@mudyar Personally, I still hear it, and for me it seems even more infused with emotion lacking in less able hands. Somehow, he plays it faster, and more emotively than others. It's part of the mystery of his playing. Whose performance do you enjoy more?
Un-fucking believable. Astounding. I just watched Evgeny Kissin's performance of Lizt Rhapsodie Espangole...now this...I gotta quit before I my brain hemorrhages.
This unbrightled passion is why I love Richter and have a deeper understanding of his true passion for music more than any other virtuoso. Note how he makes no mistakes in this recording yet is notoriously know for making many mistakes in concert. By the way, this is incredibly fast, and only a completely pompous fool who has yet to touch the ivories would say that this isn't a tempo that rivals lightning!
The worse thing: a "zero consistency" pianist (pianist...??) who's jealous of a Titan as Richter was...!! Don't cry, boy....and try at least to use pedals as Richter did...!! But it's very, very difficult...you know...?
If it is sped-up, then the guy who did it took care to lower the frequency of the sound. Because it's just right. And he also must've sped up all of Richter's old movies because he moves this fast in every one of them :)
The video is not sped up, however the motion does appear to be quicker than it should, as this is an old film and there is more time between each frame. Notice how, when you watch a very old movie, all motion seems quicker than it should. I'm surprised more of you haven't caught on.
People are reluctant to say it's sped up - though it is - because Richter was so talented, and this piece is so absurdly fast. That, however, doesn't change the fact that this video is obviously - OBVIOUSLY - sped up. Not a ton, though, just enough to notice really.
@BlazeKenny I know, I was being facetious. Unfortunately for every great pianist on YouTube there is at least one person who spams the same derogatory comment on every single one of their videos. I'm not even joking... they write one insulting comment and then copy/paste it into every video featuring that particular pianist. It totally baffles me.
Probably shot at 16 frames per second and then played back on a 24 frames per second film. Like watching an old Buster Keaton or Charlie Chaplain film. No mystery here folks.
It's great to here that one more person has become enlightened by the brilliance of the piano. There are indeed very few people out there who are interested, I mean REALLY interested in REAL music. Some composers for the piano you may like: Prokofiev, Alkan, Liszt, Stravinsky, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Roslavets, Catoire, Scriabin, Shostakovich, Thalberg, Rameau, Schumann, Debussy, Schubert, Satie, Haydn, Telemann, Beethoven, Balakirev, Lyapunov, Mozart, Rimsky-Korsakoff, etc...
@iHateAmericanCinema A lot of names Iv'e never heard before, although I have listened to Bartok a few times before. Leo Ornstein and Art Tatum are also very interesting pianists.
Piano is about tone, pedal articulation and speed with the interpretation as part of the artists uniqueness. Just enjoy and be inspired to create your own music.
@DancingNinjaKid Could you invert your definition, so we would know who Paul Gilbert is. Something like: "Paul Gilbert is Sviatoslav Richter of ???" :-)
There seem to be two different people saying it's sped up. If you can't believe the tempo, then you are indeed retarded as it is quite easy for a virtuoso pianist to play at this tempo.
Some people are basing it off video alone though, which seems reasonable and would also account for the fact that people don't usually play this etude that fast. His body movements, ignoring his hands and arms, do seem do have an odd, quick cadence about them. Notably before he starts playing and at the end.
The people saying this is sped up don't have a clue about piano playing. There is nothing singularly remarkable about the tempo to tell you the truth, I have heard and seen it played faster.
@Tzsil713 You have me completely wrong. I love everything Richter ever did. I was responding to the people that think it has been sped up, and that no one could play it this fast, telling them that it has been played faster.
@lextune Actually, in my sincere opinion the reason why sviatoslav richter was so GREAT is that his sound was completely crystal clear. Like small water drops. Everything he used to play was immensely well-controled, overwhelmed by his forceful emotions and underlined by his virtuosity but still so clear that one could here every single note even if it was pp. The contemporary "pianists" play a blurry depiction of the original piece. I am sure, Richter was the best virtuoso pianist of all times.
Its sped up. There's natural wobbling iwht a handheld camera, yes, but its slow when you hold it still. Either the camera man died of Parkinson's, or the wobbly camera is a telltale sign that the video was sped up. The voice at the beginning was edited in.
I can 99.99% confirm that this video has been a little sped up.. Look at the speed when he moved his elbow before he started playing..wasn't that too fast?
