|
|
ID: MELCD1002270 CDs: 50 Type: CD |
Collection: Piano Concerto Subcollection: Piano 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
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 Sviatoslav Richter’s 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;
• 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.
Berg:
Chamber Concerto for Piano and Violin with 13 Wind Instruments
Brahms:
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83
Rhapsody in G minor, Op. 79 No. 2
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100
Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108
Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78
Britten:
Piano Concerto, Op. 13
Debussy:
Préludes - Book 2 (12, complete)
Cloches à travers les feuilles (No. 1 from Images pour piano - Book 2)
Dvorak:
Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 33
Franck, C:
Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 14
Violin Sonata in A major
Liszt:
Erlkönig (No. 4 from Zwölf Lieder von Franz Schubert, S558)
Concerto pathétique for Piano and Orchestra, S365a
Mendelssohn:
Variations sérieuses in D minor Op. 54
Mozart:
Piano Concerto No. 22 in E flat major, K482
Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major, K595
Mussorgsky:
Pictures at an Exhibition (piano version)
Prokofiev:
Piano Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 14
Piano Sonata No. 4 in C minor, Op. 29
Piano Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82
Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80
Piano Concerto No. 5 in G major, Op. 55
Ravel:
Valses nobles et sentimentales
Piano Trio in A minor
Schubert:
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B flat major, D960
Piano Sonata No. 6 in E minor, D566
Piano Sonata No. 13 in A major, D664
Piano Sonata No. 11 in F minor, D625
Klavierstücke (3), D946
Schumann:
Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
Scriabin:
Piano Sonata No. 7, Op. 64 'White Mass'
Prometheus (The Poem of Fire), Op. 60
Shostakovich:
Violin Sonata, Op. 134
Viola Sonata, Op. 147
Wagner:
Elegy in A flat |
400.00 eur Temporarily out of stock |
|
ID: MELCD1002292 CDs: 2 Type: CD |
Collection: Instrumental Subcollection: Piano Chopin:
Étude Op. 10 No. 8 in F major
Étude Op. 25 No. 11 in A minor 'Winter Wind'
Mazurka No. 13 in A minor, Op. 17 No. 4
Prokofiev:
Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat major, Op. 83
Piano Sonata No. 8 in B flat major, Op. 84
Schubert:
Piano Sonata No. 14 in A minor, D784
Schumann:
Carnaval, Op. 9
Scriabin:
Étude Op. 8 No. 10 in D flat major
Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 68 'Black Mass'
Stravinsky:
Three Movements from Petrushka
Grigory Sokolov (piano) |
29.00 eur Temporarily out of stock |
|
ID: MELCD1002312 CDs: 6 Type: |
Collection: Instrumental Subcollection: Piano plus:
Disc 6 (DVD)
“Geniuses: Vladimir Sofronitsky,”
a film by Andrei Konchalovsky (2007, 44 min.)
Screenplay by Andrei Konchalovsky
Directed by Andrei Konchalovsky
Directors of photography: Igor Ryabtsev, Dmitri Koval, Igor Skromny
Firma Melodiya and the Andrei Konchalovsky Foundation present a unique set dedicated to the outstanding Russian pianist of the 20th century Vladimir Sofronitsky. Sofronitsky who tolerated no clichés strongly objected to the reputation of a Scriabinist although he found his own inimitable key to Scriabin's music at an early age. Those who had a chance to hear the composer play said that only Sofronitsky was congenial to Scriabin's interpretations. With a hostile attitude to studio work, the pianist felt truly free only in concert. He was able to perform the same piece differently even just a few days later. Every time Sofronitsky played, he re-experienced music, let it through himself as if he confessed before the audience. Perhaps that was the main secret of his magical impact. Many of the remaining concert recordings still preserve that sensation. Five of six discs include recordings made at Vladimir Sofronitsky's recitals in 1951 to 1960, including works of Scriabin, Schumann, Chopin, Schubert, Liszt, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Lyadov, Debussy, Prokofiev and Shostakovich. The sixth disc of the set includes a documentary on Vladimir Sofronitsky filmed by the outstanding contemporary director Andrei Konchalovsky.
