Richter plays Ravel Alborada del gracioso

1964 Toronto

[@mohhingman]

i love his facial expressions when he's under pressure to deliver difficult passages. He puts in the effort and he nails it everytime. He cares so much for the correct playback of the notes.

[@lczq6737]

Richter always wanted a dim lighting over the piano keys when performing so that audience would only focus on the music instead of the performer's facial expressions

[@opticalmixing23]

True, true artist, wants good results

[@mattlightbourn]

That lip. He's incredibls, well it isn't auditable like Keith Jarrett

[@musiclassic1]

Richter the boss.

[@sergheidanilov9061]

No… Lipatti better

[@beng2617]

anyone else always been obsessed with 0:20 - 0:34

[@josephpark8986]

Yesssssssss!!!

[@marshallartz395]

Ben G: Me too! Every time I listen to this piece I always play that same opening passage over and over as a bonus treat for myself. Some of the most beautiful harmonies and rhythms of the 20th Century. Ravel, what a Genius! (I think you’d enjoy Kate Liu’s performance recorded when she was just 14. And this same passage is particularly well interpreted. It’s here on KZbin.) 😎🎹

[@levim.3505]

I think Lipatti's recording is overall better, but this certain passage Richter does just perfect. Incomparable.

[@Ale-qf1pm]

Me, love the leitmotif

[@marshallartz395]

@Marcus Jones: Couldn’t agree more. There isn’t a special enough word to describe just how special Kate Liu is. I hope you’re getting a chance to listen to her newest KZbin offerings: the recent live-streamed recital from Warsaw, and newly uploaded audio from the 2013 Queen Elisabeth Competition with Chopin’s Barcarolle, and, on a separate upload from the Queen Elisabeth, music of Bach, Beethoven, and Ligeti. 😎🎹

[@janicak]

Richter plays the slow sections with all the fear of having to play the fast sections. A++

[@AsrielKujo]

@Юля Косарева stfu lmao

[@MartinFritter]

Never commented on KZbin before, but this takes the cake. An absurdly difficult piece played fearlessly. Also, the glissandi!

[@jahkneeboi]

First comment already took an L.

[@LMstan1989]

@@jahkneeboi I can't see the L

[@AdamantSeraph]

Check Lipatti version

[@TheTRUEMAN000]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJ_Xpap7fpVnjJY that's also cool performance

[@SCRIABINIST]

I'm just obsessed with the opening part from 0:00 - 0:34, also the middle section is amazing, the sprinkles and later on the glissandos and repeated notes always amazes me

[@НадеждаБогданова-р7э]

Хочется свиснуть,от восторга-Браво,дорогой Святослав Теофилович! Вы с нами,мы любим ВАС!!! 23.06.2023. P.S.Большое СПАСИБО автору канала.

[@mariolongo7369]

Sviatoslav Richter.....numero UNO!!!

[@SwapneelGhosh95]

Ravel’s compositions are just so majestic.. 🫶🏼

[@andreasandergast6839]

Fantastische Darbietung, einfach überwältigend und einzig.

[@FatSwede]

Quite extra-ordinary. Never heard it played (or seen it played) that way before. Remarkable pianism - such control and yet abandon.

[@mikepen3477]

Although even in Richter's hands, it still sounds fiendishly difficult to play.

[@MrGer2295]

Great performance ! Thanks for sharing !

[@tippidink]

0:21 is one of the most sentimental things ive ever heard

[@luizfernandg]

Most probably by far the best performance of this horribly difficult piece! Bravissimo, maestro! I forgot to say that if the piano is not a very good instrument, and very well regulated, for instance like Mr Horowitz piano used to be, we are done with all the repeated notes and glissandi in thirds, fourths...

[@BERENCEV]

Magnifico Richter!

[@TheZoRLT]

1:06 Ravel tripping

[@jamien.5528]

Lmao

[@AsrielKujo]

@ENESCU GAY no why are u everywhere

[@SH-UK030]

magnificent !!!!!!

[@NoferTrunions]

Stunning. A shame about the audio compression...

[@mariobarbov9605]

Speachless!!!!

[@山井上井]

Gracias!

[@zRain_]

Level: God.

