The Richter Acolyte

A Richter Videography
(compiled by Alex Malow)



Item Performance Date/Place Duration "Origin" Comments
1 Tchaikovsky - "May" from "The Seasons" 1963?

Moscow
? * Soviet TV From a concert to the memory of Tchaikovsky. LIVE
2 Beethoven- Sonatas for Cello and Piano #1,2,3,4,5 with Rostropovich. 31/08/64

Edinburgh
117 min. *Ideale Audience(Mezzo TV)*EMI DVA 4928349 (PAL DVD)EMI DVA 4928499(NTSC DVD) One of the greatest videos so far known to The Richter Acolyte. A "young" Richter playing Beethoven. Rostropovich in supreme form also. LIVE
3 Brahms- Intermezzo in e, Prokofiev- Piano Sonata #2, Ravel-Jeux d' eau, Alborado del gracioso (studio) 26/09/64

Toronto
35 min. * CBC TV (Canada)
* VAI #4213 (DVD)
* VAI 69416 (VHS)
#4213 & #69416: "Two Titans of the keyboard, Michelangeli and Richter" (65min) STUDIO
4 Mendelssohn- Variations serieuses, op.54 1966

Moscow
11 min. * Soviet TV *EMI DVA 4928349 (PAL DVD), EMI DVA 4928499 (NTSC DVD) LIVE
5 Dvorak- Piano Concerto (first mov. only) Prague S.O./Smetacek 02/06/66

Prague
20 min. * Czech TV
* French TV (TV-5 in Canada)
Stunning early Richter video. TRA begs for movement 2 and 3. LIVE
6 "Sviatoslav Richter" -Documentary- clips and interview in Russian, Japanese subtitles.Chopin Etudes op.10 #4, #10, #12 (all 3 complete. STUDIO) 1968

Soviet Union
60 min. * Soviet TV
* JPN-LSZS 00159 (LD)
* VSZT-00387 (VHS-PAL)
* IVCV 64143 (VHS,1998)
* Dreamlife DMVB-57 (VHS,1998)
Check Richter "Sightings" page. There exists a "Riga" Television version of this documentary which contains all of the same musical clips except for Debussy's Isle of Joy. The "Riga" variant contains a number of scenes not included in the Japanese releases i.e. Heinrich Neighaus' wife and daughter's recollection of Maestro, various picnic scenes in the countryside of Tarusa, segment with Dorliak, scenes in Baku of greetings, gifts and fishing nets.
7 Bach - Well Tempered Clavier: selections Book 1(?) 20(21)/4/1969(?)

Moscow
? * Soviet TV
A reliable source has indicated this TV broadcast (possibly different from the excerpt in "Richter the Enigma"). LIVE.
8 Beethoven- Triple Concerto (Oistrakh & Rostropovich, Moscow Phil.Orch./Kondrashin) 05/01/70

Moscow
36 min. * Soviet TV
* EMI TOLW 3728/29 (2 LD)
* LDB 491301 1 (LD,PAL)
* EMI MVD 4913013 (VHS,PAL)* Dreamlife DLVC 1112 (DVD)
The Dreamlife DVD contains a few more seconds of the final bows.LIVE.
9 Beethoven- Sonata for Piano and Violin #6, Brahms- Violin Sonata #3 + encore: Beethoven- Violin Sonata #5 (mov.3) (David Oistrakh) 18/3/70

New York (Alice Tully Hall)
56 min. * US TV (CBS) *VAI DVD 4369 LIVE
10 Beethoven- Sonata for piano and violin #1, #3, #10 (Oistrakh) 6/5/1970

