Sviatoslav Richter: Recital
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Label: ICA Classics
Cat No: ICAC5004
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 30th August 2011
Contents
Works
Barcarolle in F sharp major, op.60Preludes (12), Book 2
Novelleten (8), op.21
Artists
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)Works
Barcarolle in F sharp major, op.60Preludes (12), Book 2
Novelleten (8), op.21
Artists
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)About
The June 1967 recital at the Royal Festival Hall very much reflects the pianist’s personal taste, containing the rarely played Haydn and Weber Sonatas together with the Schumann Novelettes with the more popular additions of Chopin and Debussy. He declared, ‘my principle is to play only works that I really love and not just those that are currently accepted’.
Of all the Haydn Sonatas that Richter played, No.62 featured more frequently in his programmes, as did the Weber Sonata No.3, which he regarded in a notebook entry in 1990 as a ‘highly original work and I like it a lot’.
The two Schumann Novelettes were often played in the 1960s, though Richter did not perform No.8 for the following two decades. With the Chopin and Debussy, Richter is on familiar territory, which he invests with his characteristic imagination and spontaneity.
Superb Ambient Mastering recreates the atmosphere in the Royal Festival Hall perfectly.
Recorded: Royal Festival Hall, 11 June, 1967.
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