Andrei Gavrilov & Sviatoslav Richter - Handel: Keyboard Suites II; Beethoven: Piano Sonata, Op. 31/2 (1996)

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Artist: Andrei Gavrilov, Sviatoslav Richter
Title: Handel: Keyboard Suites II; Beethoven: Piano Sonata, Op. 31/2
Year Of Release: 1996
Label: EMI Classics
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image + .cue, log, scans)
Total Time: 02:00:34
Total Size: 452 MB
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

CD 1
Suite No.9 In G Minor
1-1 Allemande (Allegro Con Fuoco) 5:16
1-2 Courante (Allegro Vivace) 3:53
1-3 Gigue (Presto) 4:29

Suite No.10 In D Minor
1-4 Allemande (Allegretto Con Moto) 3:02
1-5 Allegro 1:07
1-6 Air (Lentement) 4:17
1-7 Gigue (Presto) 1:39
1-8 Menuetto (Andantino) 5:01

Suite No.11 In D Minor
1-9 Allemande (Andantino) 2:59
1-10 Courante (Allegro Moderato) 1:41
1-11 Sarabande (Lento Non Troppo) 8:33
1-12 Gigue (Allegro) 0:39

Suite No.12 In E Minor
1-13 Allemande (Andante) 3:10
1-14 Sarabande (Allegro Moderato) 3:04
1-15 Gigue (Vivo) 3:05

CD 2
Suite No.13 In B Flat
2-1 Allemande (Allegro Moderato) 1:59
2-2 Courante (Allegro Con Moto) 1:44
2-3 Sarabande (Andante) 4:16
2-4 Gigue (Vivo) 1:10

Suite No.14 In G
2-5 Allemande (Allegro) 2:01
2-6 Allegro 2:38
2-7 Courante (Allegro Vivace) 2:58
2-8 Air (Presto) 1:31
2-9 Menuet (Vivace) 2:19
2-10 Gavotte (Allegro) 4:46
2-11 Gigue (Presto) 2:19

Suite No.15 In D Minor
2-12 Allemande (Moderato) 2:05
2-13 Courante (Allegretto) 1:49
2-14 Sarabande (Andantino) 2:32
2-15 Gigue (Allegro) 0:49

Suite No.16 In G Minor
2-16 Allemande (Andantino Quasi Allegretto) 2:35
2-17 Courante (Allegro Assai) 2:03
2-18 Sarabande (Andante) 3:32
2-19 Gigue (Presto) 1:04

Piano Sonata No. 17 In D Minor, Op.31 No. 2 'Tempest'
2-20 Largo - Allegro 9:23
2-21 Adagio 7:17
2-22 Alegretto 6:53

This two-disc set of Handel's Suites performed by Andrei Gavrilov and Sviatoslav Richter is just as good as their other two-disc set of Handel's Suites but with one big advantage. Here as there, Handel's Suites are models of wit, sensitivity, affection and virtuosity. Here as there, Gavrilov's performances are fluent, muscular, and persuasive and Richter's performances are supremely expressive, wonderfully supple, and overwhelmingly commanding. The big advantage is that this set includes Richter's 1961 recording of Beethoven's Tempest Sonata because, as magnificent as his Handel is, Richter's Beethoven is even better, even deeper, even higher, even greater. Richter knows the sorrows, knows the tragedy, knows the despair, knows the unyielding strength of Beethoven's Tempest, and his performance ranks with the best of anything ever recorded. EMI's 1982 sound for the Handel is possibly too recessed and reverberant. Its 1961 sound for the Beethoven is raw, honest, and real. -- James Leonard

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