Glenn Gould : “I had never had the patience for Schubert and what I construed as his repetitious and colossal rhetoric: but when I witnessed Richter in performance of the already-lengthy B-flat Sonata, played even more slowly, I realized - in a trance, a hypnotic state - that my prejudice against Schubert’s repetitions had transformed to see something thoroughly organic. Richter came to represent that artist who creates the illusion that he serves as a ‘conduit’ for the composer as he relates directly to the listener.”
Brilliant, absolutely brilliant comment from Mr Gould. This not only speaks highly of Mr Richter talent and defines it in a accurate way, but also shows that GG was as good as commentator and thinker about music and art, than he was an artist.
This is a most wonderful and well articulated description of the qualities of Richter as the artist, the poet, the communicator between the composer and the public. A very sensitive and emotionally very talented and highly developed pianist. I don't understand anything of people who say that he is just a technical and ice-cold player and misses the qualities of a Rubinstein and other players. What a total nonsense! Just listen to this transcendental music!
I am a 72 year old lady, pianist and it is still one of my favorite works. It is this music with other works that are the passion of my life and have allowed me to overcome several dramas in my life and allow me to survive the death of my only daughter at 31 years old. Je suis une dame de 72 ans, pianiste et c'est toujours une de mes oeuvres préférées. C'est cette musique avec d'autres oeuvres qui sont la passion de ma vie et m'ont permis de surmonter plusieurs drames dans ma vie et me permettent de survivre au décès de ma fille unique à 31 ans
I am so sorry for your daughter. We can't live it up. But we have to love life without any conditioun. Unfortunately the real director of our life is the accident. Nobody knowa where the road goes.
So very sorry to hear of your sad loss, perhaps in this awesomley honest account we hear the suggestion that all that is important transcends tragedy It is so hard d to find closure when you loose one so close, sending best wishes to you in the hope that it may be some comfort at a horrible time for you
I am playing this music every morning welcoming my kindergarten students to classroom. The music brings calmness as they enter and play quietly waiting for class to begin. Thank you.
To whatever inspired Richter’s heart to play the sonata so slow yet magically, deliberately… I am forever grateful. To me, there is no better piece of music recorded than this exact rendition.
There are lots of good pianists. There are some excellent pianists. There are some unforgettable great masters. There are geniuses. And then there was Svjatoslav Richter.
He was made of steel, a force of nature. Technical mastery and an intensely stubborn but assured creative vision, with the courage to go with his gut from the beginning to the end.
NOT TRUE! The Titan of The piano The Giant of The piano is Grigory Sokolov! Grigory Sokolov his Chopin piano concerto no 2! Brahms piano concerto no 2! Mozart piano concerto no 24! Saint-Saens piano concerto no 2! After Grigory Sokolov played These concertos then All The others pianists Are really only The DUST ZEROS!! Sokolov versus Horowitz 100-0!! Sokolov versus Marc Andre Hamelin 5000-0!! Marc Andre Hamelin= THE CYBORG HUMAN MACHINE!
I heard Richter once live. He sounded exactly like this. His ability to make you concentrate and then, suddenly, realise you have been transported to another world was unique. The memory of the sound he extracted from the instrument is with me to this day.
I've heard nobody play this piece like Richter. I've listened to it for over ten years and I'll keep listening to it until the day I die. Absolutely beautiful.
I am still listening to this piece and this particular interpretation by Richter. It is just that I make sure the lights are turned off and the room is quiet. Sitting in the silence and getting ready for this moment. Time doesn't exist anymore during the play of this piece, what exists is the beautiful music. In fact, it is so beautiful that it hurts. Nothing else matters during the 46 minutes and 29 seconds of this angelic and pure piano sonata and Shubert. I feel sad and happy as well, and even more so feel close to the composer and want to know what he was thinking really when he was composing this sonata - a piece the composer didn't realise it would pass through many many more years and generations after him. This is one of his very last piano pieces before he died. He must have felt unwell already when composing this piece, but he completed this piece with a pure heart and love and passion for music, and music only. Enjoy this special sonata by the special Shubert.
Good. I was listening to this piece when September 11th 2001 attacks hit New York. After the daytime shock at work, I returned to my parent's house (at that time) and played this sonata at the end of the evening, as a way of coping, and remembering, and dealing with that extraordinary and indescribable moment of horror. Schubert was facing death. So this piece is a consolation par excellence. ruclips.net/video/CDRNeLzPU2w/видео.html
I'm studying abroad, and I live in the school's dormitory. I always enjoy the late night of Fridays and Saturdays, because I don't have to worry about waking up to school tommorow and my roomates are sleeping, so it's dark and silent. I use that moment to listen to classical music, thinking of nothing and just let the music touch my heart. It's so beautiful and touching that it hurts, a feeling that I've never felt before. I found out that sitting in darkness and silence is the best way for me to understand and feel the emotions of music much better. You mentioning about turning the lights off and sitting in silence while listening to this Schubert sonata was very relatableto me, truly made me happy! Classical music have touched many hearts and has greatly impacted the lives of many, including mine. I believe this appreciation of music makes us become one community.
Ascoltai per la prima volta in un inverno triste in cui ho perso la mia più cara persona e non solo la prima volta ho pianto così come tutte le volte che ascolto! La musica è esperienza e ricordo...
People come to the world of this great Sonata in the second half of their lives. The older you get, the more this music tells you. How amazing that this unique revelation was made by a very young man like Schubert was. I don't know of a single young pianist who dares to play this piece and does it successfully. Let the great Richter play it.
That’s so true, Michael; I never appreciated Schubert at all, let alone his late work, when I was young. But Klara Wurtz plays this beautifully-and did as a young pianist. Try her recording.
For many years I thought of Schubert’s music as pretty and charming but without depth. How wrong was I? After turning 60 y.o. it’s as if a door opened into this other profound and transcendent space Schubert created - music with great emotive power and a deep sadness. Maybe we have to have experienced life before we are ready to receive Schubert’s gift?
Try Khatia Buniatishvili. Incredibly beautiful and recorded at around the same age as was Schubert when he composed it. I love Richters version to by the way.
Ricordo mio padre che mi faceva sentire queste cose trasmesse da Capo d'istria. Anni '60. La radio sempre accesa all'ora di cena e noi ascoltavamo. Questa sonata sdraordinaria suonata in modo straordinario....che dire...un'emozione cintinua. Il ritmo e il tocco di Richter...🥰
I saw Richter play at the Sheldonian Theater in Oxford in 1969. This theater was the first creation of Christopher Wren in 1669 - circular with perfect acoustics. It has stayed with me ever since. No one plays this piece - or Bach - as well.
