Sviatoslav Richter plays Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev & Bach

Release Date: 22nd Mar 2010
Catalogue No: SU40142
Label: Supraphon
Length: 71 minutes

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Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23

Work length33:00

Sviatoslav Richter
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Karel Ancerl

I. Allegro ma non troppo e molto maestoso

Track length20:01

II. Andante semplice

Track length6:08

III. Finale - Allegro con fuoco

Track length6:51

Prokofiev: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in D-Flat Major, Op. 10: I. Allegro brioso - Andante assai - Allegro scherzando

Work length13:43

Sviatoslav Richter
Prague Symphony Orchestra
Karel Ancerl

Bach, J S: Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV1052

Work length24:43

Sviatoslav Richter
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Vaclav Talich

I. Allegro

Track length8:01

II. Adagio

Track length8:29

III. Allegro

Track length8:13

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In 1950 Prague was the destination of the first-ever foreign trip of the then 35-year-old Russian genius pianist Sviatoslav Richter. He would subsequently visit the city on several more occasions. The recordings on this CD were made at the Rudolfinum within two weeks at the end of May and the beginning of June 1954. Richter is accompanied by the two finest Czech orchestras, conducted by two true legends – Václav Talich (nearing the end of his career) and Karel Ancerl (at the beginning of his tenure in the post of principal conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra).

Within such a short time, Richter had mastered Tchaikovsky’s impassioned concerto in B minor, Prokofiev’s purely Neoclassical concerto in D flat major, as well as Bach’s paramount Baroque and timeless first piano concerto. The fact that the Russian composers Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev found an ideal interpreter in perhaps the greatest legend among 20th-century pianists appears entirely logical. Yet the superb and sensitive performance of Bach’s piano (originally harpsichord) concerto serves to complete the picture of Richter’s genius and versatility. These qualities are showcased in our new, sensitively re-mastered version of the legendary recordings.

Sviatoslav Richter plays Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev & Bach

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