Complete Decca, Philips & DG Recordingsby Sviatoslav Richter

Discs and sleeves mostly NM, just the odd light mark on a few discs.. Box has some wear on the bottom, small area of the yellow print has worn through to the white card. All the other box surfaces are excellent condition. Booklet has a crease and small tear on teh front cover.

CDs 1–34: The Solo Recordings [Booklet / Solo Recordings [Sleeves
CDs 35–41: The Chamber Music Recordings [Booklet / Chamber Recordings [Sleeves
CDs 42–46: The Concerto Recordings [Booklet / Concerto Recordings [Sleeves
CDs 47–49: Lieder Recordings
CDs 50–51: Bonus Recordings

CD 1
℗ 1993 Universal International Music BV
Recording Location: Rolandseck, Germany, March 1991
Total timing 74.52 DDD

CD 2
℗ 1993 Universal International Music BV
Recording Locations: Rolandseck, Germany, March 1991 (BWV 813; BWV 815a; BWV 817); Neumarkt, Germany, November 1991 (BWV 906; BWV 913; BWV 916)
Total timing 76.58 DDD

CD 3
℗ 1993 Universal International Music BV
Recording Locations: Rolandseck, Germany, March 1991 (BWV 831); Neumarkt, Germany, November 1991 (BWV 802–805; BWV 971)
Total timing 61.48 DDD

CD 4
℗ 1993 Decca Music Group Limited
Recording Location: Teatro Bibiena, Mantua, February 1987
Total timing 67.14 DDD

CD 5
℗ 1993 Decca Music Group Limited
Recording Locations: Munich, July 1984 (Hob.XVI: 32, 24); Teatro Bibiena, Mantua, May 1986 (Hob.XVI: 46, 2)
Total timing 74.58 DDD

CD 6
℗ 1994 Universal International Music BV
Recording Locations: Freiburg, Germany, March 1985 (Haydn Hob.XVI:24); Ferrara, Italy, November 1966 (Haydn Hob.XVI:52); Chiesa di San Francesco, Locarno, Switzerland, September 1966 (Weber)
Total timing 57.38 DDD

CD 7
℗ 1993 Universal International Music BV
Recording Location: Salzburg, January 1966
Live recordings
Digitalised by BITSTREAM
Total timing 67.43 DDD

CD 8
℗ 1993 Universal International Music BV
Recording Locations: Como, Italy, February 1989 (K533/494); Schloss Ludwigsburg, Stuttgart, October 1991 (K457; K475)
Live recordings
Digitalised by BITSTREAM
Total timing 68.49 DDD

CD 9
℗ 1990 Universal International Music BV
Recording Location: London, March 1989
Total timing 47.31 DDD

CD 10
℗ 1993 Universal International Music BV
Recording Location: Grote Zaal, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, October 1992
Total timing 57.29 DDD

CD 11
℗ 1993 Universal International Music BV
Recording Location: Schloss Ludwigsburg, Stuttgart, October 1991
Total timing 73.34 [sic DDD

CD 12
℗ 1963 (Op.14 no.1; Op.22), 1994 (Op.26; Op.90) Universal International Music BV
Recording Locations: Paris, June & July 1963 (Op.14 no.1; Op.22); Ferrara, Italy, November 1966 (Op.26); Salzburg, August 1965 (Op.90)
Total timing 73.34 ADD

CD 13
℗ 1994 Universal International Music BV
Recording Location: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, June 1986 (Op.51; Op.101); October 1992 (Op.31 no.3)
Total timing 59.53 DDD

CD 14
℗ 1988 Universal International Music BV
Recording Location: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, June 1986
Total timing 52.20 DDD

CD 15
℗ 1994 Universal International Music BV
Recording Location: London, March 1989
Total timing 48.07 DDD

CD 16
℗ 1994 Universal International Music BV
Recording Locations: Florence, June 1966 (D575); Salzburg/Leverkusen, November & December 1979 (D840)
Total timing 69.28 ADD

CD 17
℗ 1994 Universal International Music BV
Recording Locations: Saarbrücken, February 1988 (Études, except Op.25 no.7); Regensburg, March 1988 (Op.25 no.7); Nijmegen Concert Hall, Netherlands, October 1992 (Polonaises)
Total timing 56.57 DDD

