Sviatoslav Richter - Chopin Piano Recital,1976 - Moscow Conservatory

[@lynnewhite4579]

I had the privilege of seeing him live, about 50 years ago. It's something I'll never forget, he is one of the greatest pianists ever.

[@davidschestenger3366]

Lucky you, definitely is one of my favorite and playing Bach is god

[@Davidfooterman]

I queued I think it was 7 times and the infuriating communist government officials deliberately played a game of maybe/maybe not, and I never did get to witness this genius in person. The same happened with Michelangeli except that he himself was responsible for the nonsense. Richter was a wonderful character, a beautiful soul, and a powerful genius of the piano that had and still has no equal at any level. I fell in love with his playing of the Schumann ‘Waldszenen’, emulated it, and won a valuable music scholarship to a famous private school as a result!

[@freyrsta1076]

HHhH You're humiliating,hhh 🙋

[@tatjanasiljeg2429]

I SO envy you...

[@wanderyamatosuzuki4262]

He is indeed the greatest among the great in this century.

[@busylifemeto]

Richter was a giant an absolute legend in the top five pianists ever in my view

[@Davidfooterman]

Those large hands are so gentle and agile and every note is clearly heard, nothing overlooked. And then you listen to him playing the cello sonatas with Rostropovich at the Edinburgh Festival and you hear the mastery of ensemble technique. And his playing of the Schumann Waldszenen and the Grieg 24 Lyric Pieces - gentle beauty. And then there’s Schubert’s D960. These are all performances by which all others can be judged. Absolutely perfect in every way. We are very lucky to have such a rich audio-visual record of one of the greatest pianists of all time.

[@MXDelfos]

He never felt comfortable with his Chopin. And indeed there is some tension. But I can't stop hearing this. Artur Rubinstein once said 'I was hearing him, nothing special. But, suddenly, tears dropped from my eyes'

[@gunnarkoss9262]

The tension is intended! He is not a stu.. Student.

[@kingpinproductions5701]

If the great ones make it look easy, geniuses like Richter make it look absolutely effortless. The music just pours from the piano, so smooth and lively with colorful expression.

[@789armstrong]

This video is a priceless document of a keyboard giant at the peak of his powers.

[@301250]

Shakespeare used the quill pen & words to write his literary masterpieces, Michelangelo the hammer, chisel & marble to sculpt his sublime works of art and Richter, the ivories & score to create transcendent sounds!

[@galinamelnikova9855]

Величайший мировой виртуоз с тонкой душой! Моё детство и юность, не было телевизоров, слушала его игру по радио, потом было много пластинок с записями его исполнений! Он всегда со мной.

[@jennyjang5894]

Extremely fabulous! Richter is the greatest musician-artist-pianist of all time. A true Virtuoso..!!!

[@НатальяНеволько-ч1ы]

Слушая в детстве Рихтера я открывала для себя секреты интонации и фразировки. Светлая память великому пианисту.

[@ЮлияШапошникова-у8э]

Прекрасный музыкант! Я его полюбила в 17 лет, когда он давал гастроли в нашей консерватории и после этого я слушала в разных городах. И всегда это было верх совершенства!

[@roberto4698]

27:03 Richter is a world unto himself, impenetrable yet radiant. A deepwater fish, blind but luminous.

[@Teddy_Toto]

I love how Richter always plays right on the edge. A great artist of the piano.

[@ВалентинаПотапова-т9ю]

Святослав Теофилович гений. Так играть Шопена! Спасибо. Светлая память.

[@MXDelfos]

Richter nunca se sintió cómodo con su Chopin. Pero nadie tenía su habilidad de meterse en la música y dentro de ella, al punto de hacernos olvidar al pianista, y dejar hablar solo a la música y al compositor. En eso, está en un lugar aislado junto con muy pocos. Gracias por subir este video tan maravilloso!

