Browse: Richter Edition (series)

Richter's technical feats make his Liszt playing extraordinary, while his sense of near-demonic possession in these live performances, recorded at various points in the 1950s, is hair-raising. — BBC Music Magazine, June 2014, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Richter's piano is clangorous in Op. 90, yet every bar is filled with personality and ideas. He is reflective yet explosive in Op. 101, though there's some technical insecurity. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

These accounts find Richter in quirky mode, pressing at the extremes of Schumann: hair-raising speed and melting depth mix and match. The Fantasie is hugely impressive. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Richter’s brilliant playing — muscular, mercurial — recorded live in Prague, emphasises the qualities in Beethoven’s music that amazed contemporaries when he first burst on the scene and that... — Sunday Times, 27th April 2014 More…