Sviatoslav Richter plays Beethoven Piano Sonata no. 32, op. 111 - video 1975 best quality

[@alfrednewman2234]

Richter is a window into the heart of the composer

[@viggos.n.5864]

Couldn't have said it better!

[@ЛюдмилаМалышева-б2к]

Really He is!!!!!!! N

[@RichardWagner-hi4zn]

of gay composers?

[@Desleiden]

Thank you Richter for having ever existed.

[@fanyutube4015]

I am hearing this rendition from Richter for the first time. I cannot help it but i have a strong feeling that Beethoven was probably in the hall at that precise moment. I can't recall hearing this last sonata played with such authenticity. Thank you for posting this wonderful interpretation that brings us in contact with the genius of Ludwig Van Beethoven

[@danal81]

Yawn

[@louise_rose]

I have several recordings by different pianists of this unique work; I have cherished this final sonata of Beethoven's since I first heard it aged around fifteen. It's very interesting to hear how different pianists handle the artistic challenges, especially in the second movement. Richter Is one I have and this is a great version, but so are those by Alfred Brendel (early 1970s), Claudio Arrau and Mitsuko Uchida. Of course it's an extra plus to get to *see* Richter playing this masterpiece!

[@nkovac9011]

You made me laugh. Indeed, such aggrandizing glorification does have a slight stench of self-delusion.

[@starsandnightvision]

@@nkovac9011 It's called snobbery.

[@ДокторВернер]

Сплошное наслаждение от встречи двух гениев - композитора и исполнителя. Спасибо!

[@helios7034]

First time I saw him was in Frankfurt 1961. I never forgot this great man and his feeling of music

[@wolfgangklofat594]

"1961" is a wrong year - in this year Richter played for the first time in the West, but only in the States, may be never in Frankfurtat all.

[@aknightofcamelot]

Can you describe the performance? I was too young to see him alive

[@wolfgangklofat594]

@@aknightofcamelot Tell me please: Which performance shall I describe? I already wrote that Richter never played in Frankfurt but later rather often in Munich, Basel Luzern, Innsbruck, Augsburg - but not with opus 111. Allright?

[@aknightofcamelot]

@@wolfgangklofat594 What was it like to be in his presence?

[@danielito1979]

Beyond incredible. This music is from a different universe. God bless their soul (Beethoven, Richter)

[@alessandrodimeo6570]

There is no god, there's only Beethoven and Richter. Or are they not enough for you mister?

[@thomasmeier9487]

Das expressivste, was ich bisher gehört habe. Was für eine Hingabe! Das ist mit Allem eins zu sein. Die Komposition, der Darsteller, die Zuhörer - sind verschmolzen zum Ganzen. Es mag viele Interpreten geben, die diese Komposition sehr gut wiedergeben, aber diesen Kern zu treffen, mit dieser Ausdruckskraft lässt einem den Atem anhalten. Übermenschlich!

[@MAMAZKIAN]

Every note played by Richter sounds so natural, beautiful and poetic. This video makes my day. Thank you.

[@julsa1010]

Боже мой... Боже мой... Это невероятно... Нет никаких слов, чтобы выразить чувства, которые пробуждаются, когда слушаешь ЭТО...

[@danal81]

Boze boze smori ga

[@Egbert_Souse]

That's what Beethoven wanted to hear but couldn''t and he was kind enough to write it down for us....what a performance

[@pcliffor100]

It is extraordinary how he maintains a singing line through the complexities of the 2nd movement...a true master speaking.

[@SebastianWill]

Yeah, that's just incredible - one of a kind

[@fishingasart9540]

Бетховен и Рихтер словно созданы друг для друга. Музыка (этой сонаты) словно, просто живёт и ты забываешь о том, что её кто-то исполняет!

[@georgegogiashvili4200]

The best interpretation of 32! Two genius in this sonata! Can listen hundreds times and find new feelings. Thanks ❤

[@НиколайОрехов-л2ч]

Гениальная запись! Гениальный музыкант играет гениальное произведение, и операторы не подкачали - дали возможность не только услышать, но и хорошо увидеть это ЧУДО!.. Спасибо!!!

