Sviatoslav Richter - Tokyo 1974 encores: Beethoven and Brahms

[sparklnkitty]

I want buy a Yamaha...

[bonsema1]

the blessed person who uploaded this video, also uploaded the rest of this recital, 2 Haydn sonatas, superbly played. I would have to guess that the Sony Corp. took these off YT because of copyright concerns.

[sexypianista]

omg its the best opening for the brahms ever heard. hahahaha

[brozors]

was this piano a yamaha?

[dmcII]

@brozors Yes it is. Towards the end of his career, Richter was more drawn to Yamahas.

[dmcII]

@dmcII D'oh - I didn't see this was from 1974 which was about 20 years before Richter died !  Guess he was playing Yamahas a little sooner than I thought....:)

[skryabyn]

oh my god 3:45 hahaha

[samsonno]

It´s the film of course.

[skryabyn]

i know i know. richter is god. the recording blip is the comedian

[dmcII]

@samsonno Yeah - Analog technology.

[SalHernor]

@skryabyn

That piano was crying so much with Brahms music :)

[MartinVanBoven]

@skryabyn Only the truest of piano virtuosos properly manage this little known keyboard technique (A).

[quinto34]

This man was a treasure

[ipublica]

Blessed You! I saw him only once, in 1981 in Paris, performing Szymanowski, practiced for the concerto, from 9 am to 9 pm, as Nina Dorliac told me, and was not receiving anybody in the lounge after the performance. I was so disappointed. It was the single performance of Szymanowski in my life, and he had sent back the recording van, as Metaxas, his concert agent in Munich, told me later.

[francescaemc2]

I also saw him. best concerts of my life.

Francesca

[superbemaison]

@francescaemc2 :did you see him play the Beethoven op106(Hammerklavier)?

[francescaemc2]

@superbemaison

Hi. Unfortunately, no. He was the greatest sightreader and often came to concerts with the score.

Lucky you to hear him also!!! He was unique. I was lucky enough to hear Horowitz, Rubenstein, Gilels but nobody came close to Richter. Horowitz was another story.... They don't have pianists like this today, I'm sad to say. Pollini is great. Barenboim is good, but academic...Martha is great....but it's not like the first bunch. best regards.

[pochida]

I was among the audience in this recital. He stayed in Japan from April till June in 1974.

I then had 4 occasions to listen to his performances in Tokyo, Hamamatsu, Nagoya and Kyoto. To everybody´s surprise he came with the notes. He was not watching it though. He was then physically in bad conditions.

It was still "Richter"!!

[superbemaison]

What you say is interesting.

During that stay he played the Beethoven Hammerklavier op106.

Were you lucky to witness that event?

[metphmet]

Just a short question: I always thought that Richter never gave "encores".If you attend this concert,can you confirm that this an encore like the pubisher says?

[superbemaison]

Let us hope that the remaining part of the recital and the other recitals altogether get published one day!!!!

[hansmeyer111]

And what is that? I suppose Beethoven, but what? A "Bagatelle"?

[samsonno]

You see it at the beginning of the movie.

[superbemaison]

Thanks but the main work was NOT the Beethoven Hammerklavier but the last 3 sonatas op109 op110 op111 , the last one being on DVD

[samsonno]

Thanks for correcting, it´s quite right, I have it in my collection. A slip of attention - - - sorry!