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[Concerto: Richter insisted on playing Dvořák’s originally-conceived version and not the then-standard, as transcribed by Vilém Kurz] … “Richter pronounced that it was the most difficult concerto he had ever tackled but somehow he made Dvořák’s original, unrevised piano-writing – sound totally convincing” [Quintet] “Quick and sensitive as Richter’s playing is, … with the Borodin Quartet supporting him sympathetically the performance has vigour and charm” (Gramophone)
| Piano Concerto in G minor, Op.33 (1876) [38:11] |
| [1] I. Allegro agitato 18:09 |
| [2] II. Andante sostenuto 8:59 |
| [3] III. Allegro con fuoco 11:01 |
| Sviatoslav Richter |
| Prague Symphony Orchestra / Václav Smetáček |
| (live, Prague Smetana Hall, 1966) |
| Piano Quintet No.2 in A major, Op.81 (1887) [40:55] |
| [4] I. Allegro, ma non tanto 13:40 |
| [5] II. Dumka: Andante con moto 16:30 |
| [6] III. Scherzo: Furiant – Molto vivace 3:40 |
| [7] IV. Finale: Allegro 7:03 |
| Sviatoslav Richter / Borodin Quartet |
| (live, Moscow, 1983) |
