Getting older his hearing shifted in pitch, so for instance playing Dmajor he would hear Eflat..that's why he started sight reading. He knew more music by heart then most famous pianists
Richter feels the music through, just like Beethoven did when composing, taking breaks, hesitating in some places, just like in the beginning of op.111, he can make Beethoven speak to us with all his ferocity as well as gentleness, his coming to terms with himself as in op.109 & here, 111.
@100jillp Yes i like ur comment... reason... so lets be reasonable. Beethoven was deaf. Ok.. He was also poor and was taking out his frustration on piano. His nephew bothered him like crazy....
When all this happens, what you get is not a masterpiece. You get a "bad" music, obviously. And by "bad" im being nice.
I dont know if beethoven was personally a genius, but as far as what im talking about and have been talking about, this piece is not a good piece.
Bad music? This piece was written at the same time as he was writing his Missa Solemnis. Same time, same circumstances, same shit to go through - go listen to that and come back and tell me that is "bad music". Also, Beethoven wrote some of his greatest works when he struggled most in life.
Bad music? This piece was written at the same time as he was writing his Missa Solemnis. Same time, same circumstances, same shit to go through - go listen to that and come back and tell me that is "bad music". Also, Beethoven wrote some of his greatest works when he struggled most in life.
Bad music? This piece was written at the same time as he was writing his Missa Solemnis. Same time, same circumstances, same shit to go through - go listen to that and come back and tell me that is "bad music". Also, Beethoven wrote some of his greatest works when he struggled most in life.
Bad music? This piece was written at the same time as he was writing his Missa Solemnis. Same time, same circumstances, same shit to go through - go listen to that and come back and tell me that is "bad music". Also, Beethoven wrote some of his greatest works when he struggled most in life.
As for the piece itself, as MrMetallicanstallion's pointed out it is a masterclass in contrapuntal writing. But it is more than that, it is a synthesis of sonata form and fugue. Almost a reconciliation between the style he inherited and his deep ties with the music of Bach, of which Beethoven greatly admired.
Music is subjective, so it is entirely understandable that YOU don't like it, but it IS a well-crafted piece by a master composer at the peak of his prowess.
You can like or dislike this or any music, but by calling this 'not a good piece', or 'I don't know if Beethoven was personally a genius' the only thing you do is display your total and utter ignorance..fine by me, just sayin
@timapni112 what is ur reason? "listen to it again and again" doesnt mean anything. For example, twinkle twinkle little star. If you listen to twinkle twinkle little star over and over again, would it be a masterpiece? No. Its just a piece of shit that doesnt have anything and only a song little kids listen to.
So please. Dont gimme this bullshit "listen again and again" and convince me with actual reasons. Ur probably another guy who doesnt know music...
@pzowndizzle1 It seems like all you do is to say that this piece sounds like shit, and that anyone who disagrees with you is a douchebag who doesn't know anything about music.
For this reason, you should listen to the piece over and over again. Not to understand why some may consider it a masterpiece, but rather as a punishment for being a douchebag who doesn't care about respecting the views of others.
And btw, is it possible to prove whether this piece is a masterpiece or not?
@PhillyB702 then prove it. How is this piecea masterpiece? Your statment is not convincing at all because you cant even prove anything. Give me some places where they show that this is masterpiece... Just because you merge some random tune, doesnt mean its a masterpiece... that case, everything ugly song must be a masterpiece...
I dont know, but u are prob a reckless teenager who doesnt even know shit about music... Someone who has nothing else then play video games all day...
@pzowndizzle1 And you are what? A gifted musician who has dedicated his/her whole life to music? Stop pretending like you know more than you do. And btw, this piece is a masterpiece. If you don't understand why, then listen to it again. And if you still don't understand why, listen to it until you do.
I dont know about the player, but this piece is a piece of shit. I dont see where beethoven is trying to go with this. Is he expressing his grief? His fallen hope at 2:52? Sudden ripping of the tone. Then whats with the positive attitude on words 2:56 - 3:16? And then a sudden attack at 3:17? What is the author trying to express
Those of you who consider this a masterpiece, i'd like to hear ur reason. Just because beethoven wrote it doesnt mean its a masterpiece...
@pzowndizzle1 Just looking at this piece contrapuntally, it is a masterpiece. There isn't enough room in the comments to express all the reasons this is a masterpiece.
@pzowndizzle1 Ok. I will try to take this calmly. You have your point. You must remember that Beethoven was cold deaf when he wrote his last 3 sonatas. His life was down the toilet and he was almost going insane. He was forcefully raising his nephew Karl, who was always runnng away from him, his finannial problems got worse, and no one would talk to him. It is no surprise that he took out his frustrations on the piano then. cont.
@pzowndizzle1 When Beethoven was writing his last 3 sonatas, he knew that these were going to be the last 3 sonatas for piano. As you might know from the Hammerklavier sonata, he was diliberately writing something extreme. In this first movement, Beethoven writes these diminished 7th chords to emphisize great stress. you hear this throughout the piece. But on paper, this sonata is very carfully thought out.
@pzowndizzle1 This is also Beethoven experimenting with counterpoint and fugue. and to be honest, fugues tend to sound like crap if they are written poorly. In fact, Beethoven's Op. 133 "great" fugue is probably the most painful and annoying thing i have ever heard. If I offended anyone, I apologize. We all have our likes and dislikes. But this is one of my favorite sonatas b/c if you think about it, it is like Slash with and epic solo. IT IS NOT SUPPOSED TO SOUND PRETTY.
@pzowndizzle1 One final thought, b/c I already filled out 4 of these comment boxes: This is not a great interpretation of this sonata. Listen to Andras Schiff. He has a lecture serries, and plays what Beethoven wrote. For Richter plays w/o emphisized accents. Most pianist disobey Beethoven and in return mess-up the show for everybody. Not saying that Richter isn't a great interpreter, actually one of my favts. Find a good interpreter, this wont sound like shit. I talk too much...shut up!
@pzowndizzle1 you say you don't know about the player, you don't know whether beethoven was a genius or not, i think you have no idea about too many things and this doesn't allow you to criticize in such a superficial way a work of art. It seems as if you were not able to understand metaphores and poetry and because of that you think Dante's Commedia or Joyce's Ulysses are burning crap.
@BlaisePascalDisciple (continues from above) Just think about the fact that since 1830 generations of musicians, experts, audiences considered this an absolute masterwork and just realize that you're just a fucking arrogant ignorant fellow.
Now, while I'm sure Maestro Richter has placed this sonata dozens of times, and you also never know how things will play out in a live situation, there were a couple of times that he made audible mistakes (hitting two keys, etc.), which I think is inexcusable. As for the rude cougher....I find it difficult to believe there was nothing she could have done to stifle it. Richter also did sort of race through this piece. I still believe the definitive performance of this piece was by Ivo Pogorelich.
