This is probably one of my most favourite pieces to play. This song and a couple of others really let me get my emotion out and just practically "spew" out the emotion through the music. The really hard part with this song is to not get too lost into emotion. It's so hard to describe this song.. it just makes my heart.. run. I love this Nocturne so much!
@jpchen0321 On first glance your comment struck me as sad. I hope you can enjoy all pieces for their own merits. Maybe it just takes hearing them just as often as you heard the "for you original" version. That's the impression I got anyway, i could be lightyears from the real topic.
best crescendo ever-glad he made it frantic-could feel myself starting to gnash my teeth. I need that machine gun trill. I suppose he wouldn't mind me borrowing it would he?
@Mike1614b What you mean is that YOU prefer Rubinstein in the "crescendo". Don't presume to speak for everyone, no one is that qualified. Both are Gods of the keyboard,,,,matters of personal opinion count. Best wishes.
@Mike1614b With respect. Stating your opinion,,AS your opinion, is perfectly acceptable. It was the phrase "Rubinstein is better" which offends,,,,because it reads as a given universal fact. Of course each listener has his or her opinion,,,that is natural. I wish you many hours of pleasant enjoyment.
im trying to remember the name of another piece he does....its not a nocturne, its slow, i think its in e minor as well.....the left hand is doing 8th note pulse that changes , and the melody is very simple. anyone know which one im talkin about? its pretty well known
i also get owned by the 2 against 3. also the the bass is in triplets, but it doesn't feel like triplets, it's still seperated by 2. Like listen to the bass in the begenning it focuses on 2 2 2 instead of 3 3, melodically anyways, it's fucking weird
I love the melody obtained... but he attacks the keyboard so hardly that distracts from the true meaning of the work, to say nocturne is the same than to say sweetness ... With all my respects for the great S. Richter, it seems that he confuses passion with hardness. Ok, it's awesome to be heard, but I still think is not the true sense of the work.
@Ray0X0 It's not Richter's performance, it is the sound of the recording (lacks brightness and dynamic recording range). Richter does reflect the true sense of the work and there is immense passion and pathos in him. Have you heard Richter's Scriabin? Horowitz' interpretation is the same, surreal and the clip has much better sound quality :-)
If only we could hear Gilels and Rach perform this nocturne :-) and Jung Lin, that would be sublime.
Screw the music industry for infecting my ears with Justin Beiber and the like. Although, it just makes me listen to Chopin and other great composers much more to give my ears a cleanse.
@torontoBluejays87 Don't even reference that. What you say is something I can relate to but really the effect is that a post like this becomes a lure for trolls. And nobody likes those , do we now?
oh and "Industry" is indeed the key word. Creativity s stifled very quickly when trying to focus on production as a factor in the process.
@superpoopermonkey you have to master the principle of 2 against 3 before you're able to play it easily. A simple exercise I do is tapping a 2 rhythm in my right hand while tapping a 3 rhythm in my right hand, then alternating. It takes a while, but once it's internalized, it's easy to do.
@superpoopermonkey They do get easier. It just takes a little practice. For this piece, at first, I started chanting to myself "Together Left-Right-Left, Together Left-Right-Left" as I played. It sounds mechanical at first. But trust me, once you get the hang of the 2 against 3, the time spend practicing really does carry over into other pieces with 2 against 3 poly-rhythms.
You can practice the coordination by simply beating your hands while saying out loud "Together Left-Right-Left etc..."
Left hand has 3 notes, right hand 2 notes. Suppose left hand notes are X and Right hand notes are Y. they shuold be played as follows:
Y Y
X X X
First x & y together, then comes left hand's second x, immiadetely followed by right hand's second y (not together, but following each other), finally the last x
This is rendered as I believe it was intended.. with overtones of tragedy..There is nothing romantic, nor is there any intention of bending to the will of maudling romanticism, in this interpretation. Exactly right in my opinion. There may have been an outbreak of bubonic plague in the audience though. The only good thing is it was a live audience, although seeming pretty close to death at times
I admire Richter immensely, particularly his Beethoven, Schumann, and Schbert interpretations. But his Chopin has always left me a little cold. He seems to be too pressed, the pace not quite right, the nuances not sufficiently delicate.This particular nocturne is a case in point. Its quite 2-dimensional. Horowitz (who liked this work immensely) in contrast pulls out inner lines that makes it intriguingly 3-dimensional, and the rhythm is just so right. It has a life pulse that Richter misses.
richter is unmatched pianist in the 20th century. No one comes close to his strength and stability in place extremely fast and very slow. Dont forget that chopin was emmergin from the classical period. So a more serious aproach and beethoven like approach like richters might be more accurate. Its a matter of taste. I like richters interpretations on ANY planet.
such beauty in playing the piano......this is the best interpretation I have heard of Chopin's op #72....thank you Richter...you were the very best...!!! when it comes to playing Chopin , no one has ever come close to you.......bravo...!! bravo...!!
