When Sviatoslav Richter won the Lenin Prize…
main…. this is what he played.
Moscow, 27 April 1961.
New this week on Youtube
01:12 Haydn Piano Sonata in B-flat, XVI:41
11:13 – Haydn Piano Sonata in G minor, XVI:44
24:45 – Haydn Piano Sonata in E-flat, XVI:49
Debussy 6 Preludes, Book 1
49:15 – Danseuses de Delphes
52:42 – Voiles
56:25 – Le vent dans la plaine
58:21 – Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l’air du soir
01:02:33 – Les collines d’Anacapri
01:05:27 – Des pas sur la neige Prokofiev
01:09:33 – Sonata no. 8, op. 84
01:39:30 – Suggestion diabolique, op. 4 no. 4 (encore)
01:42:05 – Danza op. 32 no. 1 (encore)
01:44:58 – ‘по окончании концерта поздравляли – П. Марков, Д. Журавлёв, Л. Утёсов, В. Топорков’
01:53:28 – The great man speaks
Tremendous. Simply tremendous. And stunning. Tremendous and stunning.
One can hear here one of the greatest – possibly THE greatest – of all Debussy piano interpreters.
Thank you so much for the linkage, Norman, and….
Bless you a million times, Sviatoslav Richter!
Always interesting to hear and read the hidden articles about the Maestro.
Many audio recordings have surfaced on YT thanks to fans.
Lenin. He was that liberal minded gentleman, much loved by the left?
He was in a league of his own.
Des pas sur la neige Prokofiev?
“This is what he played “….certainly ain;t what Haydn hear
This worshipping the dead is being pushed to extremes.
Please translate