Richter: The 100th Anniversary Edition

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艺人: Sviatoslav Richter / Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
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厂牌: Melodiya
发行时间: 2015年11月27日
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Sviatoslav Richter was not “one of” but the most prominent musician of the 20th century. His life was a charter of immunity for the divine criteria in art.

Yuri Bashmet

For the 100th anniversary of Sviatoslav Richter, Firma Melodiya presents its arguably biggest project in its semicentennial history.

The name of Sviatoslav Richter is inscribed in gold in the history of music. He was not just “more than a pianist,” he was even more than a musician. An owner of composing, conducting, artistic, directing and acting gifts, a connoisseur of literature, arts and philosophy, with a will of iron he made all his gifts serve the art of pianism. An “artist of planetary scale,” as of the critics put it, Richter was like that in everything – in his unbounded repertoire that he never stopped replenishing until his last years, in his priestly frenzy of hours-long rehearsals, in the geography and number of performances, – over 3 500 concerts in 770 places of the world for 55 years of his musical career! (“He was somewhat fathomless, Richter,” said one of his famous colleagues). However, after he conquered the world (almost literally), he remained indifferent to ovation and eulogies of the press, painfully experienced each of the “defects” he noticed in his performance, and at the end of his way confessed before the journalist Bruno Monsaingeon: “I don’t like myself.”

Of course we inherited numerous recordings from Sviatoslav Richter, live and studio ones (although he preferred the former to the latter). Hundreds of records and CDs have been released on domestic and foreign labels (the first of them, gramophone ones, appeared in the 1940’s while some others became available as late as in this century). However, even the existing body of recordings captures neither his complete repertoire nor the entire essence of Richter’s art – the same pieces could sound differently over the years, or even over a day!

And now, Firma Melodiya that recently marked its 50th birthday makes a unique present for both sophisticated experts and a broad circle of music lovers –

a 50-CD set of Sviatoslav Richter’s concert recordings!

It has to be understood that this collection is far from the complete phonographic legacy of the great musician. Nevertheless, the set includes plenty of exclusive, previously unreleased recordings that will make the hearts of even most erudite connoisseurs and collectors rejoice.

Most of the featured recordings are broadcasts from the concerts played in Moscow in 1962 to 1983. However, the exceptions are of special interest. These are:

– one of the first of his extant concert programmes – Schubert’s last sonata and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition (1949);

– recording of the concert with Nina Dorliak in Bucharest, in 1958; and

– recordings of “home” rehearsals with Nina Dorliak.

Alexander Scriabin’s Prometheus, on which he plays a “modest” piano part in an orchestra, is evidence of Richter’s extremely broad musical interests, or the recordings of J.S. Bach’s ensemble concertos together with students of the Moscow Conservatory.

Perhaps the listeners will find a number of “repetitive” tracks surprising. Richter played (and recorded) many works time and again. Some of them allow us to track the evolution of the pianist’s art, testify to his constant creative search and dissatisfaction with himself (the interpretations of Berg’s concertos with different performers, different versions of Schubert’s Sonata No. 6, Beethoven’s Third Concerto and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition at an interval of ten and twenty years, respectively). Some other recordings were played in a shorter stretch of time (Beethoven’s Sonata No. 1, Prokofiev’s Sonata No. 2), or in succession – from the mid 1970’s. Considering the growing interest of the public, Richter frequently, fully or partly, repeated his programmes. So, at an interval of one day he played Mozart’s Concerto No. 18 and Rachmaninoff’s Etudes-tableaux. In those unique phonographic documents, a keen ear will detect barely perceptible “atmospheric” changes that captured an inner aura of a certain concert as each of them was a new test for the pianist in terms uncompromising strictness to himself, a new step on the way to Absolute Music.

It would be difficult to name all the names of the composers featured in this set. A great amount of 20th century music, both domestic and foreign, perhaps deserves special attention: Richter performs Myaskovsky’s piano sonata, Shostakovich’s violin sonata and selected preludes and fugues, as well as works by Hindemith, Bartók, Britten, Berg, Szymanowski, Ravel and Debussy. There are numerous piano pieces by Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin and Prokofiev, a few works by Haydn, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff and Scriabin, the first volume of Bach’s Well-Tempetered Clavier. Among the rarely performed ones, we should note Dvořák’s piano concerto and Franck’s chamber ensembles.