Recording information: The Scriabin Memorial Museum (01/08/1960/02/02/1960); The Small Hall of the Moscow Conservatory (01/08/1960/02/02/1960); The Scriabin Memorial Museum (05/13/1960); The Small Hall of the Moscow Conservatory (05/13/1960); The Scriabin Memorial Museum (06/08/1958); The Small Hall of the Moscow Conservatory (06/08/1958); The Scriabin Memorial Museum (11/18/1959); The Small Hall of the Moscow Conservatory (11/18/1959); The Scriabin Memorial Museum (11/26/1951); The Small Hall of the Moscow Conservatory (11/26/1951); The Scriabin Memorial Museum (1955); The Small Hall of the Moscow Conservatory (1955). |
46.00 eur Temporarily out of stock |
|
ID: MELCD1002349 CDs: 10 Type: CD |
Subcollection: Piano and Orchestra BOX set
Firma Melodiya presents a boxed set titled “International Tchaikovsky Competition. Phonographic Documents (1958-1986)”.
The first ever Soviet music tournament instantly became one of the world’s most prestigious competitions. The piano jury was chaired by Emil Gilels for many years, while David Oistrakh and Mstislav Rostropovich headed the violin and cello juries, respectively. Alexander Sveshnikov, an outstanding choirmaster and chancellor of the Moscow Conservatory, was a chairman of the vocal jury. For the fifty years of its existence, the Tchaikovsky Competition discovered numerous distinguished performers such as Van Cliburn, Vladimir Ashkenasi, Grigory Sokolov, Eliso Virsaladze, John Lill, Michail Pletnev, Viktor Tretiakov, Gidon Kremer, Vladimir Spivakov, Oleg Kagan, Natalia Gutman, Elena Obraztsova, Maria Gulegina, Vladimir Atlantov, Yevgeny Nesterenko and Paata Burchuladze to name but a few. The set captures the brightest moments of eight Tchaikovsky Competitions in all categories. The recordings, including a number of never-before-released ones, were made immediately during the competition auditions
and at the prize-winners’ recitals. The release is dedicated to the 175th anniversary of the great Russian composer. |
48.00 eur Buy |
|
ID: MELCD1002406 CDs: 2 Type: CD |
Collection: Cello Collection Subcollection: Piano and Cello Pianos:
CD1:
Naum Walter (1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, 14)
Alexander Arutiunian (2)
Igor Aptekarev (4, 9, 11)
Victor Yampolsky (8)
Igor Aptekarev (4, 9, 11)
Arnold Kaplan (13)
Pianos:
CD2.
Naum Walter (1, 3, 5, 7, 12, 15)
Alexander Arutiunian (8)
Igor Aptekarev (9, 11, 13)
Victor Yampolsky (2, 6)
Igor Aptekarev (9, 11, 13)
Arnold Kaplan (4)
Victor Makarov (10, 14) |
29.00 eur Temporarily out of stock |
|
ID: MKM053 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Collection: Great Performers Subcollection: Piano Recorded in July 1977 (1-4) and September 1971 (5-18)
Recorded in July 1977 (1-4) and September 1971 (5-18) |
15.00 eur Temporarily out of stock |
|
ID: MKM062 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Collection: Great Performers Recorded: 1974 |
15.00 eur Temporarily out of stock |
|
ID: MKM068 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Collection: Great Performers Subcollection: Piano Live Recording 1988 |
15.00 eur Temporarily out of stock |
|
ID: MKM079 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Subcollection: Piano Recorded in 1982 / 1979 |
15.00 eur Temporarily out of stock |
|
ID: MKM081 CDs: 1 Type: CD |
Collection: Great Performers Subcollection: Piano Recorded in 1988 |
15.00 eur Temporarily out of stock |
|
|