@shengjosh Not at all. Just try to move your elbow that fast and you'll be surprised by how well it works. Also, as shuti2321 has already mentioned, the piece would not sound like this if it was sped up. You can hear that it is in C#m, otherwise it would be higher as far as I know.
I don't see any sound evidence to support the assertion that this video was sped up. First, the idea that the frame rates were different at the time this film was shot is wrong; Richter was born in 1915 not some time in the 19th century, film rates for sound were standardized at 24 frames per min. in 1926. Second, the speed of his playing; listen to his performances in the 1950's and 60's - ex. Beethoven piano sonata no.23 op.57 "Appassionata"; he absolutely BURNS through the 3rd mov.
Suggest you all look at Richter's 1989 London recital where he plays this piece (search on 'richter barbican part 13') before making a judgement on speed. I know what I think about the speed of this recording!
This is OK, but the sixteenth notes, in the right hand, aren't very even. Martha' Argerich's is just as fast or almost as fast, and much more even and fluid.
@bobbphysics Perhaps you need your hearing examined. MA is about 10 secs longer, which is still an impressive achievement, but she is sloppier and less musically expressive at her speed than SR at his. At 1:31 Richter not only is note-perfect, but manages to produce phrasing, dynamics, and sound colors that others cannot match at a much slower speed. This performance is a miracle. I understand that you may feel an obligation to stick for a "paisano", but let's be real :-)
This is not sped up, it is clearly the right pitch for this piece. Moreover, there are other versions at YouTube which are almost as fast as this one, check out Cziffra and Argerich for example. Cziffras version is as scary as this one, he deliberately slows down slightly several times and yet clocks in at 1:44. So although the speed with which Richter plays this is nearly inhuman, other examples shows that it is nevertheless possible, albeit only by very special pianists.
@lehrent Yes it is, watch carefully 0:40-0:50 specifically 0:45 if you watch it very very carefully you'll notice this: the music sounds before he touches the piano. Believe me, is speed up, in several times the movements of his body (hands, head etc) are not normal.
@antkarp1951 I do not need to watch carefully or believe you. I know for sure that it is NOT sped up. And Richter's movements are absolutely normal. Who may be not normal, is you, if continue to insist on this sped-up nonsense.
@antkarp1951 Okay so here it is: if the audio is the only thing that's sped up, then the music will be faster than the actual video, causing more and more of an obvious disturbance as the video progresses. It is clearly not the case here. Richter can play VERY FAST. Just accept it.
@antkarp1951 So what are You saying actually? Is the video, or the audio sped up? Because if his movements aren't normal, then the video. But if the music sounds before touching the instrument, then the audio is sped up even more... Doesn't make much sense..
The majority of YT videos has issues with frame rate.
Alight, good or bad? It is a question with no end. But, whether one responds to Richter's performance with a "wow" or an "ouch", one thing for certain, Richter has left a conspicuous a stamp on music history - a different light! My jaw dropped wide open when I watched this awe-stricken performance of the technically demanding Chopin etude - formidable technique & spontaneous musicality. Wows and Ouches!
@bobbphysics people keep bringing up Argerich, pianists like Argerich were just ripping off the pianists of their youth like Richter and Gilels. Argerich was a genius but many of her interpretations particularly this one just take too much from earlier interpreters. Argerich also brings the worst parts of music with her, the pop side; her professional career was a result of her persona not her pianism.
@curzmg please listen to argerich's version without keeping in mind that Richter was her predecessor... It is a FACT that the notes are more evenly played
@bobbphysics I don't think it is a fact at all. It is also ridiculous to assume that as fact based on this awful sound quality versus a professional recording probably with multiple takes.
@bobbphysics how can you call me an idiot, you refer to one specific recording when there have been many by Argerich and just expect me to know which one you are talking about without you once referencing it. That recording is still much better quality than this one, it was released on a CD meaning it was mastered and all the rest.
Glenn Gould places Richter in one of the two categories of musicians, but I'd argue that Richter occupies both, in that he as much explores the instrument as he connects with the musical scores through which to connect with the audience. "I don't play for an audience but for myself," he once declared. Sure, but he then continued: "If I enjoy myself, the audience will also enjoy it." As seen in this video, he enjoys also exploiting the instrument to its maximum. What a true artist!
