Here's a little riddle... does anyone else hear the tiny "echo" of the downward run at around 0:26? I can think of at least two other videos of this etude on Youtube which have exactly the same thing. Why? Is it some sort of conversion artifact that Youtube throws up? Does this piece have a ghost in it? Answers on the back of a postcard please...
@zdevol7 Toto je skutečně fenomenální interpretace. Na druhou stranu, byť má skladba v názvu "etuda", Chopin ji podle mě nezamýšlel jako prosté cvičení. V této souvislosti doporučuji Schumannovy Symfonické etudy. Pěkný den!
@pbazant Děkuji za vaši podporu mého názoru- jistěže Chopin většinou skládal koncertní etudy a totéž dělal i Lizst a další skladatelé. Děkuji i za vaše doporučení- pokusím se Schumanna najít. Na oplátku vy si zkuste najít- pokud už jste to neposlouchal Schumannovo Intermezzo z Carnival di Vienna op. 26 v interprtaci S. Richtěra- také úžasný zážitek! Ráda bych vám je poslala ale neumím to. Přeji hodně krásných zážitků při poslechu hudby . Z.V.
Esta obra seguramente la compuso Chopin haciendo música de su manera de ver al hombre. Como un frío viento que hiela la sangre. Oír esta música es romper ese hielo.
@MioRaem you can practice a lot and still be a genius, many pianists have been practicing for 30 years and never reached the level of piano playing he did.
the thing with Richter is that one day he had a nervous breakdown and found suddenly that he could no longer play without the score in front of him ... ! That´s why he needed, at least at that concert, the score and a page turner. His father was a Lutheran minister !
For those who wish to master, Break it down into parts. Investigate sections one by one playing very very slowly. Analyse the piece from the harmonic and melodic and overall compositional level. Twelve months work should do this at 15 minutes per day investigation.
@MusicPredominates actually, i am opened minded about religion, and i do intend to one day read the bible, as well as all the other holy books. perhaps you should check out darwin's theory of evolution?
@3screamingkids Richter is without doubt more famous and more legendary than Argerich. I will admit though that this is not his best performance; take into consideration that he is extremely old at this point and has reverted to having the score present as his memory was failing him. Try watching this - watch?v=3azkJP_vkN8 find me someone else who can play a Chopin etude like that! It fucks with my mind he plays with such power.
seriously watch the end of that video from around 1:17 and you will just collapse. I have NEVER seen anyone play that etude with such storming ferocity.
@monobrow638 Cziffra plays at speed and with incredible technical skill but I don't think his playing is particularly emotive. I know it's an etude but it is a Chopin etude after all. Cziffra's Brahms though is jaw dropping! X
@curzmg Fair comment, and I agree with you, it's more emotively played in this, however your original comment noted "storming ferocity". Not many can rival Cziffra in that respect!! However, as I said, I agree with you, and although Cziffra's technique was absolutely phenominal, I do actually prefer this performance!! :) x
@monobrow638 Well that is true and I'll have to concede that point! I think there is something about Richter's mystical intellect too that just makes me relate to him more. Cziffra was as great but just something about Richter, it was like he just got music. I am usually not so vague but Richter escapes words sometimes. watch?v=Q1iUdM5k5Hc that is the best description of what I am saying, Cziffra was almost certainly the former. X
@curzmg A very interesting piece of footage there!!! Yeah, I have to agree with you and him on that point. My other favourites for the second type of musician are Horowitz, Yundi Li, Ashkenazi and Barenboim. But i'm sure that you have your own! My other favourites of the first however, are Valentina Lisitsa, Rachmaninoff and Yuja Wang lol x
@monobrow638 It is so strange that you put Lisitsa in your first. I would definately put her in my second, have you seen her Moonlight 3rd, Totentanz and Chopin Nocturnes? I mean even her famed Red Riding Hood has about as much as you can into an etude like that. I would totally agree with you other than that though. Everyone has the token Li impromptu it is phenomenal. Barenboims 32 is heartwrenching, edge of seat stuff. I'd also add Grimaud to my second because of her Chaconne.
@curzmg Haha, they weren't in order, Rachmaninoff was sublime and yes I have heard most of her stuff and I partcularly love the rachmaninoff piano concertos played by her without the orchestra! I can't believe my eyes and ears everytime I watch that video!!!
@3screamingkids Sorry but if you havn't heard of Richter you're hardly an authority. He's widely known as one of the greatest pianits of the 20th century. Martha Argerich is very, very good but better than Richter? Not so sure.
He looks so disappointed with himself after his performance. It makes me sad how he couldn't realize how wonderful he was. Such is the life of a musician.
@mathpianist93: Richer was a phenomenal sight-reader and could learn pieces in record time. In his younger heyday, his memory was very secure and his repertoire was extremely expansive by any standard.
