Sviatoslav Richter: Schubert Sonata A major 1st mvt. 2/2

[Ivanhoe2]

One could so easily watch and listen to this maestro all day. Many thanks for posting this. Best wishes.

[musicpiano14]

Schubert.... it is very difficult to play him that well. Richter the best at Schubert

[dylanjphil]

my god richter can sing.... so moving

[musicpiano14]

He is best at shubert

[chlaebrig]

"andante"? "molto adagio?" i fear you miss the beauty of it by assuming a "right" way to play.

[hatem52]

Last year I found here on youtube an interpretation of this Sonata from WILHELM KEMPFF - does anybody know, why it is no more here? It would be very interesting to compare the two visions of this work.

I admire Richter, but I love Kempff... By the way: Richter's 2nd movement : it is -pardon!- very much too slow -"Andante" and not "Molto Adagio".

[ibrahimvinogradov]

Simply genius !

[VanWorden]

It is just amazing, Richter had so much to say.

[kajohada]

that was the period in richter´s life where he was at the crest of his fame.

[pianopera]

Heavenly played.

[aewanko300]

I wonder what edition he's using. He doesn't do the C#-A-E chord. Anyway, what a nice sonata as well as the pianist.

[curiousspectator]

If you watch the opening of the piece I think you can see that he plays the c# of bar 1 with the left hand, probably in order to get a freer tone on the e of the melody. The C# is definitely played.

[aewanko300]

Well, I guess so.

[hansmeyer111]

Unbelievable. I´m practicing this and of course, after I saw this, I don´t want any more...

[libetta]

i think you should want more. artists inspire playing, not intimidate