Sviatoslav Richter - The Lost Tapes: Beethoven - Sonatas Nos. 18, 27, 28 & 31 (2025)
Sviatoslav Richter - The Lost Tapes: Beethoven - Sonatas Nos. 18, 27, 28 & 31 (2025)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 312 Mb | Total time: 72:28 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | # 479 5554 | Recorded: 1965
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 312 Mb | Total time: 72:28 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | # 479 5554 | Recorded: 1965
Anyone who thinks that there is no longer anything to say on the subject of Sviatoslav Richter’s discography is wrong. For sixty years these recordings, which were made by Deutsche Grammophon at the Tours and Lucerne Festivals in 1965, have slumbered in the Yellow Label’s archives. Carefully restored by Emil Berliner Studios, they are being released now for the very first time. Like many other artists, Richter felt that he could play more freely and give better performances in the concert hall rather than in the studio. These tremendous recordings reveal the pianist at the pinnacle of his powers as a pianist. Indeed, they evoke Van Cliburn's comment: ‘That is the most powerful piano playing I have ever heard’. Richter's interpretations of Beethoven are phenomenal. The performances of the Sonatas Nos. 18, 27, 28 and 31 show a strikingly modern approach that never shies away from taking risks to express the music in its furthest extreme. Pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja, a confidante of Richter, was enthusiastic about the artistic freedom, technical brilliance and love of the music conveyed in these recordings. The album is available digitally, as a CD and double LP and includes a recent interview with Elisabeth Leonskaja, an essay by Jed Distler and editorial notes by Markus Kettner. Numerous photographs, some previously unpublished, complete the edition.
Performer:
Sviatoslav Richter, piano
Tracklist:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano Sonata No.18 in E flat major 'The Hunt', Op.31/3
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Scherzo. Allegretto vivace
03. III. Menuetto. Moderato e grazioso
04. IV. Presto con fuoco
Piano Sonata No.27 in E minor, Op.90
05. I. Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck
06. II. Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorgetragen
Piano Sonata No.28 in A major, Op.101
07. I. Etwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten Empfindung. Allegretto ma non troppo
08. II. Lebhaft, marschmäßig. Vivace alla marcia
09. III. Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll. Adagio ma non troppo, con affetto
10. IV. Geschwind, doch nicht zu sehr und mit Entschlossenheit. Allegro
Piano Sonata No.31 in A flat major, Op.110
11. I. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo
12. II. Allegro molto
13. IIIa. Adagio ma non troppo
14. IIIb. Fuga. Allegro ma non troppo
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Sviatoslav Richter - The Lost Tapes: Beethoven - Sonatas Nos. 18, 27, 28 & 31 (2025)
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