This guy is definitely not acting, and he has tons of talent (which usually means to me, he practices a lot). But what I don't get is why people are so interested in playing fast? I'd rather learn and listen to a slow relaxing piece than get my hair raised by a piece that sounds like I'm on a run-away sleigh in Russia. Still, it is interesting to listen to. Thanks for uploading
@baroquemusician1 lol you have such a good point, what I found interesting was how mezmerizing it was to just watch the hands move throughout the whole range of the piano in what sounded like a demented dissonant chromatic score of (run-away sleigh) death.
I've always wondered who was the fastest pianist of our time (that could play with skill). After hearing this, I'm stuck between Richter and Art Tatum (Tiger Rag). I wonder if the two of them squared off behind the pearly gates?
Really impressive. I think this performance may be a little too fast for my taste, but I get the feeling that he was just having fun.
Granted, though, most of Chopin's etudes are largely show pieces.
Well-played, regardless. I'd criticize it if he lost control, but to be honest, he keeps dynamic control at this ridiculous speed better than most do at an easier tempo.
He's a good pianist, no doubt about that, and I personally think a good musician as well.
An etude is a study, meant to teach technique more than to present a musical idea, so I think it is OK to use this piece as an excuse to show off. Incredible speed with control!
@djg3619 Somewhat... ...because in classical music they're always looking for perfection in all areas, including technique, musical idea, discourse, etc... ...Still, I think this performance is fantastic, even in 'musical idea' - some pieces ARE MADE to be played really fast. Today, I just take (for me) that Richter playing Chopin is "the gold standard".
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Carbon762 12 hours ago
Chopin - Étude Op. 10 No. 4 in C-sharp minor
paulmcc11 3 days ago
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stratosargiropoulos 6 days ago
Ceiling cat is watching you play the piano crazy fast.
fiske10 1 week ago
Notice how the camera is delayed from the sound. He's faster than the camera XD
BlackPhoenixSong 1 week ago
Its an actual piece done by chopin i think
paulmcc11 2 weeks ago
damn!!!!!!!! WTF!!!! This is possible?
glassperlenspiel 1 month ago
@glassperlenspiel If you practce 12 hours a day for 20 years, yeah.
resonantdave 1 week ago
wow, I would hate to be his hands... carpal tunnel syndrome much? Good thing he stretched, right?
JayLeeKorean 1 month ago
yaah....but imagine if u played it? i know if i played it i would probably have my fingers falling off and it would sound like crap...lol
ammerdee12 1 month ago
Very impressive; but it seems to me the melody got lost.
mudyar 1 month ago
@mudyar Personally, I still hear it, and for me it seems even more infused with emotion lacking in less able hands. Somehow, he plays it faster, and more emotively than others. It's part of the mystery of his playing. Whose performance do you enjoy more?
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ivantsareg 2 months ago
Un-fucking believable. Astounding. I just watched Evgeny Kissin's performance of Lizt Rhapsodie Espangole...now this...I gotta quit before I my brain hemorrhages.
HugeGene 2 months ago
This is real. My professor was in the exact same concert.
mudscorp 3 months ago
OK, this is Chopin's Etude Op 10 No 4. This is a truly awesome rendering. A million people play this etude, some amazingly well, but none like this.
arielpiano 3 months ago
This RULEZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JohnLRice 4 months ago
@marcelmombeekpiano We're all grateful for you for showing us the light.
firestartertwistedfi 4 months ago
dude's a beast
705JRC 4 months ago
richter is a titan. almost anything he plays is worth listening to, even if you like someone else's version better. no one quite has his passion.
sukkot54 4 months ago
This unbrightled passion is why I love Richter and have a deeper understanding of his true passion for music more than any other virtuoso. Note how he makes no mistakes in this recording yet is notoriously know for making many mistakes in concert. By the way, this is incredibly fast, and only a completely pompous fool who has yet to touch the ivories would say that this isn't a tempo that rivals lightning!
evifnoskcaj 5 months ago
Too slow...too slow.
rubinsteinway 5 months ago 13
The worse thing: a "zero consistency" pianist (pianist...??) who's jealous of a Titan as Richter was...!! Don't cry, boy....and try at least to use pedals as Richter did...!! But it's very, very difficult...you know...?
dido93 5 months ago 2
@marcelmombeekpiano ...is this the opinion of the umpteenth less than mediocre "key-presser" on Earth, I presume...!!
dido93 5 months ago
@dido93 Sure seems like it.
fenderbender92 5 months ago 2
I love manic piano playing it stops the voices in my head.