[@adrianjagu353]

Thank You for uploading all that amazing videos . Thank You.

[@hakobhovhannisyan3783]

Nobody else can perform like He did.. Thank You, Richter.

[@nigil7386]

To me by far the best rendition of this sonata

[@Телемастер-диагност]

Если музыкант играет от сердца - это видно сразу. Какое счастье, наверное, осознавать, что ты способен передать всю глубину гениального произведения Бетховена, и весь мир, затаив дыхание, слушает тебя. Истинный музыкант должен иметь своего рода отношения со слушателем, впечатления от которых надолго остаются в памяти.

[@connylemmens2353]

I start my day with Richter. Gives me spirit for all the day. Thank you for uploading.

[@guilhermejjj4439]

Eu também. Maravilhoso

[@jrbleau]

The second movement of that sonata is a beautiful flowing narrative with plot twists, including a glimpse at the future. It's one the most remarkable pieces of music that I know of.

[@arturolopezportillocontrer4902]

I agree, the most important thing is not if it's rag or jazz, it's the glimpse of the future! Geniuses, like Beethoven, go beyond themselves.

[@lewisb9226]

That's a wonderful description

[@zockerbit1030]

@@arturolopezportillocontrer4902 and as a glimpse of the future he also composed the grosse fuge, a work described as "incomprehensible, like Chinese" in a review 1826. Well, to understand a genius, you have to be one yourself :)

[@autumnleaves2766]

I love Beethoven's piano sonatas, and especially the late ones. Opus 111 is an incredible piece of music that transports us to a higher realm of consciousness. This is an amazing performance, I hadn't heard this one before. I've heard this sonata live once or twice and many times on radio or CD, but this has to be one of the best ever renditions of one of my all-time favourite pieces of music. Thank you Beethoven and thank you Sviatoslav Richter for such a memorable performance.

[@neversayneveragain3748]

The greatest pianist ever ...forever ...

[@1947laurence]

One of the greatest!

[@richardduiventil]

Hail to the maestro Svatilav, shining example to all pianist and musicians in general ! He makes the piano sing and is above any thinkable technical difficulty & supersedes to a musical stratosphere never reached before !!

[@rpkrauss1]

GENIUS, GENIUS, GENIUS... !!!

[@LiLi-uj9qg]

You are RIGHT, you are RIGHT, you are RIGHT...!!! ;)

[@nelidaferraz6497]

This for sure is my favourite Beethoven. And Richter is a wordless performer of this incredible and even exquisite sonata.

[@iguarni]

Richter? A legend!

[@BachIdealized]

The trills starting at 22:20 are beyond belief. Doesn't miss a note. The notes above and below, completely independent. Impossible.

[@beautifulbella9752]

No one plays Beethoven like this. The end of the music is totally the spitiritual sublimation.

[@leonorelouised.4319]

He played this piece as if he was possessed by the spirit of Beethoven. 👏👏👏👏

[@victoriaraffaele18]

totally agree with u

[@ezzovonachalm9815]

Unvergesslich !

[@elenapinneker6993]

Эту волшебную музыку написал совершенно глухой человек...Непостижимо. Рихтер играет её за пределами человеческих возможностей. Это оглушительно прекрасно.

[@futurists7076]

Ce compositeur était certes sourd pour ce qui est monde extérieur mais il ne l'était absolument pas en ce qui est de son monde intérieur. Il entendait parfaitement à l'intérieur de lui ce qu'il écrivait.

[@МихаилКрылов-э3р]

Он говорил, что Бог посылает ему музыку, а он только записывает.

[@susannesusani9082]

Richter spielt wie Beethoven, phantastisch

[@ЛюдмилаМалышева-б2к]

! Рихтер гений

[@yusufu9]

Sensational performance, as only to be expected from this truly great artist. His other recordings of the Opus 111 are consistently entrancing as well (Leipzig 1963, Tokyo 1974, Stuttgart 1991), but this is the one I keep coming back to. And just try to think how Richter's transcendent pianism would sound with the best of modern pianos and the latest recording technology!

[@marksmale827]

Phenomenal performance of one of Beethoven's greatest works.

