Album Summary
Performers
Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
Anatoly Vedernikov (Piano)
Notes & Reviews:
Melodiya offers a set of recordings by the great pianist of the 20th century, Sviatoslav Richter, which reflects his diverse performing interests. The history of piano music does not seem to know any time intervals, ages, or schools that Richter left outside his pianistic orbit. Bach, Scarlatti, Viennese classics, Romanticism, French impressionism, the entire palette of Russian music of the 19th and 20th centuries: he did it all. "No matter if he plays Bach or Shostakovich, Beethoven or Scriabin, every time the listener hears somewhat of a living, resurrected composer," famous teacher Heinrich Neuhaus said about his pupil.
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Bach, Johann Sebastian : English Suite no 3 in G minor, BWV 808 - Performer: Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
- Running Time: 13 min. 49 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Written: by 1720
Bach, Johann Sebastian : Concerto for Harpsichord in D minor, BWV 1052 - Performer: Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
- Conductor: Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Running Time: 26 min. 27 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Concerto
- Written: 1738
Bach, Johann Sebastian : Concerto for 2 Harpsichords in C major, BWV 1061 - Performers: Anatoly Vedernikov (Piano); Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
- Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
- Running Time: 17 min. 27 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Written: 1732-1735
Beethoven, Ludwig van : Sonata for piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathetique" - Performer: Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
- Running Time: 17 min. 25 sec.
- Period Time: Classical
- Written: 1797-1798
Beethoven, Ludwig van : Bagatelle for piano in F major, Op. 33/3 - Performer: Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
- Conductor: Kurt Sanderling
- Running Time: 2 min. 2 sec.
- Period Time: Classical
- Written: 1802
Beethoven, Ludwig van : Bagatelle for piano in C major, Op. 33/5 - Performer: Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
- Conductor: Kurt Sanderling
- Running Time: 2 min. 42 sec.
- Period Time: Classical
- Written: 1802
Beethoven, Ludwig van : Bagatelle for piano in C major, Op. 119/2 - Performer: Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
- Conductor: Kurt Sanderling
- Period Time: Classical
- Written: 1822
Beethoven, Ludwig van : Bagatelle for piano in C major, Op. 119/7 - Performer: Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
- Conductor: Kurt Sanderling
- Running Time: 1 min. 7 sec.
- Period Time: Classical
- Written: 1822
Beethoven, Ludwig van : Bagatelle for piano in A minor, Op. 119/9 - Performer: Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
- Conductor: Kurt Sanderling
- Period Time: Classical
- Written: 1822
Beethoven, Ludwig van : Bagatelle for piano in G major, Op. 126/1 - Performer: Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
- Conductor: Kurt Sanderling
- Running Time: 3 min. 35 sec.
- Period Time: Classical
- Written: 1823
Beethoven, Ludwig van : Bagatelle for piano in B minor, Op. 126/4 - Performer: Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
- Conductor: Kurt Sanderling
- Running Time: 3 min. 43 sec.
- Period Time: Classical
- Written: 1823
Beethoven, Ludwig van : Bagatelle for piano in E flat major, Op. 126/6 - Performer: Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
- Conductor: Kurt Sanderling
- Running Time: 4 min. 4 sec.
- Period Time: Classical
- Written: 1823
Beethoven, Ludwig van : Sonata for Piano no 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata" - Performer: Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
- Running Time: 23 min. 35 sec.
- Period Time: Classical
- Written: 1804-1805
Beethoven, Ludwig van : Fantasia in C minor, Op. 80 "Choral Fantasy" - Performer: Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
- Conductor: Alexander Sveshnikov
- Running Time: 19 min. 14 sec.
- Period Time: Classical
- Written: 1808
Schumann, Robert : Fantasiestücke, Op. 12 - Performer: Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
- Running Time: 20 min. 7 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 1837
Schumann, Robert : Humoreske for piano in B flat major, Op. 20 - Performer: Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
- Running Time: 28 min. 10 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 1839
Schumann, Robert : Novelletten (8) for Piano, Op. 21 - Performer: Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
- Running Time: 5 min. 27 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 1838
Schubert, Franz : Moments musicaux (6) for Piano, D 780/Op. 94 - Performer: Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
- Running Time: 5 min. 17 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: ?1823-28
Schubert, Franz : Impromptu in A flat major, Op. 142, no 2 - Performer: Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
- Running Time: 6 min. 59 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 12/1827
Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) : Etude for piano no 3 in E major, Op. 10/3, CT. 16 - Performer: Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
- Running Time: 4 min. 4 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 1832
Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) : Etude for piano no 17 in E minor, Op. 25/5, CT.30 - Performer: Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
- Running Time: 3 min. 20 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 1835-1837
Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) : Polonaise for piano no 1 in C sharp minor, Op. 26/1, CT. 150 - Performer: Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
- Running Time: 7 min. 52 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 1835
César Franck (1822 - 1890) : Prelude, Chorale and Fugue for Piano, M 21 - Performer: Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
- Notes: Composition written: 1884.
- Running Time: 19 min. 24 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1884
Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945) : Hungarian Peasant Songs (15) for Piano, Sz 71 - Performer: Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
- Running Time: 11 min. 3 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Written: 1914-1918
Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) : Concerto for Piano no 2 in F minor, B 43/Op. 21 - Performer: Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
- Conductor: Evgeny Svetlanov
- Running Time: 30 min. 10 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Concerto
- Written: 1830
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) : Concerto for Piano no 5 in F major, Op. 103 "Egyptian" - Performer: Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
- Conductor: Kirill Kondrashin
- Running Time: 27 min. 48 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Concerto
- Written: 1896
César Franck (1822 - 1890) : Les Djinns, symphonic poem for piano & orchestra (also arr. for 2 pianos), M. 45 - Performer: Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
- Conductor: Kirill Kondrashin
- Running Time: 11 min. 34 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Orchestral
- Written: 1884


























