SVIATOSLAV RICHTER - THE COMPLETE COLUMBIA AND RCA ALBUM COLLECTION (18 CDS)

Sony Classical celebrates the art of Sviatoslav Richter, one of the 20th century s greatest pianists, with the first-ever release of his complete Columbia Masterworks and RCA Victor live and studio recordings, Sviatoslav Richter The Complete Album Collection, an 18-CD original jacket box set. Richter was already a legend in his native Soviet Union when he came to the West for the first time in 1960. His American tour that year not only consolidated the pianist s international reputation, but also resulted in the memorable recordings in this collection, including his legendary five October 1960 Carnegie Hall recitals. These concerts yielded nine LPs, including two that were released only in Japan. Long-treasured as rare collectors items, they appear here for the first time on CD, mastered from the original analogue tapes. The Complete Album Collection also features Richter s legendary Newark Mosque Theater recital and his acclaimed RCA studio solo and concerto sessions that include Brahms Second Concerto, Beethoven s First Concerto and three Beethoven Sonatas.

Beethoven:
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14 No. 1
Piano Sonata No. 12 in A flat major, Op. 26 'March Funebre'
Piano Sonata No. 11 in B flat major, Op. 22
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 'Appassionata'
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15
Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major, Op. 54
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 'Appassionata'
Piano Sonata No. 12 in A flat major, Op. 26 'March Funebre'
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15

Brahms:
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83
Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major, Op. 1

Chopin:
Étude Op. 10 No. 1 in C major
Étude Op. 10 No. 12 in C minor ‘Revolutionary'
Étude Op. 10 No. 3 in E major 'Tristesse'
Mazurka No. 15 in C major, Op. 24 No. 2
Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54
Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54
Ballade No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47
Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54
Ballade No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47
Étude Op. 10 No. 10 in A flat major
Étude Op. 10 No. 12 in C minor ‘Revolutionary'
Mazurka No. 15 in C major, Op. 24 No. 2
Étude Op. 10 No. 1 in C major
Étude Op. 10 No. 2 in A minor 'chromatique'
Étude Op. 10 No. 3 in E major 'Tristesse'
Étude Op. 10 No. 4 in C sharp minor
Étude Op. 10 No. 6 in E flat minor 'Lacrimosa'
Etude Op. 10 No. 11 in E flat major
Étude Op. 10 No. 12 in C minor ‘Revolutionary'

Debussy:
Cloches à travers les feuilles (No. 1 from Images pour piano - Book 2)
Préludes - Book 1: No. 5, Les collines d'Anacapri

Haydn:
Piano Sonata No. 60 in C major, Hob.XVI:50
Piano Sonata No. 60 in C major, Hob.XVI:50
Piano Sonata No. 60 in C major, Hob.XVI:50

Liszt:
Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 17 in D minor
Scherzo and March, S. 177
Transcendental Study, S139 No. 11 'Harmonies du soir'

Prokofiev:
Sonatine Pastorale, Op. 59, No. 3
Piano Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82
Pensées Op. 62, No. 3
Piano Sonata No. 8 in B flat major, Op. 84
Gavotta, Op. 95 No. 2
Piano Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82
Visions fugitives, Op. 22 (extracts)
Piano Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82
Gavotta, Op. 95 No. 2
Visions fugitives, Op. 22, No. 4

Rachmaninov:
Prelude Op. 23 No. 1 in F sharp minor
Prelude Op. 32 No. 9 in A major
Prelude Op. 23 No. 8 in A flat minor
Prelude Op. 32 No. 1 in C major
Prelude Op. 32 No. 9 in A major
Prelude Op. 32 No. 10 in B minor
Prelude Op. 32 No. 12 in G sharp minor
Prelude Op. 23 No. 8 in A flat minor
Prelude Op. 32 No. 1 in C major
Prelude Op. 32 No. 2 in B flat minor
Prelude Op. 32 No. 6 in F minor
Prelude Op. 32 No. 7 in F major
Prelude Op. 23 No. 2 in B flat major
Prelude Op. 23 No. 4 in D major
Prelude Op. 23 No. 5 in G minor
Prelude Op. 23 No. 6 in E flat major
Prelude Op. 32 No. 12 in G sharp minor
Prelude Op. 23 No. 1 in F sharp minor
Prelude Op. 32 No. 9 in A major
Prelude Op. 32 No. 10 in B minor
Prelude Op. 32 No. 12 in G sharp minor
Prelude Op. 23 No. 1 in F sharp minor
Prelude Op. 32 No. 9 in A major
Prelude Op. 32 No. 10 in B minor
Prelude Op. 32 No. 12 in G sharp minor

Ravel:
Pavane pour une infante défunte
Jeux d'eau
Oiseaux tristes (Miroirs No. 2)
Jeux d'eau

Schubert:
Impromptu in A flat major, D899 No. 4
Scherzo in D flat major, D593 No. 2
Andante in A major, D604
Ländler (17), D366: selection

Schumann:
Novelette, Op. 21 No. 1 in F major
Novelette, Op. 21 No. 2 in D major
Novelette, Op. 21 No. 8 in F sharp minor
Fantasie in C major, Op. 17

Scriabin:
Piano Sonata No. 5 in F sharp major, Op. 53