[@ЮлияШапошникова-у8э]

Прекрасная соната Бетховена, а как изумительно ее исполнил Святослав Рихтер, я от восторга даже дар речи потеряла. Блпгодарю вас...

[@jennyjang5894]

What a marvelous performance! By far the beyond my expectation..

[@Yuriy1969ful]

Все слова меркнут, когда хочешь выразить восхищение, слушая это единственное, неповторимое исполнение. Выразить больше в прочтении бетховенского шедевра уже никому не дано. Ни одна деталь не осталась незамеченной, а в совокупности, в их органичном единстве, сыгранные с только ему, Рихтеру, доступным совершенством, детали эти создают грандиозный образ, уникальную концепцию. Бывало так, что переписывая эту запись знакомым, проверял - хорошо ли получилось, начинал слушать какой-нибудь фрагмент, но фрагментом ограничиться не получалось. Прервать гениальное исполнение не поднималась рука. С первых звуков понимал, что обречен слушать до конца. Счастливая обреченность!

[@baiabaiko1888]

+Yuriy Bokhonoff Etim on i unikalen!!! Spasibo iuri!!!

[@vesnazivkovic1831]

Simply the best 🙂

[@olgashcherbakova8742]

Тяжкий труд музыканта! Слава Рихтеру!

[@Ian24s]

He was a monster

[@markavrely6688]

Эталонная запись этой сонаты, вне всякого сомнения!

[@richardpl4426]

У Погорелича.

[@ws8434]

What a savage... yet he is still so lyrical and reflective, incredible how this works together in such a perfect symbiosis. True master, bravo bravissimo!!

[@trenatragedie]

I love Richter.i love the way him plays.❤

[@Qee7en]

This is to die for...

[@JamesWeidman]

This may be the best version of op. 111, I've yet to hear. It flows so beautifully and is performed with such clarity.

[@matiasortizdezarate8188]

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[@arturonicolayevsky9675]

Does not even compare to the depth of spirit and beauty of sound that Arrau gets. No one plays this sonata better than Arrau

[@lefinlay]

@@arturonicolayevsky9675 once you’re at the level of Arrau, Ritchter, Brendel, Barenboim, Horowitz, Bolet, Rubinstein etc., you just have to appreciate their genius - though favourites are allowed 😉

[@arturonicolayevsky9675]

@@lefinlay I am sorry, Brendel or Bolet were never at the level of Arrau, in no respect,...Richter was a great genius, but uneven, some things he played incredibly beautiful others more mechanical,... Beethoven's 111 especially the arietta is perhaps one of the most subtle profound, other wordly, pieces of music,... playing a wrong note here or there is not the point at all, Barenboim is a genius, yes no one in the world knows more music than him.... incredible memory,... technically, doesnt have time to practice that much,...Horowitz was a great artist, Rubinstein projected his love of life,... as far as a complete artist, with incredible technic, huge repertoire, beautiful sound and colors, no one comes close to Arrau,.... and i am not the only one saying this

[@danal81]

No.

[@ОльгаАбросимова-з3у]

Потрясающе и прекрасно.

[@maypavlidou6789]

Thank you dearly for this and other videos of Richter, thanks!!!

[@mdwitt]

wahrhaftig.. man wird von diesem Meister gesegnet. Seine himmlische Leistungen werden weiter durch die jahrhunderte forttönen ..unzählige Generationen weitersegnen. addio belpassato lieber Meister. Wir danken Dir.

[@ЮлияЗяблицева-к9г]

Блестяще !!!! Виртуозно !!!!! Божественно !!!!!! Браво !!!!!! Бравл !!!!! Браво !!!!!

[@Allan-et5ig]

The way he's bopping around like mad at about 15:10 is unbelievable. 'Them' swung triplets. What a Monumental piece of music and as picky as Beethoven must have been I think he would applaud this version!

[@beautifulbella9752]

play like jazz

[@majidabbasi9953]

Great pianist ever! He really played a touching Beethoven's op.111.

[@dianagendova]

Amazing,thank you for posting this ,I never will be recognise this as Beethoven,sounds more like modern arrangement of hid works, and the Grate Richter brings me in trance.