The set includes recordings of many of Richter’s ensemble performances with the likes of David Oistrakh, Mstislav Rostropovich, Yuri Bashmet, Oleg Kagan, Natalia Gutman, the Borodin Quartet, the USSR Bolshoi Theatre String Quartet, the singer Nina Dorliak and others. The piano concertos played by Richter are conducted by some of the best Soviet conductors such as Kirill Kondrashin, Evgeny Svetlanov and Rudolf Barshai.

The set looks like a black box in the form of a piano with a reading stand made from lined cardboard, containing, apart from 50 CDs, a set of 5 exclusive postcards.

The set comes with a hardback booklet in four languages (Russian, English, French, and German), each set is placed in an exclusive bag. The set is released in a limited run of one thousand copies and each box has an individual collection number acknowledged with a Certificate of Authenticity.

CD 1

December 8, 1949

Franz Schubert

Sonata No. 21

Franz Schubert–Franz Liszt

Erlkönig

Modest Mussorgsky

Pictures at an Exhibition

CD 2

Home rehearsal / Concert in Bucharest on March 24, 1958

Songs by Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Claude Debussy, Ernest Chausson, Maurice Ravel,

Franz Liszt, Robert Schumann, Jean-Baptiste Weckerlin, Manuel de Falla

Nina Dorliak, soprano

Sviatoslav Richter, piano

CD 3

September 24, 1960

Joseph Haydn

Piano Sonata in C major

Frédéric Chopin

Ballade No. 3

Scherzo No. 4

Robert Schumann

3 Novelletten from Op. 21

CD 4

September 24, 1960

Claude Debussy

Pieces

Studio recording, 1956

César Franck

Piano Quintet in F minor

Sviatoslav Richter, piano

The Bolshoi Theatre Quartet

CD 5

May 28, 1967

Johannes Brahms

Piano Concerto No. 2

May 8, 1962

Ludwig van Beethoven

Rondo for Piano and Orchestra

Sviatoslav Richter, piano

Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra,

conductor – Kirill Kondrashin

CD 6

May 8, 1962

Ludwig van Beethoven

Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3

Sviatoslav Richter, piano

Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra,

conductor – Kirill Kondrashin

CD 7

October 10, 1965

Ludwig van Beethoven

Piano Sonatas Nos. 17, 18, 27, 28

CD 8

December 30, 1964

Sergey Prokofiev

Piano Sonata No. 2

Alexander Scriabin

Piano Sonata No. 7

Maurice Ravel

Valses nobles et sentimentales

CD 9

October 10, 1965

Ludwig van Beethoven

Piano Sonata No. 31

December 30, 1964

Maurice Ravel

Pieces

Sergey Rachmaninoff

Étude-tableau, Op. 39 No. 3

Johannes Brahms

Rhapsody in G minor

CD 10

May 18, 1976

Paul Hindemith

Violin Sonata in C major

Oleg Kagan, violin

Sviatoslav Richter, piano

Alban Berg

Chamber Concerto for Piano and Violin with 13 Wind Instruments

Oleg Kagan, violin

Sviatoslav Richter, piano

Chamber Ensemble of Moscow

Conservatory, conductor – Yuri Nikolaevsky

CD 11

May 2, 1966

Sergey Prokofiev

Piano Sonatas Nos. 2, 4, 6

CD 12

October 27, 1975

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Violin Sonata in A major

Ludwig van Beethoven

Violin Sonatas Nos. 2, 4, 5

Oleg Kagan, violin

Sviatoslav Richter, piano

CD 13

June 1, 1983

Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Pieces

Sergey Rachmaninoff

Three Études-tableaux from Op. 33

Five Études-tableaux from Op. 39

CD 14

June 2, 1983

Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Pieces

Sergey Rachmaninoff

Three Études-tableaux from Op. 33

Five Études-tableaux from Op. 39

CD 15

October 18, 1978

Franz Schubert

Piano Sonatas Nos. 6, 11, 13

CD 16

May 2, 1978

Franz Schubert

Piano Sonatas Nos. 18 & 6

CD 17

May 2, 1978

Franz Schubert

Pieces

October 18, 1978

Franz Schubert

Pieces

May 3, 1978

Franz Schubert

Pieces

CD 18

March 30, 1972

Ludwig van Beethoven

Triple Concerto in C major

David Oistrakh, violin

Mstislav Rostropovich, cello

Sviatoslav Richter, piano

Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra,

conductor – Kirill Kondrashin

May 21, 1961

Antonín Dvořák

Piano Concerto in G minor

Sviatoslav Richter, piano

Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra,

conductor – Kirill Kondrashin

CD 19

September 18, 1983

César Franck

Piano Trio in F-sharp minor

Maurice Ravel

Piano Trio in A minor

Oleg Kagan, violin

Natalia Gutman, cello

Sviatoslav Richter, piano

CD 20

October 10, 1976

Ludwig van Beethoven

Piano Sonata No. 1

Robert Schumann

Faschingsschwank aus Wien

Frédéric Chopin

Pieces

CD 21

October 10, 1976

Frédéric Chopin

Pieces

Claude Debussy

Pieces

Sergey Rachmaninoff

Prelude, Op. 32 No. 12

September 18, 1983

Claude Debussy

Pieces

СD 22

October 16, 1976

Ludwig van Beethoven

Piano Sonatas Nos. 1, 7, 9, 12

CD 23

May 12, 1967

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Piano Concerto No. 22

Sergey Prokofiev

Piano Concerto No. 5

Sviatoslav Richter, piano

Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra,

conductor – Kirill Kondrashin

CD 24

September 12, 1967

Benjamin Britten

Piano Concerto in D major

Sviatoslav Richter, piano

USSR State Academic Symphony

Orchestra, conductor – Evgeny Svetlanov

April 3, 1972

Alexander Scriabin

Prometheus

Sviatoslav Richter, piano

USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra

conductor – Evgeny Svetlanov

Grand Academic Choir of All-Union National Radio Service and Central Television Networks

choirmaster – Ludmila Ermakova

CD 25

May 26, 1967

Joseph Haydn

Piano Sonata in E major

Frédéric Chopin

Ballade No. 1

Nocturnes

Claude Debussy

Préludes (Book 2)