Moscow
20 min.(#3) * Soviet TV
* EMI LDB 491301 1 (LD,PAL)
* EMI MVD 4913013 (VHS,PAL)
* EMI TOLW 3728/29 (2 LD)
Sparkling performance full of brio (why, what did you expect?).Only #3 issued by EMI. The date of this performance is stated as March '72 (no day specified) on the various EMI issues, but after some inquiry I think this date wrong! I've listened to the performance of 6/5/70 (which includes also Beethoven V. Son. #1 & #10)and to my ears it is the same as the video version. Add to this the fact that there is a video clip of Violin Son.#1(from "David Oistrakh - artist of the people") which appears to come from the same concert(same music stand, same attire: for example Richter with a white Handerkercheif in chest pocket etc).To sum up:it appears the Violin Son. #3 comes from the filmed recital of 6/5/70 which also includes #1 & #10. Another possibility is that it might come from an unlisted recital close in time to the 29th March'72 concert (Dreamlife DVD DLVC 1113), or possibly from the recital of 19th March '72 since it is listed in the Chronology (but nowhere else)....[Since I wrote the above I have come across a video clip in which Rozhdestvensky introduces this performance and mentions clearly it is from "....May 1970". Case closed.] . LIVE
11 Schubert - Piano Son. #19 D 958, Bartok - 15 Hungarian peasant songs, Szymanowski - from "Masque" op.34 : Sheherazade, Tantris le Bouffon, Prokofiev Piano Son. #7, encores: Prokofiev - Paysage, op.59 #2, Waltz from "War and Peace" op.96 #1, Debussy - Images BK 2 "Cloches a travers les feuilles" 03/09/70

Osaka
? * NHK (Japanese TV) Schubert piano sonata not broadcast. TRA has never seen this one - hopefully this video will show up someday. We know that the Prokofiev Piano Son.#7 was broadcast on NHK TV on 6/9/70 in a 50min. programme.There is some uncertainty about the rest. LIVE
12 Mozart - Piano Concerto #27, Piano Concerto #22, encore: Mov.3 from PC #22 (NHK Symphony Orchestra, Rudolph Barshai) 15/09/70

Tokyo
? * NHK (Japanese TV) TRA has never seen this one - hopefully this video will show up someday. Piano Concerto #22 was broadcast on NHK TV on 20/9/70 in a 50min. programme - the rest is uncertain..LIVE
13 Beethoven - Rondo for Piano and Orchestra (USSR State S.O./Kondrashin) 1971

Moscow
10 min. * Soviet TV Concert of the 24th Soviet Communist Congress. A short clip of this performance is contained in a documentary about Kiril Kondrashin called "The Testament of Kiril Petrovich" (1990),LIVE
14 Brahms- Violin Sonata #2, Bartok - Violin Son.#1, Prokofiev - Violin Son.#1 encores: Schubert- Andantino from op.162, Beethoven - Rondo from Violin Son.#1(Oistrakh) 29/03/72

Moscow
90 min. * Dreamlife DLVC 1113 (DVD)* Soviet TV
* LDB 491301 1 (LD,PAL)[Brahms only]
* EMI MVD 4913013 (VHS,PAL)[Brahms only]
* EMI TOLW 3728/29 (2 LD)[Brahms only]
The Bartok violin Son. #1 & Prokofiev Violin Son. #1 plus the 2 encores are great new additions to the Videography, thanks to Dreamlife! Picture quality is a little gloomy ("inky") and lacks the lustre of the former EMI issue of the Brahms Violin Son.#2 but it doesn't take long to get over this and is a "must have" for piano and violin enthusiasts who can afford it. LIVE
15 Beethoven- Piano Sonata #30 & #32 + encores: Bagatelle op.126 #1, Brahms- intermezzo in a op.118 #1 01/06/74

Tokyo
? * Japanese TV
NHK
Beethoven - Piano Son.#31, Chopin - Nocturne op.15 #1 also played on this date and presumably filmed. NHK broadcasted all but Sonata #31 and the Chopin Nocturne on 14/7/74. LIVE
16 Beethoven- Piano Sonata #32 12/01/75

Moscow
25 min. * Soviet TV (From part 1 of 4 part documentary on H. Neuhaus?) LIVE.
17 Beethoven- Violin Sonatas #2, #4, #5 (Kagan) ?/?/75

Moscow
? * Soviet TV LIVE.
18 Beethoven- Piano Sonata #1, Schumann-Carnival of Vienna + 4 encores: Beethoven- Bagatelle op.126 #1, Debussy- Preludes BK 1 #3, BK 2 #8, Rachmaninoff- Prelude op.32 #12 10&16/10/76

