The Richter Acolyte
Richter "Sightings"
(compiled by Alex Malow)
RICHTER "SIGHTINGS" is a list of video clips found in various documentaries and other sources, arranged alphabetically by composer. I have left items in the "Sightings" list that have been subsequently incorporated into the Videography proper.
| SD = "Sviatoslav Richter" - (1968) Soviet documentary |
| RC = "Richter Chronicles" - (date?) Soviet documentary |
| RiT = "Richter in Tours" - (1979) German television documentary |
| RE = "Richter the Enigma" - (1998) |
| AoP = "The Art of Piano" - (1999) Warner Vision 29199-3(VHS), 29199-2(DVD) |
| M = Miscellaneous sources |
| RS = "Richter's Scale" - (2000) Russian Documentary [atleast 35min.] |
| SR = "Sviatoslav Richter" - (1995) Russian Documentary [Ostankino TV. 50min.] |
| MH = "Musical Houses" - (2000) Russian Documentary [approx.30min.] |
| TR = A Tribute to Richter from TV series "Echo of Success" : from Kiev House of Scientists (20/03/2000) [Ukranian TV, approx.20min.] |
| LL = "Life after Life"[Russian Documentary about the life and death of violinist Oleg Kagan, 120min. 1995] |
| IM = "In Memory of Sviatoslav Richter" [Russian documentary,1997,40 min.] |
| EP = "Sviatoslav Richter": Episodes from the Life of an Artist - Russian Documentary. [approx 40min.] |
| BACH | |||
| 1 | Piano Concerto #1 BWV 1052 (Orch./Kondrashin) | * M |
early 60's (?) Moscow. Richter sighted at piano placed in the midst of the orchestra. |
| 2 | Fantasia and Fugue in a, BWV 944 | * SD * RE |
60's Moscow |
| 3 | Brandenburg Concerto # 5 cadenza | * RC | 03/78? Moscow (different footage compared to LD version) |
| 4 | Piano Concerto #6 in F BWV 1057 | *RC | date? place? rehearsal |
| 5 | Piano Concerto # 1 D minor, BWV 1052 mov.2(Munich Bach. Orch./Karl Richter) | * RiT * RE |
25/6/78 Tours |
| 6 | Well Tempered Clavier BK 1 prelude in G | *RE | date? place? |
| 7 | Piano Concerto # 1 cadenza - practice, no orchestra | *RiT | 1978 Tours |
| 8 | Piano Concerto # 1 mov.1 (Moscow Cons.Ch.O./Nikolayevsky) | *SR | 28/3/78 Moscow |
| 9 | French Suite #6 Sarabande | * M | 1991 Tours |
| BEETHOVEN | |||
| 1 | Sonata for Violin and Piano # 1 (David Oistrakh) | *"David Oistrakh - artist of the people?" Documentary by Bruno Monsaingeon | 6/5/1970 Moscow |
| 2 | Piano Sonata #7 | *SR(mov.2 complete) *TR * IM | 16/10/76 Moscow |
| 3 | Piano Sonata #12 | *RE | 16/10/76 Moscow |
| 4 | Violin Sonata #2 mov.2 (Oleg Kagan) | * M | 1976 Finland? |
| 4 | Piano Sonata # 23 | *RE | 3/12/92? Moscow or Vienna? |
| 5 | Piano Sonata # 31 | *RE | early 90's ? |
| 6 | Triple Concerto (Oistrakh & Rostropovich. Moscow Phil. Orch./Kondrashin | *RE | 5/1/70 Moscow |
| 7 | Piano Sonata #23, mov.1 | *AoP | 1992 Vienna |
| 8 | Sonata for Piano and Violin #2, mov.1 (Kagan) | *LL | 1975 Moscow |
| BERG | |||
| 1 | Kammerkonzert (Kagan, Moscow Cons. Chamber O./Nikolayevsky) | *RE | 12.13/12/77 Paris |
| BRAHMS | |||
| 1 | Piano Sonata #2 | *RE *RS | 1984? Tokyo |
| 2 | Piano Concerto #2 (Berlin Phil.Orch/Maazel) | *RE | 1967? Berlin |
| 3 | Piano Concerto #2 last mov.clip (Orch./Georgescu) | * M | ? ? |
| 4 | Violin Sonata #3 (Oistrakh) | *RE | 1/2/70 New York |
| CHOPIN | |||
| 1 | Variations Brillantes op.12 | *SD | 1966? Moscow, Richter's apartment |