Hearing Richter's interpretation of Schubert's D 960 for the first time, I imagine I hear something like a message addressed directly to me- Dear listener all your sadnesses are in truth petty not fit for Tragedy likewise your striving and victories are at best only partial successes. But hear how profoundly beautiful these can be - the sound of man's smallness. The irony that it took nearly two centuries to find an interpreter like Richter to fully vocalize these sentiments, and then another half-century for them to reach me, making the whole thing heartbreakingly funny. It's laughable, yet endearingly human, how contingent our understanding and appreciation of art is.
This is unarguably the best interpretation of Schubert's D.960. I have listened to Horowitz, Brendel and Pollini's version which are all fantastic. But to me, Richter's is untouchable. It never ends and even when it is finished, the sound is still in my head. Absolutely a genius! It is just so beautiful, so touching. I cried.
Schubert is my most favorite composer. His music sounds so light and fulfilling. I love it so much. I think whatever you listen to (be it prog rock (like I do) or hip-hop, or pop-music), you can't resist the charm of such music. I don't think it's possible. When I listen to Schubert, I find myself in an entire different world where all the current insanity just doesn't exist.
Svjatoslav Richter spielt den Kopfsatz dieser traumhaft schönen Sonate von Franz Schubert extrem langsam aber ungemein durchsichtig und fesselnd. Eine Offenbarung!
Has there ever been a pianist so good at playing so many composers? Impossible not to be moved and awed by his artistry. Richter has added so much beauty to my life. His dedication to music and his craft is humbling and inspiring. A true Titan of the 20th century and one of my dearest idols. *Salutes*
It is true that Richter succeeds enormously with the works of many composers: from Ravel to Mussorgsky, through Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, Haydn ... Richter has developed an extraordinary sound, especially in the bass (Beethoven's Tempest). It is touching to see with what asceticism he devoted himself to his art.
SCHUBERT's music is so pure and 'honest'. What a tragedy for the world that he died at only 31. We can only imagine how many more masterpieces he would have composed had he lived another 20 years. RIP Schubert. You are amazing......
Richter's performance of this Schubert Sonata is a masterpiece that will go down in history. It's played at a much slower tempo than other performers, so even though the playing time is very long, it feels rather short. It's played in a very serious tone. Richter is really the best pianist.
This is the only way to play 960-Richter is the MASTER of this MASTERPIECE. Some may complain about the slow motion playing, but I tend to agree with Glenn Gould, on hearing Richter play this in the Soviet Union-it is hypnotic and mesmerizing!
When a level of this is reached. ..the meaning of life itself becomes a question in dimensions that I am not sure we can respond to or contain.. This is the real diary of Franz Schubert. ......tragic yet epic and so reassuring that the 'human being' can create a language that is so profound that ...all humans can at the very least be aware of... Richter....there are no words....but deep, deep gratitude.....thank you so much dear Comrade....
I have listened to this 5 times now and am slowwwwly starting to appreciate it, it is like a journey of discovery. Each time you return to it, something new can be heard
Yes, me too. I understand Stravinsky, Schonberg, Schubert's Symphonies but am late at coming to this. I am sure I will get there in the end. I was always slow ...
@@zogzog1063 You gotta let it take it's time as well though. Just rejoice that there is too much incredible music out there to ever be heard in a lifetime, what a wonderful problem to have.
@@marijkekoedam5306 Die Geschmäcker sind verschieden ...! Und auch die Gefühle, die eine solche Interpretation hervorruft. Ich liebe Brendel, aber für dieses Stück ist Richter mein absoluter Favorit ...
This interpretation of the first two movements is perhaps the most eloquent testimony ever made about the frozen loneliness of the human condition. It has been said that where words end, music begins. The first two movements are "Die Winterreise" all over again, but beyond words.
Yes, Fredic. The aching melody of the 1st movement invariably wrings tears out of me. My losses overtake me and I think of Schubert’s own anticipation of his impending demise. I think he must have been the sweetest soul ever-we know he was beloved by many, lovable by every account in every way.
That would be my last wish before I die, Slava Richter playing this in a dark theatre with a lamp light on the piano just allowing a glimpse of how beautiful art people can make...
Richter. L'evrest du piano. Un titan qui surclasse tous les autres.une capacité à propulser la musique au coeur du mystère.une dimensio. Methapysique.et spirituelle qui replace l'homme au centre des questionnement .grandiose.
What a beautifully tuned and voiced piano. KUDO’S to the builders and to the technician that prepared it for this recording. Very many of the splendid comments here depend exquisitely on the condition of the instrument.
It touches me deeply and has done so for almost half a century. Richter's slow tempo gives this music an imense dimension of profundity and sorrow. Yet many musicians of the new generation do not approve with Richter's approach, they don't feel that way any more, preferring faster tempos and leaner interpretations.
No one sounds like Richter deep interpretatons. I will die listening to him and is not so distant. I’ m an old lady and music is my real soul. God gave me good ears.And memory still.
Try Demidenko. He plays it at a similar speed. I think Richter went against the speed played by almost everyone before him. So Richter was something of a rebel in this. But it is wonderful.
You are totally right! For this shows clearly what a great genius Sviatoslav Richter is! His inner voice tells him this is the way this sonata must be played! Regardless of how other pianists have played it before him. He did not care, he had the guts to follow his own intuition. What a powerful communicator he is! Most of the younger musicians lack the genius of Sviatoslav Richter and play it too fast, showing their technical abilities, but killing the music emotionally. Thank god we have Richter, a true hero and emotionally the most gifted or talented artists amongst the piano players. This is why so many people love or appreciate the performances of Richter in my opinion. Thanks for uploading this beautiful gem!
Richter a donné de cette sonate une interprétation si originale, si puissante, si définitive qu'il lui a en quelque sorte donnée vie si bien qu'on ne peut l'écouter jouée que par lui. Toutes les autres, y compris celle de l'immense Rubinstein sont informes, méconnaissables, inaudibles. C'est un monument gravé dans le marbre, un fait toujours rare dans l'histoire de la musique et absolument unique dans l'interprétation des oeuvres de Schubert. C'est aussi la plus personnelle et la plus géniale création de Richter que d'avoir légué au monde cette oeuvre qui sans lui n'existerait pas.
A lovely piece of music performed beautifully by Richter. Franz Peter Schubert did the world a great favor by spending the last months of his life creating such masterpieces.
