Sviatoslav Richter - Haydn: Piano Sonata in E flat major 1st Mov

This rare June 1967 live broadcast recording makes it’s first appearance on CD. The recital at the Royal Festival Hall very much reflects the pianist’s personal taste containing the infrequently played Haydn Sonata and Weber’s Sonata No.3 together with the Schumann Novelettes with the more popular additions of Chopin and Debussy. Richter declared ’my principle is to play only works that I really love and not just those that are currently accepted’. ICA’s Ambient Mastering recreates the atmosphere in t