[@Davidfooterman]

It can be argued that he is the greatest recorded pianist. For my part, I know of no other pianist who delivers a better performance of any specific piano piece than does Richter. He is technically, emotionally, and dramatically marvelous. He perhaps grew up without the comforts and distractions that divert the interest and energy of most young people today; he was in an intellectual and artistic environment that was strong enough to exploit his talents fully as soon as they appeared. We’re very lucky indeed!

[@neilpenesis9203]

Very well said regarding his environment... It was as if he was detached from much of the distractive turmoil.

[@cowlikesbeef]

richter is never too much or too little; he is just right

[@marcmitchel25]

Who could say it better? I am not afraid to say he's the reason I'm a musician.

[@stefanufer608]

Spot on!

[@НадежлаКомарова-ы3ч]

Слушать Великого Рихтера это наслаждение...

[@jean-mariedethier5495]

La musique selon Richter : la souveraine liberté rejoignant le génie de l'invention. Extra-ordinaire et tellement proche du coeur !

[@fergusmaclachlan1404]

Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-flat major, Op.61: 0:24 Waltz in F major, Op. 34 No. 3: 12:57 Waltz in D flat major, Op. 70 No. 3: 15:04 Mazurka in C sharp minor, Op. 63 No. 3: 18:20 Mazurka in C major, Op. 67 No. 3: 20:16 Mazurka in F major, Op.68 No. 3: 21:32 Mazurka No. 51 in A minor "Émile Gaillard", (posth.): 22:39 Etude in C sharp minor, Op. 25 No. 7: 26:12 Scherzo in E major, Op. 54 No. 4: 32:28

[@_PROCLUS]

TY

[@Steinwaytoday]

may your crops be plentiful

[@MXDelfos]

Long, beautiful life to you, fellow stranger.

[@matmm75006]

43:14 END

[@claudiogoldman]

One of the best renditions I heard in my life...

[@Davidfooterman]

I fell in love with individual Richter performances as a child. One of them was his recording of the Waldszenen by Schumann, which I learned by ear - I didn’t even have the music - and played at an audition that won me a music scholarship to my high school. One of the examiners questioned a wrong note he thought I played, to which I strenuously objected. “Do you have the music with you?”, he asked, to which I answered no. He asked, “Why not?”. I said I had never seen it. He laughed, but his colleague told me not to be facetious; and I told him I was serious. So his colleague said, “Okay, if you know all the Waldszenen from a recording, you probably know which one comes next and you probably have that one in your fingers as well.” “Yes, sir, I do”. And, with a rather defiant and angry face I played the first few bars of the forest scene that followed … and the next one after that … and the next one after that. The angry examiner showed his poor quality by getting significantly angrier, but the other one, who was obviously very much his senior, broke into brief applause and said, “Well done: you stood your ground and made your point very well; you know all the Waldszenen by heart, don’t you; congratulations on an impressive audition.” I left the room feeling great … but did not win the bigger of the two scholarships. I later found out (from the secretary who was there) that the angry prick had blocked my access to both awards, but that his senior colleague had overruled him with the committee and insisted that I get one of them … and I left the audition pissed off, wrote off the Oxford College as not worth the hassle, and went to University College London, which was near home. My UCL tutor turned me on to a career in medicine and gave me the assessment I needed to proceed with it. And I enjoyed a great career as a physician in three countries across the world. Funny how things work out, isn’t it.

[@neilpenesis9203]

Appreciate your experiences and recollections of inspiration in your life and even though you didn't make music a career like I did, you sound very accomplished and not only professional but prodigious... your struggles only made you persevere in your medical profession... I take it you're a native of the UK a country I have never frequented. Again congratulations to you.

[@steveegallo3384]

@@neilpenesis9203 -- She may be even a Subject thereto....I had an uncannily similar experience here in Mexico 40 years back......Cheersfrom Acapulco!

[@marijke0607]

What fun he has! he is the greatest!

[@marijke0607]

for me, alone!!!

[@peterbrenton410]

oh to have such a secure technique so that you can just let go and have fun as you say

[@karpabla]

It is interesting that he chose to open the recital with the supercharged Polonaise Fantasy, a very high caliber piece even among the already stratospheric level of Chopin's piano works. With so many commentaries here it is almost ridiculous for my part to insist on the greatness of Richter.