A masterful interpretation. The 'slow approach' is clearly right for this majestic, magical work, particularly the first movement. Richter takes the repeat, which is of course the right thing to do because Schubert wrote it down, with its terse little drama; it turns the 1st movement from 'great' to 'epic'. Richter was probably the pioneer for this way to play this piece, and there is no question that it deserves the fullest treatment possible. Mitsuko Uchida's modern version takes the same 'slow approach' and has the advantage of amazing modern sound and acoustic environment. She also creates greater sense of transition between the shifting key signatures of the music (frequently innovative), opening up new vistas and new tone colours which can be appreciated through the improved sound quality. Her pedalling, voicing, and articulation are just superb. If you like Richter (and clearly everyone here does!) I would recommend her version as a comparison. This is one of Richter's most iconic moments. But his Prokofiev 8th Sonata goes further still into the suspension of space, time and harmony.... the quality of breadth, width, and expansion is without parallel. He took immersion in the beauty of the sound and the music to the sustainable extreme. ruclips.net/video/CDRNeLzPU2w/видео.html
Schubert sonata D960 is without question one of the summits of the history of music. The rendering of Sviatoslav Richter is solemn, emotional, musically more than perfect. A true monument. Thanks for uploading.
Schubert was one of the youngest music composers to die. If he had lived even five more years, think of what he could have composed. His Piano Sonata/ Fantasie is also superb.
I also feel so grateful, and humbled that a man of such youth could understand the preciousness of life-and its increasing worth before looming death-so intimately.
For me Richters controversial slow tempo in the first mvt works splendidly. He reveals an inner world of tranquillity and sublime poetry, one might say almost a feeling of resignation prevails given that the composer was nearing death. The same feeling prevails through much of the slow mvt until we reach the sunnier central major key. My only slight quibble is Richters rather rushed 3rd mvt, but the finale is a marvel of pianistic mastery, ebullience and control. A recorded treasure from a truly unique artist.
Joseph Fleetwood Of course , Richter can play with such tempo because he can keep the tension .It is slow but not stuck . His abilty for phrasing and dynamic does the rest . When I read the comment about his « questionnable » tempi, I laugh. Playing slow tempi or fast tempi is a question of technic and musicality . Richter genius and talent allow him to go further than the others . He does not suffer from the boundaries of standard pianists. I recommend his BBC recording of this D960.
Is Richter's tempo for the first movement _really_ controversial? It is arguably more authentic, actually taking notice of the "molto" in Schubert's "molto moderato" instruction. Rare - yes. Controversial - unsure. Beautiful? - absolutely!
And the technique! A master, the ultimate master, combining remarkable technique, outstanding heart and mighty soul. [I had the priviledge of attending one of his concerts at Carnegie Hall (when I must have been 12 and studying piano - my teacher had recommended that I go to hear him), and later, as an usher at a French Maison de la Culture, several times when he played Beethoven Sonatas. I still have the LPs (now ancient!) of his interpretation of Mussorgsky's 'Pictures at an Exhibition' and Beethoven's Pathetique Sonata. No one was ever able to top his version of the Mussorgsky piece until I heard French pianist Brigitte Engerer direct on France Music playing at I forgot which festival or concert. She was mind-blowing! I don't mean to imply that she topped Richter, but she was amazing. RIP, Brigitte; gone too young and too soon]
And the intellect. This isn't just 'emotional soulful' playing... I think what's missing today sometimes is the raw intelligence and maturity that generation had. They were serious adults in their early twenties already to an extent that most 50-somethings today haven't reached.
Высокие ели на склонах альпийского предгорья, утренний туман и дымка-поволока. журчание ручьёв...Легко-легко дышится под музыку гордого и такого же непокорно-непокорённого Франца Шуберта, как и исполнитель его гениальной музыки - Святослав Рихтер, гений ...
This is just so wonderful. The way the silence plays with the lights. And I’m just left here wondering if the suffering and anguish is worth it. Anymore, we can’t have any. And that’s the revenge.
Comparto con Glenn Gould la opinión de que Richter logra crear la ilusión de un vínculo directo entre él y la partitura y, por tanto, nos ayuda a tener «el sentimiento de participar no tanto en la interpretación sino en la música misma».
i have to say RUclips has expanded my knowledge of classical music. I love reading the comments too. Thank you Incrontrario motu for this beautiful piece.
Dear friends, there's not such a thing as no 1 in art (music, literature, painting, sculpture), but only "they" are the best. Because our perception is always subjective. No 1 (2, 3 etc.) exists only in sports.
Schubert always calms me...has done so all my life. I am now 73. Richter plays Schubert to perfection. Went to school in Berlin..called the Franz Schubert Schule.now better known as Elbe schule
In his Andante Sostenuto, Schubert is just jumping from one tonality to the other, seeking life, prolonging the pain, knowing all this will eventually end. I think only Mahler in his 9th symphony gives the same feeling of meaningless struggle with final embrace and acceptance, it's deeply tragic, moves me deeply every time I hear it or play it
Tout comme Mozart à la fin de sa vie avait résumé en 3 symphonies l'essentiel de son message, deux mois avant sa mort, Schubert écrit 3 sonates pour clavier, les D958, 959 et 960 qui forment une espèce de testament spirituel, qui sera publié après sa mort. La sonate D960 en si bémol constitue son chef d'oeuvre absolu. La partition terminée en 2 mois le 28 septembre 1828 évolue dans une atmosphère éclairée d'un climat automnal, Schubert écrivant "j'ai comme l'impression de ne plus appartenir à ce monde". Rien de funèbre pourtant dans cette sonate, l'immense molto moderato initial s'élance de page en page, toujours plus musical et mélodieux, comme pour ne jamais prendre fin. L'andante sostuno est une mélodie simple semblable à un hymme. Le sforzato brise cette mélancolie et le dernier mouvement apparaît comme des souvenirs heureux notamment des airs de valse. Après ce passage rêvé, deux derniers thèmes amènent à la conclusion que tout à une fin. Pour interpréter cette merveille, il fallait un géant, plus grand encore que le très schubertien Brendel, l'immense pianiste russe Sviatoslav Richter, qui l'enregistra à Prague en septembre 1972. Oeuvre et interprète à tout jamais inoubliables !
One of the two best piano recitals I ever heard was Brendel playing the last 3 Schubert sonatas at Finney chapel in Oberlin. Extraordinary energy and enthusiasm. It was like hearing the true Brendel for the first and only time. The other was also at Oberlin; Moses Hogan's (😢) junior recital: Haydn f minor variations, Chopin 3rd scherzo, Prokofiev sonata in a minor. Unequaled
There are some works which seem to transition between this world and whatever is beyond. This tops my list of such creations, especially when played by perhaps the greatest piano master of them all. My list also includes the Bach / Busoni Chaconne.
The D.960 resonates in my being as the deepest, most profoundly human composition ever created. It is an epic journey, an odyssey of humanity's fragile and evanescent point-in-time in the universe. I encourage every lover of the D. 960 to listen to Marco Tezza's interpretation, (available on Amazon). The spiritual companion to Schubert's D.960 is Xaver Varnus' singular interpretation of Bach's Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor.
Majestic and full of depth and a profound emotion... by far the best B flat sonata version I ever heard, it is unique, there is nothing even coming close to Richter's incredible "vibe"
When you listen to this and to the piano 4-hands fantasia, you are made bitterly aware of what Schubert could have done with another 20 years walking the planet, and how different music may be today because of it.
