Sviatoslav Richter plays Liszt "Funérailles" (2/2)

[CarlaUY]

que Hde P!! RICHTER! te amo!!!! una bestia del piano.. el mejor!! acá hay todo: pasión, técnica, virtuosismo, MUSICA! se me erizaron todos los pelos!!!

[nmvdw]

Richter does play the octaves clear.

[loboris1995]

Longue live Richter!!!

[bueeirisee]

octaves...... velocity...... this is not music

[Liebromeistal]

It's not just the better octaves. Argerich plays this piece with a lot more passion.

[truecrypt]

You forgot to mention that it's your personal (and not widely shared) opinion.

[hansmeyer111]

@Liebromeistal I don't hear what you hear. By Richter I see the effort to give the audience something of the philosophy that seek behind the music. By Argerich I see something like a circus. At least in this piece. This is only my opinion of course.

[ccen1]

a very interesting interpretation

but if somebody else had done the same interpretation it could have been argued.

[SlyFox616]

Wow! Richter generates quite a storm with his left hand!

[pjioayncoe]

Thank you truecrypt!

[jero13595]

One of the best interpretation of Funerailles.

[weikko79]

His octaves may be a bit less sharp than Horowitz's, but then again, it might be just the record quality showing.

[ahoffmann21]

I actually prefer it this way. Its supposed to be not so clear and more like a rumble. Most people ignore the pedal markings and make it sound like an octave exercise. Argerich also does that well but she always goes haywire with the speed whenever there's more than 2 consecutive octaves to play.

[hansmeyer111]

@ahoffmann21 of course. Not to mension, that the pedal of the older pianos didn´t "last "so long, so that the effect of rumble was for sure what Liszt wanted. Also the pianos didn´t sound so "clear".But it is like a disease, that nowadays the most of the listeners want to hear "crystal clear sound", like a sideeffekt of a pseudo-bourgeoisie-sound-taste­. And they forget to sniffle the essence and to search for the meaning.