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Title: Essential recordings
Review: There are other great recordings of this concerto (e.g., Gilels with Jochum conducting), but this is one of the best concerto recordings Richter made. The sound (the recording dates from 1960) is excellent. The Appassionata is nothing if not impassioned, but I would call attention to the wonderful slow movement, a fine example of Richter's power to draw the listener into a piece of music with rapt concentration and superb fingerwork and voicing. After the hushed revery of the Andante, though, hold on to your hat as Richter gallops to the finish!
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