I learned this piece at the same time I was falling for this girl when I was 16 and this piece always reminds me of our times together every time I hear it.
Starting at 2:00 you hear how the bass chopin writes wants to free itself, get louder and let the whole piece climax. Yet he postpones it! Playing chopin is one of the most soulful experiences a pianist can have. The music in time itself is enough to show you the dynamic interpretation chopin had in mind. You can feel what he wanted to convey with sound just by feeling the notes in your fingers and playing them in time. It is so organic, more so for me than playing any other composer.
such beauty in playing the piano......this is the best interpretation I have heard of Chopin's op #72....thank you Richter...you were the very best...!!! when it comes to playing Chopin , no one has ever come close to you.......bravo...!! bravo...!!
more than just a great composer for the piano; he influenced alot of composers with his thematic, harmonic and textural ideas... Where would Debussy be w/o Chopin? Wagner was influenced in harmony... Brahms.
I wish he wasn't dismissed. This is very powerful music.
whenever Richter played , he was always able to reproduce the emotion and passion the original composer felt when he wrote it....!!! this is by far the best enterpretation of op 72 #1 I have heard.....!!!thank you Richter for such beautiful playing....!!!!
If you don't count the cello in his cello sonata, or the orchestral parts of his concerto no. In other words everything he wrote was for piano, sometimes with other intruments.
ok ... so if Chopin wrote almost EVERYTHING for the piano and Bach wrote for much more than just the piano, how is it then that Chopin is "performed so much more than Bach"? That's doesnt mathmatically make sense.... help me out. I'm a numbers guy;opinions don't mean shit.
@tropicalpimp To the contrary - opinions are everything. . It does not matter how many compositions a composer writes, nor for how many different instruments, if people simply don't like his music as much. For example: Pablo de Sarasate. He wasn't terribly prolific, and he only wrote for the violin, but his works are a staple of violin repertoire, and they are well-played and well-loved. Only one instrument, not a huge number of works, but popular. For contrast, research Hummel.
I might also point out that your little calculation only holds true if all compositions are equally enjoyable and picked at random. Clearly fallacious. Please be a troll.
Quite a surprising interpretation. And an extreme one. Intensive music - played very male - kind of nervous but not really neurotic - with a lot of tension.
But at the and: a very satisfying version - it fills your soul with the music in this piece.
Certainly Richter's interpretation is the one that I like the best, however we must listen and understand other artitsts views, I studied piano with very good teachers, never forget my last teacher words "when you say things convinced, you will convince others".
The difference between the Richter and the Horowitz (or Arrau) interpretations is so extreme. When Arrau and Horowitz played, each note sounded like it was made up of a dozen tones--so much texture. Richter's notes -- -little texture. He certainly does bang out those G octaves!
@PianoGirl555 It doesnt sound like your being serious, have you really played this masterpiece on a "big concert" in your country. I would really like to know which country your from and what concert it was. Because, man, someone who plays piano on big concerts dont write coments like a nine year old child.
@Hashseed - What's really funny is that you're writing like a child! Does it matter why or where you choose to play this superb piece of music? I play it, purely for fun? I don't hear many people complaining, do you?! HA
I think this wasn't played romantically enough. I think it was too harsh with the notes. It just didn't seem like the deep kind of forte to me. The loud notes were a bit too slammed rather than pushed, so it didn't get the depth that I would expect from a Chopin Nocturne. I played this piece before, and the only problem I find with Richter's performance is his kind of forte.
your right, his playing is a little hard for Chopin. you can say that this is not the right touch for this piece. but i still got moved by his playing. his touch is still incredible tho, you got to admit. but you are definitely right about his forte.
your conception of Romanticism is influenced by cheap love stories and candles under the moonlight. Romanticism is dark and tragic and filled with pain and sorrow
I was referring to the romantic style of piano, as in the romantic period of music. It has nothing to do with the emotion of it. There's a certain way to play pieces from the romantic period, just as there's a way to play it from the baroque period. I simply commented on what i feel is more appropriate to forte when playing a romantic piece. I did not insult this pianist's way of playing, I just said my opinion. It's really stupid that I should get insults made from irrelevant assumptions.
Forget it, man. Don't worry about musical knowledge on youtube. You'll get people here shocked that the classical period doesn't, in fact, include Debussy.
this is not the hardest to play of his nocturnes, but definitely one of the most beautiful. especially the tear-jerking crescendos and decresendos that are so achingly emotional.