[@Moscu177]

Thank u for posting . Richter is brilliant !!

[@137uc14]

Su toque es cristalino.Suena como un arpa.No escuché jamás a un pianista que tenga esa calidad de sonido.Gracias por compartir esta magistral interpretación de este genio del piano de todo los tiempos!!!

[@ДмитрийЦирулик-ч9в]

Рихтер - уникальный! Никто и нигде с МАЭСТРО не может быть сравним!

[@АллаКондрашина-ч1ж]

такой светлый,аристократичный,это настоящий Шопен,так как это истинно композитором?Рихтер непостижим в своей гениальности,каждая нота_золото,так никто не играл и не будет играть…

[@jennyjang5894]

Unique beauty.. thank you for great upload :)

[@franciscoespinozagamboa6490]

En mi opinión Richter fue uno de los tres pianistas mas brillantes de los últimos 100 años.

[@jean-mariedethier5495]

Je partage votre avis.

[@bogotana1990]

Opino lo mismo :Kissin solo en elp rimer lugar luego Richter , Horovitaz y Zimerman

[@johnkrammer3673]

@@bogotana1990 cómo que Kissin en primer lugar???

[@bogotana1990]

@@johnkrammer3673 Si UD no considera a Kissin como el primero de todos los tiempos ,es su opinión,Evgeny Kissin es un genio musical uniivo y admira a Richter y Horovitz,pero los supera .Me gusta Richter pero considero que arremete con i inusitada furia evidente En el Etude12 de Chopin y en cambio Kissin lo hace con vitalidad la exacta que se precisa , Horoviz también admirado por Kissin es realmente grande lo que no lo exime de comentes algunos fallos ,en cambio Kissin es perfecto en calidad interpretativa como transmitiendo exactamente lo que el compositor pretendía .Estoy segura que si Chopin . Liszt o ascriabin vivieran reconocerían que Evgeny interpreta mejor sus relaciones que ellos mismos porque el es perfecto y la Perfección no puede ser superada

[@ciararespect4296]

Kissin no Es saude a beso richter pernas el e Bueno mas richter e mehor Andre Marc Hamelin e mejor de todos porque toca mas dificil

[@Davidfooterman]

This Moscow Conservatory recital is, well, there’re no words to describe it! To those who produced the A/V record of it, we also owe a debt of gratitude.

[@gateris1]

This is something else..... Not 4 You and me, but for the GREATS

[@Davidfooterman]

What an audio-visual feast it is to witness this, one of the very greatest pianists of ALL time, playing pieces I could actually manage to learn myself. Whether it be Haydn/Mozart/Beethoven or Chopin/Schumann/Liszt or Schubert lieder with great singers … there never has been a better performer and interpreter … and OMG I have it here to fall asleep with on a peaceful, rainy night. There is indeed a little bit of Heaven on Earth for anyone and everyone; you just need to find it, appreciate it, and learn to love and treasure it!

[@fikretnesirullah.3468]

True master.

[@obriainpianosartgallery8159]

Richter, thank you

[@Davidfooterman]

I was referring to a video of Sviatoslav Richter playing masterworks from the classical and romantic piano repertoires. What a wonderful Russian treasure this man was. I cut my piano teeth on Richter and Gilels and have had the reward of a lifetime of sheer pleasure through the fingertips trying (with only partial success) to copy their interpretations. It also won me a valuable music scholarship that saved my father a bunch of money on my fancy private high-schooling. Thank you, Slava!

[@Fritz_Maisenbacher]

3:08 epic, epic, epic ....; exactly the kind of music moments I love .... 4:24 driving too fast on a dangerous road, black clouds and tempestuous wind .... When Richter was playing in public, it was like this ... in Strassburg, in 1975, It was for me like a sauna. During the Fifth Sonata of Scriabin, he played so madly that ALL my clothes were fully wet of sweat. And the Sonata is not so long .......... 10:37 look at this ...... .........................................

