Dvorak: Piano Concerto & Quintet
Alto - ALC 1460
Kompozytor
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 33
Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81
Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81
[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)
Recordings: live, Prague Smetana Hall, 1966 (Piano Concerto); live, Moscow, 1983 (Piano Quintet)
Recordings: live, Prague Smetana Hall, 1966 (Piano Concerto); live, Moscow, 1983 (Piano Quintet)