It was the first time I heard Szymanowski. Mr. Metaxas had invited me to join this concerto for the express reason to give the letter to Richter but all turned out very much differently than expected. Nina Dorliac told me on the first recital evening that Richter had practiced from 9 am in the morning all through the start of the recital at 9 pm (thus 12 hours) and was so tired that he did not receive anybody in the wardrobe and returned straight to the hotel.
It was a very sad event, the audience was uncivilzed, unruly, to a point that my wife and me had to tell the people next to us to shut up as they were chatting all through the recital, disturbing everybody around. Some people were eating sandwiches, some women were adjusting their makeup. The whole process of ticketing was one sordid cheat, people obviously who were known to the desk, got prime tickets, others bad seats. We complained, and got good seat on the tribune thereafter.
Unbelievable. I attended this concert and later called Mr. Metaxas, Richter's concert agent in Munich, Germany, to learn that Richter, on the morning of the first of the two evenings, had ordered the recording van to return, which was on the way to Paris. Richter, for reasons not explicited, did not wish to have a recording of the recital. I never knew that somebody did a live recording of these memorial recitals. I handed a letter to Nina Dorliac, as I could not meet Richter who was evasive.
Absolutely sublime! Thanks for uploading this wonderful performance.
JamesClarinetMusic 2 months ago
Excellent! *****
ostkube 3 months ago
It was the first time I heard Szymanowski. Mr. Metaxas had invited me to join this concerto for the express reason to give the letter to Richter but all turned out very much differently than expected. Nina Dorliac told me on the first recital evening that Richter had practiced from 9 am in the morning all through the start of the recital at 9 pm (thus 12 hours) and was so tired that he did not receive anybody in the wardrobe and returned straight to the hotel.
ipublica 2 years ago
It was a very sad event, the audience was uncivilzed, unruly, to a point that my wife and me had to tell the people next to us to shut up as they were chatting all through the recital, disturbing everybody around. Some people were eating sandwiches, some women were adjusting their makeup. The whole process of ticketing was one sordid cheat, people obviously who were known to the desk, got prime tickets, others bad seats. We complained, and got good seat on the tribune thereafter.
ipublica 2 years ago
Unbelievable. I attended this concert and later called Mr. Metaxas, Richter's concert agent in Munich, Germany, to learn that Richter, on the morning of the first of the two evenings, had ordered the recording van to return, which was on the way to Paris. Richter, for reasons not explicited, did not wish to have a recording of the recital. I never knew that somebody did a live recording of these memorial recitals. I handed a letter to Nina Dorliac, as I could not meet Richter who was evasive.
ipublica 2 years ago 2
Fantastic document. Do You also have the other partsof programme (Tantris, Mazurkas, sonata N°3) wich doesn't exist on commercial CD ?
20Regards 2 years ago
Such a mystical piece!
bineblies 2 years ago