Singer: Sviatoslav Richter
Title: Sviatoslav Richter At Carnegie Hall Recorded In Actual Performance October 19, 1960 All Beethoven Program
Label: Columbia Masterworks ‎– M2L 272
Series: Sviatoslav Richter At Carnegie Hall – Volume I
Type: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress
Country: US
Date of released: 1961
Category: Classical
Style: Classical
Size MP3 zip: 1484 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1424 mb
Rating: 4.8✭
Format: MP3 MOD APE AAC AHX DXD MP3 VOX FLAC

Tracklist

A	Sonata No. 3 In C Major, Op. 2, No. 3	25:15
B1	Sonata No. 9 In E Major, Op. 14, No. 1	15:34
B2	Sonata No. 22 In F Major, Op. 54	10:31
C	Sonata No. 12 In A-Flat Major, Op. 26	17:50
D	Sonata No. 23 In F Minor, Op. 57 ("Appassionata")	23:08

Companies, etc.

• Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman
• Recorded At – Carnegie Hall

Credits

• Composed By – Ludwig van Beethoven
• Liner Notes – Eric Blom , Irving Kolodin, Schuyler G. Chapin, Donald Tovey*
• Photography By – Harry Hess
• Piano – Sviatoslav Richter

Notes

Pitman pressing, identified by small "ᴘ" stamped in runout, with 6-eye labels. Small "CBS" between "Columbia" and "Masterworks" on labels on all 4 sides, variant of this other Pitman pressing with small "CBS" only on sides A and B.

Variant typeface on labels from this undetermined US pressing, including but not limited to side identification left of the center hole.

Laminated front and back cover, gatefold sleeve.

First in a series of five performances at Carnegie Hall.

Liner notes includes excerpts from Saturday Review by Irving Kolodin July 16 and October 29, 1960, New York Times September 8, 1960, New York Post September 8, 1960, New York World-Telegram & Sun October 20, 1960, Time October 31, 1960, Musical Courier November, 1960, New York Journal-American October 31, 1960 and Newsweek January 9, 1961. Also in the liner notes a piece by Schuyler G. Chapin about the arrangement that made this release possible and notes about the musical pieces by Eric Blom and Donald Tovey.

Made in U.S.A.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Other (Catalog number, disc 1): ML 5701
• Other (Catalog number, disc 2): ML 5702
• Matrix / Runout (Side A label): x"Lp" 53919
• Matrix / Runout (Side B label): x"Lp" 53920
• Matrix / Runout (Side C label): x"Lp" 53921
• Matrix / Runout (Side D label): x"Lp" 53922
• Matrix / Runout (Side A stamped, exc. "ıı" etched ): XXLP53919-1K ᴘ ıı
• Matrix / Runout (Side B stamped, exc. "ı" etched): XXLP53920-1C. ᴘ ı
• Matrix / Runout (Side C stamped, exc. "ııı" etched): XLP53921-1A. ᴘ ııı
• Matrix / Runout (Side D stamped, exc. "ıııı" etched): XLP53922-1C . ıııı
• Other (Library of Congress catalog card number): R61-1272

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
M2L 272	Beethoven*, Sviatoslav Richter	Beethoven*, Sviatoslav Richter - Sviatoslav Richter At Carnegie Hall (Volume I) ‎(2xLP)	Columbia Masterworks	M2L 272	US	1961
M2L 272	Sviatoslav Richter, Beethoven*	Sviatoslav Richter, Beethoven* - Sviatoslav Richter At Carnegie Hall Recorded In Actual Performance October 19, 1960 All Beethoven Program ‎(2xLP, Album)	Columbia Masterworks	M2L 272	US	1961