This discography has been
assembled primarily from the generous contributions of the persons
listed below.
- Mitsuru Akita, for
hundreds of Japanese LP releases and one Orfeo d'Or.
- Antonio Aznar, for
Japanese CD releases and numerous corrections.
- Andrys Basten, for moral
support.
- Philippe Bocher, for
camaraderie and help with the hunt.
- Cullan Bryant, for dates,
corrections, and additional listings.
- Romeo Ceccarelli Paxton,
for copies of essential documents.
- Davide Ciaccia, for rare
CD releases and many covers.
- Jed Distler, for a large
package of material including the nearly complete assignment of
dates and venues for the Philips series "The Authorised
Recordings."
- Lawrence Gray, for careful
proofreading.
- Chaim Goldenberg, for
checking the Haydn listings.
- Robert van Heeren, for
news of Live Classics discs.
- Lih Jauh, for long lists
of additions and welcome news.
- David Kadish, for
additions and corrections.
- Jon Lavine, for careful
attention to detail and help with an earlier redesign.
- Thierry Loir, for
reminders and careful checking.
- Farhan Malik, for
correcting the Szymanowski Mazurkas listing.
- Philippe Marchal, for a
long list of corrections and new releases, plus articles from
Diapason.
- Alex Morin, for a copy of
his Richter discography.
- Steve Ness, for data on
live recordings from 1960 on Columbia, and other helpful
advice.
- Alberto Notarbartolo, for
helpful advice and documentation to confirm many entries.
- Yves Saint-Laurent, for a
long list of additions.
- John Stafford, for word of
the (Australian) Coronet releases, and for a substantial list of
additions and corrections.
- Werner Stroobants for
listings from Bianco & Nero, EMI double forte, and the bonus
disc from the Philips Richter Edition. Thanks also for the
picture, and for the latest from the Friends.
- Dr. Ates Tanin, for a copy
of the 1983 Richter discography published as an article in
Recorded Sound, and much other invaluable advice and
assistance.
- Anton Thalmaier, for
extensive data on Stradivarius, Live Classics, and other
labels.
- Andrew Wilson, for a long
list of recording venues, the exact dates for the recordings on
the Parnassus discs, and news of the Friends.
- Boris Zindels, for
personal and technical support.
In addition, the following
published and on-line reference materials have been consulted:
- John R. Bennett,
MELODIYA, A Soviet Russian L.P. Discography
Greenwood
Press, Westport, Connecticut, 1981, ISBN 0-313-22596-6.
- Falk Schwarz and John
Berrie, "Sviatoslav Richter -- A Discography"
in Recorded
Sound number 84, July 1983.
- Falk Schwarz and John
Berrie, "Discography 1948 - 1997 / Sviatoslav Richter"
fifth
edition, 15 June 1997, published by "The Friends" of Sviatoslav
Richter.
- "Discographie" by Francis
Drésel in Diapason number 389, January 1993, pp. 31 -
35.
- The CADENSA database at
the British Library.
- The Experimental Search
Service of the Library of Congress.
- Auction and Sale lists
from Parnassus, Polyphony, Mikrokosmos, Benedikt & Salmon, et
al.
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