Chopin - Etude Op. 10, No. 4.avi - Sviatoslav Richter

[Dihelson]

The man is a beast !!! great!

[APapadopoulosMUSIC]

@laurentsilver haha no buddy..he can't..



[harutyunyansaten]

woooooooooooooooooooow great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[newFranzFerencLiszt]

remember that time ago pianos were much lighter, so it was "easier" to play

I don't want to minimize his damn good playing; just to say that

[tjtheplay]

It's really hard to play the piano on a stool!

[GiangioBangio]

The video is velocizyed!

[laurentsilver]

Chuck Norris can play this 2 x faster on a triangle...

[ReptilianRaep]

@laurentsilver God just fuck off

[sprund2009]

I think the appropriate reaction to this is the one which now follows.... ahem..... HOLY CRAP!

[hectoreguiluz]

Me encanta Lisitsa , pero Richter... no mamar.

[AKJY]

The Gold Standard for this song....

[93thrasher]

@AKJY Hmm no singing here..

[AKJY]

@93thrasher Presto con fuoco my dear... its a war cry in a warp zone.. not a lullaby... not for wussies or langlang-esque posers...

[93thrasher]

@AKJY well, maybe in your fantasy land at least. who the hell is lang lang?

[AKJY]

@93thrasher The piece calls for Presto Con Fuoco.. its not fantasy... you don't know the piece pls stfu

[93thrasher]

@AKJY No, i wasnt calling this piece a fantasie. I was telling you its not a fucking song. do you not speak english? whatever, doesn't matter.

[elmohead]

@93thrasher Lang Lang is a clown who happens to play the piano.

[DesertDustX]

40 people had a stroke and pressed the dislike button.

[fabiopalma]

On 1:00 he's slower (in tempo) than in the beginning :(

[geertdehoux]

OK!

:-)

[ibclappin]

i used to write comments about how horowitz didn't play chopin as well as richter and how richter didn't play scriabin and mendelssohn like horowitz; and the black and white cheers and hatred towards my writings would just rain. maybe we could've been better off nuking to rid of each other instead of enjoying beauty

[geertdehoux]

@ibclappin

Well, perhaps it's better to stop comparing pianists with each other.

Gilels was Gilels, Horowitz was Hor., Cziffra was Cz. and so on and so on.

They were all unique in their own way.

Regards,

G. Dehoux, pianist.

[ibclappin]

@geertdehoux i agree with you. my point though has little to do with pianists

[geertdehoux]

@ibclappin

OK!

[geertdehoux]

Strange, because your reaction on my comment on this video was, as far as I understood, VERY negative!

What's wrong with giving one's opinion, even if that's a 'negative' one ??

We clearly think in a different way.

But, that's OK, I don't have a problem with it.

Regards,

Geert Dehoux.

[fenderbender92]

@geertdehoux There's no problem with giving a negative opinion. But I guess it would only make sense that a negative comment would get answered with another negative comment.

[geertdehoux]

@fenderbender92

I don't think so, but no problem.

Regards,

G. Dehoux.

[geertdehoux]

@fenderbender92

Have you listened to for example Giulietta Koch, playing this Etude ?

I really like her not only from a pianistic view excellent performance, but also the musicality he puts into this piece of music.

Regards,

G. Dehoux.

[fenderbender92]

@geertdehoux Yes, I have, and liked her interpretation immensely. She's a beast. haha. To be honest, I like both her and Richter.

[geertdehoux]

@fenderbender92

A beast ?

I think she's a very beautiful and talented girl.

Luckely, not all men have the same opinion about women...

:-)

Regards,

G. Dehoux.

[fenderbender92]

@geertdehoux I mean beast in a very musical way, like, really good; not a beast at all in appearance.

[geertdehoux]

But I do appreciate Richter in Schubert.

The differences in tone colour in pianissimo he could make in Debussy are just fabulous.

And, of course, Prokofiev was 'his' music!

I understand and respect if others have another idea about Richter, but this is my sincere and humble opinion.

A cordial greeting,

Geert Dehoux, pianist (Belgium).

[fenderbender92]

@geertdehoux Well, then, I come to be crass. But the comment still feels rude in a way. Maybe because I love Richter's playing so much. Sometimes I forget my temperance and get pissed. It just sounds silly that someone would comment on a Richter video with the thought in mind being that he doesn't like it. It's like going to a rock concert and telling everyone who goes there that the band sucks.