Moscow
60 min. * Soviet TV
* Suncrown CRLB-55004 (LD)
* DMEC 38003 * Dreamtime JPBC 14828 (DVD, 63min.)
Disc 1 of 4 laserdisc box: "The Art of Richter"
"Richter in the 1970s, live" vol.3 of DMEC series. This issue is a compilation of video from two separate nights: in the Beethoven and the last 3 encores Richter is seen wearing a "normal" tie, in the Schumann and first encore he is wearing a bowtie....The Dreamtime DVD issued in Jan 2005 shows more of Maestro bowing at the end of the recital compared to the Laserdisc.
19 "Chopiniana" - Polonaise-Fantasy op.61, Waltzes op.34 #3, op.70 #3, Mazurkas op.63 #3,op.67 #3,op.68 #3, op.posth."Emile Gaillard", Etude op.25 #7, Scherzo op.54,Etude op.10 #4 10/10/76

Moscow
47 min. * Soviet TV
* DMEC 38002
"Richter in the 1970s, live" vol.2 of DMEC series. We don't see Maestro in the Etude op.10 #4, just the credits rolling while the music sounds. Prelude op.28 #15 also played on this date but not shown or heard in this issue.
20 Beethoven- Piano Sonatas #7, #9, #12 16/10/76

Moscow
60 min. * Soviet TV
* TOVW-3537
* TOLW-3537 (LD)
* DMEC 38001
"Richter in the 1970s, live" vol.1 of DMEC series
21 Mozart - Piano Concerto #18 (Moscow Phil.Orch./Kondrashin) 9&10/1/77

Moscow
39min. * Soviet TV LIVE
22 Schubert- Piano Sonatas #6, #18, Scherzo, 4 Landler, Andante in A, Allegretto in C + encore: last mov. #18 27/09/77

Aldeburgh
104 min. * BBC TV
* Classica TV
If you look really hard, you can't see me - I'm one of the lucky ones in the audience, two-thirds down the hall on the left.(I saw the Maestro 6 times in that unforgettable year of 1977! - but never again!! (until the magic of VIDEO!) LIVE
23 Bach- Piano concerto #1, Brandenburg Concerto #5 [**Piano Concerto #6 BWV 1057](Moscow Con.Orc./Nikolayevsky) 28/03/78

Moscow
65 min. * Soviet TV
* Suncrown CRLB -55004 (LD) * Dreamtime JPBC 13804 (DVD issued in Jan.2005, 43 min.:Brandenburg #5 plus only mov.1 of Concerto #1)
Disc 1 of 4 laserdisc box: "The Art of Richter".There definately appears to be atleast one encore (with orchestra): in the Dreamtime issue we see Richter return to the stage and once again sit at the piano and look up at the conductor in readiness mode - TRA speculates that the last movement of the Brandenburg #5 is repeated (and was probably filmed) - Richter often repeated as an encore a movement of what he just played and we note in Ates Tanin's "Recorded Richter" that Richter played the 3rd mov. as an encore in the '78 performance of the Brandenburg #5 in Tours. **The Telefond entries indicate that the Bach Concerto #6 was filmed, but no date is given. Richter performed all three concertos in Leningrad 3 weeks later, so it is entirely likely that the same programme was performed in Moscow. LIVE
24 Schubert- 8 Songs (Fischer-Dieskau) Am Fenster, An der Donau, Liebeslausschen, Auf der Bruck, Fischerweiser, Der Wanderer, Die Sterne, Im Fruhling, Piano Sonata D 664 08/78

Munich
61 min. * German TV *DG 000289 4775556 DVD (recital with Fischer-Dieskau only) STUDIO
25 Handel- Keyboard Suites #3 (Richter), #7 (Gavrilov) 01/07/79

Tours
50 min. * SOHBI SKL-1018 (LD) Gavrilov turns Richter's pages. Richter turns Gavrilov's pages. LIVE
26 "Richter in Tours"- Documentary in German, clips, interview with Richter in German 1979

Tours
60 min. * German TV Richter rehearses Bach Keyboard Concerto #1, Gavrilov with Richter rehearse Handel. Includes revealing discussion about performance style with regard to Wagner, Beethoven and Schubert. Also in it Richter poses the question (quoting Heinrich Neuhaus) "where is an artist's second home?" answer: "Italy".
27 "Richter Chronicles"- Soviet TV documentary, clips: Debussy, Bach, Mozart, Schubert. 1978

