Sviatoslav Richter plays Schumann Symphonic Etudes, Op.13
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wonderful performance... real power, fire! thanks for uploading
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whether the second repeat in etude 9 was planned or a pure accident, it was a genius and what an agility!
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I'm sure you've heard Arrau play these - great tenderness!
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Ingenious!! The best performance ever.
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Casi nadie suele incluir en los estudios esta pieza. Para mi es genial, una de las mas bellas.
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I can't find another recording of the opening to this anywhere else, it's magnificent.
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Indeed. I can't but agree. I was wanting to ask if there was anything truth to the fact that Liszt put on several concerts to commemorate R. Schumann posthumously, and C. Schumann wasn't exactly the most savory character to him (that's about as politely as I could put). I read that information from a few letters between them, but I'm sure you know better than me, so I didn't see the harm in asking whether or not it was true.
Who can tell me why most pianists don't play 0:00~2:10? This part is so beautiful!!
felix0911176727 2 years ago
You are absolutely correct!!! This is the last of 5 etudes (posthumous) in Des-dur. Schuman wrote more than 12 etudes and later "edited" them to a more "compact" form. Brahms wanted to include them into opus 13, but Clara Schuman thought it was R.S. wish to keep only 12 of them. I personally love these 5 dearly and always play them...
truecrypt 2 years ago
Have you heard of how much Clara Schumann mistreated Liszt? she really gave him a cold reception for how generous he was, and not only that, but we all know Liszt and Schumann were fond of one another.
Any truth in these facts, truecrypt?
Lukecash12 2 years ago
Personal relations between big artists are not always friendly and rosy. Often they are strong and ambitious individuals. The same goes to Liszt, Schumann, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Thalberg... Probably Schumann was the most generous man in terms of accepting success of others. The relations between these Greats were such a mixture of mutual respect, jealousy, admiration and competition...
Read their letters! Fascinating documents!
truecrypt 2 years ago
I don't understand why anyone would perform at such speed; it only makes it worse. Still worth hearing though.
oblifan132 3 years ago 5
Would be nice to know which etude/variation you're directing your comment to...
truecrypt 3 years ago