[@tombufford8659]

Years ago as a teenager a broadcast came on of a very old Mr Richter playing Chopin exude "revolution " at the wigmore hall London (possibly). Standing ovation from all his fans !

[@peterhollamby7642]

I heard Richter play several times in London. His recitals were the most memorable events by the greatest pianist in my opinion. He became the inspiration to me in all my artistic progress from 1961 and he is the greatest influence on my life as an artist together with Stravinsky and Picasso. Peter Hollamby

[@jennyjang5894]

Simply perfect..!

[@guillote75]

I always wanted to hear him, for life situations (my age and country) that was impossible. But I remember watching the documentary and -for instance- his Schubert D. 960. Amazing. There´s also a snippet of him rehearsing Liszt Sonata that is mesmerizing. What not to say!

[@fa-la-mi-mi-re]

There is a lot of Richter on YT nowdays!!

[@Fritz_Maisenbacher]

The Schubert D. 960 is for me his greatest recording. Something extraordinary, beyond the abysses.

[@MXDelfos]

@@Fritz_Maisenbacher that is so true. He gets into the pain and love of Schubert like no one else. It's like an incredible voyage, into the pathos and love of life at the same time. I can't hear that very often. Always make me cry like a child.

[@Davidfooterman]

Incredible!

[@lilianelepicard419]

Gratitude pour cette entièreté et cette sensibilité; me donne envie de courir à mon piano.

[@mariafrydrychowicz-czuchaj8014]

polonaise-Fantaisie oraz Scerzo -wykonanie zadziwiajaco piekne-REWELACYJNE!

[@chad4149]

what powerful renditiono

[@JP-kx2qv]

The best I've heard...

[@mariafrydrychowicz-czuchaj8014]

wspanialy recital S .Richtera.w Moskwie.indywidualta!dzwiek swietlisty (gral Chopina)bogate brzmienie z kolorystyka wykonanie mazurkow zachwycsjace

[@thingoclien]

Wonderful!

[@alexustas2203]

4-е скерцо - это невероятно красивое исполнение!

[@ВладычИЦаморская]

Святослав Теофилович, Солнышко родное, лучик света. Благодарю тебя за Твоё Светлое искусство. Послушала: и тепло и радостно стало и легче жить, и дышать. Благодарю, благодарю, благодарю.

[@ronstriebig2749]

Extraordinary¡!!!!!!?

[@CarmenReyes-em9np]

Gracias por poner genios. 🇮🇷❤️‍🔥🎹

[@camitful]

We don't have words for to say what Richter say with the music with piano.

[@camitful]

+Camillo Flaim : S. Richter è inimitabile ,impetuoso,convincente, energico,onnipotente a causa del suo fisico robusto e potente nel ricavare dal pianoforte suoni così intensi e corretti che altri se lo sognano, fraseggio originale a causa del rubato che riesce a imprimere alle sue esecuzioni.

[@camitful]

+Camillo Flaim : la sua dialettica esecutiva riesce a portare l'ascoltare dove lui vuole soprattutto nelle composizioni romantiche.

[@camitful]

+Camillo Flaim : Al Conservatorio di Mosca ha dato una sonora lezione di come dovrebbe essere interpretata la musica di Chopin, considerata la sua conoscenza a memoria delle composizioni eseguite e i potenti mezzi muscolari che l'hanno sostenuto.

[@giuseppecamiletti9278]

+Camillo Flaim Ben detto👍 Come ho sentito in un documentario sulla sua vita: "Richter è un mondo a parte".

[@urfanseferli5605]

Richterrrr,really you're incredible.

[@Fritz_Maisenbacher]

12:57 completely crazy. And 13:35 , the reprise of the second theme, even more crazy ................ I told you, boiling music ..... and 14:35 ... mad .

[@posamsaso]

Divine...

[@ИннаБородина]

Он так переживал на первом произведении. Был очень сосредоточен, как хищник. Потом его закуражило.