It's your right to dislike anything and freely express your opinion.... but you can't address Sviatoslav Richter as "this guy".
As for "pushing" - matter of taste and experience. Playing for 2 - 20 - 200 - 2000 audience requires different touch and perspective. What sounds harsh and exaggerated within 2 meters from piano may sound perfectly fine to audience.
@truecrypt This is very true, Richter was often scoffed at for his poor understanding of the recording process, but his concerts are still held as legendary by most critics who saw them. His recordings now lead people to think he was one of the greatest pianists of all time, so just think of what his concerts would be like.
@rhythmicgym4 I doubt there will be ever a better performance of this work : A magic mix of power, wildness and poetry. A blend of all the nuances a piano can play. Fortissimo and pianissimo are mastered here with unsurpassed balance and taste. Thank you master RIchter and thank you truecrypt for give us the chance to learn and enjoy his art
Richter was the eccentric. At first, I didn't believe it was him. I'm still left feeling odd about his growing from mezzo to fortissimo and, then on the last page, he is calm (slower, too) as moonlit water. It's very emotional - and very interesting. The recording itself makes him more strident sounding than I think he would have intended for home-listening.
I usually like Arthur Rubinstein to play Chopin in overall. I guess you could say that only a Polak could really catch what feelings Chopin infused into his music. But this... This interpretation by Richter it is so fundamentally powerful but at the same time it didn't lose any of its emotional impact on whoever is listening.
So, with hand on holy bible I can say that I prefer this Nocturne to be played by Richter.
lovely and haunting
shelbycloud 1 week ago
2:06 - 2:50 = awesome :)
randyc801 1 week ago
This is probably one of my most favourite pieces to play. This song and a couple of others really let me get my emotion out and just practically "spew" out the emotion through the music. The really hard part with this song is to not get too lost into emotion. It's so hard to describe this song.. it just makes my heart.. run. I love this Nocturne so much!
BrandonKingVloggin 2 weeks ago 2
mmmmmmmm....
Rafiga123 3 weeks ago
I love how classical music like this gives me goosebumps but the music they make now doesnt. who's with me?
earlybirdie100 2 months ago 8
This is awesome! I almost have it down, I just need to make both my hands work together better at the parts with contrasting rhythms. <3 Richter.
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TheLocalcat 2 months ago
haaaaa nda como un buen nocturno para empezar el dia
PIPIHYUGA 2 months ago
I hope that my dream tonight 'll be
at least half as beautiful as this timeless masterpiece. <3
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MercedesDriver2011 4 months ago
got so attached to pollini's interpretation, and don't think any other can compare. anyone agree?
jpchen0321 4 months ago
@jpchen0321 On first glance your comment struck me as sad. I hope you can enjoy all pieces for their own merits. Maybe it just takes hearing them just as often as you heard the "for you original" version. That's the impression I got anyway, i could be lightyears from the real topic.
MrAgnost 3 months ago in playlist Classial masterpieces
best crescendo ever-glad he made it frantic-could feel myself starting to gnash my teeth. I need that machine gun trill. I suppose he wouldn't mind me borrowing it would he?
DAVIDFREDERICKROY 5 months ago
Wow... 5 people don't understand culture in this world...
SweetUnheardMelody 5 months ago
My heart is always leaping up when lisntening to Richter's play...
He is brilliant...! リヒテル大好き！
il0Lgg 6 months ago
Trying to play this. This rendition pretty much makes me sound like a 2 year old...
chairmobile 6 months ago
@chairmobile also attempting to play this and agree completely with your comment...the timing of the ornaments is so difficult!
chocgirl052 5 months ago
@chocgirl052 Haha, yeah. Got them down a few days ago, can finally play the damn piece!
chairmobile 5 months ago
@chairmobile I'm sure with a bit of more practice it will help. =] I can almost play like this. I just need to make my left hand softer xD
UrExC3pT1oN 5 months ago
@chairmobile me toooo
92024able 4 months ago
unfortunately, he rushed the crescendo- Rubinstein is better.
Mike1614b 6 months ago
@Mike1614b What you mean is that YOU prefer Rubinstein in the "crescendo". Don't presume to speak for everyone, no one is that qualified. Both are Gods of the keyboard,,,,matters of personal opinion count. Best wishes.
Ivanhoe2 6 months ago
@Ivanhoe2 its a "crescendo" not an accelerando- theres no good reason to play that section so fast- its isn't written that way.
BTW, I wasnt speaking for everyone, I was clearly stating- and now standing by- my opinion.
