Sviatoslav Richter plays Liszt - Mephisto Waltz no. 1, S 541

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Uploaded by on Nov 9, 2011

F. Liszt - Mephisto Waltz no. 1, S 541
Live recording, 1958
As promised, this is better upload with "uncut" final chords...

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  • quite nice in A flat!!

  • @morinoroba So true. Probably the best interpreter I've ever heard; his repertoire was incredibly vast, yet he sounded at home with all composers, and I consider so many of his recordings as definitive.

    I don't mind the dropped notes in the build up and climax. My favourite part of this piece has always been the 'amoroso' section and it's absolutely breathtaking here.

  • when the errors become enjoyable!

    Thanks truecrypt, thanks Richter, with Liszt.

  • He misses quite a few notes at that murderous stretch starting around 8:28, but his tempo there is insane! This is the part where you put your life on the line. The only person we heard who plays it as fast is Kissin, and I think the CD version we have is edited, not live. Horowitz takes that stretch slower in his live performance.

  • Cool - didn't know about this recording! Thanks for posting and sharing it!

  • What a large scale pianist he was...My father always says that "his playing has unbelievably large scale and it sounds very natural as a result, therefore sometimes one doesn't realize how it is large". Thank you.

  • This is the most dyonisiac of all interpretations.

  • Mephisto and Richter seem to go very well together :)

  • Awesome !!!!!

  • According to the British pianist Denis Matthews, "the element of risk is an essential feature of artistic endeavour."

    In terms of tempi, Richter is taking all the risks here... and the result is, despite some wrong notes, electrifying.

    Nice pictures of Budapest too! ;-)

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