I don't understand your comment. To expand my original comment.... there are distractions that occur when listening intently to music that have to be defeated. It could be a coughing audience member or a train of thought in your mind. Do not allow yourself to be derailed by these things. Concentrate and let the music work on you. But, this is like saying don't think of a pink elephant. If you hate coughing, don't listen to live music. Coughing is inevitable.
@mu99ins is coughing really that big of a deal at one of these events? you seem to understand it and yet realize it's a part of live performance and you are somewhat sympathetic towards it. is there some sort of etiquette that says you shouldn't cough or sneeze during a performance? why is everyone making such a huge deal regarding a cough...quite honestly I wouldn't have paid it much attention had people not mentioned it.
My mentioning of the topic was in response to somebody, I forget who, that complained of the coughing.
You've got to be focused when listening to the old masters in any circumstances, but in live performances, there are people there, farting, and fighting the tickle in their throats. It doesn't do any good to make a rule against coughing, because it's pretty much an involunatry action. One concentrates on the music, expecting distractions. Otherwise, there are DVDs..
To those who wonder whether this music is atonal. No, it is not atonal. However, the late sonata, alongs with the late quartets, belong to what is often referred to as the "late Beethoven"period. Basically, in the last years of existence, Beethoven was writing music for himself, knowing well that it wouldn't be understood by his contemporaries. In this late period, Beethoven frees himself completely of forms and conventions, stretching the limits of the instrument. This is pure invention.
There are always coughs at classical hall recordings. It's an axiom. But one can always tell cough from piano (and even prepared piano), so you'd better not mention and take it easy. Music is unstoppable anyway.
why do all the pianists take the ritardando to the extreme in this piece? if you fluctuate the tempo drastically it breaks up the flow. My favorite version of the piece is gould, but he ignores the ritenente
i don't know what's the complaint about the tempo...it's supposed to be fast. Even the ending, most people add some stupid exaggerated ritardando to the end, Richter plays it with so much emotion, he doesn't NEED to pull back the tempo every bar to exaggerate anything. Kind of the opposite of Lang Lang. :)
@TomBarrister Are you kidding me? The idea of dissonance was well known far before Beethoven was around, Joseph Fux's book published in 1725 on counterpoint went into consonance and dissonance in great detail. The trademark(esque) sound of Beethoven's diminished 7th chords weren't new either. Although he certainly was an innovator dissonance was well studied prior to him.
@mario54671 Is that sonata(#32) late one ? Cause he maybe was an innovator(Beeth); like for his 9th symphony. about atonality cause it sounds a little different from his «moonlight»one where the first movement really sounds more «into» classical or diatonic-pentatonic scales tones; i found that #32 unusual of Beethoven, but i would have to pay attention and listen again to tell you if i was right ! I refer you to googolplex101 or maurice22ravel commentaries.
@Sylvain894 It's strange, but it's not atonal. You can easily tell when it plays the V-I progression in the first few bars after the diminished chord, that it's easily in C minor. I have no idea why you brought up the 9th symphony, since that sounds even MORE tonal than this one. All it does is change key at many points, but there isn't a point where it sounds "atonal." Try listening to Schöenberg or Lutoslawski, THAT'S atonal.
@mario54671 Well nice musicalogical exchange : for atonal, i don't know, but sure he doesn't play it in the classical way making me think as an absurd performance but i cannot precize you why !
@Sylvain894 Well, Richter is playing it correctly, so it's not him. :P That's a bit odd that Richter would be "playing it like an atonal piece" because, like the other pianists, he's playing all the right notes and with good rhythm. I don't know how he could be playing it like a completely different style period, unless he was changing the notes, or adding things that were never there. ;)
@dripglass Beethoven was completely deaf since 1817: at the end of his life he had not been hearing a sound for ten years.
The question of whether B was nearly deaf during his last years, or completely so, is moot; my point was that sometimes people who excel at a given activity, such as piano playing or composing, can still perform that activity at a high level even if their other functions have deteriorated with age or infirmity
some of them can barely walk, but when they sit infront of the piano they turn into monsters!!!
People at the top level of activity become very specialized, as Beethoven himself could evidently hardly hear at the end of his life, yet he turned out this music!
the thing that i don't understand is how all those great pianists keep this kind of power when they grow old. some of them can barely walk, but when they sit infront of the piano they turn into monsters!!!
The tempo is sound, and Beethoven's inner voice comes through (he of the fast metronome markings). Here and there I might quibble with the nuances, the interpretation, but this is a powerful reading, even if the finger work is occasionally sloppy and some of the articulation not 100% clear.
This is definitely more 'German' than 'Russian' playing (as befits an ethnic German brought up in the Soviet Union)
@flatulatingfetus I looked for this video for the very same reason. I have to at least know the piece before I read about it, even if it's just a novel.
Freaking cough at 4:36. YOU RUINED THE WHOLE PLAY! Seriously, did you have to cough exactly at that point? Don't you know this Masterwork well enough so as to choose a better timing?
@SINC0MENTARI0S Estoy aconstrumbrado a escuchar las" toses" en las grabaciones de Rhicter, le dan realismo!, aunque debo reconocer que que para hacerlo en ese punto hay que ser algo inoportuno :-)
@SINC0MENTARI0S Estoy aconstrumbrado a escuchar las" toses" en las grabaciones de Rhicter, le dan realismo!, aunque debo reconocer que que para hacerlo en ese punto hay que ser algo inoportuno! :-)
@SINC0MENTARI0S You're overreacting. I think you'd need something like a bomb dropped on that room to really ruin this performance. Also, if one cough would ruin the musician's performance then either he isn't good enough, or you are not really into the music ;-)
@SINC0MENTARI0S Get a life, idiot! I grew up in Chicago and was quite young when that idiotic tyrant "Sir" Geor Solti turned up as chief conductor of the wonderful Chicago Symphony. Solti used to turn around to the audience and show his fists whenever anyone had the audacity to cough. As for the person who coughed during this "speeded" performance by Richter, more power to them! Now go listen to Arrau and get an education!
@SINC0MENTARI0S Beethoven himself will be very grateful to the person coughing - what a speeded travesty of this masterpiece! I'm sure the composer in his heaven thanks the musically sensitive individual in the audicence who had the common sense to clear his / her throat!
@SINC0MENTARI0S seriously, i'm not familiar with the etiquette of a recital...why does a cough ruin the piece? and what would have been a better time during the play to cough? not being sarcastic trying to understand.