CD 18
℗ 1994 Universal International Music BV
Recording Locations: Ferrara, Italy, November 1966 (Préludes, Barcarolle, Nocturne); Nijmegen Concert Hall, Netherlands, October 1992 (Polonaise-fantaisie); Livorno, Italy, November 1966 (Liszt)
Total timing 70.22 ADD/DDD* [Chopin Polonaise-fantaisie*

CD 19
℗ 1994 Universal International Music BV
Recording Location: Cologne, March 1988
Total timing 75.23 DDD

CD 20
℗ 1994 Universal International Music BV
Recording Location: Tours, France, June 1988
Total timing 60.56 DDD

CD 21
℗ 1993 Decca Music Group Limited
Recording Location: Teatro Bibiena, Mantua, May 1986
Total timing 58.35 DDD

CD 22
℗ 1994 Universal International Music BV
Recording Locations: Tours, June 1988 (Paganini Variations); Chiesa di San Francesco, Locarno, September 1966 (Ballade, Rhapsody, Intermezzo, Capriccio); Leverkusen, December 1979 (Schumann)
Total timing 70.44 ADD/DDD* [Brahms Paganini Variations*

CD 23
℗ 1994 Universal International Music BV
Recording Location: Copenhagen, July 1986
Total timing 52.06 DDD

CD 24
℗ 1957 (Op.12; Op.76 no.2; Op.82), 1959 (Op.7; Op.21 no.1) Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg
Recording Locations: Rudolfinum, Prague, 26–29 November 1956 (Op.12; Op.76 no.2; Op.82); National Philharmonic Hall, Warsaw, May 1959 (Op.7; Op.21 no.1)
Total timing 57.11 ADD

CD 25
℗ 1992 Decca Music Group Limited
Recording Location: Teatro Bibiena, Mantua, May & June 1986
Total timing 48.55 DDD

CD 26
℗ 1965 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg
Recording Location: Florence, November 1962
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd (Prokofiev)
Total timing 54.13 ADD

CD 27
℗ 1962 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg
Recording Location: Brent Town Hall, Wembley, London, July & August 1961
Editions: Edition Peters, Frankfurt am Main (Haydn); Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne, Warsaw (Chopin); Mosgiz, Moscow (Debussy); C.F. Peters, Leipzig GmbH (Prokofiev)
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd (Prokofiev)
Total timing 59.22 ADD

CD 28
℗ 1959 (Rachmaninov), 1963 (Chopin, Debussy, Scriabin) Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg
Recording Locations: Philharmonic Hall, Warsaw, 26 April–2 May 1959 (Rachmaninov); Rome, Palermo, Turin and Venice, 13 October–20 November 1962 (Chopin Op.61, Op.10, Op.52; Debussy; Scriabin)
Live Recordings (Chopin Op.61)
Editions: Augener (Chopin Op.61); Ricordi, Milano (Chopin: Études); Durand et Cie, Paris (Debussy); Russian State Publishers, Moscow (Scriabin); Boosey & Hawkes, London (Rachmaninov)
Total timing 70.49 ADD

CD 29
℗ 1994 Universal International Music BV
Recording Locations: Nijmegen Concert Hall, Netherlands, October 1992 (Scriabin); London, March 1989 (Prokofiev Op.29); Chiesa di San Francesco, Locarno, Switzerland, September 1966 (Prokofiev Op.82)
Publishers: Hawkes & Son (London) Ltd (Prokofiev Op.29); Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd (Prokofiev Op.82)
Total timing 74.59 DDD/ADD* [Chopin Op.82*

CD 30
℗ 1963 (Shostakovich), 1994 (Prokofiev) Universal International Music BV
Recording Locations: Salzburg, November 1979 (Prokofiev); Paris, June & July 1963 (Shostakovich)
Publishers: Hawkes & Son (London) Ltd (Prokofiev Op.32 & 97); Musikverlage International Hans Sikorski / Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd (Shostakovich); Robert Forberg Verlag (Prokofiev Op.12 no.6); Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd (Prokofiev Op.22)
Total timing 76.01 ADD

CD 31
℗ 1992 Decca Music Group Limited
Recording Location: Yamaha Centre, Vienna, February 1989
Publishers: Robert Forberg (Prokofiev); Chester Music Ltd (Stravinsky); Anglo-Soviet Music Press Ltd (Shostakovich)
Total timing 46.00 DDD

CD 32
℗ 1992 Decca Music Group Limited
Recording Location: Yamaha Centre, Vienna, February 1989
Publishers: Universal Edition AG, Wien (Webern, Szymanowski); Hawkes & Son (London) Ltd (Bartók); Schott Musik International GmbH & Co KG (Hindemith)
Total timing 49.54 DDD