[@thomgeo8073]

Артуро Бенедети Микеланджели сказал: Рихтер первый пианист!

[@メルアド]

いつものことながら、詩情と力強さを兼ね備えた演奏ですね。

[@そーたららら]

メルアド ppの美しさと芯のあるff。((T_T)) 凄く真摯で、リヒテルの生き方が物語ってるみたいですね。

[@simerhy]

monumental energetic

[@jiimbow]

listening to richter he is like a piano player that truly understands chopin. almost godlilke inspired piano playing that people think that rubinstien is the chopinist of this century is blasphemous. thr tone the nuance rubinstein could never pull off

[@neilpenesis9203]

The great one toying with his instrument like a cat with a mouse... Titanic command.... His 1960 live recording on Deutsche grammophon of the Polonaise Fantasy I find even more enjoyable because he took his time and had an overall sense of wistful repose... Here he opens with more agitation and a sense of impatience as if feeling out the uncertainty of the environment of the opening piece... His was the inspiration of my only performance of this work 20 years ago at Barat college of Lake Forest....( A cleaner rendition but not as hypnotically mesmerizing matching his torrent of strength and sound and maddening vision of self abandonment living on the edge). Rachmaninoff was the master of the first half and Richter the second half of the 20th.... Orchestral sonority coming from that hammered harp with glorious colors. This man was a Superman in my book and I came to idolize him regretfully never hearing him in person... This brings back memories of 1986 when I played on that stage in June a month after Chernobyl and 2 months after Horowitz.... It was the Tchaikovsky and I went there to learn having never participated in an international competition... It lives with me the rest of my days.

[@ЮрийСмагин-э5я]

Фантастика!!!!

[@alexustas2203]

4 Скерцо - для меня самое лучшее исполнение из всех!

[@MrPGOLIVEIRA]

As mensagens de Chopin se repetem nos quatro cantos do mundo e mãos privilegiadas as reproduzem. Richard é um fiel e talentoso intérprete

[@fslubin]

I believe I heard Richter say, in some interview, "I don't like myself." That would certainly add pathos to his playing.

[@TheMightyFork_]

He was gay.. he was speaking about his sexuality .

[@TheMightyFork_]

Möbius Strip look, it’s a well known fact.. you can not argue with this. I know that from friend of mine that he’s the grandson of Heinrich Neuhaus .. so his dad, my friends dad told me that richter “liked” Stanislav Neuhaus and flirted with him

[@fa-la-mi-mi-re]

@@TheMightyFork_ Yeah sure whatever you say-still who cares anyway?

[@fa-la-mi-mi-re]

Fred I would say he said this concerning his playing:nevers satisfied with his playing-a true artist!

[@fslubin]

@@marcmitchel25 Well let's see. How does one's self-esteem affect one's artistry? An artistic pianist -- rather than a mere technician -- plays from feeling. If he lives from a sense of loss or tragedy, he will likely "read" darker music very effectively; or possible he will see darkness where the composer or other interpreters don't see it. And, he's likely to fail to do justice to brighter, happier, quirkier, joyous music. Certainly he could fake it, and you might not notice the difference, but others would. The notes and the score don't make the music, the performer's heart makes it. Consider removing your waste-of-space comment.

[@CarmenReyes-em9np]

Junio. 20------------23.

[@zicekanelo]

Un regalo para el mundo... Qué lastima que sólo tenga 8000 visitas

[@Davidfooterman]

This Chopin at 32.5 mins is one of the most masterful pieces of piano playing in existence on the video record. It really is a thing of genius; imagine what might have happened if Chopin, Schumann, Liszt and the other greatest of piano composers had this man in their 18th/19th century drawing rooms, not to mention what else we might have got from Rachmaninov and Prokofiev (or did Sergei and Slava know each other?).

[@georgesandchopin]

3 thumbs down, 3 idiots. Thank you for posting fabulous video.

[@ТатьянаДождева-ф8й]

Спасибо.

