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Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Pno Son No.3 in C, Op.2 No.3: I. Allegro Con Brio

2. Pno Son No.3 in C, Op.2 No.3: II. Adagio

3. Pno Son No.3 in C, Op.2 No.3: III. Scherzo. Allegro - Trio

4. Pno Son No.3 in C, Op.2 No.3: IV. Allegro Assai

5. Six Bagatelles, Op.126: No.1 Andante Con Moto. Cantabile E Compiacevole

6. Six Bagatelles, Op.126: No.4 Presto

7. Six Bagatelles, Op.126: No.6 Presto - Andante Amabile E Con Moto

8. Pno Son No.29 in B flat, Op.106: I. Allegro

9. Pno Son No.29 in B flat, Op.106: II. Scherzo. Assai Vivace

10. Pno Son No.29 in B flat, Op.106: III. Adagio Sostenuto. Appassionato E Con Molto Sentimento

11. Pno Son No.29 in B flat, Op.106: IV. Largo - Allegro Risoluto

Product Details

Audio CD (November 14, 2000)
SPARS Code: DDD
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Original recording remastered
Label: BBC Legends
ASIN: B00004Y6OG
Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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Another important release!

By G. Dillard on November 21, 2000

Format: Audio CD

BBC Legends continues to open wide a treasure-chest of some of classical music's greatest recordings! This release is among the best. The sound quality allows you to hear just how amazing Richter's playing really is! The "Hammerklavier" has appeared on several overseas labels, but we get a "bargain" here with other selections from this outstanding Beetoven recital given in a Church. Check out Beetoven's 2nd sonata! It was one of Michaelangeli's favorite recital pices, but even his mercurial playing of the work does not surpass Richter's amazing performance! Also included are a set of beatifully performed "Bagtelles" and one of the greatest interpretations of the "Hammerklavier" ever performed or recorded! The CD is a "must-have" for any Richter fan as well as any fan of classical music for the piano! ENJOY!

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WHEN ICONS COLLIDE

By DAVID BRYSON VINE VOICE on October 20, 2001

Format: Audio CD

I like and admire Richter hugely. This is a live recital from Blythburgh church in Suffolk, and the sense of human warmth that pervades it is something for the heart -- whatever my head tells me about his Hammerklavier.
Richter's account of the sonata op 2#3 is not as polished as from Gilels or Michelangeli, but I can frankly live without the icy detachment of Gilels in this piece, though not without the above-it-all imperiousness of Michelangeli or the effortless spontaneity of Richter. I'm not sure he is perfectly attuned to the moody and volatile Beethoven of the Bagatelles, but he gets near enough for me to enjoy them.
Which leaves the Hammerklavier. To start with the best, the last movement is splendid -- big, rough and commanding. I like his unusually low-voltage scherzo too, except that the dog-shaking-itself tremolo following the trio doesn't seem to mean much to him. Most of the first movement is fine also. He has the sheer size for it. He does not bring the roof down with the opening chords as Serkin does. I wish he had, but then again Serkin was unique, and maybe Richter was wiser to leave that particular effect to him. What bothers me more is that there is so little 'expressive' music in this movement that I wish Richter had made more of it. The 'arching' theme starting with the rising octave followed by a falling arpeggio is a bit businesslike, and, more seriously, in the heavenly running duet between the hands he misses the significance of the left-hand part altogether. Just listen to Serkin play both these sequences to hear what I mean.
The Adagio is a real interpretative crux. I learned decades ago to admire Solomon here -- quiet, rapt and very slow.Read more ›

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brilliant but...

By peer gynt on July 23, 2005

Format: Audio CD

The legend of Richter delivers powerhouse performances of Beethoven's op. 2 no.3, op. 106 and op. 126 (selection).

I bought this cd for the Hammerklavier and initially was not disappointed.

Upon further listening I discovered that Richter hits nearly has many duff notes in the opening movement as Schnabel does (both were more or less 'live' recordings given the lack of splicing and playback facilities available to Schnabel) yet no one ever seems to criticise Richter for this. How unlike Schnabel.

I have recordings of the Hammerklavier by Serkin, Schnabel and Brendel (1990s) and I am afraid this Richter performance comes in 4th.

The playing is monumental and breathtaking at times but my attention wanders. The interpretation is not compelling for me in the way that Brendel's and Schnabel's are, indeed for me Schnabel's performance is utterly compelling from first note to last.

Despite these reservations, this is a great, and pwoerful performance. Wrong notes do not annoy me the way they do some, but what annoys me is the concentration by some critics on Schnabel's shortcomings, as if other great pianists (i.e. Richter) cannot fluff things occasionally. Don't get me wrong, Richter is an astonishing artist who regularly amazes me in what he does.

The op 2 No 3 seems to have been a Richter favourite and this performance is more satisfying than that issued on the Historic Russian Archives box set. As for the Bagatelles, I am blown away by the ferocity and speed of the presto movement; Richter is really going for it and it leaves one exhausted.

In sum, this cd is highly recommended, but if you are looking for the ultimate Hammerklavier (if such a thing exists) go elsewhere. If you are looking for power, go for this, but expect your mind to wander. For an experience of total concentration and sheer interest, Schnabel cannot be equalled, though Brendel's most recent recording runs it a close second.

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Richter at his best

By gerard.moris on May 4, 2001

Format: Audio CD

I remember seeing Richter playing this same program in Belgium three days before this performance.I prefer this one definitely.

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A Stupendous Hammerklavier

By Jeffrey Lipscomb on May 20, 2005

Format: Audio CD

This live 1975 Beethoven recital contains Richter accounts of the early Sonata #3, the Bagatelles Opus 126 (just #1, 4 & 6) and, the star attraction, the "Hammerklavier" (Sonata #29). This program competes directly with Richter's live Prague accounts of the same works (in a deleted 15-disc Praga CD set). Here are some impressions based on listening to both performances, plus those by a few other pianists.

The Sonata #3 for BBC, to my taste, is played with a percussive severity that borders on excessive. The Prague is just a shade gentler and more to my liking (both are superb). The latter is played with the first mvt. repeat, whereas the BBC omits it. Richter was a zealot when it came to repeats, and I suspect that BBC has simply excised the repeat here to squeeze the program (which runs 77:45 as is) on to a single CD. Frankly, I feel that's a highly questionable aesthetic decision (IMG did a similar editing job on a Beethoven symphony in their volume dedicated to Furtwangler). My other favorite performances of this work are Wilhelm Kempff's small-scale pointillistic account (mono DG), the Claudio Arrau on Philips LP (particularly for the intense depth of his slow mvt.), Artur Schnabel (mine's on a Dante CD set - it is similar in its bold projection to Richter's), and the Yves Nat on EMI (an under-rated complete set in mono that has an amazing variety of subtlety and nuance).

Richter's BBC & Praga accounts of 3 Bagatelles from Op. 126 are pretty similar - all in all, I find a little more interpretive fire in the Praga. Both are among my all-time favorite readings, though I don't feel that Richter or anyone else quite matches the rich wisdom and total coherence of Schnabel's aged mono account of all six.Read more ›

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