[geertdehoux]

With all respect to the phenomenal pianist Richter, I don't like his Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Liszt, Brahms and many other performances a lot.

Listen to for example Peres and the old Horszowski in Bach; Haebler, Gilels, Peres, Perahia and Haskil in Mozart; Magalov, François and the old Horszowski in Chopin; Campanella, Cziffra and Berman in Liszt; Gilels and Tamarina in Brahms and so on.

I'm mentioning only a few names, but there are MANY others, of course.

[micha89306]

PRESTO

[chrismontis]

This is a surprise even if it hears it now.

[geertdehoux]

VERY fast fingers, but musically Z E R O ! !

[fenderbender92]

@geertdehoux Yes, musically zero, because Richter absolutely botches every performance. His interpretations of Schubert hold to no musicality at all, even though he plays slower than most other pianists. Probably because that would be unmusical, right. No, he's too fast.

[ChopinLiszt82]

Richter had a bad mood....

[MrRrrrvvvv]

Richter at higher age playing the same piece, much slower but better quality: watch?v=VDPE2_wvdXo

[endingalaporte]

Oh my god....

[Eduard1788]

hes rushing it

[MrRrrrvvvv]

To the haters: keep in mind a lot of his recordings on youtube are old, of terrible audio quality and often from live performances with coughing. Have a listen at his Chopin Nocturne Op. 72 no. 1, his Scriabin Etude Op. 8 No. 5, his Rachmaninoff Preludes (23/4 and 32/10 in particular), his Scriabin Sonata No. 2!! All on Youtube. And then come back and tell me Richter doesn't play with feeling.

[MrRrrrvvvv]

He just goes for the speed record here, taking it as an etude and nothing more. And even at this tempo still quite musical if you ask me.

[MultiKostantin]

Фантастика...хоть и не Шопен в привычном понимании!Долой стереотипы!Браво,Великий Рихтер!!!!!

[jazzloopjazz]

@abmsghost1 I was not supporting the idea that talented pianists are only in the ex-communist block - I agree with you. Of course talent is nothing without hard work, it's a no brainer really :) I was merely expressing my opinion on what Lisitsa might have tried to say, and since I come from the ex-communist block, I am familiar with how things are done there. Not so familiar with how piano programs are done in other parts of the world :) Cheers!

[abmsghost1]

@Elicgt Just a rumour.

[vbatuhan]

Playing this piece at this tempo believe me is almost impossible there is an inhumanly practicing session behind this like 30 or 40 years of technical and musical workout

[Liuisaak]

faster than....Horowitz.....

[mitaibiru]

is he a human?

[jagdbird]

I bet his wife was a happy woman.

[DunFergetLunch]

This really is impressive, but to be honest, this isn't actually completely accurate, for example on 1:15 the rythmic error and at 1:20 it sounds a bit hurried.

Next to that, yeah, in speed, he really beats almost everybody.

[lehrent]

@DunFergetLunch You are correct about the rhythmic slip at 1:15, but this is the only video of Richter's playing this etude at his prime. If you listen to his 1960 recording from London, it is absolutely even and one second faster.

[packrat79]

All I can say is WOW.

[sasha42196]

That is a 10 on the Richter scale.

[BugzLooney]

It's cool, plain and simple. Coming from a pianist who used to pursue it professionally, and have decided not to. Because, I am no Richter!

[ddc032]

est-ce un humain ?

[johnmar78]

world record,,,bravo

[DietaDerMieta]

great opening, mid and late. overall pretty decent macro and multitasking

[thizzlemonsta]

he plays like that even sitting on that tiny little stool. incredible.

[busterkeys25]

The hairs on the back of my neck rose at 0:41

[gnatural]

WOW, the first opening notes were faster than 216!!! my metronome cant go any higher!!!

[piano0b]

world record

[VoiDukkha]

sounds like war...

[paciulon]

za wolno

[abmsghost1]

@marcelmombeekpiano "Follow you?" Haha..Dont think too high of yourself.You are definately not the reason for my presence in these forums.But whereever I go to listen to Pollini or Richter ther is MARCEL MOMBEEK.. leaving no chance alone to vomit on people like Richter and Pollini.Ad Nausea.What a bore!You display a compulsive,pathetic behavior and are definitaly ready for treatment.

[abmsghost1]

@marcelmombeekpiano So,what should he do than to "serve the music"..enlighten us ,MASTER!

