Sviatoslav Richter - Beethoven: Works for Piano (Melodiya Edition, Vol. 2) (1995)
Artist: Sviatoslav Richter
Title: Beethoven: Works for Piano (Melodiya Edition, Vol. 2)
Year Of Release: 1995
Label: Melodiya
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 79:39
Total Size: 341 Mb
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist: Title: Beethoven: Works for Piano (Melodiya Edition, Vol. 2)
Year Of Release: 1995
Label: Melodiya
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 79:39
Total Size: 341 Mb
WebSite: Album Preview
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
01. Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor ("Pathétique"), Op. 13: 1. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio [0:07:34.25]
02. Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor ("Pathétique"), Op. 13: 2. Adagio cantabile [0:05:27.60]
03. Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor ("Pathétique"), Op. 13: 3. Rondo. Allegro [0:04:35.02]
04. Bagatelle for piano in F major, Op. 33/3 [0:02:02.68]
05. Bagatelle for piano in C major, Op. 33/5 [0:02:42.07]
06. Bagatelle for piano in C major, Op. 119/2 [0:00:57.30]
07. Bagatelle for piano in C major, Op. 119/7 [0:01:07.25]
08. Bagatelle for piano in A minor, Op. 119/9 [0:00:44.30]
09. Bagatelle for piano in G major, Op. 126/1 [0:03:35.08]
10. Bagatelle for piano in B minor, Op. 126/4 [0:03:43.12]
11. Bagatelle for piano in E flat major, Op. 126/6 [0:04:08.55]
12. Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor ("Appassionata"), Op. 57: 1 Allegro assai [0:10:17.33]
13. Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor ("Appassionata"), Op. 57: 2. Andante con moto [0:06:06.30]
14. Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor ("Appassionata"), Op. 57: 3. Allegro ma non troppo - Presto [0:07:17.52]
15. "Choral Fantasy", Op. 80: 1. Adagio [0:03:31.00]
16. "Choral Fantasy", Op. 80: 2. Finale. Allegro [0:11:38.55]
17. "Choral Fantasy", Op. 80: 3. Allegretto, ma non troppo, quasi Andante con moto [0:04:07.18]
Performers:
Sviatoslav Richter - piano
State Academy Russian Chorus
USSR RTV Large Symphony Orchestra
Kurt Sanderling - conductor
This live Appassionata, from a Moscow recital of 1960, is one of the most thrilling piano performances ever recorded. Sviatoslav Richter fills every moment of the first movement with intense drama, creates the illusion of total repose in the central variations, and then takes off in the finale with an exhibition of musical virtuosity and ever-increasing tension that becomes almost unbearably intense (and unbelievably fast and accurate). The studio Pathétique is quite fine, and the Fantasy (sung in Russian!) well performed by all but still rather quaint in its effect. But don't miss that Appassionata! - -Leslie Gerber