The Complete Warner Classics Recordings (CD24)

Sviatoslav Richter

CD1

  1. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.17 in D minor Op.31 No.2 ‘Tempest’ - I. Largo — Allegro
  2. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.17 in D minor Op.31 No.2 ‘Tempest’ - II. Adagio
  3. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.17 in D minor Op.31 No.2 ‘Tempest’ - III. Allegretto
  4. Schumann: Fantasy in C Op.17 - I. Durchaus phantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen
  5. Schumann: Fantasy in C Op.17 - II. Mäßig — Durchaus energisch
  6. Schumann: Fantasy in C Op.17 - III. Langsam getragen — Durchweg leise zu halten

CD2

  1. Schumann: Papillons Op.2
  2. Schumann: Piano Sonata No.2 in G minor Op.22 - I. Vivacissimo
  3. Schumann: Piano Sonata No.2 in G minor Op.22 - II. Andantino
  4. Schumann: Piano Sonata No.2 in G minor Op.22 - III. Scherzo
  5. Schumann: Piano Sonata No.2 in G minor Op.22 - IV. Rondo: Presto
  6. Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien Op.26 - I. Allegro
  7. Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien Op.26 - II. Romanze
  8. Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien Op.26 - III. Scherzino
  9. Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien Op.26 - IV. Intermezzo
  10. Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien Op.26 - V. Finale

CD3

  1. Schubert: Fantasy in C D760 ‘Wanderer’ - I. Allegro con fuoco
  2. Schubert: Fantasy in C D760 ‘Wanderer’ - II. Adagio
  3. Schubert: Fantasy in C D760 ‘Wanderer’ - III. Presto
  4. Schubert: Fantasy in C D760 ‘Wanderer’ - IV. Allegro
  5. Schubert: Piano Sonata in A D664 - I. Allegro moderato
  6. Schubert: Piano Sonata in A D664 - II. Andante
  7. Schubert: Piano Sonata in A D664 - III. Allegro

CD4

  1. Beethoven: Triple Concerto in C Op.56 - I. Allegro
  2. Beethoven: Triple Concerto in C Op.56 - II. Largo
  3. Beethoven: Triple Concerto in C Op.56 - III. Rondo alla polacca

CD5

  1. Brahms: Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat Op.83 - I. Allegro non troppo
  2. Brahms: Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat Op.83 - II. Allegro appassionato
  3. Brahms: Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat Op.83 - III. Andante
  4. Brahms: Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat Op.83 - IV. Allegretto grazioso

CD6

  1. Bartók: Piano Concerto No.2 Sz83 - I. Allegro
  2. Bartók: Piano Concerto No.2 Sz83 - II. Adagio
  3. Bartók: Piano Concerto No.2 Sz83 - IV. Allegro molto
  4. Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.5 in G Op.55* - I. Allegro con brio
  5. Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.5 in G Op.55* - II. Moderato ben accentuato
  6. Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.5 in G Op.55* - III. Toccato: Allegro con fuoco
  7. Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.5 in G Op.55* - IV. Larghetto
  8. Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.5 in G Op.55* - V. Vivo