If uYou want to hear Liszt play, listen to Cziffra, (especially playing Liiszt, but also Chopi) who is the second coming of Liszt, and being another Hungarian, I bet he had some of Liszt's DNA.
fast and loud is NOT difficult. The most difficult the thing for any instrument is to play very fast and very softly. any one can smash the keys of a piano, it takes a true pianist to be elegant with the keys enough to be in complete control of dynamics even at the softest level. just sit at a piano and try to keep an even soft dynamic...the faster you play the harder it gets to just softly brush your fingers over the keys. and unless you can not a certain mistake dont claim anyone can do better
What I love about his chopin is that he brings out the beethoven influenced side of chopin.
To play popular chopin pieces has become somewhat uncool in the classical piano community. It's understandable, cuz there are farrr too many pianists who claim to feel a deep inner connection chopin. Most of these do not truely understand the composer, only indulge in the thrill of playing these madly beautiful peices.
This etude by richter reminds me what real chopin is!
I would have to disagree. Chopin Etude in thirds in G# Minor would be the hardest by far. It may not sound as demanding, but trying to play it is exhausting, and requires stamina, musicality, and technical perfection.
For me, the double-note etudes are the hardest (25/6 and 25/8). Chopin had a devilish streak when it came to G#-minor: the double thirds etude and the beastly prelude. :) Also I cannot remotely play 10/2; 10/8 is harder for me than for most pianists; and I think 10/7 is one of the great underrated technical challenges in the repertoire.
Well, not the one by him. I heard another pianist play what he was about to play in a couple of seconds. If you turn your sound up real high, you can hear it too.
Richter was considered the greatest living legend at the height of his career. I remember in the '70's in London, people would line up and bring their folding beds and chairs, just to buy Richter's tickets. Richter was a phenomenal sight-reader and could memorize a score at an amazing speed as atested by his prodigious repertoire. I believe his repertoire was about 2000 pieces.
This is great, but wouldn't it also be great to go back in time and hear Chopin play it. Or even Liszt! Chopin once said "I wish I could steal from him [Liszt] the way he plays my etudes." Possibly not the exact quote word for word but as I far as I can remember it, it's about right.
The geeky-looking geezer turning the pages must have been messing himself all the way through until it was time to get off the bloody stage; wonder what he's doing now - probably stacking shelves in Tesco, or Waitrose , if he's really lucky!
The truth is that even Richter himself admits he couldn't never play this etuide correct. I can't remeber where I heart that but it was one of the interviews with him. You can probably find it on youtube
Phenomenal!!! The score was there and yet Richter played with such an immediacy and brilliance he could have been making it up on the spot! Compared to him, every other pianist just sounds "careful", and homogenized. I'd like to know exactly when and where this was....no doubt near the end of his career, but obviously with no diminution of his incredible virtuosity.
Richter once made a mistake whilst playing without a score, so from then on he never played without the piece in front of him. Most likely he had every piece he played memorised completely.
this is by faaaaar the best interpretation of this piece of music! i cannot wait to start this work. I love how richter is so critical with the voicing, and that left hand.....omg.
Well, 2 considerations before: I believe that you can't work this Chopin work WITHOUT A BOOK!!, and if you do...I'd like to listen you playing piano, I'm so curious!. For the fingering, start 1-3 (on A) and then 2-5-1-4-2-5-1-4-2-5-1-3 (an A again!) and so on!..that's 3 on A, always. Godd work!
at 2:46?, at the begining of the "cromatic"?. You have 2 possibilities: start with 1-2-3-1-3-1-2-3-1-3-1-3-1 and so on or if you can: 1--2-3-1-3-1-2-3-1-2-3-4(F#!) and then again 1 on F and allways 4thn on F#...not too much possibilities :-) Let me know!
Richter was so brilliant that the piano must have began playing itself before he touched the keys. He must have literally metamorphosed the thing into an animate object. xXx
Reasonable, but false! Watch Richter the Enigma for a slightly more truthful explanation. Moreover, one who doesn't want to "waste time" by memorizing a score probably doesn't want to "waste time" practicing it, which makes no sense for a great pianist (unless Richter sight-read his concerts (which he didn't)).
I've read that Richter's memory was prodigious, but at one moment he had a memory lapse (or maybe more than one moment), and refused to play without sheet music from then on.
oh, really? oh man, that must be really really confusing. I thought it was because he messed up in one performance and was paranoid about losing his memory again or something.
This shows his mind-blowing mastery of his instrument, the piece and, most of all, himself. Somehow he communicates understanding at every level. He knows the study flawlessly, but it sounds very fresh, not hackneyed. I believe that is because he re-created it, literally, from his deep experience of its intention. He blends a musically inspired soul with a keen intellect. There are many pianists, few artists. Richter was the inspired latter. Great posting, thanks for it!
