Sviatoslav Richter plays Schumann HUMORESKE Op. 20

Part III
Sehr lebhaft - Mit eingem Pomp - Zum Beschlu?
Recorded in Moscow, 1956

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Music

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• sviatoslav
• richter
• schumann
• humoreske
• piano
• classical

[uhartchristian]

you take it too personally. I am not a supergenius but I am sure about what I say about richter s bach playing. Its not always good in interpretation. It is in technique of course as he is good in technique and also quite good musicalement as he is a good musician. But is not that good as other did. thats all. Sorry for that opinion but it is in fact my personal opinion. I went to one of the last concerts of richter in Paris and it was great. I am not against richter !!!!!

[truecrypt]

There is nothing "personal"... You have "an opinion" and a right to express it. In my view one looks really silly saying that "Richter doesn't understand Bach" or "Richter plays WTK as etudes". If you wish to expose yourself this way, so be it.

[uhartchristian]

again there is a lot of quality in Richter s play. He is definitely one of the best of his generation. I don t touch at this fact. But he did not understand a lot of Bach in the welltemperated Piano. thats a fact. There are much better interpretations than him in this particular piece. I do like his humoreske also but some parts are not that exciting than the feinberg interpretation or the horowitz one... they are well done but no more. the magic isn t there.

[truecrypt]

Well.. To you *personally* it seems that Richter doesn't understand Bach... People tend to impose their own limitations on others. Your comment assumes that you "understand" Bach better than Richter... With all respect it's not a case.

[uhartchristian]

there are a lot of bad interpretations of Richter but this one is good... You can feel he liked what he did there.... Richter wasn' t a happy man. He could not see his family for years.... Was a tricky time for russian musicians.

[truecrypt]

"a lot of bad interpretations"?

[marmasiotis]

Sviatoslav Richter has so much to do with "forced Virtuosity" as ...Mahatma Gandhi with violence...

[uhartchristian]

I don t have the same opinion that the Humoresque of Schumann that Richter uses forced virtuosity and too fast tempi. No it seems even too slow in some parts. Hear the Samuil Feinberg version and the Horowitz version which are both great ( Horowitz respects the text most but Feinberg is even more exciting in some parts).

[uhartchristian]

well of course Richter was an exceptional musician and had a horrible good technique but was quite "grossier" in some kind. The delicateness often is missing. He definitely cannot be called aristocrat in his playing. And the recording of Bach welltemperated piano is completely played like etudes . There is not much understanding in it . But when you hear Feinberg for example you understand better who was Bach....

[truecrypt]

What seems "lost" to you may be a "finding" to others. "Forced" virtuosity? I'm learning something new every day... ;)