It was in Carnegie Hall and Sviatoslav Richter was playing the piano. The floor rumbled and the walls shook. It happened during the tumultuous passage in double octaves that opens the fugato in ...

The legendary Russian pianist would have been 100 this week. Tom Service picks ten of his essential performances that introduce you to the genius of Sviatoslav Richter One hundred years ago this week ...

This is an invaluable record of an exceptional recital Sviatoslav Richter gave at the Royal Festival Hall in London in June 1975. I doubt that any of us who were lucky enough to be there will ever ...

March 20 was the 100th anniversary of the birth of Sviatoslav Richter, who died in 1997, depressed about a hearing ailment that gave him a false sense of pitch. At the time he was working on ...

The world’s most fabled and, internationally, the least widely heard pianist is 44-year-old Russian Sviatoslav Richter. Most Westerners who have managed to attend one of his concerts are convinced ...

What separates great talent from great artistry? When does the drive for perfection rob an artist of the ability to enjoy his genius? Sviatoslav Richter was considered by both his critics and peers to ...

Richter was not just a talented performer and independent creative figure. He performed musical compositions that were banned in the Soviet Union, gave sold-out concerts at Carnegie Hall and preferred ...

Monsaingeon's recent documentary about Richter won a large new audience for the late Russian pianist, who is frequently cited as one of the great musicians of the century, and here the filmmaker ...

For the centennial of the great Russian's birth, critic and piano maven Steve Wigler recalls a herculean talent who shook Carnegie Hall to its... It was in Carnegie Hall and Sviatoslav Richter was ...