@original1sun It's mostly a joke. It's like when people are talking, suddenly everybody gets quiet and a dude farts. Some people lack humor, though, and react negatively to my "cranky comment". A "better time" to cough would be any other than a silent one ... just not that one. As a last resort, cough/sneeze leaning down so that it doesn't mix into the whole acoustics of an auditorium.
I wonder what Beethoven would have done if he had access to the technology of the information age. That thought came from the feeling that this music has even more lying underneath--underneath where to articulate it with one piano, with one set of hands, would be impossible. Did Beethoven compose any two-piano pieces?
-well if this is NOT fantastic, one should make a clear definiton for what should be fantastic....imagine this is just a concert, there hundresds of ppl sitting there,,,,hier, there are NO words , there is just Richter who plays the piece for us all...
one of the best performance of the sonata 32 op.111, is being seen..
Richter has no regard for the well-being of the piano. He once had to play a recital in Siberia, and the only working piano for a thousand miles was set up for him. The poor fool responsible even waxed the keys. Richter practiced on it and had said fool remove the wax before the recital. I've seen him on Boesendorfers, Steinways, Steinwegs, Yamahas etc and he didn't seem to prefer by brand.
I don't like how fast he plays this. It's as if he wants to get through the "fast" sections as quickly as possible. It just becomes a flurry of notes. I much prefer Barenboim's interpretation. Fast enough to sound like Beethoven, slow enough so the listener can hear all the notes and the counterpoint. Arrau's is better too.
@damienbradley Je pense tout le contraire: pour moi, il est dans un bon tempo, le bon tempo étant précisément celui qui permet de transcrire toute la violence de l'oeuvre; Barenboim lui, en donne une version de facture très conventionnelle et un peu pesante. Idem pour Arrau, malgré ses qualités.
Que vous ayez du mal à entendre les notes est un autre problème; dans le meilleur des cas, cela tient à une qualité d'enregistrement déplorable; et dans le pire...
With Beethoven, the f's must be such that they almost break the chords of the piano, and the p's must be such that someone in the back doesn't hear them. It's probably the audio, but this video doesn't have that.
@hermanshermits124124@hermanshermits124124 What I meant is that the video lacks the contrast in dynamics that is necessary to bring out all there is in a Beethoven sonata.
@rywibr Haha, it totally sounds like you don't know the piece. Haha, it totally looks like Beethoven wrote there some totally awesome fortissimo subito, ahaha
I wouldn't expect a pianist of this class even pay attention to what's going outside of the stage...
@vivvpprof I don't know the piece, I'm sorry if I don't have your apparent wealth of musical knowledge; I still explore through pieces like this because I enjoy listening to it - isn't that what matters? So again I'm greatly sorry I don't compare to your standards for listening to Beethoven, god forbid trying to inject some humor into the comments section. Loosen up man, you're sounding a bit uptight - Just enjoy the music.
Richter's memory failed him once in life as he was playing Liszt's piano sonata in B minor, and after that incident, he never performend without a score.
Believe me, Richter didn't need the score. This is the same man who was so eccentric that in the 1950s and 60s, before going out on stage to perform, he would ask his wife what the program for the evening was that he was supposed to play. Then he'd go do it.
I still think his Feux Follets is the best recording we'll ever hear of that piece.
Richter often played from the score with only a table lamp lighting the entire stage. Its down to personal preference i think. I think he used to believe it provided a more intimate performance or something.
@bencrom no, he wanted the people to only enjoy the music, but because he wasnt able to play in the dark he onlyhad this little lamp, the people were forced to listen to the music only, woithout any virtuose fingermovements, and some people went out of these concert shocked! saying they never felt music so deep, some were crying, it had to be wonderful to hear richter in this phase live!
@bencrom That seems to make sense. As he grew older he hated performing in large concert halls, preferring small, dark venues. He also thought the small amount of light would let the audience focus on the music rather than him. Near the end of his life he considered giving free concerts.
Grande Richter, pero me gusta mas la interpretacion de Arrau, su dominio del tiempo, y la sangre que le imprime le da un sonido mas emocional, directo a la medula....
@robertronx Opino igual, Richter hace una gran versión de la sonata 32, pero Arrau le da una connotación especial a esta tremenda obra maestra... le da el sentido espiritual que requiere, la lucha del bien contra el mal, la victoria de la luz sobre la oscuridad, del triunfo de la paz sobre el caos... una auténtica compenetración filosófica que Richter no logra hacer suya.
@Ray0X0 La verdad amigo...gracias por tu comentario.....te comento un poco, yo vengo del mundillo de rock, me gusta mucho ese genero musical, pero a medida de los años eh ido ampliando mi expectro musical....desde el jazz, pasando por el blues, acid jazz, y la musica clasica....reconozco ser amplio de oreja, eso si me agradan mas las interpretaciones de un instrumento que las interpretaciones vocales, precisamente ese detalle me ha hecho acercarme a la musica clasica, y mas aun a el Sr Arrau.
theblazec You've read Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus , right? Somewhere at Kretschmar's Beethoven lectures.... well an important book about music and art
I absouloutly despise richter and I think he has ruined the sonata by playing it like that.He put no emotion whatsoever into it he only played it fast and loud.I think he was an extremely bad pianist.He rushes too much as well.A gorilla would play more gracefully than richter.
Chopin even teared off his Fantasy Impromptu, and didn' t wanted to publish it beaceause some measures looked like Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata. That's why it was published posthumly and have a Fantana version. So Chopin admired Beethven a lot.
Actually, since Chopin admired Beethoven so much (and really liked this piece) he actually took an excerpt from it and placed it in his Revolutionary Etude.
Hey guys, I really cannot understand you... Your comments here just show that you know NOTHING of music... I don't know how Richter agreed such a video to be spread over the world. Did you really listen to it, or just post comments to show how "intelligent" you are ? There were so many mistakes in the dynamics ect. In the beginning he cuts of the notes. He plays without feeling. You must see, that he is READING the notes, that IS NOT A CONCERT PERFORMANCE !! Richter is otherwise GREAT
you are completely right, I thought exactly the same when i listened to this interpretation. There are a lot of other recordings of Richter showing that he was really great. But this interpretation doesn't belong to them. We shouldn't accept everything uncritically just because the pianist is very famous. On the other hand, that is indeed a live concert. Richter was used to play always with notes in his concerts.
I think these verses are more suited to Liszt's or Chopin's music. Beethoven's music is much too heroic and much too ａvant-garde to attach 赤壁怀古's phrase to it which is saturated with a tone of antiquity. Especially not suited to Beethoven's late sonatas whish is much too a head of his time than his other works.
