Il Blog nel Centenario della nascita di Sviatoslav Richter
Klaus G e i t e l
Without ever going out of his way to do so, Sviatoslav Richter was always able to surprise his audience, purely and simply because he was always willing to surprise himself. He would happily abandon what he had tried out and practised, what had long seemed to him, after much careful thought, to be the ultimate solution, for the sake of a new idea that came to him quite suddenly and seemed to illuminate a new truth.
Although he did make occasional slips - infallibility is dull - Richter was never discouraged, but sought in his playing the moment of spiritual awakening and worked it into his interpretation. This gave his interpretations life, fire, vigour, adventure and greatness.
Richter never played with absolute confidence, even though his tremendous capability and splendid technique seldom allowed anything of this to become evident. Not outwardly, at any rate. Inwardly, however, almost every concert brought some new misgiving. Artistic self-satisfaction was a concept unknown to Richter. He battled his way through the works at the piano as though it were a matter of life and death, as though he were a second Jacob: "I will not let thee go, except thou bless me".
From Sviatoslav Richter - a servant of music. By Klaus Geitel. 1995
(booklet CD Philips Edition)
(booklet CD Philips Edition)
Translation Mary Adams
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