[bokimandusha]

I think my interpretation is better

watch?v=zYkOMh7-z9M

[ItoBenjamin]

It's kind of slow...

[abmsghost1]

@marcelmombeekpiano Instead of keeping engaged in our dialogue you have in 1 day time visited  countless forums on youtube to trow mud at Pollini and Richter."The biggest mistakes in history"..This ridiculous and pathetic comment has been repeated by you at least 10 to 15 times in one day on different videos.If you dont like these geniuses thats ok..but why do look them up all the time?You must be suffering from a serious mental disorder.Why dont you have youself checked by a psychiatrist?

[loboris1995]

No imagination?I think you are a bit though,if he has no imagination he will play like anybody, and he is not,

[seyar9]

AMAZING!!!!!!!!!

[vidarclavia]

Absolutely no one can play this piece faster than Richter. Argerich is far behind.

[bhh1988]

@vidarclavia nah, cziffra definitely could if he wanted to, but I think the piece would not sound good if it were any faster than this. It's already too fast for me.

[BassicStorm]

dudes, who are u to judge Richter?

[Jaimejimmyjim]

It is like a sawing machine played by a stressed immigrant that have to finished a numbers of garments by certain time, usually overnight, otherwise ... no money.

[liszt141]

Richter, it's not Presstissimo...

[Zoldi77]

@liszt141 it's Richter, not prestissimo

[mario54671]

@liszt141 It's Presto, though. Chopin's own tempo marking is 88 per half note, this isn't much faster than that. ;)

[marcohorowitz8]

how tall is the camera guy????

[Syntaxicity]

I kind of think this is sped up. His movements dont seem natural and if you pay attention to when the cameraman breathes (the little bounces you see) it seems pretty fast compared to how normal breathing should be.

I could be wrong of course, Weather it was sped up or not, this man is an amazing pianist and I have respect for him.

[Kinjutsuu]

@Syntaxicity

It's an old tape, if it was sped up it would mess with the pitch. But the pitch is normal.

Seriously too many people with no clue believing it's sped up.......

Believe me, if Richter wanted to, he could play this even faster. This is about 220 bpm, with 100% control. No doubt he could go up to 250 bpm. But he's not trying to break a Guiness Record here, keep that in mind....

[Syntaxicity]

@Kinjutsuu

If you're a really good video editor, you're able to change the speed and the pitch so that it all equals out.

But anyways.....I never commited to weather it was sped up or not, I was just stating the facts that say it could be.

Like I said before, He is a very very talented pianist and I do have a lot of respect for him.

[Jaimejimmyjim]

@Kinjutsuu Does speed have anything to do with quality?

[invertedchords]

@Jaimejimmyjim the quality of someone's power... BANG. punch fuck out of a black out "fuck off [smack]"

[Mitthuz]

because he's sooo fast... he doesn't need a sustain pedal

[theamazingwill]

That man sold his soul to satan for his skill.

[889michael1]

He must've been awaiting an earthquake so that the fastest of Richter would resound just before that happens and beat up melodically those other richter!)

(I'm quibbling, aren't I?/)

[JadeKawaii1]

RIchter it is not a marathon race.

[iPhanthom]

Vuuskila areminättylä hyväki kyolmeniisittessa

[bobosqueakers]

do I see smoke from the keys?

[brandonscherrer]

@bobosqueakers No

[kylelandryoriginals]

WTF



[DooeyDamageSystem]

if i had to guess, i would say the camera sped the playing up like some older black and white cameras do, but i could be wrong.

[Vaguereality]

I love the no-nonsense approach to this. Dry off the hands..and...BAM!

[UltimaXG2]

@Vaguereality It's too fast to be enjoyable, for me. As much as you'll berate me for saying it, I prefer Horowitz's interpretation.

[Vaguereality]

@UltimaXG2 Nothing wrong with expressing your personal taste. Horowitz was exceptional, and I enjoy his interpretation as well.

[UltimaXG2]

@Vaguereality Wait, you're not going to go HOROWITZ'S INTERPRETATIONS MAKE CHOPIN SCHOLARS EVERYWHERE WRETCH IN DISGUST OAIDSJFOAIDSJFAOI on me? Huh. You seem like an okay guy.

[MusicPredominates]

@Vaguereality : Can you please explain how the handkerchief had such mass that it was not slowed down by air support ?

[ggn1234]

It's not speeded up.  I have a live BBC audio recording from London in the 1960s which is even faster!

[schonklang]

me cojoni....