@@MrCinemuso It still is tragic that he passed away so early. If you think about it, 3 famous geniuses of music passed in their 30s with Schubert, Mozart and Chopin (not even including Mendelssohn-Bartholdy)
@@thecluelesscomposer Yes it's usually supposed to be tragic, and in a sense of course it is when people, even the very long-dead, die young. What's more remarkable and worthy of attention is the miracle that they existed at all. I truly don't see the point in this hand-wringing and 'imagine what could have been' stuff. In a real sense, it's ungrateful with respect to what has quite undeservedly actually been given to us. Greedy in fact, lol.
@@MrCinemuso That right there is a great point. I still sometimes wonder, what could we've heard if they lived longer, but I agree that their existing legacy undoubtedly should not be disregarded for what they could've added if they had lived longer.
Vast soundscapes open up in front of me, and I’m free yet again, yet again like before. Everything here has that spaciousness that can be found in an open field. But immense contrasts appear to lead the way, as the subject abandons himself, turns himself in. His reward is the gift of melody. Thank you beyond words Schubert and Richter.
Exquisite playing. Richter is so self-effacing in his playing. There are many great interpreters of Schubert's Sonatas - Perahia and Brendel in particular - but I always come back to Richter. And his recording of the Schubert G major sonata is my Number one Desert Island disc! Thank you, incontrario motu, for posting this and other gems.
So daring and sovereign to open the last sonata in grand tranquility. Schubert knew that time was nearly up for him. Sviatoslav Richter summarizes life and death here. The Russian pianist stood in awe of Schubert's chef d'oeuvre
Glenn Gould : “I had never had the patience for Schubert and what I construed as his repetitious and colossal rhetoric: but when I witnessed Richter in performance of the already-lengthy B-flat Sonata, played even more slowly, I realized - in a trance, a hypnotic state - that my prejudice against Schubert’s repetitions had transformed to see something thoroughly organic. Richter came to represent that artist who creates the illusion that he serves as a ‘conduit’ for the composer as he relates directly to the listener.”
wonderful !!! it says everything about Schubert, Gould and Richter
Brilliant, absolutely brilliant comment from Mr Gould. This not only speaks highly of Mr Richter talent and defines it in a accurate way, but also shows that GG was as good as commentator and thinker about music and art, than he was an artist.
Frankly, who cares what Gould thought of Richter's playing. Gould's playing is devoid of emotion and he may as well be playing a typewriter
This is a most wonderful and well articulated description of the qualities of Richter as the artist, the poet, the communicator between the composer and the public. A very sensitive and emotionally very talented and highly developed pianist. I don't understand anything of people who say that he is just a technical and ice-cold player and misses the qualities of a Rubinstein and other players. What a total nonsense! Just listen to this transcendental music!
@@jeremyd1021 keep such idiotic commentaries to yourself, they are valued by none
I am a 72 year old lady, pianist and it is still one of my favorite works. It is this music with other works that are the passion of my life and have allowed me to overcome several dramas in my life and allow me to survive the death of my only daughter at 31 years old.
Je suis une dame de 72 ans, pianiste et c'est toujours une de mes oeuvres préférées. C'est cette musique avec d'autres oeuvres qui sont la passion de ma vie et m'ont permis de surmonter plusieurs drames dans ma vie et me permettent de survivre au décès de ma fille unique à 31 ans
What a lovely, sensitive soul. I'm so sorry for your daughter, I bet there's beautiful music in heaven too!
I am so sorry for your daughter. We can't live it up. But we have to love life without any conditioun. Unfortunately the real director of our life is the accident. Nobody knowa where the road goes.
God bless you !
So very sorry to hear of your sad loss, perhaps in this awesomley honest account we hear the suggestion that all that is important transcends tragedy
It is so hard d to find closure when you loose one so close, sending best wishes to you in the hope that it may be some comfort at a horrible time for you
There is no greater loss in this life than the loss of ones own child. I have a daughter. I literally would not survive her demise.
I am playing this music every morning welcoming my kindergarten students to classroom. The music brings calmness as they enter and play quietly waiting for class to begin. Thank you.
That's so beautiful, they will never forget that.
Oh yes.. they will remember this music and discover it again in their later lives. Great!
Всегда мечтала о том ,чтобы с детьми занимались люди любящие музыку. Однажды это спасёт всех нас.
To whatever inspired Richter’s heart to play the sonata so slow yet magically, deliberately… I am forever grateful.
To me, there is no better piece of music recorded than this exact rendition.
Don't miss Richter's live 1972 performance in Prague--even more inspiring though with less good sound quality.
I am a 67 years old japanese. Lately I listen to Schuberts music mainly.It just fit my heart.
If I were a music critic listening to this at a live performance I would be speechless. Sometimes in life you just have to learn rather than judge.
There are lots of good pianists. There are some excellent pianists. There are some unforgettable great masters. There are geniuses. And then there was Svjatoslav Richter.
I totally agree with your ranking.
@@tlahe2 i agree as well; Slava Richter was unlike anyone else. A absolute Titan of the piano
He was made of steel, a force of nature. Technical mastery and an intensely stubborn but assured creative vision, with the courage to go with his gut from the beginning to the end.
He's like all of the 'greats' thrown into one. He can pick and choose when he wants. Indefinable.
NOT TRUE! The Titan of The piano The Giant of The piano is Grigory Sokolov! Grigory Sokolov his Chopin piano concerto no 2! Brahms piano concerto no 2! Mozart piano concerto no 24! Saint-Saens piano concerto no 2! After Grigory Sokolov played These concertos then All The others pianists Are really only The DUST ZEROS!! Sokolov versus Horowitz 100-0!! Sokolov versus Marc Andre Hamelin 5000-0!! Marc Andre Hamelin= THE CYBORG HUMAN MACHINE!
I heard Richter once live. He sounded exactly like this. His ability to make you concentrate and then, suddenly, realise you have been transported to another world was unique. The memory of the sound he extracted from the instrument is with me to this day.
Wow. How old are you now ?
@@Dylonely42 66
@@vinylisland6386 You are so lucky.
What works did Richter play?
@@schrysafis Bach Preludes and Fugues in the first half, the Pathetique Sonata in the second and two Grieg Lyric pieces as encores.
Unbelievable control from Richter. He is the greatest
I've heard nobody play this piece like Richter. I've listened to it for over ten years and I'll keep listening to it until the day I die. Absolutely beautiful.
Richter is amazin, but did you hear Sokolov?
I haven't. I'll have to give it a listen. Thanks!
He is amazing - stretching it to the bounds of what is possible. Breadth.
