Sviatoslav Richter Archive

Some of Felix Mendelssohn’s most charming work can be found in his Songs without Words. Between 1830 and 1847, Mendelssohn composed eight sets of six short piano pieces–48 pieces in all–that he himself titled Songs …

Sviatoslav Richter’s great love as a young man was opera, and his remarkable sight reading skills permitted him to play operatic scores he had never seen before. He was thus able to secure a job …

It certainly must have been a huge event when violinist David Oistrakh and pianist Sviatoslav Richter gave a concert in New York. According to my research it took place in 1970! There is a lot …

Beethoven’s piano sonata Op. 14 No. 1 is a work in three movements. The first movement opens with a spacious theme that stretches itself upwards through an octave and contrasts with the step-by-step chromaticism of …

Johann Sebastian titled his collection of Preludes and fugues “Das Wohltemperirte Clavier”. The book is dated 1722 and was composed in Köthen, essentially for the youth who desired to learn music, including those who were …