Well, I am still not convinced. Richter's playing has this super rich tone, while 赤壁怀古 still gives me this first impression of shocking coldness, this longing and regret for antiquity. If you are simply complementing his technique by 苏轼's imagery of the waves of 长江，then I think these phrases suit many many other people: horowitz, Solomon Cutner, Simon Barare, etc.
its his last sonate, he died in the 19thcentury, thatswhy hes also called the first romantic, the second movement is kind of "jazzy" he was able to see in the future!
la maquina rusa richter un gran maestro este viejo ruso alos 70 años y ahi todavia dando catedra de como se toca beethoven..alos pianistas actuales.. arrau no es el mejor interprete de beethoven mis respetos para el chileno,era bueno sin duda pero un beethoven muy lento en varias sonatas friedrich gulda era un grande tocando beethoven q no se vestia apropiado para los conciertos,eso q rayos importa
He needs a page-turner????? Performers of Richter's mastery (should) know these classics like the best actors know 'Hamlet'.
ClipontheEar 1 week ago
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Getting older his hearing shifted in pitch, so for instance playing Dmajor he would hear Eflat..that's why he started sight reading. He knew more music by heart then most famous pianists
quinto34 6 days ago
Richter feels the music through, just like Beethoven did when composing, taking breaks, hesitating in some places, just like in the beginning of op.111, he can make Beethoven speak to us with all his ferocity as well as gentleness, his coming to terms with himself as in op.109 & here, 111.
Wildwoodick 2 weeks ago
Sua maestà la potenza!
marioguidoscappucci 2 weeks ago
This is the best of the Beethoven sonatas
30inventionman 2 weeks ago
Agggh where's the other movement??
Musicman180 1 month ago
Richter is powerful
BassicStorm 1 month ago
@100jillp Yes i like ur comment... reason... so lets be reasonable. Beethoven was deaf. Ok.. He was also poor and was taking out his frustration on piano. His nephew bothered him like crazy....
When all this happens, what you get is not a masterpiece. You get a "bad" music, obviously. And by "bad" im being nice.
I dont know if beethoven was personally a genius, but as far as what im talking about and have been talking about, this piece is not a good piece.
pzowndizzle1 1 month ago
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Bad music? This piece was written at the same time as he was writing his Missa Solemnis. Same time, same circumstances, same shit to go through - go listen to that and come back and tell me that is "bad music". Also, Beethoven wrote some of his greatest works when he struggled most in life.
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Bad music? This piece was written at the same time as he was writing his Missa Solemnis. Same time, same circumstances, same shit to go through - go listen to that and come back and tell me that is "bad music". Also, Beethoven wrote some of his greatest works when he struggled most in life.
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Bad music? This piece was written at the same time as he was writing his Missa Solemnis. Same time, same circumstances, same shit to go through - go listen to that and come back and tell me that is "bad music". Also, Beethoven wrote some of his greatest works when he struggled most in life.
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Bad music? This piece was written at the same time as he was writing his Missa Solemnis. Same time, same circumstances, same shit to go through - go listen to that and come back and tell me that is "bad music". Also, Beethoven wrote some of his greatest works when he struggled most in life.
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As for the piece itself, as MrMetallicanstallion's pointed out it is a masterclass in contrapuntal writing. But it is more than that, it is a synthesis of sonata form and fugue. Almost a reconciliation between the style he inherited and his deep ties with the music of Bach, of which Beethoven greatly admired.
Music is subjective, so it is entirely understandable that YOU don't like it, but it IS a well-crafted piece by a master composer at the peak of his prowess.
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You can like or dislike this or any music, but by calling this 'not a good piece', or 'I don't know if Beethoven was personally a genius' the only thing you do is display your total and utter ignorance..fine by me, just sayin
quinto34 6 days ago
@timapni112 what is ur reason? "listen to it again and again" doesnt mean anything. For example, twinkle twinkle little star. If you listen to twinkle twinkle little star over and over again, would it be a masterpiece? No. Its just a piece of shit that doesnt have anything and only a song little kids listen to.
So please. Dont gimme this bullshit "listen again and again" and convince me with actual reasons. Ur probably another guy who doesnt know music...
pzowndizzle1 2 months ago
@pzowndizzle1 It seems like all you do is to say that this piece sounds like shit, and that anyone who disagrees with you is a douchebag who doesn't know anything about music.
For this reason, you should listen to the piece over and over again. Not to understand why some may consider it a masterpiece, but rather as a punishment for being a douchebag who doesn't care about respecting the views of others.
And btw, is it possible to prove whether this piece is a masterpiece or not?
timpani112 1 month ago
@PhillyB702 then prove it. How is this piecea masterpiece? Your statment is not convincing at all because you cant even prove anything. Give me some places where they show that this is masterpiece... Just because you merge some random tune, doesnt mean its a masterpiece... that case, everything ugly song must be a masterpiece...
I dont know, but u are prob a reckless teenager who doesnt even know shit about music... Someone who has nothing else then play video games all day...
pzowndizzle1 3 months ago
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PhillyB702 2 months ago
@pzowndizzle1 And you are what? A gifted musician who has dedicated his/her whole life to music? Stop pretending like you know more than you do. And btw, this piece is a masterpiece. If you don't understand why, then listen to it again. And if you still don't understand why, listen to it until you do.
timpani112 2 months ago
wow! He's having fun here. He is one of my favorite pianists of all times.
iif5 3 months ago
i love this playing
yusukeundisolde 3 months ago
@MrMetallicanstallion
ur statement is not convincing at all.
pzowndizzle1 3 months ago
I dont know about the player, but this piece is a piece of shit. I dont see where beethoven is trying to go with this. Is he expressing his grief? His fallen hope at 2:52? Sudden ripping of the tone. Then whats with the positive attitude on words 2:56 - 3:16? And then a sudden attack at 3:17? What is the author trying to express
Those of you who consider this a masterpiece, i'd like to hear ur reason. Just because beethoven wrote it doesnt mean its a masterpiece...
pzowndizzle1 3 months ago
@pzowndizzle1 Just looking at this piece contrapuntally, it is a masterpiece. There isn't enough room in the comments to express all the reasons this is a masterpiece.
MrMetallicanstallion 3 months ago
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PhillyB702 3 months ago
@pzowndizzle1 Ok. I will try to take this calmly. You have your point. You must remember that Beethoven was cold deaf when he wrote his last 3 sonatas. His life was down the toilet and he was almost going insane. He was forcefully raising his nephew Karl, who was always runnng away from him, his finannial problems got worse, and no one would talk to him. It is no surprise that he took out his frustrations on the piano then. cont.
