Sviatoslav Richter plays Beethoven - Sonata no.23 in F minor, "Appassionata", op.57

[sirjuandabicho]

Muchas gracias por compartirlo.

[JungDongJuKorea]

My Passion! My Beethoven!

[simonshusse]

This is pure magic, the greatest interpreter of all time.

[millardxxxx]

Imagine seeing and hearing him play this live.

[lewars1912]

This is something very special.

[NotAgain90]

2 "dislikes" have ears growing out of the wrong part of their anatomy, I am afraid. This is a better recording that the the later "Philips" release - and he said so himself, if I remember correctly...

[Seabamirum]

Holy crap what an incredible performance!!! I can't stop listening to this now

[newFranzFerencLiszt]

16:20

where did the arpeggios go?

[pianopera]

@newFranzFerencLiszt They probably flew away ;-) (but I'm sure Richter played them in concert)

Now there is a double shock-effect, as these ff chords are totally unexpected, out of the blue...

[newFranzFerencLiszt]

@pianopera "flew away" ! ....

despite all, it's the greatest performance I know! even if I still don't like the 3rd mvmt so fast... "ma non troppo", and it's almost at the same speed of the coda!

[florijnisfijn]

Before I knew it the play was over. Most thrilling!

[makslol100]

Thank you so much for uploading it. Wonderful.

[Gala020471]

Excellent playing! Especially I liked the performance of the second part - such a profound and thrilling interpretation! Thank you for posting.

[chadmaster410]

those trills are very chilling.could be a horror film

[harisiadis]

Words cannot describe the impact that this interpetation of the sonata had on me today! Amazing! Thank you so much for uploading it.

[agliso]

I realized the possibilities of piano when I first heard Richter playing this sonata.I was electrified and began for the first time practising hard enough to play the appassionata. I can remember this moment as if it has just happened.

[GetMeThere1]

I always know whether or not I'm going to like a performance of this piece if I get a "chill" by the third note. I got a BIG chill here! Wonderful. Thanks for posting!

[MitsosMitsoulas]

I haven't heard this in a very long time. Thanks, André.