Sviatoslav Richter in Budapest, 1958 - Schubert Sonata D.958

[@Alix777.]

Hallucinated, poisoned performance of this master piece.This is pure genius

[@erikthenorviking8251]

I love this performance, for all the reasons you give !

[@RobinLSL]

Oh my god, Richter is a monster. That speed! And that precision!

[@felleg4]

2 ads before vid, other ads during vid, 2 ads after vid. I cant process this... this is Richters spiritual product and a common wealth. a gift to humanity. ppl upload it, and monetize vids. cant process this sh it.

[@RioGrandeHenderson]

Richter the Thunderous!

[@RioGrandeHenderson]

So nice to finally hear the full thing, thanks!

[@francesctravesa]

shame for sound quality but my favourite performance of this in youtube so far

[@jamesnickoloff6692]

What is wrong with the sound quality? I feel as if I'm in Budapest in 1958!!

[@olegizmaylov]

Grand pianist, grand sonata!

[@_PROCLUS]

22:17 "Why are you playing so fast?" --- "Because I can" ... Genuin Russian humor ..

[@jamesnickoloff6692]

No, not because he could--because he heard the music (and Schubert's soul) in this way.

[@jamesnickoloff6692]

How fortunate Hungarians were in 1958 to hear this--on whatever piano Richter played (see comments below)! I think Richter is doing exactly what Schubert wanted--not to try to guess Schubert's mind but to take the "text" (score) and let your own spirit shape it, give it flight.

[@pianoplaynight]

.... Schubert, you mean

[@jamesnickoloff6692]

@@pianoplaynight Thank you,. I just corrected my comment.

[@cescllopis]

Sonata No.17 (1828) in C minor.

[@_PROCLUS]

22:30

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

R could make miracles..even on bad pianos..all pianos were bad in his tours in Hungary.

[@extremepianochannel]

Do you know what brand of piano Richter played on in this recording? I'm curious to know.

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

@@extremepianochannel No idea but most probably an old brand out of tune.I often wondered!

[@extremepianochannel]

@@fa-la-mi-mi-re I wonder if it's a Kawai. That's what it sounds like the most to me. I simply don't know whether or not Kawais were available in the west at the time this recording was purportedly made.

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

@@extremepianochannel I don't think so at all.I would rather go for PETROV or DEMAL .I shall do some research.

[@extremepianochannel]

@@fa-la-mi-mi-re Thanks! I would greatly appreciate that. I never heard of Demal pianos, btw.

[@바르톨로메오크리스토]

줵이녜예 👏👏👏👏

[@Airto777]

Niesaowite!

[@Darrning]

Too speed the last movement... it's an Allegro no Presto. However don't like this interpretation...

[@JohnLocke-l5v]

So fast and yet so convincing...