CD7

  1. Brahms: 15 Romanzen aus ‘Die schöne Magelone’ Op.33 - Set 1 - I. Keinen hat es noch gereut
  2. Brahms: 15 Romanzen aus ‘Die schöne Magelone’ Op.33 - Set 1 - II. Traun! Bogen und Pfeil sind gut für den Feind
  3. Brahms: 15 Romanzen aus ‘Die schöne Magelone’ Op.33 - Set 1 - III. Sind es Schmerzen, sind es Freuden
  4. Brahms: 15 Romanzen aus ‘Die schöne Magelone’ Op.33 - Set 2 - IV. Liebe kam aus fernen Landen
  5. Brahms: 15 Romanzen aus ‘Die schöne Magelone’ Op.33 - Set 2 - V. So willst du des Armen dich gnädig erbarmen?
  6. Brahms: 15 Romanzen aus ‘Die schöne Magelone’ Op.33 - Set 2 - VI. Wie soll ich die Freude, die Wonne denn tragen?
  7. Brahms: 15 Romanzen aus ‘Die schöne Magelone’ Op.33 - Set 3 - VII. War es dir, dem diese Lippen bebten
  8. Brahms: 15 Romanzen aus ‘Die schöne Magelone’ Op.33 - Set 3 - VIII. Wir müssen uns trennen, geliebtes Saitenspiel
  9. Brahms: 15 Romanzen aus ‘Die schöne Magelone’ Op.33 - Set 3 - IX. Ruhe, Süßliebchen, im Schatten
  10. Brahms: 15 Romanzen aus ‘Die schöne Magelone’ Op.33 - Set 4 - X. Verzweiflung
  11. Brahms: 15 Romanzen aus ‘Die schöne Magelone’ Op.33 - Set 4 - XI. Wie schnell verschwindet so Licht als Glanz
  12. Brahms: 15 Romanzen aus ‘Die schöne Magelone’ Op.33 - Set 4 - XII. Muß es eine Trennung geben
  13. Brahms: 15 Romanzen aus ‘Die schöne Magelone’ Op.33 - Set 5 - XIII. Sulima
  14. Brahms: 15 Romanzen aus ‘Die schöne Magelone’ Op.33 - Set 5 - XIV. Wie froh und frisch mein Sinn sich hebt
  15. Brahms: 15 Romanzen aus ‘Die schöne Magelone’ Op.33 - Set 5 - XV. Treue Liebe dauert lange

CD8

  1. Mozart: Violin Sonata in B flat K378 - I. Allegro moderato
  2. Mozart: Violin Sonata in B flat K378 - II. Andantino sostenuto e cantabile
  3. Mozart: Violin Sonata in B flat K378 - III. Rondo: Allegro
  4. Mozart: Violin Sonata in G K379 - I. Adagio — Allegretto
  5. Mozart: Violin Sonata in G K379 - II. Theme (Andante cantabile) and Variations I-V

CD9

  1. Mozart: Violin Sonata in D K306 - I. Allegro con spirito
  2. Mozart: Violin Sonata in D K306 - II. Andantino cantabile
  3. Mozart: Violin Sonata in D K306 - III. Allegretto
  4. Mozart: Andante & Allegretto in C K404/385d - I. Andante
  5. Mozart: Andante & Allegretto in C K404/385d - II. Allegretto
  6. Mozart: Violin Sonata in B flat K372 ‘Unfinished’ - Allegro

CD10

  1. Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor Op.16 - I. Allegro molto moderato
  2. Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor Op.16 - II. Adagio
  3. Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor Op.16 - III. Allegro moderato molto e marcato
  4. Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor Op.54 - I. Allegro affetuoso — Andante espressivo — Tempo I — Cadenza — Allegro molto
  5. Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor Op.54 - II. Intermezzo: Andantino grazioso
  6. Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor Op.54 - III. Allegro vivace

CD11

  1. Beethoven: Violin Sonata No.5 in F Op.24 ‘Spring’ - I. Allegro
  2. Beethoven: Violin Sonata No.5 in F Op.24 ‘Spring’ - II. Adagio molto espressivo
  3. Beethoven: Violin Sonata No.5 in F Op.24 ‘Spring’ - III. Schrzo: Allegro molto — Trio
  4. Beethoven: Violin Sonata No.5 in F Op.24 ‘Spring’ - IV. Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo
  5. Beethoven: Violin Sonata No.4 in A minor Op.23 - I. Presto
  6. Beethoven: Violin Sonata No.4 in A minor Op.23 - II. Andante scherzoso più allegretto
  7. Beethoven: Violin Sonata No.4 in A minor Op.23 - III. Allegro molto

