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[StrideBatty76]

I totally agree :-)

[deandusk]

etudes have to be played as fast as possible ! my opinion..

[zierin]

great

[chopinandliszt]

I love his posture at the end of the video, its too charismatic

[ckcclinton]

holy moly...

[darkangel0413]

holy shittt he plays sooo fastttt

[jero13595]

Too fast... Not good... Freddy Kempf is way better.

[jerseynum10]

There is a live recording of this piece by Richter on BBC. He played it in 1.35. So there's no doubt about his capability.

[g00degg]

The video is speeded up but the speed i can say it is possible.

[sebastian5599]

its not speeded up

[georgecziffra]

yes, definitely not "speeded" up

[fatalfuz]

idiot... first of all, speeded is not to be used here. It's sped. Second of all, if it were "speeded up", we would hear the pitch difference, and if it were and we heard the pitch in the correct key, then he would have played in a different key, which he didn't. Third of all, don't be an idiot. Finally, you're a moron.

[bridog6996]

Music can be sped up or slowed down without affecting pitch, Einstein.

[kris4ever15]

Holy Shit!

[IAMLISZT]

HAHAHAAHHAHAH SOOO GOOD.

[Desmonddd2002]

This is what Impossible piano is,man!

[weissenberg10]

Lots of pianist can play at such speed, but they lose the control of their fingers eventually into the piece. If this is sped up, it'll be 40secs.

[robkoolaid]

yeah but this guy stays at a constant tempo. :P

[fcorange]

it's real, of course. Richter is Richter, if you can't play like what he did, don't doubt on it.

[niqiri]

u guys r so dumb. this video is speeded up. i dont think this is humanly possible. if you look at his arm movements, they are too fast for an older man. i bet u anything that this is not real. also, he murders the piece when he plays it like this

[madgamer23]

Personally, I think the piece was simply raped. Sure the speed impresses the locals, but when you actually know how to read music you'd know how many things he has sacrificed for an impressive speed.

Don't get me wrong, it requires unimaginable talent and practice to play such prestissimo's, but the soul of the etude was gone :/

[linliu666]

老婆快来和我一起看上帝。

[LuxMundi81]

Horror!!! Horrible!!!! It's so... I can describe it.

[smithsherman]

A fabulous triumph of non-musical-expressive-human playing.He destroys every vestige phrasing,anticipation,surprise­,lyricism,interest and feeling...& substitutes for it prestissimo technique.

What a shallow anti-human triumph!Perfectly suited for

20th century totalitarianism.

[pianoparadise]

Excellent piece, I found free sheet music for it on SheetMusicFox DOT com and absolutely love it!

[cabes98]

30 seconds less than Horowitz and as much passion and control. Amazing. Many people forget to put some variation into the volume which looses expressiveness. This guy got it spot on!

[puppyman5]

This is awesome. I really want to emulate Richter (although I'll never get that good)- his style is perfect. Good expression as well as technical skill.

[Skygrapped]

at 1/15 he plays the same thing two times

first it sounds higher

second it sounds darker

but he played it the same way

when you speed someting up it sounds higher because its faster

[Shumeshi]

No, he shifts his hands. And what the hell... :) OMG what the hell... OMG ROFL... You haven't heard this piece before? It's supposed to be like that. And just the idea that in the middle he played a part at one speed and then he played same thing but it was sped up and therefore sounds higher BUT just as fast... When you seep things up the don't only sound higher but the also sound FASTER. It's just pure idiotism...

[SkiddyBlade]

This is hard!

[itgfreakz]

man this guy rocks. wat is he german? his piano mustve smoked up after that

[filthysoap]

russian

[armenzh]

german born in russia.

[lyhpcl]

This clip was NOT sped up. Ignoramuses who claim otherwise don't even know that Richter is widely regarded as one of the greatest, if not THE greatest pianist of the 20th century. And right up there with Cziffra when it comes to finger speed. In fact, Richter said in his biography that he once asked his sound engineer whether a particular recording was speeded up because it was inhumanly fast, and that guy said NO!

[Actavia]

"И четвёртый этюд на биз тоже ничего"

lol

[Execasahi]

oh, by the way, look at the handkerchief's flutter after he throws it. I agree, the toss looks a bit presto, but the flutter afterwards is obviously not fast forwarded.

[nostromissimo]

sped up or not, it's not perfect and turns into triplets here and there. A player of his calibre has more to say than he's saying here.

