Sviatoslav Richter plays Prokofiev: Suggestion Diabolique

[natia56]

PERFECT!!!!!!!!!

[TheDobermanOwner1]

yea he plays is very well. It is one of the hardest peaces Ive played anyway.

[leeseiyoun]

well this is my favorite music, btw I heard many pianists play of this music but at least this is the best

[starwarsmuzakjl]

@lbqt123np hey. you play it, post it, and we'll see how slow u r.

[BlueCougar]

Too slow? As far as I am concerned, I actually prefer this piece a tiny bit slower than Richter's interpretation. But that's taste for you...

[DafniElissa]

my favourite interpretation!

[dfmpgh]

Apologies if this is buried in a comment somewhere, I couldn't find it.

When, and where, was this recording made, please?

[dido93]

I think Richter was close to be excommunicated for this.....!!! ....great....as his usual...

[725piano]

@Bruce88keys I'm afraid you're speaking out of your backside.

[Bruce88keys]

very overrated pianist

[f1f1s]

That one dislike... He has sold his soul to devil.

Un homme qui ne l'aime pas... Il a donné l'âme en gage au diable.

Того, кто поставил палец вниз этому видео, настигло диавольское наваждение.

[DadoD999]

There is 1 idiot out there!

[Bruce88keys]

@YouAreAllPussies and people actually thought i was serious-ha!

[Jeenias]

2:07-2:08 Whoah. Okay, the whole thing, but that was an awesome effect

[suzettegm]

Just right, wow, never heard of her b4.

[dido93]

These people applauding feebly....that's why they do not believe their ears...!!

[mmeyer1]

I think the guy that got "Shushed" around 0:06 made an account just to dislike this recording...

[Bruce88keys]

its too slow

[truecrypt]

@Bruce88keys

Nope, just right!

[simcha181818]

@truecrypt Doesn't Richter want to make the first 20' sound like a fiendish, devilish laugh?

[truecrypt]

@simcha181818

I don't know... but you're free to imagine that - quite strong image! ;)

[TheFreesoul6]

@simcha181818 : I 100% agree with you

[TheFreesoul6]

@simcha181818 : I 100% agree with you

[Eatkittensforlunch]

@Bruce88keys Sarcasm doesn't work on such a serious crowd :P

[123Bartok]

It's rare for me to see videos in youtube that has a hundred likes and ZERO dislikes. epic :0

[nycanonymous]

If these 2 minutes and 23 seconds were the only document we had of Richter's playing he would still be one of the greats. Unassailable mastery.

[OriginalBasaliskos]

Those glissandos were amazing.

[tintinambulois]

@tibobok can you understand passion?

[drpeppa2357]

Excellent, This is song is so devilishly mischievous, I can see it as a great concept in a play set between the devil and a man pledging his soul in return for the love of his life. It's amazing how music tells a story without words.

[jafigueroa41]

¡ Richter IS diabolic !

[apfelbrot2]

why is this shit so god dammit fukcing good!

have o perma vomit back in ten!

[ungiornodiregno]

Such a delicate and devilish performance, can't stop listening! Beyond magnificent.

[tibobok]

@GetMeThere

I don't agree. He sometimes looses the tempo, he's not in time. Just because he wants all the notes to be there. If you listen to Prokofiev's version, all the stuff comes in time, it grooves.

[paultrag]

i think that richter and kissin's recordings are the best !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Pianisom]

The best one! I love the 5th piano concerto with him too!! Perfect!!

Look for Élider DiPaula... He is the Devil playing!

[Pianisom]

Thank you! She is Awesome!

look for Élider DiPaula.... OMG!! he is the devil playing!

[Pianisom]

incomparable

[loboris1995]

Autres suggestions?XD

[suzettegm]

The Devil plays Richter: Suggestion Prokofiev (:-D)

[TunaFishA444]

This great man left behind some performances - and this one live! - that are unsurpassable.

[Flutist11]

I wonder if Prokofiev had anything particular in mind... ;)

[gybemm]

wow just wow

[TheOneDiva19]

what is about this song that is so diabolique ?

[RavelDebussy]

I just feel AWE for richter when i hear him playing this! SO DIABOLIQUE, SO FRIGHTENING, SO PROKOFIEV!

[wafflechabs]

i listen to this when i feel evill

teehee!

[rvn10rvn17]

richter never fails

[wafflechabs]

freaking epic

i swear prokofiev was high when he wrote this

[0bambi0deer0]

richter too when he performed it!!!! :)))

[Bojance17121991]

BRAWO...from Serbia...Richer the best..

[bbalpwn]

this is the best i've ever heard this piece played

[BachScholar]

I agree.