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I am still listening to this piece and this particular interpretation by Richter. It is just that I make sure the lights are turned off and the room is quiet. Sitting in the silence and getting ready for this moment. Time doesn't exist anymore during the play of this piece, what exists is the beautiful music. In fact, it is so beautiful that it hurts. Nothing else matters during the 46 minutes and 29 seconds of this angelic and pure piano sonata and Shubert. I feel sad and happy as well, and even more so feel close to the composer and want to know what he was thinking really when he was composing this sonata - a piece the composer didn't realise it would pass through many many more years and generations after him. This is one of his very last piano pieces before he died. He must have felt unwell already when composing this piece, but he completed this piece with a pure heart and love and passion for music, and music only. Enjoy this special sonata by the special Shubert.
I feel the same way!
Good. I was listening to this piece when September 11th 2001 attacks hit New York. After the daytime shock at work, I returned to my parent's house (at that time) and played this sonata at the end of the evening, as a way of coping, and remembering, and dealing with that extraordinary and indescribable moment of horror. Schubert was facing death. So this piece is a consolation par excellence. ruclips.net/video/CDRNeLzPU2w/видео.html
I'm studying abroad, and I live in the school's dormitory. I always enjoy the late night of Fridays and Saturdays, because I don't have to worry about waking up to school tommorow and my roomates are sleeping, so it's dark and silent. I use that moment to listen to classical music, thinking of nothing and just let the music touch my heart. It's so beautiful and touching that it hurts, a feeling that I've never felt before. I found out that sitting in darkness and silence is the best way for me to understand and feel the emotions of music much better. You mentioning about turning the lights off and sitting in silence while listening to this Schubert sonata was very relatableto me, truly made me happy! Classical music have touched many hearts and has greatly impacted the lives of many, including mine. I believe this appreciation of music makes us become one community.
One of the greatest (and longest) and most sublime piano sonatas ever written and turned transcendental beneath Richter's hands.
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Nobody but NOBODY plays Schubert like this. Perfection.
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People come to the world of this great Sonata in the second half of their lives. The older you get, the more this music tells you. How amazing that this unique revelation was made by a very young man like Schubert was. I don't know of a single young pianist who dares to play this piece and does it successfully. Let the great Richter play it.
That’s so true, Michael; I never appreciated Schubert at all, let alone his late work, when I was young. But Klara Wurtz plays this beautifully-and did as a young pianist. Try her recording.
For many years I thought of Schubert’s music as pretty and charming but without depth. How wrong was I? After turning 60 y.o. it’s as if a door opened into this other profound and transcendent space Schubert created - music with great emotive power and a deep sadness. Maybe we have to have experienced life before we are ready to receive Schubert’s gift?
Try Khatia Buniatishvili. Incredibly beautiful and recorded at around the same age as was Schubert when he composed it. I love Richters version to by the way.
@@sukrame5331 I did. She is just a kid. She'd rather didn't play it.
@@unfinishedgestalt im not a kid though. Sorry IF you didn
Ricordo mio padre che mi faceva sentire queste cose trasmesse da Capo d'istria. Anni '60. La radio sempre accesa all'ora di cena e noi ascoltavamo. Questa sonata sdraordinaria suonata in modo straordinario....che dire...un'emozione cintinua. Il ritmo e il tocco di Richter...🥰
I saw Richter play at the Sheldonian Theater in Oxford in 1969. This theater was the first creation of Christopher Wren in 1669 - circular with perfect acoustics. It has stayed with me ever since. No one plays this piece - or Bach - as well.
I attended a Richter concert in Chicago in ~1965. An incredible experience.
Hearing Richter's interpretation of Schubert's D 960 for the first time, I imagine I hear something like a message addressed directly to me- Dear listener all your sadnesses are in truth petty not fit for Tragedy likewise your striving and victories are at best only partial successes. But hear how profoundly beautiful these can be - the sound of man's smallness. The irony that it took nearly two centuries to find an interpreter like Richter to fully vocalize these sentiments, and then another half-century for them to reach me, making the whole thing heartbreakingly funny. It's laughable, yet endearingly human, how contingent our understanding and appreciation of art is.
This is unarguably the best interpretation of Schubert's D.960. I have listened to Horowitz, Brendel and Pollini's version which are all fantastic. But to me, Richter's is untouchable. It never ends and even when it is finished, the sound is still in my head. Absolutely a genius! It is just so beautiful, so touching. I cried.
Yanhong-I also cry when I hear this sonata. If you haven’t heard Klara Wurtz play this, please do. She is also an incredible interpreter.
Have u listened this sonata by Andras Schiff? What u think?
@@user-gu1io9jp4u also Clara Haskil ( recording 1960 Philips )
1) Beautiful performance. 2) Nothing is unarguable.
@@peterheiman8621 D 960 = Clara Haskil ( recording 1960 ) ; an historical pianist of 20Th Century .
Schubert is my most favorite composer. His music sounds so light and fulfilling. I love it so much. I think whatever you listen to (be it prog rock (like I do) or hip-hop, or pop-music), you can't resist the charm of such music. I don't think it's possible. When I listen to Schubert, I find myself in an entire different world where all the current insanity just doesn't exist.
Svjatoslav Richter spielt den Kopfsatz dieser traumhaft schönen Sonate von Franz Schubert extrem langsam aber ungemein durchsichtig und fesselnd. Eine Offenbarung!
Schubert's sonata in b-flat major + Sviatoslav Richter = MAGIC
It's just crazy how beautifully he plays this
Has there ever been a pianist so good at playing so many composers? Impossible not to be moved and awed by his artistry. Richter has added so much beauty to my life. His dedication to music and his craft is humbling and inspiring. A true Titan of the 20th century and one of my dearest idols. *Salutes*
It is true that Richter succeeds enormously with the works of many composers: from Ravel to Mussorgsky, through Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, Haydn ... Richter has developed an extraordinary sound, especially in the bass (Beethoven's Tempest). It is touching to see with what asceticism he devoted himself to his art.
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@@dariodangelo8938 and Pollini I guess
SCHUBERT's music is so pure and 'honest'. What a tragedy for the world that he died at only 31. We can only imagine how many more masterpieces he would have composed had he lived another 20 years. RIP Schubert. You are amazing......
And to think his music was never performed during his lifetime.
I love Richter's tempo at the beginning. Schubert didn't write 'molto' moderato for nothing.
Richter's performance of this Schubert Sonata is a masterpiece that will go down in history. It's played at a much slower tempo than other performers, so even though the playing time is very long, it feels rather short. It's played in a very serious tone. Richter is really the best pianist.
So beautiful I cried when I heard it. And I am a 71 year old grandpa.
Richard Clarke Schubert either makes my cry or smile...it is always wonderful
Same here and I am a 38 year old man...most beautiful piano sonata ever written
Schubert's farewell filled with love to a mesmerizing beauty of life
How right you are! I've always been deeply moved by Richter's interpretation of D.960. (And I'm 71, but unfortunately not a grandpa.)
