http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/sviatoslavrichter/ Sviatoslav Richter list Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:25:57 GMT Yuri Kligerman http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/sviatoslavrichter/message/10337 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/sviatoslavrichter/message/10337 Richter plays Debussy Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:58:52 GMT polariust http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/sviatoslavrichter/message/10336 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/sviatoslavrichter/message/10336 Hi, Either of for example these two should answer both of your questions...: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:44:34 GMT John Graney http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/sviatoslavrichter/message/10335 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/sviatoslavrichter/message/10335 ... There still is some mystery about this Melodiya issue: Question 1: What is the code number on the CD? Question 2: Where can it be purchased? Cheers, John Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:59:44 GMT Jose Manuel Araque http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/sviatoslavrichter/message/10334 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/sviatoslavrichter/message/10334 I finally got my CD, well worth the wait, I am very happy with it, sounds cleaner than any of the previous recordings. jose manuel araque Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:48:25 GMT polariust http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/sviatoslavrichter/message/10333 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/sviatoslavrichter/message/10333 You lucky dog! If ever you for some insane reason need to rid yourself of that copy, you now know where to turn to... It is a great performance (WTC), and if Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:48:08 GMT AnttiS http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/sviatoslavrichter/message/10332 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/sviatoslavrichter/message/10332 Tere T. Yes the Richter reading I refer to is on the Palexa CD. His long term impresario and friend Jacques Leiser tells that just this CD brought in his mind Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:47:36 GMT polariust http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/sviatoslavrichter/message/10331 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/sviatoslavrichter/message/10331 Thanks for this; it seems tempting and easy to then simply sample an individual disc set or two, if there is no special space-saving box or something to miss Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:46:49 GMT polariust http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/sviatoslavrichter/message/10330 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/sviatoslavrichter/message/10330 Thanks, first of all, for the interesting link -- didn't know of the existence of this initiative. Finally a forum, not a competition! And all in the spirit of Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:00:07 GMT polariust http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/sviatoslavrichter/message/10329 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/sviatoslavrichter/message/10329 Hi Antti, Thanks for the nice writeup -- not just intriguing in its content but a pleasure to read as well. Of the performances you mention I'm only familiar Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:12:59 GMT dmitri knessin http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/sviatoslavrichter/message/10328 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/sviatoslavrichter/message/10328 interesting comparison. I like the Horowitz and Richter recordings. I do not know the Sofronitsky.... it is not on youtube unfortunately... Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:43:21 GMT AnttiS http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/sviatoslavrichter/message/10327 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/sviatoslavrichter/message/10327 Dear all you, I've been lately trying to listen and in particular to understand five respectable readings of Liszt's Fun?railles, namely those by Simon Barere Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:59:23 GMT Leendert http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/sviatoslavrichter/message/10326 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/sviatoslavrichter/message/10326 I have a copy of this release and am listening to it now. The sound quality is mixed. The quieter parts are clear but there is noticable distortion in the Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:50:58 GMT AnttiS http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/sviatoslavrichter/message/10325 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/sviatoslavrichter/message/10325 Timo, Thanks for your kind words and patient waiting for what may come. Only yesterday/today another Finn wrote to me exactly the same as you about the Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:02:46 GMT TOM BRANNIGAN http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/sviatoslavrichter/message/10324 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/sviatoslavrichter/message/10324 I had the good fortune of obtaining VICC60071-74 from overseas just as it was made available for sale in Japan and it does have the Jewel Case artwork you Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:02:38 GMT TOM BRANNIGAN http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/sviatoslavrichter/message/10323 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/sviatoslavrichter/message/10323 I purchased the TNC "Richter in Kiev" 17CD collection just about the first week it was available. It had no box. It also didn't include an entire movement of