classical music: sviatoslav     classical music:     Sviatoslav      Bach for Relaxation Elizabeth Anderson, Moray Welsh, ... RCA, 1998 Peaceful and Beautiful I have purchased this CD twice, first for myself to listen to during labor and secondly for a friend who has a new, very stressful job. I love the music on this CD, it is wonderfully played and listening it to it during labor was very helpful and uplifting. Now both ...             Beethoven for Babies Ludwig van Beethoven, Frans Brüggen, ... Philips, 1998 Nicest classical CD I have found for my baby (& me) This is a very pleasant CD to listen to, and I think the quality of the music is excellent. I enjoy listening to this with my 10 month old son, and we also listen to the radio and lots of modern music. I recently purchased 5 of the classical "Baby Einstein" CDs and I ...             Liszt: The Two Piano Concertos; The Piano Sonata Franz Liszt, Kiril Kondrashin Philips, 1995 Consummate Mastery In The Liszt Concertos If you are new to the late Russian pianist Sviatoslav Richter, arguably the greatest all-round keyboard virtuoso of the last century, this is a splendid place to start. And if you are new to Liszt's piano concertos, there is little need to look any farther. Few ...             Mozart /Chopin/Rachmaninov: Richter - Classic Archive Euroarts, 2008 Richter at the Barbican This recital was originally broadcast on BBC-TV in 1989. Richter was 74 then but clearly had not lost any of his powers. He had, however, developed some idiosyncrasies that have a bearing on this recording. He was playing this recital, consisting of three Mozart ...             Icon (14 CDs) Sviatoslav Richter EMI Classics, 2008 Richter's complete EMI recordings This 14 CD set contains all Sviatoslav Richter's recordings for EMI. For any Richter fan, this is self-recommending. You may wish to skip to the last paragraph for buying suggestion and check out the track listing at the end. For the new-comers, if you have never ...             Beethoven: Complete Music for Cello & Piano Maurice Gendron, Mstislav Rostropovich, ... Philips, 1994 Beethoven would have smiled Rostroprovich and Richter are poster children for the merits of recording the lesser-known works of past masters. It is astonishing to believe that the Beethoven of, say, Symphonies, 3, 7, and 9 also sat himself down to compose small music like these pieces for two ...             Great Recordings Of The Century - Beethoven: Triple Concerto; Brahms: Double Concerto / Oistrakh, ... Mstislav Rostropovich, Ludwig van Beethoven, ... EMI Classics, 1999 Big, Brooding, Boring Beethoven. Excellent Brahms. This *should* be an excellent rendition of the triple concerto. But when dealing with such an intricate and sophisticated work, mere virtuosity is not enough. In a *triple concerto*, what is required is synergy, harmony, unity. This recording is virtually devoid of ...             Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2; Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 Sergey Rachmaninov, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 1996 A performance that will live as long as recorded music There is nearly unanimous consensus that Richter's 1959 recording of the Rachmaninov 2nd rises to a height challenged only by the composer himself. Richter's ability to play the fastest passagework while moving from soft to loud and back again is breathtaking--speed ...             Bach for Babies Marc Johnson [double bass], Johann Sebastian Bach, ... Philips, 1999 Classical, Jazz and Opera Bach all in one This is a versatile collection in terms of composition, performance and layout. Comparing to most of CD with classical selections for baby, this edition is more nutritious and rich on musical experience. Genre wise, the piano solo, concerti, chamber and opera are all ...             Brahms: Concerto No.2/Beethoven: Sonata No.23 Sviatoslav Richter, Erich Leinsdorf, ... RCA, 1993 One of the better Brahms concertos - and a nice dessert In his notebooks, Richter himself tells repeatedly how strongly he disliked this performance of the Brahms Second. Most significantly, he blames Leinsdorf for pushing the tempo all the time. For the rest we have to guess for what his motives could be. After all, it is ...             Sviatoslav Richter Plays Schubert Piano Sonatas D958, D960 Franz Schubert, Sviatoslav Richter Regis Records, 2003 Richter's best recording. Schubert's best piano works To make this review short and simple. I owned this album for over a year. I didn't love it. The tempos on the B flat Sonata bothered me....a bit slowere than the norm. One day, I was feeling very low and for some reason, I remembered I hadn't listened to this cd in ...             Handel: Keyboard Suites, Vol. 1 George Frederick Handel, Andrei Gavrilov, ... EMI Classics, 2005 Collector's Item! Richter and Gavrilov play Handel's Keyboard Suites This used to be available in EMI's double forte series. It went out of print but is now thankfully available in EMI's super cheap Gemini series. This Gemini series has some really great finds and this Handel set is no exception. Buy both 2CD sets and you'll get the ...             Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier Johann Sebastian Bach RCA Victor Europe, 1992 Some Bach for my desert island I love the way the Russian school plays Bach (Richter, Gilels, Nikolayeva, etc.), and particularly this Russian, and these performances. The opening Prelude and Fugue I of Book I is one of most magical keyboard works that I have ever heard, and Richter's playing of it ...             Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos 1, 2 & 3 - Prokofiev: Piano Concerto 5 - Bartok: Piano Concerto 2 - Emil Gilels, ... Bela Bartok, Sergey Prokofiev, ... EMI Classics, 2006 A classic Tchaikovsky Second Concerto, plus astonishing Richter The reissue gods are smiling. This bargain Gemini two-fer contains four superlative concerto recordings--the Tchaikovsky Second and Third with Gilels, the Prokofiev Fifth and Bartok Second with Richter. The conductor throughout is Lorin Maazel, definitely on best ...             The Sofia Recital 1958 Frederic Chopin, Franz Liszt, ... Philips, 2001 The best interpretation of "Pictures at an Exhibition" I have heard Wow. If the vivid imagery Richter creates in this live performance isn't enough to bring tears to your eyes, the technical prowess will certainly send you searching for the "repeat" button on your cd player. Richter, as always, delivers an emotional and ...          products you might be interested in   search for classical music rachmaninov, recordings, rostropovich, sviatoslav, tchaikovsky, well-tempered      geepe.com    web we recommend Richter at the Barbican randomly chosen music: Beethoven: 9 Symphonien