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Buy Richter in Brooklyn via Amazon Download Richter in Brooklyn from iTunes Buy from ArkivMusic PACD 96061/2 – Sviatoslav Richter in Brooklyn UNPUBLISHED ! 2 CD set – Live 1965 concert from Brooklyn, complete, + unpublished recording of the Gershwin Piano Concerto Click here for complete contents and notes about Sviatoslav Richter in Brooklyn |
Buy Sviatoslav Richter in the 1940s via Amazon (CD or MP3) PACD 96059/60 Sviatoslav Richter in the 1940s There is still something powerful and mysterious about opening a window on the earliest documented decade of Richter’s career. The two items which begin Disc 2 of this set are the earliest reliably authenticated recordings of Richter performances yet published. The remaining material in this set is also thoroughly authentic, including a complete recital from 1948. Unlike the Richter in the 1950s series, all of these recordings have previously been published, although in obscure and now-unobtainable editions. Although these items are not entirely new, we felt that few collectors have had access to them previously. Click here for complete contents and notes about Sviatoslav Richter in the 1940s |
Sviatoslav Richter – Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier – Live Innsbruck 1973 – PDVD 1505 This recording is one of the greatest rarities in the Richter discography. It was issued in Japan as a memorial tribute to Richter shortly after his death and circulated only there for a very short time. We are pleased to present this invaluable recording to a worldwide audience of Richter collectors for the first time. In order to serve the dual interests of quality and economy, we have decided to publish this recording in DVD Audio format. This format enables us to include the entire recording on a single affordable disc while maintaining maximum audio quality. This disc should play audio through any modern DVD or Blu-Ray player. |
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Buy Sviatoslav Richter in the 1950s Volume 1 via Amazon (CD or MP3) Buy Sviatoslav Richter in the 1950s Volume 1 via ArchivMusic (CD or MP3) Download Sviatoslav Richter in the 1950s, Volume 1 via iTunes PACD 96001/2 Sviatoslav Richter Live in the 1950s Volume 1 recorded in 1954 and 1958, includes the only live concert performances published of Richter playing two major works: Prokofiev’s Piano Sonata No.7, which was written for him, and Tchaikovsky’s Piano Sonata in G Op.37. Click here for complete contents and reviews of Sviatoslav Richter Live in the 1950s Volume 1 |
Buy Sviatoslav Richter in the 1950s Volume 2 via Amazon (CD or MP3) Buy Sviatoslav Richter In The 1950s Volume 2 via ArchivMusic (CD or MP3) Download Sviatoslav Richter in the 1950s, Vol. 2 – Sviatoslav Richter via iTunes PACD 96003/4 Sviatoslav Richter Live in the 1950s Volume Two was recorded in Moscow in 1952 through 1957. All selections are previously unpublished on CD or LP, with the exception of the Scriabin Sonata No. 6, which now appears for the first time as part of the complete recital. This set includes the only live concerts appearance of Richter playing Schumann’s Humoreske, Op.20, and the earliest one of him playing the Tchaikovsky First Piano Concerto. It also includes the earliest recording of Richter playing one of his greatest interpretations, Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, in a virtuoso performance from 1952 which contrasts interestingly with his better-known Sofia performance from 1958. Click here for complete contents. |
Sviatoslav Richter in the 1950’s Volume 3 via Amazon (CD or MP3) Buy Sviatoslav Richter Live in the 1950’s: Volume 3 via ArchivMusic (CD or MP3) Download Sviatoslav Richter in the 1950s, Vol. 3 from iTunes PACD 96005/6 Sviatoslav Richter Live in the 1950s Volume Three was recorded at Moscow recitals in 1954 and 1958. None has ever been published before on CD or LP. The 1958 material included some major discoveries. Most of it is made up of pieces from Liszt’s Années de Pélèrinage, only one of which exists in any other Richter recording. It also offers the offers the only live performance published of Richter playing Beethoven’s famous “Pathétique” Sonata. The 1954 recital includes mostly works of Ravel, including the published Richter performance of Le Gibet from Gaspard de la Nuit , the only selection of that suite he ever played. Two more of the Ravel works, Pavanne pour une infant défunte and Jeux d’eau, are the only Richter performances yet published on CD. The disc concludes with three pieces by Rachmaninov and one by Prokofiev. Click here for complete contents listing. |
