John Bell Young wrote:

>RICHTER did not record them all, but quite a few, and I certainly recommend
>whatever may be available, though in the early, live recordings from the
>1950s his puzzling supersonic tempos sometimes compromise more than enhance
>the music at hand.

Or you might want to wait for Richter's second volume in the Philips'
Great Pianist Series which features mainly Beethoven's sonatas and a few
of Beethoven's other piano works.  These interpretations are possibly the
best Richter has recorded.

Cheers
Kar Ming