About the artist Sviatoslav Richter

Ukrainian pianist Sviatoslav Richter was born in 1915 near Kiev. As a boy, he had only sporadic piano lessons, yet a natural, insatiable curiosity about everything to do with music helped him on his way until he began as a repetiteur at the Odessa Opera when he was eighteen. At twenty-two he entered the Moscow Conservatory, as a pupil of Heinrich Neuhaus, and under the latter's intelligent direction he matured into a professional, without losing his originality. His phenomenal sight-reading, which, like his remarkable memory and fascinating musical instinct, marked out this ‘born’ pianist. Though really too old to start a concert career, Richter - first in Eastern Europe, then from 1960 in the West and Japan - was a global sensation. Audience and press were constantly enthralled anew by Richter's playing, offered ‘in affectionate service to the composer as a first and last aim’, as a reviewer once wrote, and as late as 1989 the London press said of the seventy-four-year-old that he had the most perfect technique ever applied to the key-board. Though Richter said he hated making recordings many of them are milestones of pianistic history.

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CATALOGUE NR: BBCL40212
RECORD LABEL: BBC Legends
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 16.25 including VAT, or £ 13.83 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 13-Sep-1999

TITLE: Sviatoslav Richter
TRACKS: Ballade op.47. Scherzo op.54. Four Mazurkas op.24. Barcarolle. Etudes op.10 No.3 & No.12. Etude op.10 No.1 / No.4 / No.6 / No.10 / No.12 (Chopin). Preludes: Book II complete. La Serenade Interrompu. 10 Preludes from Book 1. L'Isle Joyeuse. Cloches a travers les feuilles (Debussy). Dance op.32/1 (Prokofiev).
ARTISTS: Sviatoslav Richter      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 10-Jul-1961 / 27-Jan-1963 / 16-Jun-1967 - Dec-1999 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 3 star

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RECORD LABEL: Philips
FORMAT: 5 CD Set
PRICE: £ 25.99 including VAT, or £ 22.12 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 02-Nov-2004

TITLE: The Essential Richter
TRACKS: Pictures at an Exhibition for Piano (Mussorgsky). 6 Moments musicaux op.94 D780 : No.1 in C (Schubert). Impromptu in E flat D899 No.2 (Schubert). Impromptu in A flat D899 No.4 (Schubert). 12 Etudes op.10 : Etude No.3 in E 'Tristesse' (Chopin). Valse oubliee No.1 in F sharp S215 (Liszt). Valse oubliee No.2 in A flat S215 (Liszt). 12 Etudes d'execution transcendante S139 : Etude No.5 Feux follets / Etude No.11 Harmonies du soir (Liszt). Italian Concerto in F BWV971 : Presto (JS Bach). Toccata in C op.7 (Schumann). 12 Etudes op.10 : Etude No.1 in C / Etude No.2 in A minor 'Chromatique' / Etude No.4 in C sharp minor. 12 Etudes op.25 : Etude No.6 in G sharp minor / Etude No.8 in D flat / Etude No.12 in C minor (Chopin). 12 Etudes op.10 : Etude No.12. in C minor 'Revolutionary' (Chopin). 24 Preludes op.28 : Prelude No.24 in D minor (Chopin). Piano Sonata No.3 in D minor op.49 : Rondo Presto (von Weber). 4 Piano Pieces op.119 : Rhapsody in E flat (Brahms). 6 Piano Pieces op.118 : Ballade in G minor (Brahms). Piano Sonata No.2 in F sharp minor op.2 : Scherzo Allegro (Brahms). 12 Etudes d'execution transcendante S139 : Etude No.5 Feux follets Allegretto (Liszt). 2 Etudes de Concert S145 : Etude No.2 Gnomenreigen (Liszt). 12 Etudes d'execution transcendante S139 : Etude No.8 Wilde Jagd - Presto furioso / No.10 Allegro agitato molto (Liszt). Piano Concerto No.2 in A S125 : Allegro deciso - Marziale un poco meno allegro - Alle- gro animato (Liszt). Barcarolle in F sharp op.60 (Chopin). 24 Preludes op.28 : Prelude No.6 in B minor / Prelude No.7 in A major / Prelude No.8 in F sharp minor / Prelude No.9 in E major / Prelude No.10 in C sharp minor / Prelude No.11 in B major (Chopin). 12 Etudes op.10 : Etude No.3 in E 'Tristesse' (Chopin). 12 Etudes op.25 : Etude No.7 in C sharp minor (Chopin). Rondo in C op.51 No.1 : Moderato e grazioso (Beethoven). 7 Piano Pieces op.116 : Intermezzo in E minor (Brahms). 8 Piano Pieces op.76 : Capriccio in C (Brahms). Consolation No.6 S172 No.6 Allegretto sempre cantabile (Liszt). 12 Etudes d'execution transcendante S139 : Etude No.11 Harmonies du soir - Andantino (Liszt). 3 Etudes de Concert S144 : Etude No.3 in D flat 'Un sospiro' - Allegro affettuoso (Liszt). Blumenstuck op.19 (Schumann). Nachtstucke op.23 : Einfach (Schumann). Fantasie in C op.17 : Langsam getragen - Durchweg leise zu halten - Etwas bewegter (Schumann). Piano Sonata No.22 in F op.54 : In Tempo d'un Menuetto / Allegretto (Beethoven). Fantasia and unfinished Fugue in C minor BWV906 (JS Bach). Fantasia in C minor K475 : Adagio - Allegro - Andantino - Piu allegro - Tempo I (Mozart). Polonaise No.7 in A flat op.61 Polonaise-Fantaisie (Chopin). Preludes and Fugues for Piano op.87 : Prelude No.17 in A flat (Shostakovich). Noveletten op.21 : No.1 in F - Markiert und kraftig (Schumann). Piano Sonata No.31 in A flat op.110 : Moderato cantabile molto espressivo / Allegro molto / Adagio ma non troppo - Fuga - Allegro ma non troppo / Fuga (Beethoven). Nuages gris S199 (Liszt). Legende op.12 No.6 (Prokofiev). Piano Sonata No.6 op.82 : Tempo di valzer lentissimo (Prokofiev). Preludes and Fugues for Piano op.87 : Prelude No.23 in F major (Shostakovich). Prelude Chorale et Fugue (Franck). Piano Sonata No.32 in C minor op.111 (Beethoven). Poeme-Nocturne op.61 (Scriabin). Vers la flamme op.72 (Scriabin)
ORCHESTRA: London Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Kyrill Kondrashin
ARTISTS: Sviatoslav Richter      

