Sviatoslav Richter
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Biography
[Edit]Having learned the fundamentals of music from his father, Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter taught himself the piano and had already given public concerts before entering the Moscow Conservatory in 1937. While still a student, Richter won first prize at the All-Union Contest of Performers of 1945. His playing earned him considerable renown, and by the time of his graduation in 1947 he had devoted fans. In 1949 he garnered the coveted Stalin Prize.
Richter gave the 1942 premiere of Sergey Prokofiev's Piano Sonata No. 6 — the composer's first work in that form for years, and the first one he did not premiere himself. This resulted in wild acclaim for both performer and composer. Thereafter, Richter was a great proponent of Prokofiev's music, premiering also the Seventh and the Ninth Sonatas, the latter of which is dedicated to him.
Though word of Richter's excellence (and occasional poor-quality recordings) had spread outside of Russia, his foreign engagements were limited to Eastern Bloc countries (and, in one case, China) where Soviet officials felt there was reduced risk of defection. However, his 1958 performance of Prokofiev's Fifth Piano Concerto with the Philadelphia Orchestra (on tour in Leningrad) generated such excitement that he was finally permitted to tour the United States, further bolstering his reputation as a virtuoso. Engagements in all of world's musical centers followed. Richter was known as a pianist of transcendent abilities, particularly adept at highlighting the nuances of different styles. Though his interests focused primarily on music of Beethoven, and Prokofiev, he was also highly regarded for his Schubert, Schumann, Bach, Debussy, and Ravel; and in the early 1960s he made a memorable recording of Benjamin Britten's Piano Concerto with the composer conducting.
Richter did not favor studio recordings; therefore, most of his recordings are from live performances. Many of them, particularly those from Soviet concerts, suffer from indifferent sound quality and excessive audience noise, but his playing had an electric quality that transcended these handicaps.
The pianist earned a reputation for being difficult and aloof. He was notoriously apt to cancel performances on whims, or arrive late without explanation or apology. However, those who heard him were rarely disappointed. He preferred intimate concert settings over big auditoriums, and thus returned many times to the Aldeburgh and Spoleto Festivals. He was the centerpiece of the Fêtes Musicales, held annually beginning in 1964 at Grange de Meslay, near Tours.
Among his greatest recordings are his Schubert sonatas, Rachmaninov and Prokofiev concertos, Liszt concertos (these have the benefits of first-rate sound), and his Schumann. He has also served as a chamber musician and accompanist, playing piano duets with Britten, and accompanying Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, among others.
Title: Richter Archives, Vol. 17: 1967 Budapest Recital (Live)
Artist: Sviatoslav Richter
Genre: Classical
Title: Sviatoslav Richter: Complete Decca, Philips & DG Recordings (CD34)
Artist: Sviatoslav Richter
Genre: Instrumental
Title: Sviatoslav Richter: Complete Decca, Philips & DG Recordings (CD8)
Artist: Sviatoslav Richter
Genre: Instrumental, Classical
Title: Sviatoslav Richter: Live in Sofia
Artist: Sviatoslav Richter
Genre: Instrumental, Classical, Instrumental
Title: Svjatoslav Richter In Prague - Grieg And Dvorak Piano Concertos
Artist: Sviatoslav Richter
Genre: Classical
Title: Franz Schubert: Piano Sonatas Nos. 13 & 21, Impromptu No. 4
Artist: Sviatoslav Richter
Genre: Classical
Title: Ludwig Van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 31 & Diabelli Variations
Artist: Sviatoslav Richter
Genre: Classical
Title: Richter Plays Schubert (CD4: Moments Musicaux, Impromptus Etc)
Artist: Sviatoslav Richter
Genre: Classical
Title: Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, BWV 846-893 (Books I & II, Complete)
Artist: Sviatoslav Richter
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Title: Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 17 'Tempest' - Schumann: Fantasy
Artist: Sviatoslav Richter
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Title: Beethoven: Sonata for Piano No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10, No. 3 (Remastered)
Artist: Sviatoslav Richter
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Title: Chopin / Liszt / Mussorgsky / Schubert: The Sofia Recital 1958
Artist: Sviatoslav Richter
Genre: Classical
Title: Classical Treasures Master Series - Sviatoslav Richter, Vol. 12
Artist: Sviatoslav Richter
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Title: Haydn - Beethoven - Reger: Sviatoslav Richter, piano
Artist: Sviatoslav Richter
Genre: Classical
Title: P. Tchaikovsky: Concerto No. 1; S. Rachmaninov: Concerto No. 2
Artist: Sviatoslav Richter
Genre: Classical
Title: Schumann: Six Impromptus For Piano 4 Hands, Piano Quintet
Artist: Sviatoslav Richter
Genre: Classical
Title: Sviatoslav Richter: Complete Decca, Philips & DG Recordings (CD5)
Artist: Sviatoslav Richter
Genre: Instrumental, Classical
Title: Sviatoslav Richter: Complete Decca, Philips & DG Recordings (CD6)
Artist: Sviatoslav Richter
Genre: Instrumental, Classical
Collections
Title: Essential Debussy
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Title: Liszt - Wild and Crazy
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Title: Top 100 Adagios
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Title: Top 100 Cello
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Title: Lizst's Piano
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Title: Moonlight Sonata - The Greatest Piano Sonatas
Genre: Classical
Title: 50 Most Essential Classical Pieces Volume 1
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Title: Lizst: The Greatest Piano Pieces
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Title: Lizst: Classical Piano
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Title: Tchaikovsky: Best of His Works
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Title: Top 100 Classical Piano
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Title: Beethoven: Concertos (Complete Beethoven Edition Vol. 2)
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Title: The 50 Best Classical Songs Ever, Vol. 2
Genre: Opera
Title: 50 Chilled Classics
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Title: Classical Study Music
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Title: Bach for Your Brain, Vol. 12
Genre: New Age
Title: The 50 Greatest Performances of Classical Music
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Title: The Very Best Piano Works
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Title: I Love Classical Music - #1 Timeless Greats
Genre: Orchestral, Orchestral
Title: Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition and Other Works
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Title: The 50 Absolute Essentials of Classical Music
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Title: 100 Best Handel
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Title: Music of Anna Karenina
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Title: 111 More Classic Tracks
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Title: Classical Fountain
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Title: Light of Utopia - Classical Masterpieces
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Title: Classical Music For Kids Volume 3
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Title: Beethoven: Essential Works
Genre: Classical
Title: Classical Countess - Classical Masterpieces
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Title: Classical Alps - Classical Masterpieces
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Title: Classical Barron - Classical Masterpieces
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Title: Classical Music for Your Life, Vol. 32
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Title: Classical Gems - Classical Extraordinary Works, Vol. 19
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Title: Classical Gems - Classical Extraordinary Works, Vol. 15
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Title: Classical Gems - Classical Extraordinary Works, Vol. 14
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Title: Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2, Symphony No. 2 Etc.
