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Sviatoslav Richter, Johann Sebastian Bach / Béla Bartók / Ludwig van Beethoven / Frédéric Chopin / César Franck / Alexander Glazunov / Modest Mussorgsky / Nikolai Myaskovsky / Sergei Prokofiev / Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff / Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov / Camille Saint-Saëns / Franz Schubert / Robert Schumann / Alexander Scriabine / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Edition Sviatoslav Richter

Album 2005 on Мелодия label
Classical (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern)

Volume 1 Recording: Moscow, 19.12.1948 (1-6), 22.4.1955 (7-9), 21.12.1959 (10-12) Tray card: ℗ 1961 (7-12) 1971 (1-6), BMG Music © 1995, BMG Music Total Playing Time 61'32 Disc label: ℗ 1961 (7-12), 1971 (1-6), Melodiya Liner notes: Translation: © Clive Williams Traduction: © Christian Hinzelin [German text] © Prof. C. Rueger – 20 pp. booklet Volume 2 Remastering: Moscow, 19.12.1948 (1-6), 22.4.1955 (7-9), 21.12.1959 (11-12) [sic] Tray card: ℗ 1959 (1-11), 1960 (1-14) [sic], 1952 (15-17), BMG Music © 1995, BMG Music Total Playing Time 75'18 Disc label: ℗ 1959 (1-11), 1960 (12-14), 1952 (15-17), Melodiya Liner notes: Translation: © Clive Williams Traduction: © Christian Hinzelin – 24 pp. booklet Volume 3 Recording: Moscow, 2.3.1957 (1-4), 11.8.1956 (5-8) Tray card: ℗ 1958 (1-4), 1957 (5-8), BMG Music © 1995, BMG Music Total Playing Time 79'39 Disc label: ℗ 1958 (1-4), 1957 (5-8), Melodiya Liner notes: Translation: © Clive Williams Traduction: © Christian Hinzelin [German text] © Prof. C. Rueger – 20 pp. booklet Volume 4 Recording: Moscow, 1956 (1-10), Grand Hall of the Conservatoire, 23.9.1960 (11-13) Tray card: ℗ 1957 (1-10), 1995 (11-13), BMG Music © 1995, BMG Music Total Playing Time 71'13 Disc label: ℗ 1957 (1-10), 1995 (11-13), Melodiya Liner notes: Translation: © Clive Williams Traduction: © Christian Hinzelin [German text] © Prof. C. Rueger – 20 pp. booklet Volume 5 Recording: Moscow, 1952 (1-7), 1956 (8) Grand Hall of the Conservatoire, 19.3.1972 (9-23) -Live- Tray card: ℗ 1973 (1), 1968 (2, 3, 5-7), (4) [sic], 1966 (8), 1974 (9-23), BMG Music © 1995, BMG Music Total Playing Time 72'21 Tray card: ℗ 1973 (1), 1968 (2, 3, 5-7), 1958 (4), 1966 (8), 1974 (9-23), Melodiya Liner notes: Translation: © Clive Williams Traduction: © Christian Hinzelin [German text] © Prof. C. Rueger – 20 pp. booklet Volume 6 Recording: Moscow, 1952 (4-6), 1953 (7) Grand Hall of the Conservatoire, 20.12.1966 (1-3) -Live- Tray card: ℗ 1983 (1-3), 1952 (4-6), 1957 (7), BMG Music © 1995, BMG Music Total Playing Time 70'17 Disc label: ℗ 1983 (1-3), 1952 (4-6), 1957 (7), Melodiya Liner notes: Traduction: © Christian Hinzelin [German text] © Prof. C. Rueger – 20 pp. booklet Volume 7 Recording: Moscow, 18.2.1955 (1-3), Leningrad, 1959 (4-6) Tray card: ℗ 1962 (1-3), 1959 (4-6), BMG Music © 1995, BMG Music Total Playing Time 61'32 Disc label: ℗ 1962 (1-3), 1959 (4-6), Melodiya Liner notes: Traduction: © Christian Hinzelin [German text] © Prof. C. Rueger – 24 pp. booklet Volume 8 Recording: Moscow, 17.2.1950 (1-3), 14.12.1952 (4-14), 1952 (15-17) Tray card: ℗ 1952 (1-3), 1953 (4-14), 1962 (15-17), BMG Music © 1995, BMG Music Total Playing Time 57'01 Disc label: ℗ 1952 (1-3), 1953 (4-14), 1962 (15-17), Melodiya Liner notes: Translation: © Clive Williams Traduction: © Christian Hinzelin [German text] © Prof. C. Rueger – 20 pp. booklet Volume 9 Recording: Moscow, 1956 (1-4), 1958 (5-20) Tray card: ℗ 1958, BMG Music © 1995, BMG Music Total Playing Time 57'01 Disc label: ℗ 1958, Melodiya Liner notes: Traduction: © Christian Hinzelin [German text] © Prof. C. Rueger – 20 pp. booklet Volume 10 Recording: Moscow, 29.6.1958 (15-17), Grand Hall of the Conservatoire, 14.1.1952 (1-12), 20.6.1955 (13), 31.12.1953 (14) -Live- Tray card: ℗ 1962 (1-13), 1995 (14), 1963 (15-17), BMG Music © 1995, BMG Music Total Playing Time 67'49 Disc label: ℗ 1962 (1-13), 1995 (14), 1963 (15-17), Melodiya Liner notes: Traduction: © Christian Hinzelin [German text] © Prof. C. Rueger – 24 pp. booklet Inserts, Volumes 1–10: – In booklets: 20 Bit Digital Audio Processing, NoNOISE Remastering, Sonic Solutions Turbo-Bit-Mapping. – On tray cards: [melodiya logo] [BMG Bertelsmann Music Group logo] Distributed by BMG. A Bertelsmann Music Group Company. Made in the EC. – Spines with text in German (left) and English (right) Box, bottom: [melodiya logo] ℗ 1952-95, Melodiya © 1995, BMG Music [BMG Classics logo] Distributed by BMG. A Bertelsmann Music Group Company. Made in the E.C. Melodiya is a registered trademark of Firma Melodiya, Russia. Incidental information: – Set compiles Volumes 1–10 of the Edition Sviatoslav Richter. CD jewel cases housed in a sturdy full printed slipcase box – The original issue, released in 1995, has Richter's name printed in black on box and CD front inserts; this re-issue features gold print. The discs in this set were made in 1995, per Sonopress work order numbering scheme and have been repackaged for inclusion in this set – Typographical errors: A. Booklets • Volume 2, page 5 should be Sonate pour piano n° 23 en fa mineur op. 57 «L'Appassionata», not Sonate pour piano n° 8 en ut mineur op. 13 «L'Appassionata» (tracks 12 to 14) • Volume 2, page 5 should be Recording: Moscow, 4.6.1951 (1-3), 1959 (4-11), 9.6.1960 (12-14), 1952 (15-17) • Volume 5, front page: 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. should be 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71 • Volume 6, page 5: track credits for engineers Grosman (7-9) and Gaklin (10-12) are not listed correctly (Volume 6 has only 7 tracks) B. Tray cards • Volume 2: should be Sonate pour piano n° 23 en fa mineur op. 57 «L'appassionata», not Sonate pour piano n° 8 en ut mineur op. 13 «L'appassionata» (tracks 12 to 14) • Volume 2: Copyrights info should be ℗ 1959 (1-11), 1960 (12-14), 1952 (15-17) BMG Music, not ℗ 1959 (1-11), 1960 (1-14), 1952 (15-17) BMG Music • Volume 5: BMG Music copyright omits the date 1958 (track 4)