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CATALOGUE NR: RM11910
RECORD LABEL: Urania
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 9.49 including VAT, or £ 8.08 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 03-Nov-2003

COMPOSER: Alexander Scriabin  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Russian Piano Music
TRACKS: 12 Etudes from op.2 (Scriabin). Piano Sonata No.3 in C minor op.19 (Miaskovsky). Les Djinns (Franck). Piano Concerto No.1 in D flat op.10 (Prokofiev).
ORCHESTRA: Moscow Youth Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Kyrill Kondrashin
ARTISTS: Sviatoslav Richter      

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CATALOGUE NR: 4758130
RECORD LABEL: Decca
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 11.50 including VAT, or £ 9.79 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 14-May-2007

COMPOSER: Alexander Scriabin  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: The Master - Russian Piano Works
TRACKS: Poeme-Nocturne op.61. 2 Danses op.73. Vers la flamme op.72. Fantasy in B minor op.28 (Scriabin). Piano Sonata No.4 in C minor op.29. Piano Sonata No.6 in A op.82. 10 Pieces op.12 : No.6 Legende. Visions fugitives op.22 : No.3 Allegretto / No.4 Animato / No.5 Molto giocoso / No.6 Con eleganza / No.8 Commodo / No.9 Allegretto tranquillo / No.11 Con vivacita / No.14 Feroce / No.15 Inquieto / No.18 Con una dolce lentezza. 4 Pieces op.32 : No.1 Danse / No.4 Waltz. Cinderella : Quarrel / Gavotte / Autumn Fairy / Oriental Dance & Grand Waltz (Prokofiev). 24 Preludes & Fugues op.87 : No.14 in E flat major / No.17 in A flat major / No.15 in D flat major / No.4 in E minor / No.12 in G sharp minor / No.23 in F major (Shostakovich).
ARTISTS: Sviatoslav Richter      

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CATALOGUE NR: 5668952
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Recordings
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 7.50 including VAT, or £ 6.38 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 05-Oct-1998

COMPOSER: Antonin Dvorak  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Piano Concerto (Dvorak). Wanderer Fantasie (Schubert).
ORCHESTRA: Bayern Radio Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Carlos Kleiber
ARTISTS: Sviatoslav Richter      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 'the Schubert is something very special.. ..the athletic playing, overpowering in effect.' Gramophone - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: MELCD1000218
RECORD LABEL: Melodiya
FORMAT: CD
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RELEASE DATE: 03-Oct-2005

