Sviatoslav Richter - Sviatoslav Richter 100 Essential: 5CD Box Set (2015)

For the 100th anniversary of Sviatoslav Richter, Firma Melodiya presents its arguably biggest project in its semicentennial history. The name of Sviatoslav Richter is inscribed in gold in the history of music. He was not just “more than a pianist,” he was even more than a musician. An owner of composing, conducting, artistic, directing and acting gifts, a connoisseur of literature, arts and philosophy, with a will of iron he made all his gifts serve the art of pianism. An “artist of planetary scale,” as of the critics put it, Richter was like that in everything – in his unbounded repertoire that he never stopped replenishing until his last years, in his priestly frenzy of hours-long rehearsals, in the geography and number of performances, – over 3 500 concerts in 770 places of the world for 55 years of his musical career! (“He was somewhat fathomless, Richter,” said one of his famous colleagues). However, after he conquered the world (almost literally), he remained indifferent to ovation and eulogies of the press, painfully experienced each of the “defects” he noticed in his performance, and at the end of his way confessed before the journalist Bruno Monsaingeon: “I don’t like myself.”

Tracklist:

Disc 1:
01. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Sviatoslav Richter - Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-Flat Major, K. 595: I. Allegro (Live) (13:42)
02. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Sviatoslav Richter - Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-Fat Major, K. 595: II. Larghetto (Live) (8:15)
03. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Sviatoslav Richter - Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-Flat Major, K. 595: III. Allegro (Live) (10:02)
04. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Sviatoslav Richter - Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-Flat Major, K. 595: III. Allegro (Encore) [Live] (9:29)
05. Robert Schumann, USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Sviatoslav Richter - Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54: I. Allegro affettuoso (Live) (14:36)
06. Robert Schumann, USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Sviatoslav Richter - Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54: II. Intermezzo - Andantino grazioso (Live) (4:37)
07. Robert Schumann, USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Sviatoslav Richter - Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54: III. Allegro vivace (Live) (10:44)

Disc 2:
01. Ludwig van Beethoven, Sviatoslav Richter - Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3: I. Allegro (Live) (9:14)
02. Ludwig van Beethoven, Sviatoslav Richter - Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3: II. Scherzo - Allegretto vivace (Live) (4:37)
03. Ludwig van Beethoven, Sviatoslav Richter - Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3: III. Menuetto - Moderato e grazioso (Live) (4:21)
04. Ludwig van Beethoven, Sviatoslav Richter - Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3: IV. Presto con fuoco (Live) (4:34)
05. Frederic Chopin, Sviatoslav Richter - 12 Etudes, Op. 10: No. 12 in C Minor (2:49)
06. Franz Schubert, Sviatoslav Richter - Piano Sonata No. 6 in E Minor, D. 566: I. Moderato (Live) (7:14)
07. Franz Schubert, Sviatoslav Richter - Piano Sonata No. 6 in E Minor, D. 566: II. Scherzo - Allegro vivace (Live) (5:46)
08. Franz Schubert, Sviatoslav Richter - Piano Sonata No. 6 in E Minor, D. 566: III. Allegretto (Live) (7:28)
09. Franz Liszt, Sviatoslav Richter, Anton Ginsburg - Concerto Pathetique, S. 258 (Live) (18:00)

Disc 3:
01. Ludwig van Beethoven, Sviatoslav Richter - Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111: I. Maestoso Allegro con brio ed appassionato (Live) (8:09)
02. Ludwig van Beethoven, Sviatoslav Richter - Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111: II. Arietta - Adagio molto semplice e cantabile (Live) (15:13)
03. Ludwig van Beethoven, Sviatoslav Richter - 6 Bagatelles, Op. 126: No. 1 in G Major (Encore) [Live] (3:22)
04. Frederic Chopin, Sviatoslav Richter - Nocturnes, Op. 9: No. 3 in B Major (Live) (5:54)
05. Richard Wagner, Sviatoslav Richter - Elegie, WWV 93 (Live) (2:07)
06. Claude Debussy, Sviatoslav Richter - Images, Book 1, L. 110: I. Reflets dans l'eau (Live) (4:34)
07. Claude Debussy, Sviatoslav Richter - Images, Book 1, L. 110: II. Hommage a Rameau (Live) (7:43)
08. Claude Debussy, Sviatoslav Richter - Images, Book 1, L. 110: III. Mouvement (Live) (3:23)
09. Claude Debussy, Sviatoslav Richter - Hommage a Joseph Haydn, L. 115 (Encore) [Live] (2:46)
10. Sergey Rachmaninoff, Sviatoslav Richter - 13 Preludes, Op. 32: No. 1 in C Major (Live) (1:23)
11. Sergey Rachmaninoff, Sviatoslav Richter - 10 Preludes, Op. 23: No. 8 in A-Flat Major (Live) (3:19)
12. Sergey Rachmaninoff, Sviatoslav Richter - 10 Preludes, Op. 23: No. 7 in C Minor (Live) (2:27)

