Richter: The Authorized Recordings [Box set, Limited Edition]

Sviatoslav Richter (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Sviatoslav Richter
• Audio CD (September 20, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 21
• Format: Box set, Limited Edition
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Philips
• ASIN: B00000E58L
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #664,697 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic pianism, but don't buy it...., October 4, 2008

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This review is from: Richter: The Authorized Recordings (Audio CD)

... unless this box sells for $200 or less. Instead, buy the re-release of this collection plus more: 11 volumes of 2 CD sets "Richter the Master", e.g. Vol. 1: Beethoven - Piano Sonatas, published jointly by Decca and Philips. Richter might not be everybody's favorite pianist, but all would agree that he is one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century. His playing carries such level of intensity that I have never heard from any other pianists. This collection is without doubt piano playing and music making at the highest level.

"The rhythm in Richter's performances makes one feel that the whole work lies before him like an immense landscape, revealed to the eye at a single glance" -- Heinrich Neuhaus