Sviatoslav Richter - Mozart piano concerto no.5 (1st movt)

[henrycate]

My God, what a man!

[MrBraddockko1]

When you can write a piece like this not too long after puberty (Mozart wrote it at age 17) there is no doubt that god put mozart here to fill the world with music. Every generation is blessed to discover it. I love and thank you mozart.

[constantine3289]

I like this song very much!.

[kraftpr]

I'd love to know the orchestra and conductor?

[easiac]

This is simply the greatest pianist of the 20th century. The playing is devoid of ego and always at the service of the music. Yes, you can put bells on it. But why?

[elivansouza]

Sadly, I couldn´t feel the emotion Too much technique and little expression,too stiff? Mozart was a playful musician not an uptight one.I thik Malcolm Fragner is more graceful. >>>>>>>>>>.

[PianoForteAndrew]

i dont understand everyone who says they can't criticize him unless they can do better... from that, you can't say you LIKE it unless you can do it better either... the point of music is that everyone can enjoy it or not regardless of their experience with the instrument or piece

[mrbrianmccarthy]

LOVE the tempo!I hate when Mozart is played at "Hyper speed"---takes all the power away. Bravo Richter---

[sue200012]

Bravissimo !!

[Haaglander]

This is so great ......

[roman14032]

i don't know practically anything about classical music.i know this. this dude is serriuosly good

[stickom]

BRAVOOO!!!!!

[pettymolly]

Love love and T.T

[bekiof]

Tsyfi alamu nefrusti kalais!

[belialah]

THE BEST

[stickom]

Clear topics; “open voice”-presentation; ....thrills, strong transitions, figures, everyone understand!...PHENOMENAL!!!!

[juskisiberiano]

In my opinion, in his old age, Sviatoslav Richter was able to reduce the phrasing to a minimalistic and so adequate effectiveness. Practically he was then phrasing mostly with the same fingers.

[pettymolly]

Now thats how it's done :D

[paulostroff99]

Awesome! TY.

[Byron10301]

Pianist's face is like: "don't f ... don't FUCK with me, I'm playing 'ere!" thanks a lot for uploading, loved it - I did my calculus exercises listening to this :D

[cfwpiano]

@Byron10301 Thats Richter for you! lol

[stickom]

Phenomenal!!!!

[nevskixx]

Elfinsafety , do you have the remaining movements to upload? Please do? It's lovely to hear this little masterpiece, which is off the" beaten track" repertoire , performed. Thanks for this.

[tomfroekjaer]

What a beauty !

Mozart's first "own" piano concerto. His previous piano concertoes were based on works by other composers. Not bad for a 17 year old teenager !

His later piano concertoes of course sent most other composer of the time into oblivion. Richter performs this with great skill and empathy. Five stars.

[CanadaPisces]

A master pianist! Thank you for posting, Elfinsafety.

[3muimui]

@CanadaPisces thank you for the sharing!

& thanks to Elfinsafety for posting this wonderful performance to us!

[MrDesperateArtist]

Richter, i love you.

[mmbmbmbmb]

Sviatoslav Richter! Grossartig!!! - Ein Hochgenuss seinen

virtuosen Fingern beim Spielen zuzusehen.

Welche Kraft! Welche Leichtigkeit!

Und dann waere noch MOZART ;o)

Eine wirklich gelungene Kombination!

Vielen Dank fuer diese qualitaetvolle Aufnahme!

[EvelioEinWindir]

4 people gave it thumbs down by accident.

[pat30d]

iam impressed how Richter was able to interpretate many differents composers so well! he could play Mozart, prokofiev, schumann with the same abilitiy and musicality!!!

[iguarni]

This man is in music legend!

[modigliani1964]

yes yes,yes,pure beautifull,mozart i lve you

[airpianist]

one of the best

[francorussie2]

Ай да Рихтер...

[tanpang]

Nice!! When only MPO will perform this?

