S V I A T O S L A V R I C H T E R
"In half a year, Neuhaus freed my hands—really liberated them". "For that reason he is more than a teacher or friend to me."
Interview with Osgood Caruthers. New York Times, October 16, 1960
"AROUND DEBUSSY"
◾BRYCE MORRISON
Debussy was another speciality. Not since Gieseking had anyone penetrated so acutely or completely to the very heart of the Debussian world. The remote, teasing and, for some, inhuman spirit of Richter's playing could hardly have been more appropriate for Debussy's endlessly shifting, iridescent visions, his uncanny translations of natural phenomena, of light and shade, wind and water. A Russian to his fingertips, Richter understood with an uncanny empathy the interior and disturbing magic of an entirely Gallic genius, one who wished to be remembered, simply, as a "musicien frangais". For him the unique sound world, the brilliancies and shadows of the Preludes, Estampes and Images were second nature. A PIANIST BEYOND COMPARISON Sviatoslav Richter and the Growth of a Legend (Universal)
◾JEREMY SIEPMANN
Among the most outstanding of Richter's characteristics was his uncanny ability to illuminate the minutest details while at the same time making them converge into a single unified whole. This, allied to his prismatic approach to colour, goes some way towards explaining the quite extraordinary spell cast by his Debussy-playing. In the light of his playing of Estampes in particular, he must surely be ranked as peerless in this repertoire. 1997, DGG
◾PIERRE-LAURENT AIMARD
"Richter was an artist you could never categorise. He could be unpredictable, impossible even... but in his best moments he carried you along on a flight of inspiration, especially in Debussy and Ravel. Gramophone 2003 (Interview)
◾DAVID FANNING
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