
Composer/conductor Virko Bailey has masterminded an extensive series of releases devoted to previously unissued concert recordings culled from Sviatoslav Richter’s concerts in Kiev. Volumes 1
Collectors of Sviatoslav Richter’s recordings won’t find “new” repertoire among the 1959/60 performances from Kiev issued here for the first time. On the other hand,
The Mozart and Debussy selections stem from Sviatoslav Richter’s Prague recital of March 17, 1968. Richter collectors may have encountered the Mozart on AS-Disc 329,
This first-rate collection has no weak links at all: Karajan’s La Mer, Tilson Thomas’ Boston Symphony recording of Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun,
Since his death, Sviatoslav Richter has emerged as the Grateful Dead of classical pianists. Wherever he played tape recorders followed, and, well, you know the
As with the previous three double-CD editions in Parnassus’ “Sviatoslav Richter in the 1950s” series, Volume 4 digs up more live, unreleased bounty from a
Sviatoslav Richter’s May 22, 1991 performances of the Second, Fourth, and Sixth French Suites from Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow occurred just two months after the
Sviatoslav Richter’s June 19, 1966 Aldeburgh Festival recital first “officially” appeared on a limited edition BBC release (WMCU 0013-2). It also included Mozart’s piano duet
Volume 8 in Doremi’s ongoing Sviatoslav Richter series unearths a previously unpublished recital taped on March 18, 1990 in Savona, Italy. Mozart’s B-flat major Sonata
Sviatoslav Richter’s all-Schubert recital of March 31, 1979 at London’s Royal Festival Hall was previously released in a limited edition set (BBC WMCU 0011-2). In