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Sviatoslav Richter

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mother did not want to leave and so they remained in Odessa. In August 1941, his father was arrested and later found guilty of espionage, being sentenced to death on October 6, 1941. Richter did not speak to his mother again until shortly before her death nearly 20 years later in connection with his first US tour.
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On picking small venues for performance: "Put a small piano in a truck and drive out on country roads; take time to discover new scenery; stop in a pretty place where there is a good church; unload the piano and tell the residents; give a concert; offer flowers to the people who have been so kind as
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piano, giving perhaps 150 recitals, at times performing in small towns that did not even have a concert hall. It is said that after one such concert, the members of the audience, who had never before heard classical music performed, gathered in the middle of the hall and started swaying from side to
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While he very much enjoyed performing for an audience, Richter hated planning concerts years in advance, and in later life took to playing at very short notice in small, most often darkened halls, with only a small lamp lighting the score. Richter said that this setting helped the audience focus on
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See Piero Rattalino, Pianisti e Fortisti, Il terzo Uomo ("How many pianists can claim today to be at level? How many are his peers, in the whole history of piano playing? Although I may appear unduly selective, only two names come to mind: Franz Liszt and Feruccio Busoni. The first was born in
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According to Falk Schwartz and John Berrie's 1983 article "Sviatoslav Richter – A Discography", in the 1970s, Richter announced his intention of recording his complete solo repertoire "on some 50 discs". This "complete" Richter project did not come to fruition, however, although twelve LPs worth of
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for decades, he insisted that the following disclaimer/apology be printed on a CD containing a performance thereof: "Just now Sviatoslav Richter realised, much to his regret, that he always made a mistake in the third measure before the end of the second part of the 'Italian Concerto'. As a matter
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Early in his career, Richter also tried composition, and it even appears that he played some of his works during his audition for Neuhaus. He gave up composition shortly after moving to Moscow. Years later, Richter explained this decision as follows: "Perhaps the best way I can put it is that I see
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Monsaingeon, p. 108, "That's why I now play in the dark, to empty my head of all non-essential thoughts and allow the listener to concentrate on the music rather than on the performer. What's the point of watching a pianist's hands or face, when they only express the efforts being expended on the
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for cello and orchestra. This was his sole appearance as a conductor. The soloist was Rostropovich, to whom the work was dedicated. Prokofiev also wrote his 1949 Cello Sonata in C for Rostropovich, and he and Richter premiered it in 1950. Richter himself was a passable cellist, and Rostropovich
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By the beginning of World War II, Richter's parents' marriage had failed and his mother had fallen in love with another man. Because Richter's father was a German, he was under suspicion by the authorities and a plan was made for the family to flee the country. Due to her romantic involvement, his
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Richter explained his approach to performance as follows: "The interpreter is really an executant, carrying out the composer's intentions to the letter. He doesn't add anything that isn't already in the work. If he is talented, he allows us to glimpse the truth of the work that is in itself a
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In 1970, Richter visited Japan for the first time, travelling across Siberia by railway and ship as he disliked flying. He played Beethoven, Schumann, Mussorgsky, Prokofiev, Bartók and Rachmaninoff, as well as works by Mozart and Beethoven with Japanese orchestras. He visited Japan eight times.
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described Richter as follows: "His singular ability to grasp the whole and at the same time miss none of the smallest details of a composition suggests a comparison with an eagle who from his great height can see as far as the horizon and yet single out the tiniest detail of the landscape."
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church. In the early 1920s Richter became interested in music (as well as other art forms such as cinema, literature, and theatre) and started studying piano. Unusually, he was largely self-taught. His father gave him only a basic education in music, as did one of his father's pupils, a
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concluded that Richter's playing was "provincial", and wondered why Richter had been invited to play in London, given that London had plenty of "second class" pianists of its own. Following a July 18, 1961, concert, where Richter performed both of
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Bruno Monsaingeon, Sviatoslav Richter – Notebooks and Conversations, p. 108 ("There was also the recording of Brahms's Second Concerto with Erich Leinsdorf, one of my worst records, even though people still praise it to the skies. I can't bear
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critic Bryce Morrison described Richter as follows: "Idiosyncratic, plain-speaking, heroic, reserved, lyrical, virtuosic and perhaps above all, profoundly enigmatic, Sviatoslav Richter remains one of the greatest recreative artists of all time."