Haremma 5 months ago
If it is sped-up, then the guy who did it took care to lower the frequency of the sound. Because it's just right. And he also must've sped up all of Richter's old movies because he moves this fast in every one of them :)
ofiterpunte 5 months ago
The video is not sped up, however the motion does appear to be quicker than it should, as this is an old film and there is more time between each frame. Notice how, when you watch a very old movie, all motion seems quicker than it should. I'm surprised more of you haven't caught on.
TheParticlePerson 5 months ago
Yes, it's sped up : Richter plays it faster than it should be :)
EmmanoTV 6 months ago 3
Asi se domina el instrumento, con pasión, energia, determinación, poniendole sangre, carácter. Si uno no le pone impetu a su arte, no lo consigue.
lokreizy85 6 months ago
People are reluctant to say it's sped up - though it is - because Richter was so talented, and this piece is so absurdly fast. That, however, doesn't change the fact that this video is obviously - OBVIOUSLY - sped up. Not a ton, though, just enough to notice really.
Daim0th 6 months ago
What does he say at the start???? Some one who can translate???
Kinjutsuu 6 months ago
@Kinjutsuu He says " And now, i will play a ballad for you..." ;)
vpmitchell 5 months ago
@Kinjutsuu He said in start: "...and 4th etude for bis not bad too".
ASD6192 5 months ago
GET THAT HANKIE OUTTA MY HANDS! *plays heavenly music*
AnthonyRA2014 6 months ago
@AnthonyRA2014 The hankie was holding him back, I'm glad he ditched it!
RH98 6 months ago
INSANE! EPIC! NO WORDS TO DESCRIBLE!
:O
lucas74infinity 7 months ago
One of my legendary pianist. Now, at this moment, a new talent is growing up Alexander Lubyantsev. I expect he win the Tchaikovsky Competition 2011
gonzalojosevb 7 months ago
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1950s High Def was awesome! What is this like 1080p?
s200077 7 months ago
What is the name of the piece?
kosamf 7 months ago
@kosamf Chopin etude Op.10 No.4
BlazeKenny 7 months ago
I think people don't like this version because of the poor sound quality. Imagine if this was recorded in 2011 O___O
Vesivian 7 months ago
He was in a hurry.
He had killed someone.
Or he had a pending appointment.
054711 8 months ago 2
the greatest pianist and the second best piano player ever.
contrapunct 8 months ago 2
@contrapunct and who is the best?
TheClaux97 7 months ago
He was genius! Simply fantastic and deep performance.
Love09081979 8 months ago 9
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worst performance ever by the most uninteresting pianist ever... can only reproduce notes and with a very bad taste
mmombeekpiano 9 months ago
@mmombeekpiano you reproduce them better i guess.
BlazeKenny 9 months ago 2
@BlazeKenny Of course! Doesnt everyone know that Youtube is just full of great pianists who are too "modest" to upload their work ;)
RH98 7 months ago
@RH98 that was an answer to the guy saying that Richter can only "reproduce notes and with a very bad taste"
I think that guy should return to hip hop
BlazeKenny 7 months ago
@BlazeKenny I know, I was being facetious. Unfortunately for every great pianist on YouTube there is at least one person who spams the same derogatory comment on every single one of their videos. I'm not even joking... they write one insulting comment and then copy/paste it into every video featuring that particular pianist. It totally baffles me.
RH98 7 months ago
@RH98 completely indeed
BlazeKenny 7 months ago
Probably shot at 16 frames per second and then played back on a 24 frames per second film. Like watching an old Buster Keaton or Charlie Chaplain film. No mystery here folks.
code3paris 9 months ago
Genius.
rivermann1 9 months ago
Can someone please tell me the name of this piece?
MegaYoshitsune 10 months ago
@MegaYoshitsune
It's Chopin's Etude Op. 10 No. 4.
iHateAmericanCinema 9 months ago
@iHateAmericanCinema Thanks, I have only just started listening to a lot piano music, but I think this stuff is fantastic.
