Kurt Sanderling (1912-2011) was a German-born conductor, active for many years in the Soviet Union and later in East Germany and internationally. He became especially admired in Russian and German repertory.

In the Pristine catalogue he appears with Sviatoslav Richter in Russian piano concerto recordings, alongside Kirill Kondrashin and Yevgeny Mravinsky in the same collection.

Sanderling’s conducting was serious, spacious and structurally grounded, with a particular authority in large Romantic and Russian works.

His page is essential despite a compact catalogue footprint. Sanderling brings granite, patience and long-breathed pressure to the Russian concerto shelf.