[Fischettiful]

at first I thought it was too fast..but the more I listen to Richter playing this, the more it seems a perfect whole to me. Great!

[HG15ish]

floor zei da k dees s moest zien :D

[Channel076]

@HG15ish Jaaaaaaaa! :D mooi hé!

[HG15ish]

@Channel076 anders kunne we gewon zo chatte e :D lol

[Channel076]

@HG15ish ehhe ja! :D

[deathraiderfromhell]

@Channel076 k got big booty bitchs :D

[Channel076]

@deathraiderfromhell niet hopen!!

[deathraiderfromhell]

@Channel076 die van he xD



[deathraiderfromhell]

@HG15ish heeft da ook naar mij door gestuurt

[toto19851]

es increible q esto tenga sentido...solo Chopin podria lograrlo!!

[freeunion]

great musicianship as well as technique, and at the very outer limits of human physical capability

[sussumuTV]

I like this piece but i prefer to hear it a little slower, but art is art.

[KenPinproductions]

holy !)"("#)(%#)$(&)"(#'%!!!

[Ravalos07]

(L)



[janvandoedelpuk]

the problem with this study is that you have to alternate in full speed between passages with a small hand and a wide hand, to alternate in full speed between different pianotextures.

the aim -needless to say- is to play it as even as possible.

to emphasize the contrasting textures is not what this study is about.

that's why this recording is one of the best I have heard.

[fatcat22able]

hi name is richter. in other words, he makes earthquakes with his skills. this one was an 8.7

[fatcat22able]

his last name is Richter. in other words, he can make an earthquake.

[adelfiano]

I would never have said that Frankenstein was such an exceptional pianist

[trschaefer]

@adelfiano Great comment!!

[alexisDJ96]

he is fantastic !!!! :D

[YifeiShi]

maybe a little bit too fast?

[YifeiShi]

:O O.O

[nocturne217]

:D:D 1:15 :D

[nocturne217]

:D:D 1:15 :D

[joao975ca]

The video is definitely not sped up! No one should ever doubt Richter's technique!

[s1earle]

A presto marking on semiquavers means just that, so many pianists play this piece far too slow, perhaps their lack of technique...Richter shows that he has the equipment to hand(s).

[HodiJSnitch]

Check out "She already did" here...youtube.com/watch?v=axC­emlyUHkI

Danke

[micheldvorsky]

Richter in Moscow (14-1-1952), Chopin Op. 10 no. 4. Time: 1:39.

Richter in Kiev (3-3-1960), Chopin Op.10 no. 4. Time: 1:37.

I have a few others that are around 1:36-1:37 range. Mind you, those are all from LIVE performances full of other very demanding works.

This. Vid. Is. Legit!!!!

[BlazeKenny]

@micheldvorsky this vid was put in the official document about Richter, Enigma. So it makes sense it is legit

[lehrent]

@micheldvorsky Your timings are a bit misleading. He plays the piece at 1:32 in this video and the fastest I have heard him playing was from London in the 1960s at 1:31. I am sure he could do it at 1:30, if wanted to :-)

[abmsghost1]

@lehrent What about 1:29 or 1:28.Or do you prefer 1:28.50?WTF

[Animeusaguilover]

I would die before I could learn playing like this.

(note: I don't play the piano)

[aderemy]

We are not interested in its interpretation, notes, tone color, etc, but the video time instead.

That's a phenomenon for etude op.10 no. 4, only. Isn't it?

[BlazeKenny]

@aderemy yes we are interested in interpretation and tone color, notes arent that important if you miss a few.

and yes its a phenomenon

[1vai]

Блять!!!рихтер!!!Дьявол бля!!!!Интересно с кем заключена сделка именно?)

[SA05227]

It is not always good 'playng so fast'.

[BassicStorm]

-_- VIRTUOSO AND SPEED UP isnt same :)

[mikex01234]

Excellent post. Thanks. :-)

[PhilippTheImmortal]

it isn't sped up it is from a documentary called richter the enigma

[GIULIOPT95]

IT IS SPEED UP!!!!! Epic Fail (fake) XD

[Emerald1sky]

@GIULIOPT95

it isn't

[anonymousQ45]

i quote Valentina Lisitsa "These are peices for 16-year old competition pianists , what am I doing trying trying to play the set?" after learning a repertoire of difficult Rachmaninoff works. i havent heard of many 16 year olds who can play all the Chopin etudes, so is she underminding Chopin or what?