CD12

  1. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.1 in F minor Op.2 No.1 - I. Allegro
  2. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.1 in F minor Op.2 No.1 - II. Adagio
  3. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.1 in F minor Op.2 No.1 - III. Menuetto: Allegretto
  4. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.1 in F minor Op.2 No.1 - IV. Prestissimo
  5. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.7 in D Op.10 No.3 - I. Presto
  6. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.7 in D Op.10 No.3 - II. Largo e mesto
  7. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.7 in D Op.10 No.3 - III. Menuetto: Allegro
  8. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.7 in D Op.10 No.3 - IV. Rondo: Allegro

CD13

  1. Dvořák: Piano Concerto in G minor Op.33 - I. Allegro agitato
  2. Dvořák: Piano Concerto in G minor Op.33 - II. Andante sostenuto
  3. Dvořák: Piano Concerto in G minor Op.33 - III. Allegro con fuoco

CD14

  1. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor Op.37 - I. Allegro con brio (Cadenza: Beethoven)
  2. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor Op.37 - II. Largo
  3. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor Op.37 - III. RondoL Allegro — Presto (Cadenza: Beethoven)
  4. Beethoven: Andante favori in F WoO.57

CD15

  1. Berg: Chamber Concerto - I. Tema scherzoso con variazioni
  2. Berg: Chamber Concerto - II. Adagio
  3. Berg: Chamber Concerto - III. Rondo ritimico con introduzione

CD16

  1. Mozart: Piano Concerto No.22 in E flat K482 - I. Allegro (Cadenza: Britten)
  2. Mozart: Piano Concerto No.22 in E flat K482 - II. Andante
  3. Mozart: Piano Concerto No.22 in E flat K482 - III. Allegro (Cadenza: Britten)
  4. Mozart: Symphony No.24 in B flat K182* - I. Allegro spiritoso
  5. Mozart: Symphony No.24 in B flat K182* - II. Andantino
  6. Mozart: Symphony No.24 in B flat K182* - III. Allegro

CD17

  1. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.1 in A* - I. Prélude
  2. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.1 in A* - II. Allemande: Andantino
  3. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.1 in A* - III. Courante: Allegro moderato
  4. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.1 in A* - IV. Gigue: Presto
  5. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.10 in D minor* - I. Allemande: Allegretto con moto
  6. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.10 in D minor* - II. Allegro
  7. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.10 in D minor* - III. Air: Lentement
  8. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.10 in D minor* - IV. Gigue: Presto
  9. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.10 in D minor* - V. Menuetto: Andantino
  10. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.2 in F - I. Adagio
  11. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.2 in F - II. Allegro
  12. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.2 in F - III. Adagio
  13. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.2 in F - IV. Fuga: Allegro
  14. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.14 in G - I. Allemande: Allegro
  15. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.14 in G - II. Allegro
  16. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.14 in G - III. Courante: Allegro vivace
  17. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.14 in G - IV. Air: Presto
  18. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.14 in G - V. Menuet: Vivace
  19. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.14 in G - VI. Gavotte: Allegro
  20. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.14 in G - VII. Gigue: Presto

CD18

  1. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.3 in D minor - I. Prélude: Presto
  2. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.3 in D minor - II. Fuga: Allegro
  3. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.3 in D minor - III. Allemande: Andantino quasi Allegretto
  4. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.3 in D minor - IV. Courante: Allegretto
  5. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.3 in D minor - V. Air: Lento non troppo
  6. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.3 in D minor - VI. Presto
  7. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.4 in E minor* - I. Fuga: Allegro
  8. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.4 in E minor* - II. Allemande: Allegro moderato
  9. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.4 in E minor* - III. Courante: Allegretto tranquillo
  10. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.4 in E minor* - IV. Sarabande: Allegretto con moto
  11. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.4 in E minor* - V. Gigue: Vivace
  12. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.5 in E - I. Prélude: Allegro moderato
  13. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.5 in E - II. Allemande: Andantino
  14. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.5 in E - III. Courante: Allegro
  15. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.5 in E - IV. Air con variazioni: Andantino