Soviet Union
74 min. * Soviet TV (Gostelradio) The interview with Artur Rubinstein about Richter is longer than the portion of the interview featured in Richter the Enigma. Check Richter "Sightings" page for details of the performance video clips.
28 Medtner - "The Music of Nikolai Medtner": Sonata for Violin and Piano #1 op.21 (Kagan),Piano Sonata "Reminiscences" op.38 #1, Romances and Songs (sung by Galina Pisarenko)- 1.I loved You Once (Pushkin),2.The Angel (Pushkin),3.The Flower (Pushkin),4.When Roses Fade (Pushkin),5.Spanish Romance (Pushkin),6.To The Dreamer (Pushkin),7.Winter Night(Pushkin),8.The Night (Pushkin),9.I Can't Forget That Sweetest Moment (Delvig),10.Signs (Pushkin) 27/12/81

Moscow
57 min. * Soviet TV
"December Nights" concert.LIVE
29 Tchaikovsky- The Seasons: "May" & "June",L'espiegle op.72 #12, Un Poco di Chopin op.72 #15, Menuetto Scherzoso op.51 #3, Valse de Salon op.51 #1, Valse de Salon op.51 etc. Rachmaninoff- Moment Musicaux op.16 #6,op.3 #3 "Melodie", op.3 #4 "Polichinelle" 04/01/82

Moscow
47 min. * Soviet TV
* Suncrown CRLB-55004 (LD)
Disc 3 of 4 laserdisc box: "The Art of Richter". Tchaikovsky- "January"(doubtfull), Rachmaninoff- Etudes Tableaux op.33 #5 in e flat minor & #8 in c sharp minor also filmed but not included in this issue. LIVE
30 Mozart - Piano Quartet #2 K 493 (Tretyakov, Bashmet, Gutman) 29or30/12/1982

Moscow
? * Soviet TV
LIVE. TRA has not seen the entire performance. Placed in the Videography based on the clip seen.
31 Mozart - Violin Sonatas (Kagan) 12/82?

Moscow
63 min. * Soviet TV
The contents of this programme remain a mystery to TRA. For example, the following are listed (Telefond entries) as being filmed: Violin Sonatas K.403,K.372,K.304,K.454, but there exists atleast an audio recording of K.376, K.378 and K.379 as well which come from a "December Nights" festival concert on 17/12/1982. The Telefond entries refer to a TV broadcast of 1983. So is it possible that there may be more than one filmed recital of Mozart Violin Sonatas?
32 Dvorak - Piano Quintet op.5 and Piano Quintet op.81 + encore: op.81 last mov. (Borodin Quartet) 31/12/82

Moscow
81 min. * Soviet TV
LIVE.
33 Franck - Piano Trio, Ravel Piano Trio (Oleg Kagan , Natalia Gutman), Debussy - Images BK.1, Images BK.2 #1 18/9/83

Moscow
? * Soviet TV LIVE
34 Shostakovich - Piano Quintet op. 57 (Borodin Quartet) 5?/12?/1983

Moscow
? * Soviet TV *RUSCICO DVD [mov.3 only: 4 min.] (PAL, NTSC)
2 DVD set celebrating the Borodin Quartet contains the 3rd. mov. only. LIVE
35 Haydn- Piano Concerto in D (Minsk Chamber Orch./Yuri Tsiryuk) 18/12/83

Moscow
28 min. * Soviet TV
* Suncrown CRLB-55004 (LD)
"Bonus" disc of 4 laser disc box: "The Art of Richter". Concert held in Pushkin Museum. LIVE
36 Haydn- Piano Concerto in D (Minsk Chamber Orch.?/Yuri Tsiryuk) 19/12/83

Moscow
? * Soviet TV
Concert held in Large Hall of the Moscow Conservatory. Have only seen 2 clips (from first and last mov.)check "Sightings" page. LIVE.
37 Brahms -Piano Sonata #1 & #2 1984?

Tokyo?
? Japanese TV? Apparently considered for commercial issue at one point (along with a mixed programme)but rejected, sadly....
38 Rachmaninoff- Etudes Tableaux op.33 #8, #4, #5, op.39 #1-4, #9, Melodie, Barcarolle 04/03/84

Tokyo
45 min. * Japanese TV Brahms - Piano Son. #2, Variations op.21 #2 also played on this date and presumably filmed. LIVE.
39 Haydn - Piano Son. in D #24, Piano Son. in b #32,Debussy- Preludes Book 1 #1-7, #9-11 + encore: Images Book 1 #1 27/03/84

