The New York Review of Books contains an advertisement from Princeton University Press (800.777.4726, www.pup.princeton.edu) about a translation of a book entitled "Sviatoslav Richter: Notebooks and Conversations". The book is scheduled to be published this month. The advertisement has this to say: "Sviatoslav Richter was a dazzling performer but an intensely private man. Unlike many other star performers, Richter was also an intellectual who had interesting things to say, particularly about the musician's proper role as interpreter of the composer's art. This volume offers readers the sizable pleasure of lingering in the thoughts of one of the most important pianists of the twentieth century." The book is clothbound and sells for $29.95 USD plus shipping. I'll wager I am one of the few on this list who heard Richter live. He and David Oistrakh performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra under Eugene Ormandy when I was a boy, and my grandmother trotted me in to Philadelphia for what she perceived was an historic occasion. Larry Sherwood [log in to unmask]