CD 33
℗ 1994 Universal International Music BV
Recording Locations: Florence, June 1966 (Franck); Ferrara, November 1966 (Debussy); Copenhagen, July 1986 (Wagner, Schumann); Como, February 1989 (Chopin); Livorno, November 1966 (Rachmaninov); Cologne, March 1988 (Liszt); London, March 1989 (Bartók)
Publisher: Hawkes & Son (London) Ltd (Bartók)
Total timing 62.11 DDD/ADD* [Franck Prelude, Choral and Fugue*; Debussy Préludes*; Rachmaninov Op.39*

CD 34
℗ 1959 Classics Jazz France
Recording Location: Sofia, Bulgaria, February 1958
Total timing 76.30 ADD

CD 35 & 36
℗ 1963 Universal International Music BV
Recording Locations: Vienna, June 1962 (Op.5 no.2, Op.102 no.1), March 1963 (Op.5 no.1, Op.102 no.2); London, July 1961 (Op.69)
CD 35: 76.39
CD 36: 32.39
Total timing 109.18 ADD

CD 37
℗ 1994 Universal International Music BV
Recording Location: Pushkin Museum, Moscow, December 1992
Total timing 71.00 DDD

CD 38
℗ 1987 Universal International Music BV
Recording Location: Tours, July 1983
Total timing 47.10 DDD

CD 39
℗ 1985 Universal International Music BV
Recorded By Supraphon, Prague
Recorded live at the Prague Festival in the Rudolfinum, Prague, June 1982
Total timing 68.42 DDD

CD 40
℗ 1991 Universal International Music BV
Recording Locations: Kloster Polling, Germany, August 1992 (Liszt); Moscow, 1986 (Franck)
Total timing 69.22 DDD

CD 41
℗ 1988 Universal International Music BV
Recording Location: Tours, July 1985
Publishers: Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd (Britten; Bartók); Schott Musikverlage International (Stravinsky)
Total timing 67.16 DDD

CD 42
℗ 1959 (Mozart), 1963 (Beethoven) Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg
Recording Locations: National Philharmonic Hall, Warsaw, April 1959 (Mozart); Großer Saal, Musikverein, Vienna, September 1962 (Beethoven)
Publisher: Breitkopf & Härtel, Wiesbaden (Mozart, Beethoven WoO 6)
Total timing 78.31 ADD

CD 43
℗ 1959 (Schumann) Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg
℗ 1988 (Liszt) Universal International Music BV
Recording Locations: National Philharmonic Hall, Warsaw, October 1958 (Schumann Op.54), April 1959 (Schumann Op.92); Budapest, February 1958 (Liszt)
Total timing 72.01 ADD

CD 44
℗ 1961 (Liszt), 1963 (Beethoven) Decca Music Group Limited
Recording Locations: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London, July 1961 (Liszt); Paris, 1963 (Beethoven)
Total timing 70.09 ADD

CD 45
℗ 1959 (Rachmaninov), 1963 (Tchaikovsky) Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg
Recording Locations: Philharmonic Hall, Warsaw, 26 April–2 May 1959 (Rachmaninov); Musikvereinssaal, Vienna, 24–26 September 1962 (Tchaikovsky)
Editions: D. Rahter Musikverlag (Tchaikovsky); Editions Gutheil (Rachmaninov)
Total timing 70.41 ADD

CD 46
℗ 1959 (Prokofiev) Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg
℗ 1971 (Britten) Decca Music Group Limited
Recording Locations: Philharmonic Hall, Warsaw, April 1959 (Rachmaninov) [sic; The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk, 6 December 1970 (Britten)
Publishers: Édition Russe de Musique (Prokofiev); Hawkes & Son, London (Britten)
Total timing 56.42 ADD

CD 47
℗ 1985 Universal International Music BV
Recording Location: Dresden, February 1985
Total timing 76.44 DDD

CD 48
℗ 1978 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg
Recording Location: Grand Théâtre de Tours, Tours, July 1977
Edition: Peters, Frankfurt am Main
Total timing 54.43 ADD

CD 49
℗ 1975 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg
Recording Location: Stadthaus, Innsbruck, October 1973
Edition: Peters, Frankfurt am Main
Total timing 53.47 ADD