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and regularly practised with local opera and ballet companies. He developed a lifelong passion for opera, vocal and chamber music that found its full expression in the festivals he established in La Grange de Meslay, France, and in Moscow at the
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In 1963, after searching in the Loire Valley, France, for a venue suitable for a music festival, Richter discovered La Grange de Meslay, several kilometres north of Tours. The festival was established by Richter and became an annual event.
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was disrupted by anti-Soviet protests, Richter vowed never to return. Rumours of a planned return to Carnegie Hall surfaced in the last years of Richter's life, although it is not clear whether there was any truth behind them.
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of fact, through forty years – and no musician or technician ever pointed it out to him – he played 'F-sharp' rather than 'F'. The same mistake can be found in the previous recording made by Maestro Richter in the fifties."
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attended a Richter recital in 1958 in the Soviet Union. He reportedly wept during the recital and, upon returning to the United States, described Richter's playing as "the most powerful piano playing I have ever heard".
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In his last years, Richter gave a few concerts for students that were free of charge (February 14, 1990: Teatro Romea, Murcia, Spain, also March 1, 1990: matinee concert in Teatre Municipal, Girona, Spain).
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separated them from their son, and Richter moved in with his aunt Tamara. He lived with her from 1918 to 1921, and it was then that his interest in art first manifested itself: he first became interested in
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described his first exposure to Richter as follows: "It really wasn't anything out of the ordinary. Then at some point I noticed my eyes growing moist: tears began rolling down my cheeks."
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Richter's belief that musicians should "carry ... out the composer's intentions to the letter", led him to be critical of others and, most often, himself. After attending a recital of
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from a heart attack on August 1, 1997, aged 82. He had been suffering from depression due to an inability to perform caused by changes in his hearing that altered his perception of pitch.
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without observing the first movement repeat, Richter asked him backstage to explain the omission. Similarly, after Richter realised that he had been playing a wrong note in Bach's
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Despite his large discography, Richter disliked making studio recordings, and most of his recordings originate from live performances. Thus, his live recitals from Moscow (1948),
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as the following: "Richter was certainly a marvellous pianist but not as impeccable as he was reputed to be. His music making was too dry for me. In Richter's interpretation of
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wrote of Richter: "His personality was greater than the possibilities offered to him by the piano, broader than the very concept of complete mastery of the instrument."
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for a television programme whilst touring in the US, Richter said, after much coaxing by the interviewer and embarrassment on his own part, that Haydn was "better than
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wrote of Richter: "Richter is an extraordinary phenomenon. The enormity of his talent staggers and enraptures. All the phenomena of musical art are accessible to him."
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Monsaingeon, p. 313 ("When I asked him why he didn't do the repeat of the exposition in the B minor Sonata, he seemed surprised and exclaimed 'But no one does it'".).
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Falk Schwartz & John Berrie, Sviatoslav Richter – A Discography, Recorded Sound, July 1983 (" repeated assert that he dislikes the recording studio").
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Despite his professed aversion for the studio, Richter took the recording process seriously. For instance, after a long recording session for Schubert's
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Richter's first concerts in the West took place in May 1960, when he was allowed to play in Finland, and on October 15, 1960, in Chicago, where he played
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was a good pianist; at one concert in Moscow at which he accompanied Rostropovich on the piano, they exchanged instruments for part of the program.
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at University of Oxford Faculty of Music website. Retrieved November 10, 2022. (Text of the presentation by Oxford public orator Godfrey Bond
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piano, Richter listened to the tapes and, dissatisfied with his performance, told the recording engineer "Well, I think we'll remake it on the
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On playing: "I don't play for the audience, I play for myself, and if I derive any satisfaction from it, then the audience, too, is content."
