Schubert: Piano Sonatas Nos. 9, 11 & 13, d.575,625,664 / Moment Musical, d.780:1

Schubert: Piano Sonatas Nos. 9, 11 & 13, d.575,625,664 / Moment Musical, d.780:1

Schubert: Piano Sonatas Nos. 9, 11 & 13, d.575,625,664 / Moment Musical, d.780:1
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Composer: Franz Schubert
Performer: Sviatoslav Richter
Edition: Music CD
Format: Live
CD Release Date: 1999-03-23
Music Label: BBC Legends
Soundtracks:
  1. Piano Sonata In B Major, D575: I. Allegro ma non troppo
  2. Piano Sonata In B Major, D575: II. Andante
  3. Piano Sonata In B Major, D575: III. Scherzo, Allegretto
  4. Piano Sonata In B Major, D575: IV. Allegro giusto
  5. Piano Sonata In F Minor, D625: I. Allegro
  6. Piano Sonata In F Minor, D625: II. Scherzo. Allegretto - Trio
  7. Piano Sonata In F Minor, D625: II. Adagio (D505)
  8. Piano Sonata In F Minor, D625: IV. Allegro
  9. Piano Sonata In A Major, D664: I. Allegro moderato
  10. Piano Sonata In A Major, D664: II. Andante
  11. Piano Sonata In A Major, D664: III. Allegro
  12. Moment Musical in C Major, D780 no.1: Moderato

Music reviews of Schubert: Piano Sonatas Nos. 9, 11 & 13, d.575,625,664 / Moment Musical, d.780:1

Music Review: Wonderful performances in good sound, but they duplicate several other rival versions
Rating: 5 Stars

Over a dozen reissue labels offer live concerts by Richter -- the number probably amounts to more than his official Western recordings by now -- but BBC Legends is probably in the lead for sonics. You don't have to worry that you will be getting a third-generation dub in woozy, boomy sound. The three Schubert sonatas and a Moment musical come from a single Royal Festival Hall concert in March, 1979. Here Richter competes with himself; he was on tour, and the concerts he gave with the same works in Japan are also available (the online Richter discography details which labels they appear on, beginning with the now defunct Olympia, in my experience).

Here the broadcast stereo sound is good, if a bit less than beautiful. The only major defect is that the microphone was placed too close, making Richter's familiar outbursts of forte and fortissimo clangy and hard on the ears. Audience sounds haven't been erased, but they are minimal for Londoners coming out of winter.

As you'd expect, these readings are very little different from those in Tokyo; even though Richter was a spontaneous performer, he often set an interpretation in place -- you can hear this in readings of the Hammerklavier Sonata done on tour in 1975 (on Praga, Olympia, and BBC Legends). There was also the factor that as he aged the pianist became more self-critical and at times cautious. He turned 64 the same month of this concert. In any case, the two early sonatas, no. 9 in B Major D. 575 and no. 11 in f minor D. 625, are given poised readings with few tempestuous outbursts and much pearly fingerwork. Fr me, Richter doesn't really wake up until he reaches the latter sonata, and for that reason, I don't think this recital is the best place to start for those coming fresh to his Schubert interpretations.

More substantial is Sonata no. 13 in A major, D. 664, which was published posthumously. Richter didn't give any more performances of tis work than the previous two (referring to those that made it on disc), but his readings are more memorable for their power and personality. He found pre-echoes of Beethoven here (comparisons could be made to the "Pastoral" sonata Op. 28), even though the sonta comes only two years after no. 9. If your standard for the A major Sonata D. 664 is Kempff's graceful, light-textured eading, you'll find that Richter alternates between serene quietness and an almost threatening attack in the finale. It's not in his nature to let Schubert be naive and cheerful for long. The London reading feels a bit less percussive and more balanced as far as the outbursts go.

I don't think that anyone but a completist needs all three sonatas form different stops on the same tour. This BBC Legends release contains three of the four that Richter was playing that season, so it's a better buy than rival recordings that have only two. On the other hand, no one should miss the fourth item, Sonata no. 14 in A minor D. 784, the greatest of the group and one that brought out greatness in Ricthter, too.

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