CD 50
℗ 1965 (Schubert), 1966 (Mozart K521), 1967 (Mozart K448; Debussy) BBC [BBC logo
This compilation ℗ 2000 BBC
The BBC word mark and logo are trademarks of the British Broadcasting Corporation and are used under licence
BBC logo © BBC 1996
Recording Locations: Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh, 19 June 1966 (Mozart K521); The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk, 20 June 1966 (Mozart K448), 20 June 1967 (Debussy)
The assistance of the Britten Estate (Donald Mitchell) and the Britten–Pears Library is gratefully acknowledged.
Total timing 77.06 ADD

CD 51
℗ 1964 (D813), 1965 (D812; D940) BBC [BBC logo
This compilation ℗ 2000 BBC
The BBC word mark and logo are trademarks of the British Broadcasting Corporation and are used under licence
BBC logo © BBC 1996
Recording Locations: Parish Church, Aldeburgh, 20 June 1964 (D813); Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh, 22 June 1965 (D812, D940)
The assistance of the Britten Estate (Donald Mitchell) and the Britten–Pears Library is gratefully acknowledged.
Total timing 75.27 ADD

Booklet:

– Introductory Note © 2014 Decca Music Group Limited

– Photos
• pages 31 and 89: Siegfried Lauterwasser
• page 38: Arje Plas
• pages 46 and 59: Eric Anther
• page 51: Decca/Mary Robert
• pages 55, 69, 73–74, 110–111 and 131: Decca
• page 64: Gérard Proust, 1973
• pages 80, 113 and 129–130: Decca/Gérard Proust
• page 83: Decca/Windisch Graetz
• page 86: DG/Siegfried Lauterwasser
• page 92: Decca/Erwin Dorling
• page 95: Ellinger, Salzburg
• page 102: Sylvain Knecht
• page 103: Brian Seed/Lebrecht Music & Arts
• page 107: Harold Lawrence
• pages 119–120: Gérard Proust
• page 125: Mary Robert

Box, bottom:

Limited Edition
This compilation
℗ 2014 Decca Music Group Limited
© 2014 Decca Music Group Limited
Made in the EU
Booklet enclosed・Brochure incluse・Mit Beiheft

[Decca logo
Decca Music Group Limited, London, England
A Universal Music Company
Universal International Music BV

Incidental information:

– six solo piano works (Beethoven Sonatas 10, 19, 20 and Liszt's Funerailles, Ave Maria, and Harmonies poétiques et religieuses) are distributed among The Chamber Music Recordings (CD 40) and The Concerto Recordings (CDs 43 and 44)

– Graphics and packaging

• sleeves and disc labels CDs 1–34 feature white print against a yellow background
• sleeves and disc labels CDs 35–41 feature white print against a ochre background
• sleeves and disc labels CDs 42–46 feature white print against a orange background
• sleeves and disc labels CDs 47–49 feature white print against a brown background
• sleeves and disc labels CDs 50–51 feature white print against a red background

• discs packaged in card sleeves, housed in a sturdy, full printed 5.2″ x 5.2″ cube-shaped flip-lid style box. Includes 132 pp. booklet with recording index, detailed tracklist, credits, photos and liner notes in English, French and German

– Typographical errors

A. Booklet
• page 9: Prokofiev Visions fugitives should be recorded 1979, not 1993 (CD 30)
• pages 9 and 69: Rachmaninov Prelude should be Op.32 no.12, not Op.32 no.13 (CDs 26 and 34)
• page 29: CD 11 total duration should be 64:18, not 73:34
• pages 33–34: Beethoven Diabelli Variations are Variations XXIV–XXVIII, not XIV–XVIII (CD 14, tracks 24–28)
• page 61: Shostakovich Prelude and Fugue Op.87 no.14 should be E-flat minor, not E-flat major (CD 30)
• page 89: the April 1959, Philharmonic Hall, Warsaw recording showcases Prokofiev, not Rachmaninov (CD 46)
• page 101: Schubert Grand Duo (I) is 13.05, not 3.13 (CD 51, track 14)

B. Disc labels
• CD 19: Liszt Polonaise No.2 should be S223/2, not S233/2
• CD 34: Rachmaninov Prelude should be Op.32 no.12, not Op.32 no.13
• CD 42: Mozart Piano Concerto should be No.20, not No.2
• CD 43: Schumann Introduction and Allegro appassionato should be Op.92, not Op.91

C. Disc sleeve
• CD 34: Rachmaninov Prelude should be Op.32 no.12, not Op.32 no.13