100jllp 2 months ago
@pzowndizzle1 When Beethoven was writing his last 3 sonatas, he knew that these were going to be the last 3 sonatas for piano. As you might know from the Hammerklavier sonata, he was diliberately writing something extreme. In this first movement, Beethoven writes these diminished 7th chords to emphisize great stress. you hear this throughout the piece. But on paper, this sonata is very carfully thought out.
100jllp 2 months ago
@pzowndizzle1 This is also Beethoven experimenting with counterpoint and fugue. and to be honest, fugues tend to sound like crap if they are written poorly. In fact, Beethoven's Op. 133 "great" fugue is probably the most painful and annoying thing i have ever heard. If I offended anyone, I apologize. We all have our likes and dislikes. But this is one of my favorite sonatas b/c if you think about it, it is like Slash with and epic solo. IT IS NOT SUPPOSED TO SOUND PRETTY.
100jllp 2 months ago
@pzowndizzle1 One final thought, b/c I already filled out 4 of these comment boxes: This is not a great interpretation of this sonata. Listen to Andras Schiff. He has a lecture serries, and plays what Beethoven wrote. For Richter plays w/o emphisized accents. Most pianist disobey Beethoven and in return mess-up the show for everybody. Not saying that Richter isn't a great interpreter, actually one of my favts. Find a good interpreter, this wont sound like shit. I talk too much...shut up!
100jllp 2 months ago
@pzowndizzle1 you say you don't know about the player, you don't know whether beethoven was a genius or not, i think you have no idea about too many things and this doesn't allow you to criticize in such a superficial way a work of art. It seems as if you were not able to understand metaphores and poetry and because of that you think Dante's Commedia or Joyce's Ulysses are burning crap.
BlaisePascalDisciple 1 day ago
@BlaisePascalDisciple (continues from above) Just think about the fact that since 1830 generations of musicians, experts, audiences considered this an absolute masterwork and just realize that you're just a fucking arrogant ignorant fellow.
BlaisePascalDisciple 1 day ago
Beethoven was a true genius.
lightningpichu 4 months ago
{{{cough}}}
ballarditecheese 5 months ago
Does anyone know for certain which movement this is?
Dante121892 5 months ago
@Dante121892 It is certainly the first movement of Sonata in C minor Op 111.
aragornthebrave 5 months ago
Everybody good this wonderful music really pleasant to hear performance's attagirl
twgirl1 6 months ago
Now, while I'm sure Maestro Richter has placed this sonata dozens of times, and you also never know how things will play out in a live situation, there were a couple of times that he made audible mistakes (hitting two keys, etc.), which I think is inexcusable. As for the rude cougher....I find it difficult to believe there was nothing she could have done to stifle it. Richter also did sort of race through this piece. I still believe the definitive performance of this piece was by Ivo Pogorelich.
phantasm1004 7 months ago
So far, it seems to me... that this video at 4:36 has become the combined geek/nerd rallying cry as the biggest epic fail of videos
ViperRob42 8 months ago 4
If you are distracted by coughing, then your listening skill is weak.
mu99ins 8 months ago 15
@mu99ins this is ridiculous man;d you cant stop that from coming if you are smoking
Flamencanta 7 months ago
@Flamencanta
I don't understand your comment. To expand my original comment.... there are distractions that occur when listening intently to music that have to be defeated. It could be a coughing audience member or a train of thought in your mind. Do not allow yourself to be derailed by these things. Concentrate and let the music work on you. But, this is like saying don't think of a pink elephant. If you hate coughing, don't listen to live music. Coughing is inevitable.
mu99ins 7 months ago
@mu99ins is coughing really that big of a deal at one of these events? you seem to understand it and yet realize it's a part of live performance and you are somewhat sympathetic towards it. is there some sort of etiquette that says you shouldn't cough or sneeze during a performance? why is everyone making such a huge deal regarding a cough...quite honestly I wouldn't have paid it much attention had people not mentioned it.
original1sun 3 months ago
@original1sun
My mentioning of the topic was in response to somebody, I forget who, that complained of the coughing.
You've got to be focused when listening to the old masters in any circumstances, but in live performances, there are people there, farting, and fighting the tickle in their throats. It doesn't do any good to make a rule against coughing, because it's pretty much an involunatry action. One concentrates on the music, expecting distractions. Otherwise, there are DVDs..
mu99ins 3 months ago
@mu99ins I agree, a true musician is skilled in tuning out weakness. I believe this is Beethoven's best and last final statement.
30inventionman 1 month ago
I come here because "Sputnik Sweetheart" of Haruki Murakami and now I really like it! Thumbs up if you think "I'm right" ;))
iaou1314 9 months ago 3
@iaou1314
Just read that part my self haha, couldn't stay away when they called this piece the pinnacle of music
Catfishblues92 9 months ago
@iaou1314
I just read the part :)
freddydaK 7 months ago
after the cough in the 4:50 hes wrong
kilmister75 9 months ago
ΓΕΙΑ ΣΟΥ ΡΕ ΜΠΕΤΟΒΕΝ ΛΕΒΕΝΤΗ ΚΑΙ ΚΑΡΑΜΠΟΥΖΟΥΚΛΗ
MrANTONIOS383 10 months ago
To those who wonder whether this music is atonal. No, it is not atonal. However, the late sonata, alongs with the late quartets, belong to what is often referred to as the "late Beethoven"period. Basically, in the last years of existence, Beethoven was writing music for himself, knowing well that it wouldn't be understood by his contemporaries. In this late period, Beethoven frees himself completely of forms and conventions, stretching the limits of the instrument. This is pure invention.
InXLsisDeo 10 months ago
Richter gives a new meaning to the word power...
Tzsil713 10 months ago
danach kann nichts mehr kommen!
0561030 10 months ago
luv it! this is an extreme piece. i liken it to the emotions of life. i appreciate the necessary intensity he brings to the work.
3guysANDadiva 10 months ago
Fantástico!
MrLima137 11 months ago
where the fuck is the arietta?!?!?!??
FirstPublicChannel 11 months ago
I love the burning intensity Richter brings to this iconic masterpiece. Riveting!.
meredith218461 11 months ago
There are always coughs at classical hall recordings. It's an axiom. But one can always tell cough from piano (and even prepared piano), so you'd better not mention and take it easy. Music is unstoppable anyway.
DamnUtubeSux 1 year ago
why do all the pianists take the ritardando to the extreme in this piece? if you fluctuate the tempo drastically it breaks up the flow. My favorite version of the piece is gould, but he ignores the ritenente
yumpin 1 year ago
@yumpin booooooooooooooooo!
marsacko16 11 months ago
i don't know what's the complaint about the tempo...it's supposed to be fast. Even the ending, most people add some stupid exaggerated ritardando to the end, Richter plays it with so much emotion, he doesn't NEED to pull back the tempo every bar to exaggerate anything. Kind of the opposite of Lang Lang. :)
mario54671 1 year ago
word
bwv812bwv812 1 year ago
I thought it was Scriabin again !! He plays Beethoven like an atonal tune !