[spadiu]

conosco questo concerto alla perfezione e RICHTER lo esegue come pochi bravissimo

[lovegabriel33]

Hi elfinsafety. Thanks for posting this video. I love the brilliant sound. Can you also post the second and third movements. Thank you.

[pipineza]

he was a frat Pianist from the more important

[pipineza]

i always love to listening Richter.He was very important Pianist,

[modigliani1964]

mozart i love yuou

[surrealillness]

@modigliani1964 ye and you should tell him that by leaving a comment on youtube..idiot.

[Haeronthegreat]

Agree with those who found this quite dreadful - completely uninspired playing, IMO.

[surrealillness]

@Haeronthegreat i get a little the idiots here who leave a "happy" comment cause they have the sad need to say something, but idiots like you i dont get, if you dont like it just keep your based on nothing thoughts to your self

[MuSiCxcDj]

Very good turns :D Thank you for uploading this :D

[kingtyryon]

it´s Mozart´s concerto

[rogernldw]

Is it Mozart's concerto ro Beethoven's?

[mario54671]

@rogernldw Its OBVIOUSLY Mozart.

[modigliani1964]

bullshit its great!! virtuoso!!

[8scatterbrain8]

why he has sheets?

[aweitzer1]

@8scatterbrain8, he is using sheet music because during that period he went through a series of memory lapses and he refused to perform without the music in front of him.

[pianomed]

@8scatterbrain8 richter had a huge repertoire. Whn asked about this topic, he said it was impossible to memorize every single detail and author´s indication. Apparently it is not due to age or enything like that. He wanted to be loyal to composer´s notes to the limit

[infajoe]

who is conductor??

[anaklasis]

Rudolf Barshai

[nirna1986]

I will humbly ask all the persons to load a performance of their own of this concerto on youtube who are here to criticise Richter to show that they can do 'better' than him rather making futile comments.

Richter is one of the Titans on the keyboard. He is a prolific sight-reader also. Moreover, a marvelous personality without any ego problem or racistic chauvinism. One should prove his authority before criticising him.

[quinto34]

@nirna1986 I totally agree, Richter was a great pianist and a wonderful individual.

Of course, like always some people feel the unresistable urge to pull down the work of a genius, it's always like that for some reason.. I am glad I'm able to enjoy and appreciate the work of a genius like Richter and Mozart, I pitty those who can't..

[sheppoz]

@nirna1986

Hhhmm ..... No-one should doubt Richter's contribution to pianism. No doubt about that. BUT, what if you were presented with just the audio track of this performance and were told the soloist was a good looking 20 yr old who's just won a major competition and is contracted to record ALL the Mozart piano concerti? Be honest. (What's 'racistic'?) No, really - BE HONEST.

[S1CKDRIFT3R]

@nirna1986 Haha, your comment made me laugh so much. Not because it's stupid but because it's true!

[JWentu]

@nirna1986

I disagree with what you say. Anyone is entitled to express his/her opinion even if this person can't produce the same performance. I love this video by Richter. I can't play piano. But in case Richter had completely messed up the concerto, why couldnt i say "Richter here played orrendously bad" ? I am the listener, not the musician. I can't play but i can listen and judge, and maybe say "I prefer Horowitz to Anda, I prefer Pollini to Richter". Just express your opinion with respect.

[JWentu]

@nirna1986 In case you love this performance (as I do), express your opinion. but i think it would be better to accept also others' opinions as well, as much as we disagree with them. "You agree with me or you must shut up" is probably not among the best ways to speak about music. Finally, if not being a pianist means i can't say i don't like something means also that i can't say that i like it. According to ur reasoning i couldn't even understand what music is since i can't play.Happy listening

[asianwhitenigger]

@nirna1986 Listen asshole. Let me explain something to you. Richter is my favorite pianist - Hands down

However this bullshit of telling ppl to upload them performing is so fuckign gay. This shit needs to die out in the world. Have you ever watched a pro sport and said " ahh that fucking guy sucks?"

