Camille Saint-Saens, George Gershwin, Swjatoslaw Richter, Christoph Eschenbach, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart

Concertos for Piano

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CD/ Track	Title	Duration
1.1	Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 5 F Major op. 103 "Egyptian" I. Allegro animato	12:50
1.2	Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 5 F Major op. 103 "Egyptian" II. Andante - Allegretto tranquillo - Andante	11:22
1.3	Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 5 F-Dur op. 103 F Major op. 103 "Egyptian" III. Molto Allegro	06:37
1.4	Concerto for Piano and Orchestra I. Allegro	13:56
1.5	Concerto for Piano and Orchestra II. Andante con moto	14:11
1.6	Concerto for Piano and Orchestra III. Allegro agitato	07:31

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: SCM Hänssler
series:: EDITION SCHWETZINGER FESTSPIELE
Art.-No.:: 093.707.000
: Compact Disc
: 12 S. Booklet
Duration:: 1:07 hrs.
: April 2010
: *recommended retail price

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 public Gershwin's jazzy "Concerto in F". Gershwin's works had always been suspect under the Soviet regime. All the more surprising was Richter's decision to perform this work in his maturity. Needless to say, Richter never made a formal, studio recording of this work. It is not only a unique recording, but also a document of Richter's expansive interest in all musical repertoires than came under his purview.
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The Fifth Piano Concerto by Camille Saint-Saëns was eclipsed by the same composer's more popular "Second" Concerto throughout Richter's performing career. With the exception for one Melodyia LP, he never again recorded this work and there is no record that he ever again performed it internationally.
With this concert, there can be no dispute that we are dealing with a program of real rarity. To sum up, this CD not only for admirers of this great pianist, but is an exciting contemporary document of a great musicians artistic preoccupations late in his career.