ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Piano Concerto, Piano Quintet Op.81 Sviatoslav Richter (piano) / Borodin Quartet, Prague Symphony Orchestra [ Alto / CD - released 11/Feb/2022 ] |
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 |
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" |
RACHMANINOV / SCHUMANN / SCRIABIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Sviatoslav Richter III Sviatoslav Richter (piano) / Warsw Philharmonic Orchestra, Stanislaw Wislocki [ Meloydia / Philips / EMI / Deutsche Grammophon / 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 his vast... |
TCHAIKOSVKY / BORODIN / DARGOMYZHSKY / GLAZUNOV / LIADOV / PROKOFIEV / SHOSTAKOVICH / etc
Sviatoslav Richter plays Russian Composers (recorded 1945-1963) Sviatoslav Richter (piano) with Nina Dorliak (soprano) / Brno Radio Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Symphoniker, Leningrad Philharmonic, Moscow Youth Symph [ Hanssler Profil / 13 CD Box Set - released 3/Sep/2021 ] "Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter was born on March 20, 1915 (Julian: March 7) in Zhitomir in present-day Ukraine. His father Teofil (Theophilus) came from a German commercial family. The famous Russian piano teacher Heinrich Neuhaus (of German origin)... |
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. |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: The Complete Orchestral and Instrumental Music Mark Lubotsky (violin) Sviatoslav Richter (piano) Michael Collins (clarinet) / English Chamber Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten, [ Decca / 13 CD Box Set - released 16/Sep/2017 ] Decca is delighted to present a boxed set of the complete orchestral and Instrumental Music. Britten created works which defined and shaped their genres going forward...his pioneering works like Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra and works for... |
Richter
Grieg/Franck/Ravel [ SWR Classic / CD - released 21/Aug/2017 ] |
BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / DEBUSSY / RACHMANINOV / PROKOFIEV / etc
Sviatoslav Richter: The Complete Album Collection Sviatoslav Richter (piano) / with Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf [ Sony / 18 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/2015 ] "This is a legendary, visionary statement about the music, to be heard on its own terms." - MusicWeb on the Brahms 2nd |
Anna Lucia Richter, Ammiel Bushakevitz
Brahms Lieder [ Pentatone / CD - released 2/Sep/2022 ] |
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) |
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... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Advent & Christmas Cantatas Peter Schreier, Edith Mathis, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Theo Adam, Anna Reynolds / Munchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2014 ] 14 Cantatas ranging from "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland" to "Ich habe genug" - many of Bach's most popular works. 4-CD budget capbox of the late 1960s and early 1970s recordings - back in the catalogue |
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 ] |
MAX RICHTER
Max Richter - Exiles Baltic Sea Philharmonic, Max Richter [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 13/Aug/2021 ] The title piece features alongside expansive reimaginings of tracks composed by Richter for a Virginia Woolf-inspired ballet, Fendi fashion runways, Hollywood blockbusters, Golden Globe-winning documentaries, and a record loved by David Bowie. |
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... |
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 |
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. |
JOSEF HAYDN
Acide: Festa teatrale Bernard Richter, Raffaella Milanesi, Jennifer O'Loughlin / Haydn Sinfonietta Wien / Manfred Huss [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2009 ] To commemorate the bicentenary of the death of Joseph Haydn, BIS Records and the Haydn Sinfonietta Wien have entered into a collaboration which will result in several releases during 2009. |
SAINT-SAENS
Music for the Prix de Rome Julie Fuchs, Marina De Liso, Solenn’ Lavanant Linke, Bernard Richter / Brussels Philharmonic & Flemish Radio Choir, Herve Niquet [ Glossa / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/2011 ] "The performances seem uniformly excellent and the sound quality is first-rate." (International Record Review) |