Sylvain894 1 year ago
@Sylvain894 This was as close to dissonance as music got back then. Beethoven was an innovator.
TomBarrister 1 year ago
@TomBarrister Are you kidding me? The idea of dissonance was well known far before Beethoven was around, Joseph Fux's book published in 1725 on counterpoint went into consonance and dissonance in great detail. The trademark(esque) sound of Beethoven's diminished 7th chords weren't new either. Although he certainly was an innovator dissonance was well studied prior to him.
googolplex101 1 year ago
@Sylvain894 Actually, if you add the notes of the diminished seventh chords from the begining you get the twelve tones.
maurice22ravel 1 year ago
@Sylvain894 How the hell does this sound like atonal music? It's obviously tonal, even from the first few bars, it's clearly heard.
mario54671 1 year ago
@mario54671 Is that sonata(#32) late one ? Cause he maybe was an innovator(Beeth); like for his 9th symphony. about atonality cause it sounds a little different from his «moonlight»one where the first movement really sounds more «into» classical or diatonic-pentatonic scales tones; i found that #32 unusual of Beethoven, but i would have to pay attention and listen again to tell you if i was right ! I refer you to googolplex101 or maurice22ravel commentaries.
Sylvain894 1 year ago
@Sylvain894 It's strange, but it's not atonal. You can easily tell when it plays the V-I progression in the first few bars after the diminished chord, that it's easily in C minor. I have no idea why you brought up the 9th symphony, since that sounds even MORE tonal than this one. All it does is change key at many points, but there isn't a point where it sounds "atonal." Try listening to Schöenberg or Lutoslawski, THAT'S atonal.
mario54671 1 year ago
@mario54671 Well nice musicalogical exchange : for atonal, i don't know, but sure he doesn't play it in the classical way making me think as an absurd performance but i cannot precize you why !
Sylvain894 1 year ago
@Sylvain894 Well, Richter is playing it correctly, so it's not him. :P That's a bit odd that Richter would be "playing it like an atonal piece" because, like the other pianists, he's playing all the right notes and with good rhythm. I don't know how he could be playing it like a completely different style period, unless he was changing the notes, or adding things that were never there. ;)
mario54671 1 year ago
@dripglass Beethoven was completely deaf since 1817: at the end of his life he had not been hearing a sound for ten years.
The question of whether B was nearly deaf during his last years, or completely so, is moot; my point was that sometimes people who excel at a given activity, such as piano playing or composing, can still perform that activity at a high level even if their other functions have deteriorated with age or infirmity
dripglass 1 year ago
some of them can barely walk, but when they sit infront of the piano they turn into monsters!!!
People at the top level of activity become very specialized, as Beethoven himself could evidently hardly hear at the end of his life, yet he turned out this music!
dripglass 1 year ago
@dripglass Beethoven was completely deaf since 1817: at the end of his life he had not been hearing a sound for ten years.
Kurremkarmerruk1 1 year ago
the thing that i don't understand is how all those great pianists keep this kind of power when they grow old. some of them can barely walk, but when they sit infront of the piano they turn into monsters!!!
farah73 1 year ago
The tempo is sound, and Beethoven's inner voice comes through (he of the fast metronome markings). Here and there I might quibble with the nuances, the interpretation, but this is a powerful reading, even if the finger work is occasionally sloppy and some of the articulation not 100% clear.
This is definitely more 'German' than 'Russian' playing (as befits an ethnic German brought up in the Soviet Union)
eusebium7 1 year ago
yeah,tell that to all the ex's of beethoven..oh no..noone can remember them wihlst everyone remembers beethoven..this made me cry some tears..
carlomagnis 1 year ago
lol interesting what Herr Kretschmar said about this sonata. I see now what he meant. HA! who will get this...?
flatulatingfetus 1 year ago
@flatulatingfetus I looked for this video for the very same reason. I have to at least know the piece before I read about it, even if it's just a novel.
Agatheos 1 year ago
Что тут не понятного... Рихтер не просто великий пианист он - гений(genius)!
ensoniq57 1 year ago 3
Freaking cough at 4:36. YOU RUINED THE WHOLE PLAY! Seriously, did you have to cough exactly at that point? Don't you know this Masterwork well enough so as to choose a better timing?
SINC0MENTARI0S 1 year ago 52
@SINC0MENTARI0S
looooooool
farah73 1 year ago
@SINC0MENTARI0S Estoy aconstrumbrado a escuchar las" toses" en las grabaciones de Rhicter, le dan realismo!, aunque debo reconocer que que para hacerlo en ese punto hay que ser algo inoportuno :-)
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@SINC0MENTARI0S Estoy aconstrumbrado a escuchar las" toses" en las grabaciones de Rhicter, le dan realismo!, aunque debo reconocer que que para hacerlo en ese punto hay que ser algo inoportuno! :-)
loskar777 1 year ago
LOLOLOL!!!
4:36 - Audience member coughs
4:38 - Richter reacts to the person who coughed: FUCK YOU!!!
imrich6 1 year ago 52
@imrich6 huahuahuahua
AkselBasaran 7 months ago
@SINC0MENTARI0S// yeah way 2 go u stoopid bitch!!!
tracerxy 11 months ago
@SINC0MENTARI0S You're overreacting. I think you'd need something like a bomb dropped on that room to really ruin this performance. Also, if one cough would ruin the musician's performance then either he isn't good enough, or you are not really into the music ;-)
gieelsto 10 months ago 7
@SINC0MENTARI0S Get a life, idiot! I grew up in Chicago and was quite young when that idiotic tyrant "Sir" Geor Solti turned up as chief conductor of the wonderful Chicago Symphony. Solti used to turn around to the audience and show his fists whenever anyone had the audacity to cough. As for the person who coughed during this "speeded" performance by Richter, more power to them! Now go listen to Arrau and get an education!
VivaRenata 9 months ago
@SINC0MENTARI0S Beethoven himself will be very grateful to the person coughing - what a speeded travesty of this masterpiece! I'm sure the composer in his heaven thanks the musically sensitive individual in the audicence who had the common sense to clear his / her throat!
VivaRenata 9 months ago
@SINC0MENTARI0S seriously, i'm not familiar with the etiquette of a recital...why does a cough ruin the piece? and what would have been a better time during the play to cough? not being sarcastic trying to understand.
original1sun 3 months ago
@original1sun It's mostly a joke. It's like when people are talking, suddenly everybody gets quiet and a dude farts. Some people lack humor, though, and react negatively to my "cranky comment". A "better time" to cough would be any other than a silent one ... just not that one. As a last resort, cough/sneeze leaning down so that it doesn't mix into the whole acoustics of an auditorium.