I am 70
This is the only way to play 960-Richter is the MASTER of this MASTERPIECE. Some may complain about the slow motion playing, but I tend to agree with Glenn Gould, on hearing Richter play this in the Soviet Union-it is hypnotic and mesmerizing!
When a level of this is reached. ..the meaning of life itself becomes a question in dimensions that I am not sure we can respond to or contain..
This is the real diary of Franz Schubert. ......tragic yet epic and so reassuring that the 'human being' can create a language that is so profound that ...all humans can at the very least be aware of...
Richter....there are no words....but deep, deep gratitude.....thank you so much dear Comrade....
Schubert and Richter, God's instruments
이 연주만은 리히터 외에 아무것도 들을 수 없다.
항상 눈물을 흘리며 무너진다.
때로 신에게 올리는 기도 같다가도, 외로운 영혼의 가난한 외침인듯도 하다...
I have listened to this 5 times now and am slowwwwly starting to appreciate it, it is like a journey of discovery. Each time you return to it, something new can be heard
Yes, me too. I understand Stravinsky, Schonberg, Schubert's Symphonies but am late at coming to this. I am sure I will get there in the end. I was always slow ...
@@zogzog1063 You gotta let it take it's time as well though. Just rejoice that there is too much incredible music out there to ever be heard in a lifetime, what a wonderful problem to have.
What would be the world without Schubert ? Sviatoslav is a true messenger : right in style, phrasing, tempo, spirit. Pure delight
Michael … how accurate your observation.
uff but slow
@@boonyboony100 The (slow) tempo is how Richter invites us into the deepest level of suffering, beauty, and redemption.
The best version ever!!! Thanks with all my heart, Richter...
Voor mij is Alfred Brendel nog steed de favoriet in deze sonate.
@@marijkekoedam5306 Die Geschmäcker sind verschieden ...! Und auch die Gefühle, die eine solche Interpretation hervorruft. Ich liebe Brendel, aber für dieses Stück ist Richter mein absoluter Favorit ...
I have to agree. Most beautiful piano sonata! It made me cry too...and I am a 71 year old grandma (just turned 71 last week).
Hey Happy birthday to you 🎂🎈🎉 blessings always.
and then listen to him playing the 2nd COncerto of Brahms, one of the most beautiful pieces ever...
Schubert is without peer. His piano music is so incredibly moving and amazingly intelligent at the same time.
This interpretation of the first two movements is perhaps the most eloquent testimony ever made about the frozen loneliness of the human condition. It has been said that where words end, music begins. The first two movements are "Die Winterreise" all over again, but beyond words.
Indeed sir.
I can hear the tragic loneliness but also the strenght and beauty of the human soul despite that.
Yes, Fredic. The aching melody of the 1st movement invariably wrings tears out of me. My losses overtake me and I think of Schubert’s own anticipation of his impending demise. I think he must have been the sweetest soul ever-we know he was beloved by many, lovable by every account in every way.
Sublime poetry and passion. Two masters wedded together in monumental beauty. Truly a stunning performance.
That would be my last wish before I die, Slava Richter playing this in a dark theatre with a lamp light on the piano just allowing a glimpse of how beautiful art people can make...
I cant stop listening to this sonata. So elegant, esquisite, perfection in simplicity.
Richter. L'evrest du piano. Un titan qui surclasse tous les autres.une capacité à propulser la musique au coeur du mystère.une dimensio. Methapysique.et spirituelle qui replace l'homme au centre des questionnement .grandiose.
Sensitivity makes life impossible, but it makes
life alone alive. You can't choose
What a beautifully tuned and voiced piano. KUDO’S to the builders and to the technician that prepared it for this recording. Very many of the splendid comments here depend exquisitely on the condition of the instrument.
It touches me deeply and has done so for almost half a century. Richter's slow tempo gives this music an imense dimension of profundity and sorrow. Yet many musicians of the new generation do not approve with Richter's approach, they don't feel that way any more, preferring faster tempos and leaner interpretations.
No one sounds like Richter deep interpretatons. I will die listening to him and is not so distant. I’ m an old lady and music is my real soul. God gave me good ears.And memory still.
Dear Nelida. Nice and touching to read Your note. Thankyou for answering. @@nelidaferraz6497
With a faster tempo, they ruin the whole music and don't even know about it. Sad.
Try Demidenko. He plays it at a similar speed. I think Richter went against the speed played by almost everyone before him. So Richter was something of a rebel in this. But it is wonderful.
You are totally right! For this shows clearly what a great genius Sviatoslav Richter is! His inner voice tells him this is the way this sonata must be played! Regardless of how other pianists have played it before him. He did not care, he had the guts to follow his own intuition. What a powerful communicator he is!
Most of the younger musicians lack the genius of Sviatoslav Richter and play it too fast, showing their technical abilities, but killing the music emotionally.
Thank god we have Richter, a true hero and emotionally the most gifted or talented artists amongst the piano players. This is why so many people love or appreciate the performances of Richter in my opinion.
Thanks for uploading this beautiful gem!
Absolument monumental. Richter et Schubert, un monde à part.
Richter a donné de cette sonate une interprétation si originale, si puissante, si définitive qu'il lui a en quelque sorte donnée vie si bien qu'on ne peut l'écouter jouée que par lui. Toutes les autres, y compris celle de l'immense Rubinstein sont informes, méconnaissables, inaudibles. C'est un monument gravé dans le marbre, un fait toujours rare dans l'histoire de la musique et absolument unique dans l'interprétation des oeuvres de Schubert. C'est aussi la plus personnelle et la plus géniale création de Richter que d'avoir légué au monde cette oeuvre qui sans lui n'existerait pas.
Schubert is the sweetest musician i ve ever met in my life
La versione di Richter è UNICA. L'emozione che scatena, dall'inizio alla fine, è profonda.
Franz Liszt wrote of Schubert that he was.
the most poetical musician that ever was."
A lovely piece of music performed beautifully by Richter. Franz Peter Schubert did the world a great favor by spending the last months of his life creating such masterpieces.
Schubert's melodies are the easiest to recognize and remember of all in classical music because they are simply the best.
So true.
@@pooliansshots6731 Lol.
Ridiculous. Only the opposite is logical.
@@pooliansshots6731 What a fucking clown.
Clearly one of the greatest performances in history of recording.
agree with you Mark; this is incredible arguably the greatest of all pianists...there will never be another
@@sean8470 , you are so right!
i aint here to argue with some 90 year old mail man, you're obviously delusional grandpa!
epilepsy warning nasty and ignorant . He obviously has an appreciation and understanding unlike you !
Richter's notes ring with all the magic of Christmas bells to a child.
