Sviatoslav Richter plays Franck

Cesar Auguste Franck, Prelude, Chorale And Fugue
III - Fugue

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• sviatoslav
• richter
• cesar
• franck
• piano
• fugue

[fredpierce08]

This is another wrongfully neglected masterpiece by a genius among geniuses. I agree, usually it is given a perfunctory, too fast reading. Franck was anything but a vulgar show off. His works must be performed with power, respect and articulation. A deep, passionate artist, again who brought mastery and depth to Romantic forms. His pupils revered him for very good reasons. Even Franz Liszt praised Franck's Organ works as the best compositions for the king of instruments since BACH.

[marrie4343]

Sensacional! Franck é um compositor perfeito! Ainda mais nas mãos do gênio de Richter!

[leandrusi]

Less instrument talking and more interpreter/composer talk.

Richter is simply amazing!!!!!

[hedones]

Jolie formule, et qui vise juste. Cette fugue me fait immanquablement penser à une pro-jection hors de soi qui n'est pas sans rappeler notre propre mort. Mais à laquelle nous assisterions en pleine possession de nous-même. Un chiasme impossible mais qui se dessine à mesure que se poursuit la fugue. Lugubre, mais jubilatoire.

[revizorsb]

Une des plus belles interprétations d'une oeuvre magistrale de Franck. La musique est là, reste à se laisser conduire là où l'interprète nous conduit : au-delà de nous-même...

[wayneredhart]

Hamburg makes real "Steinways" too. Not merely the Steinweg. I believe you're mistaking for a separate brand entirely.

[weikko79]

Especially at the end.

[hophmi]

Hi guys,

Agree with comments on the Steinway. Not with the Bechstein though. The Steinway will always be a good bet, but it is usually a big hall piano, and it's not easy to get an intimate sound out of it in a small room. Bechstein's particularly old ones, have a beautifully mellow sound that is perfect for things like Schubert and other romantics.

[ipublica]

Please also take into account that the D has slightly longer keys, so when you play on black keys and your forearms are more 'pushed' toward the wood, on any model below D you may actually hit the wood with your fingertips. I happens constantly to me on my Roland RD-700 when I play octave passages. In addition, the repetition mechanism of the D is far superior any model below, the repetition rate is much faster, for pieces like Alborada Del Gracioso or Jeux D'Eau by Ravel. Larger room, no prob.

[ipublica]

Thanks for your invaluable information! I did not know that. I have played on a D back in the 1970s in Kaiserslautern, Germany, it was a second-hand one in excellent shape, and it was only 40.000 Deutsche Mark, which was at the time just 10.000$. I was a student and did not have the money to buy it, and I was really dying a slow and painful death ... unable to describe in words. I hope that Steinway will keep their standard, for they are not only excellent pianos and also excellent investments.

[soami2u]

You'll need a large room as well as a fat wallet to accommodate a "D", new or used (though I've heard the new Bluethners are even more expensive). Steinway (NY) has revived the "O" and "A" models, which had been discontinued many years ago, but I haven't played any of the new ones. Maybe you heard Henry Z. Steinway died a few months ago at 93. He was the last of the family to serve on the Board. The quality dipped in the '70s after the CBS takeover, but later improved...the best again now

[ipublica]

My dream is a D, a used one, but they are still around 60k or 70k, I have composed and played all my music on a Roland RD-700 Stage Piano so far (digital), was not yet in state to buy my dream piano. My first piano teacher had a wonderful 1920s Bluethner, that sounded wonderful for Mozart, and I played an even better one from the same age in Geneva Conservatory back in 1985/1986. Bluethners have a strong personality, something really magic about them. I do not know how to put it in words...