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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)... |
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BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 2 / Violin Sonata No. 1 Sviatoslav Richter (piano) with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra [ Alto / CD - released 27/Jun/2014 ] |
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RACHMANINOV
Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 4 Sviatoslav Richter, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Stanislav Wislocki / Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Philharmonia Orchestra, Ettore Gracis [ ALTO / CD - released 20/Nov/2012 ] "with Michelangeli these climaxes seem to burst through the music of their own volition, as though an irresistible force of nature has been released." (Gramophone) |
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BEETHOVEN / CHOPIN
Plays Beethoven & Chopin in Moscow Svlatoslav Richter (piano) [ ALTO / DVD - released 10/May/2012 ] |
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Various artists including Fritz Wunderlich, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Hermann Prey, Helmut Krebs, Fritz Lehmann, Karl Richter, Trapp Family Singers +
The Original Masters Christmas Album [ DG Original Masters / 2 CD - released 24/Nov/2005 ] An absolute treasure from the old American Decca / MCA catalogue, here are two charming and evocative spoken-word recordings of Dickens' most famous Christmas stories, told in inimitable style by two great stars of stage and screen. |
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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. |
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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. |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
The New Four Seasons - Vivaldi Recomposed Chineke! Orchestra, Elena Urioste (violin), Max Richter [ Deutsche Gramophone / CD - released 10/Jun/2022 ] When Max Richter's Recomposed first exploded into our collective ears almost a decade ago, a 59-minutes-28-seconds sonic starburst, the effect for so many people was total. We hadn't heard anything like that, ever. |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
The New Four Seasons - Vivaldi Recomposed (LP) Chineke! Orchestra, Elena Urioste (violin), Max Richter [ Deutsche Gramophon / LP - released 10/Jun/2022 ] When Max Richter's Recomposed first exploded into our collective ears almost a decade ago, a 59-minutes-28-seconds sonic starburst, the effect for so many people was total. We hadn't heard anything like that, ever. |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Music for the Prix de Rome Guylaine Girard / Sophie Marilley / Bernard Richter / Alain Buet / Brussels Philharmonic / Orchestra of Flanders / Herve Niquet [ Glossa / 2 CD - released 16/Mar/2010 ] Claude Debussy presented himself as a candidate for the Prix de Rome on three separate occasions during the 1880s, the most innovative decade in the history of that competition; a time when success entitled the victors (at the French government's... |
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MAX RICHTER
Mary Queen of Scots (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Max Richter, Dave Foster, Jane Marshall (cor anglais), Hugh Webb (harp), London Voices (chorus), Jean Kelly (celtic harp) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 25/Mar/2019 ] "It's a rich palette - strings, percussion, harp, cor anglais, glass armonica, choir - but the music is never over-embellished…Besides Celtic harp and some martial percussion, Richter steers clear of a particularly period sound, but delivers a robust... |
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Max Richter
On The Nature Of Daylight (12") [ Studio Richter 12" / 12in - released 30/Jun/2017 ] 12" vinyl edition (180GM) of 'On The Nature Of Daylight', which is the title track from the soundtrack to Denis Villeneuve's movie 'Arrival'.'On The Nature Of Daylight' was originally featured on Max's landmark album 'The Blue Notebooks', which with... |
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MAX RICHTER
Richter: Sleep (8CD+Blu-Ray) Max Richter (Piano, Organ, Synthesizers, Electronics), with Grace Davidson (Soprano) & American Contemporary Music Ensemble [ Deutche Grammophon / 9 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 11/Dec/2015 ] "It's a warm, slow-moving daydream with no sharp edges and a self-consciously hazy sound, as if recorded next door or underwater" The Guardian |
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MAX RICHTER
Richter: Three Worlds: Music From Woolf Works (2 LP) Max Richter, Louisa Fuller, Natalia Bonner, John Metcalfe, Ian Burdge, Chris Worsey [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 LP - released 2/Mar/2018 ] Max Richter explores time and memory in his latest Deutsche Grammophon album, Three Worlds: Music from Woolf Works Virginia Woolf's sharp eye for the detail of life guided her work as a writer, its presence felt in everything from pioneering... |
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MAX RICHTER
Richter: Infra Max Richter, Nick Barr, Natalia Bonner, Ian Burdge, Christ Worsey, Louisa Fuller [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 30/Jun/2017 ] "Even if it conjures nothing of the night for you, it is some of Richter's very best work. And if you've ever cared about his music, it will make you feel something." Pitchfork |
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MAX RICHTER
Richter: From Sleep (180g Double Transparent Edition LP) Max Richter (piano, organ, synthesizers, electronics) [ Deutsche Grammophon vinyl / 2 LP - released 18/Sep/2015 ] Acclaimed British composer Max Richter has written a new landmark recording: From SLEEP is actually and genuinely intended to send the listener to sleep. The ground-breaking new work is scored for piano, strings, electronics and vocals - but no... |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Opera at Eszterhaza Miah Persson (soprano), Kirstin Chávez (mezzo-soprano), Bernard Richter (tenor), Christoph Genz (tenor) / Haydn Sinfonietta Wien / Manfred Huss [ BIS / SACD - released 1/Dec/2009 ] "The likeable Swiss tenor Bernard Richter sings… imaginatively… Baritone Iván Paley is lively in the buffo fun of 'Dice benissimo'… but the finest singing comes from Miah Persson…" BBC Music Magazine, March 2010 **** |
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HAYDN / CHOPIN / PROKOFIEV / DEBUSSY / RAVEL / etc
Sviatoslav Richter Live at Carnegie Hall Sviatoslav Richter (piano) [ RCA Records / Sony / 13 CD Box Set - released 5/Nov/2017 ] The 1960 Carnegie Hall series not only captures Richter in his prime, but also preserves his daring, unfettered artistry in its most honest, authentic manifestation, exactly as his audiences experienced him: live and unedited, and without a net. |