A masterful interpretation. The 'slow approach' is clearly right for this majestic, magical work, particularly the first movement. Richter takes the repeat, which is of course the right thing to do because Schubert wrote it down, with its terse little drama; it turns the 1st movement from 'great' to 'epic'. Richter was probably the pioneer for this way to play this piece, and there is no question that it deserves the fullest treatment possible.
Mitsuko Uchida's modern version takes the same 'slow approach' and has the advantage of amazing modern sound and acoustic environment. She also creates greater sense of transition between the shifting key signatures of the music (frequently innovative), opening up new vistas and new tone colours which can be appreciated through the improved sound quality. Her pedalling, voicing, and articulation are just superb. If you like Richter (and clearly everyone here does!) I would recommend her version as a comparison.
This is one of Richter's most iconic moments. But his Prokofiev 8th Sonata goes further still into the suspension of space, time and harmony.... the quality of breadth, width, and expansion is without parallel. He took immersion in the beauty of the sound and the music to the sustainable extreme.
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Richter definitely didn't omit the 1st movement repeat! ruclips.net/video/CDRNeLzPU2w/видео.html
Schubert sonata D960 is without question one of the summits of the history of music. The rendering of Sviatoslav Richter is solemn, emotional, musically more than perfect. A true monument. Thanks for uploading.
Monument is the word!
@@PK-re3lu Many thanks.
I agree. Listen to Dame Mitsuko Uchida play this. Her interpretation is equally beautiful.
@@oldronald6560 Thanks for your comment. I have already publicly declared my unrestricted allegiance to Mitsuko.
two sonates for me , the Top of pizno : Schubert sonata D-960 posthume also Chopin op35-2 , perhaps op35-2 more
Envoutante musique et interprétation , moments magique ! Merci.
Sheer beauty - music straight from his heart ❤❤❤
Schubert, 31, soon to die-- a vision of love, life, eternity--- I am so humbled by , and grateful for-- this...
+Stephen Wall It is thought that Schubert may have begun work on the piece in the spring of 1827 !
Schubert was one of the youngest music composers to die. If he had lived even five more years, think of what he could have composed. His Piano Sonata/ Fantasie is also superb.
I also feel so grateful, and humbled that a man of such youth could understand the preciousness of life-and its increasing worth before looming death-so intimately.
For me Richters controversial slow tempo in the first mvt works splendidly. He reveals an inner world of tranquillity and sublime poetry, one might say almost a feeling of resignation prevails given that the composer was nearing death. The same feeling prevails through much of the slow mvt until we reach the sunnier central major key. My only slight quibble is Richters rather rushed 3rd mvt, but the finale is a marvel of pianistic mastery, ebullience and control.
A recorded treasure from a truly unique artist.
Richter´s pianistic abilities are - do doubt - out of question. But his sense for the right tempi is too often questionable.
The tempo for the first movement is a stroke of genius.
Joseph Fleetwood Of course , Richter can play with such tempo because he can keep the tension .It is slow but not stuck . His abilty for phrasing and dynamic does the rest . When I read the comment about his « questionnable » tempi, I laugh. Playing slow tempi or fast tempi is a question of technic and musicality . Richter genius and talent allow him to go further than the others . He does not suffer from the boundaries of standard pianists. I recommend his BBC recording of this D960.
Is Richter's tempo for the first movement _really_ controversial? It is arguably more authentic, actually taking notice of the "molto" in Schubert's "molto moderato" instruction. Rare - yes. Controversial - unsure. Beautiful? - absolutely!
Just flat out great. This music will never die.
Richter had the heart and soul to play this music so well.
And the technique! A master, the ultimate master, combining remarkable technique, outstanding heart and mighty soul. [I had the priviledge of attending one of his concerts at Carnegie Hall (when I must have been 12 and studying piano - my teacher had recommended that I go to hear him), and later, as an usher at a French Maison de la Culture, several times when he played Beethoven Sonatas. I still have the LPs (now ancient!) of his interpretation of Mussorgsky's 'Pictures at an Exhibition' and Beethoven's Pathetique Sonata. No one was ever able to top his version of the Mussorgsky piece until I heard French pianist Brigitte Engerer direct on France Music playing at I forgot which festival or concert. She was mind-blowing! I don't mean to imply that she topped Richter, but she was amazing. RIP, Brigitte; gone too young and too soon]
And the intellect. This isn't just 'emotional soulful' playing... I think what's missing today sometimes is the raw intelligence and maturity that generation had. They were serious adults in their early twenties already to an extent that most 50-somethings today haven't reached.
@@gggiraffe amazing!
My spirit is cleansed by the wave from the sea called Schubert .
The works of Schubert purify
the human soul .
This is incomparable performance ！
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懐かしい人にあったような、含蓄のある素晴らしいお便りありがとう❗
One of my favourite execution of this sonata.
Высокие ели на склонах альпийского предгорья, утренний туман и дымка-поволока. журчание ручьёв...Легко-легко дышится под музыку гордого и такого же непокорно-непокорённого Франца Шуберта, как и исполнитель его гениальной музыки - Святослав Рихтер, гений ...
Замечательно! Спасибо!
This is just so wonderful. The way the silence plays with the lights. And I’m just left here wondering if the suffering and anguish is worth it. Anymore, we can’t have any. And that’s the revenge.
Comparto con Glenn Gould la opinión de que Richter logra crear la ilusión de un vínculo directo entre él y la partitura y, por tanto, nos ayuda a tener «el sentimiento de participar no tanto en la interpretación sino en la música misma».
Beautifully said.
I agree.
Святослав Рихтер - это гений исполнительского искусства!
Прекрасная соната Шуберта!
My favorite performance of Schubert. Hands down. I always come back to this one.
yonoid818 Me too. GREAT RICHTER!!!
I used to have a record of this as a student, but the roommate from the accomodation stole it.
Its so good, cant be helped.
Thank you universe
I played this myself;- a beautiful memory of the best of composer and pianist
I really don't understand Western Classical.But even to a layman like me this is so beautiful.i am grateful to be alive and listen to this.
Especially!!...for less experienced listener is Richter good listening!! I understand J. S. Bach, only due to listening him during my 15!:-)
The heights of civilization and artare produced by the western mind .. and i can see that you appreciate this... good
There isn't really much to understand, but much to enjoy.
...wo kann ich noch anders abgeholt werden...eine sehr sehr subtile, innige und künstlerisch begabte Interpretation!
i have to say RUclips has expanded my knowledge of classical music. I love reading the comments too. Thank you Incrontrario motu for this beautiful piece.
In passato io facevo uso di un Hifi ma attualmente uso you tube con cuffia potendo raggiungere le diverse interpretazioni con facilità
INCONTRARIO. Leave out your first r, and research the meaning of “Incontrario Motu”.