CD 26

March 29, 1972

Béla Bartók

Violin Sonata No. 1

Sergey Prokofiev

Violin Sonata No. 1

David Oistrakh, violin

Sviatoslav Richter, piano

CD 27

March 29, 1972

Johannes Brahms

Violin Sonata No. 2

Franz Schubert

Andantino from Grand Duo

Ludwig van Beethoven

Rondo from Violin Sonata No. 1

December 28, 1968

César Franck

Violin Sonata in A major

David Oistrakh, violin

Sviatoslav Richter, piano

CD 28

December 28, 1968

Johannes Brahms

Violin Sonata No. 3

Franz Schubert

Grand Duo

Ludwig van Beethoven

Adagio molto espressivo from Violin Sonata No. 6

Scherzo from Violin Sonata No. 5

David Oistrakh, violin

Sviatoslav Richter, piano

CD 29

May 6, 1970

Ludwig van Beethoven

Violin Sonatas Nos. 1, 3, 10

Scherzo from Violin Sonata No. 5

Adagio molto espressivo from Violin Sonata No. 6

David Oistrakh, violin

Sviatoslav Richter, piano

CD 30

May 3, 1969

Ludwig van Beethoven

Violin Sonata No. 6

Johannes Brahms

Violin Sonata No. 3

Dmitri Shostakovich

Violin Sonata

David Oistrakh, violin

Sviatoslav Richter, piano

CD 31

April 20, 1969

Johann Sebastian Bach

Preludes and Fugues Nos. 1–12

from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1

CD 32

April 21, 1969

Johann Sebastian Bach

Preludes and Fugues Nos. 13–24

from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1

CD 33

December 12, 1968

Robert Schumann

Bunte Blätter

Modest Mussorgsky

Pictures at an Exhibition

Claude Debussy

Cloches à travers les feuilles

CD 34

October 10, 1971

Ludwig van Beethoven

Piano Sonatas Nos. 27, 28, 30, 31

Johannes Brahms

Pieces

CD 35

October 6, 1971

Franz Schubert

Piano Sonata No. 19

Johannes Brahms

Four Pieces from Op. 116

Frédéric Chopin

Nocturnes, Op. 15

CD 36

January 12, 1975

Ludwig van Beethoven

Piano Sonatas Nos. 3 & 4

CD 37

January 12, 1975

Ludwig van Beethoven

Piano Sonata No. 32

Bagatelle in G major

Frédéric Chopin

Nocturne in B major

Richard Wagner

Elegie

October 6, 1971

Claude Debussy

Pieces

Sergey Rachmaninoff

Preludes

CD 38

December 22, 1968

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Piano Concerto No. 17

Sviatoslav Richter, piano

Moscow Chamber Orchestra,

conductor – Rudolf Barshai

April 9, 1972

Alban Berg

Chamber Concerto for Piano and Violin with 13 Wind Instruments

Oleg Kagan, violin

Sviatoslav Richter, piano

Soloists Ensemble of the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra,

conductor – Rudolf Barshai

CD 39

May 27, 1973

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Piano Concerto No. 14

Ludwig van Beethoven

Piano Concerto No. 3

Sviatoslav Richter, piano

Soloists Ensemble of the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra,

