Sviatoslav Richter - Richter in Warsaw: The Scriabin Recital (2012)

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Title: Richter in Warsaw: The Scriabin Recital
Year Of Release: 2012
Label: Parnassus Records
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 01:14:41
Total Size: 287 Mb
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Tracklist:

01. Preludes, Op. 11: No. 2 in A Minor
02. Preludes, Op. 11: No. 3 in G Major
03. Preludes, Op. 11: No. 5 in D Major
04. Preludes, Op. 11: No. 9 in E Major
05. Preludes, Op. 11: No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor
06. Preludes, Op. 11: No. 11 in B Major
07. Preludes, Op. 11: No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor
08. Preludes, Op. 11: No. 15 in D-Flat Major
09. Preludes, Op. 11: No. 16 in B-Flat Major
10. Preludes, Op. 11: No. 17 in A-Flat Major
11. Preludes, Op. 11: No. 18 in F Major
12. Preludes, Op. 11: No. 24 in D Minor
13. Preludes, Op. 13: No. 1 in C Major
14. Preludes, Op. 13: No. 4 in E Minor
15. Preludes, Op. 37: No. 1 in D-Flat Major
16. Preludes, Op. 37: No. 2 in F-Sharp Major
17. Preludes, Op. 37: No. 3 in B Major
18. Preludes, Op. 37: No. 4 in G Minor
19. Preludes, Op. 39: No. 3 in G Major
20. Preludes, Op. 39: No. 4 in A-Flat Major
21. Preludes, Op. 59: No. 2
22. Preludes, Op. 74: No. 1
23. Preludes, Op. 74: No. 3
24. Preludes, Op. 74: No. 4
25. Sonata No. 2 in G-Flat Minor ("Sonata-Fantasy"), Op. 19: I. Andante
26. Sonata No. 2 in G-Flat Minor ("Sonata-Fantasy"), Op. 19: II. Presto
27. Etudes, Op. 42: No. 2 in F-Sharp Minor
28. Etudes, Op. 42: No. 3 in F-Sharp Major
29. Etudes, Op. 42: No. 4 in F-Sharp Major
30. Etudes, Op. 42: No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor
31. Etudes, Op. 42: No. 6 in D-Flat Major
32. Etudes, Op. 42: No. 8 in E-Flat Major
33. Sonata No. 5, Op. 53
34. Sonata No. 9, Op. 68
35. Poème, Op. 32, No. 1

Performers:
Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)

In 1972, Sviatoslav Richter chose to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Alexander Scriabin by performing an all-Scriabin program in three locations. These concerts, while not quite unique, were very uncommon events in Richter’s career. He did not often give concerts devoted to a single composer. Although he played Scriabin’s music throughout his career, concerts devoted entirely to that composer were very scarce; he performed them in public only in 1945, 1957, and in 1972.

The music of Scriabin was ideal for Richter’s qualities as a pianist. In this recording, we hear Richter’s singing and varied tone, his extraordinary technical facility, and his extremely wide range of dynamics and expression. The recital, offered complete, is fortunately preserved in fine, clear mono sound.