This collection features solo music, piano duos, chamber music, song and concertos. Among the magnificent line-up of performers joining Richter are: pianists Elisabeth Leonskaja and Andre Gavrilov (both protégés of Richter); string players David Oistrakh, Oleg Kagan, Yuri Bashmet and Mstislav Rostropovich; baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau; the Borodin Quartet, and conductors Herbert von Karajan, Carlos Kleiber, Lorin Maazel and Riccardo Muti. Artists Sviatoslav Richter (piano), David Oistrakh (violin), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Oleg Kagan (violin), Andrei Gavrilov (piano), Georg Hörtnagel (double bass), Borodin Quartet, Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano) Berliner Philharmoniker, Orchestre de Paris, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Bayerische Staatsorchester München, Philharmonia Orchestra, Instrumental Ensemble of the Moscow Conservatoire, Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, Herbert von Karajan, Lorin Maazel, Lovro von Matačić, Carlos Kleiber, Riccardo Muti, Yuri Nikolayevsky, Yuri Bashmet