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Sviatoslav Richter Feature And CD Review For Leiser, sviatoslav richter who died in Moscow August 1 richter captivatedhis audiences in a way nobody else feeling I was hearing a pianist play the http://www.sandiego-online.com/forums/dance/richter.stm
Extractions: SVIATOSLAV RICHTER: 1915-1997 Tribute, Review and Interview with Former Richter Friend and Associate, Jacques Leiser By David Gregson, San Diego Magazine Music/Dance Critic, Sunday, January 11, 1998 Remembering Richter: Story Written for Magazine "He was a Renaissance man, inspired about music, about art, about literature, about theater about life itself. He was wonderfully creative - - a man of fantasy and imagination, always searching for something new. With his death we see the passing of an age. He was the last of the giants of the keyboard. There is nobody like him left." One might accuse Jacques Leiser of hyperbole if he did not know his subject so well. As an international artists' manager, Leiser has worked with many of the finest pianists of the 20th century Claudio Arrau, Lazar Berman, Ivan Moravec, Michelangeli, Maurizio Pollini, Julius Katchen, to name but a few. For Leiser, Sviatoslav Richter who died in Moscow August 1 at age 82 was the greatest of them all. "Richter captivated his audiences in a way nobody else could," said Lesier. "Your attention was absolutely focused. Nothing else existed except what you were hearing. In this respect he was a bit like Maria Callas. He exuded a kind of hypnotic demand for your attention. Musicians loved him too and looked up to him unanimously. He was a great influence for a whole generation of pianists, a shining example of music at its best.
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Extractions: Sviatoslav Richter, 1915-1997 By John Bell Young In some parts of the world Americans are criticized for a lack of culture. But those who look down their noses at our not-so-new world betray their naiveté. Culture, after all, is a broad concept that embraces a shared language, values, a way of life and even a cuisine. Thus, to say Americans have no culture is as ludicrous as it is a contradiction in terms. Nevertheless, there's truth in this disparaging assessment. Where the idea of culture includes an informed society that embraces its history, art and literature, the antagonists have called our bluff. Just take the case of the late Sviatoslav Richter, who died of a heart attack in Moscow on August 1, 1997. News of Richter's death spread with-in hours. Yet in this age of instant communication, many of us in the music world heard about it the old-fashioned way: by word of mouth. By the time the Russian Ministry of Culture made the grim announcement that a national treasure had passed on, the distance between Moscow and pianists everywhere had already been annihilated, not by modems or silicone chips, but through a kind of invisible, affective network, or intellectual osmosis. The immense vacuum left by his death radiated its own waves, without any help from the technocrats. With the event ignored by network television news and relegated to six-sentence obituaries in suburban newspapers, Richter, one of the most significant figures in the history of 20th century music, had already become, with-in hours of the announcement, yesterday's news. Generation X-ers had never heard of him, much less bought his records, mused media industry executives, so why bother saying anything? No money in that. Better to spend the time on the serial killer du jour or the premature demise of a drug-addicted, over-the-hill rock and roller. That seemed to work in 1995, when news of Michelangeli's death gave way to tabloid inspired accounts of Kurt Cobain's suicidal adventurism. Only CNN, God bless its corporate soul, paid any attention to the Italian pianist's extraordinary life, broadcasting a deftly edited obituary
Extractions: Translated by Stewart Spencer Russian pianist Sviatoslav Richter was a dazzling performer but an intensely private man. Though world famous and revered by classical music lovers everywhere, he guarded himself and his thoughts as carefully as his talent. French author and filmmaker Bruno Monsaingeon tried vainly for years to interview the enigmatic pianist. Richter eventually yielded, granting Monsaingeon hours of taped conversation, unlimited access to his diaries and notebooks, and, ultimately, his friendship. This book, originally published in France in 1998, is the product of that friendship. Richter reveals himself as a man and an artist. Unsentimentally and with his characteristic dry humor and intelligence, the musician describes his poignant childhood and spectacular career, including his tumultuous early days at the Moscow Conservatory and his triumphant 1960 tour of the United States. His laconic recounting of playing in the orchestra at Stalin's surreal, interminable state funeral is riveting. Most important for music lovers, Richter discusses his influences and views on musical interpretation. He describes his encounters with other great Russian performers and composers, including Prokoviev, Shostakovich, Oistrakh, and Gilels. Candid sections from his personal journals offer his sober and unguarded impressions of dozens of performances and recordingsboth his own and those of other musicians.
