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REQUIEM, K. 626 (Telefunken). Mozart's liturgical music is tricky to interpret. But Karl Richter, an organist and harpsichordist as well as conductor, creates a performance that combines operatic grandeur in the Dies Irae with the religious awe attending death that is heralded by the sepulchral drumbeats at the close of the Agnus Dei. The four first-class soloists (Maria Stader, soprano; Hertha Töpper, alto; John van Kesteren, tenor; Karl-Christian Kohn, bass) enter into the spirit of their conductor's classical conception: they never struggle to achieve Wagnerian eminence of tone but modestly blend into...
...mode of Christian worship is not that of Bach's time, and the impact of his compositions, whether secular or sacred, stems largely from a general feeling of transcendence in the music. "He will give Christianity to Christians, Judaism to Jews, even Communism to Communists," says Karl Richter, conductor of the Munich Bach Choir and Orchestra. Ultimately, says Helmut Walcha, "Bach opens a vista to the universe. After experiencing him, people feel there is meaning to life after...
Soviet Pianists Sviatoslav Richter and Emil Gilels know just how Milstein feels. They too refuse to fly, unless it is absolutely necessary. Even then, says Gilels, "my extreme nervous sensibility is affected; I sense any sound or nuance during the flight." As for Richter, he requires at least five days' rest after a flight to calm down and restore his sense of hearing. Nor are musicians the only ones affected. Former Boston Red Sox Star Jackie Jensen says: "I quit baseball for several reasons, but the main one was fear of flying. It just wasn't worth...
Died. Conrad Richter, 78, Pulitzer-prizewinning author (The Town), who wrote of U.S. pioneer life in 20 books, including The Trees, The Light in the Forest; of a heart attack; in Pottsville, Pa. With a sure ear for its speech and a shrewd eye for its manners, Richter brought early America to life. The cowboys, Indians and farmers of his novels are more than fictional characters; they are, as one critic noted, explorers who give the "truest picture of the everyday realities of frontier life...
...unlikely to survive the times. Fondly, he seeks to preserve their manners and their memory. If Miss Alexandria seems not entirely real except to his eye, what matter? Affection, especially in much of modern literature, is a rare commodity. Like the loyalty of a husband to an unattractive wife, Richter's affection for this Main Street Auntie Mame ends up being somewhat touching...