[@kingkyleiv7960]

I love this piece

[@juanserraperez2592]

Bravo

[@opa301]

BOSS

[@JoaoFurtadoCoelho777]

Thx for upload. Richter's performances always command admiration and respect, but this doesn't mean blind acceptance! The present upload registers an admirable attempt... but IMHO it cannot bear comparison with Dinu Lipatt'is "out of this world" performance... Shared on Google+

[@dennischiapello7243]

I just listened to Lipatti, and I have to agree with you. Besides being a cleaner performance, it doesn't sound rushed, though it is quite fast. Perhaps I'm unduly influenced by Richter's aggressive-looking posture at the piano, but his performance seems like a race against the clock. I admired Richter for a long time, but a while back I listened to a recording of his live performance of Hindemith's Ludus Tonalis, and I swear he seemed to be sight-reading the whole thing. I found it unlistenable.

[@gjeacocke]

Well Richter was famous for his sight reading. So was Jogn Ogdon. Without ppl sightreading you would never hear neglected pieces. In fact, the musical professors etc listened to both sight readers. It was sometimes the only way to hear a piece. Yes, there were limits. But appreciation has to be given.

[@djmotise]

I just listened to Lipati. You may be exaggerating. I found it also messy a bit. Not steady in tempo. And not fluent. Sorry. I disagree with these comments here raving about DL. I don't like this Richter performance very much. But the Lipati is not so much better.

[@djmotise]

@@gjeacocke . What are you taking about?

[@gjeacocke]

darren motise go to my profile and find out if in doubt.

[@georgeswalquemane8109]

Définitivement le Maître du piano!

[@DARUMA-02]

0:20 I want to convince the photographer who moved the camera to richter's face here

[@RomaKubiak]

Dzięki wielkie! :)

[@sirdelrio]

I know the video says "Alborado", but it is "Alborada". It's spanish language.

[@pioter2a]

thanks

[@pcklingsor]

Fascinating to see the ferocious manner of playing, after hearing Rudolf Barshai describe in the film kzbin.info/www/bejne/gInEfJ-caN5rj5Y how Richter stayed up all night determined to master this piece.

[@putispensorhere5791]

In what time in the video?

[@ТатьянаПоспелова-о7д]

1964 год

[@levim.3505]

Do you have a time stamp?

[@Uldor667]

Гениальный Гений.

[@hinchadeboca]

what????!!!!

[@globalhole]

Best alborada

[@ЗаурБорлаков-щ5г]

Agree, his interpretation " Full complete ")

[@_alexcr]

opening section sounds exotic

[@Classicalstephen]

Richter was a magician and this piece is a testament to his genius. His technique has all the contrasts of light and shade; he is rightly considered one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century. Where I differ slightly with Arthur Chapin (below) is that Vladimir Horowitz, in my opinion, is on a par with Richter. Classical Stephen

[@Irenam_art_yn]

Fajne nagranko, Piotrysko ✌

[@이현석-l6h]

리히터는 어느 곡을 치던 그 작곡가가 의도한 것을 잘 표현하는것 같습니다. 특히 0:20은 정말 맑고 아름다운 소리가 나네요.1:45에서도 한순간에 곡의 분위기가 바뀌는 것이 놀라워요.

[@AdamantSeraph]

This piece "belongs" to Lipatti

[@趙元忻]

Still don't understand why it is even possible to do the glissando with 2 & 3 ...

[@naquan1006]

I used to do that. It really hurt but not impossible... But I changed the finger anyway 😂

[@BlueSteve]

I heard Richter would practice a difficult section of a song for 2 hours

[@cubycube9924]

That’s kinda how it is for pianists. Although you are definitely spending way more than 2 hours for a difficult section lol

[@파주피아노맨]

와 글리산도 개미쳤다ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[@spacevspitch4028]

Richter, you fuckin beast!

[@НатальяМарценюк-я9ъ]

Здорово!

[@dkdhc4475]

이 곡은 리히터가 그냥 존엄이다.

[@だぶるそふと-y2o]

フランス音楽？初めて聴きました。教えてくれた人 ありがとう。

[@shihjanhsiao8883]

Real master

[@집시-i2m]

역시.... 최고다

[@jaybreezy8937]

That was the craziest piano run at 4:58

[@VICTOBERN]

Just shut your eyes and listen....