[jazzloopjazz]

@anonymousQ45 I think what Listitsa is trying to say is that in deed, pianists of that age are expected to play Chopin etudes for serious competitions. Besides, there are plenty of young pianists in the ex-communist block who can play some Chopin etudes even before they're 14. They might not have all the etudes in their repertory, but they sure can play a few by the time they're 16 - it's compulsory in music high schools there.

[abmsghost1]

@jazzloopjazz Not only in de ex-communist block.Also in europe,Japan.Pianoprograms in Russia are not unique but tailored on the knowledge and genius of european piano teachers more tha 120 years ago.Teachers and pianist from France ,Germany and Belgium introduced pianotechnique in Russia.The Russians are very talented but their real strength can be found in the fact that they work very hard.And this one of the main reasons they can pull of amazing feats at young age.Talent is everywhere though.

[runeweb]

What did he say in the beginning " You should ...." ??

[MaximPodolsky]

@runeweb he said (in Russian) "...and the 4th etude for an encore also not bad"

[ficolossale]

is he on drugs??

[MarcoAmk]

毎日８時間以上練習していたというリヒテル。ちょっと早すぎる嫌­いはあるけど、やはりすごいな。

[MerelWithChoclate]

@MarcoAmk I totally agree... -_-

[BassicStorm]

@MerelWithChoclate xD :D

[pattymhAliwell]

Save your breath. The idiot fucks are going to go right on believing this is sped up, because they're too clueless to understand that there's no way it can be.

To speed it up without changing the pitch requires a digital piano. It MIGHT be possible to do it if this was ORIGINALLY a digital recording. They didn't have either then. This is a regular piano and an analog recording. Speed up an analog recording and you get a higher pitch. End of lesson.

[MaximPodolsky]

@pattymhAliwell Even a free program called audacity can change speed without changing pitch of anything you feed to it. Doesn't matter how it was recorded. But I am not saying this was sped up. It's not going to sound very good, but this is free software, what do you expect. I think one can check if it's sped up or not by analyzing the scratches and dust on the film that appears on the screen from time to time. If this was recorded at 24 fps then those things should be visible for 1/24 of a sec.

[anonymousQ45]

@pattymhAliwell look at the way he moves rite after the last chord, no one moves like that, its definitely sped up

[MiscellaneaPg]

@anonymousQ45 then again, nobody can do this piece that fast :p maybe he's just a crazy mofo

[CaradhrasAiguo49]

@anonymousQ45: no one moves like that because NO ONE is like Richter in mannerisms or playing style

[anonymousQ45]

@CaradhrasAiguo49 no its a Super 8 camera, the video is sped up

[freang]

@anonymousQ45 This move is also incredibly funny.

[BlazeKenny]

I like this interpretation the most....And if someone didnt know, its from the amazing movie about Richter called Enigma.

[vbatuhan]

Extreme virtuosity maybe only Liszt or Chopin can play better than this

[BloodyLovin]

FWIW in terms of speed, in Cziffra's Youtube 10-4 version is faster: despite the longer runtime resultant from his pulsating tempo interpretation, he plays all the fastest, accelerando->prestissimo runs at a 10 or 20 percent faster pace and with more thunderous dynamics to boot. And it isn't even sped up haha

[vigierph]

Un exercice d’arithmétique inconscient, dans lequel l’esprit ne saurait pas qu’il compte.

[paopaomanalansan]

Phenomenal!

[TomBarrister]

@Motuorg It's the way he played. Maestro Richter believed in playing the score exactly the way the composer wrote it. He didn't consider himself a performer, but rather a mirror. His recordings all follow that credo. If you want to know exactly how the composer wrote the work, you need go no further than Richter. I have recordings of his dating back to the 1950's, and they're all like that: strictly by the score. That was his philosophy, and it was his right to do so.

[iWillBlockYou]

i like the way he was throwing his piece of cloth on the piano! thats the kind of attitude you need for this etude. attack it!

[dmcII]

Race ya' to the end...!

[Chiarina921]

da brivido!

[cowlikesbeef]

DID SOMEONE FAST FORWARD THIS VIDEO?! (cant cheat me)

[hfifm]

@cowlikesbeef no richter was a legend ppl say it is but it ISNT trust me i has resources

[BlazeKenny]

@hfifm you cant determine this by resource but how he plays....

[aqtq314]

WTF

[moonchild24]

my god!!!!!!!!!

[thepianoaddict]

Will it blend?