Mike1614b 6 months ago
@Mike1614b With respect. Stating your opinion,,AS your opinion, is perfectly acceptable. It was the phrase "Rubinstein is better" which offends,,,,because it reads as a given universal fact. Of course each listener has his or her opinion,,,that is natural. I wish you many hours of pleasant enjoyment.
Ivanhoe2 6 months ago
My favourite pianist, who I listened to many times live:)
2784035159 6 months ago
Silence is the only possible response.
kevinastraw 6 months ago 2
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beyondblue533 7 months ago
listening to a few of these - Richter certainly has one of the more distinctive interpretations...really gets your attention..
bobosqueakers 7 months ago 2
fantastische muziek voor op zondag en maandag en ...
1220walter 8 months ago
Chopin saying more in under 5 min. than what most musical messaiahs do in an hour; he is the favorited composer of this non-keyboardist.
boobtuber06 8 months ago 10
I am playing this now
MrAlabamafan 8 months ago
Richter is unbelievable...
kleinigotti 8 months ago 2
Non-pianist here, but Chopin is my favorite composer: anyone else here like me????
let me know.
-Thank You
boobtuber06 8 months ago 57
@boobtuber06 no, are you jealous of pianists? XD
roflmao9999 7 months ago
@boobtuber06 yeah i'm not great at it myself without a lot of work to get it but i can enjoy the hell out of someone else doing it :)
domgilll 1 month ago
da!
joannahewson 8 months ago
What I like about Richter is that he can play deeply expressively without being rude. So important in Chopin's music IMO.
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probably the most perfectionist pianist of our time.
AlexandreTERRAT 8 months ago 2
im trying to remember the name of another piece he does....its not a nocturne, its slow, i think its in e minor as well.....the left hand is doing 8th note pulse that changes , and the melody is very simple. anyone know which one im talkin about? its pretty well known
pirategirl1492 9 months ago
@pirategirl1492
Would it happen to be Prelude in E minor, Op. 28 no. 4? It matches your description well enough.
WAYTooChipper 9 months ago
@pirategirl1492 Prelude e minor, op.28 no.4. No doubt in mind about it.
FrameSticker 9 months ago
i also get owned by the 2 against 3. also the the bass is in triplets, but it doesn't feel like triplets, it's still seperated by 2. Like listen to the bass in the begenning it focuses on 2 2 2 instead of 3 3, melodically anyways, it's fucking weird
freestylerja16 10 months ago
@freestylerja16
The eleven over 6 and ten over six don't help either.
WAYTooChipper 9 months ago
I love this piece too! It's hard to describe its beauty as Richter does deliver a spectacular performance.
ScottHillman1 11 months ago
Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!
angieandhorses 1 year ago
I use yours as a sample a lot!!!
angieandhorses 1 year ago
I luvs this!!!I always have to listen to it since I don't play well!!!
angieandhorses 1 year ago
this was my solo song lol
dancingqueen370381 1 year ago
I love the melody obtained... but he attacks the keyboard so hardly that distracts from the true meaning of the work, to say nocturne is the same than to say sweetness ... With all my respects for the great S. Richter, it seems that he confuses passion with hardness. Ok, it's awesome to be heard, but I still think is not the true sense of the work.
Ray0X0 1 year ago 3
@Ray0X0 It's not Richter's performance, it is the sound of the recording (lacks brightness and dynamic recording range). Richter does reflect the true sense of the work and there is immense passion and pathos in him. Have you heard Richter's Scriabin? Horowitz' interpretation is the same, surreal and the clip has much better sound quality :-)
If only we could hear Gilels and Rach perform this nocturne :-) and Jung Lin, that would be sublime.
Bret6464 11 months ago
@Bret6464 if it's as good as you say it is shame on you for not attempting to post a link ^_^
MrAgnost 11 months ago
Screw the music industry for infecting my ears with Justin Beiber and the like. Although, it just makes me listen to Chopin and other great composers much more to give my ears a cleanse.
torontoBluejays87 1 year ago
@torontoBluejays87 I can only answer... "Who the f is Justin Beiber?" :)
JCP598 1 year ago 2
@torontoBluejays87 Don't even reference that. What you say is something I can relate to but really the effect is that a post like this becomes a lure for trolls. And nobody likes those , do we now?
oh and "Industry" is indeed the key word. Creativity s stifled very quickly when trying to focus on production as a factor in the process.
MrAgnost 11 months ago
Como alguma criatura pode não gostar de algo tão belo assim?
pickupwinder22 1 year ago
@superpoopermonkey you have to master the principle of 2 against 3 before you're able to play it easily. A simple exercise I do is tapping a 2 rhythm in my right hand while tapping a 3 rhythm in my right hand, then alternating. It takes a while, but once it's internalized, it's easy to do.
drmontane 1 year ago
Только Шопен мог передать всю силу чувств!
