Sviatoslav Richter plays Feux Follets by Liszt

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Uploaded by on Nov 1, 2007

live in sofia 1958

I really don't understand why some people continue to say "Richter was not a musician" "only technique, no music" Ecc....
Frustration maybe?

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  • Richter's is the only performance of Feux Follets that vividly conjures up the image of fireflys flying and intertwining in flight.

    Other's show off technical evenness but Richter reveals the piece as an actual impression of something real. A revelation!!

  • You are 100% absolutely right. Just sit back and listen to the damn performance and enjoy it.

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  • He mistakes at 03:02, the exact place where I hear other people error too, on the left hand.

  • @Ianthe22 what i mean is that "feux follets" in the titles means will o' the wisps, not fireflys.

  • @bIuebonics I dont quite understand what you mean. Fireflies and will-o- the whisp are two different things. Anyway i would imagine will - o - the whisp to be more eerie or haunting in some kind of way. That's it if i have seen one in real life, which i haven't actuallyXD. And the most descriptions i've read about this phenomenal doesn't take me to this version of Richter's playing tbh. heheh, but it's only my oppinion.

  • I believe Liszt played like this

  • This is phantastic! It's perfect!

    Richter and no music? Wtf.. He is one of the greatest musicians of all time, not only the pianist

  • @Ianthe22 interesting, if feux follet in the title meant firefly. it means will o' the wisp.

  • ...and dont forget: IT IS LIVE!!!

  • @karlakor, I agree, Richter is just...beyond anything. This piece is almost impossible to play, let alone well play well, and Richter makes most of this piece seem like the most effortless thing to play.

  • This performance is a landmark in the history of recording. It is phenomenal in every respect, and it earns Richter a place among the giants of any era. The audience should have jumped up and screamed at the end of this performance. Richter plays this etude with the requisite lightness and spirit. No one can touch him in this piece.

  • @gtimny Isnt't this Marcelmombeek "the biggest mistake in the short history of youtube?"

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