Piano

Svjastoslav Richter plays Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)

CD1

1. ETUDE no.10 in C sharp minor, Three Pieces Op.2 (1889) – Andante 02:57

ETUDES Op.8 (1894-5) 06:40
2. No.5 in E major – Brioso 02:22 | 3. No.12 in B flat minor – Andante cantabile 04:24

PRELUDES (24) Op.11 (1895-96) 16:04
4. No.2 in A minor – Allegretto 02:29
5. No.3 in G major – Vivo 00:45
6. No.5 in D major – Andante cantabile 01:47
7. No.9.in E major – Andantino 01:35
8. No.10 in C sharp minor – Andante 01:07
9. No.11 in B major – Allegro assai 01:12
10. No.12 in F sharp major – Andante 01:21
11. No.15 in D flat major – Lento 02:26
12. No.16 in B flat minor – Misterioso 01:09
13. No.17 in A flat major – Allegretto 00:38
14. No.18 in F minor – Allegro agitato 00:50
15. No.24 in D minor – Presto 00:40
16. PRELUDES Op.13, from Six Preludes (1895) No.1 in C – Maestoso 02:32

PIANO SONATA no.2. Op.19 in G sharp minor (1896) Sonata Fantasy 11:00
17. Andante 07:31 | 18. Presto 03:29

19. MAZURKA no.3 in E minor, Op.25 – lento 02:05

20. FANTASY in B minor, Op.28 (1900) – Moderato – Pi vivo 09:26

PRELUDES (4) Op.37 (1903) 05:07
21. No.1 in b flat minor – Mesto 01:49
22. No.2.in F sharp major – Maestoso, fiero 00:42
23. No.3 in B major – Andante 01:50
24. No.4 in G minor – Irato, impetuoso 00:45

PRELUDES (4) Op.39 (1903) 01:47
26. No.3 in G major – Languido 01:03 | 27. No.4 in A flat major 00:46
28. POÈME, Op.52 no.1 in C, from Three Pieces (1907) 02:18
29. PROMETHEUS (The Poem of Fire) for piano, choir and orchestra Op.60 (1910) 21:08

CD2

ETUDES Op.42 (1903) excerpts 10:19
1. No.2 in F sharp minor 00:47
2. No.3 in F sharp major 00:39
3. No.4 in F sharp minor 02:40
4. No.5 in C sharp minor 02:38
5. No.6 in D flat major 01:43
6. No.8 in E flat minor – Andante cantabile 01:50

7. PIANO SONATA no.5 in F sharp major, Op.53 (1907) 10:42
Allegro impetuoso – Con stravaganza – Languido – Maestro con allegrezza

8. PRELUDE, from Two Pieces Op.59 (1910) – Sauvage, belliqueux 01:07

9. POÈME-NOCTURNE Op.61 (1912) 08:19

10. PIANO SONATA no.6 in F sharp major, Op.62 (1911) – Modéréé – Vivace – Poco più vivo 11:06

11. PIANO SONATA no.7. Op.64 (1911-12), in F sharp minor, ‘Messe blanche’ – Allegro 12:16

TROIS ETUDES Op.65 (1912) 06:19
12. No.1 – Allegro fantastic 02:47
13. No.2 – Allegretto 02:07
14. No.3 – Molto vivace 01:24

15. PIANO SONATA no.9 i Op.68 ‘Messe noire’ (19012/3) 07:39
Moderato quasi andante-Molto meno vivo-Allegro-Pi vivo-Allegromolto-Più vivo-Presto
[Légendaire – avec une langueur naissante - mystérieusement murmuré – pur, limpide
avec une douceur de plus caressante et empoisonnée – alla marcia]
16. LA FLAMME, Poem Op.72 (1914) 06:39

DEUX DANSES, Op.73 (1914) 05:52
17. Guirlandes 03:33 | 18. Flammes sombres 01:52
19. PRELUDES (5) Op.74 (1914) No.4 – Lent, vague, indécis 01:45
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Svjatoslav RICHTER, piano
(1-29) URSS State Symphony, Moscow, Yevgeni Svetlanov

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Carl Maria Von Weber (1786-1826)