COMPOSER: Antonin Dvorak
TRACKS: Quintet for Piano 2 Violins Viola and Cello in A major op.81 B155. Terzet for 2 Violins and Viola in C major op.74 B148.
ARTISTS: Borodin Qt   Sviatoslav Richter    

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 25-Apr-1983 Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatoire

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CATALOGUE NR: 4757560
RECORD LABEL: Decca The Originals
FORMAT: CD
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RELEASE DATE: 15-May-2006

COMPOSER: Antonin Dvorak
TRACKS: Piano Quintet in A major B28 op.5. Piano Quintet in A major B155 op.81
ARTISTS: Sviatoslav Richter   Borodin Qt    

- Penguin Guide 2 star

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RECORD LABEL: Melodiya
FORMAT: CD
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RELEASE DATE: 03-Oct-2005

COMPOSER: Bela Bartok  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Sonata for Violin and Piano No.1 Sz75 (Bartok). Sonata for Violin and Piano op.134 (Shostakovich).
ARTISTS: David Oistrakh   Sviatoslav Richter    

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 19-Mar-1973 & 03-May-1969

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CATALOGUE NR: 4737152
RECORD LABEL: Decca British Music
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 6.99 including VAT, or £ 5.95 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 17-Mar-2003

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TRACKS: Concerto for Piano and orchestra op.13. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra op.15.
ORCHESTRA: English Chamber Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Benjamin Britten
ARTISTS: Sviatoslav Richter   Mark Lubotsky    

- Penguin Guide 3 star 'the playing of the ECO under the composer's direction matches the inspiration of the soloists'

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CATALOGUE NR: 4173082
RECORD LABEL: Decca
FORMAT: CD
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COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TITLE: Orchestral Works
TRACKS: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in D op.13. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D minor op.15.
ORCHESTRA: English Chamber Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Benjamin Britten
ARTISTS: Sviatoslav Richter   Mark Lubotsky    

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CATALOGUE NR: 4756051
RECORD LABEL: Decca
FORMAT: 7 CD Set
PRICE: £ 30.95 including VAT, or £ 26.34 excluding VAT
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RELEASE DATE: 13-Nov-2006

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TITLE: Britten conducts Britten
TRACKS: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in D op.13. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D minor op.15. Symphony for Cello and Orchestra op.68. Sinfonia da Requiem op.20. Cantata misericordium op.69. Prelude and Fugue for Strings op.29. Simple Symphony op.4. Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge op.10. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra op.34. The Prince of the Pagodas op.57. Diversions for Piano left hand and Orchestra op.21. 7 Sonnets of Michelangelo op.22. The Holy Sonnets of John Donne op.35. Songs and Proverbs of William Blake op.74. Winter Words op.52. Tit for Tat. Serenade for Tenor Horn and Strings op.31. Les Illuminations op.18. Nocturne op.60.
ORCHESTRA: English Chamber Orchestra and London Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Benjamin Britten
ARTISTS: Sviatoslav Richter   Mark Lubotsky   Mstislav Rostropovich   Benjamin Britten

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RECORD LABEL: Andromeda
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
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RELEASE DATE: 17-Jul-2006

COMPOSER: Carl Maria von Weber  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Piano Sonata No.3 op.49 (von Weber). Humoreske op.20. Variations on A-B-E-GG op.1 (Schumann). Ballade No.2 in F op.38. Ballade No.3 in A op.47. Scherzo No.1 in B minor op.20. Nocturnes op.15. Nocturnes op.37. 12 Preludes from op.28 (Chopin).
ARTISTS: Sviatoslav Richter      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded in Moscow 1950-1955

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RECORD LABEL: Regis
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COMPOSER: Dmitri Shostakovich
TRACKS: Sonata for Violin & Piano op.134. Sonata for Viola & Piano op.147.
ARTISTS: Oleg Kagan   Yuri Bashmet   Sviatoslav Richter  

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CATALOGUE NR: MELCD1000095
RECORD LABEL: Melodiya
FORMAT: CD
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RELEASE DATE: 12-Sep-2005

COMPOSER: Dmitri Shostakovich
TRACKS: Sonata for Violin and Piano op.134. Sonata for Viola and Piano op.147.
ARTISTS: Oleg Kagan   Yuri Bashmet   Sviatoslav Richter  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded live at the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatoire

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CATALOGUE NR: SU37962
RECORD LABEL: Supraphon
FORMAT: CD
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RELEASE DATE: 17-Mar-2008