Very good: "he communicates understanding at very level" This explains also the mystery, why is it always so different when you hear the same record of him today and once again tomorrow. It´s the same record, but it´s not at all the same.
Like a multi-dimensiomal picture, it depends of the focus angle of the listener...
And yes, his intellect is to high, not every listener can realize this
I know absolutely nothing about this pianist, but if he where forced into playing, how the hell would he show as much great technique and talent as this? Without motivation a musician will not reach the level of playing that this pianist obviously has.
Richter had such an unbelievable respect for the music that was written that he refused to play without it a lot of the time (some great pianists today do this too). There's no doubt about his memorization, of course; his decision to keep the music on stage was a gesture of homage to a composer's work.
Most musicians (throughout history) didn't memorize. One of the first that made it famous was Clara Schumann. So before the 19th century, everyone rocked the sheet music on stage.
One of the best interpretations of Chopin I've ever heard, why didn't I know about this man before, not as elegant as Chopin I suppose was, but brings out the sound from the darkest part of the piano to the most pleasant brightness.
He was much happier in the SU than he is rumoured. When in good health, apart from being a "work addict", he knew a huge lot about art, he painted and knew how to have a great time with his family and friends
What is the level of this piece? How professional am I if I can play this perfectly? Please don't remind me of the unattainability of perfection in your responses. I can play this really well with Liszt's technique.
It's called an Etude, a technical study of the instrument, buddy. It's meant to be played as a very technical bit of music. Which is what Richter did even in his ripe old age. Keep your girlish bitching to a minimum.
the best i have ever listen. he walks through a straight line, never broken any moment of piece.
he was at 74 years old, of course i preffer 20 years younger than this like 54 years of age but still at 74 years of age, oldness little effect the playing quality.
i love you man, i hope there is a heaven and you are there.
This is a superb interpretative performance. What artistic magistry, simply sublime. My favorite of Opus 10 and 25 while Liszt Transcendental etude-Mazeppa is my second favorite etude
Every time I see maestro Richter play this great, great piece, I more and more profoundly moved; it's what I call a "note perfect performance", which has nothing to do with the notes, in fact, but when the spirit and execution of a piece is beyond criticism; you can only sit, stunned, overcome and somehow enriched by the performance of a single, short, masterpiece by a pianistic genius of no real equal.
Yes, madex99, it IS a competition! You have to play any sublime piece of piano music, you must be over 75 and you must be a gigantic, Russian, pianistic genius. The aim is to cram in as many notes as you can without giving yourself a prolapsed uterus or subdural haematoma. You may use the loud pedal throughout and you are limited to just 1 item of clothing: a gasmask. I may enter myself next year; I've been practising going up and down all week.
combine all past and present pianists and mix them in a blender and you will not get one Richter. ask those who think thy are great and all will tell you who is greater. only the self delusional ego maniacs or clinically retarded will try to compare the incomparable. and please no more shit about "he played it too fast".
Richter seemed to be one of those pianists who were prepared to spontaneously experiment during a performance (risking an otherwise so-called 'perfect' show) to a sublime rendition of a piece of music. Kissin and his 'modern' ilk lack this quality utterly. (Victims of pushy parent syndrome really). Burn music schools like Julliard, "we'll teach you to play a Mozart concerto but by the time you leave you won't be able to play anything else!" Great progress!
If you knew ANYTHING about Evgeny Kissin, you would know that he wasn't 'pushed' into playing piano. He loved it and loves it as much as any other pianist. Stop trying to pretend you know everything - you don't.
Here's a little riddle... does anyone else hear the tiny "echo" of the downward run at around 0:26? I can think of at least two other videos of this etude on Youtube which have exactly the same thing. Why? Is it some sort of conversion artifact that Youtube throws up? Does this piece have a ghost in it? Answers on the back of a postcard please...
RH98 3 days ago
C'est puissant...., mais est-ce que Chopin sera d'accord? Je ne sais pas....
LestraJo 1 month ago
THIS plus the snow flake button = pure awesomeness
Just press that snow flake button, and hear the music with snow coming down... it is just awesome... love richter
DanielPianoForever 2 months ago
How wondweful!! bravo!!
fredjmp 4 months ago
I wonder wtf they didn't wait a while before starting the video...
newFranzFerencLiszt 5 months ago
Not faultless, but he only has 10 fingers.
Brilliant piece, brilliantly played. Absolutely fantastic. Wish I was there...
TheEkkas 7 months ago
Richter got hearing impairment when he held this recital.
Richter himself confessed that in his book and I think that's why he made some wrong notes..
YunZinLee 7 months ago
this is why they named the richter scale after him :)
darktsunami69 7 months ago 12
I strive to learn this before I die.
destiny4432 9 months ago 5
what a sad face he has here... :(((
newFranzFerencLiszt 10 months ago
Bravo!!!
