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[D850 is] a miraculous synthesis of vitality and introspection...D845 emerges with volcanic, almost desperate urgency. — BBC Music Magazine, June 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 30th Mar 2009
Catalogue No: APR_5669
Label: APR
Series: The Russian Piano Tradition
Length: 78 minutes

Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 16 in A minor, D845

Work length35:08

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$10.35

Sviatoslav Richter

I. Moderato

Track length12:43

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$3.85

II. Andante poco moto

Track length9:54

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III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace

Track length7:46

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IV. Rondo. Allegro vivace

Track length4:45

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$1.30

Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 17 in D major, D850

Work length39:21

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Sviatoslav Richter

I. Allegro vivace

Track length7:41

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$2.60

II. Andante con moto

Track length15:17

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III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace

Track length8:50

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$2.60

IV. Rondo. Allegro moderato

Track length7:33

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Excerpt, Schubert: 4 Impromptus, D899 (Op. 90)

Work length3:55

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Sviatoslav Richter

No. 2 in E-Flat Major

Track length3:55

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$1.30

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Sviatoslav Richter needs no introduction - he is universally regarded as one of the very greatest pianists of the 20th century. The Soviet recordings he made in the 1950s, before he started performing in the west, are generally less well known though, and here we have two major works, from a composer who was particularly close to Richter's heart, which he did not revisit in the recording studio in later years.

Schubert's Sonatas D845 and D850 are certainly amongst his greatest, they immediately predate the magnificent final three (D958-960) and are written on the same vast scale. The composer's piano sonatas were little known in the 1950s, particularly in the USSR, and Richter was very much a torchbearer for this music. These are sublime performances, particularly in the timeless slow movements, and it is surprising how rarely these particular recordings have been reissued in the CD era. Thankfully by the later 1950's the Melodiya recorded sound was much improved and not many apologies need be made on this account.

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June 2010

[D850 is] a miraculous synthesis of vitality and introspection...D845 emerges with volcanic, almost desperate urgency.

Awards Issue 2009

…the Trio of the A minor Sonata's Scherzo… is played with such poise and lucidity that it soars to ultimate heights of poetry. …even in the exultant, less despairing pages of the D major Sonata Richter's adamantine strength and rhythm are paramount. ...you can never be less than awed by such consummate if chilling mastery.

Sviatoslav Richter plays Schubert - The Neuhaus School

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