Tokyo
79min. * Japanese TV
* Classica TV
Private Recital. LIVE.
40 "In Ensemble with Richter- Music of the 20th century" Prokofiev - Sonata for Flute and Piano, mov.1 (Vorozhtsova), Shostakovich- Piano Trio #2 op.67(complete) (Kagan & Gutman), Britten- Lachrymae op.48 [excerpt] (Bashmet), Cello Sonata mov.3 & 4 (Gutman), Stravinsky - Mouvements for piano and orchestra (12min.) (Moscow Ch.O/Nikolayevsky) 1/12/84(Prokofiev, Britten), 12/12/84 (Shostakovich)

Moscow
64 min. * Soviet TV Except for Stravinsky (Moscow 2/1/85) all contained on CRLB - 55004 (LD). LIVE
41 Prokofiev- Sonata for Flute & Piano, mov.1 (Vorozhtsova), Britten- Lachrymae op.48 [excerpt](Bashmet), Cello Sonata mov.3 & 4 (Gutman), Shostakovich- Piano Trio #2 op.67(complete) (Kagan & Gutman) 1/12/84 (Prokofiev,Britten),12/12/84 (Shostakovich)

Moscow
53 min. * Soviet TV
* Suncrown CRLB-55004 (LD)
Disc 3 of 4 laserdisc box: "The Art of Richter". LIVE
42 Haydn- Piano Sonata #24, Brahms- Violin Sonata #1, Shostakovich- Violin Sonata op.134 (Kagan) 06/03/85

Freiburg
74 min. * German TV
* Victor Company of Japan VHM 78009 (VHD)
* JHC 114 (VHS)
* JBC 114 (Beta)
"In memory of David Oistrakh". LIVE
43 Shostakovich- Viola Sonata , Britten- Lachrymae, Hindemith- Viola Sonata in F op.11 #4(Bashmet) 08/03/85

Freiburg
73 min. * German TV
* Victor Company of Japan VHM 78010 (VHD)
* JHC 113 (VHS)
* JBC 113 (Beta)
LIVE.
44 Schumann- Marchenbilder for viola and piano op.113 (Bashmet) 11/12/85

Moscow
17 min. * Soviet TV
* German TV
LIVE.
45 Schubert- Die Winterriese (Peter Schreier) Complete 10/12/85

Moscow
80 min. * Soviet TV (Gostelradio)
* German TV (ZDF)
LIVE.
46 Schubert- Violin Sonata in A, D 574 (Kagan) 7/12/85

Moscow
26 min. * Soviet TV
* German TV
LIVE.
47 Schumann- Blumenstucke op.19, Bilder aus Osten op.66 f-moll b-moll (for piano duet, L. Berlinskaya), 4 Fugues op.72, 3 studies on caprices by Paganini op.10 #4-6, Toccata op.7 13/12/85

Moscow
60 min. * Soviet TV
* Suncrown CRLB-55004 (LD)* Cultural Foundation Jury Bashmet, 2005 DVD (PAL)(selections only)
Disc 2 of 4 laserdisc box: "The Art of Richter". The "Cultural Foundation Jury Bashmet", "2005" has issued a non-commercial DVD (PAL) of selections from this recital and from the following entries #43,#44,#45,#47, these consist of:Schumann-Blumenstucke,Piano Trio: mov.3&4,Marchenbilder:mov.2&3, Bilder aus Osten f-moll, b-moll, Schubert-Winterreise:3 songs,Violin Sonata D 574 mov.4,Chopin-Cello Sonata:mov.3&4. LIVE
48 Schubert- 3 Songs from Die Winterreise #18, #19, #20 (Peter Schreier),Violin Sonata in A mov.4 D 574 (Kagan), Schumann- Marchenbilder op.113 mov.2 & 3 (Bashmet), Fantasy for Clarinet and Piano op.73 #3 (Kamishev), Piano Trio mov.3 & 4 (Kagan & Gutman), Chopin- Cello Sonata mov.3 & 4 (Gutman) 12/85

Moscow
60 min. * Soviet TV
* Suncrown CRLB-55004 (LD)
Disc 2 of 4 laserdisc box: "The Art of Richter". LIVE
49 Chopin - Cello Sonata in G minor op.65 (Natalia Gutman) 30/12/85