Musicians

	Sviatoslav Richter p, RU piano, album by
	Johann Sebastian Bach , 1685-1750 DE album by, composed by
	Béla Bartók p, 1881-1945 HU album by, composed by
	Ludwig van Beethoven voc, p, 1770-1827 DE album by, composed by
	Frédéric Chopin p, PO album by, composed by
	César Franck p, 1822-1890 FR album by, composed by
	Alexander Glazunov p, *1865 RU album by, composed by
	Modest Mussorgsky , *1839 RU album by, composed by
	Nikolai Myaskovsky , *1881 album by, composed by
	Sergei Prokofiev p, *1891 RU album by, composed by
	Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff p, 1873-1943 RU album by, composed by
	Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov , *1844 RU album by, composed by
	Camille Saint-Saëns p, 1835-1921 FR album by, composed by
	Franz Schubert voc, p, 1797-1828 AT album by, composed by
	Robert Schumann p, 1810-1856 DE album by, composed by
	Alexander Scriabine p, 1872-1915 RU album by, composed by
	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky , 1840-1893 RU album by, composed by
	Johann Sebastian Bach • Sviatoslav Richter , performer on track
	Kurt Sanderling , 1912-2011 DE conductor
	Russian State Symphony Orchestra , US orchestra
	Johann Sebastian Bach • Sviatoslav Richter • Anatoly Vedernikov , performer on track
	Rudolf Barshai vl, 1924-2010 RU conductor
	Moscow Chamber Orchestra , orchestra
	Anatoly Vedernikov p, RU piano
	Ludwig van Beethoven • Sviatoslav Richter , performer on track
	Государственный Академический Русский Хор Им. А. В. Свешникова , RU chorus
	Большой Симфонический Оркестр Всесоюзного Радио , RU orchestra
	Алексей Машистов , 1904-1987 words by, russian version・russische fassung・version russe
	Christoph Kuffner , 1780-1846 AT words by, text by・worte von・paroles par
	Frédéric Chopin • Sviatoslav Richter , performer on track
	Evgeni Svetlanov p, 1928-2002 RU conductor
	Camille Saint-Saëns • Sviatoslav Richter , performer on track
	Kiril Kondrashin , RU conductor
	Moscow Youth Symphony Orchestra , orchestra
	César Franck • Sviatoslav Richter , performer on track
	Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff • Sviatoslav Richter , performer on track
	Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra , orchestra
	Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov • Sviatoslav Richter • Moscow Youth Symphony Orchestra , performer on track
	Alexander Glazunov • Sviatoslav Richter • Moscow Youth Symphony Orchestra , performer on track
	Sergei Prokofiev • Sviatoslav Richter • Moscow Youth Symphony Orchestra , performer on track

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