Tag: Sviatoslav Richter
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Chopin: Four Scherzi & Selections from Preludes, Op. 28
“Richter is not usually thought of as a ….Chopin player, and yet he strides through the four Scherzos with an abundance of technique and deftly-coloured textures that make this version a definite front-runner.” -Gramophone “Some marvellous playing here …. in an …assortment of Chopin Preludes from a live concert” -Penguin Guide
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Schubert: Piano Sonatas Nos. 9 & 11; Moments Musicaux (Nos. 1, 3, 6)
“not just a case of the performer subordinating himself to the composer, but of both, united in the service of music’s greatest miracle—an entire attitude to life encapsulated in sound.… From the opening phrases of each it is clear that his sights are set on long-term processes—this is not playing which depicts; rather it maps…
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Schumann: Piano Works
Richter’s magnificent Melodiya/MK recording of favorite Schumann piano works, including the complete Symphonic Etudes, returns to the international catalogue on Alto — at an incredible bargain price!
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Tchaikovsky: Piano Music
The legendary Sviatoslav Richter brings Tchaikovsky’s elusive solo piano works to life. “…the only one of his kind.” That was how one critic described legendary soviet piano virtuoso Sviatoslav Richter when he first heard him play. Since his death in 1997, his reputation as indisputably one of the greatest pianists of all time has only…
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Richter in Spoleto
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Schubert Piano Sonatas 13 & 14, Impromptus
One of the incomparable Sviatoslav Richter’s most sought-after recordings returns to the international catalogue – in a program of music for which he had a particular affinity.
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Schubert: Piano Sonatas Nos. 19 & 21
It has been more than a decade since the death of Soviet pianist Sviatoslav Richter, but his reputation and fame continues to grow, and his recordings continue to be among the most sought-after classical piabno recordings ever issued. While his major label recordings have rarely been out of circulation, the many recordings he made for…
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Sviatoslav Richter plays Rachmaninov
Alto is pleased to return to the catalogue some of Richter’s most sought-after sessions, once available on the independent UK-based label Olympia and now available for the first time at a super-value price.
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Rachmaninov: Preludes & Études-Tableaux