SINC0MENTARI0S 3 months ago
I wonder what Beethoven would have done if he had access to the technology of the information age. That thought came from the feeling that this music has even more lying underneath--underneath where to articulate it with one piano, with one set of hands, would be impossible. Did Beethoven compose any two-piano pieces?
amazinero 1 year ago
No comment - except to repeat the same demand: if it would be possible to get also the second momement.
bekundigYT 1 year ago
-well if this is NOT fantastic, one should make a clear definiton for what should be fantastic....imagine this is just a concert, there hundresds of ppl sitting there,,,,hier, there are NO words , there is just Richter who plays the piece for us all...
one of the best performance of the sonata 32 op.111, is being seen..
paganviodio 1 year ago
Reminds me of Tom & Jerry
J/K
SLUGTHUG 1 year ago
WOOOWOWOWOWOW
glezzery62 1 year ago
Richter has no regard for the well-being of the piano. He once had to play a recital in Siberia, and the only working piano for a thousand miles was set up for him. The poor fool responsible even waxed the keys. Richter practiced on it and had said fool remove the wax before the recital. I've seen him on Boesendorfers, Steinways, Steinwegs, Yamahas etc and he didn't seem to prefer by brand.
petie32 1 year ago
俺の方が上手いな
casino6115 1 year ago
Anyone know the date and the venue for this performance?
schnittke79 1 year ago
I don't like how fast he plays this. It's as if he wants to get through the "fast" sections as quickly as possible. It just becomes a flurry of notes. I much prefer Barenboim's interpretation. Fast enough to sound like Beethoven, slow enough so the listener can hear all the notes and the counterpoint. Arrau's is better too.
damienbradley 1 year ago
@damienbradley Je pense tout le contraire: pour moi, il est dans un bon tempo, le bon tempo étant précisément celui qui permet de transcrire toute la violence de l'oeuvre; Barenboim lui, en donne une version de facture très conventionnelle et un peu pesante. Idem pour Arrau, malgré ses qualités.
Que vous ayez du mal à entendre les notes est un autre problème; dans le meilleur des cas, cela tient à une qualité d'enregistrement déplorable; et dans le pire...
tonycosworth 1 year ago
chills chills chills all the way into my soul!
yebang 1 year ago
la amo questa sonata
sammy9603 1 year ago
guess thats where the "richter" scale comes from lol jokin
hfdpayner 1 year ago
With Beethoven, the f's must be such that they almost break the chords of the piano, and the p's must be such that someone in the back doesn't hear them. It's probably the audio, but this video doesn't have that.
lupuspglh 1 year ago
@lupuspglh thats a hell to the no. There is a reason why sometimes he wrote F and sometimes FF!!!!
hermanshermits124124 1 year ago
@hermanshermits124124 @hermanshermits124124 What I meant is that the video lacks the contrast in dynamics that is necessary to bring out all there is in a Beethoven sonata.
lupuspglh 1 year ago
beutyfull
tomybarsa 1 year ago
anyone else notice at 4:35, it totally sounds like he starts mashing the keyboard in anger at that lady coughing. ahaha
rywibr 1 year ago
@rywibr Haha, it totally sounds like you don't know the piece. Haha, it totally looks like Beethoven wrote there some totally awesome fortissimo subito, ahaha
I wouldn't expect a pianist of this class even pay attention to what's going outside of the stage...
vivvpprof 1 year ago
@vivvpprof I don't know the piece, I'm sorry if I don't have your apparent wealth of musical knowledge; I still explore through pieces like this because I enjoy listening to it - isn't that what matters? So again I'm greatly sorry I don't compare to your standards for listening to Beethoven, god forbid trying to inject some humor into the comments section. Loosen up man, you're sounding a bit uptight - Just enjoy the music.
rywibr 1 year ago
@rywibr lol thats grand!
TheSingingCello 1 year ago
Richter's memory failed him once in life as he was playing Liszt's piano sonata in B minor, and after that incident, he never performend without a score.
achilless 1 year ago
Fuck me!
Dubitndum 1 year ago
Sviatoslav Richter, greatest pianist of them all!
docmalthus 1 year ago 4
perfection exist
4785689 1 year ago
Believe me, Richter didn't need the score. This is the same man who was so eccentric that in the 1950s and 60s, before going out on stage to perform, he would ask his wife what the program for the evening was that he was supposed to play. Then he'd go do it.
I still think his Feux Follets is the best recording we'll ever hear of that piece.
JGS007 1 year ago
@JGS007 that was hoffman.. but richter is perfection nevertheless
stefthe80 1 year ago
@JGS007 Later on in his life, his memory started getting worse, I believe.
PhilipLu3 1 year ago
Is there someone with an airplane?
bertogel 1 year ago
@bertogel I am here, I bring my airplane. I can help you ?
Jcc477 1 year ago
Божественный, неповторимый...
valerik44 1 year ago
He's a monster.
ToccodelDestino 1 year ago
At this level you don't often see pianists playing from the score... What is the story?
jporterc2008 1 year ago
@jporterc2008
Richter often played from the score with only a table lamp lighting the entire stage. Its down to personal preference i think. I think he used to believe it provided a more intimate performance or something.
bencrom 1 year ago
@bencrom no, he wanted the people to only enjoy the music, but because he wasnt able to play in the dark he onlyhad this little lamp, the people were forced to listen to the music only, woithout any virtuose fingermovements, and some people went out of these concert shocked! saying they never felt music so deep, some were crying, it had to be wonderful to hear richter in this phase live!
karazh 1 year ago
@bencrom That seems to make sense. As he grew older he hated performing in large concert halls, preferring small, dark venues. He also thought the small amount of light would let the audience focus on the music rather than him. Near the end of his life he considered giving free concerts.
jimraw1 1 year ago
i hear a lot of bach in this
Kefienzel 1 year ago
генијално/genial
markopianist 1 year ago 2
Да! ГЕНИЙ!!!! И тот и другой )))
NOVOROS1 1 year ago
Grande Richter, pero me gusta mas la interpretacion de Arrau, su dominio del tiempo, y la sangre que le imprime le da un sonido mas emocional, directo a la medula....
robertronx 1 year ago 3
@robertronx Opino igual, Richter hace una gran versión de la sonata 32, pero Arrau le da una connotación especial a esta tremenda obra maestra... le da el sentido espiritual que requiere, la lucha del bien contra el mal, la victoria de la luz sobre la oscuridad, del triunfo de la paz sobre el caos... una auténtica compenetración filosófica que Richter no logra hacer suya.
