Laceyloud1410 (August 24, 2008 at 3:09 am)

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lumbler (August 2, 2008 at 4:13 pm)

where's the beginning? this is be far the best version that I've heard!

MillsApparatus (July 25, 2008 at 5:34 pm)

Allegedly Rachmaninov himself said that Richter played his stuff better than he did.

DonFrankos (June 1, 2008 at 9:02 pm)

there is no better pianist to translate rachmaninoff than richter. he catches rachmaninoff´s interpretation and intentions so well, just amazing. like volodos is an amazing liszt-player, richter was rachmaninoff. wonderful. I especially like him playing op.32 no.10, it is just stunning.

sofi1506 (April 9, 2008 at 3:36 am)

I love Richterrrrrr!!!

KoSlnG (April 6, 2008 at 6:12 pm)

the greatest pianist ever!!!!!

AChrisL (April 4, 2008 at 6:03 am)

I know I am responding to an old post, but you are correct! Supposedly, the trend of playing without music began with Clara Wieck, who had bad eyesight. It apparently caught on after she decided to memorize her recitals. Damn you Clara Wieck and your eyes!

nietzschemasterclass (March 6, 2008 at 4:50 pm)

For this particular masterwork, I keep Richter's version as my favorite one. It's really amazing the way Richter connects every single note between each other, leading the sound of that beautiful armonic structure to the top of it with a constant crescendo, at the last moment he makes this incredible diminuendo, so the effect of sound is simply marvelous. That fine touch at the end of it, really sintetizes the whole Rach's idea making a lot of sense on the way he plays it. Beautiful indeed.

StudiosusPerpetuus (March 4, 2008 at 9:18 pm)

(First: pardon my english) Richter is in my opinion simply the best. His analytical approach adds to the emotional experience for intelligent people, as I see it. Romantic music does particularly not need an over-emotional interpretation. A piece of music is allways greater than the composer, and Richter plays Rach. better than Rach. does himself, I think.

HaparukuU (March 2, 2008 at 1:46 am)

Its cool to compare this with horowitz's\