CD19

  1. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.6 in F sharp minor* - I. Prélude: Allegro moderato
  2. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.6 in F sharp minor* - II. Largo
  3. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.6 in F sharp minor* - III. Fuga: Allegro
  4. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.6 in F sharp minor* - IV. Gigue: Presto
  5. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.12 in E minor - I. Allemande: Andante
  6. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.12 in E minor - II. Sarabande: Allegro moderato
  7. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.12 in E minor - III. Gigue: Vivo
  8. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.13 in B flat* - I. Allemande: Allegro moderato
  9. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.13 in B flat* - II. Courante: Allegro con moto
  10. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.13 in B flat* - III. Sarabande: Andante
  11. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.13 in B flat* - IV. Gigue: Vivo
  12. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.7 in G minor* - I. Ouverture: Adagio — Presto — Adagio
  13. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.7 in G minor* - II. Andante
  14. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.7 in G minor* - III. Allegro
  15. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.7 in G minor* - IV. Sarabande: Andante con moto
  16. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.7 in G minor* - V. Gigue: Vivo
  17. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.7 in G minor* - VI. Passacaglia: Allegro commodo

CD20

  1. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.8 in F minor - I. Prélude: Adagio
  2. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.8 in F minor - II. Fuga: Allegro
  3. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.8 in F minor - III. Allemande: Allegro moderato
  4. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.8 in F minor - IV. Courante: Allegro
  5. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.8 in F minor - V. Gigue: Presto
  6. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.9 in G minor - I. Allemande: Allegro con fuoco
  7. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.9 in G minor - II. Courante: Allegro vivace
  8. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.9 in G minor - III. Gigue: Presto
  9. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.11 in D minor* - I. Allemande: Andantino
  10. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.11 in D minor* - II. Courante: Allegro moderato
  11. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.11 in D minor* - III. Sarabande: Lento non troppo
  12. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.11 in D minor* - IV. Gigue: Allegro
  13. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.15 in D minor* - I. Allemande: Moderato
  14. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.15 in D minor* - II. Courante: Allegretto
  15. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.15 in D minor* - III. Sarabande: Andantino
  16. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.15 in D minor* - IV. Gigue: Allegro
  17. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.16 in G minor - I. Allemande: Andantino quasi allegretto
  18. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.16 in G minor - II. Courante: Allegro assai
  19. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.16 in G minor - III. Sarabande: Andante
  20. Handel: Keyboard Suite No.16 in G minor - IV. Gigue: Presto

 

CD21

  1. Schubert: Piano Quintet in A D667 ‘Trout’ - I. Allegro vivace
  2. Schubert: Piano Quintet in A D667 ‘Trout’ - II. Andante
  3. Schubert: Piano Quintet in A D667 ‘Trout’ - III. Scherzo: Presto
  4. Schubert: Piano Quintet in A D667 ‘Trout’ - IV. Tema (Andantino) con variazioni
  5. Schubert: Piano Quintet in A D667 ‘Trout’ - V. Finale: Allegro giusto

CD22

  1. Mozart: Piano Sonata No.16 in C K545 ‘Sonate facile’ - I. Allegro
  2. Mozart: Piano Sonata No.16 in C K545 ‘Sonate facile’ - II. Andante
  3. Mozart: Piano Sonata No.16 in C K545 ‘Sonate facile’ - III. Rondo – Allegretto
  4. Mozart: Fantasia in C minor K475 Adagio
  5. Mozart: Piano Sonata in F K494 - I. Allegro
  6. Mozart: Piano Sonata in F K494 - II. Andante
  7. Mozart: Piano Sonata in F K494 - III. Rondo – Allegretto

CD23

  1. Bach: Piano Concerto in D BWV1054 - I. Allegro
  2. Bach: Piano Concerto in D BWV1054 - II. Adagio e piano sempre
  3. Bach: Piano Concerto in D BWV1054 - III. Allegro
  4. Bach: Piano Concerto in G minor BWV1058 - I. Allegro
  5. Bach: Piano Concerto in G minor BWV1058 - II. Andante
  6. Bach: Piano Concerto in G minor BWV1058 - III. Allegro assai
  7. Mozart: Piano Concerto No.25 in C K503 - I. Allegro maestoso
  8. Mozart: Piano Concerto No.25 in C K503 - II. Andante
  9. Mozart: Piano Concerto No.25 in C K503 - III. Allegretto

