Schumann: Fantasie in C major, Op. 17, etc.

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There can surely be no doubt as to Richter's current status as elder statesman of the piano world. And collectors now have a bewildering array of his recent, mainly live performances and reissues... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Catalogue No: 5752332
Label: Warner Classics
Series: Encore
Length: 67 minutes

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Schumann: Fantasie in C major, Op. 17

Work length31:55

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Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Recorded: 1961-08-05
Recording Venue: 1-5 August 1961/No.3 Studio, Abbey Road

I. Durchaus phantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen

Track length13:52

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II. Mässig - Durchaus energisch

Track length6:46

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III. Langsam getragen - Durchweg leise zu halten

Track length11:17

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Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op.26 (2001 Digital Remaster)

Work length13:12

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Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Recorded: 1962-10-15
Recording Venue: 15 October 1962/'live' in Milan

I. Allegro

Track length8:19

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II. Romanze

Track length2:45

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III. Scherzino

Track length2:08

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Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26: IV. Intermezzo

Work length2:06

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Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Recorded: 1962-10-15
Recording Venue: 15 October 1962/'live' in Milan

Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op.26 (2001 Digital Remaster): V. Finale

Work length5:21

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Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Recorded: 1962-10-15
Recording Venue: 15 October 1962/'live' in Milan

Excerpt, Schumann: Papillons, Op. 2

Work length14:38

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Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Recorded: 1962-10-21
Recording Venue: 21 October 1962 / 'live' in Florence

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2010

There can surely be no doubt as to Richter's current status as elder statesman of the piano world. And collectors now have a bewildering array of his recent, mainly live performances and reissues to choose from. Richter's Schumann is unequalled. The Fantasia is arguably Schumann's keyboard masterpiece. And Richter plays it better than other pianists.
Nobody can phrase as beautifully as he can, or produce those marvellously soft accompaniments beneath quietly singing tunes or toss off the middle movement with such speed and brilliance.
There's astonishing poetry in his playing. It almost amounts to a rediscovery of the work.
And the same could be said of Faschingsschwankaus Wien and Papillons. (The way he plays the main theme of the latter should make you buy this disc if nothing else does – he seems to add stature to the work.) His assets in all these works are, first, an unusually musical sense of phrasing. Secondly, he can reduce an accompaniment to a mere murmur without any loss of evenness so that a tune above it can sing even when it's soft. Thirdly, he uses a great deal of rubato, but always with impeccable taste; his rubato in slow passages has a mesmeric quality only partly due to the fact that he usually plays such passages much slower than other pianists.
Fourthly, he has faultless technique. His superiority is apparent throughout. The recording is magnificent for its date. Classic performances which no pianophile should be without.

Schumann: Fantasie in C major, Op. 17, etc.

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