AlenaBila 1 year ago
Much prefer Rubinstein in Chopin Nocturnes
bobbphysics 1 year ago
ahhhh, this sucks, i want to play it but fffffffinn 2/3 eight notes drive me nuts, anyone who has mastered these please tell me if they get easier!
superpoopermonkey 1 year ago
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@superpoopermonkey They do get easier. It just takes a little practice. For this piece, at first, I started chanting to myself "Together Left-Right-Left, Together Left-Right-Left" as I played. It sounds mechanical at first. But trust me, once you get the hang of the 2 against 3, the time spend practicing really does carry over into other pieces with 2 against 3 poly-rhythms.
You can practice the coordination by simply beating your hands while saying out loud "Together Left-Right-Left etc..."
LadySuit006 1 year ago
@superpoopermonkey you mean those annoying triplets? Yeah...im having trouble with that too
quiksilver87 1 year ago
@superpoopermonkey
Left hand has 3 notes, right hand 2 notes. Suppose left hand notes are X and Right hand notes are Y. they shuold be played as follows:
Y Y
X X X
First x & y together, then comes left hand's second x, immiadetely followed by right hand's second y (not together, but following each other), finally the last x
Hope this has clarified
TheMagnificoo 1 year ago 2
@TheMagnificoo Thankssss for the explanation :)))
Pianoo55555 1 year ago
WUNDERSCHÖNE VERSION! seeehr gut! richter ist sowieso ein gott.
MrJulka11 1 year ago
zeer doorleefd en met het besef dat het bijna niet uitvoerbaar is,daarom deze "ant-climax" ergens....
Azizah992 1 year ago
My favourite part of this nocturne is around 2:33 !
This is one of my favourite nocturnes, and I love this rendition....
thinkgreenlovepurple 1 year ago
This is a great portrayal of a great song. I first heard it on Star Trek: Voyager and was hooked. Thanks for the upload. :)
htgnef 1 year ago 2
inglish suite bach
rosalia495 1 year ago
Well performed
nellie2581 1 year ago
This is rendered as I believe it was intended.. with overtones of tragedy..There is nothing romantic, nor is there any intention of bending to the will of maudling romanticism, in this interpretation. Exactly right in my opinion. There may have been an outbreak of bubonic plague in the audience though. The only good thing is it was a live audience, although seeming pretty close to death at times
DAVIDFREDERICKROY 1 year ago
@DAVIDFREDERICKROY You are projecting. The tragedy is all yours.
lehrent 1 year ago
I admire Richter immensely, particularly his Beethoven, Schumann, and Schbert interpretations. But his Chopin has always left me a little cold. He seems to be too pressed, the pace not quite right, the nuances not sufficiently delicate.This particular nocturne is a case in point. Its quite 2-dimensional. Horowitz (who liked this work immensely) in contrast pulls out inner lines that makes it intriguingly 3-dimensional, and the rhythm is just so right. It has a life pulse that Richter misses.
townsendjean 1 year ago
@townsendjean Totally agree
BassicStorm 1 year ago
Sviatoslav Richter one of the greater pianist in history . His interpretation are of first class.
MrLazarovega 1 year ago 2
@MrLazarovega almost as great as jerry lee lewis
shmccarthy44 1 year ago
Das is mein favoriten
artpapaz 1 year ago
richter is unmatched pianist in the 20th century. No one comes close to his strength and stability in place extremely fast and very slow. Dont forget that chopin was emmergin from the classical period. So a more serious aproach and beethoven like approach like richters might be more accurate. Its a matter of taste. I like richters interpretations on ANY planet.
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such beauty in playing the piano......this is the best interpretation I have heard of Chopin's op #72....thank you Richter...you were the very best...!!! when it comes to playing Chopin , no one has ever come close to you.......bravo...!! bravo...!!
tamballsibass 1 year ago
I learned this piece at the same time I was falling for this girl when I was 16 and this piece always reminds me of our times together every time I hear it.
majornewb 1 year ago 12
@majornewb Damn, dude. That makes two of us. Lot of fond memories tied up in this piece, lol.
AChrisL 1 year ago
this piece just moves me to tears....i love it so.
jengirl2 1 year ago
Starting at 2:00 you hear how the bass chopin writes wants to free itself, get louder and let the whole piece climax. Yet he postpones it! Playing chopin is one of the most soulful experiences a pianist can have. The music in time itself is enough to show you the dynamic interpretation chopin had in mind. You can feel what he wanted to convey with sound just by feeling the notes in your fingers and playing them in time. It is so organic, more so for me than playing any other composer.
dnp226 1 year ago
@dnp226
Ya right nice try. Ever heard of Kesha?