CD24

  1. Schubert: String Quartet No.14 in D minor D810, ‘Death and the Maiden’ - I. Allegro
  2. Schubert: String Quartet No.14 in D minor D810, ‘Death and the Maiden’ - II. Andante con moto
  3. Schubert: String Quartet No.14 in D minor D810, ‘Death and the Maiden’ - III. Scherzo: Allegro molto
  4. Schubert: String Quartet No.14 in D minor D810, ‘Death and the Maiden’ - IV. Presto
  5. Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat Op.44 - I. Allegro brillante
  6. Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat Op.44 - II. In modo d'una marcia/Un poco largamente
  7. Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat Op.44 - III. Scherzo: Molto vivace
  8. Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat Op.44 - IV. Finale: Allegro ma non troppo

 

 

 

 

This 24-CD box set gathers together all the recordings that Sviatoslav Richter made, primarily in the 1970s, for the HMV (EMI) and Teldec labels.

Richter, considered by many to be the greatest pianist of the latter half of the 20th century, was born in 1915 in Ukraine to parents of German extraction. He trained at the Moscow Conservatory under Heinrich Neuhaus (who also taught another of the supreme pianists of the Soviet era, Emil Gilels). Neuhaus considered the young Richter “already a complete artist", who had the ability to build a piece "so that it seemed to lie before him like an immense landscape, revealed to the eye at a single glance".

Richter became a lifelong advocate of the music of his friend Prokofiev, whose 6th, 7th and 9th piano sonatas he premiered, and who features in this set along with Bach, Bartók, Beethoven, Berg, Brahms, Dvořák, Grieg, Handel, Mozart, Schubert and Schumann. This array of composers, spanning three centuries, gives an indication of the breadth of Richter’s musical interests. He was a towering soloist who also had a great love of chamber music, vocal music and opera (especially Wagner).

His first appearances in the West came in 1960, the year in which he caused a sensation in the USA. Over time he became known as an enigmatic, even volatile, eccentric and elusive figure and towards the end of his performing career he played from a score, illuminated by a single lamp, with the concert hall in darkness. He died in 1997.

Another of the 20th century’s major pianists, Glenn Gould, praised Richter for achieving “such a perfect liaison with the instrument that the mechanical process involved becomes all but invisible…and the performer, and consequently the listener, is then able to ignore all superficial questions of virtuosity or instrumental display and concentrate instead on the spiritual qualities inherent in the music itself”. After his death, the New York Times wrote: “Mr. Richter's pianism combined astonishing technical mastery with bold, wide-ranging musical imagination. His control over the colorings of piano tone was incomparable. In romantic works by Schumann and Chopin, he could create uncanny effects with sound and shadings. And he could project inner voices in the sonatas of Schubert, which he particularly loved, and of Bach with extraordinary clarity and independence.” The Guardian judged Richter “a connoisseur's pianist, a supreme lyric poet of the keyboard for whom the piano was an extension of his own body and mind and a means to musical thought that was devoted to the composer in question,” while in 2015, Gramophone wrote: “Richter was a chameleon who couldn’t be pigeonholed. He called himself ‘a normal human being who happens to play the piano.”

This collection features solo music, piano duos, chamber music, song and concertos. Among the magnificent line-up of performers joining Richter are: pianists Elisabeth Leonskaja and Andre Gavrilov (both protégés of Richter); string players David Oistrakh, Oleg Kagan, Yuri Bashmet and Mstislav Rostropovich; baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau; the Borodin Quartet, and conductors Herbert von Karajan, Carlos Kleiber, Lorin Maazel and Riccardo Muti.

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