Dear friends, there's not such a thing as no 1 in art (music, literature, painting, sculpture), but only "they" are the best. Because our perception is always subjective. No 1 (2, 3 etc.) exists only in sports.
Schubert always calms me...has done so all my life. I am now 73. Richter plays Schubert to perfection.
Went to school in Berlin..called the Franz Schubert Schule.now better known as Elbe schule
My favourite Schubert sonata & so beautifully played by Richter.
13-16mn : i'm always about to cry. It's stunning. Brilliant. Outstanding. Genius. Love it.
In his Andante Sostenuto, Schubert is just jumping from one tonality to the other, seeking life, prolonging the pain, knowing all this will eventually end. I think only Mahler in his 9th symphony gives the same feeling of meaningless struggle with final embrace and acceptance, it's deeply tragic, moves me deeply every time I hear it or play it
i am 137 years old im crying because i not exist excepto when a hear this theme
Tout comme Mozart à la fin de sa vie avait résumé en 3 symphonies l'essentiel de son message, deux mois avant sa mort, Schubert écrit 3 sonates pour clavier, les D958, 959 et 960 qui forment une espèce de testament spirituel, qui sera publié après sa mort.
La sonate D960 en si bémol constitue son chef d'oeuvre absolu. La partition terminée en 2 mois le 28 septembre 1828 évolue dans une atmosphère éclairée d'un climat automnal, Schubert écrivant "j'ai comme l'impression de ne plus appartenir à ce monde".
Rien de funèbre pourtant dans cette sonate, l'immense molto moderato initial s'élance de page en page, toujours plus musical et mélodieux, comme pour ne jamais prendre fin. L'andante sostuno est une mélodie simple semblable à un hymme. Le sforzato brise cette mélancolie et le dernier mouvement apparaît comme des souvenirs heureux notamment des airs de valse. Après ce passage rêvé, deux derniers thèmes amènent à la conclusion que tout à une fin.
Pour interpréter cette merveille, il fallait un géant, plus grand encore que le très schubertien Brendel, l'immense pianiste russe Sviatoslav Richter, qui l'enregistra à Prague en septembre 1972. Oeuvre et interprète à tout jamais inoubliables !
One of the two best piano recitals I ever heard was Brendel playing the last 3 Schubert sonatas at Finney chapel in Oberlin. Extraordinary energy and enthusiasm. It was like hearing the true Brendel for the first and only time. The other was also at Oberlin; Moses Hogan's (😢) junior recital: Haydn f minor variations, Chopin 3rd scherzo, Prokofiev sonata in a minor. Unequaled
one of the greatest pieces ever...played by perhaps the greatest pianist in the last 100 years
I can't stop listening to it, it really won't let me go. Delicate and emotional is what comes to my mind
Nicklas, I thought I was the only one. Since I discovered this piece I've listened to it so many times because it saturates my senses.
"it really won't let me go"
surely you mean "I really won't let it go"
Bello. Meraviglioso!
Both , I am sure. And in the end it is the same thing!
Как же это прекрасно! Нет слов... Рихтер - пик пианизма!
There are some works which seem to transition between this world and whatever is beyond. This tops my list of such creations, especially when played by perhaps the greatest piano master of them all. My list also includes the Bach / Busoni Chaconne.
The D.960 resonates in my being as the deepest, most profoundly human composition ever created. It is an epic journey, an odyssey of humanity's fragile and evanescent point-in-time in the universe. I encourage every lover of the D. 960 to listen to Marco Tezza's interpretation, (available on Amazon). The spiritual companion to Schubert's D.960 is Xaver Varnus' singular interpretation of Bach's Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor.
Majestic and full of depth and a profound emotion... by far the best B flat sonata version I ever heard, it is unique, there is nothing even coming close to Richter's incredible "vibe"
Grand Richter! Je l'ai vu en Pologne en 1970! Un géant du piano!
Lucky you!
When you listen to this and to the piano 4-hands fantasia, you are made bitterly aware of what Schubert could have done with another 20 years walking the planet, and how different music may be today because of it.
Yes, but everyone only gets as long as they get.
@@MrCinemuso It still is tragic that he passed away so early. If you think about it, 3 famous geniuses of music passed in their 30s with Schubert, Mozart and Chopin (not even including Mendelssohn-Bartholdy)
@@thecluelesscomposer Yes it's usually supposed to be tragic, and in a sense of course it is when people, even the very long-dead, die young.
What's more remarkable and worthy of attention is the miracle that they existed at all. I truly don't see the point in this hand-wringing and 'imagine what could have been' stuff. In a real sense, it's ungrateful with respect to what has quite undeservedly actually been given to us. Greedy in fact, lol.
@@MrCinemuso That right there is a great point. I still sometimes wonder, what could we've heard if they lived longer, but I agree that their existing legacy undoubtedly should not be disregarded for what they could've added if they had lived longer.
Yes, music would be different now... Despacito wouldn't exist and Enrique Iglesias, Justin Bieber and Luis Fonsi would be cyborgs or chickens
Heavenly..out of this world..~
Overwhelming beauty, gives me shivers and goosebumps. Proof that ecstasy and mortal fear are two sides of the same coin.
C'est la plus belle interprétation de cette sonate que j'aie entendue...
Vast soundscapes open up in front of me, and I’m free yet again, yet again like before. Everything here has that spaciousness that can be found in an open field. But immense contrasts appear to lead the way, as the subject abandons himself, turns himself in. His reward is the gift of melody. Thank you beyond words Schubert and Richter.
Beautiful , sends you into another dimension 😊
It's such a wonderful experience having this piece preceded and interrupted by ads.
. . . my god talk of appreciation...love gone wild...
27:52 is my absolute favorite part its almost like a horse galloping into the sunset. This piece is beyond words and so so underrated
@Möbius Strip piece in incredible and many people sadly do not know how awesome this is!!
Schubert always embraces ones heart...
Richter such a wonderful artist, no one quite like him, beautiful artist. Such a touch and sound.
This and many other Schubert masterpieces sound like his songs. Richter is my favorite pianist.
In 1974 year I was listening Richter in Tbilisi -I was very happy!
Vasyl 72 y. Ukraine Kiev 🙋
Exquisite playing. Richter is so self-effacing in his playing. There are many great interpreters of Schubert's Sonatas - Perahia and Brendel in particular - but I always come back to Richter. And his recording of the Schubert G major sonata is my Number one Desert Island disc! Thank you, incontrario motu, for posting this and other gems.
When i feel like listening to classical music i always go back to Schubert. Every single time.
The most ideal combination of transcendental technique and innate lyricism. Definitely the best Schubert ever!
So daring and sovereign to open the last sonata in grand tranquility. Schubert knew that time was nearly up for him. Sviatoslav Richter summarizes life and death here. The Russian pianist stood in awe of Schubert's chef d'oeuvre