The Essential Richter

Compilation by Sviatoslav Richter

Released 1996

Tracklist

CD 1: The Sofia Recital 1958
1
Pictures at an Exhibition (original version): I. Promenade
Modest Moussorgsky
1:35
2
Pictures at an Exhibition (original version): II. Gnomus
Modest Moussorgsky
2:27
3
Pictures at an Exhibition (original version): III. Promenade II
Modest Moussorgsky
0:44
4
Pictures at an Exhibition (original version): Promenade III
Modest Moussorgsky
4:51
5
Pictures at an Exhibition (original version): V. Tuileries
Modest Moussorgsky
0:57
6
Pictures at an Exhibition (original version): VI. Bydlo
Modest Moussorgsky
2:16
7
Pictures at an Exhibition (original version): VII. Promenade IV
Modest Moussorgsky
0:33
8
Pictures at an Exhibition (original version): VIII. Ballet of the Chickens in their Shells
Modest Moussorgsky
1:09
9
Pictures at an Exhibition (original version): IX. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle
Modest Moussorgsky
1:43
10
Pictures at an Exhibition (original version): X. Promenade V
Modest Moussorgsky
1:07
11
Pictures at an Exhibition (original version): XI. Limoges. Le marché
Modest Moussorgsky
1:17
12
Pictures at an Exhibition (original version): XII. Catacombae - Cum mortuis in lingua mortua
Modest Moussorgsky
3:52
13
Pictures at an Exhibition (original version): XIII. The Hut on Fowl's Legs (Baba-Yaga)
Modest Moussorgsky
2:50
14
Pictures at an Exhibition (original version): XIV. The Great Gate of Kiev
Modest Moussorgsky
5:08
15
Moment musical in C, D. 780 No. 1
Franz Schubert
5:50
16
Impromptu in E-flat, D. 899 No. 2
Franz Schubert
4:16
17
Impromptu in A-flat, D. 899 No. 4
Franz Schubert
7:21
18
Etude in E, Op. 10 No. 3
Frédéric Chopin
4:13
19
Valse oubliée No. 1 in F-sharp
Franz Liszt
2:53
20
Valse oubliée No. 2 in A-flat
Franz Liszt
5:54
21
Etude d'exécution transcendante No. 5 "Feux follets"
Franz Liszt
3:37
22
Etude d'exécution transcendante No. 11 "Harmonies du soir"
Franz Liszt
9:16
CD 2: The Virtuoso
1
Italian concerto in F major, BWV 971: III. Presto
Johann Sebastian Bach
4:28
2
Toccata In C major, Op. 7
Robert Schumann
7:20
3
Etude in C major, Op. 10 No. 1
Frédéric Chopin
2:11
4
Etude in A minor, Op. 10 No. 2
Frédéric Chopin
1:30
5
Etude in C-sharp minor, Op. 10 No. 4
Frédéric Chopin
2:10
6
Etude in G-sharp minor, Op. 25 No. 6
Frédéric Chopin
1:54
7
Etude in D-flat major, Op. 25 No. 8
Frédéric Chopin
1:12
8
Etude in C minor Op. 25, No. 12
Frédéric Chopin
2:49
9
Etude in C minor, Op. 10 No. 12
Frédéric Chopin
2:49
10
Prélude in D minor, Op. 28 No. 24
Frédéric Chopin
2:07
11
Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 49: III. Rondo. Presto
Carl Maria von Weber
5:55
12
Klavierstücke, op. 119: IV. Rhapsody in E-flat major
Johannes Brahms
3:53
13
Klavierstücke, Op. 118: III. Ballade in G minor
Johannes Brahms
3:17
14
Sonata No. 2 in F-sharp minor, Op. 2: III. Scherzo. Allegro
Johannes Brahms
4:00
15
Etudes d'exécution transcendante: V. Feux follets. Allegretto
Franz Liszt
3:56
16
Zwei Konzertetüden: II. Gnomenreigen
Franz Liszt
3:15
17
Liszt Etudes d'exécution transcendante - No. 8 Wilde Jagd. Presto furioso
Franz Liszt
5:21
18
Etudes d'exécution transcendante: X. Allegro agitato molto
Franz Liszt
4:49
19
