Sviatoslav Richter - Schubert: Piano Sonatas Nos. 16 & 17, Impromptu No. 2 Fulfilled By AEC French versions of two extremely

French versions of two extremely well-known numbers by Franz Lehar from The Merry Widow and The Land of Smiles complete this panorama magnificently supported by the Orchestre de l'Opera National de Lyon and conducted by another rising star

Beethoven/ Richter - Eroica Variations

Brendan Coyle (Downton Abbey)

and whose playing was characterised by a soulful bluesy style

performed by the "President's Own" US Marine Band under Colonel Michael J

Sviatoslav Richter - Schubert: Piano Sonatas Nos. 16 & 17, Impromptu No. 2 Fulfilled By AEC French versions of two extremelyRichter's interpretations in these years had an elemental power, unselfconscious abandon that was refined and tempered in later life. These entirely unedited performances, given over more than three decades from the mid 1950s to late 1980s, feel not only live but somehow extraordinarily real. Not that Richter ever gives the impression of playing for the microphone, and his vision of musical structures remains constant whether in the studio or concert