[@alexustas2203]

Такая энергетика, исполнительская свобода, подчиненная воле и полностью соответствующая смыслу произведения, потрясающе!

[@АнастасіяРубан-с7ж]

Ухты, рашен пипл знают такие слова как свобода и воля, удивительно🤣🤣

[@ele923]

ГЕНИЙ навсегда !!!!!

[@otten6460]

@@АнастасіяРубан-с7ж Даже здесь встречаются такие, как вы...

[@lfhghbjn]

Perfect merger of soul and mechanical instrument. Only russians may express this kind of combination. Thanks maestro Richter.

[@adrianyaguar7666]

17:40 ....why does this sound so magical......❤

[@heiwatozenryosa]

Forever Richter.

[@isavin1730]

It's like listening to a studio recording. It's that good.

[@luargambino]

The best interpretation in all youtube.

[@sergioignaciolabbe9327]

Sviatoslav Richter ; magnífica interpretación de la última de las sonatas de L.v. Beethoven. S. Richter un virtuoso del piano ! Gracias ADGO .

[@michaelwisse9284]

Hij is de grootste pianist ooit Niemand kan mooier en beter spelen als hij. Hij is de grootste in het begrip van Beethoven

[@johnbennett572]

Tempo very fast, however, only a Giant of a Genius can pull this off. I don’t think one person coughed in that recidle . I have many of Sviatoslav Recordings and envy anyone who has seen him performed. Yes, truly 20th Master of the piano with Emil Gilles .

[@jamesfaro4879]

Fantastic. Great pianist ever!

[@1947laurence]

❤ Thank you

[@USEER-bxleo]

Why does it give me goose bumps all over?

[@incontrariomotu]

Thanks a lot for all those Richter videos !!

[@АриаднаСоловьёва-ы2б]

Это превосходно! Благодарю!

[@belindabelinda7416]

Безупречное исполнение. Восхищение.

[@mariobarbov9174]

An historic version..only Richter could do it in such a way I think..with such a rage..beyond traumas and misunderstandings..one cannot understand or comment Beethoven..my wife thinks it's a funeral's music..I hear it differently, with my heart, trying to put myself at Richter's place, the fact that his mother have abandoned him, and all he went through then..I guess this is how art happens to be and is, beyond our immediate feelings, and matured by suffering..but here we are in front of someone, Beethoven, who got his own doses of despair and loneliness, and who, in spite that he became deaf, transformed and transcended all the music of his epoch, producing a new way to interpret and transfigure the Art itself..nothing great may be accomplished without pain, the joy in music will come maybe one day..but for now we've got the keys for grandeur given by two geniuses, a god and his messenger..thank you Sviatoslav, etym. the Holy Slav, love this version.........

[@c.g.marseille4510]

Mario Barbov you are soo right !

[@lundbergusa]

Mario Barbov wonderful commentary on this legendary genius who brings Beethoven to life!

[@jennyjang5894]

Absolutely agreed :)

[@Ian24s]

Hear hear!

[@carmelosanzblanque3057]

Maravilloso

[@MyriamSchweingruber]

The 3rd variation is absolutely stunning, If you didn't know better one could think Beethoven invented the boogie-woogie, and Richter plays it exactly that way.

[@jorgeurzuaurzua4011]

A truly masterful rendering of the last piano sonata by Beethoven. This is an interesting music work. At 18:30 the music changes to a very modern rhythm, like a swing. Or a rag. The same rhythm is heard in the first Beethoven piano concerto. I cannot see where from this rhythm came, apparently it was Beethoven own invention. If so, should we consider him perhaps a prelude to Jazz? Sviatoslav Richter as always a great artist, one of the most significant interpretetrs on the XXth century. Thanks ADGO for uploading.

[@marielaurencegonzalez2400]

E X T R A O R D I N A I R E !!!! MERCI !!!

[@matsao1313]

I heard Richter play the Brahms Piano Concerto no. 2 live in 1966. My hair stood up on end it was so powerful and emotionally moving. He seemed to channel Brahms, just like he seems to embody Beethoven here. And yes the recording is pretty bad, so you can't judge based on that. But live - he was incomparable!