MrPontiusPilate 1 year ago
@MrPontiusPilate I have, why do you ask?
dnp226 1 year ago
richter the white swan and his piano
moonchild24 1 year ago
Esta melodía se apodera del alma vencida y la lanza con las dos manos a un abismo oscurecido de miasmas humanos...
thedarkangeluz 1 year ago
is hermoso
sexychica1502 1 year ago
In my opinion, when trying to add drama or weight to a performance, you should either speed up or increase dynamics, but not both.
jeul22 1 year ago
I like Richter, but he rushes the middle section. thats a shame.
Mike1614b 1 year ago
This guy,lol. Empty words.
ajent0rangex 1 year ago
such beauty in playing the piano......this is the best interpretation I have heard of Chopin's op #72....thank you Richter...you were the very best...!!! when it comes to playing Chopin , no one has ever come close to you.......bravo...!! bravo...!!
jaceville 1 year ago 2
I bow down to you! I have never played it quite this well.
ohm4 1 year ago
Awesome! I never liked this piece as much as I like Richter's
terrygowork 1 year ago
This and the 20th Nocturne in c sharp minor have to be my two absolute favorite peices by Chopin!!
MostlyExistent 1 year ago
"where do you wanna go today?" - richter always takes you by the hand shows you places, that you´ve already known. but not THIS way!
rosinfarb 1 year ago 25
So hearfelt!
It really brings that sort of mood like you are living in those early centuries when this music was made.
Blueknightex 1 year ago
this song's melody is very very sad..... I cry.
ppqqoowwrla 1 year ago
yeap... i think so too... any1 else agree?
KenMcGormick 1 year ago
One of my fav nocturnes...:)
KonstantinosPiano 1 year ago 3
more than just a great composer for the piano; he influenced alot of composers with his thematic, harmonic and textural ideas... Where would Debussy be w/o Chopin? Wagner was influenced in harmony... Brahms.
I wish he wasn't dismissed. This is very powerful music.
boobtuber06 1 year ago 3
HAPPY 200TH BIRTHDAY CHOPIN
Glossika 1 year ago 50
whenever Richter played , he was always able to reproduce the emotion and passion the original composer felt when he wrote it....!!! this is by far the best enterpretation of op 72 #1 I have heard.....!!!thank you Richter for such beautiful playing....!!!!
jaceville 1 year ago
most of Chopin's work definitly drops the panties on a late night. the ladies love it.
tropicalpimp 1 year ago
That's true.... BUT this music can elevate and alter the human soul where as "Sexual Healing" cannot.
boobtuber06 1 year ago 2
Love Marvin Gaye,hate that song.
and I doubt altering the human soul was his intention or motivation for "Sexual Healing"...I think it was done to a)drop panties 2)sell records.
tropicalpimp 1 year ago
Thats cause you havn't spent a night with me, Stranger on the Enetz
Gargantupimp 1 year ago
and thats why chopin is performed so much more than bach
Gargantupimp 1 year ago
I'm not that much of a classical afficianado but I don't know of any compositions written by Chopin that were NOT for the piano...is this true?
tropicalpimp 1 year ago
If you don't count the cello in his cello sonata, or the orchestral parts of his concerto no. In other words everything he wrote was for piano, sometimes with other intruments.
Gargantupimp 1 year ago
ok ... so if Chopin wrote almost EVERYTHING for the piano and Bach wrote for much more than just the piano, how is it then that Chopin is "performed so much more than Bach"? That's doesnt mathmatically make sense.... help me out. I'm a numbers guy;opinions don't mean shit.
tropicalpimp 1 year ago
@tropicalpimp To the contrary - opinions are everything. . It does not matter how many compositions a composer writes, nor for how many different instruments, if people simply don't like his music as much. For example: Pablo de Sarasate. He wasn't terribly prolific, and he only wrote for the violin, but his works are a staple of violin repertoire, and they are well-played and well-loved. Only one instrument, not a huge number of works, but popular. For contrast, research Hummel.
AdvocateToTheAccuser 1 year ago 4
I might also point out that your little calculation only holds true if all compositions are equally enjoyable and picked at random. Clearly fallacious. Please be a troll.
AdvocateToTheAccuser 1 year ago 2
fail
celi88 1 year ago
PMSL - Hahahaha I havven't read a decent comment like this for a like time Thumbs Up!
