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Algernon Moncrieff

(5,790 posts) Fri Jan 16, 2015, 12:10 AM Jan 2015

Sviatoslav Richter

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My favorite Richter performance Art_from_Ark Jan 2015 #1

Do you mean this one Algernon Moncrieff Jan 2015 #2

That's a very abbreviated version of it Art_from_Ark Jan 2015 #3

All of the picks I made, I made with brevity in mind Algernon Moncrieff Jan 2015 #4

One of my favorites Art_from_Ark Jan 2015 #5

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)

1. My favorite Richter performance

Reply to Algernon Moncrieff (Original post)

Fri Jan 16, 2015, 12:12 AM

Jan 2015

is of Beethoven's Funeral March Sonata.

Algernon Moncrieff

(5,790 posts)

2. Do you mean this one

Reply to Art_from_Ark (Reply #1)

Fri Jan 16, 2015, 12:15 AM

Jan 2015

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)

3. That's a very abbreviated version of it

Reply to Algernon Moncrieff (Reply #2)

Fri Jan 16, 2015, 12:19 AM

Jan 2015

but yes, it's Sonata No. 12

Algernon Moncrieff

(5,790 posts)

4. All of the picks I made, I made with brevity in mind

Reply to Art_from_Ark (Reply #3)

Fri Jan 16, 2015, 12:35 AM

Jan 2015

I didn't figure a lot of people want to click on a link to 45 minutes of Chopin, for example. However, it's out there for those who want it.

E.T.A. This might be better?

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)

5. One of my favorites

Reply to Algernon Moncrieff (Reply #4)

Fri Jan 16, 2015, 12:39 AM

Jan 2015

That performance was re-released on the RCA label in the early '70s. I think the flip side of that LP was the Apassionata.

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