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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: La finta giardiniera (complete opera recorded in 2018) BLU-RAY Teatro alla Scala / Krešimir Špicer, Julie Martin du Theil, Bernard Richter / Diego Fasolis (cond) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 9/Jul/2021 ] "The whole, remarkably filmed by Daniela Vismara, is to be seen by all those who are reluctant to opera: conversion is guaranteed!" © 2021 Crescendo |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn 2032: Die Schöpfung (complete oratorio) Anna Lucia Richter; Florian Boesch; Giovanni Antonini; Il Giardino Armonico; Maximilian Schmitt; Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - released 9/Oct/2020 ] GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Choral |
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WAGNER
Der fliegende Holländer [The Flying Dutchman] (with Dietsch - Le Vaisseau Fantôme [The Phantom Ship]) Russell Braun, Sally Matthews, Bernard Richter, Evgeny Nikitin, Ingela Brimberg / Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble, Marc Minkowski [ Naive / 4 CD Box Set - released 28/Oct/2013 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD NOMINATION 2014 |
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BACH / HANDEL / HAYDN / MENDELSSOHN / MOZART / SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Maria Stader - In Memoriam - Lieder and Arias Maria Stader (soprano) / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ferenc Fricsay, Munich Bach Orchestra, Karl Richter, Munich Bach Orchestra, Karl Richter [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 2/Feb/1995 ] Maria Stader first achieved fame for her interpretations of Mozart and her collaborations with conductor Ferenc Fricsay on works such as Don Giovanni, Le nozze di Figaro, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, and much more |
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Max Richter, Louisa Fuller, Max Ruisi, Natalia Bonner, with Grace Davidson (soprano)
Sleep Circle [ Deutsche Grammophon Intl / 2 CD - released 5/Sep/2025 ] "It's like SLEEP distilled." That's how Max Richter describes Sleep Circle, his new album marking the tenth anniversary of his landmark project SLEEP. |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 [German Requiem] Anna Lucia Richter (soprano) & Stephan Genz (baritone) / Leipzig MDR Radio Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Marin Alsop [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jul/2013 ] "a sensitive and often moving account of the score. Alsop's tempos are never ponderous, in places almost brisk...at its bargain price, this honest, no-nonsense account, beautifully played and sung, is certainly competitive." BBC Music Oct 2013 |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Grabmusik / Bastien und Bastienne (original version) Anna Lucia Richter (soprano) Jacques Imbrailo (baritone) Alessandro Fisher (tenor) / The Mozartists, Ian Page [ Signum / CD - released 14/Sep/2018 ] "Ian Page and his crack team - singers and players - are clearly having a lot of fun, which comes across in this excellent recording. It's a treat to experience these faint anticipations of greatness in such winning performances." Gramophone |
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ERLEBACH
Six Violin Sonatas Rodolfo Richter / Alison McGillivray / Silas Standage / Eligio Quinteiro / Peter McCarthy [ Linn / CD - released 28/May/2005 ] |
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PROKOFIEV
Richter plays Prokofiev Sviatoslav Richter (piano) / Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra, Witold Rowicki [ Alto / CD - released 10/Aug/2013 ] Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter was a Soviet pianist well known for the depth of his interpretations, virtuoso technique, and vast repertoire.[1] He is widely considered one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Diabelli Variations (with Mozart - Violin Sonata K379) Sviatoslav Richter (piano) Oleg Kagan (violin) [ Regis Records / CD - released 16/Aug/2003 ] "..considered by the finest living interpreter of Beethoven's piano works, Alfred Brendel, to be the greatest of them all" - James Murray |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Sviatoslav Richter II Sviatoslav Richter (piano) / Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Kurt Sanderling [ EMI / Philips / Deutsche Grammophon / BMG / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/1998 ] Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter (1915 -1997) was a Soviet classical pianist. He is frequently regarded as one of the greatest pianists of all time, and has been praised for the "depth of his interpretations, his virtuoso technique, and repertoire" |
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GRIEG / HANDEL / MOZART / SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Very Best of Sviatoslav Richter [2 CDs] Sviatoslav Richter with varius orchestras [ EMI Very Best of / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2012 ] Sviatoslav Richter is universally acknowledged to be one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century, renowned for his virtuoso technique and the depth of his interpretations. |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 Anna Lucia Richter (mezzo), Bamberger Symphoniker, Jakub Hrůša [ Accentus Music / CD - released 5/Feb/2021 ] "Moving and beautifully crafted Mahler, the symphony's sweep superbly presented by an ever-impressive conductor and players deeply immersed in its idiom" (Gramophone Editor's Choice April 2021) |
