Sviatoslav Richter - Volume 1 (vinyl)
) | Label: MELODIYA Catalog: MELLP0055 Format: VINYL Sviatoslav RichterComposed by: Beethoven, Ludwig van Together with Emil Gilels the greatest pianist to emerge from the behind the Iron Curtain in the 1950’s, Sviatoslav Richter, a pianist with a vast repertoire and an enormous palette of emotions and timbres that not even every orchestra could compete with, is heard here on this Melodiya LP two Beethoven works recorded in 1959; the Sonata in c, op. 13, ‘Pathétique’ and the eight bagatelles from various opuses on side B as a sort of encore to side A’s dramatics.  Price: $72.98 |