Dear Yuri, Yes I'm working on a fine Russian edition, have even found a Danish-Russian translator who did some sample translations (which showed how hard it is...
Kära Johann, And other Scandinavian languages readers, if you search in Google (no stocks or shares there) for "Svjatoslav Richter biografi" there appears...
Dear Group, Ankh Productions have just published Volume 5 of their series "Sviatoslav Richter Soviet Years" (Ankh 200701). This cd contains three sonatas which...
... Hi Martijn, Thanks for the post about this new CD. I purchased it directly from the (Canadian) Ankh website several weeks ago. I agree that the sound is ...
Dear group, Having just joined the group it was great news to read about the publication of a new book. I'm able to read in Danish so contacted the publisher,...
Dear Martin and others, I've not forgotten my promise to figure out some arrangement for getting send the Danish first print of the Richter bio to those ...
The Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev Sonatas both date from 24 November 1954 and the Szymanowski Sonata dates from 15 November 1954. None of these performances has...
... A month ago one of Richter's friend, a famous musician, told me a story about Prokofiev's Second Concerto. Richter began to learn it, but at this time...
Dear Friends , I have an old Melodiya -Eurodisc LP of Richter and the Borodin Quartet playing the Brahms F Minor Quintet . Do you know if it is possible to...
It may seem strange but no transfer on cd has been made of this performance,
dating 1958. At least so far and in my knowledge. You can easily find a...
Johan, This book is already available from bookus.se, at a fairly high price. Let's see if Antti can help us with a better deal on it :) Regards, Dmitri ... As...
PHILIP this is for you . I am in the same position with regard to the Brahms. There is a recording on the Doremi label of Richter playing the Quintet with the...
... according to http://www.trovar.com/str/discs/index.html it was transferred to CD: Melodiya / JVC VICC 2123 But the Tatrai cd on doremi is also great. Best,...
Dear Tony, The Poulenc has been issued on CD twice that I know of - once by the Richter Society & another time as AS 333 Bill ... From: W WILLIAMS Meanwhile...
Dear Phillip, I have simple CD transfers of 3 different LP issues of that performance. As this performance will be 50 years old next year, there is every...
... It's probably the only recorded Richter performance I haven't heard. "Brahms Fifth Symphony," or so I've read. Hope the Melodiya people get their act...
Dmitri and all others, Yes I can help. I've only today spoken with Gyldendals marketing people and will come in a day or two with details how best & easiest to...
In my opinion, the best performances of the Beethoven quartets are the complete set by the Cleveland Quartet, which has the added advantage that it is...
... Does anyone know if a DVD exists of this performance? I vividly remember seeing video of a Richter performance of the Dvorak Concerto from Prague years...
Thank you, Shelly and Larry, for your recommendations! Will certainly follow those leads. I wonder if Richter ever expressed an opinion about the Beethoven...
... I have the following complete sets Pascal (LP) Juilliard (LP) Hungarian Amadeus Guarneri The last is maybe not so 'warm', but yet I find it great. I like...
Many people (including me) think that the Budapest String Quartet's mono set of the complete Beethoven quartets is unsurpassed. They were finally released on...
... I know that a CD exists (G.E. Moore and Wittgenstein notwithstanding). I owned it and cherished it, loaned it to a friend, who moved far away without...
Allow me to point out that roughly contemporaneous performances of these works, in quite decent sound, are available in Parnassus's "Richter in the 1950s"...
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Dear all, I have reached a deal with Gyldendal allowing me to offer the Danish first printing of the Richter biography at a better price than the book is sold...
I wanted bring to your attention a blog by an Italian friend, Corrado Grandis, devoted to Richter: http://sviatoslavrichter.blogspot.com/ I hope you can take a...
Yesterday I received this new Russian book published by Pushkin Museum (only 1000 copies). It contains Richter's diaries from 1970 to 1995, reproductions of...