I wrote:

>>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.

David wrote:

>Will these be different performances than those included in Philips's
>Richter edition?

I don't know the recording sources for the sonatas but I doubt these would
be the same ones in the Philip's Richter edition since the Great Pianist
series is a project that involves all the major labels (and Richter has
recorded these sonatas for several major labels).

The sonatas to be included in the second volume are (released on Dec 1998):

12 - Op. 26
17 - Op. 31 Tempest
23 - Op. 57 Appasionata
30 - Op. Op. 109
31 - Op. 110
32 - Op. 111.

Plus Andante favori in F and Rondo in B-flat for piano and orchestra

What more could you want? ;-)

Cheers
Kar Ming