Robert Schumann, Etude op.10 n°4 d'après Paganini - Richter

[rationalistx]

His glasses frame is too small....

[nevskixx]

This is the first time I have heard these works. Richter certainly has brought these obscure works to the public who would otherwise would not have heard these.

[MEpianist]

some fore-runners there of "Die Meistersinger"

[povepupe]

Meraviglioso!!!!!!!!!

Schumanntica

[SviatoslavRichterSpa]

BRAVO!

[soltisviolin]

simply amazing!!!!!!!!!!!

[saintdracula]

There is only one explanation, it is the heaven's that give Richter the grace. Praise be to God!!!

[entelin]

Of course! how could it be anything but divine intervention! There's no way it could have anything to do with him devoting his life to the piano, or being a harsh self critic and perfectionist sometimes devoting up to 10 hours a day practicing. I for one would rather assign credit where credit is due, instead of attempting to trivialize ones life work by brushing it off saying "god did it".

[bozotheda]

I doubt that saintdracula's comment was meant to be taken literally, but if it was then you are right. If Richter were merely a hand puppet of god, there would have been no need for him to practice at all, ever.

[flugelmaniac]

and Richter was also mostly 'self taught',

and was proclaimed a genius just for that

[Ianthe22]

@flugelmaniac But still, it is very crucial for understanding his play to know who he studied under. I wouldn't use the term "self taught". "Studied alone" is a term that sounds a lot more mature for me.

[flugelmaniac]

@Ianthe22 ....yes,well all the published biographies about him state that he was

'largely self taught'.....................he­ was already giving recitals for some years before he went to Neuhaus.

[Ianthe22]

@flugelmaniac He did study under Neuhaus for almost 10 years. You can also call it under supervision of Neuhaus. It is true that Neuhaus made a statement about Richter being a genius and that he didn't need to teach Richter much. 10 years is still a long time. And such play doesn't come by itself. I'm just saying that such skills that Richter has doesn't come by itself there is a lot of work behind it and with Neuhaus guidance absolutely had a major role in Richters play.

[Ianthe22]

@flugelmaniac Many reporters does refer to Richter on his relation with Neuhaus. And he also mentions Neuhaus in many of his interviews. Like the sentence: "play 1 page at a time, never move on until you can play it and master it.", I believe that is one of the many techniques Richter learned by Neuhaus. He's just too good to be entirely selftaught. But imagining Neuhaus being able to guide Richter with the enormous talent Richter had seems like a very natural thought.

[kajohada]

...so wonderful------>these contrasts,that was s.richter:)

[rhamvanh]

Génial!

[Jacksr19]

Sorry, new to posting here - meant to rate this video 5 stars - may have rated it as 1 star by mistake. This performance is more perfect than perfect! = 6 stars!

[Jacksr19]

Wonderful performance of a beautiful piece! Richter is a marvel. Thanks very much for the upload.

[pianopera]

I think this is no. 4 (Maestoso), and on the other video he's playing the last one, no. 6 (Sostenuto - Allegro - Tempo I).

Many thanks for posting these unknown treasures.

[EspaceArtPluriel]

Merci beaucoup! Thanks!

[truecrypt]

What a great surprise!

BTW the page-turner is a very good pianist - Serguei Milstein (then quite young...)

Thank you so much for upload!

[chad410]

fabulous video thannkyou