MegaYoshitsune 9 months ago
@MegaYoshitsune
It's great to here that one more person has become enlightened by the brilliance of the piano. There are indeed very few people out there who are interested, I mean REALLY interested in REAL music. Some composers for the piano you may like: Prokofiev, Alkan, Liszt, Stravinsky, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Roslavets, Catoire, Scriabin, Shostakovich, Thalberg, Rameau, Schumann, Debussy, Schubert, Satie, Haydn, Telemann, Beethoven, Balakirev, Lyapunov, Mozart, Rimsky-Korsakoff, etc...
iHateAmericanCinema 9 months ago
@iHateAmericanCinema
Handel, Strauss, Godowsky, Kachaturian, Brahms, Mosolov, Protopopov, Sylvestrov, Janacek, Kapustin, Bach (of course), Busoni, Schoenberg, Feinberg, Tchaikovsky, Rubinstein, Alban Berg, Kabalevsky, Mendelssohn, Wagner (transcriptions mainly), Cesar Franck, Mereaux, Griffes, Couperin, Macdowell, Stockhausen, Bartok, Hindemith, Messiaen, Ives, Rzewski, Barraque, Boulez, Copland, Sibelius, Webern, Honnegger, Bussotti, Walton, Bacewicz, Penderecki, Villa Lobos, To name a few.
iHateAmericanCinema 9 months ago
@iHateAmericanCinema A lot of names Iv'e never heard before, although I have listened to Bartok a few times before. Leo Ornstein and Art Tatum are also very interesting pianists.
MegaYoshitsune 9 months ago
Of course, this can be played faster. Although, Richter's enormous control in spite of this speed is unmatched. Genius.
sdfgdsgfsdfg 10 months ago
Incredible . . . that's the ugliest rug I have ever seen.
ThePaczki 10 months ago 2
don not look at the player! just listen to the music with closed eyes. that's it!
SuperBananaFingers 10 months ago
He was in a bit of a hurry - he had to go take a dump.
OscarApollo 10 months ago
Piano is about tone, pedal articulation and speed with the interpretation as part of the artists uniqueness. Just enjoy and be inspired to create your own music.
josephmspgem 10 months ago
omg, unblievable!
parermayla 10 months ago
this makes me feel guilty for not practicing enough!
HughGarrette 11 months ago 3
nice melody
Maksim519 11 months ago
there will never be another pianist like richter. This is also true for katsaris in another way. Check my video for richter appasionata 3rd movement
AkaMouTinn 11 months ago 3
Так Листа исполняют. Не Шопена. Все равно нравится!
Renard8214 11 months ago
richter, the best!
pat40d 11 months ago
i really want to hear this as guitar solo
silosmundoschocan 11 months ago
Horribly fast!
bsd300d 1 year ago
the only perfect and remarkable ver for this piece,no other option but this.
ichkdg2 1 year ago
mmm...its a little too fast, but GREAT!!
utado1 1 year ago
Great personality of the world!!!!!!!
telosfd 1 year ago
I just got Richter-Rolled
Calum69MC69Kemmie 1 year ago 55
Richter is the Paul Gilbert of piano
DancingNinjaKid 1 year ago
@DancingNinjaKid Could you invert your definition, so we would know who Paul Gilbert is. Something like: "Paul Gilbert is Sviatoslav Richter of ???" :-)
lehrent 1 year ago
There seem to be two different people saying it's sped up. If you can't believe the tempo, then you are indeed retarded as it is quite easy for a virtuoso pianist to play at this tempo.
Some people are basing it off video alone though, which seems reasonable and would also account for the fact that people don't usually play this etude that fast. His body movements, ignoring his hands and arms, do seem do have an odd, quick cadence about them. Notably before he starts playing and at the end.
tegrenath 1 year ago
The people saying this is sped up don't have a clue about piano playing. There is nothing singularly remarkable about the tempo to tell you the truth, I have heard and seen it played faster.
lextune 1 year ago 17
@lextune But the question is whether or not those people played musically!
jscgreer 11 months ago
@lextune played faster by whom?
gzaenker 10 months ago
@lextune This is the fastest I've ever heard, played perfectly and no wrong notes that I could hear. It's a shame you can't appreciate this.
Tzsil713 10 months ago
@Tzsil713 You have me completely wrong. I love everything Richter ever did. I was responding to the people that think it has been sped up, and that no one could play it this fast, telling them that it has been played faster.
lextune 10 months ago
@lextune It might be the rather unsettling jerky video. And the internet is full of people who love to shout "FAKE!" to pretty much everything.
