Music
In the course of the musical career of the pianist numerous photographs and recordings were created at home and abroad.
References to the publications and opportunities for Play available today can be found here. The double CD "Richard Kratzmann Genuine Piano" is also available through iTunes. Here you will find the comments of the artist to some recordings.
The recordings produced in the Bavarian broadcasting for years have been aired repeatedly by the broadcaster BR-Klassik and other stations.
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Documentary film
RICHARD KRATZMANN
"Johannes Brahms - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No 2 B-flat major, Op. 83"
Copyright: Czech Television, Prague.
German Sub-titles: Richard Kratzmann, Heidrun Schulz
The documentary shows excerpts from artistic rehearsals for the final maestro concert with the Symphony Orchestra of the Capital City of Prague - FOK. The pianist Kratzmann is instructed by the professors Josef Paleniček und František Rauch in the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.
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Publications
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RICHARD KRATZMANN piano |
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1 LP, Copyright Richard Kratzmann, Panton Prague 1971 | ||
M.P. Mussorgskij | Kartinky | |
Luboš Fišer | III. Sonata | |
Panton | Prag 1971 |
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RICHARD KRATZMANN Russian Piano Music |
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1 CD, Copyright Richard Kratzmann, SPG GmbH, Munich 1986 | ||
M. Mussorgskij | Pictures at an Exhibition | |
S. Rachmaninoff | Moment musical op. 16 No. 3 B-minor Études Tableau op. 39 No. 5 E-flat-minor |
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A. Skrjabin | Étude op. 42 F-sharp-major Étude op. 42 C-sharp-minor |
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S. Prokofieff | The Devilish Inspiration (Suggestion Diabolique) op. 4 No. 4 |
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RICHARD KRATZMANN Genuine Piano |
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2 CD, MJM Music Just Music, New York 2011 | ||
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M. Mussorgskij | Pictures at an Exhibition | |
S. Rachmaninoff | Etude-Tableau op. 39 No. 5 E-flat-minor Moment musical op. 16 No. 3 B-minor |
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A. Skrjabin | Etude op. 42 No. 3 F-sharp-major Etude op. 42 N0. 5 C-sharp-minor ll |
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S. Rachmaninoff | Etude-Tableau op. 33 No. 1 F-minor Etude-Tableau op. 33 No. 2 C-major Etude-Tableau op. 33 No. 4 E-flat-major Etude-Tableau op. 33 No. 5 G-minor |
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S. Prokofieff | Sonata for Piano No. 1 f-minor, op. 1 | |
J. Suk | Chanson d'amour for piano solo, op. 7 No. 1 | |
L. Fišer | III. Sonata for Piano | |
S. Rachmaninoff | Sonata for Piano No. 2 b-minor, op. 36 |
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The artist's commentary on some recordings on this double CD:
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
In adolescence I first heard the "Pictures at an Exhibition" in the interpretation of Sviatoslav Richter and was immediately fascinated by the implementation of the Russian fairy tale and bizarre fantasy: a world that I knew personally from the literature and from films and to me later further opened by my Russian friends on my concert tours crisscrossing Russia. On my first trip to Rome, I felt my already well-established interpretation after visiting the Roman catacombs completely
Rachmaninoff: Moment Musical Op 16 No. 3 in B minor
The fate of Russia: A moody, painful feeling! There is a groan of suffering and deep sorrow over the fate of Russia. With such a conception I have interpreted it.
Rachmaninoff: Etude-Tableau Op 39 No 5 in E flat minor, and Scriabin: Etudes Op 42
I heard an interpretation of Sviatoslav Richter in Paris and decided to interpret these etudes themselves.
Prokofieff: Sugestion Diabolique op. 4 Nr. 4
The composition dates from the time of the fantastic romanticism, which is why I played it. In the game I see a Diabolo, who suddenly appears, behaves, dances wildly and disappears in a cloud of sulfur.
Rachmaninow: Etude-Tableau op. 33 (4)
Opus numbers of these etudes, I did not know in the interpretations by Sviatoslav Richter, were the impetus for the rehearsal of these works for me.
Prokofiev: Sonata for Piano No. 1 in F minor, Op 1
A compact-dramatic form - in which you can still find the romantic youth force of the composer.
Suk: Chanson d'amour for solo piano, Op 7 No 1
The love song was written at the height of Prague's Secession. The atmosphere of that time in the Prague salons inspired me to one interpretation. It is intimate souks reverberation its service life, with an intimate lyricism. The magnificent structural design of the song fascinates me.
Fiser: III. Sonata for Piano
The composer had heard me in Prague on a piano recital and then asked me to consider if I wanted to interpret the third sonata. There developed a long friendship between the two of us until his death in 1999. His expressive style of composition and the significance of the contemporary composition language I liked spontaneously.
Rachmaninoff: Sonata for Piano no. 2 in B flat minor, Op 36
The sonata was composed in 1913/1931. The brilliant art of Rachmaninov's style has impressed me and moved. I play the second, self-fashioned by the composer version from 1931 and yet at the same time in consciousness, such as Vladimir Horowitz had previously interpreted.
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Recordings at Bavarian Broadcasting (BR)
L. v. Beethoven | Sonate für Klavier f-moll, op. 2 Nr. 1 |
A. Dvorák | Ein Tanz für Klavier, op. 85 Nr. 7, Furiant Konzert für Klavier und Orchester g-moll, op.33 |
L. Fišer | Klaviersonate Nr. 6 |
J. Jezek | Buggattistep |
B. Martinu | Drei tschechische Tänze 2. Konzert für Klavier und Orchester |
S. Prokofjew | Visions fugitives, op. 22 Suggestion diabolique, op. 4 Nr. 4 Sonate für Klavier Nr. 1 f-moll op.1 |
S. Rachmaninow | Sonate für Klavier Nr. 2 b-moll, op. 36 Prélude für Klavier cis-moll, op. 3 Nr. 2 aus: Etudes Tableaux für Klavier op.33 |
G. Rossini | Präludium, Thema und Variationen für Horn und Klavier Es-Dur |
D. Schostakowitsch | Präludium und Fuge für Klavier es-moll, op. 87 Nr. 14 |
R. Schtschedrin | Konzert für Klavier und Orchester Nr. 1, Fassung von 1974 |
A. Skrjabin | Sonate für Klavier Nr. 1 f-moll, op. 6 Klaviersonate Nr. 5 es-moll aus: Acht Etüden für Klavier, op. 42 Nr. 3: fis-moll. Prestissimo Nr. 5: cis-moll. Affannato Nr. 6 : Des-dur. Esaltato Nr. 8 : Es-dur. Allegro |
K. Slavicky | Drei Stücke für Klavier |
B. Smetana | Polka für Klavier Fis-dur, op. 7 Nr. 1 aus: Böhmische Tänze Nr. 5: Furiant Nr. 6: Hühnchen. Moderato Nr. 8: Bär. Allegro |
F. Strauss | Thema und Variationen für Horn und Klavier |
J. Suk | Chanson d’amour für Klavier solo, op. 7 Nr.1 |