I heard Richter play this sonata live in approx the same year (~1965) in Chicago, in one of his rare U.S. concerts, as part of an all-Beethoven program. I sat on stage with a handful of other lucky concert=goers not more than 15 feet from him when he played. It's hard to describe how powerful the experience was. Thanks so much for this post.
Wow! But could you tell us how far it was from what we can hear in this performance (in video)? Is it still fair to how he's playing was sounding or was his live playing something else?
@@farahmand4771 A live performance is always different from a recorded one. And having a stage seat (the only one I ever had) was it's own thrilling experience. Still, I don't want to take anything away from the recordings, which are excellent, convey his performance extremely well, and are exciting in their own way. We're both lucky.
@@m.calloway2624 Thank you, but what I wanted to know is what was so great: had he a special range of sonority, was it particularly powerful, how were his pianissimi, the presence of Richter himself? Was something really different from what we hear here (which is already marvelous of course), something that the microphone simply isn't able to capture? Maybe it's difficult to answer sorry.
Cohérence parfaite et toujours naturelle jusque dans les moindres détails. Personne, à ma connaissance, n'atteint ce niveau supérieur de la LIBERTE débarrassée de tous atours et faux-semblants !Une merveille pour l'esprit, une joie pour la vie...
How does Richter get that special sound of maximum depth, power, richness with light, delicacy, brightness? A lovely performance of a sonata that is too often dismissed or marginalised.
He PROJECTED his inner vision of sound, structure and poetic content as a true master. This is a trademark of a great artist and a special soul, whether all this comes from inside - or not. But let's not be deceived: he was his own hardest critic and a most disciplined worker. Technical perfection in music should serve inner values - a fragile balance, indeed and the essence requires a lot. Such recordings can remind us ...
Une des raisons pour lesquelles je place Richter souvent au-dessus des autres, c'est qu'il parvient à jouer et à faire entendre TOUTES les notes qui participent à la construction du mouvement d'ensemble, de la plus humble et la mieux camouflée. De ce point de vue, la 18me sonate atteint un sommet d'éloquence.
Wunderschöne live Aufführung dieser perfekt komponierten Klaviersonate im gut artikulierten Tempo mit klarem Anschlag und effektiv kontrollierter Dynamik. Bestimmt eine ideale Kombination der höchsten Technik und der angeborenen Lyrik!
@@wolfgangklofat594 The individual formulations in the comments of the user Notaire are arbitrary set pieces and interchangeable. If you know three comments, you know them all!
WHo cares about the coughing-the music captivates your mind so that you won't hear it.The coughing was worse in New York ...with the same sonata issued on CD...but yet-unforgettable.
This sonata is the les played in op; 31. It is hawwever quite interesting, with that odd attack of a seventh of the second degree and its odd resolution, which leads to a more direct theme. Richter shows a mastery, a sense of the details which does not masks the sense of architecture that is absolutely astonishing.Giving life to the last movement is particularly difficult, and Richter succeeds mgnificiently. He serves fully this music, and th music returns it to him. This is one of the best versions of this sonata, probably with Yves Nat's version.
I love this sonata and used to play it myself. I find Brendel´s interpretation excellent but Richter´s has more stamina and is more interesting and individual. And I heard both of them in Concert!
I heard Richter play this sonata live in approx the same year (~1965) in Chicago, in one of his rare U.S. concerts, as part of an all-Beethoven program. I sat on stage with a handful of other lucky concert=goers not more than 15 feet from him when he played. It's hard to describe how powerful the experience was. Thanks so much for this post.
M. Shelkirk-Calloway i would have enjoyed to see him so much in person... im only 19 hahahah
Wow! But could you tell us how far it was from what we can hear in this performance (in video)? Is it still fair to how he's playing was sounding or was his live playing something else?
@@farahmand4771 A live performance is always different from a recorded one. And having a stage seat (the only one I ever had) was it's own thrilling experience. Still, I don't want to take anything away from the recordings, which are excellent, convey his performance extremely well, and are exciting in their own way. We're both lucky.
@@gabriellopezperez7363 I was 19 when I saw him.
@@m.calloway2624 Thank you, but what I wanted to know is what was so great: had he a special range of sonority, was it particularly powerful, how were his pianissimi, the presence of Richter himself? Was something really different from what we hear here (which is already marvelous of course), something that the microphone simply isn't able to capture? Maybe it's difficult to answer sorry.
Cohérence parfaite et toujours naturelle jusque dans les moindres détails. Personne, à ma connaissance, n'atteint ce niveau supérieur de la LIBERTE débarrassée de tous atours et faux-semblants !Une merveille pour l'esprit, une joie pour la vie...
How does Richter get that special sound of maximum depth, power, richness with light, delicacy, brightness? A lovely performance of a sonata that is too often dismissed or marginalised.
He worked.
He PROJECTED his inner vision of sound, structure and poetic content as a true master. This is a trademark of a great artist and a special soul, whether all this comes from inside - or not. But let's not be deceived: he was his own hardest critic and a most disciplined worker. Technical perfection in music should serve inner values - a fragile balance, indeed and the essence requires a lot. Such recordings can remind us ...
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Richter was an absolutely brilliant pianist.
Beethoven y Richter: perfección
Une des raisons pour lesquelles je place Richter souvent au-dessus des autres, c'est qu'il parvient à jouer et à faire entendre TOUTES les notes qui participent à la construction du mouvement d'ensemble, de la plus humble et la mieux camouflée. De ce point de vue, la 18me sonate atteint un sommet d'éloquence.
Love Richter beyond the words!!!!
The best interpretation of this sonata, I think
Wunderschöne live Aufführung dieser perfekt komponierten Klaviersonate im gut artikulierten Tempo mit klarem Anschlag und effektiv kontrollierter Dynamik. Bestimmt eine ideale Kombination der höchsten Technik und der angeborenen Lyrik!
notaire2 genau!
Danke!
Why is Your commentary always nearly the same? A good music is not working like a machine!
@@wolfgangklofat594
The individual formulations in the comments of the user Notaire are arbitrary set pieces and interchangeable. If you know three comments, you know them all!
@@beckerhanshermann8372 Yes, You made the same oberservations like me. That type is terrible since many years.
Great performance and so well recorded-despite the coughing!
Thanks...
WHo cares about the coughing-the music captivates your mind so that you won't hear it.The coughing was worse in New York ...with the same sonata issued on CD...but yet-unforgettable.
This sonata is the les played in op; 31. It is hawwever quite interesting, with that odd attack of a seventh of the second degree and its odd resolution, which leads to a more direct theme. Richter shows a mastery, a sense of the details which does not masks the sense of architecture that is absolutely astonishing.Giving life to the last movement is particularly difficult, and Richter succeeds mgnificiently. He serves fully this music, and th music returns it to him. This is one of the best versions of this sonata, probably with Yves Nat's version.
King of the form
Колоссально! Эталон!
Beautiful rendition !
Just spectacular playing
Sempre il migliore!!!
one of my abs favorite of but LVB and SR! thanks!
How Splendid ~..
I love this sonata and used to play it myself. I find Brendel´s interpretation excellent but Richter´s has more stamina and is more interesting and individual. And I heard both of them in Concert!
dat last movement though :o
Andrej Dedik Incredible.
quelle virtuosité !
Richter en su mejor forma...!!!!
An der Liaison Richter Beethoven führt kein Weg vorbei.
4:40
次元が違う
2:24 great character
Richter et Buitoni? ;)
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