[@wzvarick]

Always interesting to hear richter’s take. Can’t stand when the camera lingers on the pianist’s face. Why do cinematographers do this?

[@jenniferbrauchart3625]

Hi, I am a psychology student who is researching social comparison in music as part of my master thesis at the University of Vienna. I want to assess the self-concept of amateur pianists before and after completing a workshkop. As part of the workshop I would like to use this video for demonstration. Therefore, I would like to ask for permission to use it in my study. Of course, I will credit you correctly and link your account! Kind regards, Jennifer

[@pioter2a]

Hello, feel free to use this video.

[@jenniferbrauchart3625]

@@pioter2a Thank you!!

[@yangyangyang9362]

也許大家可以比較看看Richter不一樣的版本,這是我在串流上比較眾多版本後比較喜歡的,也好不容易找到了二手CD kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6jQlX6MlJaMb80

[@Theolonius-ov1ij]

Genio

[@tedallison6112]

Dinu Lipatti owns this piece 1000%

[@gnorn3607]

Magnificent pianism, but I think I prefer Lipatti's interpretation.

[@PGFTopera]

gnorn Clearly.

[@Chrisdvc26]

Lipatti's version is more imaginative, but I just find Richter's metronomic stability mesmerizing, except for when he bungles the fast notes. Also the two climaxes in the slow section are more ethereal and Ravelian than Lipatti.

[@anthonyhealy25]

Check out Bertrand Chamayou’s interpretation too. Beautiful engineering and stellar playing.

[@theonesaracen6289]

Lipatti beyond criticism, but I love Richter's way with the central folk tale here, just the right aridity of the plains (exquisite sultry-yet-tense timing, extreme legato on cedilla-like mordents etc). The many times I listened to Dinu doing it, I was never this engaged with the middle bit.

[@sesiliapiano5939]

❤

[@jiromarc7873]

Beautiful

[@DARUMA-02]

4:49 Dual Grissand

[@TheosophyinRussia]

!

[@だぶるそふと-y2o]

好きな人に教えてもらったこの曲も、最初から好きでした。未来の俺達2人へのメッセージとして ここに記します。ラベルありがとう。 2020年12月4日

[@sunamiassault]

wut is this richter the greatest piano player of all time?!?!?!?

[@LisztianGR]

+sunamiassault No. That would be Cziffra in my books.

[@graysight]

maybe you hear ravel playing this, and no one would like it, but then he would say he didnt intended it to be played neither like this or another, but just a supposition. maybe he would agree all played better than him.

[@hugod327]

For me : Richter, Horowitz, Sofronitsky, Kempff, Lipatti

[@leomiller2291]

Allan Gray you, nor anyone else alive, has ever heard Liszt play. Liszt isn’t the greatest pianist ever, not even close. He may have been highly important to piano performance and piano literature, but written records show he wasn’t even the most technically skilled of his time. Certainly the best performer, however. More recent pianists like Michelangeli, Richter, Gieseking, Lhevinne, Godowsky, Hofmann, and obviously Hamelin all have/had a far larger technique than Liszt most likely ever had.

[@guscox9651]

those repeated notes are cleEEAAAAAAAAAAN

[@thomasthompson6378]

Ouch! That was an unfortunate mistake at 1:42.

[@marekvollach7831]

STÉRILE…

[@이상윤-y5f]

4:30

[@AlessioAndres]

Teofilovich makes anything sound better.

[@나옹-f9g]

1:07

[@shadowjuan2]

I hate to be that person but this piece does nothing for me. I don’t know if it’s Richters performance or the piece itself. Richter playing seems wonderful and full of bravado but the music is not touching me, it just feels like virtuosity for the sake of virtuosity.

[@Baz-Ten]

@shadowjuan2, I Get you!..Surely this was originally meant for Orchestra. Therefore it cannot help but sound too busy! I love this live > Alborada del gracioso (Orchestre de Paris, Mikko Franck) or this performance FILARMÓNICA CHECA/SERGIO BAUDO

[@Picky_Choi97]

해석.... 지린다...

