SACD, Praga (label)

Richter's technical feats make his Liszt playing extraordinary, while his sense of near-demonic possession in these live performances, recorded at various points in the 1950s, is hair-raising. — BBC Music Magazine, June 2014, 5 out of 5 stars More…

This collection includes two concertos, his 1948 studio Schumann (brilliant, though not ideally balanced, with timpani far too distant) and a fine Mozart K467, live from the 1950 Lucerne Festival. — Sunday Times, 21st June 2015 More…

Intense performances, although the Brahms catches fire only when Milstein appears. He makes the Goldmark seem a more substantial work than it is. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Richter's piano is clangorous in Op. 90, yet every bar is filled with personality and ideas. He is reflective yet explosive in Op. 101, though there's some technical insecurity. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

A glorious recital ideally combining textural glow, transparency and refinement, ranging from the enchanting early Piano Trio to the haunting musings of the Violin Sonata. — BBC Music Magazine, July 2014, 5 out of 5 stars More…