--- product_id: 36319474 title: "Complete HMV & Teldec Recordings" brand: "sviatoslav richter" price: "£89.22" currency: GBP in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/36319474-complete-hmv-and-teldec-recordings store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # Complete HMV & Teldec Recordings **Brand:** sviatoslav richter **Price:** £89.22 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Complete HMV & Teldec Recordings by sviatoslav richter - **How much does it cost?** £89.22 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/36319474-complete-hmv-and-teldec-recordings) ## Best For - sviatoslav richter enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted sviatoslav richter brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Often named the supreme pianist of his era, Sviatoslav Richter (1915-1997) was a poet of the keyboard and an enigmatic, sometimes eccentric figure. These 24 CDs span three centuries of music – repertoire for solo piano and piano duo, chamber music, song and concerto – and bring Richter together with other great artists of his time. As the New York Times wrote, his pianism “combined astonishing technical mastery with bold, wide-ranging musical imagination. His control over the colorings of piano tone was incomparable.” ## Images ![Complete HMV & Teldec Recordings - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/9114bM8EBYL.jpg) ![Complete HMV & Teldec Recordings - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61E2+AJQYvL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ NOTHING NEW, BUT THIS BOX IS STILL WORTH LOOKING INTO - Now in Original Jacket format *by J***R on Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2016* This is a combination of two previously released boxes:-- Richter's HMV/EMI Recordings (14 CDs) =  Sviatoslav Richter: The Master Pianist  ($20), and-- Richter's Teldec Recordings (3 CDs) =  The Teldec Recordings  ($11)Even though the old boxes added up to 17 CDs, and the new box is 24 CDs,THERE ARE NO NEW RICHTER RECORDINGS IN THIS BOX[there are two new CDs of Andrei Gavrilov playing Handel Keyboard Suites. The 1979 all-Handel concert was a joint effort of the two pianists, who shared the Suites between them].The new Warner box is an "original jacket" collection.The cardboard jackets reproduce the artwork (and timings) of the original LPs.One thing they do not reproduce is program notes: the back of each jacket is devoted to track listings and timings.I found a photo of the 24 CD Korean Warner box (different cover design) and posted it below so you can see what the "original jackets" look like.See the end of this review for a list of contents with recording dates.CDs 1-3 are Richter's first LPs for EMI, recorded 1961-63:Studio recordings, except for a "live" 1962 Schumann recital on CD 2CDs 4-21 were recorded by EMI between 1969 and 1980:Studio recordings, except "live" recordings of the Handel Suites, the Mozart Violin Sonatas with Oleg Kagan, and the Berg Chamber ConcertoCDs 22-24, the Teldec recordings.The Mozart-Grieg on CD 22 (1993) was Richter's final studio recording, CDs 23 & 24 were recorded "live" (1993-94).Richter died in 1997, aged 82.Packaging and Sound:24 cardboard jackets + 24 page booklet in a sturdy slip-cased cardboard box.The overall appearance is superficially more attractive than the old EMI box, but the the new booklet is a disappointment.The old booklet had a five page article about the recording sessions.The new booklet has a five page general appreciation of Richter + one page devoted to the actual recordings(neither booklet has traditional program notes about the music + neither has texts or translations of the Brahms songs).All 24 CDs use the same remasterings as the old boxes,The recorded sound for everything is quite good (a little less good on the "live" CDs)CD 16 (Mozart with Muti) claims a 2015 remastering, but that refers to the Mozart Symphony 24 used as filler (first time on CD)INDEX TO RECORDINGS OF SVIATOSLAV RICHTER BY WESTERN RECORD COMPANIES:Between 1956 and 1994, eight Western record companies made 107 CDs worth of recordings with Sviatoslav Richter.The libraries of these companies are now owned by three conglomerates, which have released everything in four inexpensive mega-boxes:SONY: Columbia Records, RCA and Eurodisc = Columbia and RCA on  Sviatoslav Richter - The Complete Album Collection  (18 CDs); Eurodisc on  Eurodisc Recordings  (14 CDs)UNIVERSAL: Deutsche Grammophon, Philips and Decca =  Sviatoslav Richter: Complete Decca, Philips & DG Recordings  (51 CDs)WARNER: HMV/EMI and Teldec = reviewed on this page (24 CDs)I have prepared a comprehensive discography of all Sviatoslav Richter's Western recordings.The Warner recordings are identified by their old EMI and Teldec boxes.Published in my review of: Sviatoslav Richter: Complete Decca, Philips & DG Recordings - see my review titled INDEX TO RECORDINGS OF SVIATOSLAV RICHTER BY WESTERN RECORD COMPANIES (dated January 29, 2015)CONTENTS OF THE "COMPLETE WARNER RECORDINGS"CD 1 (1961) Beethoven & SchumannBeethoven:- Piano Sonata No.17 in D minor Op.31 No.2 'Tempest'Schumann:- Fantasy in C Op.17CD 2 (1962) Schumann (live)- Papillons Op.2- Piano Sonata No.2 in G minor Op.22- Faschingsschwank