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Music : Liszt: The Two Piano Concertos; The Piano Sonata
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Liszt: The Two Piano Concertos; The Piano Sonata by: London Symphony Orchestra, Sviatoslav Richter List Price: $9.98 CD-Charts Price: $8.99 You Save: $0.99 (10%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0028944620023 Label: Philips Manufacturer: Philips Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Philips Release Date: July 18, 1995 Studio: Philips Sales Rank: 19997 MPN: 446200 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Since they were first issued, Sviatoslov Richter's Liszt Piano Concertos have been widely admired as the finest performances available, and for most listeners they still are. Now they have been remastered by none other than Wilma Cozart Fine, Mercury Living Presence's goddess of the sound console, and they have come up sounding better than ever. To make matters even more exciting, you also get Richter's well-nigh definitive performance of the massive Sonata in B Minor--and all for only mid-price! Even if you hate Liszt, hate concertos, hate pianos, hate Russians, hate music in general, you should own and treasure (or punish yourself regularly) with this recording. --David Hurwitz Amazon.com: Although Sviatoslav Richter's account has power and authority, it's best in the meditative moments, which are almost balletic in their grace. The Russian pianist achieves seamless transitions from one mood to the next, and his countryman on the podium sees to it that there is a wonderful dovetailing of the accompaniment around the solo. Richter is especially magical at the end of the Adagio, where he anticipates the shadings of Liszt's late style. This was originally a Mercury "Living Presence" recording; it has been tellingly remastered by its original producer, and sounds remarkably more vivid than when Philips first issued it on CD. --Ted Libbey Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Richter plays LisztNo fan of Richter should be without this disc. His interpretation of the two piano concerti ranks among not only the best but also among the highly out of the ordinary ones. Rating:  - Great But Not The GreatestOf course, as great pianists go, Richter is perhaps the best all-rounder, and like many a pianophile I probably have more recordings by him than by any other single pianist. Nevertheless, there is greater refinement and daring in Byron Janis's Mercury Living Presence recording of the Liszt concertos. Much as I also like serious and probing accounts of the Liszt sonata and so would not part with Arrau on Philips (coupled with a fine Vallee d'Obermann and a superb Benediction), it is difficult to return to him or indeed to Richter once you have encountered Martha Argerich's astonishing recording of the sonata on her Debut Recital compilation on DG. Richter's only fault was that he could occasionally take too firm an approach to a piece just as ... Read More: Rating: - On the Lizst piano sonataMight I mention one performance that Jeffrey Lipscomb omits - that recorded live in Budapest 1960. It was issued as a Phillips Legendary Classics CD, 422 137-2. The cd is a sort of twin to the 1958 Sofia Concert but has always been very much harder to find. This is my favorite of the recordings I know. There is also a performance in the Chopin/Liszt box from the Authorised Recordings collection, Phillips again, 438 620-2. The minimal information claims it was recorded in 1988 but I believe it is the Livorno 1966 version. Rating: - To unbalance for rebalance! It's far to be a mere casualty, the fact Richter and Francois have become the most important performers in which concern the major achievement of Franz Liszt `s Piano Concertos. Both pianists have some similarities, first and foremost, they possessed a nonchalant respect for the objective rules of interpretation so frequently watched until the 60's. Additionally, they created atmospheres every time they played and the glorious musical intuition, logic consequence of that irreverent posture before the rational way of playing the piano, permitted them to discover and explore new horizons around these well known and many times neglected works. They caught the entire attention of the public, because the Dionysian spirit made they considered ... Read More: Rating: - Consummate Mastery In The Liszt ConcertosIf you are new to the late Russian pianist Sviatoslav Richter, arguably the greatest all-round keyboard virtuoso of the last century, this is a splendid place to start. And if you are new to Liszt's piano concertos, there is little need to look any farther. Few "legendary" recordings live up to the praise heaped upon them so deservedly as these classic 1961 studio recordings. Richter's inspired blend of drama and poetry is matched by a superb accompaniment from Kondrashin and the London Symphony. Philips here has actually improved on the sound of the original LPs: only a trace of hiss betrays the fact that these performances were taped over four decades ago. However, for Richter collectors, the situation is a little more complicated. ... Read More: |
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