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Title: Virtuosic
Review: I am far from an expert in classical music, but the performance by Richter in both of these pieces is clearly virtuosic, even to the untrained ear. My parents played nothing but classical music as I was growing up, and I've heard both of these pieces many times. Nothing, however, prepared me for Richter's rendition of the Appassionata here, he is simply on fire. It is inhuman. The Brahm's Second Piano Concerto is one of my all-time favorites, the way it slowly builds tension toward the climax is like, well, you can figure it out, and Richter's performance shines here too. Hearing Richter's interpretations here was like hearing these pieces for the first time. There is not a flawed moment on this entire disc.
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