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Il delirio della passione Anna Lucia Richter (mezzo-soprano) / Luca Pianca , Ensemble Claudiana [ Pentatone / CD - released 5/Mar/2021 ] FRESH APPROACH TO MONTEVERDI'S TIMELESS BEAUTY Anna Lucia Richter returns to PENTATONE after her acclaimed Schubert album Heimweh with Il delirio della passione; a recording full of Monteverdi treasures, from heart-wrenching opera scenes (Lamento... |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: St. Matthew Passion (complete) Edith Mathis, Janet Baker, Peter Schreier, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Munich Bach Orchestra, Karl Richter [ Deutsche Grammophon / 3 CD Box Set ] |
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HINDEMITH / BRITTEN / SHOSTAKOVICH
Music For Viola & Piano Yuri Bashmet (viola) Sviatoslav Richter (piano) [ Alto / CD - released 10/Aug/2013 ] "there is much to be said for the spareness of the contrast achieved by the alto stringed instrument alongside the piano in the more elegiac viola sonata. In this form, the piece is lonelier, the viola nobler. Bashmet's version of the original... |
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FRANCIS POULENC
Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites (complete opera recorded in 2010) Bayerische Staatsoper / Alain Vernhes, Susan Gritton, Bernard Richter / Kent Nagano (conductor) [ Bel Air Classiques BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 11/Jun/2011 ] "Tcherniakov's production is probably the most physically active Dialogues ever staged. Everyone is seemingly in constant motion...Sylvie Brunet is a memorably formidable and pitiable Croissy...Helen Guilmette's Constance, lively but never cloying or |
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POULENC
Dialogues des Carmélites (complete opera recorded in 2010) Bayerische Staatsoper / Alain Vernhes, Susan Gritton, Bernard Richter / Kent Nagano (conductor) [ Bel Air Classiques DVD / DVD - released 20/May/2011 ] A passionate lover of the human voice, Francis Poulenc composed the Dialogues des Carmélites in 1953, using a libretto he himself had written from a screenplay by Georges Bernanos. |
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SCHUMANN / HOLLIGER
Romanzen Christop Richter (cello), Denes Varjon (piano), Heinz Holliger (oboe) [ ECM Records / CD - released 1/Aug/2009 ] "It's an inquisitive piece in which cello and piano step tentaively around each other with the subtlety of the opening sections giving way to the hysterical intensity of "RS Flügelschlagen", in which the piano is attacked internally and cello plucked... |
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VIVALDI / RICHTER
Vivaldi Recomposed: The Four Seasons (Recomposed by Max Richter) [plus bonus concert DVD] Daniel Hope (violin) Max Richter (moog) Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD/DVD - released 6/May/2014 ] Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) wrote the four violin concertos known as Le quattro stagioni - "The Four Seasons." Today The Four Seasons may be the most widely heard piece of classical music ever composed. Max Richter, the award-winning British... |
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Brahms, Jo
Violinsonate A-Dur op. 100; Violinsonate f-Moll op. 90 David Oistrach, Sviatoslav Richter [ ORFEO / CD - released 16/Jul/1998 ] |
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David Oistrakh, Sviatoslav Richter, Artur Rubinstein, Claudio Arrau, Myra Hess, Andrés Segovia, Kirsten Flagstad, Géza Anda, Borodin Quartet etc
BBC Legends Volume 2: Great recordings from the archive [ ICA Classics / CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2017 ] ICA Classics release a second volume of the best selling BBC Legends box, featuring 20 CDs of some of the greatest artists of the 20th Century. Volume 1 was released in 2013 and comprised 20 CDs taken from the award winning BBC Legends catalogue... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Triple Concerto (LP) David Oistrakh (violin), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan [ Warner Classics / LP - released 15/May/2020 ] The absolutely iconic recording from Beethoven's Triple Concerto: a first-class cast gathering three legendary Russian soloists: violinist David Oistrakh, cellist Mstislav Rostropovich and pianist Sviatoslav Richter. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Triple Concerto (coupled with Brahms - Double Concerto) David Oistrakh (violin) / Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) / Sviatoslav Richter (piano) / Herbert von Karajan, George Szell [ Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2012 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1801-1850) -- "(The Beethoven) is a marvellous performance that will clearly remain a classic for years to come. The Brahms receives an exceptionally rich performance." Gramophone |
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Schubert,
Ausgewählte Lieder Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Sviatoslav Richter [ ORFEO / CD - released 21/Jul/1993 ] |
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Brahms, Jo
Die schöne Magelone op. 33; Mondenschein op. 85,2; Auf dem See op. 59,2; Wie bist du meine Königin op. 32,9 Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Sviatoslav Richter [ ORFEO / CD - released 16/Jul/1998 ] |
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Wolf, Hugo
Goethe-Lieder Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Sviatoslav Richter [ ORFEO / CD - released 23/May/2000 ] |
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WOLF
Morike-Lieder Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Sviatoslav Richter [ DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON / CD ] |