MrMrMikayel 10 months ago
Richter was great pianist
ssoerinter 10 months ago
@ssoerinter
wat gave u that idea?? :P
ruckaisawesome 10 months ago
I'd happily give up a lot in life just to be able to do this.
CruLProductionsMedia 11 months ago
his hands look like they have a mind of their own
ParkinsonMax 1 year ago 6
úchvatné- jak může být etuda tak strhující! Samosebou je to dáno interpretací!
zdevol7 1 year ago
@zdevol7 Toto je skutečně fenomenální interpretace. Na druhou stranu, byť má skladba v názvu "etuda", Chopin ji podle mě nezamýšlel jako prosté cvičení. V této souvislosti doporučuji Schumannovy Symfonické etudy. Pěkný den!
pbazant 10 months ago
@pbazant Děkuji za vaši podporu mého názoru- jistěže Chopin většinou skládal koncertní etudy a totéž dělal i Lizst a další skladatelé. Děkuji i za vaše doporučení- pokusím se Schumanna najít. Na oplátku vy si zkuste najít- pokud už jste to neposlouchal Schumannovo Intermezzo z Carnival di Vienna op. 26 v interprtaci S. Richtěra- také úžasný zážitek! Ráda bych vám je poslala ale neumím to. Přeji hodně krásných zážitků při poslechu hudby . Z.V.
zdevol7 10 months ago
Esta obra seguramente la compuso Chopin haciendo música de su manera de ver al hombre. Como un frío viento que hiela la sangre. Oír esta música es romper ese hielo.
astronomo16 1 year ago
everyone saying hes a genius. as he didnt have to practice for like 30 years to become that good.
MioRaem 1 year ago
@MioRaem you can practice a lot and still be a genius, many pianists have been practicing for 30 years and never reached the level of piano playing he did.
meesbroersen 1 year ago
the thing with Richter is that one day he had a nervous breakdown and found suddenly that he could no longer play without the score in front of him ... ! That´s why he needed, at least at that concert, the score and a page turner. His father was a Lutheran minister !
MusicPredominates 1 year ago
嚇到我了..
a12196935 1 year ago
For those who wish to master, Break it down into parts. Investigate sections one by one playing very very slowly. Analyse the piece from the harmonic and melodic and overall compositional level. Twelve months work should do this at 15 minutes per day investigation.
MusicPredominates 1 year ago 2
Hi there, Ladies and Gentlemen. This etude or study or encore or bravura piece is entirely accomplishable.
MusicPredominates 1 year ago
Nemám slov- je to vítr- bouře- a ta technika! Richter je nesmrtelný !!!!
zdevol7 1 year ago
Tak fantastické, až mne mrazí ! Tak úžasná technika a projev . Myslím, že největší pianista minulého století!
zdevol7 1 year ago
8 dislikers are dog crap
BassicStorm 1 year ago
victor meldrew...lol
mrpolaroid123 1 year ago
what a cute old man :)
destiny4432 1 year ago
three words...
holy fuck berries!
Fwibbib19 1 year ago
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MusicPredominates 1 year ago
@MusicPredominates jesus man, get a sense of humour
Fwibbib19 1 year ago
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Fwibbib19 1 year ago
@MusicPredominates actually, i am opened minded about religion, and i do intend to one day read the bible, as well as all the other holy books. perhaps you should check out darwin's theory of evolution?
Fwibbib19 1 year ago
@3screamingkids Richter is without doubt more famous and more legendary than Argerich. I will admit though that this is not his best performance; take into consideration that he is extremely old at this point and has reverted to having the score present as his memory was failing him. Try watching this - watch?v=3azkJP_vkN8 find me someone else who can play a Chopin etude like that! It fucks with my mind he plays with such power.
curzmg 1 year ago
seriously watch the end of that video from around 1:17 and you will just collapse. I have NEVER seen anyone play that etude with such storming ferocity.
curzmg 1 year ago
@curzmg CZIFFRA
monobrow638 1 year ago
@monobrow638 Cziffra plays at speed and with incredible technical skill but I don't think his playing is particularly emotive. I know it's an etude but it is a Chopin etude after all. Cziffra's Brahms though is jaw dropping! X
curzmg 1 year ago
@curzmg Fair comment, and I agree with you, it's more emotively played in this, however your original comment noted "storming ferocity". Not many can rival Cziffra in that respect!! However, as I said, I agree with you, and although Cziffra's technique was absolutely phenominal, I do actually prefer this performance!! :) x
monobrow638 1 year ago
@monobrow638 Well that is true and I'll have to concede that point! I think there is something about Richter's mystical intellect too that just makes me relate to him more. Cziffra was as great but just something about Richter, it was like he just got music. I am usually not so vague but Richter escapes words sometimes. watch?v=Q1iUdM5k5Hc that is the best description of what I am saying, Cziffra was almost certainly the former. X
curzmg 1 year ago
@curzmg A very interesting piece of footage there!!! Yeah, I have to agree with you and him on that point. My other favourites for the second type of musician are Horowitz, Yundi Li, Ashkenazi and Barenboim. But i'm sure that you have your own! My other favourites of the first however, are Valentina Lisitsa, Rachmaninoff and Yuja Wang lol x
monobrow638 1 year ago
@monobrow638 It is so strange that you put Lisitsa in your first. I would definately put her in my second, have you seen her Moonlight 3rd, Totentanz and Chopin Nocturnes? I mean even her famed Red Riding Hood has about as much as you can into an etude like that. I would totally agree with you other than that though. Everyone has the token Li impromptu it is phenomenal. Barenboims 32 is heartwrenching, edge of seat stuff. I'd also add Grimaud to my second because of her Chaconne.