Moscow
32 min. * Soviet TV
*Suncrown Laserdisc CRLB-55004 (mov.2 & 3 only)
LIVE.From a "December Nights Festival" concert at the Pushkin Museum.
50 Schumann - 4 Fugues op.72 (only approx.half of fugue #3 plus fugue #4), March op.76 #2, 3 studies on caprices of Paganini op.10 #4,5,6, Toccata op.7, Novelletes op.21 #1, Blumenstucke, Nachtstucke op.23 # 1-4, encores: Liszt - Nuages Gris, Wagner - Albumblatt. 27/4/86

Florence
74min. * amatuer video
NEW!!Great view of those fantastic hands and what they can do! LIVE
51 Tchaikovsky- Piano Trio (Kagan & Gutman) 30/12/86

Moscow
60 min. * Soviet TV
* TOEMI WV045-3520 (LD)
* WK 045-3520 (VHS)
Sensational! LIVE.
52 Franck- Piano Quintet (Borodin Quartet) 05/12/88

Moscow
71 min. * Soviet TV LIVE. Includes footage of Richter's paintings, with comments from musicians and others.Interesting interview with the actor Dimitri Dorliak.
53 Scriabin- Prometheus Poem of Fire (USSR Symph. Orch./Svetlanov) 12/04/88

Moscow
30min. * Soviet TV The Great Svetlanov! Re-broadcasted in 2006(?) on russian TV, "Kultura Channel". LIVE.
54 Mozart- Piano Sonatas K 282, K 310, K 545. Chopin- 12 Etudes op.10 #1,2,3,4,6,10,11,12, op.25 #5,6,8,11 29/03/89

London
95 min. * BBC TV Very controversial filming event. Richter demanded only so much light but the technicians thought otherwise and increased the light on the piano DURING the performance of the Etudes, with obvious anger from Maestro who looks up towards the camera while trying not to lose his flow. Thanks to the nitwits who perpetrated this crime we are probably short a few encores, because Maestro didn't stick around much after this insult! LIVE.
55 Haydn- Piano Sonata #33, Beethoven- Piano Sonata #30, #31 8/12/91

Moscow
? * Russian TV In memoriam D. Zuzavlev. LIVE.
56 Mozart- Fantasy in c, K 475 21/05/91

Moscow
15 min. * Russian TV Dedicated to the memory of Sakharov. LIVE.
57 Britten - ?,Saint-Saens- Cello Sonata #1, Prokofiev- Cello Sonata op.119 + encore: last mov. of Prokofiev (Gutman) 03/12/91

Moscow
70 min. * Russian TV Stellar performance from both musicians. I've only seen a very poor copy of this(Saint-Saens & Prokofiev, not Britten) - can anyone help? LIVE.
58 Bach- Sonata #4, Toccata BWV 915 & 916, Fantasia BWV 906, Brahms- Ballades op.10 #1 & #2, Capriccio op.76 #8, Rhapsody op.79 #2, Fantasies op.116 #3,#5,#6,#7 encores: Brahms- Intermezzo op.117 #2,Intermezzo op.118 #1 05/04/92

Rome
85 min. * Amateur video Very dark picture filmed from a great distance without much zoom. LIVE.
59 Haydn- Piano Sonata #31 in a flat major, Beethoven- Piano Sonata #22 op.54, Brahms- Ballades op.10 #1 & #2, Capriccio in C op.76 #8, Rhapsody op.79 #2, Fantasies op.116 #3,#5,#6,#7, Intermezzo op.118 #1 24/06/92

Paris
102 min. *single camera video Single camera. LIVE
60 Beethoven- Piano Sonatas #18,#19,#20, 03/12/92

Moscow
47 min. * Russian TV (TV Ostankino, Moscow)
* German TV (NDR)
LIVE.
61 Beethoven - Piano Trio "Archduke" (Kopelman, Berlinsky) 07/12/92

Moscow
49 min. * Russian TV (TV Ostankino, Moscow)
* German TV (NDR)
LIVE.
62 Mozart/Grieg - for 2 pianos - excerpts from rehearsal of Sonatas K 283, K 545,K 533/494, Fantasy K 475 with Leonskaya. 1993(?) Moscow 61min. * Amatuer video Touching document of a wonderful collaboration.
63 Beethoven- Piano Sonata #18, Chopin- Polonaise-Fantasy op.61, Scriabin- Piano Sonata #2, Mazurkas op.40 #1,#2, Poeme Nocturne op.61, Poeme vers la flamme, Prelude op.11 #9,#10, Piano piece op.56 #2, Dance op.73 #1 08/01/93