aus Wien Op.26CD 3 (1963) Schubert- Fantasy in C D760 'Wanderer'- Piano Sonata in A D664CD 4 (1969) Beethoven- Triple Concerto in C Op.56with David Oistrakh violinwith Mstislav Rostropovich celloHerbert von Karajan, Berlin PhilharmonicCD 5 (1969) Brahms- Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat Op.83Lorin Maazel, Orchestre de ParisCD 6 (1969-70) Bartók & ProkofievBartók:- Piano Concerto No.2Prokofiev:- Piano Concerto No.5 in G Op.55*Lorin Maazel, Orchestre de Paris, *London SymphonyCD 7 (1970) Brahms- 15 Romanzen aus 'Die schöne Magelone' Op.33with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau baritoneCDs 8-9 (1974) Mozart (live)- Violin Sonata in D K306- Violin Sonata in B flat K372 'Unfinished'- Violin Sonata in B flat K378- Violin Sonata in G K379- Andante & Allegretto in C K404/385dwith Oleg Kagan violinCD 10 (1974) Grieg & SchumannGrieg:- Piano Concerto in A minor Op.16Schumann:- Piano Concerto in A minor Op.54Lovro von Matacic, Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-CarloCD 11 (1976) Beethoven- Violin Sonata No.4 in A minor Op.23- Violin Sonata No.5 in F Op.24 'Spring'with Oleg Kagan violinCD 12 (1976) Beethoven- Piano Sonata No.1 in F minor Op.2 No.1- Piano Sonata No.7 in D Op.10 No.3CD 13 (1976) Dvorák- Piano Concerto in G minor Op.33Carlos Kleiber, Bayerische StaatsorchesterCD 14 (1977) Beethoven- Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor Op.37*- Andante favori in F WoO.57*Riccardo Muti, Philharmonia OrchestraCD 15 (1977) Berg (live)- Chamber Concertowith Oleg Kagan violinYuri Nikolayevsky, Instrumental Ensemble of the Moscow ConservatoireCD 16 (1979) Mozart- Piano Concerto No.22 in E flat K482- Symphony No.24 in B flat K182Riccardo Muti, Philharmonia OrchestraCDs 17-20 (1979) Handel (live)- Keyboard Suite No.1 in A*- Keyboard Suite No.2 in F- Keyboard Suite No.3 in D minor- Keyboard Suite No.4 in E minor*- Keyboard Suite No.5 in E- Keyboard Suite No.6 in F sharp minor*- Keyboard Suite No.7 in G minor*- Keyboard Suite No.8 in F minor- Keyboard Suite No.9 in G minor- Keyboard Suite No.10 in D minor*- Keyboard Suite No.11 in D minor*- Keyboard Suite No.12 in E minor- Keyboard Suite No.13 in B flat*- Keyboard Suite No.14 in G- Keyboard Suite No.15 in D minor*- Keyboard Suite No.16 in G minor*Andrei Gavrilov pianoCD 21 (1980) Schubert-Piano Quintet in A D667 'Trout'with Borodin QuartetCD 22 (1993) Mozart(with freely added accompaniment for a second piano by Grieg):- Fantasia in C minor K475 Adagio 14.52- Piano Sonata in F K494- Piano Sonata in C K545two pianos with Elisabeth LeonskajaCD 23 (1993 live) Bach & MozartBach:- Keyboard Concerto in D BWV1054- Keyboard Concerto in G minor BWV1058Mozart:- Piano Concerto No.25 in C K503Yuri Bashmet, Orchestra di Padova e del VenetoCD 24 (1994 live) Schubert & SchumannSchubert:- String Quartet No.14 in D minor D810 'Death and the Maiden'Schumann:- Piano Quintet in E flat Op.44with Borodin Quartet ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Richter is great but there are better sets *by B***5 on Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2021* I wish Richter had recorded more appealing repertoire for HMV/Teldec.I also wish Warner had combined things into fewer/longer discs. Some of these are ridiculously short. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Many Great, some not so great, but Richter is always interesting. *by D***F on Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2017* I just got this, and have not listened to all of it, but so far almost all of it is a joy. I don't much care fore the Mozart/Grieg, but I blame that on Grieg's not leaving well enough alone and also on whoever decided it was worthy of recording. But there are also some real gems. As I write this I'm listening to the Schumann Quintet, a piece I thought I knew intimately since I first heard it decades ago in a recording with Arthur Rubinstein. But this version has a much different, often darker feel -- less elegant, but full of emotion and interesting mood shifts and juxtapositions. What I love about Richter is that you can't put him in a box. He never seems to attack music the same way. Each recording is as if he is discovering it for the first time afresh, without preconception. Well, not always -- the Brahms 2nd concerto seemed to have nothing much to say. Listening to many of Richter's recordings have jolted me out of my habit of going to old favorites. Sometimes it seems like "and now for something completely different..." but at the bargain price of less than $1.50 a disk, it is worth getting shook up a little even if you ultimately don't make all of these your top shelf versions. If I have any complaint it is only minor ones -- that the book has no track and timing information about the recordings, which is only printed on each album's sleeve. Also, the set is done in an "original jacket" style, which means some of the disks are quite short, and the the average is just 50 minutes. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/36319474-complete-hmv-and-teldec-recordings](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/36319474-complete-hmv-and-teldec-recordings) --- *Product available on Desertcart United Kingdom* *Store origin: GB* *Last updated: 2026-05-18*