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major: Allegro deciso - Marziale un poco meno allegro - Allegro animato
Franz Liszt
8:28
CD 3: The Poet
1
Barcarolle in F-sharp major, op. 60
Frédéric Chopin
7:53
2
Prélude in B minor, op. 28 no. 6
Frédéric Chopin
2:12
3
Prélude in A major, op. 28 no. 7
Frédéric Chopin
0:53
4
Prélude in F-sharp minor, op. 28 no. 8
Frédéric Chopin
1:33
5
Prélude in E major, op. 28 no. 9
Frédéric Chopin
1:24
6
Prélude in C-sharp minor, op. 28 no. 10
Frédéric Chopin
0:30
7
Prélude in B major, op. 28 no. 11
Frédéric Chopin
0:42
8
Etude in E major, op. 10 no. 3
Frédéric Chopin
4:13
9
Etude in C-sharp minor, op. 25 no. 7
Frédéric Chopin
5:54
10
Rondo in C major, op. 51 no. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven
5:36
11
Intermezzo in E minor, op. 116 no. 5
Johannes Brahms
3:34
12
Capriccio in C major, op. 76 no. 8
Johannes Brahms
2:50
13
Consolation no. 6 in C-sharp minor
Franz Liszt
3:02
14
Etudes d'exécution transcendante: XI. Harmonies du soir. Andantino
Franz Liszt
9:58
15
3 Etudes de concert: III. "Un Sospiro"
Franz Liszt
4:53
16
Blumenstück, op. 19
Robert Schumann
8:04
17
Nachtstücke, op. 23: IV. Einfach
Robert Schumann
4:03
18
Fantasia in C major, op. 17
Robert Schumann
11:18
CD 4: The Philosopher
1
Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major, Op. 54: I. In tempo d'un menuetto
Ludwig van Beethoven
6:07
2
Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major, Op. 54: II. Allegretto
Ludwig van Beethoven
6:15
3
Fantasia in C minor, BWV 906
Johann Sebastian Bach
4:33
4
Fantasia in C minor, KV 475
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
14:12
5
Polonaise No. 7 in A-flat major, Op. 61 "Polonaise-Fantasie"
Frédéric Chopin
13:41
6
Prélude and Fugue in A-flat major, Op. 87 No. 17
Dimitri Shostakovich
5:44
7
Novellette in F major, Op. 21 No. 1
Robert Schumann
5:43
8
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110: I. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo
Ludwig van Beethoven
6:23
9
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110: II. Allegro molto
Ludwig van Beethoven
2:49
10
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110: III. Adagio ma non troppo
Ludwig van Beethoven
3:53
11
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110: III. (cont'd) Fuga. Allegro ma non troppo
Ludwig van Beethoven
7:33
CD 5: The Mystic
1
Nuages gris
Franz Liszt
3:32
2
Légende, Op. 12 No. 6
Serge Prokofiev
3:44
3
Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 82: III. Tempo di valzer lentissimo
Святослав Теофилович Рихтер
6:06
4
Prélude and Fugue in F major, Op. 87 No. 23
Dimitri Shostakovich
5:51
5
Prélude, Choral et Fugue: Prélude
César Franck
4:36
6
Prélude, Choral et Fugue: Choral
César Franck
6:14
7
Prélude, Choral et Fugue: Fugue
César Franck
7:38
8
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
Ludwig van Beethoven
1:36
9
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111: I. (cont'd) Allegro con brio ed appassionato
Ludwig van Beethoven
7:13
10
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111: II. Arietta. Adagio molto semplice e cantabile
Ludwig van Beethoven
16:52
11
Poème-nocturne, Op. 61
Alexander Scriabin
8:23
12
Vers la flamme, Op. 72
Alexander Scriabin
6:47

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