Piano Sonatas Nos. 16 & 17, D845, 850/Impromptu, D899/2

From rear card: Time 78:54, ADD, 1956/7 "Richter'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 the late 1980s, feel not only live but somehow extraordinarily real. Not that Richter ever gives the impression of playing for the microphone, and his visions of music structures remains constant whether in the studio or concert hall. ... The Schubert D major Sonata (studio recording 1956) is a tower of inner strength" (Gramophone) Originally issued by Melodiya. Sonata 16 recorded Moscow 1957; Sonata 17, Moscow 1956