Does Roger Ebert have to write and direct a movie of his own everytime he criticizes a film??

Youre allowed to diss shit up all you want

just come back with better arguments ya fuck

[nirna1986]

@asianwhitenigger A person of your kind with a garabage vat inside the mouth is not fit for commenting anywhere. It shows shear lack of education and decency with those f****s and sh****s. Do you talk to your parents and elders in this way?

[asianwhitenigger]

@asianwhitenigger Listen fuckhead. Do you think those composers you hold in such high regard swore?

Let me tell you they did dickface.

would you say they had a "lack of educations?"

[iguarni]

Shut up!! RESPECT THE GENIUS WHO'S PLAYING!!!!

[lillyskunk]

Slam him. You wish WISH you could play that well :P

[ClassicOnly]

I think Richter may be sight reading the piece, he rarely glances from the sheet.

[fiandrhi]

Richter's playing here is ... emotionless, dour, unmemorable, harsh in places, and, in the end, not worth listening to. He plays like he just wants to get back to his hotel and nap.

[shunnehling]

I completely agree. He looks like a grumpy old man who forgot the reason why he started playing piano.

[lillyskunk]

Filandri to play as well as he does.. he can do what the hell he wants. I WISH i played that well.

[fiandrhi]

@lillyskunk: Of course; anyone who doesn't wish to have Richter's technique is an imbecile. But no amount of technical greatness excludes a bad interpretation. "Bad" of course is in the eye of the beholder, and if you like this, fine. I don't. It is uninspired, even ugly playing, lacking any degree of subtlety. Were he alive, Richter might agree with me. He was sometimes aware of being off in his interpretations and angry with himself after a concert (see the Monsaingeon documentary).

[lillyskunk]

"Bad" is indeed in the eye of the beholder. I hear the flaws, but all over I think he is wonderful. You find it uninspiring and maybe he would agree it is not his best. I'm not the one to judge that. I still wish I could play that well. Ever.

[maryhwang04]

=] the guy playing the cello in the beginning is really into the music! =]

[Usulgurt]

Mozart is piano butterfly

[iguarni]

Yes! One of the best pianist in piano's history!!!!!

[Jacksr19]

This may have been one of Richter's last concerts, if not his last. I like the playing from his later years very much. Regarding the sight reading, he started performing with a score some years earlier. There was one famous memory lapse, but generally his memory was very good. He gave a very reasonable explanation for his choice. He said by using the score he could perform, more pieces. For him insisting on total memorization, and performing without a score was an unnecessary vanity.

[freeqwerqwer]

Composed by a 17 yr old Mozart. Very commendable composition. Thematically weak though.

[francescaemc2]

Ok...you write a thematically stronger one.

I'll be the first to listen.

[renessac]

You don't have to be a composer in order to critique the compositional skills of one.

This argument has always been silly to me.

[renessac]

Why is it thematically weak? Could you explain in detail?

[mehrashk]

O' How much I love this piece and his performance. He plays it so gentle and smooth.

[punkpoetry]

Richter imho didn't age all that well, the overwhelming majority of his greatest efforts (to which this performance obviously doesn't belong) date back to the 50s and 60s

[mltube]

You need to capitalize IMHO, punkpoetry, or people may miss it and take your words for the final truth, which they are not. IMHO, Richter's best period was the 70th, and he aged better than almost any other pianist, in a sense of undiminished involvement and fresh ideas. He adjusted his repertoire with age, playing more of Bach and Mozart and virtually excluding Chopin. But I agree that this performance is lacking. The 1st PC in the same recital was great, but it is not an original Mozart :-)

[punkpoetry]

well, if anyone should be dumb enough to take a YT comment for a final truth on any matter whatsoever, that's hardly my responsibility

[lourak]

One of Richter's "stiffer" performances - obviously lacking in Mozartean finesse. But it's no secret that Richter was not a Mozart enthusiast. He never quite found "the key to Mozart" (his words) - much preferring Haydn.

