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Melodiya<br />

Sviatoslav Richter<br />

richter plays Tchaikovsky & rachmaninov<br />

Cat # MYD 1002017<br />

Price Code: R (SRP $17.99)<br />

Number of Discs: 1<br />

Digipak, Box Lot 35<br />

8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT<br />

D U.S. ORDERS ONLY<br />

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN & Jan SIBELIUS<br />

violin Concertos<br />

Cat # MYD 1002022<br />

Price Code: R (SRP $17.99)<br />

Number of Discs: 1<br />

Digipak, Box Lot 35<br />

8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT<br />

D U.S. ORDERS ONLY<br />

20<br />

release date: november 13, 2012<br />

Sviatoslav Richter: piano<br />

Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra<br />

Evgeny Mravinsky, Kurt Sanderling: conductors<br />

TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23 •<br />

RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18<br />

This disc features some of <strong>the</strong> brightest moments of Sviatoslav Richter’s<br />

performances on numerous studio and live recordings. Among a great<br />

number of outstanding and talented interpretations of <strong>the</strong>se works,<br />

Richter’s style is unmistakable for its embossed, sculptural modeling<br />

of musical images. He showcases a multitude of subtle shades of piano<br />

sound, from powerful symphonicity to a most delicate pianissimo.<br />

These recordings of Tchaikovsky’s piano concertos were made in<br />

1959, when <strong>the</strong> artist achieved genuine artistic maturity and <strong>the</strong> Soviet<br />

performing arts saw a new heyday.<br />

Gidon Kremer: violin<br />

Academic Symphony Orchestra of <strong>the</strong> Moscow State Philharmonic Society<br />

Woldemar Nelson: conductor<br />

USSR State Symphony Orchestra<br />

Yuri Temirkanov: conductor<br />

BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61 • SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto<br />

in D minor, Op. 47<br />

Gidon Kremer is a violinist without whom <strong>the</strong> history of music in <strong>the</strong><br />

20 th century would be unimaginable. This album presents a little-known<br />

early period of Kremer’s performing career, recorded in <strong>the</strong> first half of<br />

<strong>the</strong> 1970s. Romantic virtuosity prevails in his interpretation, accompanied<br />

by conductor Woldemar Nelson and outstanding St. Petersburg maestro<br />

Yuri Temirkanov.

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