curzmg 1 year ago
@curzmg Haha, they weren't in order, Rachmaninoff was sublime and yes I have heard most of her stuff and I partcularly love the rachmaninoff piano concertos played by her without the orchestra! I can't believe my eyes and ears everytime I watch that video!!!
monobrow638 1 year ago
The piano must be renamed as Richter..... :P
antonispv 1 year ago
The piano must be renamed as Richter..... :P
antonispv 1 year ago
Isn't Winter Wind...This "surname" don't exist!!
musicante93 1 year ago
@musicante93 : Two most excellent observations within the one commen. Bravo !
MusicPredominates 1 year ago
What tremendous dignity and reserve in the bow. The man has the most telegenic piano hands in the business, beats out Martha and Horowitz.
fredericfranc 1 year ago
@3screamingkids Sorry but if you havn't heard of Richter you're hardly an authority. He's widely known as one of the greatest pianits of the 20th century. Martha Argerich is very, very good but better than Richter? Not so sure.
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He looks so disappointed with himself after his performance. It makes me sad how he couldn't realize how wonderful he was. Such is the life of a musician.
Lappith 1 year ago
Holy a;sldkfjaspoiahwer.
waterdolphin777 2 years ago
this etude is huuuge! and sooooooooo difficult! bravo!!!
randomlistener 2 years ago 2
oh i love this documentary. but i do not think it will ever be released in the US because Richter hated america. :)
pangaea611 2 years ago
Великий паря был, жеско мутил :)
Belfig 2 years ago
I will wager you are wrapped up in the persona of martha agerich and not the music she produces,
boobtuber06 2 years ago
@mathpianist93 No serious pianist practises, but the serious pianist practises pianism.
3NUNS 2 years ago
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PJinBston 2 years ago
@mathpianist93: Richer was a phenomenal sight-reader and could learn pieces in record time. In his younger heyday, his memory was very secure and his repertoire was extremely expansive by any standard.
concerto35 2 years ago 3
This is a beautiful and artistically balanced performance. If you want competition in loudness and swiftness, the horse races are for you.
Thank you.
concerto35 2 years ago
@concerto35 : Very clever observation.
3NUNS 2 years ago
If uYou want to hear Liszt play, listen to Cziffra, (especially playing Liiszt, but also Chopi) who is the second coming of Liszt, and being another Hungarian, I bet he had some of Liszt's DNA.
starborg9 2 years ago
yea, but I bet for Martha Argerich, faster and louder are usually better...
Liebromeistal 2 years ago
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I bet Martha Argerich could play this better, faster, and louder
Liebromeistal 2 years ago
NO, SHE MOST CERTAINLY CAN NOT!
boobtuber06 2 years ago 6
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PJinBston 2 years ago
fast and loud is NOT difficult. The most difficult the thing for any instrument is to play very fast and very softly. any one can smash the keys of a piano, it takes a true pianist to be elegant with the keys enough to be in complete control of dynamics even at the softest level. just sit at a piano and try to keep an even soft dynamic...the faster you play the harder it gets to just softly brush your fingers over the keys. and unless you can not a certain mistake dont claim anyone can do better
KindFurryBoy 2 years ago 4
It's nice to know a genius created this... Even nicer to see a genius interpreting it :)
Moore0806 2 years ago 7
What a powerful man!!!
LisztofKuwait 2 years ago 23
@LisztofKuwait
This is Man' s empowerment ;)
DianeROU 1 year ago
@LisztofKuwait its a little to say that 4 this GIGANTIC LEGEND!
BassicStorm 1 year ago
Ouch! richter is so intense.
What I love about his chopin is that he brings out the beethoven influenced side of chopin.
To play popular chopin pieces has become somewhat uncool in the classical piano community. It's understandable, cuz there are farrr too many pianists who claim to feel a deep inner connection chopin. Most of these do not truely understand the composer, only indulge in the thrill of playing these madly beautiful peices.
This etude by richter reminds me what real chopin is!
