Sviatoslav Richter - Sviatoslav Richter Archives, Vol. 10: Carnegie Hall Recitals 1960 (Live) (2006)

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Artist: Sviatoslav Richter
Title: Sviatoslav Richter Archives, Vol. 10: Carnegie Hall Recitals 1960 (Live)
Year Of Release: 2006
Label: DOREMI
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 06:45:54
Total Size: 1.6 Gb
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

DISC 1
Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2 No. 3 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
01. I. Allegro con brio (Live) (00:09:41)
02. II. Adagio (Live) (00:07:33)
03. III. Scherzo (Allegro) [Live] (00:03:16)
04. IV. Allegro assai (Live) (00:04:35)
Piano Sonata No. 9 in E Major, Op. 14 No. 1 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
05. I. Allegro (Live) (00:06:26)
06. II. Allegretto (Live) (00:06:20)
07. III. Rondo (Allegro comodo) [Live] (00:02:41)
Piano Sonata No. 22 in F Major, Op. 54 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
08. I. In tempo d'un minuetto (Live) (00:05:31)
09. II. Allegretto (Live) (00:04:59)
Piano Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10 No. 3 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
10. I. Presto (Live) (00:06:32)
11. II. Largo e mesto (Live) (00:08:49)
12. III. Menuetto (Allegro) [Live] (00:02:53)
13. IV. Rondo (Allegro) [Live] (00:03:53)

DISC 2
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata" (Ludwig van Beethoven)
01. I. Allegro assai (Live) (00:09:59)
02. II. Andante con moto (Live) (00:05:59)
03. III. Allegro ma non troppo (Live) (00:07:06)
Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-Flat Major, Op. 26 "Funeral March" (Ludwig van Beethoven)
04. I. Andante con variazioni (Live) (00:06:42)
05. II. Scherzo (Molto allegro) [Live] (00:02:47)
06. III. Marcia funebre (Sulla morte d'un eroe) [Live] (00:05:46)
07. IV. Allegro (Live) (00:02:27)
Keyboard Sonata in C Major, Op. 79, Hob. XVI:50 (Joseph Haydn)
08. I. Allegro (Live) (00:09:16)
09. II. Adagio (Live) (00:06:18)
10. III. Allegro molto (Live) (00:02:46)
4 Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899 (Franz Schubert)
11. No. 4 in A-Flat Major (Live) (00:07:12)

DISC 3
Piano Sonata No. 6 in A Major, Op. 82 (Sergei Prokofiev)
01. I. Allegro moderato (Live) (00:08:27)
02. II. Allegretto (Live) (00:03:51)
03. III. Tempo di valzer lentissimo (Live) (00:06:45)
04. IV. Vivace (Live) (00:06:45)
3 Pieces, Op. 59 (Sergei Prokofiev)
05. No. 3, Sonatina pastorale (Live) (00:05:02)
06. No. 2, Paysage (Live) (00:03:16)
Pensées, Op. 62 (Sergei Prokofiev)
07. III. Andante (Live) (00:06:37)
Piano Sonata No. 8 in B-Flat Major, Op. 84 (Sergei Prokofiev)
08. I. Andante dolce (Live) (00:16:10)
09. II. Andante sognando (Live) (00:03:54)
10. III. Vivace - Allegro ben marcato - Andantino - Vivace (Live) (00:09:46)
3 Pieces from Cinderella, Op. 95 (Sergei Prokofiev)
11. No. 2, Gavotte (Live) (00:02:18)
12. No. 2, Gavotte (Alternate Performance) [Live] (00:02:16)

