Schubert: Piano Sonatas Nos. 16 & 17

Melodiya originals find Sviatoslav Richter on top form, making Schubert’s awkward hurdles sound effortless, even if the muscular Beethovenian trajectory tends to over-inflate on occasion. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2020, 3 out of 5 stars

Release Date: 10th Feb 2020
Catalogue No: ALC1415
Label: Alto

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

Sviatoslav Richter (piano)

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

Sviatoslav Richter (piano)

Schubert: Impromptu in E flat major, D899 No. 2

Sviatoslav Richter (piano)

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“Richter's interpretations in these years had an elemental power, unselfconscious abandon that was refined and tempered in later life . These entirely unedited performances, given over more than three decades from the mid 1950s to late 1980s, feel not only live but somehow extraordinarily real. Not that Richter ever gives the impression of playing for the microphone, and his vision of musical structures remains constant whether in the studio or concert-hall. ... The Schubert D major Sonata (studio recording 1956) is a tower of inner strength” (Gramophone)

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May 2020

Melodiya originals find Sviatoslav Richter on top form, making Schubert’s awkward hurdles sound effortless, even if the muscular Beethovenian trajectory tends to over-inflate on occasion.

Schubert: Piano Sonatas Nos. 16 & 17

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