Richter est le grand artisan de la redécouverte de Schubert. Il a su adapter des tempi qui ont recréé l'univers méditatif de cette musique atemporelle:
Richter was the only pianist who could make an exceptionally slow tempo sound completely convincing. The intensity of his playing was such that he could hold audiences in rapt attention. He played this Sonata at Londons RFH during the mid 1970s, one could have heard a pin drop in that auditorium. I know I was there!
This is about 1990. I'd heard of Sviatoslav Richter but hadn't bothered to audition any of his CDs at my local store. I was talking to the store owner about D784 (which I was playing myself at the time). He suggested the CD that contains this performance (and D664). I auditioned it and took it home. When I had a chance to listen to it at home I was just flabbergasted! Who was this pianist? I became an instant Richterphile and now own so many recordings of his art that I've lost count. This is one of my desert island discs. D664 is a peerless recording.
I had almost literally the same experience as you, but more recently, buying a CD set with sonatas of Beethoven and Schubert by him. I didn't know his interpretation of Schubert's D. 784 (thank you, incontrario motu). It is very deep and I have to listen to it again. You may want to compare the genius with the god; I mean Sofronitsky's version: ruclips.net/video/Edv7GcRkj80/видео.html.
Richter was the pianist the Emil Gilels envied. His reaction to the press lauding him at his Philadelphia immortal performance of Chopin's PC #1 (Op 11) in E minor, was something to the effect of, "If [you appreciate me] ... wait until you hear Richter."
NIce to read about people's first encounter with the great Richter. I myself got an LP in 1971 with Richter playing Rachmaninov PC n°2 op 18 with Wislocki and a few preludes-studio recrpding. Gosh-since then I started collecting and trading all Richter recordings(Lps,CDs,Tapes,File transfers etc) My desert on an island recording is the Sofia recital with the picutres,Schubert impromptus,Chopin Etude n°3,Liszt Etudes...
Klare und lyrische live Aufführung dieser romantischen Klaviersonate im angemessenen Tempo mit gut phrasiertem Anschlag und sorgfältig kontrollierter Dynamik. Einfach wunderschön!
гениально,как и все , что исполнял непостижимый,удивительный,глубокий и простой одновременно,просто слов не нахожу,великий Мастер и художник, всегда будет эталоном!
I don't like Richter as a rule. But this. Beyond words really. Especially that Andante with its unsettling and haunting harmonies. Sublime. Richter doesn't use the cheat method on the last, almost impossible page of this work either. Brilliant. It looks like I may have to reappraise my opinions of this pianist then! Thank you incontrario motu for educating me.
Out of interest, do you think you know why you aren't keen on him? don't worry if you don't know - I'm just surprised and interested as he's one of my favourites
Peter McAleer, composer For the record, I do listen to him as a rule, however, appreciate and agree with the rest of what you said. I’ve recently been listening to his playing of Bach’s Book 1 Fugue #4 in C-sharp minor; I am mesmerized by it each time.
Give Richter another try. Out of all the greats and giants like Lhevinne, Schnabel, Michelangeli, Arrau, Fischer, Sofronitsky, I found Richter to be the absolute greatest and my favorite.
Lässt man sich mit Richter in diese Abgründe Schuberts fallen und geht gemeinsam all die Wege durch die Sonate mit, dann erfährt man nicht nur eine Sternstunde der Musik, sondern des Lebens überhaupt...
Conozco muy bien esta sonata, porque uno de mis LPs favoritos y más antiguos la incluía en uno de sus lados, tocada por Gilels. Ahora que la escucho con Richter, no puedo resistir las comparaciones entre dos grandes pianistas rusos. Gilels es más impetuoso, más enérgico y ardiente que Richter. Diría, como conclusión, que Gilels representa la pasión y Richter el intelecto
Are you kidding...this sonata is wonderful, it has an intimate tragic voice which does not claim its suffering too loud ...I give all Beethoven sonatas for this one...
That's the first time I hear this comment on this masterpiece! Most pianists I've spoken with (at least in Europe) seem to have a great reverence for it - certainly in Vienna - and also say it's a real bitch to play. It often gets butchered by pianists who just don't get it... the same happens to the symphonies of Bruckner played by orchestras and conductors that will never understand his sublime music.
@@skisunfb I know this comment is two years old, but I find the Schubert and Bruckner comparison to be quite insightful. They had a very similar sense of the eternal in music. They can both be played quite slowly to magical results, or quite quickly for sheer passion and strength and it works just as well. They also have similar techniques with ostinati and strange modulations. Anyway, I just thought it was a very interesting point to make since neither of them suffer fools playing their works.
I cannot imagine Schubert objecting to this transcendental interpretation. As ever, Richter raises the bar and the roof with his might.
Richter est le grand artisan de la redécouverte de Schubert. Il a su adapter des tempi qui ont recréé l'univers méditatif de cette musique atemporelle:
Richter was the only pianist who could make an exceptionally slow tempo sound completely convincing. The intensity of his playing was such that he could hold audiences in rapt attention.
He played this Sonata at Londons RFH during the mid 1970s, one could have heard a pin drop in that auditorium. I know I was there!
Ditto. Extraordinary. I particularly remember the D960 at the RFH. Utterly compelling.
If i would have the chance to see Richter playing live, right in front of me, I think I would have lose my minde
A very accurate description.