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label. Thus the West first became aware of Richter through recordings made in the 1950s. One of Richter's first advocates in the West was
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As Richter once put it, "My repertory runs to around eighty different programs, not counting chamber works." His repertoire ranged from
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The Italian critic Piero Rattalino has asserted that the only pianists comparable to Richter in the history of piano performance were
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On his plan to perform without a fee: "Music must be given to those who love it. I want to give free concerts; that's the answer."
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recordings were made between 1970 and 1973 and were subsequently reissued (in CD format) by Olympia (various composers, 10 CDs) and
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Milstein, Nathan. From Russia to the West the musical memoirs and reminiscences of Nathan Milstein. New York: H. Holt, 1990. p. 222
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In 1960, even though he had a reputation for being "indifferent" to politics, Richter defied the authorities when he performed at
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the music being performed, rather than on extraneous and irrelevant matters such as the performer's grimaces and gestures.
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As late as 1995, Richter continued to perform some of the most demanding pieces in the pianistic repertoire, including
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An anecdote illustrates Richter's approach to performance in the last decade of his life. After reading a biography of
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landowning family, and at one point she studied under her future husband. In 1918, when Richter's parents were in
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1811; the second in 1866, fifty-one years later. And Richter was born in 1915, forty-nine years after Busoni.).
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Since his death it has been suggested that Richter was homosexual and that having a female companion provided a
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thing of genius and that is reflected in him. He shouldn't dominate the music, but should dissolve into it."
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letter from Nicolas Nabokov to Igor Stravinsky, February 3, 1963, Stravinsky, selected correspondence, Vol II
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RECORDED RICHTER, complete discography that includes currently unavailable recordings and private recordings
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On February 18, 1952, Richter made his sole appearance as a conductor in the world premiere of Prokofiev's
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and pieces by Gershwin, and works by Bach and Mozart that he had not previously included in his programs.
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for his true sexual orientation, because homosexuality was widely taboo at that time and could result in
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Vadim Mogilnitsky, "Sviatoslav Richter" / Вадим Могильницкий, из книги "Святослав Рихтер", (see link:
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Kevin Bazzana – Sviatoslav Richter (1915–1997), Notes to Richter in Leipzig, Music & Arts CD 1025.
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Kevin Bazzana – Sviatoslav Richter (1915–1997), Notes to Richter in Leipzig, Music & Arts CD 1025
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called Richter "one of the most powerful communicators the world of music has produced in our time".
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proclaimed that Richter was a "genius", prompting Richter to respond that Sofronitsky was a "god".
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Falk Schwartz & John Berrie, Sviatoslav Richter – A Discography, Recorded Sound, July 1983.
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In 1921 the family was reunited, and the Richters moved to Odessa, where Teofil taught at the
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Richter worked tirelessly to learn new pieces. For instance, in the late 1980s, he learned
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Foreword to V.I. Delson, Sviatoslav Richter, Moscow 1961, partial translation available at
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David Fanning, Notes to Sviatoslav Richter performs Chopin and Liszt, BBC Legends CD 2000.
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In 1961, Richter played for the first time in London. His first recital, pairing works of
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In 1981, Richter initiated the international December Nights music festival, held at the
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Bryce Morrison, Gramophone review of Sviatoslav Richter's Schumann EMI CD 62961.
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Harold C. Schonberg, Horowitz – His Life and Music, Simon & Schuster, 1992.
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Richter disliked performing in the United States. Following a 1970 incident at
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Other critically acclaimed live recordings by Richter include performances of
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in 1994 with the Japan Shinsei Symphony Orchestra conducted by his old friend
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Having received the Stalin and Lenin prizes and become People's Artist of the
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On March 19, 1934, Richter gave his first recital, at the Engineers' Club of
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March 7] 1915 – August 1, 1997) was a Soviet and Russian classical
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Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class
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Knights Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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Website dedicated to Sviatoslav Richter, includes an extensive discography
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In 1986, Richter embarked on a six-month tour of Siberia with his beloved
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Fanning, David (2001). "Sviatoslav (Teofilovich) Richter". In
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Best Classical Performance – Concerto or Instrumental Soloist
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Richter's last recorded orchestral performance was of three
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Richter's comment on inner sleeve of Stradivarius CD 33323.
