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Svjatoslav Richter: Concert 1993 - Saint-Saens, Gershwin

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2010-05-25

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Concerto for Piano no 5 in F major, Op. 103 "Egyptian"; George Gershwin: Concerto for Piano in F major
Performers: Richter, Sviatoslav
Conductors: Eschenbach, Christoph

This recording of the 1993 Schwetzingen Festival has already achieved cult status. The then 78-year-old Sviatoslav Richter plays for the first and last time in...continue...
Recording information: Schwetzingen Rokokotheater (05/30/1993)....continue...

Brahms: Symphony no 4, Haydn Variations, Op 56a, Hungarian Dance no 5 / Eschenbach, et al

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2009-07-03

Works: Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 4 in E minor, Op. 98; Variations on a Theme of Haydn for orchestra, Op. 56a "St. Anthony"; Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in G minor, WoO 1/5
Conductors: Eschenbach, Christoph
Ensemble: Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra

"The most important aspects of his approach to the Symphony No. 4 are his fluidity in phrasing and his intelligent use of rubato, for this...continue...