Sviatoslav Richter - Documentary - The Enigma - Vol.2 - 7/7

[electriscape]

I think my heart sank to my stomach.

[snake1179]

9:50 Don't go...

[bbreaker222]

Thank you very much! 

[MegaPooni]

Fantastic documentary about the life of a truly fantastic pianist!

[escamillion]

Thank you so much for posting this documentary here!

[francescaemc2]

Grazie infinite. STUPENDO!!!

[dalecampbl8]

why does he not like himself?

[BobbyLelat86]

Thank you so much for uploading this; it is one of the greatest documentaries I've ever seen. It's nice to see something intelligent and heartfelt on youtube rather than the usual fun, frolics and frivolity.

[MrMrMikayel]

Thank you for uploading this videos!!!

[functoravatar]

Well, the problem with the ending is that it was edited to convey a specific point of view. He says "I don't like myself" (he actually says "I am not pleased with myself") then sad, pensive music, then a few shots of him with his head in his hands, as though his is sad (he may just be listening to music). These scenes were shot at different times (different clothes!) and may have nothing to do with each other. I get the feeling his words were twisted to mean something that he did not mean.

[slowmambo3]

Thank you for sharing!

[MBclms]

he has a enochian key neckless,, he was mason obviously xD

[tasteism]

Very very moving!

[poslednieje]

I saw all this on a french tv station and it's nice to see and hear it again. I spent some time , more than two years of my life in Soviet Union and later in Russia. He was not only a great musician but a great man. Little by little I start to understand him.

[9samten]

The last section of the doc is quite profound. Richter, as he looks back at his life, points out the importance of eliminating everything superfluous and distracting in life in general. To me, because he's so pensive, it suggests that he didn't feel he lived a deeply meditative reclusive life devoted to deep spiritual mysteries of human existence/life itself. When he says he doesn't like himself, perhaps he feels we wasted lot of time needlessly. Noticed the cross pendant when he got much older?

[Bruce88keys]

Awesome to hear Richter reflect and talk shop......

[arindam43]

Thank you so much for this clip. There are many moving moments that stay after you are done watching, but the part that sticks with me the most is Richter's playing from 8:05 to 9:45.

Around 9:25, I had a very strong mental image of someone whose life is winding down, taking one last moment to bask in the marvel of one's existence before passing on...there are simply no words to describe the feeling it evoked. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, Richter.

[Ivanhoe2]

@arindam43 Sir, I share your sentiments exactly regarding this great artist and very much so in the excerpt of his playing which you have outlined. There is something extremely moving about watching the documentaries of Richter's life and artistry. Like you, I am deeply grateful to the great pianist,,and to the poster of this poignant series. Best wishes.

[bd126248]

What a remarkably gifted artist, but how sad that he does / did not like himself! How much lies behind such a devastating statement! I suspect that he knew deep down that his own philosophy of life did not satisfy him.

[iHateAmericanCinema]

Is it a recording error? What can it be? All I know is that it is really bothering me right now.

[iHateAmericanCinema]

I noticed a very pianissimo recording of the right hand runs of the etude being played before Richter actually begins playing them. (at 3:53). I'd say that's quite strange.

[stromovod]

simply unbelievable 

[germaniawerks]

Great man and artist.

[vivienmerchant]

The adorable and very perceptive Nina Dorliak - one of the most beautiful singers of her generation, a terrific teacher and a saint in looking after one of the greatest musical geniuses of the 20th century. There is always a dynamic like this and it generally involves the subjugation of one talent in the service of another, usually a woman to a man.

[elainebmack]

@vivienmerchant .The subjugation of a woman's talent to look after a man seems always to be the case - never the other way around. I once saw a video about Picasso in which one of his wives was hailed as "an artist in her own right", yet all she did in the documentary was serve him tea and toast, and sit watching him being brilliant, presumable awaiting instructions to do whatever. Women's lives and accomplishments are never valued. Only in the role of loyal handmaiden are they appreciated.

[whippingmoon]

Thank you SO much

[richclayderman]

thank you, you're cool for this

[dalecampbl7]

why doesn't he like himself? I don't like myself either and playing the piano is often an outlet for me...it helps me feel better. I wonder what his dislike was?

[stagesix6]

Dankbarkeit1980 says: Thank you very much for these 7 videos. Specially at the end I cry always becuase I admire Richter so much and when he is saying "I don't like my self" it is very sad. He was a great pianist.

[Hergesell156]

Yes, it is sad, but people must not like themselves. And the fact that Richter did not like himself is one of the reason,- or sooner one of the consequences why he is really great.

[silverbud]

I don't understand why the pessimistic sentence in the end was presented out of context. We do not know about what he was talking.

And he did not say: "I don't like myself", but "I did not like myself". But I doubt he meant himself as a person. Here I fear the maker of the documentary made a bad job.

[Hergesell156]

@silverbud, No, he did, he said "I don't like myself" in the Present.

Bruno Monsengeon made a wonderful documentary and don't forget that he was choosen by Richter himself.

[thisismymoniker]

@silverbud

Yes i agree. Trying to be profound but noone is this simple. 

[silverbud]

"At that time there was no Ukraine"

Do you think that when the USSR imploded, all of a sudden Ukraine, a people's culture and own language emerged?

Accept the fact that even in the USSR passports there were a remark from where one was. Ukrainian was even then an accepted origin. Even jews had a stamp marked: JEW. Astonishing, but thus it was.

So during USSR an Ukrainian was always such. And he spoke in that region Ukrainian language when he was in private life.

[apuzz1e]

"And he spoke in that region Ukrainian language when he was in private life."

No, never, of course. Where did you get it from, I wonder? There was nothing ukrainian in S. T. He spoke russian and german mostly. Also, Odessa is kind of 'city of the world' :)

stagesix6, thank you so much for the videos. He was the greatest.

[stagesix6]

i removed by accident this commentary by acequeen. this is a copy: Stagesix6, I would like to make a correction for your commentary. Richter was born in 1915. At that time there was no Ukraine. Richter was born in Russia. His father was German, his mother was Russian. It's in the book, chapter 1, Childhood. The documentary is based on his book. Please correct your commentary.

[sevidg]

@stagesix6 fuck off, ukraine exists for over than 2000 years. Kiev is the capital of the Ukraine, and Russia came from Kievska Russ, so there first was Ukraine then russian. There are two things i wouldnt mess with, God and MathaFucking Ukrainians.

[sansfrontieres2]

the last piece is schubert's b-flat sonatas second movement..you can also find it on youtube..

[kamedonski]

Does anyone know any information about video with Schubert's sonata D.960 at the end of this movie? Year, place, concert title or maybe way to find this entire video?

[violetahildebrandt]

ein wunderschoener einblick im leben dieses genies;vielen dank,dass sie die kultur der zuschauer bereichen und uns ermöglichen dinge zu erfahren,was man sons nicht erfahren würden...alles liebe

[SierraNeef]

Thankes A LOT for posting this.