Sviatoslav Richter plays Mozart Sonata in A minor, K 310
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Then why didn't your friend's grandfather report it?
The official stance of "The Party" in the USSR was against homosexuality.
Sviatoslav Richter would have received some sort of punishment, despite his position, at least for his actions, if not for openly expressing his sexuality like that.
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I wish you would put I, II, or III movement in the title of the video. Just makes it a lot easier to find haha ~_~. Thanks for posting though.
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Yes, Richter was homosexual. But that's not a bad thing, homosexuality doesn't make someone a 'horrible human being'.
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Of course Richter was gay. This is common knowledge. But there is nothing wrong with homosexuality, and Richter was a great human being.
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VIVA LA diversity! Everybody playes it different. Every piano sounds different - and I love listening to all the different interpretations! This one is so different from F. Gulda and even though I think Gulda is THEEEE Mozart expert, I am very, very fond of this performance. Thank you for posting it!
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@flo2300 It is not Richter who changes the Tempo - it is Mozart himself who was a "master" in "tempo-inconsistancy" ;o)
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@quinto34 :-)) apparently, there was something exciting about his personality that caused so many rumours :-))). A memorable quote concerning S.T. Richter: "even if he would ONLY hit nails (with a hammer), people would gather to see what it is LIKE, "Richter hiting nails..." )))
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@kempff95 Well I dont care if he was homosexual, so what..
who cares besides you anyway..
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This is real ,man.....
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@kempff95 hehe you for real? lol
Richter played the way he was, without any crap.. Truely a great pianist and human being.
quintos34 3 years ago 9
Richter already had awesome props in my book, but now he is even AWESOMER now that I've heard this. I've played this movement and it's HARD/UNHUMAN to play it this beautifully. I don't know why I hadn't listened to this before.
dancingheron 1 year ago 3