SupermansWheelchair1 1 year ago
very different to how horowitz plays this pieces. i prefer his interpretation, but nevertheless richters is very interesting
xxDressedInBlackxx 2 years ago
THE SECRET GARDEN!
jwunschie14 2 years ago
This was the Nocturne that hooked me on to Chopin, never to be released again.
PianoSoulos 2 years ago
Quite a surprising interpretation. And an extreme one. Intensive music - played very male - kind of nervous but not really neurotic - with a lot of tension.
But at the and: a very satisfying version - it fills your soul with the music in this piece.
christophleipzig 2 years ago 4
Certainly Richter's interpretation is the one that I like the best, however we must listen and understand other artitsts views, I studied piano with very good teachers, never forget my last teacher words "when you say things convinced, you will convince others".
mariofbag 2 years ago 5
i love this piece
openEYEstudios 2 years ago
The difference between the Richter and the Horowitz (or Arrau) interpretations is so extreme. When Arrau and Horowitz played, each note sounded like it was made up of a dozen tones--so much texture. Richter's notes -- -little texture. He certainly does bang out those G octaves!
suzearl 2 years ago
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I still prefer Rubenstein when it comes to Chopin.
Garoian1 2 years ago
I played this in a big concert in my country.. I LOVE THIS PIECE...its my FAV!!!
I just cry whenever i listen or play it...
Maybe ill post a video of me playing it... i love it!!!!!
PianoGirl555 2 years ago 34
@PianoGirl555 It doesnt sound like your being serious, have you really played this masterpiece on a "big concert" in your country. I would really like to know which country your from and what concert it was. Because, man, someone who plays piano on big concerts dont write coments like a nine year old child.
Hashseed 1 year ago
@Hashseed exuse me, being serious?
define serious?
this is a comment section, people are expressing their feelings, opinions, expiriences..
Im in love with classical music and just mentioned that I played this on a concert
in my country. Im still a teen I dont perform in a huge hall..yet, but It was a concert with many people..
And Im not obligated to tell you where im from!
love chopin!!!
PianoGirl555 1 year ago
@PianoGirl555 good job pianogirl. keep playing. ignore the haters. there's no room for them.
tmac9938 1 year ago
@tmac9938 I know. thanks! :))
PianoGirl555 1 year ago
@PianoGirl555
You've got a lot of nerve pianogirl. Bite your tongue.
MrPontiusPilate 1 year ago
@Hashseed - What's really funny is that you're writing like a child! Does it matter why or where you choose to play this superb piece of music? I play it, purely for fun? I don't hear many people complaining, do you?! HA
mcmoleman69 1 year ago
@PianoGirl555 don't worry about the idiots on here... keep it up, upload the video, i'm sure many people would love to watch it =]
muso1991 1 year ago
@PianoGirl555 Yes, do.
Julian9ehp 1 year ago
I absolutely love Richter's performances but I have to agree with other posters. Horowitz in my opinion is who you should turn to for Chopin.
suckbar69 2 years ago 3
Argh. Minor complaint, but the backround noise of people doing whatever is very obnoxious.
Phoenix1342689 2 years ago
¡qué genio Richter, qué interpretación! Aquí en Youtube se pueden comparar fàcilmente los distintos intérpretes.
What a genious Richter! It's a really good thing that here in Youtube you can easily compare diferent pianistic styles
istocco 2 years ago
Nooooooo !!! Don't do it !!!!!
Lvduggo69 2 years ago
what a beautifull performance, my god richter you are the man!
stefthe80 2 years ago
It's so sad.When I heard it I was 16 in depression.I was contemplatin' my own death and I could just relate to the sorrow of this song.
Akee1990 2 years ago
You're not the only one.
TheEuphoniumGuy 2 years ago
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DukikukiBrankopljuga 2 years ago
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i think its just a tad bit rushed
sasha8709 2 years ago
Beautiful and poetic interpretation. I have yet to find anything by Richter that I do not like. He was amazing!
Bognarfan 2 years ago
I cried.
Saxopwnerer 2 years ago
his touch to the piano is just magnificent,
lizarthopinsky 2 years ago 3
wonderful ;)
nikoloza777 2 years ago
a bit dry though sometimes
alexilmagnifico 2 years ago
Richter genius.