[mackayde]

To see genuine real time pianism, try Gallop Chromatique Liszt played by Cziffra or Polonaise#2 Liszt played by Cziffra. Those are genuine. Even the Chopin Polonaise op53 played by Cziffra if only for the really unbelievable left hand octaves. No one needs to speed up Cziffra recordings for any reason.

[mackayde]

Pay attention to the sound skips, one at 1:15, frame skips, and look at the fast motions before and after the piece. That's enough to at least seed some doubt as to whether the piece is in its original state.

I have a setting in Media player which can accelerate movies and sound at increments of 1%. And that is just one program. There are many such things out there. But actually, my word just like everyone else's count for nothing. To each his own.

[Likui]

but if you speed the video up won't the audio be distorted? you know like the pitch becomes higher

[mackayde]

Demonstrate it to yourself.

Open Windows media player.

Play an MP3.

Navigate to view and select slow or fast.

Listen to the MP3 that is palying and try to pick up a change in pitch.

[Jumpyshoes]

You aren't supposed to play that fast . . . It's sped up.

[mltube]

You are, if you can :-)

[Jumpyshoes]

The song isn't written to be played that fast.

[roo159]

perfect comment

[mackayde]

His pre performance chuck of the handkerchief looks Presto. It looks like one of those old Black and white chaplin movies.

And the piece sounds amusical. Like some teenager trying to show off.

I've never heard richter play music this musicless ever.

Richter always put music first.

That makes this video a contradiction.

[mackayde]

This video was speeded up.

Even his post piece gasp of exhaustion looks accelerated.

[barelyapianist]

its not sped up

its richter

[wuk89]

nope

definitely sped up

[paulypaulypaul]

Good grief that's fast and without losing clarity! He does rush the quavers at the start but it just gets better and better...

[DaRkBoSs90]

hi

[yenjenchiujannd]

wow...perfact

[Lustre1987]

vladeggs, agreed.

[vladdegs]

Undeniable brilliance but at such speed, how can much of the beauty of this great piece shine through? I am a great Richter fan and he did take "risks", some of which didn't really work; this is one of them. Compare the Pollini recording of the 70s.

[farah73]

what the hell are you talking about fortissimo25. this is RICHTER. it's your brian that must be off beat, i assure you that. oh one more thing. try to play this piece half of this speed then you get to criticize the MASTER.

[fortissimo25]

uhm everyone has an opinion, but i guess you are not aware that opinions are likely to contrast from others... :)

[farah73]

i appologize fortissimo, i think i was a little offensive there. you're right everyone has his own opinion. i love this guy and i took it personal i don't know why :) sorry again dude/miss.

[fortissimo25]

aww thanx, thats okay farah, yah i'ma a miss :), uhm actually i insulted too hastily w/o really listening to the whole piece, this is played incredibly fast IMO, but the only tempo slip is the beginning-ish part but after that, tempo is consistent and impressive, yes he is a very good pianist, hats off to him, my tone was harsh as well :(

[semicolin]

possibly the most impressive display of virtuosity on a piano i have ever seen. jesus christ.

[spiramus]

It's played so incredibly fast!!! ...the passages are crystal clear & on top of that he manages to play extremely musically plus conveying a very convincing concept...No doubt he was my model during my teenage years...THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS!!

[dsyglym]

he practised 12 hours.. without a break :| omg..

[MintySpunkBubble]

He denies practicing up to twelve hours, but I'm sure that's some weird kind of modesty and the protests ofhis wife!

I can believe it though, when I quit my job I would play 8 till 8 in the day. Yes, I was single at the time. Helped my playing quite a bit though, I don't have the time now (like any normal human being).

[dsyglym]

he always plays too fast.. or he plays too slow xD

[Schwartzmann]

Surelly the greatest performer of Chopin's Studies.

(or at lest one of).

[tietienne12]

too too fast...

[mltube]

Getting dizzy?

[alfieharries]

its.... too... fucking.... fast O_O amazing

[nichibotxu]

He plays it in 1minute and 33 seconds!!!!

And his performance is impressive.

Thank you for the upload.

[fortissimo25]

that sucked really bad, tempo completely off, if u cant play up 2 that tempo then dont

[TheTradge]

Yeah until you know what you're talking about, shut up! Tempo is down to personal preference, and this works very well. He was technically and musically incredible, and his interpretations, whilst being controvertial in ways, are certainly some of the most musical

[barbaraanne123]

He plays it twice as fast as anyone else, and all the notes are perfect, and the interpretation is absolutely perfect. It's Richter!

[fonix101]

he is just so ... I can't find the proper word, to describe the magic he makes with that piano.

[gisaustralia]

surely he is the greatest pianist ever - a brilliant combination of musicality and virtuosity