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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Richter plays Brahms: Piano Concerto no.2, Piano Sonata no.2, etc Sviatoslav Richter (piano) Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf [ Alto / CD - released 6/Jun/2025 ] "Richter's performance has all the intensity of a live occasion and finds him in splendid form. ... the basic structure is always kept in sight: there is impressive weight and authority as well as a warm Brahmsian feeling and it is far more dashing... |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat, op.83 (with Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 23 "Appasionata") Sviatoslav Richter (piano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Erich Leinsdorf (Recorded 1960 & 1988) [ Sony Classical Originals / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "This is a legendary, visionary statement about the music, to be heard on its own terms." - MusicWeb Sept 2004 |
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W. A. MOZART
Piano Concertos Nos. 22 & 27 (Rec 1965 & 1967) Sviatoslav Richter (piano) / English Chamber Orchestra / Benjamin Britten [ BBC Legends / CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] "Documents of Sviatolsav Richter are always treasurable, but these perhaps more than most. This BBC Legends release gives evidence of the close relationship enjoyed by Richter and Benjamin Britten when at Aldeburgh." (Classical Source) |
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SCHUMANN / TCHAIKOVSKY
Piano Concertos Sviatoslav Richter (piano) Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra & Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Stanislav Wislocki & Herbert von Karajan [ ALTO / CD - released 17/Mar/2013 ] (Schumann): "lacks no style" (Tchaikovsky): "The element of struggle for which this work is famous is all too clear: these two musical giants did not always agree" (Penguin Guide) |
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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
The Beethoven Collection [16 CD set] Svlatoslav Richter, David Oistrakh, Herbert von Karajan, Leonard Bernstein, Daniel Barenboim, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon / 16 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/2012 ] |
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BEETHOVEN / CHOPIN
Plays Beethoven & Chopin in Moscow Svlatoslav Richter (piano) [ ALTO / DVD - released 10/May/2012 ] |
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Trotschel/Schindler/Richter
Janacek: Katja Kabanova [ Profil / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] |