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BRAHMS
Lieder Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) Gerald Moore (piano) Wolfgang Sawallisch(piano), Daniel Barenboim and Sviatoslav Richter (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 13/Mar/2006 ] Johannes Brahms wrote some 200 songs, many of them for a single voice and piano accompaniment. The piano parts are played several outstanding accompanists: Gerald Moore, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Daniel Barenboim and Sviatoslav Richter. |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Il mondo della luna (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY Dietrich Henschel / Vivica Genaux / Bernard Richter / Christina Landshamer / Maite Beaumont / Markus Schafer [ EuroArts Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 22/Dec/2010 ] "With the ever-responsive Concentus Musicus, [Harnoncourt] duly mines the comically disruptive potential of Haydn's music with unabashed glee... The comic leads are ideally cast...an inventive, thoroughly entertaining performance of a zany, sometimes... |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah (Complete Oratorio) Helen Donath, Anna Reynolds, Stuart Burrows, Donald McIntyre, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Richter [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD ] Recorded: 1972-11-07 Recording Venue: Brent Town Hall, Wembley, London |
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W. A. MOZART arr EDWARD GRIEG
Mozart: Piano Sonatas / Fantasia in C minor Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano) & Sviatoslav Richter (piano) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 11/Aug/2017 ] In 1877 Edvard Grieg informed his publisher that he had added "a free, second piano to several of Mozart's sonatas." As he later emphasised, his modernization "did not change a single one of Mozart's notes", but constituted "a way of showing... |
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JEAN-BAPISTE LULLY
Lully: Atys (complete opera recorded in 2011) Blu-ray Emmanuelle de Negri, Stéphanie d'Oustrac, Bernard Richter / Compagnie Fêtes Galantes, Les Arts Florissants, William Christie [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 24/Sep/2021 ] "..the stage picture is consistently opulent, with even Atys and Sangaride dressed ornately, at least until the shattering final act." New York Times |
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JEAN-BAPISTE LULLY
Lully: Atys (complete opera recorded in 2011) Emmanuelle de Negri, Stéphanie d'Oustrac, Bernard Richter / Compagnie Fêtes Galantes, Les Arts Florissants, William Christie [ Naxos DVD / 2 DVD - released 24/Sep/2021 ] "..the stage picture is consistently opulent, with even Atys and Sangaride dressed ornately, at least until the shattering final act." New York Times |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Privat Georg Nigl, Andreas Staier, Anna Lucia Richter, Petra Müllejans, Roel Dieltiens [ Alpha / CD - released 22/Sep/2017 ] This recording is an invitation to immerse ourselves in the musical inner circle of the Bach family. We are familiar with Johann Sebastian Bach as a composer of genius, but we know little about his family life, with the exception of the famous... |
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W.A. MOZART
Divertimento in E flat major Henning Kraggerud (violin), Lars Anders Tomter (viola) & Christoph Richter (cello) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "Perhaps the outstanding quality of this performance is its rhythmic thrust, combined with the ability of the players to characterize their musical lines in an independent but still effectively coordinated way." (10/10 ClassicsToday.com) |
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SCHUMANN / BEETHOVEN / MOZART / LEIMER / BRAHMS
Karajan and his Soloists I (1948-1958 Official Remastered Edition) Walter Gieseking, Hans Richter-Haaser (piano) Dennis Brain (horn) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic,Herbert von Karajan [ Warner Classics / 8 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2014 ] The Karajan Official Remastered Edition comprises 13 box sets containing official remasterings of the finest recordings the Austrian conductor made for EMI between 1946 and 1984, and which are now a jewel of the Warner Classics catalogue. For... |
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Jankovic/Richter/Engeset
Klengel:cello Concertos 1 & 4 [ Cpo / CD - released 1/Oct/2001 ] |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Spanish Classics (Incls 'Andaluza' by Albeniz & 'Nights in the Gardens of Spain' by de Falla) Jutta Czapski (piano) Barbara Richter, Dieter Rumstig (Guitars) Egon Morbitzer (violin) / Dresden Philharmonic [ Berlin Classics Basics / CD - released 10/Mar/2008 ] This disc goes beyond the usual in offering a range of works by Spanish composers (and a French composer, Ravel, whose mother was Basque) in chamber and orchestral form. The de Falla and Ravel works, in particular, are two of their composers' most... |
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CPE BACH / J S BACH / BRAHMS / HANDEL / HAYDN / LISZT / MENDELSSOHN / SCARLATTI / SCHUTZ / etc
Karl Richter: A Universal Musician Karl Richter (conductor & organ) with various orchestras and soloists [ DG Original Masters / 8 CD - released 20/Jul/2006 ] 2006 saw the 25th anniversary of Karl Richter’s death (15 February) and the 80th anniversary of his birth (15 October). A whole series of releases on DVD has been successfully launched to mark the first occasion. |