Beethoven Piano Sonata n.23 Appassionata. Part III.

[IAmTheHound]

Magnificent.

[sidelis]

Dopo che hai sentito lui in questa sonata è difficile sentire altro.

[Cathexis256]

i would like to see a metal version of this

[lirica2011]

Divino!!!

[bodiloto]

Magnifico !

[celpabedn]

This is evidence of what a good interpretation should be like to hail the composers glory...

I am a metal lover, this only makes me want classical music more, he bridges passion,insanity and anger into one piece of mastery, timeless !

[zamyrabyrd]

At least one minute less than most other pianists in this movement, Richter achieves a more menacing incisiveness than anyone else.

[gouldpazzo]

like a breath...

[khaosande]

Holy shit... holy isn't a vain word...

[s1earle]

This is THE Sonata depicting the appression/struggles of Beethoven the man - of course it needs extra tempo with accent: This performance is probably the greatest of the greats..

[123must]

Great Richter!

Thanks a lot

[MBclms]

when I am listening this version of apassionata Ithink to myself it's too fast, but then, if I try to imagine beethoven and his temper, I am certain there would be no too fast tempo or too loud dynamic, 'cause that's beethoven in apassionata, pure energy and passion

[MrStefdj]

There ARE no rules or tempos in this movement that are right ore wrong the intensity,strenght, power, you have to give EVERYTHING here, this is APPASSIONATA.

[prsguitar22]

too fast.... this is not good interpretation

[guynils]

ריכטר אומן ברמה שהעולם עוד לא ידע ואני אוהב רוחו והווית הביצוע הלכה למעשה

[guynils]

נגן הפסנתר הגדול העולם ראה

[mc0558]

I knew a lady who grew up next to Sviaty Richter in Odessa. Like him, she was German; and like his relatives, she retreated with the Wehrmacht in 1943. Sviaty, she said, was never allowed to play with the other children. All he did was practice. Of course when the war started, he was taken to Moscow to join all the other cacooned geniuses of Stalin's glorious worker's state. Unlike his family, Sviaty didn't join the German retreat.Story 2: Sviaty played during the walkby at Stalin's funeral.

[mc0558]

Nobody can play the coda with the speed, accuracy and excitement of Richter.

[joedevenroe]

@mc0558 Try Gilels: his articulation and his sound (as well as speed, accuracy, excitement) are unmatched still to this day—both the live from the '50's in Florence and the magisterial studio recording from the 1970's. Richter is too neurotic and his tempo fluctuations, annoying.

[sabbori]

The best.

[fbager]

Richter's playing is so intense and deep that I am positively frightened and yet I cannot stop listening.

[loboris1995]

Does anybody has the linck this recording,I cannot get it in I tune and I bought an other one who Richter is much older and I was a bit dispointed .

[khaosande]

Stop saying it isn't the right speed... It is in this particular performance.

Glenn Gould never plays Beethoven on the right speed either. Should we stop listening to his records? Of course not...

[paultrag]

i really like this speed even though it's fast he plays it extremly well

[thisismeplusyou]

Why so damned fast??! It sounds like a sped up record. And considering the tempo is marked "Allegro ma non troppo" by Beethoven, I cannot see how that is appropriate.

[mario54671]

@thisismeplusyou That kind of confused me, too. I have the Artur Schnabel edition and the metronome marking says Allegro ma non troppo" with *quarter note* = 152. The ending, of course, is fast because it's clearly marked "Presto", so it makes sense to play that part fast.

[imagemtua]

@thisismeplusyou I have quite the same opinion. but it's fantastic anyway

[bunchyburpy]

Fantastic performance.

[loboris1995]

It's perfect!!!