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Beethoven: Sonatas for piano No29; Sonatas for piano No3
Ludwig van Beethoven, Sviatoslav Richter
BBC Legends, 2000
A Stupendous Hammerklavier
+ brilliant but...
+ WHEN ICONS COLLIDE
+ Richter at his best
+ Another important release!
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The World As Will and Representation: In Two Volumes, Vol. II
Arthur Schopenhauer
Dover Publications, 1966
Philosophy for independent thinkers
+ How is Hegel held over him?
+ Towering work of genius from the philosopher of gloom
+ More than a precursor to Nietzsche...
+ The Knight calmly facing Death and Devil!
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Dvorak: Piano Concerto; Schubert: 'Wanderer' Fantasy / Richter, Kleiber
Antonin Dvorak, Franz Schubert, ...
EMI Classics, 1999
A great finding!
+ Richter masters the underrated Dvorak Concerto and the Popular Schubert Fantasy
+ The Snobs are Wrong - This is an Underrated Concerto
I had seen this CD over and over at different music stores, but I was always unsure about buying it. However, after reading some positive reviews about it I decided to give it a try! I've listened it four or five times already (in less than three days) and I must confess that I'm quite happy that I ...
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Sviatoslav Richter Plays Schubert Piano Sonatas D958, D960
Franz Schubert, Sviatoslav Richter
Regis Records, 2003
Richter's best recording. Schubert's best piano works
+ The passionate serenity!
+ awe inspiring playing
+ genius
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In Search of Lost Time: Proust 6-pack (Proust Complete)
Marcel Proust
Modern Library, 2003
The most important literary work of the 20th century
+ you will never view life the same again
+ Mimesis of Man's Minutes, Memory and More
+ Review Proust? You are kidding right?
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The World As Will and Representation, In Two Volumes: Vol. I
Arthur Schopenhauer
Dover Publications, 1966
Philosophy for independent thinkers
+ How is Hegel held over him?
+ Towering work of genius from the philosopher of gloom
+ More than a precursor to Nietzsche...
+ The Knight calmly facing Death and Devil!
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Schumann: Piano Concerto / Sviatoslav Richter
Robert Schumann, Stanislaw Wislocki, ...
Deutsche Grammophon, 1996
10/7
+ Tonic for the Human Spirit
+ Keep coming back to this Schumann piano concerto
+ One of Best Schumann-Only Discs Around
+ Classic recording that lives up to its name
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Sviatoslav Richter: Notebooks and Conversations
Bruno Monsaingeon
Princeton University Press, 2002
My favourite book from 2001!
+ Apropos the grandness of Richter as pianist!
+ not a writer but his fascinating life comes through
+ Very interesting, but after 200+ pages, he's still an enigma
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Wagner: Overtures & Preludes
Richard Wagner, Eugen Jochum, ...
Deutsche Grammophon, 1995
Perfect Wagner.
+ Wonderful Wagner!
+ Excellent
+ A Thing of Beauty
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Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2; Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Sergey Rachmaninov, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, ...
Deutsche Grammophon, 1996
A performance that will live as long as recorded music
+ Almost the Best
+ Richter's version of Rachmaninov's Second is the one all others are measured against and for good reason!
+ Eloquence with hands of steel and a heart of fire
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Wagner: Tannhäuser/Siegfried-Idyll/Tristan und Isolde
Richard Wagner, Herbert von Karajan, ...
Deutsche Grammophon, 1990
One of Karajan's finest achievements
+ A touching farewell
+ Love and Death: Wagner, Von Karajan, Norman
This outstanding recording of Wagner selections was made live at the 1987 Salzburg Festival. It certainly captured Karajan at his best. He is quite fabulous here; of course, he draws a glorious sound from the Vienna Philharmonic on top form, but here he is also infallible of pacing, and ...
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Beethoven: Complete Music for Cello & Piano
Maurice Gendron, Mstislav Rostropovich, ...
Philips, 1994
Beethoven would have smiled
+ Sublime
+ The Definitive Performances of Beethoven's Cello-Piano
+ Richter + Rostropovich = Perfection
+ Gramophone Classical 100
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Liszt: The Two Piano Concertos; The Piano Sonata
Franz Liszt, Kiril Kondrashin
Philips, 1995
Consummate Mastery In The Liszt Concertos
+ Richter plays Liszt
+ On the Lizst piano sonata
+ To unbalance for rebalance!
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Richter plays Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 5 / Piano Sonata No. 8
Sergey Prokofiev, Witold Rowicki, ...
Deutsche Grammophon, 1997
Definitive Eighth
+ Richter's superhuman technique on display in Prokofiev
+ Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 5 / Sviatoslav Richter
+ Concerto Not Quite Perfect
+ Prokofiev and Richter's pianistic magic
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Franck - Sonata for violin and piano · Debussy - Sonatas · Ravel - Introduction and Allegro / Chung · Lupu · ...
Cesar Franck, Claude Debussy, ...
Decca, 1990
Marvellous (but slightly mislabelled)
+ a nice collection well played
+ Fabulous!
+ Solid performance
+ No regret to bring it to an island!
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