[dlmandbtm]

Thebookguy1 said "gay" in the same way you would say something is stupid. fuck, common sense, fuck, quit making a big deal over it.

Mozart is definitely not my favorite...Bach or Froberger, those two are more to my liking.

[francescaemc2]

Who's tying you to the computer to listen to Mozart?

Go listen to whichever of the Bachs you claim to like with Froberger.

[minigalaxy]

This is a seemingly simple and direct interpretation but an edition that very true to the heart of Mozart's early piano concerto. Richter do not exert sophisticated tones and is very honest to the score. Bravo!

[katchum]

Somehow I don't like this tempo, and it's so mechanical. Dynamics are too much of the same and played too blunt. Orchestra and pianist aren't always synchronized.

[EggRollMonster]

Mr. Richter's music will live on for centuries to come. He was amazing. You don't listen to his play with your ears; rather, you hear it with your heart.

[Thebookguy1]

(cough) GAY (cough)

[AlaskanPipeWorm]

lmfao

[mozzrt]

Is he gay because of that remark. He probably understands music. It's a way to talk when we feel what we feel. UYou can never feel it so go back to your rap videos.

[Thebookguy1]

I meant it is a gay remark. You can't deny that, it's a matter of public record now, sorry. And why the hell do you think I'd even be here if I liked rap?

[mozzrt]

There are many who like both, of course they listen to M only superficial. I take it that you mean that the 'heart' thing is gay and not the 'centuries'. I've heard remarks like that many times by people that are certainly not gay! Suppose EggRoll is a woman?

And whocares if he/she is gay as he behaves decently? If he was 'dirty ' gay wouldn't he have said 'you hear it with your anus'? Mozartians often get carried away you know.

[Thebookguy1]

Listen sunshine, my own brother is gay, I have now problem at all with gay people. I didn't mean the comment was literally homosexual in nature, I meant it as an adjective, like the British use the term "kamp".

[Thebookguy1]

...I could, of course also used terms such as "corny" or "pink" or "rosy".

[mozzrt]

'Mozart worshippers' do take big words in their mouths sometimes, in all other contexts it would sound silly but when it comes to anything to do with W.A.,words are forever inadequate...

[lastqueenn]

Gorgeous!!!!Its for the first time in my life Im looking for such music and really listening to it. I love it!!

[maryhwang04]

=]] love it

[powerpiano]

I don't know how I have to say about him anymore... anyways wonderful playing...!

[edtskyline]

jajaja a primera vista...ya sabranXD!!

-First readingXD

[ujvari12]

Tisztán és pontosan játszik, de valahogy hiányzik belőle az a könnyedség, mint ami pl. Horowitz-nál érezhető. Úgy érzem, mintha valahogy kicentizné Mozart könnyű muzsikáját.

[tubegator55]

Wonderful playing. But how can someone have such a serious expression on their face while playing such joyful music!

[ManWithManyShurikens]

it would be freaky if richter plays mozart and has joker smile :D

[itmusic]

Perhaps he thinks that music is for listening, not watching. As long as the performance is good, the audiences can feel the joy. And, people typical don't want to see tears and snivel dropping on the keyboard and full on the performer's face while playing sad pieces.

[deandusk]

good one

[vakareden2345]

Crystal clear, intellectual, but also emotional performance. Superb!

[ilovescarlatti]

Mr Iguarni, sorry but all mozart concertos from n. 9 to n 25 are at top!!!!!. My favourite?? n. 14, 16,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,­27!!! really... wishes from Como lake Italy

[iguarni]

Le posso rispondere in italiano. Mozart è un genio e su questo non si discute come non si discute sull'immenso pianista sebbene attempato che esegue il concerto. In questo concerto, anche se ancora immaturo del Genio apprezzo però l'esuberanza, l'energia e la speranza che alimenta la gioventù. Tutto qui. Pensiamo un attimo ai giovani di oggi (o meglio purtroppo molti di loro) ovvero a che cosa aspirino o di che cosa si interessino e la risposta viene da sola. Grazie e saluti da Firenze.