[@marie-francebied-charreton9716]

excellent

[@fredscott7712]

Richter is always right

[@paulvannessspianoworld1724]

No, dadly.

[@CarmenReyes-em9np]

En mis clases de piano mi maestro me recomendaba a Richter. ❤🎹🇮🇷.

[@carlosantuckwell]

He looked stressed at that concert. Was he feeling more pressure from the Brezhnevist authorities? (His Western tours were cancelled when he played at the funeral of Boris Pasternak in 1960.)

[@CarmenReyes-em9np]

Está sala de conciertos es para Los Grandes ❤️‍🔥🇮🇷

[@MrPGOLIVEIRA]

Este palco foi onde Van Cliburn se imortalizou em 1958 no concurso internacional Tchaikovsky

[@Luis-Miguel-Gallego]

For me, Richter is God. I Wish I'd known him.

[@leomiller2291]

Luis Miguel Gallego he's certainly the greatest pianist of all time.

[@raymondgood6555]

And Bach was god to me. And I wish I’d known him.

[@gaboraranyi9936]

@@raymondgood6555 Os deuses são: Bach, Mozart, Beethoven , Schubert, compositores, Richter músico, Rembrandt, Van Gogh, Miquelangelo e Leonardo pintores e escultores, os escritores Anton Tchekhov e Shakespeare, e Billy Halliday, cantora extraordinária e vitima do preconceito Todos estão no Monte Olimpo.

[@raymondgood6555]

@@gaboraranyi9936 and also Arthur Rubinstein and Dietrich Fischer- Dieskau and Fritz Wunderlich!

[@feelgoog22]

richter is the tiger, sometime he played more richter than chopin. But he and rachmaninov (and Busoni) was the greatest pianists.

[@bilgepayza1270]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@msotil]

Not for nothing was Richter called "pianist of the century".

[@John-thinks]

Is this variation of 70 3 from a lesser known version that Chopin published? Or are these improvisations by Richter? Either way - very interesting!

[@1947laurence]

❤

[@VCguitar1]

38:20...

[@CarmenReyes-em9np]

Lastima no tiene remedio la ignorancia ponen anuncios a medio concierto.

[@paul7606]

Richter always paid close attention to all the minute details.

[@gerdlindlar1980]

bravourös, a giant

[@tommytonguyen4227]

King

[@claudioviteri8113]

Great pianist like Rubinstein, Anda, Horowitz & Arrau between others

[@Davidfooterman]

Of course Prokofiev knew Richter, for goodness’ sake; he dedicated that fiendish ninth sonata to him. Well, Slava, you can keep it cuz it’s no use to me except on my stereo system, where it blows my mind every time I listen to it!

[@luisdiazlopez3712]

Exceptionally, he is playing without a music sheet.

[@abcDa-m5h]

Yep.He didn't need sheet music cuz he had a super good memory. He started using it when he was in decline.

[@raphael2692]

8:18

[@peterectasy2957]

richter is fantastic pianist. but chopin would probably dislike most of his interpetations, videlicet chopin is soft soul and gentle touching. rusians are very hard personaly, moreover we should not forget difficult historical relationship - poland and russsia

[@christophbader3713]

Well, Richters father was from German decent. Richter was born in Shtomir, which is now Ukraine. I do not believe in this kind of classification, they are individuals anyways.

[@menegus1]

ascoltare Chopin suonato da Richter (perché, Bach no?) è aggiungere un filo alla tela breve della nostra vita: come della poesia dice Leopardi

[@pablofeynman3619]

How about that scherzo. Just perfect playing

[@CarmenReyes-em9np]

🎹❤️‍🔥🇮🇷👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼

[@AmyAmy-er8bp]

A kuxarka kto? Ximik.

[@vladislavsheer1977]

!!!

[@oriolespunymontfort5871]

Ningú podrà fer quelcom semblant. Només Chopin i ell, Richter. Els altres alumn@s l'escoltarem sempre. Per no saber imitar no podrem ni imitar la salutació.

[@cescllopis]

Ben dit.