| 2 | Etude op.10 #4 | *RE *TR | late 60's ? |
| 3 | Etude op.25 # 4 | *RE *TR | ? |
| 4 | Etude op.25 # 7 | *SR *EP(complete) | 10/10/76 Moscow |
| 5 | Etude op.25 # 11 | *RE *RS | 29/3/89 London |
| 6 | Ballade #4 | *RE | 2/6/86 Mantova |
| 7 | Mazurka op.63 #3 | *MH | 10/10/76 Moscow |
| 8 | Scherzo # 2 | *RE | 1963 Russia |
| 9 | Scherzo # 3 | * IM | ? Russia |
| 10 | Waltz op.34 #3 | *SR(complete)*MH | 10/10/76 Moscow |
| DEBUSSY | |||
| 1 | Prelude BK 1 # 6 "Des pas sur la neige" | *SD | 60's ? |
| 2 | Isle of Joy | *SD | 60's ? |
| 3 | Suite Bergamasque mov. 1 | *RC | 26/8/77 Salzburg |
| 4 | Prelude BK. 1 #7 | *RE | 28/2/84 Tokyo |
| DVORAK | |||
| 1 | Piano Concerto, last mov.(Moscow Phil.Orch./Kondrashin) | *SD | 60's ? |
| 2 | Piano Quintet op.5 mov.1 (Borodin Quartet) | *M | This clip contained in documentary "Dvorak Story". VILC-32 (LD)/VIVC-32(VHS) Moscow or Prague ? 1982. |
| FRANCK | |||
| 1 | Piano Quintet mov.1 (Borodin Quartet) | *MH | 5/12/88 Moscow |
| GLINKA | |||
| 1 | Tchernomor march from Ruslan & Ludmilla | *RE | from Russian Film "Kompositor Glinka" (1952) Richter plays the role of Liszt in the movie |
| GRIEG | |||
| 1 | Piano Concerto (Bergen S.O./Oistrakh ) | *M | 5/6/68 Bergen |
| 2 | Piano Concerto - rehearsal | *M | ? Riga |
| HANDEL | |||
| 1 | Suite # 5 | *RE | 1979 Tours |
| 2 | Suite # 5 | *RiT | 1978 Tours (Richter and Gavrilov working on Handel) |
| HAYDN | |||
| 1 | Piano Concerto in D (Minsk Chamber.Orch./Tsiryuk) | *RE | 18/12/83 Moscow (Pushkin Museum) |
| 2 | Piano Concerto in D mov.1 and 3(Minsk Chamber.Orch.?/Tsiryuk) | *EP(mov.1) *MH(mov.3) | 19/12/83 Moscow (Large Hall of Moscow Conservatory) |
| 3 | Piano Sonata # 52 | *RE | date? place? |
| 4 | Piano Sonata # 44 | *Youtube | Possibly 1986? Piano showroom in Japan? |
| HINDEMITH | |||
| 1 | Violin Sonata (Oleg Kagan) | *RC | 26/4/1978 Riga |
| LISZT | |||
| 1 | Piano Sonata in b | *SD * RE |
In Richter's apartment,Moscow (1966?) |
| 2 | Etude d'execution transcendante # 9 "La Ricordanza" | *RE | From Russian biographical film "Kompositor Glinka" 1952 |
| MENDELSSOHN | |||
| 1 | Variations Serieusses op.54 | *RE | Moscow.1966 |
| MOZART | |||
| 1 | Piano Concerto # 27 mov.1 & 3 (Chamber Orch/Barshai) | *SD | 23/4/66? Moscow |
| 2 | Piano Concerto # 18 mov.2 | *RC | 9&10/1/77 Moscow Phil.O.(?)/Kondrashin) Moscow |
| 3 | Piano Quartet # 2 K 493 rehearsal (Tretyakov,Bashmet, Gutman) | *RE *SR(a little more footage just before they play) | 12/1982 Moscow. |
| 4 | Piano Quartet # 2 K 493 (Tretyakov,Bashmet, Gutman) | *MH | 29or30/12/1982 Moscow. LIVE |
| 5 | Sonata for 2 pianos K 448 (with Benjamin Britten)[rehearsal clip] | *RE | Aldeburgh 6/67 (?), also in documentary film about Britten "A Time There Was" |
| 6 | Piano Concerto #22 - rehearsal clip(Moscow Chamber Orch./Barshai)[1min.33sec.] | *Youtube | 1966 ? |
| 7 | Piano Concerto # 9 mov.3(O.de ORTF/Maazel) | *RE | 3/7/66? or 67? Tours |
| 8 | Piano Concerto # 18 (orch.?/ Kondrashin) | * Soviet TV * "Russian Waves" TV (Toronto, Dec. 2000)*EP |
1977 |
| 9 | Violin Sonata K 304 mov.2 (Kagan) | * LL |
Date? Moscow? |
| PROKOFIEV | |||
| 1 | Piano Sonata # 6 mov. 4 | * SD * RE |
