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Schumann: Piano Concerto / Sviatoslav Richter
Robert Schumann, Stanislaw Wislocki, ...
Deutsche Grammophon, 1996
Genious^2
+ 10/7
+ Tonic for the Human Spirit
+ Keep coming back to this Schumann piano concerto
+ One of Best Schumann-Only Discs Around
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Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2; Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Sergey Rachmaninov, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, ...
Deutsche Grammophon, 1996
Richter's version of Rachmaninov's Second is the one all others are measured against and for good reason!
+ A pianist without bounds
+ This Rach 2; The greatest performance of anything I've ever heard
+ Almost the Best
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Parerga and Paralipomena: Short Philosophical Essays Volume One
Arthur Schopenhauer
Oxford University Press, USA, 2001
Schopenhauer's Claim to Fame
+ Perfectly pleased
+ suggested reading
+ schopenhauer, pessimist good and undefeated
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The World As Will and Representation, In Two Volumes: Vol. I
Arthur Schopenhauer
Dover Publications, 1966
A consoling masterpiece, a trusty friend for the rest of my life.
+ Wrong, but genius.
+ Schopenhauer says art really does get us to the Platonic universals
+ How is Hegel held over him?
+ Towering work of genius from the philosopher of gloom
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In Search of Lost Time: Proust 6-pack (Proust Complete)
Marcel Proust
Modern Library, 2003
The Best English Translation of Proust
+ Amazing
+ For Amateur Literati
+ The best novel (book) ever written
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The World As Will and Representation: In Two Volumes, Vol. II
Arthur Schopenhauer
Dover Publications, 1966
A consoling masterpiece, a trusty friend for the rest of my life.
+ Wrong, but genius.
+ Schopenhauer says art really does get us to the Platonic universals
+ How is Hegel held over him?
+ Towering work of genius from the philosopher of gloom
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Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier
Johann Sebastian Bach
RCA Victor Europe, 1992
From other world
+ Prepare to be transfixed
+ IMAGINE WALKING INTO AN EMPTY CATHEDRAL IN LEIPZIG.....
+ The Great Master | Well-Temperament and the 'Wolf Fifth' |
+ Richter and Bach
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Dvorak: Piano Concerto; Schubert: 'Wanderer' Fantasy / Richter, Kleiber
Antonin Dvorak, Franz Schubert, ...
EMI Classics, 1999
A great finding!
+ Warm & Glowing Performances!
+ Richter masters the underrated Dvorak Concerto and the Popular Schubert Fantasy
+ The Snobs are Wrong - This is an Underrated Concerto
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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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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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Franck - Sonata for violin and piano · Debussy - Sonatas · Ravel - Introduction and Allegro / Chung · Lupu · ...
Cesar Franck, Claude Debussy, ...
Decca, 1990
a nice collection well played
+ One of the choice albums for all collections
+ Elegant and beautifully recorded performances, even if the Franck Sonata is too restrained
+ Fabulous!
+ Solid performance
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Beethoven: Soantas Nos. 29 "Hammerklavier" & 3; Bagatelles Op. 126
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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Wagner: Overtures & Preludes
Richard [Classical] Wagner, Eugen Jochum, ...
Deutsche Grammophon, 1995
Perfect Wagner.
+ Wonderful Wagner!
+ Excellent
+ A Thing of Beauty
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Handel: Keyboard Suites II; Beethoven: Piano Sonata, Op. 31, No. 2
George Frideric Handel, Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter, ...
EMI Classics Imports, 1997
Ever fresh and delightful music from the Great Mr Handel.
+ Handel Keyboard Suites II
If Handel's vocal music is back in favour at present, then his many keyboard suites also have claims for the attention of modern audiences. Personally, I don't welcome a chance to listen to the ways Handel contrived to set two lines of a foreign language to six minutes of music. I delight in ...
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Wagner: Orchestral Music from Der Ring des Nibelungen Die Meistersinger - Tristan und Isolde
Richard [Classical] Wagner, George Szell
Sony, 1992
Outstanding; a true classic
+ One of George Szell's Greatest Records!
+ A Hell of a Job of Sound Engineering (and Fantastic Performances, too....)
+ Fiery Wanger!!!!
+ A fine introduction to Wagner
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