TheLamb2 2 years ago 3
CHE BESTIA!!!
TREMENDO...
tavanata 2 years ago
maravillosa interpretación... además este estudio es hermosísimo... Chopin... Genio!!!
tato4527 2 years ago
To play this etude so well as he does you need to have some serious brain power, lol is he reading sheet music at the same time :)
krokigrygg 2 years ago 3
Usually its alot easier just to memorize it
dauiske79 2 years ago 5
What a monster. Both Chopin and Richter. He is swallowing the piano.
UnwrittenPaul 2 years ago 7
LOL i agree :)
krokigrygg 2 years ago
huh richter was bold? didnt know that
but hes amazing gggggg
beramod5185 2 years ago
wow
intelligenceisacurse 2 years ago
hardest chopin etude
lottoformulier 3 years ago
I would have to disagree. Chopin Etude in thirds in G# Minor would be the hardest by far. It may not sound as demanding, but trying to play it is exhausting, and requires stamina, musicality, and technical perfection.
revorrah 3 years ago
difficulty isn't anything general. It's the hardest etude to me. Although thirds aren't my cup of tea eather.... :(
lottoformulier 3 years ago
the thirds etude, the waterfall etude (no. 1), and the torrent etude (no. 4) are all the hardest IMO
xxh3llfir3xx 2 years ago
For me, the double-note etudes are the hardest (25/6 and 25/8). Chopin had a devilish streak when it came to G#-minor: the double thirds etude and the beastly prelude. :) Also I cannot remotely play 10/2; 10/8 is harder for me than for most pianists; and I think 10/7 is one of the great underrated technical challenges in the repertoire.
bradbwh 2 years ago 3
0:28-0:30
I see that you have other pianists around you.
brain1012 3 years ago 3
to turn the pages i guess..
lottoformulier 3 years ago
Well, not the one by him. I heard another pianist play what he was about to play in a couple of seconds. If you turn your sound up real high, you can hear it too.
That or the recording is a bit laggish.
brain1012 3 years ago
I'm sorry, I didn't know that made an impact on how HE played.
areyoucursed 3 years ago
It doesn't.
brain1012 3 years ago
That's all folks!!! Richter MUST be considered on of the best pianist ever!!!!
iguarni 3 years ago
Oh, he definately is.
OrangeSodaKing 3 years ago
Richter was considered the greatest living legend at the height of his career. I remember in the '70's in London, people would line up and bring their folding beds and chairs, just to buy Richter's tickets. Richter was a phenomenal sight-reader and could memorize a score at an amazing speed as atested by his prodigious repertoire. I believe his repertoire was about 2000 pieces.
concerto35 3 years ago 4
This is great, but wouldn't it also be great to go back in time and hear Chopin play it. Or even Liszt! Chopin once said "I wish I could steal from him [Liszt] the way he plays my etudes." Possibly not the exact quote word for word but as I far as I can remember it, it's about right.
kingdave84 3 years ago
The geeky-looking geezer turning the pages must have been messing himself all the way through until it was time to get off the bloody stage; wonder what he's doing now - probably stacking shelves in Tesco, or Waitrose , if he's really lucky!
rabengeraun 3 years ago
He doesn't follow all the dynamic instructions on the sheet music. Ah well. Interesting interpretation
preposterous3637 3 years ago
Yeah. Kinda like how Kreisler didn't follow the time signature. Thank god on both accounts.
tat1685 3 years ago 5
The truth is that even Richter himself admits he couldn't never play this etuide correct. I can't remeber where I heart that but it was one of the interviews with him. You can probably find it on youtube
osiumjrtosfyo5syerg 3 years ago
Ahhhh this is on my i-pod! What an amazing song and played so brilliantly.
CLASSICAListheWAY 3 years ago
Phenomenal!!! The score was there and yet Richter played with such an immediacy and brilliance he could have been making it up on the spot! Compared to him, every other pianist just sounds "careful", and homogenized. I'd like to know exactly when and where this was....no doubt near the end of his career, but obviously with no diminution of his incredible virtuosity.
soami2u 3 years ago 2
Richter once made a mistake whilst playing without a score, so from then on he never played without the piece in front of him. Most likely he had every piece he played memorised completely.
henrahmagix 3 years ago 2
this is by faaaaar the best interpretation of this piece of music! i cannot wait to start this work. I love how richter is so critical with the voicing, and that left hand.....omg.
gundamgirl 3 years ago
I don't usually like Richter's interperetation of Chopin, but i think this was flawless.