Extractions: Full Name Sviatoslav Richter Occupation Pianist Birthdate Birthplace Russia Obtained from Filmed interview Posted by 1- Anonymous Comments "He claims that he have had absolute pitch all his life, but that when he got old, his ears became 'tired' and everything started to sound false." [1] RELATED ITEMS Sviatoslav Richter CDs Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Sviatoslav Richter I Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Sviatoslav Richter II Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Sviatoslav Richter III Beethoven Sonata No. 3 ... Records by Sviatoslav Richter RELATED INDIVIDUALS WITH PERFECT PITCH Martha Argerich Glenn Gould Marc-André Hamelin Vladimir Horowitz ... Go back to Main Page
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Extractions: by David Lucas Burge Name Occupation Nationality Abbado, Claudio Conductor Italy Andrews, Julie Actress, singer England Argerich, Martha Pianist Argentina Aznar, Pedro Rock musician, bassist, multi-instrumentalist Argentina Bach, Johann Sebastian Composer, organist, harpsichordist Germany Bartók, Béla Composer Hungary Beethoven, Ludwig van Composer, pianist, conductor Germany Beiderbecke, Bix Jazz musician USA Bennett, Richard Rodney Composer England Bernstein, Leonard Composer, conductor, pianist USA Bey, Andy Singer, pianist USA Blackmore, Ritchie Guitarist, rock musician England Boulez, Pierre Composer, conductor France Britten, Benjamin Composer, conductor England Burge, David Lucas Creator of the Perfect Pitch Ear-Training SuperCourse USA Caamaño, Roberto Pianist, composer Argentina Cabjolsky, Klaus
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Sviatoslav Richter Prokofiev and Ravel sviatoslav richter (19151997) was a pianist in the Great Tradition,yet there was nothing traditional about this colossus of the keyboard. http://cbc.ca/homevideo/Classic/richter.htm
Extractions: Sviatoslav Richter (1915-1997) was a pianist in the Great Tradition, yet there was nothing traditional about this colossus of the keyboard. by nature, Richter was an iconoclast who disregarded the established conventions of the concert world. His musical appetite was prodigious, with repertoire ranging from Bach to his Russian contemporaries who frequently entrusted premieres of new works to him. Few pianists of our time had the technical, emotional and intellectual range that Richter brought to his performance. Price: $34.95
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Rudolf Barshai And Sviatoslav Richter sviatoslav richter is, probably, the most accomplished pianist of the20th Century. He lived a long and immensely productive artistic http://home.sprynet.com/~tairus/page13.html
Extractions: Sviatoslav Richter is, probably, the most accomplished pianist of the 20th Century. He lived a long and immensely productive artistic life, being one of the first and few Soviet musicians to be allowed to travel abroad. His career closely associated with Rudolf Barshai - they have played and recorded all over the world; Richter was the soloist at the Moscow Chamber Orchestra's 1000-Th performance in 1968 and the last Orchestral performance and recording of this Great Master was under the direction of Rudolf Barshai. Laurel Record made it available through its release in April of 1998. It was also Richter's only recordings of Mozart's Piano Concerti No. 1, 5 and 18.
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Extractions: F AMOUS P EOPLE WITH P ERFECT P ITCH What is Perfect Pitch? In music, perfect pitch (also known as "absolute pitch") is the ability to distinguish and identify a given note without any musical or tonal support. For a more detailed explanation, see Q1. Note on classical composers : It is said most of them had perfect pitch. However, the existence of important composers that did not have perfect pitch (Wagner, Berlioz, Schumann, Stravinsky, Ravel, etc.) should prevent us from posting incorrect information. Therefore we must limit ourselves to include documented (books, magazines, television interviews, etc.) information exclusively. B/L Name Occupation Nationality Abbado, Claudio new! Conductor Italy Andrews, Julie Actress, singer England Argerich, Martha Pianist Argentina Aznar, Pedro Jazz/rock musician, multi- instrumentalist Argentina Bach, Johann Sebastian Composer, organist, clavier player Germany Bartók, Béla Composer Hungary Beethoven, Ludwig van Composer, pianist, conductor Germany Beiderbecke, Bix Jazz musician USA Bennett, Richard Rodney
TIME.com: Top Stories -- A Musician First, A Pianist Second BY MICHAEL WALSH. Is there a more stimulating, captivating and exasperatingpianist than sviatoslav richter? When the reclusive Ukrainian http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101941205-163357,00.html
Extractions: Dec. 5, 1994 A Musician First, a Pianist Second Unearthed recordings by Sviatoslav Richter confirm that he is one of the great artists of the age BY MICHAEL WALSH Is there a more stimulating, captivating and exasperating pianist than Sviatoslav Richter? When the reclusive Ukrainian-born musician the last of the Soviet-era superstars is good, he's very, very good. And when he's bad, he's horrid. But in an age of cookie-cutter pianists, each playing the same program in the same way, Richter, at least, is gloriously himself. Consider Richter: The Authorised Recordings, a 21-CD collection of previously unreleased performances now available from Philips Classics in limited numbers and selling for about $350. The tapes, which cover a span of a quarter-century... The complete article is 722 words long. If you would like to read the full article, you may:
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Encyclopædia Britannica Year in Review 1998 obituary richter, sviatoslav (Svyatoslav Teofilovich Rikhter)Encyclopædia Britannica Article. Russian pianist (b. March 20, 1915, Zhitomir http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=125119
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Extractions: TOP-LINK UP-LINK ADD URL SEARCH ... E-MAIL PIANISTS LINKS ComparePhoneRates.com - FREE phone rate calculator! Find out how much it costs to phone anywhere in the world using different long distance telephone services. Arbiter's Museum of Historic Pianists - Arbiter Records Home Page, over 60 very short biographies by Allan Evans. Argerich, Martha b. 1941. - Excerpts from a 1979 interview with Dean Elder; in-print discography; reviews. Ashkenazy, Vladimir 1937- - Some facts, a 1995 interview, discography and reviews from Classic CD magazine page. Astriab, Lou - provides information on the American pianist. Atamian, Dickran - pianist. Ax, Emanuel Batagov, Anton 1965- - Includes biography, gallery and texts by the pianist. Bauer, Harold 1873-1951. - Bauer Collection in the Music Division of the Library of Congress includes biography, etc. Baxtresser, Margaret - explores the enchanting, nature-filled world of Claude Debussy and the Impressionist Painters. Bekhterev, Boris - provides information on the Russian-born pianist. Berman, Bart