[CateVictoria]

He makes it look so easy! Although it's so darn difficult!! Amazing performance! Mozart was truly one of a kind!! Thanks for posting!

[a27monkey]

Check out that page turner! He's got a tough job on his hands.

[gugunayie]

in a history, mozart is the only one composer could arranged music without any one instrument in front of him, even he composed and orchestra. what a true GENIUS !!! he could arranged music with just only imagined and then wrote it. what a true GENIUS !!!

[gugunayie]

OMG MOZART SHOWS his GENIUSITY in MUSIC !!!

[maryhwang04]

yup! mozart was a true genius!

well done =]

[HaydMoz]

Mozart is the greatest and this is my favorite piano movement of his- well done here

[iguarni]

I agree with you!!! This one of the best Mozart's piano concerts ever..with #20 & #21.

[jnsphorn]

Agree- and all Mozart is great- I'm particularly partial to this, Piano 21-1st mov., Violin 3-2d mov. & Clarinet-2d mov--(see Andrew Mariner on Youtube) Haydn close second to Mozart

[Paracelsus72]

Richter is the splitting image of my great-uncle Gilbert!

[Krasafftcik]

Великолепно!!!!!

[iguarni]

Mozart is in the theatre!!!!!!!

Wonderful performance!!

[debartzen]

El piano para Sviatoslav,carecía de secretos.Grandeza y sencillez interpretativa.

[301250]

Richter was more than just a great pianist, he was a seer also, indeed, the Tolstoy, Shakespeare, Michaelangelo of the keyboard. sd goh (malaysia)

[ryanscookie21]

I love the contrast of emotions in Mozart's music! He is by far my favorite composer of all time...not to mention that these musicians did a lovely job with his work =)

[maryhwang04]

haha

you are totally on the point!

[iguarni]

Even if he was sick and old he remains one of the best ever. His sound in awesome! Master we miss you!!!!!!!!!!!

[maryhwang04]

amazing!

[maryhwang04]

yay richter!! after listening to this, i couldnt get it out my head. I LOVE THIS CONCERTO. i am playing it right now.

[kajohada]

....his last recording,but nonetheless powerful and very original.--------->mr.richter i always loved ur attitude towards music....so amazing;)))

[maryhwang04]

thanks for the comment. i agree with you .

[evansvitz]

This is fucking awful

[maryhwang04]

u shouldnt criticize his playing unless you can play it as well as him.

[maryhwang04]

great performance

[theoudplayer]

i don't undrestand why hi is reading it!!

[rappelkoefig]

fabelhaft

[carlosbonds2513]

what a difficult to play mozart at first sight, it scares me a lot RICHTER IS THE BEST PIANIST OF ALL TIME period.

[maryhwang04]

how is it difficul top lay mozart at first sight???

but i agree with u on how richter is thebest pianist. he is very good!

[cynic150]

rather a mechanical , uneventful performance. His tone is just monotonous. And I liked Richter, in general.

[Lemonizm]

COol, what year was this performed?

[arthurmassucato]

When the video was recorded?

[aewanko300]

In the 1990's. This was Richter's last recording of the Mozart concertos with his friend Rudolf Barshai conducting.

[grunfeld2312]

MOzart himself loved this concerto throughout his life and played in many times in his life. I think it is one of his best.

[mozartinio]

wonderful! thanks for posting!

[maryhwang04]

it was a nice performance. =]

[mathpianist93]

Damn. What a wide repertoire!!!

[FILIGREE1]

A joy to watch!

[maryhwang04]

it was

richter is very talented!! =]

[stepankoren]

@maryhwang04

он гениален, дорогая, а не просто талантлив

[maryhwang04]

it was good