RH98 10 months ago
@lextune Actually, in my sincere opinion the reason why sviatoslav richter was so GREAT is that his sound was completely crystal clear. Like small water drops. Everything he used to play was immensely well-controled, overwhelmed by his forceful emotions and underlined by his virtuosity but still so clear that one could here every single note even if it was pp. The contemporary "pianists" play a blurry depiction of the original piece. I am sure, Richter was the best virtuoso pianist of all times.
28antreas1 8 months ago
@lextune
by who, and i don't mean cziffra with the partially sped up parts... the entire piece played faster.
i'm guessing anyone who comments on this video wants to see that.
bolawarrior 6 months ago
@lextune Lextune, do you have a link to anybody playing this faster than Richter? All other performances I've seen are at least 15% slower.
TheParticlePerson 5 months ago
@lextune anyone can play it 207520395230 times faster. But with such clarity, phrasing, dynamics and articulation..? Speed is not the only thing.
Richteralan 3 months ago 2
Its sped up. There's natural wobbling iwht a handheld camera, yes, but its slow when you hold it still. Either the camera man died of Parkinson's, or the wobbly camera is a telltale sign that the video was sped up. The voice at the beginning was edited in.
Oh, and I'm an audio engineer.
Daim0th 1 year ago
@steamednotfried You comment like a tired, spent critic.
checkcheckcraaash 1 year ago
if it was sped up, the piece would sound like it was being played at a higher key than C#m...which clearly isn't the case
shruti2321 1 year ago
He plays like a tired, spent man.
steamednotfried 1 year ago
Chopin might not play at that speed!
fongkw 1 year ago
I wish I could've been alive to hear the great pianists of his day.
Tzsil713 1 year ago
Bah... He's got nothing on my Twinkle Twinkle Little Star..
CaCestChill 1 year ago
@CaCestChill just...don't...bother....
Tzsil713 1 year ago
Genio.
canaxis69 1 year ago
I can 99.99% confirm that this video has been a little sped up.. Look at the speed when he moved his elbow before he started playing..wasn't that too fast?
shengjosh 1 year ago
@shengjosh I think it has to do with low frame rate
freestylerja16 1 year ago
@shengjosh
You're right!
MrOreshkin 1 year ago
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@shengjosh Not at all. Just try to move your elbow that fast and you'll be surprised by how well it works. Also, as shuti2321 has already mentioned, the piece would not sound like this if it was sped up. You can hear that it is in C#m, otherwise it would be higher as far as I know.
PianoGod1990 1 year ago
@shengjosh
I can 99.99% confirm that you, sir, are and idiot :-)
Kinjutsuu 6 months ago
why would people say this is sped-up o.o
his fingers aren't even fast like blurred yet
Nooooey 1 year ago
Richter forever!!
pat40d 1 year ago
RICHTER SUPERB!
pat30d 1 year ago
This video seems sped up. I only say that because it looks a little strange how he threw the handhercheif at the beginning.
TwelfthRoot2 1 year ago
VIRTUOSO
Petrokwstas 1 year ago
Guess some people don't realize how fast a good pianist's hands can move.
Johnga2004 1 year ago
Flying fingers, wut
michellekanggg 1 year ago
how presto is presto!
TheKsk1997 1 year ago
i think chopin would be jealousXD
anfaltair 1 year ago
@anfaltair anyone would lol
belialah 1 year ago
I meant to to write 1st Movement, but heck listen to either one, the result will be the same, Richter can play this fast.
711ATOM 1 year ago
I don't see any sound evidence to support the assertion that this video was sped up. First, the idea that the frame rates were different at the time this film was shot is wrong; Richter was born in 1915 not some time in the 19th century, film rates for sound were standardized at 24 frames per min. in 1926. Second, the speed of his playing; listen to his performances in the 1950's and 60's - ex. Beethoven piano sonata no.23 op.57 "Appassionata"; he absolutely BURNS through the 3rd mov.
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chopin typed as presto!
idiots
soundspacegazers 1 year ago
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chopin typed as presto!
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soundspacegazers 1 year ago
chopin typed as presto!
