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Johann Sebastian Bach, Johannes Brahms, Ludwig van Beethoven
Out of Later Years, Vol. 1
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (14) - Disc #1
1. Prelude for keyboard in C major (WFN 25), BWV 924 (BC L57)
2. Prelude, Fugue and Allegro, for lute in E flat major, BWV 998 (BC L132): Praludium
3. Prelude, Fugue and Allegro, for lute in E flat major, BWV 998 (BC L132): Fuga
4. Prelude, Fugue and Allegro, for lute in E flat major, BWV 998 (BC L132): Allegro
5. Fantasia and Fugue, for keyboard in C minor (fugue incomplete), BWV 906 (BC L133, 138)
6. Adagio, for keyboard in G major, BWV 968 (BC L185)
7. Adagio, for keyboard in G major, BWV 968 (BC L185)
8. Ballade for piano in D minor ('Edward'), Op. 10/1
9. Ballade for piano in D major, Op. 10/2
10. Intermezzo for piano in E minor, Op. 116/5
11. Intermezzo for piano in E major, Op. 116/6
12. Pieces (4) for piano, Op. 119: No.1 in B Minor
13. Pieces (4) for piano, Op. 119: No.2 in E Minor
14. Rondo for piano in C major, Op. 51/1

CD Details

All Artists: Johann Sebastian Bach, Johannes Brahms, Ludwig van Beethoven, Sviatoslav Richter
Title: Out of Later Years, Vol. 1
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Live Classics
Release Date: 5/21/1996
Genre: Classical
Styles: Chamber Music, Forms & Genres, Ballads, Fantasies, Historical Periods, Baroque (c.1600-1750), Classical (c.1770-1830), Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Instruments, Keyboard, Strings
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 789368645923, 4015512004718

Synopsis

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The Bach Fantasy in C Minor, S. 906; Brahms Intermezzo, Op. 116, No. 5; and Beethoven Rondo in C, Op. 51, No. 1 already exist in Sviatoslav Richter performances in Philips's Authorized Richter Edition and other Live Classics releases. Philips's Beethoven Rondo boasts richer sound and crisper articulation in the pianist's downward runs. Conversely, Richter's concept of the Bach Fantasy is broader and more intense here. Purists will take issue with the pianist's distinctly un-Baroque sonority and mesmerizing legato in Bach, while others will be riveted by his insight and laserlike concentration. It's a toss-up between the steady and prismatic 1986 Brahms Op. 116, No. 5 for Philips and the moodier, more subjective 1992 version here. Some may find the first two Brahms Ballads in Op. 10 a bit cut-and-dried, but Richter's sharp, masculine profile is preferable to languorous wallowing any day. A fine collection all around. --Jed Distler

CD Reviews

Appease the pain and heal hearts

Chi-Shao Lin | Los Angeles, USA | 01/28/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"It always bring me peace and comfort listening to this disc. Richter's deep understanding of music combined these works into a program so spiritually consistant and yet develops so well that heals one's pain gently and thoroughly. Opened with Bach, he brings in the wisdom without preaching; Brahms comes in there after and brings in the sympathy in time, and created the resonance that carries out one's tears so spontaneously. Then it is the fresh mountain air in a cool day brought in by Beethoven; slightly chilly, however, vivid. Just the refreshing one needs to wash away the appeased pain.The piano playing is never less then amazing - totally refined and yet passionate. Richter has never let anything irrevelant containminate his paino playing- everything is from heart and that great mind. The rhythem is so purified that it has been elevated to another world beyond. Such a playing is so simple and yet difficult that no other pianist has ever achieved. Listening to a disc like this, one can only regret for not being in the recital from which the recording is taken."