DISC 4
Suite bergamasque, L. 75 (Claude Debussy)
01. I. Prélude (Live) (00:04:59)
02. II. Menuet (Live) (00:03:40)
03. III. Clair de lune (Live) (00:05:40)
04. IV. Passepied (Live) (00:03:35)
Images, Book 1, L. 110 (Claude Debussy)
05. No. 1, Reflets dans l'eau (Live) (00:05:07)
06. No. 2, Hommage à Rameau (Live) (00:07:26)
07. No. 3, Mouvement (Live) (00:03:07)
08. L'isle joyeuse, L. 106 (Live) (00:05:57)
Images, Book 2, L. 111 (Claude Debussy)
09. No. 1, Cloches à travers les feuilles (Live) (00:04:55)
Preludes, Book 1, L. 117 (Claude Debussy)
10. No. 3, Le vent dans la plaine (Live) (00:01:56)
11. No. 5, Les collines d'Anacapri (Live) (00:03:02)
Miroirs, M. 43 (Maurice Ravel)
12. No. 2, Oiseaux tristes (Live) (00:03:26)
13. Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19 (Live) (00:07:22)
14. Jeux d'eau, M. 30 (Live) (00:04:33)
8 Novelletten, Op. 21 (Robert Schumann)
15. No. 1, Markiert und kräftig (Live) (00:05:22)
16. No. 2, Äußerst rasch und mit Bravour (Live) (00:05:33)
17. No. 8, Sehr lebhaft (Live) (00:11:02)
18. Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17 (Live) (00:31:13)
Fantasiestücke, Op. 12 (Robert Schumann)
19. No. 2, Aufschwung (Live) (00:02:56)
20. Scherzo No. 4 in E Major, Op. 54 (Live) (00:11:29)
Mazurkas, Op. 24 (Frédéric Chopin)
21. No. 2 in C Major (Live) (00:02:22)
Études, Op. 10 (Frédéric Chopin)
22. No. 3 in E Major "Tristesse" (Live) (00:04:21)
23. No. 1 in C Major (Live) (00:01:52)

DISC 6
10 Preludes, Op. 23 (Serge Rachmaninoff)
01. No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor (Largo) [Live] (00:03:54)
13 Preludes, Op. 32 (Serge Rachmaninoff)
02. No. 9 in A Major (Allegro moderato) [Live] (00:02:23)
03. No. 10 in B Minor (Lento) [Live] (00:05:20)
04. No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor (Allegro) [Live] (00:02:11)
10 Preludes, Op. 23 (Serge Rachmaninoff)
05. No. 8 in A-Flat Major (Allegro vivace) [Live] (00:02:52)
13 Preludes, Op. 32 (Serge Rachmaninoff)
06. No. 1 in C Major (Allegro vivace) [Live] (00:01:06)
07. No. 2 in B-Flat Minor (Allegretto) [Live] (00:02:52)
08. No. 6 in F Minor (Allegro appassionato) [Live] (00:01:16)
09. No. 7 in F Major (Moderato) [Live] (00:01:59)
10 Preludes, Op. 23 (Serge Rachmaninoff)
10. No. 2 in B-Flat Major (Maestoso) [Live] (00:03:23)
11. No. 4 in D Major (Andante cantabile) [Live] (00:04:22)
12. No. 5 in G Minor (Alla marcia) [Live] (00:04:03)
13 Preludes, Op. 32 (Serge Rachmaninoff)
13. No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor (Allegro) [Alternate Performance] [Live] (00:02:13)
10 Preludes, Op. 23 (Serge Rachmaninoff)
14. No. 7 in C Minor (Allegro) [Live] (00:02:21)
15. Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 53 (Live) (00:10:10)

Total length: 06:45:54
Label: DOREMI

Performers:
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)

For any sane listener, six discs of five nights of solo piano recitals by almost anybody in poor to awful sound would be out of the question. But for fans of Sviatoslav Richter, the man whom they hail as the greatest pianist of the twentieth century, the prospect of six discs of his five concerts given in late October 1960 in Carnegie Hall, all of which featured different programs is cause to twist and shout. Indeed, their only regret may be that not every note played by Richter over those five nights is present in this set. There are, of course, good reasons and extenuating circumstances -- Richter played Scriabin's Fifth Sonata twice on October 30, for example, and the recording here is the performance he played as an encore. But what is present, and that's almost everything he played, is astounding in its breadth and depth: six Beethoven sonatas including a furious Appassionata; six Prokofiev pieces including a monumental Eighth Sonata plus a delightful Gavotte from Cinderella played as encores on two different nights; luminous performances of Debussy's Suite Bergamasque, Images I, L'isle joyeuse plus a couple of preludes; three of Schumann's intimate Novelettes and his ardent three-movement Fantasie in C major; 14 of Rachmaninov's dark preludes; and Scriabin's blazing Fifth Sonata. Despite the best efforts of Doremi's engineers, the sound still ranges from barely tolerable to nearly intolerable, but for those willing to listen through the distortions, Richter's performances are truly amazing. Try any piece from his incandescent Appassionata to his ecstatic Fantasie to his sensual Images to his passionate preludes. Try his astonishingly expressive Schubert's A flat major Impromptu or his blazing Scriabin sonata: any sane listener exposed to more than a handful of Richter's performances from this set will invariably become a fan of the Russian pianist.

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