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soundspacegazers 1 year ago
ºoº!!! ...emm ..
paton1993 1 year ago
Piano playing is not a racing contest
LtAld0Raine 1 year ago
Suggest you all look at Richter's 1989 London recital where he plays this piece (search on 'richter barbican part 13') before making a judgement on speed. I know what I think about the speed of this recording!
atherleyboy 1 year ago
This is OK, but the sixteenth notes, in the right hand, aren't very even. Martha' Argerich's is just as fast or almost as fast, and much more even and fluid.
bobbphysics 1 year ago
@bobbphysics Perhaps you need your hearing examined. MA is about 10 secs longer, which is still an impressive achievement, but she is sloppier and less musically expressive at her speed than SR at his. At 1:31 Richter not only is note-perfect, but manages to produce phrasing, dynamics, and sound colors that others cannot match at a much slower speed. This performance is a miracle. I understand that you may feel an obligation to stick for a "paisano", but let's be real :-)
lehrent 1 year ago
This is not sped up, it is clearly the right pitch for this piece. Moreover, there are other versions at YouTube which are almost as fast as this one, check out Cziffra and Argerich for example. Cziffras version is as scary as this one, he deliberately slows down slightly several times and yet clocks in at 1:44. So although the speed with which Richter plays this is nearly inhuman, other examples shows that it is nevertheless possible, albeit only by very special pianists.
SR71YF12 1 year ago
obviously this video is sped-up!! He is a great pianist but the speed inthis video is false
antkarp1951 1 year ago
@antkarp1951 No, this video is not sped up. Not obviously, not in any other way.
lehrent 1 year ago
@lehrent Yes it is, watch carefully 0:40-0:50 specifically 0:45 if you watch it very very carefully you'll notice this: the music sounds before he touches the piano. Believe me, is speed up, in several times the movements of his body (hands, head etc) are not normal.
antkarp1951 1 year ago
@antkarp1951 I do not need to watch carefully or believe you. I know for sure that it is NOT sped up. And Richter's movements are absolutely normal. Who may be not normal, is you, if continue to insist on this sped-up nonsense.
lehrent 1 year ago
@lehrent believe what you want!! IT'S SPED UP!!!!
antkarp1951 1 year ago
@antkarp1951 Okay so here it is: if the audio is the only thing that's sped up, then the music will be faster than the actual video, causing more and more of an obvious disturbance as the video progresses. It is clearly not the case here. Richter can play VERY FAST. Just accept it.
eomcello 1 year ago
@antkarp1951 Quite common in even modern MP4 files.
UltraSimon007 1 year ago
@antkarp1951 So what are You saying actually? Is the video, or the audio sped up? Because if his movements aren't normal, then the video. But if the music sounds before touching the instrument, then the audio is sped up even more... Doesn't make much sense..
The majority of YT videos has issues with frame rate.
pjkorab 1 year ago
this is sped up. cameras back then could not capture as many FPS as it can now. giving the feeling of a sped of film
thenotoriousadin 1 year ago
my god O.O
just look at him.............
SuperMarvelUniverse 1 year ago
Alight, good or bad? It is a question with no end. But, whether one responds to Richter's performance with a "wow" or an "ouch", one thing for certain, Richter has left a conspicuous a stamp on music history - a different light! My jaw dropped wide open when I watched this awe-stricken performance of the technically demanding Chopin etude - formidable technique & spontaneous musicality. Wows and Ouches!
tonyignatius 1 year ago
Why does this video is in the humor categorie ???!!!!
ululano 1 year ago
Fastest pianist in the world. Period.
rrpauldoran 1 year ago
Unfassbar!
Whiesmayr500 1 year ago
Bet he can play that while escaping from a sack, three padlocks and a pair of handcuffs!
nihil1 1 year ago
Argerich plays this almost as fast, but its much cleaner and the notes are more evenly played
bobbphysics 1 year ago
@bobbphysics people keep bringing up Argerich, pianists like Argerich were just ripping off the pianists of their youth like Richter and Gilels. Argerich was a genius but many of her interpretations particularly this one just take too much from earlier interpreters. Argerich also brings the worst parts of music with her, the pop side; her professional career was a result of her persona not her pianism.
curzmg 1 year ago
not to mention that Agerich's recording is around 185 and this is more like 220 bpm.
curzmg 1 year ago
@curzmg please listen to argerich's version without keeping in mind that Richter was her predecessor... It is a FACT that the notes are more evenly played
bobbphysics 1 year ago
@bobbphysics I don't think it is a fact at all. It is also ridiculous to assume that as fact based on this awful sound quality versus a professional recording probably with multiple takes.
curzmg 1 year ago
@curzmg it is a live recording, idiot. It was taken in NY on Jan 16, 1966
bobbphysics 1 year ago
@bobbphysics how can you call me an idiot, you refer to one specific recording when there have been many by Argerich and just expect me to know which one you are talking about without you once referencing it. That recording is still much better quality than this one, it was released on a CD meaning it was mastered and all the rest.
curzmg 1 year ago
Glenn Gould places Richter in one of the two categories of musicians, but I'd argue that Richter occupies both, in that he as much explores the instrument as he connects with the musical scores through which to connect with the audience. "I don't play for an audience but for myself," he once declared. Sure, but he then continued: "If I enjoy myself, the audience will also enjoy it." As seen in this video, he enjoys also exploiting the instrument to its maximum. What a true artist!