1960's Moscow (apartment ?) |
| 2 | Piano Sonata # 9 mov. 1 & 2 | * SD * RE |
1960's Moscow (apartment?) |
| 3 | Piano Concerto # 5 (Warsaw P.O/Rowicki) | *RC *TR | 27/9/58 Warsaw |
| 4 | Vision Fugitive op.22 # 4 | *RE | 1961 Moscow |
| 5 | Piano Sonata # 2 | *RE | 26/9/64 Toronto |
| 6 | Violin Sonata (Oistrakh) | * WV 045-3521 (LD) * WK 045-3521 * Kultur 1130 (VHS) |
from documentary "David Oistrakh: Remembering A Musician" |
| 7 | Cello Sonata | *M | Clip of Rostropovich and Richter playing at Prokofiev's dacha, 1970. |
| RACHMANINOFF | |||
| 1 | Etudes-Tableaux op.39 #3 | * SD (voiceover) * RE (complete) * RC |
60's |
| 2 | Etude op.33 #4 & #5 | *RE | 4/3/84 Tokyo |
| 3 | Prelude op.23 #2 | *RE | date ? Carnegie Hall? |
| RAVEL | |||
| 1 | Valses nobles et sentimentales | *RE | 1964 Tours |
| 2 | Alborada del gracioso | *RE | 26/9/64 Toronto |
| SAINT-SAENS | |||
| 1 | Piano Concerto # 2 (Latvian S.O./Magi) | *RE | 1993 Tours |
| 2 | Piano Concerto # 2 - rehearsal clips(Latvian S.O./Magi) | *single camera | 1993 Tours |
| SCHUBERT | |||
| 1 | Piano Sonata in B, D.575 op.147 | *SD | 1966 ? |
| 2 | Moment musicaux op.94 D 780 #1 in C | *RC | 27/4/1978 Riga |
| 3 | 4 Landler | *RC | 27/4/1978 Riga |
| 4 | Piano Sonata # 18 D 894 | *RE | 27/9/77 Aldeburgh |
| 5 | "Liebeslauschen" (Fischer-Dieskau) | *RE | 8/78 Munich |
| 6 | Scherzo # 2 | *RE | 1963 Russia |
| 7 | Winterreise (Schreier) | *MH | 10/12/85 Moscow |
| 8 | Piano Sonata in B flat D 960 - mov.2 excerpt | *RE | 70's? Could be sound over? |
| 9 | Violin Sonata in A, D 574 mov.2 (Kagan) | *LL | 7/12/85 Moscow |
| SCHUMANN | |||
| 1 | Carnaval of Vienna mov.1, mov.2, mov.4 (different performance to Laserdisc issue: Richter with a tie, as opposed to a bow tie) | *RC *EP * IM(last mov.) | 10/1976? Moscow |
| 2 | Fantasiestucke op.12 "Aufschwung" | *RE | 1965? |
| 3 | Fantasiestucke op.12 "Aufschwung" | *M | 1965? "Glenn Gould: the Russian Journey." Different performance to the clip in Richter the Enigma (very close in time; Richter with hair!) |
| 4 | Symphonic Etudes | *M | Russian TV News piece of Richter's funeral with clip from Pushkin Museum with Richter playing (could be sound over) date? |
| 5 | Marchenbilder for viola and piano (Bashmet) | *SR * IM | 13/12/85 Moscow |
| SCRIABIN | |||
| 1 | "Prometheus" for piano and orch.(USSR.State Orch./Svetlanov) | *SR *EP * IM | 12/4/1988 MOSCOW |
| SHOSTAKOVICH | |||
| 1 | Prelude and Fugue G sharp minor | *RE | 1962 Warsaw |
| 2 | Violin Sonata (Oistrakh) | *RE | 6/3/85 Freiburg |
| 3 | Piano Quintet op. 57 mov. 4 (Borodin Quartet), rehearsal | * DMLB-35 (LD) * DMVB-35 (VHS) * ZT 00906 (Beta) |
from Soviet documentary on Shostakovich |
| 4 | Piano Trio #2 (Kagan & Gutman) | *LL |
12/12/84 Moscow.Live |
| STRAUSS | |||
| 1 | Burlesque for Piano and Orchestra(George Enescu P.O./Georgescu) | *RE | 9/9/61 Bucharest |
| TCHAIKOVSKY | |||
| 1 | Piano Concerto # 1 mov.1(RE) & mov.3 (AoP) (Moscow Phil/Orch?/Rozhdestvensky) | * RE * AoP |
1958 Moscow |
| 2 | Piano Trio (Kagan & Gutman) | *RE *LL | 30/12/86 Moscow |
| WAGNER | |||
| 1 | Albumblatt | *RE | ? |
| WOLF | |||
| 1 | "Der Feurreiter" (Fischer-Dieskau), rehearsal | *RE | 1967 Tours |
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