LISZT Concerto No.1 / No.2 RICHTER Speakers Corner 180g AUDIOPHILE pressing MINT
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LISZT Concerto No.1 / Concerto No.2 RICHTER / KONDRASHIN Speakers Corner PHS 900-000 180 gram AUDIOPHILE pressing (German Import) - Pure Analogue Audiophile Mastering  

Tracklist

Piano Concerto No. 1 In E Flat A1 1. Allegro Maestoso A2.a 2. Quasi Adagio - Allegretto Vivace A2.b 3. Allegro Marziale Animato Piano Concerto No. 2 In A Major B.a Adagio Sostenuto Assai B.b Allegro Agitato Assai B.c Allegro Moderato B.d Allegro Deciso B.e Marziale Un Poco Meno Allegro B.f Allegro Animato

*(all photos are of the actual item)

  • Recorded At – Walthamstow Assembly Hall
  • Record Company – Philips Records
  • Composed By – Liszt*
  • Conductor – Kyril Kondrashin*
  • Engineer [Recording] – C. R. Fine*
  • Liner Notes – Irving Kolodin
  • Orchestra – London Symphony Orchestra*
  • Piano – Sviatoslav Richter
  • Recorded By [Recording Director], Design [Cover] – Wilma Cozart
  • Supervised By [Musical Supervisor], Edited By [Film Editor], Photography By – Harold Lawrence

Notes

Recorded 19 - 21 July 1961 at Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London. 

This is actually a Mercury recording done for Philips. 
Originally recorded on 35mm film, not on magnetic tape. Speakers Corner Reissue 180 Gram audiophile Vinyl.      Any pianist who tackles Franz Liszt’s great works must possess outstanding skills in many areas. Technical prowess is absolutely necessary to play the extremely difficult score, as is immense physical energy in order to compete with the hefty onslaughts from the orchestra. But a great awareness of the unusual conceptual forms, refined energy and passion are also required to make the keyboard sing. At the beginning of the '60s Sviatoslav Richter seemed to possess all these attributes in an ideal equilibrium. With youthful energy he catapulted powerful chords against the First Concerto’s defiant theme in the orchestra, offering resistance only to join in later with the lyrical maelstrom of the orchestra. In the Second Concerto Richter exchanges heroic brilliance for an elegiac air, then becomes capricious with graceful arpeggios and a lyrical, firm melodiousness that fires the course of the work. In the Finale these twists and turns come together to form an emphatic single strand of spirited theme, brilliant cadenza and blustering orchestra. The impressive sound was captured by the highly dedicated Mercury recording team.


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