[adams82683]

Richter for me is by far the best Prokofiev interpreter of all time. No wonder Prokofiev dedicated works to him and had him premier so many of them too. It is crisp, clear, percussive, tender/lyrical when need be, demonic, rhythmical, precise, etc. You name it - any other superlative certainly applies to Richter playing Prokofiev! Right on the same level as Gould playing Bach.

[klausknulp]

Only Richter is a Richter!

[uhartchristian]

richter uses alll his body to play. this gives him incredible power. its the only one who went so far concerning using weight of his arm upper body and whole body. the transmisson of weight is perfect. his secret and success....

[123TROD]

Now, how did Prokofiev hear music like this in his mind? Upon hearing it the first time, this piece sounded like a bunch of random notes that made interesting melodies!

[loboris1995]

@123TROD Richter said that he's inspired of rachmaninov études tableau^^

[bernardocarmopiano]

It´s wonderful, surely, but I invite you all to listen the performance of Antonietta Rudge (1885-1974).It´s the most brilliant I´ve seen. She is this woman I posted in video. I would like to know your opinion. Thanks.

[LeAzEMOval]

i think better than Prokofiev himself's performanceXD

[frederickfrederikfre]

Fantastico

[09Benavides]

The devil was playing through Richter.

[MIFFLISH]

Richter could have broken a string if he wanted.

But he was probably feeling generous that day.

[Pogouldiwitz]

Prokofiev and Schubert, the two composers i feel Richter illuminated best.

[coasterman16]

Agreed. Richter's Schubert is equally stunning!

[aesthetic1950]

In response to Pogouldiwitz and Coasterman16, Richter was also a delightful accompanist to Fischer-Dieskau on Schubert lieder.

[skryabyn]

And Chopin...

And Rachmaninoff....

And Schumann, Liszt, Mozart, Bach, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Haydn, Beethoven, Scriabin, etc!!!!

[skryabyn]

Haha that is in response to Pogouldiwitz's comment below incase you think I am delirous or something.

[AfroPoli]

This is not Richter... this is the devil himself performing!

[skryabyn]

well put!

[xnicolex06x]

Best comment!

[loboris1995]

@AfroPoli It's the same,XD,Richter is not human^^



[dim19f]

@AfroPoli That is true, I am surprised that it has become famous.He has been possessed. Only this way he could play this song, It was a deal between Richter and the devil. The devil was used in this kind of deals with pianists back then...

[dawggonecrazee]

I have a vinyl recording of this piece,but i don`t remember it being this exciting.....I shall dig it out and try to find something to play it on......

[GetMeThere1]

ha! I just got around to listening to Prokofiev himself play this on theoshow2's channel. What a difference ;)

I'm always fascinated when I hear interpretations that are "better" than the music as it is itself written....that make you believe that even the composer wasn't aware of what was really contained in what he created.

[truecrypt]

You can't imagine how right you are about "composer wasn't aware of what was really contained in what he created. "

[Archon473]

@truecrypt Prokofiev was friends with Richter and found in him a pianist capable of doing Prokofiev's pieces justice.

[725piano]

@truecrypt That's the beauty of Richter's artistry, discovering things that even the composer did not know!

[beethovenof08]

Wow! You know, that is so true!  I have even heard a living composer say that and change what she wrote! What a profound and true statement!

[telvierundachtzig]

No doubt - that is the best version I ever heard. And he plays so exact that you can write down the score afterwards.

[wdot]

Perfect. And perfectly clean.

[Bruce88keys]

Perfectly conveyed phrases and a natural breath to boot>

[gjeacocke]

Have u heard Terrence Judd performing this..

[keenanrol]

Strepitosa performance, energica ma soprattutto folle, si tocca con mano la pazzia che avanza e travolge ogni cosa, incredibile! Vorrei tanto sentire il Maestro alle prese con la Toccata Op.11 ma non riesco a trovare nessuna registrazione, se qualcuno la conosce lo prego di informarmi. Grazie

[atticus10090]

amazing (best) interpretation, and it's live!!

[Korenzwit]

This is the best recording of Prokofiev's work. Extremely fast and you can feel the diabolical suggestion going through you. faustinliszt is right. :D

[faustianliszt]

Wow, dare I say better than Prokofiev's recording

[badfan3]

All hail Richter!

[q8pianist]

is this piece really means satanic suggestion ???

[truecrypt]

The closest meaning I could find in English for the Russian word "наваждение" would be "delusion" or "nightmare". Something like "persisting nightmare"...

[godelike]

@truecrypt nevertheless the original title was in french as far as I know.

