COMPANY: Praga Digitals
ARTIST: Sviatoslav Richter
CATEGORY: SACD
COMPOSER: Sergei Rachmaninoff

Product: 794881896226

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Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, 4 Preludes

Sviatoslav Richter (piano), USSR Radio-TV State Symphony Orchestra

Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Sanderling

Richter only performed Rachmaninov's first two concertos before embarking on his international career in 1960. A logical compilation of two live performances plus four Préludes which were to remain his favourites for the next 50 years.
When Sviatoslav Richter first got to know Rachmaninov's piano concertos, the composer himself had been living in exile in the United States for 20 years. The young pianist was learning the Prokofiev and Rachmaninov major scores, having studied with Heinrich Neuhaus, and before his first travel to the West (1960). His first guest apperance in the free world, in Finland, was brought about by the mediation of Ekaterina Furtseva, a confidante of Nikolai Khrushchev, minister of culture for the few months preceding his Kremlin leadership. As encores we have four Rachmaninov 'Preludes', also recorded during his first tour of North America in 1960.
A unique programme which today's cutting edge techniques have attempted to render in all their original glory. Praga Digitals celebrate their 20th anniversary in 2012.