Richter Scriabin/M&A

This all-Scriabin recital recorded live in Warsaw in October, 1972 captures the legendary Sviatoslav Richter in staggering form. He opens with a judiciously varied selection

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Richter BBC

Sviatoslav Richter’s London debut at Royal Festival Hall in 1961 was broadcast by the BBC, and is included here in its entirety, along with material

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SVIATOSLAV RICHTER II

Both Sviatoslav Richter’s 1960 RCA studio recordings of the “Funeral March” and “Appassionata” sound fuller and brighter here than in previous CD transfers. The playing

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Sviatoslav Richter III

Sviatoslav Richter’s unusually broad tempo for the Rachmaninov Concerto’s opening movement may raise a few eyebrows, yet it allows for an insidious transition into the

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