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said: "Of the Russian pianists, I like only one, Richter."
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Bruno Monsaingeon, The Enigma (film biography of Richter).
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Portrait of an Artist, by Heinrich Neuhaus, available at
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Sviatoslav Richter: Pianist of the Century. Discography
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2015 Ukrainian Stamp commemorating the birth of Richter
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after all". Similarly, during a recording session for
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in New York City, when Richter's performance alongside
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no point in adding to all the bad music in the world".
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Central to his repertoire were the works of Schubert,
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Piero Rattalino, Sviatoslav Richter – Il Visionario.
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In April 1958, Richter was on the jury of the first
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Archived from 1765:The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians 413:). The title role was played by Boris Smirnov. 276:Even at an early age, Richter was an excellent 2364: 2362: 1258:, Liszt's two Piano Concertos, Rachmaninoff's 1170:(multiple performances, 1965–66), Beethoven's 998:and his wife and long-time artistic companion 473:In 1948, Richter and Dorliak gave recitals in 391:in 1950. In 1952, Richter was invited to play 3511: 3017: 2071: 2069: 2005:Liner notes for Deutsche Grammophon 449 821–2 1651:, July 5, 2012. Retrieved on August 11, 2020. 8: 4815:Recipients of the Léonie Sonning Music Prize 2606:"Sviatoslav Richter on SONY BMG Masterworks" 2501:Robert Schumann's correspondence, about 1832 1626:[svʲɪtɐsˈɫaftʲɪɐˈfʲiləvʲɪtɕˈrʲixtər] 1497:Robert Schumann Prize of the City of Zwickau 772:At the time of his death, he was rehearsing 763:Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Beethoven 651:, which after his death in 1997 was renamed 221:), the hometown of his parents. His father, 2988:Concert list program with Google Earth maps 1262:and Schumann's Toccata, among many others. 1102:(multiple years), la Grange de Meslay near 4830:Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medallists 3518: 3504: 3496: 3024: 3010: 3002: 2111:http://www.trovar.com/str/dates/a1960.html 1144:'s B-flat Sonata (multiple performances), 2910:. Boston: Northeastern University Press. 2664:, Richter International Piano Competition 910:Variations, and in the 1990s, several of 418:Symphony-Concerto for Cello and Orchestra 174:Learn how and when to remove this message 509:, and Warsaw. In 1958, Richter recorded 464: 54: 4775:Glinka State Prize of the RSFSR winners 2997:Website of Memorial Richter's apartment 2319:Richter International Piano Competition 2101:Claudia Cassidy, Chicago Tribune, 1960. 1640: 1594: 289:, where he accompanied the rehearsals. 285:. At age 15, he started to work at the 2593:http://www.trovar.com/str/neuhaus.html 2306:"Sviatoslav Richter Chronology – 1995" 2280:"Sviatoslav Richter Chronology – 1994" 2038: 1981:"Sviatoslav Richter Chronology – 1950" 1704:"The 20 Greatest Pianists of all time" 1231:, Richter's RCA Victor recording with 1065:Richter performing live (London, 1989) 1050: 837: 321:, a pianist and piano teacher, at the 264:and, briefly, worked as organist of a 2571:"Year in Review — Arts & Culture" 2380:"A Richter rehearsal at the Barbican" 1661:Wigler, Stephen (February 11, 1996). 1624: 938:, which he learned in four days, and 653:December Nights of Sviatoslav Richter 560:, creating a sensation. In a review, 7: 3033:Léonie Sonning Music Prize Laureates 934:He gave the premiere of Prokofiev's 493:. 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