Sviatoslav Richter, 2 Rondo's and Sonata No.28, Beethoven; Concertgebouw Amsterdam (1986)

This is what Richter played before the break:
1. Beethoven, Rondo in C major: I, Op. 51 0.03
2. Beethoven, Rondo in G major: II, Op. 51 5.54
3. Beethoven, Sonata No. 28, A major, Op. 101 15.02
For the music after the break, see: • Sviatoslav Richter, Di...
For decades this was the most fantastic concert I ever visited. Until I encountered Yuja Wang in 2016, playing Beethovens Hammerklavier sonata in Amsterdam. A Dutch national newspaper I read wrote quite appropriately 'Beethoven himself came by'. I remember well Richter coming on stage, walking acircle around the piano, sitting at his piano (his private Yamaha) and playing with a dusk lamp aside of him, more or less in the dark, the lamp illuminating the score in front of him.
The record was taken from a radio broadcast of the recital on 2 July 1986.

[@stonefireice6058]

How can a master among many titans perform Beethoven sonata, played by so many, in such a unique way, that it sounds very different from any pianist I’ve ever heard- and I heard many, best of the best.

[@antonellamajorano5348]

Perché ha trovato " la chiave" di Beethowen, come di molti altri autori...purtropo non di Mozart 😱

[@wolfgangklofat594]

Die späte Veröffentlichung von Richters Amsterdamer Konzertabend im Jahr 1986 darf als Glücksfall für die Nachwelt angesehen werden. Sie zeigt noch einmal die große Kunst dieses Pianisten: die äußere und innere Reinheit, ja, die Keuschheit seines Spiels - die Ehrfurcht vor dem Komponisten und die große Liebe... nicht zu sich selbst sondern zur Musik.

[@antonellamajorano5348]

Che tocco magico e che intensità interpretariva. .induce meraviglia.🌹grazie per aver condiviso questo concerto.

[@Iamsegesest]

💜💜💜

[@janbonsema5888]

I live in Mexico but was in Amsterdam to coincide with his previous visit to the Concertgebouw around 1980-1981. He played the Beethoven Diabelli Variations which are not his best work IMO. The evening was not uinforgettable something I had not believed possible.

[@antonellamajorano5348]

Richter non è una macchina, risente delle sue tensioni. Moltissimi anni fa tenne un concerto a Rovereto ( Trentino ) . Alla fine si scusò col pubblico x aver suonato male...anche questa è grandezza!

[@richardcarnes2834]

Yuja Wang was born in 1987, so if you heard her perform the Hammerklavier in 1986 she must have been precocious indeed.

[@pimjanssens8808]

you're completely right. What a strange error. It was in 2016 that I heard Yuja Wang playing the Hammerklavier sonata. I corrected this error. Thank you.

[@pimjanssens8808]

Funny in a way is that I myself recorded the recital of Yuja Wang playing that Hammerklavier sonata in 2016. And I myself put the recording even on KZbin. Just enjoy: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2SmnaOvZp17q9k

[@janbonsema5888]

I was there, having travelled from Mexico. I think it was DFL 85 a ticket and I've gotta say there wasn't anything memorable about this all - Beethoven recital. That was unusual in itself.

[@TheosophyinRussia]

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