TITLE : Richter: The Sofia Recital 1958
	CATALOGUE NUMBER : 464 734-2
	INTERNATIONAL RELEASE DATE : December 2000
WORKS
Modest Moussorgsky 1–14 Pictures at an Exhibition Franz Schubert 15 Moment musical in C, D780 no.1 16 Impromptu in E flat, D899 no.2 17 Impromptu in A flat, D899 no.4 Frédéric Chopin 18 Étude in E, op.10 no.3 Franz Liszt 19 Valse oubliée No.1 in F sharp 20 Valse oubliée No.2 in A flat 21 Étude d’exécution transcendante No.5 “Feux follets” 22 Étude d’exécution transcendante No.11 “Harmonies du soir” Sergei Rachmaninoff 23 Prelude in G sharp minor
ARTISTS
Sviatoslav Richter, piano
COMPOSERS
Various
RECORDING INFORMATION
Sviatoslav Richter’s famous recital, exactly as it was recorded in 1958 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Russian-born Richter had a bravura technique and his very personal approach to each work ensured legendary performances on both stage and disc. This famous recital has been reissued on quite a few occasions, but up till now you’ve never had the chance to hear it in 24 bits-96kHz sound. Apart from probably the greatest performance of Pictures at an Exhibition ever to be found on record we find works from Chopin, Liszt and Schubert, and as a bonus Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in G sharp minor which Richter used as an encore to the recital (this prelude has so far only been available in the Great Pianists of the 20th Century edition.)