Moscow Chamber Orchestra,

conductor – Rudolf Barshai

CD 40

January 9, 1977

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Piano Concerto No. 18

January 10, 1977

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Piano Concerto No. 18

Sviatoslav Richter, piano

Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra,

conductor – Kirill Kondrashin

CD 41

December 22, 1974

Nikolai Myaskovsky

Piano Sonata No. 3

Dmitri Shostakovich

Four Preludes and Fugues from Op. 87

Sergey Prokofiev

Piano Sonata No. 8

CD 42

March 25, 1978

Johann Sebastian Bach

Clavier Concerto No. 1

Sviatoslav Richter, piano

Chamber Ensemble of Moscow Conservatory,

conductor – Yuri Nikolaevsky

Concerto for Clavier, 2 Flutes and Strings No. 6

Sviatoslav Richter, piano

Marina Vorozhtsova, flute

Konstantin Mikhailov, flute

Chamber Ensemble of Moscow Conservatory,

conductor – Yuri Nikolaevsky

Brandenburg Concerto No. 5

Sviatoslav Richter, piano

Marina Vorozhtsova, flute

Oleg Kagan, violin

Chamber Ensemble of Moscow Conservatory,

conductor – Yuri Nikolaevsky

CD 43

December 28, 1976

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Piano Concerto No. 27

Sviatoslav Richter, piano

Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra,

conductor – Kirill Kondrashin

March 28, 1973

Robert Schumann

Piano Concerto in A minor

Sviatoslav Richter, piano

USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra,

conductor – Rudolf Barshai

CD 44

September 26, 1982

Dmitri Shostakovich

Sonata for Viola and Piano

Yuri Bashmet, viola

Sviatoslav Richter, piano

CD 45

May 13, 1985

Joseph Haydn

Piano Sonata in B-flat major (Partita)

Sviatoslav Richter, piano

Johannes Brahms

Violin Sonata No. 1

Dmitri Shostakovich

Violin Sonata

Oleg Kagan, violin

Sviatoslav Richter, piano

CD 46

December 21, 1980

Ludwig van Beethoven

Piano Sonatas Nos. 6, 7, 17

CD 47

December 21, 1980

Ludwig van Beethoven

Piano Sonata No. 18

Frédéric Chopin

Etude in C minor Revolutionary

May 28, 1964

Franz Schubert

Piano Sonata No. 6

Sviatoslav Richter, piano

January 8, 1959

Franz Liszt

Concerto Pathétique

Anton Ginsburg, first piano

Sviatoslav Richter, second piano

CD 48

January 8, 1959

Johannes Brahms

Piano Sonata No. 2

Four Pieces, Op. 119

Karol Szymanowski

Piano Sonata No. 2

CD 49

May 28, 1964

Franz Schubert

Three Pieces, D. 946

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy

Variations sérieuses

Johannes Brahms

Pieces

CD 50

June 8, 1979

Sergey Prokofiev

Piano Sonata No. 9

Pieces

June 9, 1979

Sergey Prokofiev

Five Pieces from Cinderella

Richter: The 100th Anniversary Edition

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