JimiHendrixANDVADER 3 years ago
THE version :)
mdeonx16 3 years ago
Well, 2 considerations before: I believe that you can't work this Chopin work WITHOUT A BOOK!!, and if you do...I'd like to listen you playing piano, I'm so curious!. For the fingering, start 1-3 (on A) and then 2-5-1-4-2-5-1-4-2-5-1-3 (an A again!) and so on!..that's 3 on A, always. Godd work!
fabio0077 3 years ago
at 2:46?, at the begining of the "cromatic"?. You have 2 possibilities: start with 1-2-3-1-3-1-2-3-1-3-1-3-1 and so on or if you can: 1--2-3-1-3-1-2-3-1-2-3-4(F#!) and then again 1 on F and allways 4thn on F#...not too much possibilities :-) Let me know!
fabio0077 3 years ago
A Titan!..bigger than piano, greater than the study itself...
fabio0077 3 years ago
Eh. The piano is huge! He's bigger than piano, for sure, but not THIS particular piano! :P
FredilYupigo 3 years ago
Not "this" one?..why?...I don't understand what you mean :-)
fabio0077 3 years ago
Listen at 00:27 : We hear the first descent very weakly before Richter start to play it... Strange. Awesome performance: and to think he was 74!
K189T 3 years ago 2
Richter was so brilliant that the piano must have began playing itself before he touched the keys. He must have literally metamorphosed the thing into an animate object. xXx
curzmg 2 years ago 33
Or perhaps his mental power was so great that you can actually hear him thinking in the recording.
curzmg 2 years ago 7
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MYLADYBLANCA 1 year ago
W...O...W
teresahan1991 3 years ago
perfect! most other pianists i heard all play it too softly like a spring breeze.
mmmusician 3 years ago
You should hear what Cziffra did with that etude. Not winter winds. Blizzard.
maxdesp 3 years ago 3
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fanofmus 3 years ago
From 1:35, it looks if there is just two hands playing the piano, haha:)
MathijsGiltjes1993 3 years ago 3
Reasonable, but false! Watch Richter the Enigma for a slightly more truthful explanation. Moreover, one who doesn't want to "waste time" by memorizing a score probably doesn't want to "waste time" practicing it, which makes no sense for a great pianist (unless Richter sight-read his concerts (which he didn't)).
huisclos123 3 years ago 3
I've read that Richter's memory was prodigious, but at one moment he had a memory lapse (or maybe more than one moment), and refused to play without sheet music from then on.
thiswastoogood 3 years ago 4
oh, really? oh man, that must be really really confusing. I thought it was because he messed up in one performance and was paranoid about losing his memory again or something.
Tiki767 3 years ago
This shows his mind-blowing mastery of his instrument, the piece and, most of all, himself. Somehow he communicates understanding at every level. He knows the study flawlessly, but it sounds very fresh, not hackneyed. I believe that is because he re-created it, literally, from his deep experience of its intention. He blends a musically inspired soul with a keen intellect. There are many pianists, few artists. Richter was the inspired latter. Great posting, thanks for it!
walshamite 3 years ago
Very good: "he communicates understanding at very level" This explains also the mystery, why is it always so different when you hear the same record of him today and once again tomorrow. It´s the same record, but it´s not at all the same.
Like a multi-dimensiomal picture, it depends of the focus angle of the listener...
And yes, his intellect is to high, not every listener can realize this
hansmeyer111 3 years ago
What is wrong with you tube (or with my computer??)
This was supposed to b a response to the comment of
"walshamite"
hansmeyer111 3 years ago
Richter es un gran artista.
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leocoral 3 years ago
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Do ya think he could play Fury Of The Storm too? Cuz I dont think this could get more boring.
sovery1337 3 years ago
For being so old he has such strength!!
Musicman180 3 years ago 2
I pianist like Richter never does
mdeonx16 3 years ago
I know absolutely nothing about this pianist, but if he where forced into playing, how the hell would he show as much great technique and talent as this? Without motivation a musician will not reach the level of playing that this pianist obviously has.
Romanticide4647 3 years ago
wow. What a technique? And all those forte "waves" - like during a storm:)
worras2007 3 years ago
I can't imagine anyone being able to play this piece properly without memorizing it first...
Ecthelon 3 years ago
That is true of any piece of music though so...
mrn93 3 years ago
Richter had such an unbelievable respect for the music that was written that he refused to play without it a lot of the time (some great pianists today do this too). There's no doubt about his memorization, of course; his decision to keep the music on stage was a gesture of homage to a composer's work.
huisclos123 3 years ago 3
Most musicians (throughout history) didn't memorize. One of the first that made it famous was Clara Schumann. So before the 19th century, everyone rocked the sheet music on stage.
erichvonhinken 3 years ago 3
One of the best interpretations of Chopin I've ever heard, why didn't I know about this man before, not as elegant as Chopin I suppose was, but brings out the sound from the darkest part of the piano to the most pleasant brightness.
ajarenauer 3 years ago 3
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It's quite good but it could have been faster
katkula 3 years ago
I suppose it is a Yamaha :-) ( Richter also really liked Bechstein ). When he plays, I usually can "see" music.
francorussie 3 years ago
From what I gathered about Richter ' s life he was rather a man of the "natural elements"
francorussie 3 years ago
Power, expression, and natural sense of beauty, even for etudes ("Romantic" Chopin's etudes :-)
Richter ' s a natural (element) kind of personality
francorussie 3 years ago
his sound kills me.awesome left hand!right too!genius!that's pity that soviet union didn't let him live like he wanted...
levanter1977 4 years ago
He was much happier in the SU than he is rumoured. When in good health, apart from being a "work addict", he knew a huge lot about art, he painted and knew how to have a great time with his family and friends
francorussie 3 years ago
...at the beginning. Or, to begin at the start.