Ray0X0 1 year ago
@Ray0X0 La verdad amigo...gracias por tu comentario.....te comento un poco, yo vengo del mundillo de rock, me gusta mucho ese genero musical, pero a medida de los años eh ido ampliando mi expectro musical....desde el jazz, pasando por el blues, acid jazz, y la musica clasica....reconozco ser amplio de oreja, eso si me agradan mas las interpretaciones de un instrumento que las interpretaciones vocales, precisamente ese detalle me ha hecho acercarme a la musica clasica, y mas aun a el Sr Arrau.
robertronx 1 year ago
@robertronx Si señor, totalmente de acuerdo, tanto en alabar a Richter como en preferir a Arrau por las mismas razones. (preferirlo en Beethoven)
Saludos
rambeiro 1 year ago
Гений !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ensoniq57 1 year ago 6
@ensoniq57
I didn't understand you... but..thumbs up!!
rambeiro 1 year ago
@rambeiro Our tovarish Ensoniq57 says "Richter is not just a great pianist, he's a genius."
SINC0MENTARI0S 1 year ago
esta interpretacion de richter esta de putamadre.
Deimosxsz 2 years ago 2
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Who's that man next to Richter ?
Isn't it the satan who gives the inspiration to the artist ?
theblazec 2 years ago
theblazec You've read Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus , right? Somewhere at Kretschmar's Beethoven lectures.... well an important book about music and art
gerkov77 2 years ago
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yes i totally agree....IT IS THE SATAN !
666KINKY999 1 year ago
bei Richter ist klavierspielen schon fast ein Handwerk, wenn nicht sogar ausdauersport!;)
3Jonnyboy3 2 years ago
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I absouloutly despise richter and I think he has ruined the sonata by playing it like that.He put no emotion whatsoever into it he only played it fast and loud.I think he was an extremely bad pianist.He rushes too much as well.A gorilla would play more gracefully than richter.
061mozart123 2 years ago
sublime
giuseppe35789 2 years ago
how old was he when he played this?
pianolistenerk 2 years ago
the last sonata, beautiful
Kichankishano 2 years ago
Chopin even teared off his Fantasy Impromptu, and didn' t wanted to publish it beaceause some measures looked like Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata. That's why it was published posthumly and have a Fantana version. So Chopin admired Beethven a lot.
Ryanpian0 2 years ago
A single pinky of Richter is more talented than both my own hands will ever be :(
Waldszenen 2 years ago
7:40 - 8:00 sounds like ending of REvolutionary etude by Chopin..
paopaomanalansan 2 years ago
Actually, since Chopin admired Beethoven so much (and really liked this piece) he actually took an excerpt from it and placed it in his Revolutionary Etude.
84Fish48Fish 2 years ago
I thought Chopin did not really cared about Beethoven's music (found it ugly)
Liebromeistal 2 years ago
Where did you find that? I've never read any biography saying that Chopin didn't like Beethoven.
Most biographies actually say that he was influenced by Beethoven and admired him.
84Fish48Fish 2 years ago
if you search "Chopin and Beethoven - Piano Technique Without Limit" on google, that article briefly mentions it.
Liebromeistal 2 years ago
but all romantics refer to beethoven!
karazh 2 years ago
This is soooo GOOD, it actually made ppl cry.
Desmonddd2002 2 years ago
Hey guys, I really cannot understand you... Your comments here just show that you know NOTHING of music... I don't know how Richter agreed such a video to be spread over the world. Did you really listen to it, or just post comments to show how "intelligent" you are ? There were so many mistakes in the dynamics ect. In the beginning he cuts of the notes. He plays without feeling. You must see, that he is READING the notes, that IS NOT A CONCERT PERFORMANCE !! Richter is otherwise GREAT
gorgalsi 2 years ago
hi gorgalsi,
you are completely right, I thought exactly the same when i listened to this interpretation. There are a lot of other recordings of Richter showing that he was really great. But this interpretation doesn't belong to them. We shouldn't accept everything uncritically just because the pianist is very famous. On the other hand, that is indeed a live concert. Richter was used to play always with notes in his concerts.
benni0704 2 years ago
4:37 ability to not cough while RICHTER is playing FAIL. What the hell?!??!
grantrummel 2 years ago 3
theyre to stupid to bring cough drops
indoormusic 2 years ago
Impresionante!!
alexmanzo19 2 years ago 2
乱石崩云，惊涛裂岸，卷起千堆雪！
dschanghsin 2 years ago
I think these verses are more suited to Liszt's or Chopin's music. Beethoven's music is much too heroic and much too ａvant-garde to attach 赤壁怀古's phrase to it which is saturated with a tone of antiquity. Especially not suited to Beethoven's late sonatas whish is much too a head of his time than his other works.
jimmyjamesWang 2 years ago
我针对的是里赫特在这里展示的风格，不是贝多芬的音乐本身。
dschanghsin 2 years ago
Well, I am still not convinced. Richter's playing has this super rich tone, while 赤壁怀古 still gives me this first impression of shocking coldness, this longing and regret for antiquity. If you are simply complementing his technique by 苏轼's imagery of the waves of 长江，then I think these phrases suit many many other people: horowitz, Solomon Cutner, Simon Barare, etc.
jimmyjamesWang 2 years ago
你烦不烦啊。神经病。
dschanghsin 2 years ago
I have never even tried to convince you. You can think whatever that is fit into you. Just don't bother me. Everyone has his own comprehension.
dschanghsin 2 years ago
its his last sonate, he died in the 19thcentury, thatswhy hes also called the first romantic, the second movement is kind of "jazzy" he was able to see in the future!
karazh 2 years ago
Impressive
tighro 2 years ago
これいつの映像？ めちゃ古く見えるけど・・
andou7 2 years ago
is this the maestoso?
benitomurgia 2 years ago
How would you know enough to ask that question if you didn't already know it was the maestoso?
John27346 2 years ago
@John27346: (As a response to your response to benitomurgia's comment) He might have read about the Sonata, but never heard it.
Schamschi 1 year ago
I Love this man. How can a human have such a big soul???? I wish Beethoven could hear his own work played by SR.
RezaRastjoo 2 years ago
good
TheGravicembalo 2 years ago
la maquina rusa richter un gran maestro este viejo ruso alos 70 años y ahi todavia dando catedra de como se toca beethoven..alos pianistas actuales.. arrau no es el mejor interprete de beethoven mis respetos para el chileno,era bueno sin duda pero un beethoven muy lento en varias sonatas friedrich gulda era un grande tocando beethoven q no se vestia apropiado para los conciertos,eso q rayos importa
gonzal0999 2 years ago