Disc 4:
01. Ludwig van Beethoven, Sviatoslav Richter - Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2, No. 1: I. Allegro (Live) (5:41)
02. Ludwig van Beethoven, Sviatoslav Richter - Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2, No. 1: II. Adagio (Live) (4:36)
03. Ludwig van Beethoven, Sviatoslav Richter - Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2, No. 1: III. Menuetto - Allegretto (Live) (3:48)
04. Ludwig van Beethoven, Sviatoslav Richter - Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2, No. 1: IV. Prestissimo (Live) (6:22)
05. Robert Schumann, Sviatoslav Richter - Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26: I. Allegro (Live) (8:10)
06. Robert Schumann, Sviatoslav Richter - Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26: II. Romanze (Live) (3:20)
07. Robert Schumann, Sviatoslav Richter - Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26: III. Scherzino (Live) (1:52)
08. Robert Schumann, Sviatoslav Richter - Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26: IV. Intermezzo (Live) (2:00)
09. Robert Schumann, Sviatoslav Richter - Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26: V. Finale (Live) (5:43)
10. Frederic Chopin, Sviatoslav Richter - Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-Flat Major, Op. 61 (Live) (12:15)
11. Frederic Chopin, Sviatoslav Richter - Waltzes, Op. 34: No. 3 in F Major (Live) (2:07)
12. Frederic Chopin, Sviatoslav Richter - Waltzes, Op. 70: No. 3 in D-Flat Major (Live) (3:11)
13. Frederic Chopin, Sviatoslav Richter - Mazurkas, Op. 63: No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor (Live) (1:54)
14. Frederic Chopin, Sviatoslav Richter - Mazurkas, Op. Posth. 67: No. 3 in C Major (Live) (1:33)
15. Frederic Chopin, Sviatoslav Richter - Mazurkas, Op. Posth. 68: No. 3 in F Major (Live) (0:50)
16. Frederic Chopin, Sviatoslav Richter - Mazurka in A Minor, B. 140 (Live) (3:25)

Disc 5:
01. Cesar Franck, Sviatoslav Richter, Oleg Kagan, Natalia Gutman - Piano Trio in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 1, No. 1, FWV 1: I. Andante con moto (Live) (12:05)
02. Cesar Franck, Sviatoslav Richter, Oleg Kagan, Natalia Gutman - Piano Trio in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 1, No. 1, FWV 1: II. Allegro molto (Live) (7:33)
03. Cesar Franck, Sviatoslav Richter, Oleg Kagan, Natalia Gutman - Piano Trio in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 1, No. 1, FWV 1: III. Finale - Allegro maestoso (Live) (13:51)
04. Maurice Ravel, Sviatoslav Richter, Oleg Kagan, Natalia Gutman - Piano Trio in A Minor, M. 67: I. Modere (Live) (9:26)
05. Maurice Ravel, Sviatoslav Richter, Oleg Kagan, Natalia Gutman - Piano Trio in A Minor, M. 67: II. Pantoum - Assez vif (Live) (4:42)
06. Maurice Ravel, Sviatoslav Richter, Oleg Kagan, Natalia Gutman - Piano Trio in A Minor, M. 67: III. Passacaille - Tres large (Live) (7:37)
07. Maurice Ravel, Sviatoslav Richter, Oleg Kagan, Natalia Gutman - Piano Trio in A Minor, M. 67: IV. Final - Anime (Live) (6:50)
08. Maurice Ravel, Sviatoslav Richter, Oleg Kagan, Natalia Gutman - Piano Trio in A Minor, M. 67: IV. Final - Anime (Encore) [Live] (6:55)
09. Ernest Chausson, Sviatoslav Richter, Nina Dorliak - 7 Melodies, Op. 2: VII. Le Colibri (Live) [Bonus Track] (6:06)
10. Ernest Chausson, Sviatoslav Richter, Nina Dorliak - Poeme de l'amour et de la mer, Op. 19: III. Le temps de lilas (Live) [Bonus Track] (4:08)
11. Maurice Ravel, Sviatoslav Richter, Nina Dorliak - 5 Melodies populaires grecques (Live) [Bonus Track] (11:02)