Sviatoslav Richter
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Overall, in the face of such imaginative music-making, one forgets the less than optimal sound of the instruments. It's wonderful to hear Richter again. —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2025, Archive Issue of the Month
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Overall, in the face of such imaginative music-making, one forgets the less than optimal sound of the instruments. It's wonderful to hear Richter again. —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2025, Archive Issue of the Month
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Special offer. Sviatoslav Richter plays Beethoven
Royal Festival Hall, 18 June 1975
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
This is an astounding disc. It contains some of the greatest piano playing I have ever heard, and the most profound interpretation of what is, for me, Beethoven's greatest piano work, the Hammerklavier... —
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The uncanny, shimmering half-lights of "Catacombs", the bustle of the "Market Place at Limoges" and the majestic expanse of "The Great Gate of Kiev" show the dynamic range and perception of... —
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Building a Library, July 2002, Historic Choice
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Immense, yet light-fingered keyboard power from Richter, whose mastery opens out great vistas of space around the music. —
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Building a Library, January 2020, Recommended Recording
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Britten conducts Britten vol. 4
RecommendedSviatoslav Richter (piano), Mark Lubotsky (violin), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Julius Katchen (piano), Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Barry Tuckwell (horn), Alexander Murray (flute), Gervase de Peyer (clarinet),...
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Building a Library, February 2010, First Choice
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Building a Library, May 2018, Also recommended
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Handel - Keyboard Suites II
RecommendedSviatoslav Richter & Andrei Gavrilov (piano), Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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