3NUNS 4 years ago
The only way to start playing is to start.
3NUNS 4 years ago
amazing!!!!! so powerful one of the best performances ever in my opinion!!!
uo12345678910 4 years ago
particularly on the last scale...
3NUNS 4 years ago
Outstanding performance of the popular Winter Wind Etude.
rwlogs 4 years ago
that's civilized articulation...
agree to disagree
caderat 4 years ago
This is gotta be one of the best interpretations of this etude i've ever heard. Few pianists play it with that much heart.
jjvvgg1 4 years ago
Brilliant, i finally found a video of my all time favourite piece! Once again a great piece on youtube!!!
AdamR544 4 years ago
Definate 5 Star
AdamR544 4 years ago
What is the level of this piece? How professional am I if I can play this perfectly? Please don't remind me of the unattainability of perfection in your responses. I can play this really well with Liszt's technique.
aldebussy 4 years ago
Ah. Poor Richter...
3NUNS 4 years ago
It's called an Etude, a technical study of the instrument, buddy. It's meant to be played as a very technical bit of music. Which is what Richter did even in his ripe old age. Keep your girlish bitching to a minimum.
sab3156 4 years ago 4
he couldn't remember the music ?????
ahlan3g 4 years ago
richter the great,
the best i have ever listen. he walks through a straight line, never broken any moment of piece.
he was at 74 years old, of course i preffer 20 years younger than this like 54 years of age but still at 74 years of age, oldness little effect the playing quality.
i love you man, i hope there is a heaven and you are there.
gandalfs80 4 years ago 2
This is a superb interpretative performance. What artistic magistry, simply sublime. My favorite of Opus 10 and 25 while Liszt Transcendental etude-Mazeppa is my second favorite etude
urourogyn 4 years ago
Every time I see maestro Richter play this great, great piece, I more and more profoundly moved; it's what I call a "note perfect performance", which has nothing to do with the notes, in fact, but when the spirit and execution of a piece is beyond criticism; you can only sit, stunned, overcome and somehow enriched by the performance of a single, short, masterpiece by a pianistic genius of no real equal.
vladdegs 4 years ago
the best
dsamogray 4 years ago
Yes, madex99, it IS a competition! You have to play any sublime piece of piano music, you must be over 75 and you must be a gigantic, Russian, pianistic genius. The aim is to cram in as many notes as you can without giving yourself a prolapsed uterus or subdural haematoma. You may use the loud pedal throughout and you are limited to just 1 item of clothing: a gasmask. I may enter myself next year; I've been practising going up and down all week.
vladdegs 4 years ago
hahaha... good luck with that, Mr. Russian musical genius
Ecthelon 4 years ago
the guy has passed on...be thankful for his life and work at the piano
3NUNS 4 years ago
combine all past and present pianists and mix them in a blender and you will not get one Richter. ask those who think thy are great and all will tell you who is greater. only the self delusional ego maniacs or clinically retarded will try to compare the incomparable. and please no more shit about "he played it too fast".
RealRussiansOnly 4 years ago
Bow to Richter!
Execasahi 4 years ago
Fantastica esecuzione.Ti ascolteremo sempre con la stessa meraviglia. Dal cielo proteggi tutti quelli che ti amano AMEN
gianpaga11 4 years ago
Is it like Richter to play with the music all the time?
retrogamerdave 4 years ago
one of the greatest moments of musical history
nikolaimedtner 4 years ago
The man was a genius. Look at the fullness of tone he has.
4kidzfilmingcompany 4 years ago
Richter seemed to be one of those pianists who were prepared to spontaneously experiment during a performance (risking an otherwise so-called 'perfect' show) to a sublime rendition of a piece of music. Kissin and his 'modern' ilk lack this quality utterly. (Victims of pushy parent syndrome really). Burn music schools like Julliard, "we'll teach you to play a Mozart concerto but by the time you leave you won't be able to play anything else!" Great progress!
MintySpunkBubble 4 years ago
If you knew ANYTHING about Evgeny Kissin, you would know that he wasn't 'pushed' into playing piano. He loved it and loves it as much as any other pianist. Stop trying to pretend you know everything - you don't.
SolarJakee 3 years ago