Sviatoslav Richter plays Beethoven "Hammerklavier" (5/6)

Part 5
Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat major, opus 106, "Hammerklavier"
4. Introduzione - Fuga: Allegro risoluto
Live recording, 1975

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Music

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• sviatoslav
• richter
• beethoven
• sonata
• piano
• classical
• Hammerklavier

[paolohudson]

well...the Mozart sonatas aren't all excellent. A number of highly notable pianists, like Horowitz, have said that they are held in a high regard only because of Mozart's autograph at the top of the page. just a thought...

[kajohada]

...it is to be said that the well tempered piano by bach is the Old and the piano sonatas by beethoven the New Testament in classical music!

[SepiaLatimanus]

Once again Richter plays a piece better than anyone else. My new favorite performance.

[greenleafbrown]

True lovers are humble and awestruck in the presence of the beloved. I don't understand how people can fall into argumentation here. Do you love the music? Then dive in that love. Dive in that love and be drowned.

[darkblueangel1956]

La Fuga della Sonata op. 106 di Beethoven eseguita da Sviatoslav Richter, per me ha l'effetto di una droga devastante ! Velocità che neanche Pollini realizza, nitidezza spettacolare in ogni esposizione del tema, dei trilli e degli sviluppi, un fraseggio delirante di un romanticismo "da alchimia", che sembra ... Scriabin primo periodo, incisiva lucentezza di suono, impasto timbrico levigato e tangibile come il granito !!! Sonata scritta per una dimensione cosmica siderale ... DA STORDIMENTO !!!

[advisorC101]

This is the stuff of pure dreams. Thank you again Truecrypt!

[volk410]

@kajohada And what a far more wonderful canon the great works by Bach and Beethoven are! Free of the murderous rages and terrible jealousy and self-centeredness that characterize that awful god-character.

[francescaemc2]

Grazie mille!!!!! Stupenda.

[herodot2]

@kajohada

So what are Chopin's etudes then ;-)

[KeithWhalen11]

And Paolo, thank you for strengthening my argument here. Hamelin is saying he enjoys what appeals to HIM, he isn't saying "...because Haydn is more angular he wrote better piano sonatas." I could easily throw a stick in your spokes by citing the K. 279 as being my favorite sonata by Mozart, which I deem to be excellent. How would you refute it? You can't take away my affection for anything by making simple (and useless) comparisons. Stop searching for superlatives by means of comparison.

[KeithWhalen11]

Sonata form or not it comes down to what you enjoy listening to. Someone may love the simplicity and structure of Mozart over the expressive grandeur of the Alkan sonata even. I think it's naive to classify things into good, great or excellent because music is to be interpreted by the listener as well. It's so incredibly naive to end an argument saying the Hammerklavier is the greatest sonata composed. It's like saying green is the best color. Whether you believe it or not it proves nothing.

[truecrypt]

Correct, it's not an argument but an opinion of extravagant few you use as an argument.

Again, good luck with Mozart sonatas...