Video Artists International 
VAI-4213

鋼琴巨匠米開蘭傑里與李希特
Michelangeli & Richter - Two Titans of the Keyboard

曲目：

米開蘭傑里：
貝多芬：C大調第3號鋼琴奏鳴曲Op.2-3

李希特：
普羅柯菲夫：d小調第2號鋼琴奏鳴曲
布拉姆斯：e小調間奏曲
拉威爾：水之嬉戲、小丑晨歌

錄影年代：1964、1970年
DVD長度：約65分鐘
其他規格：Color/B&W, All Regions

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (1920-1995) was, paradoxically, one of the most celebrated and one of the most reclusive pianists of his time. His fabled technique and peerless musicianship earned him attention early on as the undisputed winner of the 1939 Geneva International Music Competition. One of the jury members was Alfred Cortot, who announced "A new Liszt is born!". To the frustration of his public, Michelangeli’s studio recordings were few and his concert appearances sporadic: his brief recital for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (taped in the Toronto studios, 1970) was appropriately titled "A Most Rare Event". It features a sterling performance of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2, No. 3.

Sviatoslav Richter (1915–1997) was a pianist in the Great Tradition, yet there was nothing traditional about this collosus of the keyboard. Few pianists have had the technical, emotional, and intellectual range that Richter brought to his performances. In 1964, Richter was invited to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s Toronto studios for a videotaping of a recital program. The main work of the program, Prokofiev’s Second Piano Sonata in D minor, is a perfect vehicle for a demonstration of Richter’s art, combining, as it does, passages of thrilling virtuosity contrasted with some of Prokofiev’s most lyrical pages. The Sonata is flanked by Brahms’s lovely E minor Intermezzo and two contrasting works by Ravel: the shimmering impressionistic tapestry of Jeux d’eau and the brilliant Spanish-flavored Alborado del Gracioso.

Approx. 65 minutes, Color/Black & White.