COMPOSERS: Bach,Chopin,Haydn,Schubert
LABELS: DG
ALBUM TITLE: Collection: in Memoriam
WORKS: Works by Bach, Haydn, Chopin, Schubert,
PERFORMER: Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
CATALOGUE NO: 457 667-2 ADD
From the intellectual austerity of his Bach to the mercurial brilliance of his Rachmaninov, this generously filled two-CD set is a wonderful conspectus of Richter’s playing in reasonably acceptable sound. It would be difficult to imagine
a more emotionally penetrating rendition of Schubert’s C minor Allegretto, or a more subtle control of nuance in Debussy’s Estampes.