This is about 1990. I'd heard of Sviatoslav Richter but hadn't bothered to audition any of his CDs at my local store. I was talking to the store owner about D784 (which I was playing myself at the time). He suggested the CD that contains this performance (and D664). I auditioned it and took it home. When I had a chance to listen to it at home I was just flabbergasted! Who was this pianist? I became an instant Richterphile and now own so many recordings of his art that I've lost count. This is one of my desert island discs. D664 is a peerless recording.
I had almost literally the same experience as you, but more recently, buying a CD set with sonatas of Beethoven and Schubert by him. I didn't know his interpretation of Schubert's D. 784 (thank you, incontrario motu). It is very deep and I have to listen to it again. You may want to compare the genius with the god; I mean Sofronitsky's version: ruclips.net/video/Edv7GcRkj80/видео.html.
Richter was the pianist the Emil Gilels envied. His reaction to the press lauding him at his Philadelphia immortal performance of Chopin's PC #1 (Op 11) in E minor, was something to the effect of, "If [you appreciate me] ... wait until you hear Richter."
NIce to read about people's first encounter with the great Richter.
I myself got an LP in 1971 with Richter playing Rachmaninov PC n°2 op 18 with Wislocki and a few preludes-studio recrpding.
Gosh-since then I started collecting and trading all Richter recordings(Lps,CDs,Tapes,File transfers etc)
My desert on an island recording is the Sofia recital with the picutres,Schubert impromptus,Chopin Etude n°3,Liszt Etudes...
Klare und lyrische live Aufführung dieser romantischen Klaviersonate im angemessenen Tempo mit gut phrasiertem Anschlag und sorgfältig kontrollierter Dynamik. Einfach wunderschön!
Schubert entre clasicismo y romanticismo. El puente perfecto. Belleza y profundidad!!! 👏👏👏👏
ALIX, cada vez que escucho a Richter me lleva a otro plano. Es magico...
小学生の時に母が買ってきたレコードがリヒテルのシューベルトのソナタで今はたぶん実家にもなくて、聴けて嬉しいです。
ありがとうございます！
Interpretive depth of this sonata..pure inspiration..wow, Richter! a real genius ~
Incroyable puissance de suggestion dramatique : le cœur en fusion !
гениально,как и все , что исполнял непостижимый,удивительный,глубокий и простой одновременно,просто слов не нахожу,великий Мастер и художник, всегда будет эталоном!
S.Richter is BEST always & specially with Franz Schubert!
His Tempo--Rhithm's Unique & "hypnotic" --that main thing for big Artist
Marvelously beautiful!!
Рихтер музыкально одарён и умён, очень умён.
The one and only!
Great!
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I don't like Richter as a rule. But this. Beyond words really. Especially that Andante with its unsettling and haunting harmonies. Sublime. Richter doesn't use the cheat method on the last, almost impossible page of this work either. Brilliant. It looks like I may have to reappraise my opinions of this pianist then! Thank you incontrario motu for educating me.
You might like to try Haydn live 1986 Decca recording (sonata 2,24, 32,46) and his Regis recording of Schubert (D958 & D960)
Out of interest, do you think you know why you aren't keen on him? don't worry if you don't know - I'm just surprised and interested as he's one of my favourites
Peter McAleer, composer For the record, I do listen to him as a rule, however, appreciate and agree with the rest of what you said. I’ve recently been listening to his playing of Bach’s Book 1 Fugue #4 in C-sharp minor; I am mesmerized by it each time.
K
Give Richter another try. Out of all the greats and giants like Lhevinne, Schnabel, Michelangeli, Arrau, Fischer, Sofronitsky, I found Richter to be the absolute greatest and my favorite.
His Tempo-Rhitm* dynamic, shape-- all component make his playing like "Olympic" !
Lässt man sich mit Richter in diese Abgründe Schuberts fallen und geht gemeinsam all die Wege durch die Sonate mit, dann erfährt man nicht nur eine Sternstunde der Musik, sondern des Lebens überhaupt...
💯❤️
Тут некоторые пишут, что эта запись открыла им Рихтера. А мне она открыла, вернее, переоткрыла Шуберта. Жаль, что так поздно...
Conozco muy bien esta sonata, porque uno de mis LPs favoritos y más antiguos la incluía en uno de sus lados, tocada por Gilels. Ahora que la escucho con Richter, no puedo resistir las comparaciones entre dos grandes pianistas rusos. Gilels es más impetuoso, más enérgico y ardiente que Richter. Diría, como conclusión, que Gilels representa la pasión y Richter el intelecto
No sé como puedes decir que Gilels tiene más pasión que Richter. iEste presentación de Schubert es erótica!
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Смешение русской и немецкой крови дало нам Рихтера.
I love Richter very much, but every time I listen the 1st movement in his interpretation, I get a headache
One of Schubert's least interesting sonatas, but Richter somehow makes it sound worth your while.
Are you kidding...this sonata is wonderful, it has an intimate tragic voice which does not claim its suffering too loud ...I give all Beethoven sonatas for this one...
That's the first time I hear this comment on this masterpiece! Most pianists I've spoken with (at least in Europe) seem to have a great reverence for it - certainly in Vienna - and also say it's a real bitch to play. It often gets butchered by pianists who just don't get it... the same happens to the symphonies of Bruckner played by orchestras and conductors that will never understand his sublime music.
@@skisunfb I know this comment is two years old, but I find the Schubert and Bruckner comparison to be quite insightful. They had a very similar sense of the eternal in music. They can both be played quite slowly to magical results, or quite quickly for sheer passion and strength and it works just as well. They also have similar techniques with ostinati and strange modulations. Anyway, I just thought it was a very interesting point to make since neither of them suffer fools playing their works.
Одна из лучших сонат Шуберта.
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