1-3 INVITATION TO THE DANCE, for piano op.65 J 260 (1819) 09:37
AUFFORDERUNG ZUM TANZ, Rondo brillant für das Pianoforte
INVITATION À LA VALSE, rondo brillant pour le pianoforte
1. I. Allegro feroce 01:37 - 2. II. Allegro vivace 06:57 - 3. III.Rondo. Presto 00:50

OVERTURES – OUVERTÜREN – OUVERTURES

4. INVITATION TO THE DANCE, op.65 (arrt: H.Berlioz) 09:06
AUFFORDERUNG ZUM TANZ – INVITATION À LA VALSE
Moderato - Allegro vivace –Vivace – Moderato

5. PETER SCHMOLL, overture J 8 (Op.8) 09:39
Andante maestoso – Allegro vivace – Adagio – Tempo I

6. ABU HASSAN, overture J 106 Presto 03:11

7. RULER OF THE SPIRITS, concert overture J 122 - Presto 05:02
DER BEHERRSCHER DER GEISTER – LE MAITRE DES ESPRITS

8. JUBILEE OVERTURE, J 245 (Op.59) - JUBEL-OVERTÜRE - JUBILÉ 07:24
Adagio – Presto assai – Heil dir im Siegerkranz - Andante

9. Der FREISCHÜTZ, overture J 277 (Op.77) Adagio – Molto vivace 09:36

10. PRECIOSA, overture J 279 (Op.78) 06:37
Allegro moderato – Zigeuner Marsch: Moderato ma tutto ben marcato – Allegro con fuoco

11. EURYANTHE, overture J 291 (Op.81) 08:52
Allegro marcato, con molto fuoco – Largo – Tempo I, assai moderato

12. OBERON, overture J 306 Adagio sostenuto – Allegro con fuoco 09:33

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(1-3) Jean-François HEISSER, piano Erard / Klavier
(4) Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Karel ANČERL
(5, 6, 10) Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris, Hermann SCHERCHEN
(7, 8, 9, 11, 12) Philharmonia, London, Wolfgang SAWALLISCH (7, 8)
Otto Klemperer (9, 11, 12)

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Martinů: Double Concerto for Strings, Piano & Timpani, H. 271

Martinů: Les Fresques de Piero della Francesca, H. 352

Martinů: Parables after the poems by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry & Georges Neveu

Martinů: Symphony No. 4, H. 305

Martinů: Symphony No. 6 'Fantaises symphoniques', H. 343

Martinů: Toccata & due canzoni, H. 311

Martinů: Tre Ricercari

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CD1-8 BEETHOVEN 
THE COMPLETE STRING QUARTETS
  
CD9 BERG · WEBERN 
BERG : STRING QUARTET · LYRIC SUITE 
WEBERN : STRING QUARTET 

CD10 BORODIN 
STRING QUARTET NO. 2 · PIANO QUINTET · STRING SEXTET · SERENATA ALLA SPAGNOLA 

CD11-14 BRAHMS
 STRING QUARTETS · CLARINET QUINTET · STRING QUINTET NO. 2 · PIANO QUINTET · STRING SEXTETS 

CD15-18 DVOŘÁK 
STRING QUARTETS NO. 10-13 · CYPRESSES QUARTET · TERZETTO · BAGATELLES ·  PIANO QUINTETS 

CD19 FELD 
STRING QUARTETS NOS. 5 & 6 · CLARINET QUINTET
 
CD20 HAYDN · DVOŘÁK  
HAYDN : STRING QUARTETS OP. 20/6 ‘SUN’ & OP.64/5 ‘THE LARK’ 
DVOŘÁK : STRING QUARTET NO. 14 

CD21-25 HAYDN 
‘PRUSSIAN QUARTETS’ OP. 50 NOS. 3, 5 & 6 · THE SEVEN LAST WORDS OF OUR SAVIOUR ON THE CROSS OP.51B · ‘APPONYI QUARTETS’ OP. 71 NOS. 1, 2 & 3 · ‘ERDÖDY QUARTETS’ OP. 76

CD26 JANÁČEK 
STRING QUARTETS NO. 1 ‘KREUTZER SONATA’ & NO. 2 ‘INTIMATE LETTERS’ · SONATA FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO

CD27 JANÁČEK · PROKOFIEV
JANÁČEK : STRING QUARTETS NO. 1 ‘KREUTZER SONATA’ & NO. 2 ‘INTIMATE LETTERS’ 
PROKOFIEV : STRING QUARTET NO. 2
 
CD28 MARTINŮ 
STRING QUARTETS NOS. 3, 6 & 7 ‘CONCERTO DA CAMERA’ 

CD29 MENDELSSOHN 
STRING QUARTET NO. 1 · OCTET FOR STRINGS 

CD30-32 MOZART 
STRING QUARTETS NO. 15 K. 421, NO. 17 K. 458 ‘THE HUNT’ & NO. 19 K. 465 ‘DISSONANCE’ · ‘PRUSSIAN QUARTETS’ NO. 21 K. 575, NO. 22 K. 589 & NO. 23 K. 590 · STRING QUINTETS NO. 4 K. 516 & NO. 5 K. 593

CD33 MOZART · BRUCKNER
MOZART : STRING QUINTET NO. 4 K. 516 
BRUCKNER : STRING QUINTET 

CD34 MOZART ·  WEBER
MOZART : CLARINET QUINTET · QUINTET FOR FRENCH HORN & STRINGS 
WEBER : CLARINET QUINTET 

CD35 MOZART 
CHAMBER PIANO CONCERTOS
 
CD36 MAHLER · SCHÖNBERG 
MAHLER : PIANO QUARTET 
SCHÖNBERG : STRING QUARTET IN D MAJOR · STRING TRIO · PHANTASY FOR VIOLIN & PIANO 

CD37-39 SCHÖNBERG 
STRING QUARTETS NOS. 1-4 · SCHERZO & PRESTO FOR STRING QUARTET · CHAMBER SYMPHONY · VERKLÄRTE NACHT
 
CD40-41 SHOSTAKOVICH 
STRING QUARTETS NOS. 7-8 & 14-15 · PIANO QUINTET · TWO PIECES FOR STRING QUARTET 

CD42-44 SCHUBERT 
STRING QUINTET · STRING QUARTETS NO. 7, NO. 13 ‘ROSAMUNDE’, NO. 14 ‘DER TOD UND DAS MÄDCHEN’ & NO. 15

CD45 SCHUMANN 
STRING QUARTET NO. 1 · PIANO QUINTET 

CD46 SMETANA · SCHULHOFF
SMETANA : STRING QUARTETS NO. 1 ‘FROM MY LIFE’ & NO. 2 
SCHULHOFF : FIVE PIECES FOR STRING QUARTET 

CD47 SMETANA 
STRING QUARTETS NO. 1 ‘FROM MY LIFE’ & NO. 2
 
CD48 TCHAIKOVSKY · GLINKA 
GLINKA : GRAND SEXTET · DIVERTIMENTO BRILLANTE 
TCHAIKOVSKY : STRING QUARTET NO. 1 

CD49 ZEMLINSKY 
STRING QUARTETS NOS. 1 & 4 TWO MOVEMENTS FOR STRING QUARTET 

CD50 CONCERT 2008
HAYDN : STRING QUARTET OP. 50/6 ‘THE FROG’
MARTINŮ : STRING QUARTET NO. 3 H. 268 
FELD :  SAXOPHONE QUINTET
BEETHOVEN : STRING QUARTET NO. 16 

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Vanda Tabery (CD9), Christine Whittlesey (CD37) (soprano)
Pascal Moraguès (CD11, CD34), Jan Mach (CD19) (clarinet)
Vladimíra Klánská (CD34) (horn) 
Raaf Hekkema (CD50) (saxophone) 
Milos Cerny (CD29) (violin)
Jan Talich (CD33), Jan Peruska (CD10), Vladimír Bukač (CD12, CD39), Petr Holman (CD14), Zbynek Padourek (CD29), Hatto Beyerle (CD32) (viola)
Václav Bernásek (CD29), Vladimír Fortin (CD14), Petr Prause (CD39), Martin Sedlák (CD10) (cello) 
Pavel Nejtek (CD35, CD48) (double bass)
Jaroslav Tůma (CD17) (harmonium) 
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