William Shakespear VIIIth sonet Xylography by V.A. Favorsky We can't help honoring here the glorious name of great Russian graphic artist Vladimir Andreyevich Favorsky (1886 - 1964) whose works are used on these pages

Acknowledgements   First of all we'd like to thank all subscribers whose financial support gave birth to the first seven volumes of this issue and we hope the program of the further volumes will evoke their interest just as it was in the past. Thanks are due to the people - both professional criticists and pianofiles, who reviewed our production and encouraged us in our humble efforts. We are particularly grateful to (in alphabetical order) Antonio Aznar, Farhan Malik, Romeo Ceccarelli-Paxton, Dr. Ates Tanin and Neil Tingley. We also would like to thank Romeo Ceccarelli-Paxton and Neil Tingley for their kind help in delivery of the CDs within Italy and The United Kingdom, respectively. The flawless choice of recordings (in terms of duplication of earlier released recordings, at least) would be impossible without Paul Geffen's Richter discography and Dr. Ates Tanin's "Recorded Richter" list. The project how it is would have barely succeeded without permanent and the most effective support and assistance of Mr. Paul Geffen. Disclaimer: None of the people mentioned above have had any profit from the project, nor are they involved in getting the source recordings, mastering or manufacturing the CD-Rs.