Op.2
Piano Sonata No.2 in G minor, Op.22
2. I Vivacissimo
3. II Andantino
4. III Scherzo
5. IV Rondo (Presto)
Faschingsswank aus Wien, Op.26
6. I Allegro
7. II Romanze
8. III Scherzino
9. IV Intermezzo
10.V Finale
Recorded live: 15 & 21 October 1962, Milan, Italy

CD 4 [68.30]
Beethoven
Violin Sonata No.5 in F, Op.24 'Spring'
1. I Allegro
2. II Adagio molto espressivo
3. III Scherzo (Allegro molto) & Trio
4. IV Rondo (Allegro ma non troppo)
with Oleg Kagaan
Recorded: 25 February – 1 March 1976, Bürgerbräukeller, Munich
Schubert
Piano Quintet in A, D.667 'Trout'
5. I Allegro vivace
6. II Andante
7. III Scherzo: Presto
8. IV Tema (Andantino) con variazioni
9. V Finale (Allegro giusto)
with Borodin Quartet, Georg Hörtnagel
Recorded: 18 June 1980, Schloss Hohenems, Austria

CD 5 [58.37]
Mozart
Violin Sonata in D, K.306
1. I Allegro con spirito
2. II Andantino cantabile
3. III Allegretto
Violin Sonata in B flat, K.378
4. I Allegro moderato
5. II Andantino sostenuto e cantabile
6. III Rondo (Allegro)
Andante & Allegretto in C, K.404/385d
7. I Andante
8. II Allegretto
Violin Sonata in B flat, K.372 'Unfinished'
9. Allegro
with Oleg Kagaan
Recorded live: 6 & 7 July 1974, Grange de la Besnardière during the Fête Musicales de Touraine

CD 6 [59.35]
Handel
Keyboard Suite No.2 in F
1. I Adagio
2. II Allegro
3. III Adagio
4. IV Fuga (Allegro)
Keyboard Suite No.3 in D minor
5. I Prélude (Presto)
6. II Fuga: Allegro
7. III Allemande (Andantino quasi Allegretto)
8. IV Courante
9. V Air (Lento non troppo)
10.VI Presto
Keyboard Suite No.5 in E
11.I Prélude (Allegro moderato)
12.II Allemande (Andantino)
13.III Courante (Allegro)
14.IV Air con variazioni (Andantino)
Keyboard Suite No.8 in F minor
15.I Prélude (Allegro)
16.II Fuga (Allegro)
17.III Allemande (Allegro moderato)
18.IV Courante (Allegro)
19.V Gigue (Presto)
Recorded live: 30 June & 1, 7-8 July 1979, Tours Festival, Château de Marcilly-sur-Maulne, France

CD 7 [50.43]
Handel
Keyboard Suite No.9 in G minor
1. I Allemande (Allegro con fuoco)
2. II Courante (Allegro vivace)
3. III Gigue (Presto)
Keyboard Suite No.12 in E minor
4. I Allemande (Andante)
5. II Sarabande (Allegro moderato)
6. III Gigue (Vivo)
Keyboard Suite No.14 in G
7. I Allemande (Allegro)
8. II Allegro
9. III Courante (Allegro vivace)
10.IV Air (Presto)
11.V Menuet (Vivace)
12.VI Gavotte (Allegro)
13.VII Gigue (Presto)
Keyboard Suite No.16 in G minor
14.I Allemande (Andantino quasi allegretto)
15.II Courante (Allegro assai)
16.III Sarabande (Andante)
17.IV Gigue (Presto)
Recorded live: 30 June & 1, 7-8 July 1979, Tours Festival, Château de Marcilly-sur-Maulne, France

CD 8 [56.28]
Brahms
15 Romanzen aus 'Die schöne Magalone', Op.33
Set 1
1. I Keinen hat es noch gereut
2. II traun! Bogen und Pfeil sind gut für den Feind
3. III Sind es Scherzen, sind es Freuden
Set 2
4. IV Liebe kam aus fernen Landen
5. V So willst du des Armen dich gnädich erbarmen?
6. VI Wie soll ich die Freude, die Wonne der tragen?
Set 3
7. VII War es dir, dem diese Lippen bebten
8. VIII Wir müssen uns trennen, geliebtes Saitenspiel
9.IX Ruhe Süssliebchen, im Schatten
Set 4
10.X Verzweiflung
11.XI Wie schnell verschwindet so Licht als Glanz
12.XII Muss es eine Trennung geben
Set 5
13.XIII Sulima
14.XIV Wie froh und frisch mein Sinn sich hebt
15.XV Treue Liebe dauert lange
with Dietrich Fischer Dieskau
Recorded: 24-25 July 1970, Bürgerbräu, Munich

CD 9 [71.32]
Mozart
Piano Concerto No.22 in E flat, K.482
1. I Allegro (cadenza: Britten)
2. II Andante
3. III Allegro (cadenza: Britten)
Recorded: 5-6 April 1979, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Beethoven
Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor, Op.37
4. I Allegro con brio
5. II Largo
6. III Rondo: Allegro – Presto
Recorded: 19-20 September 1977, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
with Philharmonia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti

CD 10 [57.28]
Beethoven
Triple Concerto, in C, Op.56
1. I Allegro
2. II Largo
3. III Rondo alla Polacca
with David Oistrakh, Mstislav Rostropovich
Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan
Recorded: 15-17 September 1969, Jesus Christus Kirche, Berlin
Violin Sonata No.4 in A minor, Op.23
4. I Presto
5. II Andante scherzoso più allegretto
6. III Allegro molto
with Oleg Kagaan
Recorded: 25 February – 1 March 1976, Bürgerbräukeller, Munich

CD 11 [72.00]
Brahms
Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat, Op.83
1. I Allegro non troppo
2. II Allegro appassionato
3. III Andante
4. IV Allegretto grazioso
with Orchestre de Paris / Lorin Maazel
Recorded: 24-28 October 1969, Salle Wagram, Paris
Mozart
Violin Sonata in G, K.379
5. I Adagio – Allegretto
6. II Theme (Andante cantabile) and Variations I-V
with Oleg Kagaan
Recorded live: 6 & 7 July 1974, Grange de la Besnardière during the Fête Musicales de Touraine

CD 12 [69.14]
Dvorák
Piano Concerto in G minor, Op.33
1. I Allegro agitato
2. II Andante sostenuto
3. III Allegro con fuoco
with Bayerische Staatsorchester München / Carlos Kleiber
Recorded: 18-21 June 1976, Bürgerbräukeller, Munich
Bartók
Piano Concerto No.2, Sz.83
4. I Allegro
5. II Adagio
6. III Allegro molto
with Orchestre de Paris / Lorin Maazel
Recorded: October-November 1969, Salle Wagram, Paris

CD 13 [58.52]
Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.16
1. I Allegro molto moderato
2. II Adagio
3. III Allegro moderato molto e marcato
Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.54
4. I Allegro affetuoso – Andante espressivo – Tempo I – Cadenza – Allegro molto
5. II Intermezzo: Andantino grazioso
6. III Allegro vivace
with Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo / Lovro von Matacic
Recorded: 25-30 November 1974, Palais Garnier, Monte-Carlo

CD 14 [67.21]
Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No 5 in G, Op.55
1. I Allegro con brio
2. II Moderato ben accentuato
3. III Toccata (Allegro con fuoco)
4. IV Larghetto
5. V Vivo
with London Symphony Orchestra / Lorin Maazel
Recorded: June 1970, Kingsway Hall, London
Berg
Kammerkonzert
6. I Tema schezoso con variationi
7. II Adagio
8. III Rondo ritimico con introduzione
with Oleg Kagaan
Instrumental Ensemble of the Moscow Conservatoire / Youri Nicolaievsky
Recorded: 12-13 December 1977, Théâtre de l'Athénée-Louis Jouvet, Paris (live recording)

With a discography so vast it is difficult to speak of a particular group of recordings for a particular label as being better or more central than those for another, Sviatoslav Richter can be difficult to pin down for recommendations. But his complete recordings for the EMI label are undeniably an excellent choice.
The best of Richter's solo recordings here are those of Schubert and Schumann. In no other recorded performances has a pianist so well expressed the ardent lyricism and athletic virtuosity of Schubert's Wanderer Fantasy or the passionate longing and ecstatic release of Schumann's C major Fantasy. Almost as fine are Richter's luminous reading of Beethoven's Andante favori and harrowing account of the same composer's Tempest Sonata. More problematic, perhaps, are Richter's intensely expressive interpretations of eight of Handel's keyboard sonatas, but few would dispute their effectiveness.
In the chamber music recordings, Richter is paired only with other Soviet artists -- the steely Oleg Kagan in elegant accounts of Mozart's violin sonatas and the adept Borodin Quartet in a ravishingly beautiful performance of Schubert's Trout Quintet -- except in one memorable case in which he and the great German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau team up for a lyrical reading of Brahms' Die schöne Magelone song cycle.
Richter's performances in the concerto recordings here are not always so consistent. Sometimes, as in his serene performance of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 22, his playing is practically perfect in its balance of light and dark. Other times, as in his surprisingly straightforward account of Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2, his playing is ordinary. But when Richter is on, as in his impetuous Grieg concerto, fervent Schumann concerto, and above all his commanding Dvorák concerto, he is untouchable. In a special class of its own is Richter's recording of Beethoven's Triple Concerto with David Oistrakh and Mstislav Rostropovich accompanied by the Berliner Philharmoniker under Herbert von Karajan. Together with his two greatest contemporaries, Richter turns in a performance of extraordinary elegance, endless energy, and surpassing loveliness.
Recorded between 1961 and 1980 in concert halls and recording studios across Europe, EMI's stereo sound is generally clean, warm, and very present.