tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984317470266050424.post5325982772789043636..comments2024-03-03T17:50:27.025-05:00Comments on Gay Influence: Sviatoslav Richter Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219632588063153768noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984317470266050424.post-62911866841253198402022-05-20T02:07:56.369-04:002022-05-20T02:07:56.369-04:00do not forget, please, Rachmaninov, Siloti, Horowi...do not forget, please, Rachmaninov, Siloti, Horowitz.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984317470266050424.post-11238116089252144582021-12-28T18:15:17.245-05:002021-12-28T18:15:17.245-05:00Terry: It is the ninth Prokofiev sonata that's...Terry: It is the ninth Prokofiev sonata that's dedicated to Richter, not the seventh. But it's true that Slava learned the seventh sonata in just four days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984317470266050424.post-256197849008768322021-10-23T14:43:35.367-04:002021-10-23T14:43:35.367-04:00I think it is very important that we know his sexu...I think it is very important that we know his sexual identity, to understand this incredible human being.<br />If you watch the documentary,at the end, he says "I don't like myself."<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10692770155108338810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984317470266050424.post-59322474894797765702021-05-04T04:43:25.673-04:002021-05-04T04:43:25.673-04:00From your blogger: I took the time to write this b...From your blogger: I took the time to write this because Richter was a gay pianist whose career can be an inspiration to younger gay folks. I wish readers who write such comments would read the descriptive paragraph just below the title of this blog.Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18219632588063153768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984317470266050424.post-34481755074260243492021-05-03T06:11:51.172-04:002021-05-03T06:11:51.172-04:00A waste of time. Why would anyone take his time to...A waste of time. Why would anyone take his time to write this? If he is a gay man he is a gay man! Who cares! He was the greates pianist of all time after Rach himself.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13931610532052688742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984317470266050424.post-4921258528085478352020-11-19T10:33:13.281-05:002020-11-19T10:33:13.281-05:00Yes indeed. And it was pink.
Richter wrote these s...Yes indeed. And it was pink.<br />Richter wrote these sentences, quoted in the NYT in June, 2019:<br />“I’ve known periods of chronic depression, the most serious of which was in 1974. It was impossible for me to live without a plastic lobster that I took with me everywhere, leaving it behind only at the very moment I went on stage.”Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18219632588063153768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984317470266050424.post-36869927068299969472020-11-18T10:03:18.588-05:002020-11-18T10:03:18.588-05:00I have to ask: a "plastic lobster" to co...I have to ask: a "plastic lobster" to cope with depression????JohnBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16973964236471105011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984317470266050424.post-77446113563239264802020-11-14T11:41:52.963-05:002020-11-14T11:41:52.963-05:00Thank you for this thoughtful post.Thank you for this thoughtful post.Marcohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989787839757132396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984317470266050424.post-2175878709496299742020-11-11T20:56:26.992-05:002020-11-11T20:56:26.992-05:00Back in the 80s/90s when I was hanging out at the ...Back in the 80s/90s when I was hanging out at the public library I used to listen to an L.P. of a live Richter performance where he played Debussy's "Claire De Lune." The liner notes quoted a reviewer as saying there were probably people in the audience who didn't want to hear the piece again. After Richter played it they may have asked if they'd ever really heard it before! Wonderful article! Thanks for posting!Jeff Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00316081079528920123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984317470266050424.post-59025916163443627372019-02-07T21:25:33.582-05:002019-02-07T21:25:33.582-05:00Richter was one of the greatest of 20th century pi...Richter was one of the greatest of 20th century pianists. His Rachmaninoff 2nd is the best I know, although I like Ivan Davis for second place. <br /><br />When I was first at Juilliard, Bobby deGaetano was also, maybe 4 years older (he died 4 years ago, I was totally shocked when I only found out a few months ago.) He was a great beauty at the time, and Richter obviously fell in love with him. Even on television, you would see Bobby turning pages for him, and he travelled with him for a time. I heard him at Carnegie once, and should have heard him more. I like that you put photos of him as a young man; he probably saw in Bobby some of his own youthful beauty, although Bobby was the far sexier and more voluptuous (and not 1% the musician.) patrick j. mullinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15909152556240137915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984317470266050424.post-10845498111060156592017-04-04T12:51:13.967-04:002017-04-04T12:51:13.967-04:00Richter and Gilels were two towering giants of the...Richter and Gilels were two towering giants of the piano world.Former Tulsanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15024956677649241327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984317470266050424.post-4284196566707689592016-10-30T14:16:28.917-04:002016-10-30T14:16:28.917-04:00amideg, check your facts - it was Nicolas Nabokov ...amideg, check your facts - it was Nicolas Nabokov who said that; not Vladimir.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984317470266050424.post-34025001991541258752016-04-17T11:47:04.343-04:002016-04-17T11:47:04.343-04:00Probably jealous of Richter's success in the U...Probably jealous of Richter's success in the US, the novelist Vladimir Nabokov described him as "a flaming fag."amideghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07973202677402841776noreply@blogger.com