COMPOSER: Dmitri Shostakovich  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Piano Works
TRACKS: 24 Preludes & Fugues : selection (Shostakovich). Etudes op.10 & op.25 (Chopin).
ARTISTS: Sviatoslav Richter      

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CATALOGUE NR: MELCD1001077
RECORD LABEL: Melodiya
FORMAT: 6 CD Set
PRICE: £ 25.99 including VAT, or £ 22.12 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 16-Oct-2006

COMPOSER: Dmitri Shostakovich
TITLE: Complete String Quartets
TRACKS: String Quartet No.1 in C op.49. String Quartet No.2 in A op.68. String Quartet No.3 in F op.73. String Quartet No.4 in D op.83. String Quartet No.5 in B flat op.92. String Quartet No.6 in G op.101. String Quartet No.7 in F sharp minor op.108. String Quartet No.8 in C minor op.110. String Quartet No.9 in E flat op.117. String Quartet No.10 in A flat op.118. String Quartet No.11 in F minor op.122. String Quartet No.12 in D flat op.133. String Quartet No.13 in B flat minor op.138. String Quartet No.14 in F sharp op.142. String Quartet No.15 in E flat minor op.144. Quintet for Piano and Strings in G minor op.57. 2 pieces for String Octet op.11.
ARTISTS: Borodin Qt   Sviatoslav Richter    

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1978-1983 - Dec-2006 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 3 star 'the Borodins possess enormous refinement, an altogether sumptuous tone and a perfection of technical address that is almost in a class of its own - and what wonderful intonation'

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CATALOGUE NR: 5679822
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Recordings
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 7.50 including VAT, or £ 6.38 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 03-Feb-2003

COMPOSER: Edvard Grieg  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor op.16 (Grieg). Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor op.55 (Schumann). Papillons op.2 (Schumann).
ORCHESTRA: Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Lovro Matacic
ARTISTS: Sviatoslav Richter      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1974 & 1962 - Penguin Guide 2 star

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CATALOGUE NR: BBCL40312
RECORD LABEL: BBC Legends
FORMAT: CD
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RELEASE DATE: 07-Feb-2000

COMPOSER: Franz Liszt  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Piano Concerto No.1. Piano Concerto No.2. Hungarian Fantasia (Liszt). Andante Spianato et Grande Polonaise Brillante (Chopin).
ORCHESTRA: London Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Kyrill Kondrashin
ARTISTS: Sviatoslav Richter      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1961 at the Royal Albert Hall in mono 'a great pianist at his best' - Apr-2000 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 3 star 'the playing has great delicacy and bravura. The BBC's mono recording balances Richter much closer than the orchestra and at times his pedalling is audible'

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CATALOGUE NR: 4647102
RECORD LABEL: Philips 50
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 8.50 including VAT, or £ 7.23 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 21-May-2001

COMPOSER: Franz Liszt  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Piano Concerto No.1. Piano Concerto No.2 (Liszt). Piano Sonata No.10. Piano Sonata No.19. Piano Sonata No.20 (Beethoven).
ORCHESTRA: London Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Kyrill Kondrashin
ARTISTS: Sviatoslav Richter      

- Penguin Guide 3 star 'Richter presents them with disarming ease and simplicity, and with the utmost eloquence. He is beautifully recorded'

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CATALOGUE NR: PACD960056
RECORD LABEL: Parnassus
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 14.99 including VAT, or £ 12.76 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 24-Aug-1998

COMPOSER: Franz Liszt  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Richter in the 1950s volume 3
TRACKS: CD1: Annees de Pelerinage - Vallee d'Obermann. Au bord d'un source. La sposalizio. Aux cypres de la Villa d'este. Sonnetto 123 del Patraca. Venezia e Napilo. Gondoliera. Canzona. Tarantella (Liszt). Sonata No.8 in C minor op.13 'Pathetique' (Beethoven). CD2: Sonata No.3 in D minor op.49 (von Weber). Pavane pour une infante defunte. Gaspard de la Nuit No.2 Le Gibet, Jeux d'eau. Valses nobles et sentimentales. Miroirs No.4. Alborado del gracios (Ravel). Etude tableau in E flat op.33 No.6. Prelude in C minor op.23 No.7. Prelude in B flat minor op.32 No.2 (Rachmaninov). Gavotte from Cinderella op.95 No.2 (Prokofiev).
ARTISTS: Sviatoslav Richter      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded in the 1950s and transferred from superior sounding Russian Tapes. Some works are his only recording.

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