Buy Sviatoslav Richter in the 1950s Volume 4 via Amazon (CD or MP3) Buy Sviatoslav Richter in the 1950s Volume 4 via Amazon (CD or MP3) Sviatoslav Richter in the 1950s, Vol. 4 – Sviatoslav Richter PACD 96013/4 Sviatoslav Richter Live in the 1950s Volume Four was recorded at Moscow recitals in 1954 and 1956. the obvious highlight of this set is a 1954 performance of Beethoven’s Third Piano concerto conducted by Herman Abendroth, during a visit to Moscow. It was Richter’s only performance with Abendroth, and it crackles with ntensity. the other material is Prokofiev’s Sonatas Nos. 6 and 9 and Gavotte from Cinderella, eight of Shostakovich’s Preludes and Fugues (the largest group Richter ever played at one recital), Bartók’s 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs,, and Scriabin’s Vers La flamme and Poème. All of the recordings are previously unpublished. Click here for complete contents listing. |
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Buy Sviatoslav Richter in the 1950’s: Volume 6 via Amazon (CD or MP3) Buy Sviatoslav Richter Live in the 1950s: Volume Six via ArchivMusic (CD or MP3) Download Sviatoslav Richter in the 1950s, Volume 6 via iTunes PACD 96025 – Sviatoslav Richter Live in the 1950s Volume 6 |
Buy Richter in Leipzig via Amazon (CD or MP3) Buy Richter in Leipzig via ArchivMusic (CD or MP3) Download Richter in Leipzig from iTunes PACD 96032 Richter in Leipzig Long-suppressed, this re-issue of the legendary 1963 Leipzig recital features Richter at his incendiary best. The overall sound is improved and the flutter of the original largely gone. Click the disc image or here for complete contents |
Buy Richter in the 1950s, Vol. 7 via Amazon (CD or MP3) Buy Richter in the 1950s, Vol. 7 via ArchivMusic (CD or MP3) Download Sviatoslav Richter in the 1950s, Vol. 7 via iTunes PACD 96046/7 Sviatoslav Richter Live in the 1950s Volume 7 Parnassus’s ongoing documentation of the little-known early period of Sviatoslav Richter’s career continues with a monumental, mostly unpublished Beethoven recital from 1951. While there are well-known recordings of Richter playing the “Diabelli” Variations from 1971 and 1986, this is the earliest documented performance of his playing of the music. Of the material in this concert, only the “Diabelli” Variations has ever been published before. The remaining material from this concert has never been published in any form. Click here for complete contents of Sviatoslav Richter in the 1950s Volume 7 |
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Buy Sviatoslav Richter Plays Beethoven & Chopin DVD via Amazon Buy Sviatoslav Richter Plays Beethoven and Chopin DVD via ArchivMusic Sviatoslav Richter fans will also be interested in our first DVD: Sviatoslav Richter Plays Beethoven and Chopin. Live performances of Sviatoslav Richter never before available in the West. These videos, filmed at the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory in October of 1976, show Richter in his prime playing as a soloist in front of an audience. |
Buy Sviatoslav Richter Plays Schumann & Russians DVD via Amazon Buy Sviatoslav Richter Plays Schumann & Russians DVD via Archiv Music Our second Sviatoslav Richter DVD, PDVD 1203 – Sviatoslav Richter Plays Schumann and Russians, presents the maestro in a complete performance of Faschingsschwank aus Wien, a Richter specialty, from 1976. The remainder of this program presents shorter Schumann works, including another great Richter specialty, the Toccata, all from a 1985 concert. The second program on the disc is almost all Russian music, works of Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov, from a concert of 1982. As a bonus, we include a couple of electric peformances of Debussy |
Now Available!From noted Richter scholar, Falk Schwarz: The Recorded Legacy of Sviatoslav Richter 1947-2012 A remarkable work. The result of years of research and dedication. |
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