tracks

Rondo In B Flat, WoO 6
Concerto For Left Hand
Prometheus, The Poem Of Fire, Op. 60
Burleske In D Minor

notes

Compiled from very scarce sources, this collection restores to circulation some of Richter's rarest concerto performances
℗ © 2015 Parnassus Records

Live recordings:
track 1 on May 8th 1962 in Moscow
track 2 on June 14th 1969 in Genova, Italy
track 3 on April 3rd 1972 in stereo in Moscow
track 4 on September 9th 1961 in Bucharest Recording dates:
1-1 to 1-16: November 27, 1948
2-1 to 2-5: May 30, 1947
2-6 to 2-8: June 5, 1947
2-9: Oct. 14, 1947
2-10 to 2-12: April 4, 1949, Igumnov Memorial Concert

CD 1: 68:25
CD 2: 69:51

Disc labels:
This compilation ℗ & © 2017, Parnassus Records
Tray card:
℗ & © 2017, Parnassus Records

Track listing:
– track 2-5 is credited to "Kreisler-Rachmaninov" (insert and tray card)
– tracks 1-1 to 1-6, 1-7 to 1-9 and 1-15 to 1-16 are listed with main titles and total durations only (insert and tray card)
– Liszt Années De Pèlerinage is actually track 2-12, not third from last as the listing suggests (insert and tray card)

Identifiers:
– the barcode printed on the tray card corresponds to Rarities With Orchestra. The correct barcode appears on a sticker affixed to the shrink wrap

From the liner notes:
Unlike the Richter in the 1950s series, all of these recordings have previously been published, although in obscure and now-unobtainable editions.

Issued in standard jewel case with 4 pp. insert.

Accordingly to the comprehensive Falk Schwartz's "The Record Legacy of Sviatoslav Richter" (Dresden, 2012):
– tracks 1-1 to 1-16 were recorded at House of Scientists, Moscow, firstly issued by Ankh (6), catalog number ANKH200601 - see Sviatoslav Richter, Bach*, Beethoven*, Schumann* - Soviet Years Vol 4 / Moscow, February 27 1948
– tracks 2-1 to 2-4 were recorded at Grand Hall Of The Moscow Conservatoire, firstly issued by Ankh (6), catalog number ANKH200401
– track 2-5 and 2-9 were recorded at Grand Hall Of The Moscow Conservatoire, firstly issued by VENEZIA, catalog number CDVE 04382. Recording data for track 2-9 is mentioned as Oct. 14, 1948, not 1947.

credits

Design – Polly M. Law
Piano – Sviatoslav Richter
Producer – Leslie Gerber
Design – Polly M. Law
Piano [Uncredited] – Sviatoslav Richter
Producer, Liner Notes – Leslie Gerber

companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Parnassus Records (3)
Copyright (c) – Parnassus Records (3)
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Parnassus Records (3)
Copyright (c) – Parnassus Records (3)
Manufactured By – The ADS Group – 10770-CD-0028
Manufactured By – The ADS Group

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