JaquesCioran 2 years ago 2
I think this wasn't played romantically enough. I think it was too harsh with the notes. It just didn't seem like the deep kind of forte to me. The loud notes were a bit too slammed rather than pushed, so it didn't get the depth that I would expect from a Chopin Nocturne. I played this piece before, and the only problem I find with Richter's performance is his kind of forte.
efil4ohcysp 2 years ago
your right, his playing is a little hard for Chopin. you can say that this is not the right touch for this piece. but i still got moved by his playing. his touch is still incredible tho, you got to admit. but you are definitely right about his forte.
lizarthopinsky 2 years ago
you played it and no where near as well as this interper.
mrmonkeybuns 2 years ago
your conception of Romanticism is influenced by cheap love stories and candles under the moonlight. Romanticism is dark and tragic and filled with pain and sorrow
LohengrinT 2 years ago 3
I was referring to the romantic style of piano, as in the romantic period of music. It has nothing to do with the emotion of it. There's a certain way to play pieces from the romantic period, just as there's a way to play it from the baroque period. I simply commented on what i feel is more appropriate to forte when playing a romantic piece. I did not insult this pianist's way of playing, I just said my opinion. It's really stupid that I should get insults made from irrelevant assumptions.
efil4ohcysp 2 years ago
yes I agree you are really stupid
LohengrinT 2 years ago
Forget it, man. Don't worry about musical knowledge on youtube. You'll get people here shocked that the classical period doesn't, in fact, include Debussy.
surveyslulz 2 years ago 3
this is not the hardest to play of his nocturnes, but definitely one of the most beautiful. especially the tear-jerking crescendos and decresendos that are so achingly emotional.
sauternety36 2 years ago 5
its actually pretty difficult
but not one if his most difficult
ahah
but i dont like how this guy pushes it
rhythmicgym4 2 years ago
Dear rhythmicgym4,
It's your right to dislike anything and freely express your opinion.... but you can't address Sviatoslav Richter as "this guy".
As for "pushing" - matter of taste and experience. Playing for 2 - 20 - 200 - 2000 audience requires different touch and perspective. What sounds harsh and exaggerated within 2 meters from piano may sound perfectly fine to audience.
truecrypt 2 years ago 43
i appreciate your critique, and i also enjoy richter very much.. but umm i dont think he very expressive in this piece.
rhythmicgym4 2 years ago
That's like saying you don't think the Empire State Building is very tall.
bman819 2 years ago 5
@truecrypt This is very true, Richter was often scoffed at for his poor understanding of the recording process, but his concerts are still held as legendary by most critics who saw them. His recordings now lead people to think he was one of the greatest pianists of all time, so just think of what his concerts would be like.
JohnEBPiano 1 year ago
@truecrypt I have to agree with rythmicgym4 about the pushing, it does seem like Richter slams down hard on the louder notes
evilpsychobunyofdoom 1 year ago
@evilpsychobunyofdoom
It's your right to agree or disagree...
Just keep in mind that Richter knew what he was doing at the piano much better than any of us...
truecrypt 1 year ago
@rhythmicgym4 I doubt there will be ever a better performance of this work : A magic mix of power, wildness and poetry. A blend of all the nuances a piano can play. Fortissimo and pianissimo are mastered here with unsurpassed balance and taste. Thank you master RIchter and thank you truecrypt for give us the chance to learn and enjoy his art
Pianolady707 1 year ago 2
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Azizah992 1 year ago
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Azizah992 1 year ago
rinasceranno questi talenti????
octavian795 2 years ago
Richter was the eccentric. At first, I didn't believe it was him. I'm still left feeling odd about his growing from mezzo to fortissimo and, then on the last page, he is calm (slower, too) as moonlit water. It's very emotional - and very interesting. The recording itself makes him more strident sounding than I think he would have intended for home-listening.
Wagerfilm 2 years ago
I usually like Arthur Rubinstein to play Chopin in overall. I guess you could say that only a Polak could really catch what feelings Chopin infused into his music. But this... This interpretation by Richter it is so fundamentally powerful but at the same time it didn't lose any of its emotional impact on whoever is listening.
So, with hand on holy bible I can say that I prefer this Nocturne to be played by Richter.
Vipsas 2 years ago
i keep coming back to this interpretation, again and again and again. Chopin is Chopin and nobody plays him better than Richter !
mayahwynn 2 years ago
too beautiful for my ears to hear...and thnx Gd im human
graze00X 2 years ago
This is just beautiful. And I heard it for the first time on an episode of Star Trek Voyager!
takaeo 2 years ago 4
me 2 :D
johnnynik 2 years ago
ahahah season 7 episode 18 lolz...
redsamuraidragon 2 years ago
One of my favorite pieces, the B Maj section, and the ending in E Maj is so achingly beautiful I almost can't bare it!
antonycugliari 2 years ago 3
This is my favorite classical piece EVER!!
Karime18 2 years ago 2
sin palabras...!
raulraulius 2 years ago 2
such a beautiful piece - chopin was a genius
TheAanchal 2 years ago 10