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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.

CDs and DVDs featuring the artist Sviatoslav Richter

CATALOGUE NR: PACD96025  (barcode: 0606345004132)
RECORD LABEL: Parnassus
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.99
RELEASE DATE: 10-May-2010

COMPOSER: Alexander Borodin  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Sviatoslav Richter in the 1950s volume 6
TRACKS: Spoken Introduction. Petite Suite : Au couvent / Mazurka in C Major / Serenade (Borodin). Etude and Canzonetta op.48 (Liadov). Nocturne in D Flat Major op.37 (Glauzunov). Etude-tableau in C Sharp Minor op.33 No.9 (Rachmaninov). Rondo op.52 No.2 (Prokofiev). Visions fugitives op.22 : No.3 / No.4 / No.5 / No.6 / No.8 / No.9 / No.11 / No.14 / No.15 / No.18 (Prokofiev). Five Pieces from Cinderella : Gavotte op.95 No.2 / Autumn Fairy op.97 No.3 / Orientalia op.97 No.6 / Great Waltz op.102 No.1 / The Quarrel op.102 No.3 (Prokofiev). Musical Snuff Box op.32 (Liadov). Mazurka in E Minor op.25 No.3 (Scriabin). Etude in C Sharp Minor op.42 No.5 (Scriabin). Prelude in G Sharp Minor op.32 No.12 (Rachmaninov). Erlkonig (Schubert / Liszt). Prelude in C Sharp Minor op.45 (Chopin).
ARTISTS: Sviatoslav Richter      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: taken from Russian Radio tapes

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CATALOGUE NR: RM11910
RECORD LABEL: Urania
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 9.95
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: 5668952  (barcode: 0724356689527)
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Recordings
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
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RELEASE DATE: 05-Oct-1998
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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 4 star 'Richter's 1963 performance is masterly in every way.'

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CATALOGUE NR: MELCD1000218  (barcode: 4600317002184)
RECORD LABEL: Melodiya
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.49
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  (barcode: 0028947575603)
RECORD LABEL: Decca The Originals
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.50
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    

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CATALOGUE NR: MELCD1000744  (barcode: 4600317007448)
RECORD LABEL: Melodiya
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.49
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  (barcode: 0028947371526)
RECORD LABEL: Decca British Music
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 7.69
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: 4756051  (barcode: 0028947560517)
RECORD LABEL: Decca
FORMAT: 7 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 36.79
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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CATALOGUE NR: 4173082  (barcode: 0028941730824)
RECORD LABEL: Decca
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.50

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: HAEN93707  (barcode: 4010276023142)
RECORD LABEL: Hanssler
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 14-May-2010

COMPOSER: Camille Saint-Saens  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Concert 1993
TRACKS: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.5 in F major op.103 (Saint-Saens). Concerto in F for Piano and Orchestra (Gershwin).
ORCHESTRA: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Christoph Eschenbach
ARTISTS: Sviatoslav Richter      

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CATALOGUE NR: ANDRCD5056  (barcode: 3830257450566)
RECORD LABEL: Andromeda
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 9.65
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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CATALOGUE NR: MELCD1001622  (barcode: 4600317116225)
RECORD LABEL: Melodiya
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.49
RELEASE DATE: 04-Dec-2009

COMPOSER: Claude Debussy
TITLE: Richter plays Debussy
TRACKS: works include Suite Bergamasque / Preludes Book II.
ARTISTS: Sviatoslav Richter      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded live Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory 1961-1979

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CATALOGUE NR: RRC1128  (barcode: 5055031311286)
RECORD LABEL: Regis
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.15

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  (barcode: 4600317000951)
RECORD LABEL: Melodiya
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.49
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  (barcode: 0099925379629)
RECORD LABEL: Supraphon
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 9.79
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  (barcode: 4600317010776)
RECORD LABEL: Melodiya
FORMAT: 6 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 26.59
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  (barcode: 0724356798229)
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Recordings
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
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RELEASE DATE: 03-Feb-2003
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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: HAEN93712  (barcode: 4010276024682)
RECORD LABEL: Hanssler
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 13-May-2011

COMPOSER: Edvard Grieg  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Piano Recital 1994
TRACKS: Lyric Pieces for Piano op.62 : No.2 Gratitude - Tak. Lyric Pieces for Piano op.54 : No.5 Scherzo. Lyric Pieces for Piano op.71 : No.3 Puck. Lyric Pieces for Piano op.71 : No.4 Peace of the woods (Grieg). Prelude choral et fugue M21 (Franck). Valses nobles et sentimentales for piano. Miroirs (Ravel).
ARTISTS: Sviatoslav Richter      

- Dec-2011 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: DHR7945  (barcode: 0723721397654)
RECORD LABEL: Doremi
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 11.99
RELEASE DATE: 24-Feb-2009

COMPOSER: Francis Poulenc  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Richter Archives volume 16
TRACKS: Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in D minor (Poulenc). Aubade - Concerto for Piano and 18 Instruments (Poulenc). Quintet for Piano and String Quartet No.2 in C minor op.64 (Reger).
ORCHESTRA: Latvian Symphony Orchestra and Jean-Francois Paillard Chamber Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Peter Magi and Jean Francois Paillard
ARTISTS: Sviatoslav Richter   Elisabeth Leonskaja   Borodin String Qt  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded live Tours 26-Jun-1993 / Tours 3-Jul-1965 / Leningrad 28-May-1960

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CATALOGUE NR: BBCL40312  (barcode: 0684911403121)
RECORD LABEL: BBC Legends
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.75
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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