Grieg - 24 Lyric Pieces - Richter Greece 1993

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9vhrt0MAFE

Sviatoslav Richter plays Scriabin Etudes (selection)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBYIxhnnQi4

This is such playing as, really, others only hint at. Imagine, Horowitz trying to do with the A minor Etude what Richter does here. You see, Horowitz was a coloristic genius and had that little twitch that you need to make things interesting. But Richter, well, Richter has his share of the neurosis required, also, but there is a sense of stiller waters, running deeper. The A minor one is the most difficult, and many pianists founder here. Not this man. He thinks, as is said below, like the composer, and is not afraid to go where that may lead. Possibly the greatest all round pianist of the twentieth century. You could make that argument. But let's not bother. Thank God these recordings exist. Recently, I've been enjoying Nicholas Angelich's offering of all of the ETs of Rachmaninoff, but would dearly love to have a Richter recording of all of them.

Paul Dykstra on YouTube



Sviatoslav Richter in Prague, 1984 - Rachmaninov Etudes-Tableaux
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZPmIddGXY8

Schubert - Piano sonata D.960 - Richter studio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lncNcNtGkJY

Sviatoslav Richter - Schubert - Piano Sonata No 18 in G major, D 894

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcei2nCYbNs

"I am starting to realize that I have not understood Bach at all, earlier. Not to exaggerate, I have understood a part, but not what I hear now for the first time. The music of the Heavenly Spheres. It is completely beyond words, in the fourth or fifth dimension.?"

Marianne Uhrendorf on YouTube



Sviatoslav Richter in Salzburg, 1972 - Bach WTC I (1/4)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_ua7KzsXBU

"Now THAT is the way to play "Boat on the Ocean" - WoW!!!! You can SEE the waves! Thank you Sviatoslav Richter.?"

fgbowen on YouTube


Sviatoslav Richter in Prague, 1965 - Ravel Miroirs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wj5JxtVXMus

"This is sublime. The pianissimo pentatonics in the right hand sound like rippling water, the clusters in the left hand resemble cymbals or struck percussion. The level of detail and the ease with which it all flows is breathtaking. Richter was a genius.?"

Sam Moore on YouTube



Sviatoslav Richter plays Debussy - Estampes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbXZPGm2YIs

Sviatoslav Richter in Moscow, 1954 - Ravel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFMwEVUcws0

Richter plays Chopin Revolutionary Etude

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hOKcdZJJFU

"The best rendition I have come across so far! I absolutely love it. I'm glad it finally exists on Youtube as one single video, rather than in two parts."

John Lee on YouTube


?Sviatoslav Richter plays Medtner Piano Sonata Reminiscenza, op 38, No.1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46gAISpK7ms

"I am listening this every night, and every night I'm crying. So much emotions in one place, sadness, pain, anger, and sometimes just pure happiness. I can see my whole life in it. Breathtaking piece of music...?"

Evgenija Giceska on YouTube




Sviatoslav Richter - Franck - Prelude, Chorale and Fugue

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq67nsDLucI

"No one had a repertoire like Richter, no one! He played Britten, Clementi, Bach, Mozart, Schumann, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Bartok, Szymanowski, Scarlatti, Mussorgsky, Scriabin, and the worst you could say about him is that he occasionally overpedaled or smudged notes. But Richter had such conviction, such humility, such energy and honesty at the keyboard. And he did it all over the globe and performed whatever the conditions. I can't say enough good things about him.?"

Jeffrey Jones on YouTube


Sviatoslav Richter - Brahms, Prokofiev, Ravel (Toronto, 1964)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLY4mkkLU94

"When Richter came to the United States for the first time (had sailed on the Queen Mary), I heard him play one Rachmaninoff Prelude after another for encores. Very impressive! There was a 'stampede' of enthusiasts rushing down the aisles to front of stage. On the program, think I liked best his Scriabin 5th Sonata. A whirlwind. For effect he began that work even before sitting down (after intermission) - his fingers rumbling the cosmic streak while standing! Other than extreme, total commitment, I found it difficult to recognize a unique personality. I was a young student and since my teacher had known (well) his teacher, Neuhaus, we were the first of a long line asked to come forward and meet him, with discussion behind closed doors. Only a Soviet henchman present, silently meandering in the background.?"

palmerplantagenet on YouTube


Sviatoslav Richter Rachmaninov 4 03 84, Live in Tokyo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxfVzHQQMxU

Sviatoslav Richter plays Prokofiev -Sonata No. 8 (4/4)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-bmxgxH...BfI4q3jxCVWz8Gx