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Title: 12 Masters of Classical Music, Vol. 2
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Title: 30 Essential Classics
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Title: 30 Essential Classics, Vol. 1
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Title: The Classical Sound of Moscow
Genre: Classical
Title: Absolutely Classical, Vol. 124
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Title: Franck, Vol. 1: Symphonic Works
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Title: Classical Delivery - Classical Masterpieces
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Title: Classical Music for Kids, Vol. Six
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Title: Classical Cabellero - Classical Masterpieces
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Title: Classical Gems - Classical Extraordinary Works, Vol. 17
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Title: Outstanding Classical Music, Vol. 1
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Title: Classical Music Favorites, Vol. 46
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Title: Classical Music Greats, Vol. 2
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Title: Outstanding Classical Music, Vol. 11
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Title: Classical Music for Your Life, Vol. 35
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Title: Classical Sampler Sleepy Time
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Title: 12 Masters of Classical Music, Vol. 4
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Title: Classical Music Greats, Vol. 8
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Title: A Classical Vengence - Classical Masterpieces
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Title: Dvorak, Vol. 2: Concertos
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Title: Classical Music Greats, Vol. 10
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Title: Classical Music for Your Life, Vol. 36
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Title: Outstanding Classical Music, Vol. 44
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Title: Classical Twins
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Title: Classical Intoxication - Classical Masterpieces
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Featuring albums
Title: Lost Love - Classical Masterpieces
Artist: USSR State Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra
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Title: Beethoven: Complete Concertos
Artist: Maurizio Pollini, Gidon Kremer, Daniel Barenboim
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Title: Tchaikovsky: The Masterworks
Artist: Herbert Von Karajan, Wiener Symphoniker, Philharmonia Orchestra
Genre: Orchestral, Orchestral
Title: Classical Treasures Composer Series: Igor Stravinsky, Vol. 2
Artist: Gennady Rozhdestvensky
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Title: Classical Treasures: Platinum Edition, Vol. 16 (Remastered)
Artist: Gennady Rozhdestvensky
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Title: Classical Treasures: Platinum Edition, Vol. 10 (Remastered)
Artist: Gennady Rozhdestvensky
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Title: Classical Treasures Composer Series: Franz Schubert Edition, Vol. 3
Artist: Vladimir Sofronitsky
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Title: Classical Treasures: Platinum Edition, Vol. 8 (Remastered)
Artist: Gennady Rozhdestvensky
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Title: Classical Treasures: Platinum Edition, Vol. 22 (Remastered)
Artist: Gennady Rozhdestvensky
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Title: Classical Treasures Composer Series: Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Vol. 8
Artist: Evgeni Mravinsky
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Title: Classical Treasures Composer Series: Sergei Prokofiev, Vol. 6
Artist: USSR State Symphony Orchestra
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Title: Schumann: Piano Concerto
Artist: National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, The, Stanislaw Wislocki
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Title: Classical Treasures: Platinum Edition, Vol. 9 (Remastered)
Artist: Gennady Rozhdestvensky
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Title: Classical Treasures Composer Series: Richard Strauss, Vol. 1
Artist: Mstislav Rostropovich
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Title: Classical Treasures Composer Series: Paul Hindemith, Vol. 1
Artist: Gennady Rozhdestvensky
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Title: Prokofiev: Ormandy In Russia Vol. 3
Artist: Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra, The
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Title: Rachmaninoff: Works for Piano and Orchestra
Artist: USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Kurt Sanderling, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, USSR Ministry Of Culture Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Dmitriev, Academic Symphony Orchestra Of Leningrad State Philharmonic Society, Gennady Provatorov
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Title: Beethoven: Symphonies & Violin Concerto
Artist: Herbert Von Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker
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Title: Schumann Essentials
Artist: Maria-Joao Pires, Martha Argerich, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, The Chamber Orchestra Of Europe
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Title: Classical Masterpieces, Vol. 4
Artist: Herbert Von Karajan, James Levine, Eugen Jochum, Karl Böhm / Karl Bohm
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Title: Classical Treasures Composer Series: Sergei Prokofiev, Vol. 8
Artist: Kiril Kondrashin
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Title: Prokofiev: Chamber Works (Vol. 9)
Artist: David Oistrakh, Jascha Heifetz, Milstein Nathan, Daniel Shafran, Mtislav Rostropovitch
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Title: The Classical Guide to Schumann
Artist: Maria-Joao Pires, Martha Argerich, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, The Chamber Orchestra Of Europe
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Title: Britten Conducts Britten, Vol. 4
Artist: Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra, Peter Pears
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