Rome
93 min. * Amateur video Very dark, filmed from a great distance without zoom. LIVE
64 Saint-Saens- Piano Concertos #2,#5 (some gaps) mov.3 of Concerto # 5 encored, Gershwin- Piano Concerto, Poulenc- Concerto for Two Pianos + encore mov.2 and 3. (Leonskaya, Latvian Symph. Orch./Magi) 22(Saint-Saens)24(Gershwin)26(Poulenc)/06/93

Tours
130 min. * Amateur video Sviatoslav Richter the Conqueror, still, and at the age of 78! LIVE.
65 Mozart/Grieg - for 2 pianos (with Leonskaya)- Fantasia K 475, Piano Sonatas K 283, K 545, K 533/494 26/7/1993

Moscow
? Russian TV LIVE
66 Grieg- Lyric Pieces op.12 #1-4, op.38 #4 & 8, op.43 #1 & 6, op.47 #1, op.54 #2,#5,#6, op.57 #4, #5, #6, op.62 #5, op.65 #6, op.68 #4, op.71 #2, #3, #4, #6, #7, op.54 #4 23/08/93

Oslo
83 min. * Amateur video LIVE.
67 Bach- Fantasy BWV 921, Prelude, Fugue and Allegro BWV 998, Prelude, Fantasy Adagio & Fugue BWV 906/908, Beethoven- Piano Sonata #8, Schubert- Wanderer Fantasy 11/10/93

Rome
85 min. * Amateur video Picture dark, but better and closer than Rome 08/01/93 & 05/04/92. LIVE
68 Mozart- Piano Concertos #1,#5,#18, + encore: #18 mov. 2 & 3 (Shinsei Orch./Barshai) 03/03/94

Tokyo
110 min. * Japanese TV The encore was filmed but not broadcast on TV. LIVE
69 "Sviatoslav Richter": Episodes from the Life of an Artist ?

Russia
approx.40min. * Russian TV Russian documentary - check "Richter Sightings" page
70 "Sviatoslav Richter" 1995

Russia
50min. * Ostankino TV Documentary with clips - check "Richter Sightings" page
71 "In Memory of Sviatoslav Richter" 1997

Russia
39 min. * Russian TV Documentary with clips - check "Richter Sightings" page
72 "Richter l'Insoumis"
"Richter the Enigma" (English title)
1998

France
154 min. * WMV 3984 23029 2 (DVD,PAL)
* TELDC 3984 23029 3 (VHS,PAL)
* Warner/NVC ARTS 23029-3 (NTSC VHS)
* WPLS 4146/47 (2 LD,Japan)
* WPVS 4146 (VHS,Japan)
Monumental documentary by Bruno Monsaingeon. Why no American DVD issued? For a review of this film by Joseph E Romero please go to the links page and click on "In Heaven with Richter".
Check Richter "Sightings" page for the many fantastic, mouth-watering performance clips featured in this great film.
73 A Tribute to Richter: from Kiev House of Scientists (TV series "Echo of Success") 20/03/2000

Ukraine
approx.20min. * Ukranian TV Check "Richter Sightings" page. Includes a tribute by Yuri Bohonoff.
74 "Richter's Scale" 2000

Russia
35min.plus * Russian TV Documentary with clips - check "Richter Sightings" page
75 "Musical Houses" 2000

Russia
approx.30min. * Russian TV Documentary with clips - check "Richter Sightings" page
76 "At the Concerts of Sviatoslav Richter - from various years" {"Historical Concerts")This programme consists of a selection of various performances : Conductor Fedoseyev talks about the uniquiness of Richter,Prokofiev-Piano Son #1 (Oistrakh)[excerpt], Schumann-Carnival of Vienna last mov.,Chopin-Waltzes op.34 #3, op.70 #3, Mazurka, Rachmaninoff-Moment Musicaux op.16 #6, Mozart-Piano Concerto #18 (Kondrashin)mov.1 & 2 excerpts & mov.3 2000

Russia
35min. * Moscow TV All the selections come from previously documented performances.
77 Sviatoslav Richter - Music of Destiny (from series "Geniuses and Villians of a vanishing epoch" 2005

Russia
approx.30min. * Moscow TV channel 1 Documentary with clips


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