[@tvoi_maniac]

4:50

[@joseguillermogonzalez9713]

Richter once said that he has no interest in playing spanish music. And what is this? Although the composer was french ( de raíces vascas). Even the title of the piece is spanish.

[@benharmonics]

4:38

[@PGFTopera]

People, you should listen to Lipatti, really ...

[@djmotise]

I did. Just now. Not so impressed. I stopped after a minute. Not clear and controlled. Does anyone play this piece without sounding like a tense mess? Bertrand Chamayou does, but he changes the tempo at the measure of the triplets. But at least it's clear and lovely.

[@stitchyduck]

pretty messy... but impressive.

[@craigjessup5190]

It actually is a little messy if you look at the score while listening to this

[@djmotise]

@M C Oh please. Just stop. Killing the genre?

[@Chrisdvc26]

The repeated notes and some of the glissandos are definitely quite messy, but everything else is spectacular, particularly the middle section and the end.

[@lnicoll100]

lol @ 1:42

[@chrish12345]

lnicoll100 why?

[@lnicoll100]

chrish12345 huge wrong note in the tenor of the final chord. I think he plays an e flat instead of d. You can see in his body language that he's not happy about it haha. Don't get me wrong, I admire richter and this performance very much I'm just being a pedant

[@chrish12345]

lnicoll100 oh ok thanks, I'm not that familiar with the piece

[@yuenlungwong7511]

I kept repeating this part to make sure my ears r working well lol the mis-hit note should be b flat

[@SZTANCSEK]

Ez egy igazi, élő előadás. Sokkal jobb, mint Fischer Annie, aki a lemezfelvételein állandóan új hangokat vágatott be, mert rengetegszer hibázott. Gyermekként élőben is hallottam Fischert játszani és két hibát még így is észrevettem. Mindemellett azonban lebilincselő Beethoven interpretátor volt. Kár, hogy Magyarországon mindenkit tönkretett, Cziffra és Rév Lívia miatta menekültek Franciaországba. Richter hibái Fischer mellett eltörpülnek. Ez egy csodás Ravel előadás, amit lehet kritizálni, de véleményem szerint kiemelkedő.

[@mark-j-adderley]

Expired.

[@MarcelMombeek]

Almost complete empty interpretation...

[@shin-gg2rk3mt3d]

ウオッカでへべれけのロシア人が、精密な機械のように音を奏でるという、究極の矛盾した美が感じられる······とでも言えばいいのか。恐い。

[@stynway59]

All kudos to Richter, and his technique., but I would never reccomend this as an approach to this piece. Ever.

[@stynway59]

@M C you are quite correct.

[@Chrisdvc26]

How come? If there's anything wrong with this I would say it's the technique not the approach.

[@stynway59]

Re-reading all this now, I'm pretty mortified by that outburst of mine. It's not even true, Richter is a sage, and everyone has their stupid moments, eh? I'll delete it

[@Chrisdvc26]

@@stynway59 I’ve done that sort of thing more times than I can count

[@dzatiashvili]

If you've heard how dinu lipatti performs this piece, you'll never listen this again.

[@mikec2250]

I have and I like them both. What a limited perspective you have.

[@dzatiashvili]

It's like a sky and the earth. How can you compare them

[@Jipzorowns]

you just did

[@djmotise]

So not true. I just listened to DL and found it problematic. Too fast and messy. Not much better than the Richter one here.

[@guscox9651]

lol you got destroyed, nice dude

[@marcelmombeek9889]

not a note of music produced here, only notes notes and notes. Empty headed playing like most of the time with richter, listen to his "jeux d'eau", terrible, avoid listening to this pianist.

[@theonesaracen6289]

I must agree that if you've listened to a reasonable range of Richter's playing and find it even a possibility to avoid listening further, then yes, it may be pointless to try and dwell where your imagination cannot access. You could just as well spend your time wisely like Marcel here, by commenting stuff like Usain Bolt can't run for shit, Albert Einstein was a dumbass etc etc etc

[@zuhairbakdoud1360]

Noise. I am surprised that Richter lowered himself to play this stuff…

[@lorenzobanchiero3221]

How can you call ravel music "noise" shame on you