Sviatoslav Richter - The Authorized Recordings - Bach

Label: Philips | Catalog Number: 483 613-2

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Review taken from classical.net (excerpts) : "Sviatoslav Richter was reported upset over a poster that advertised him as "the greatest pianist in the world," claiming that "I cannot live up to such a legend, I'm just a normal human being who plays the piano." Tell that to the pianists who regularly pack his concerts, Revered as he is, the eighty year old pianist goes out of his way to avoid the limelight. He shuns large halls and big cities, and prefers instead to roam the back roads of Europe and Russia, with piano in tow, like a musical Johnny Appleseed. Along the way he gives recitals in village churches, monastery libraries, or tiny baroque theaters.
Richter abhors microphones, and hasn't set foot in a recording studio – or, as he puts it, "the torture chamber" – since 1979. Yet he allows his concerts to be taped.
Richter's Bach has become more humane and involved over the years. One does not go to this pianist expecting the last word in Baroque style and ornamentation, yet the sarabandes of the English and French suites are mesmerizing in their breathless calm, and so is the fugue of the early D minor Toccata. Equally impressive is the grand design and emotional breadth brought to the Overture in the French Style. "

Tracklist :

CD1

1. Suite No. 3 G Minor Bwv808 1: Prelude
2. Suite No. 3 G Minor Bwv808 2: Allemande
3. Suite No. 3 G Minor Bwv808 3: Courante
4. Suite No. 3 G Minor Bwv808 4: Sarabande
5. Suite No. 3 G Minor Bwv808 5: Gavotte I - Gavotte Ii Ou La Musette
6. Suite No. 3 G Minor Bwv808 6: Gigue
7. Suite No. 4 F Bwv 809 1: Prelude
8. Suite No. 4 F Bwv 809 2: Allemande
9. Suite No. 4 F Bwv 809 3: Courante
10. Suite No. 4 F Bwv 809 4: Sarabande
11. Suite No. 4 F Bwv 809 5: Menuet I - Ii
12. Suite No. 4 F Bwv 809 6: Gigue
13. Suite No. 6 D Minor Bwv 811 1: Prelude
14. Suite No. 6 D Minor Bwv 811 2: Allemande
15. Suite No. 6 D Minor Bwv 811 3: Courante
16. Suite No. 6 D Minor Bwv 811 4: Sarabande
17. Suite No. 6 D Minor Bwv 811 5: Double
18. Suite No. 6 D Minor Bwv 811 6: Gavotte I - Ii
19. Suite No. 6 D Minor Bwv 811 7: Gigue

CD2

1. Suite No. 2 C Minor Bwv 813 1: Allemande
2. Suite No. 2 C Minor Bwv 813 2: Courante
3. Suite No. 2 C Minor Bwv 813 3: Sarabande
4. Suite No. 2 C Minor Bwv 813 4: Air
5. Suite No. 2 C Minor Bwv 813 5: Menuet I - Ii
6. Suite No. 2 C Minor Bwv 813 6: Gigue
7. Suite No. 4 E Flat Bwv 815a 1: Praeludium
8. Suite No. 4 E Flat Bwv 815a 2: Allemande
9. Suite No. 4 E Flat Bwv 815a 3: Courante
10. Suite No. 4 E Flat Bwv 815a 4: Sarabande
11. Suite No. 4 E Flat Bwv 815a 5: Gavotte I - Ii
12. Suite No. 4 E Flat Bwv 815 6: Menuet
13. Suite No. 4 E Flat Bwv 815a 7: Air
14. Suite No. 4 E Flat Bwv 815 8: Gigue
15. Suite No. 6 E Bwv 817 1: Allemande
16. Suite No. 6 E Bwv 817 2: Courante
17. Suite No. 6 E Bwv 817 3: Sarabande
18. Suite No. 6 E Bwv 817 4: Gavotte
19. Suite No. 6 E Bwv 817 5: Polonaise
20. Suite No. 6 E Bwv 817 6; Bourree
21. Suite No. 6 E Bwv 817 7: Menuet
22. Suite No. 6 E Bwv 817 8: Gigue
23. Toccata D Minor Bwv 913
24. Toccata G Bwv 916
25. Fantasia C Minor Bwv 906

CD3

1. Italian Concerto In F Bwv 971 1
2. Italian Concerto In F Bwv 971 2: Andante
3. Italian Concerto In F Bwv 971 3: Presto
4. French Ouverture In B Minor Bwv 831 1: Ouverture
5. French Ouverture In B Minor Bwv 831 2: Courante
6. French Ouverture In B Minor Bwv 831 3: Gavotte I - Ii
7. French Ouverture In B Minor Bwv 831 4: Passepied I - Ii
8. French Ouverture In B Minor Bwv 831 5: Sarabande
9. French Ouverture In B Minor Bwv 831 6: Bourree I - Ii
10. French Ouverture In B Minor Bwv 831 7: Gigue
11. French Ouverture In B Minor Bwv 831 8: Echo
12. Duetto I In E Minor Bwv 802
13. Duetto Ii In F Bwv 803
14. Duetto Iii In G Bwv 804
15. Duetto Iv In A Minor Bwv 805

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