PowerofTrueInsight 1 year ago
i wouldd love to hear kissin do this haha
musicfanof 1 year ago
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Maestro984 1 year ago
He changed all the chopin in this etude to a russian version,witch is much better,it's the best chopin that I ever heard.
loboris1995 1 year ago
awesome! TY.
paulostroff99 1 year ago
This guy is definitely not acting, and he has tons of talent (which usually means to me, he practices a lot). But what I don't get is why people are so interested in playing fast? I'd rather learn and listen to a slow relaxing piece than get my hair raised by a piece that sounds like I'm on a run-away sleigh in Russia. Still, it is interesting to listen to. Thanks for uploading
baroquemusician1 1 year ago
@baroquemusician1 he was one of the best ever...
musicfanof 1 year ago
@baroquemusician1 lol you have such a good point, what I found interesting was how mezmerizing it was to just watch the hands move throughout the whole range of the piano in what sounded like a demented dissonant chromatic score of (run-away sleigh) death.
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bobbphysics 1 year ago
there are 3 fast pianists in 20th century, Czifra, Richter and Katsaris
AkaMouTinn 1 year ago
I bet than the only other person that can do this is Valentina Lisitsa
SuperSZ 1 year ago
@SuperSZ lol. if you think so, check out pollini, ashkenazy, rubinstein, etc..
Lity10 1 year ago
I've always wondered who was the fastest pianist of our time (that could play with skill). After hearing this, I'm stuck between Richter and Art Tatum (Tiger Rag). I wonder if the two of them squared off behind the pearly gates?
jimraw1 1 year ago
ROBO PIANIST! Pedal to the metal but no heart underneath!
brassmonkeyjew 1 year ago
@brassmonkeyjew he's using as much heart as he can at that speed...haha
Pianomaster26 1 year ago
@Pianomaster26
Heart of the Tin Man.
brassmonkeyjew 1 year ago
o şaşar o
orayemre 1 year ago
its called LEGEND
Sashomei 1 year ago
its not sped up. a remastered version that he played in concert is 1:38
musicandminastirith 1 year ago
The Best!
neboske 1 year ago
He also played the world's best version of Rachmaninov's Second Piano concerto in d minor...
motovun1961 1 year ago
@motovun1961
Rachmaninov's 2nd piano concerto isn't in d minor you moron.
royo90 1 year ago
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just 1 word, he is POWERFULL!!!
BassicStorm 1 year ago
Really impressive. I think this performance may be a little too fast for my taste, but I get the feeling that he was just having fun.
Granted, though, most of Chopin's etudes are largely show pieces.
Well-played, regardless. I'd criticize it if he lost control, but to be honest, he keeps dynamic control at this ridiculous speed better than most do at an easier tempo.
He's a good pianist, no doubt about that, and I personally think a good musician as well.
BenMcCormack91 1 year ago
An etude is a study, meant to teach technique more than to present a musical idea, so I think it is OK to use this piece as an excuse to show off. Incredible speed with control!
djg3619 1 year ago
@djg3619 Somewhat... ...because in classical music they're always looking for perfection in all areas, including technique, musical idea, discourse, etc... ...Still, I think this performance is fantastic, even in 'musical idea' - some pieces ARE MADE to be played really fast. Today, I just take (for me) that Richter playing Chopin is "the gold standard".
nihil1 1 year ago
ça faiblit jamais !
lklkhjhjdfs 1 year ago
Святослав Рихтер - грандиозный исполнитель.. Настолько чутко уметь передавать музыку - это многого стоит..Низкий поклон и восхищение...
Abcenta04 1 year ago
What's the name of the piece?
DrawAmatour 1 year ago
chopin etude opus 10 number 4
D4Lorg 1 year ago
I have a huge amount of respect fo