[MrFullService]

@truecrypt

The word may also mean "hallucination".

[JALBERTOQ]

I think its like Diabolic seggestion; or something like that!

Look at: RAUL PEIXOTO COSTA he is a amaising kid and he is playing this music!

Thanks

[callenishss]

@q8pianist it means "a trip to sodom"

:D

[rubinsteinway]

Lovely applause, nice song.

[saintdracula]

Richter is insane

[fmeiroz]

This song is devishly amazing!!

[Noshirm]

It is very, very well played. I still prefer Moiseiwitsch's interpretation, but cannot deny that Richter's is a far more infernal vision of the piece.

[sisjka]

richter is the best

[Appassionata90]

Very good!

[Darklord12356]

What is?

[FrankMazeppa]

the russian title for this piece is navazhdenie. and i've heard it's quite difficult to translate. what exactly does it mean??

[truecrypt]

Probably the closest meaning would be something like "persistent nightmare".

[f1f1s]

Maybe, "obsession" or "delusion". Or "evil suggeston".

[john07ru]

@FrankMazeppa

illusion,fantom,

[aewanko300]

Is it just me or did I just hear the devil laugh at the beginning? A sadistic one at that. Nice one btw.

[francescaemc2]

it was either this or celine dion.

I love sentimental music. maybe I'll hit Whitney's I'll always love you next.

Thanks for posting this masterpiece.

Thank you maestro Richter. Thank you Sergei. Spasibo.

[manphiz]

Thanks for sharing! I've been searching for this for so long since I first heard this edition in Italy version of "The Enigma". Best rendition of this work!(Yes, without "one of"). Perfect balance and tense, I like it more that Prokofiev's own recording. Thanks again for sharing!

[kingstravinsky101]

man this is beastly i think after hearing this i need to get me some clean pants................ and yes richter was a great atheist!

[singsinsing]

Such a fiery performance indeed!

[weikko79]

This is great! Did you get this from the "Richter in Paris" LP?

[Ckorn123]

Smithsherman is the biggest fag on youtube. Get a life you fucking cock.

[jero13595]

I feel that Gavrilov is better.

[jero13595]

How foolish was I to say that Gavrilov is better... nvm I have changed my mind Richter plays this the best!

[francorussie]

I love Chopin played by Richter. The Etudes are stunningly beautiful.

Oh no... I knew that... smithsher... is as usual "fixed" on the Richter and mostly attracted by a "suggestion diabolique", far more than by great music

[georgecziffra]

Oh my God...

[suzettegm]

In spite of the title: Prokofiev-Richter: match made in heaven,thanks Truecrypt!

[smithsherman]

Instead of Prokofiev/Richter for this expression,I prefer Alice/Cooper or Black/Sabbath.The Electric guitar is much more capable of this than an acoustic piano.

[suzettegm]

Alice/ Cooper, Smith, suddenly I seem to detect a generation gap here!

[smithsherman]

Well,I could have mentioned...Carlo/Gesualdo or Ferenc/Liszt...But each instrument lays a special claim to expression and the Distorted electric guitar rules any Gothic expression in a way that has completely obviated acoustic expression of it.

[suzettegm]

just teasing...

[smithsherman]

Yes...I felt your hand in my underpants...

[suzettegm]

0-0 ???

[suzettegm]

Or is this your way of saying that (once more)

S.R. did not make you fling your panties to the wind?

[smithsherman]

OOH...that's true...and I didn't even think about that!Ya know?...You're soooo suspicious!

[suzettegm]

Herlock Sholmes...at your service!

[smithsherman]

Boy,Sherlock...you're burning the midnight oil tonight.

[beethoven4ever]

One of the ironies of modern technology is that it allows the sharing of inspiring performances by legendary performers and idiotic comments by ignorants on the same web page!

[NeoMalikov]

ahahaha, absolutely!

[GetMeThere1]

Thanks truecrypt!

[truecrypt]

The piece has a very good name in Russian - Наваждение - rather *Obsession* Diabolique

Anyway, enjoy! ;)

[weikko79]

I think the Soviet authorities just left out the "Diabolique" bit, since it was incompatible with the official atheist ideology. It might be permissable in a composer like Scriabin, whom everyone knew to be a madman anyway, but not in a true Soviet atheist composer like Prokofiev!

[pianopera]

Great, you've found it! After a horrible day, this changes my spirit completely! Thank you very much.

[truecrypt]

wait for another 10 minutes and you'll have a delicious Haydn Sonata Es-dur...

[pianopera]

Just enough time to do a little practise myself...(after listening to this, I realize again that it's quite necessary...)