[@steveegallo3384]

Fritz Reiner....Chicago? My favorite "tape recording" back in the day!

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

Are you sure about the date?I can't find any live recording of this work in 1966!!

[@funklover24]

@@fa-la-mi-mi-re May be it was not recorded?

[@pentesilea2009]

ვუსმენ და ვოგნდები ,ასეთი შესრულებით.მადლობა ღმერთს რომ არს ებობთ,უკვე მარადიულად😢

[@vasilebratu245]

So beautifull!

[@hank1519]

Extraordinary control of dynamics!

[@afganrasul2087]

One and only for all time.

[@иринасладкова-щ8щ]

...спасибо !!! за возможность услышать эту музыку...благодарю💖💖💖💖💖💞💞💞💞💞💞💞

[@biagiapo18]

It seems he said he wasn't satisfied by his way of playing.... Honestly I don't know what else a man can ask from his body, strength of will, intelligence and spirit... Richter is just beyond the limits of achievement

[@cyeric4x]

My first time listen to his Beethoven's. As Extremely Trembling and Touching to my heart as He played Schubert's and Mozart's! No Wonder He can be one of the World Class Masters of the Century, at least in my terms. How about you guys?

[@helmutmuller2216]

I agree.

[@jhkoh4355]

Definitely, he was one of the most legendary Pianists of 20th century

[@richardlazar3218]

Totally. He was a force of Nature. To me he captured loneliness in sound, but also a unique energy..

[@sergioalcides]

Amazing interpretation, in a beautiful footage. The second movement sounds especially moving to me, although it may not be flawless. In such a seemingly "unstructured" piece, Richter finds just the right touch, in the perfect timing - and so prevents it from falling apart. Most of all, he probably shows the highest possible intelligence of this music. +ADGO Thanks for posting it!

[@romahoffman4195]

Thank you so much!!!

[@valeriosangiovanni9901]

This man is not human! ❤

[@laurent7549]

Du très grand art, Richter fantastique pianiste.

[@michailkotin6964]

Очень хорошо написал Yuriy Bokhonoff . Нечего добавить. Когда я прочитал у Стравинского, что вторая часть - это "буги-вуги", и что вообще Бетховен и Вагнер - два наиболее переоценённых композитора, был в шоке. Но Рихтер очень хорошо показал Стравинскому, что такое вторая часть этой сонаты - что это итог всей жизни Бетховена, мистерия жизни, смерти и воскресения. При всё уважении к Стравинскому - ему до Бетховена как до Солнца. На днях Валентина Лисица должна выложить у себя 31 и 32 сонаты. Жду с большим нетерпением. Не чтобы сравнить, просто она, как мне кажется, из современных исполнителей ближе всего к Рихтеру, его манере и его эстетическому целомудрию.

[@ИмяФамилия-ь5ж9ь]

Но..но.. Как же Трифонов? Не уж то родилась женщина гений? Тогда это исторический момент 👍

[@lvbdevinelove2329]

You are comparing valentina to Richter? Wow. That's not well. Valentina is good youtuber pianist. Richter is TRUE genius.

[@ГерманУстинов-з1х]

Не, сравнивать кого-нибудь с кем то - не надо. Я слушаю классику в исполнении прекрасных интерпретаторов с 80 х годов. Чем хорош маэстро Святослав Рихтер, как и все другие исполнители его уровня, тем, что это - история нашей молодости и, как коньяк вкуснее с каждым годом, могу ошибаться чуть чуть.

[@ettoregelli6834]

Michailkotin. Non posso credere che Stravinskij abbia detto questo. Forse era ubriaco

[@ЕленаБелякова-ю3у]

Перед смертью Стравинский попросил поставить пластинку ... Слуга спросил,, Стравинского? ".Нет, сказал Стравинский, ,, Бетховена""

[@shjeong615]

Overwhelming! Great and fantastic performance! 👏👏👏👏👏

[@jennyjang5894]

Definitely gorgeous rendition ~

[@MrGer2295]

Beautiful piano playing ! Thanks !

[@laurent7549]

un jeu fantastique, du talent pur.

[@isavin1730]

Man o man, what a giant

[@versilov93]

Amazing performance.

[@Laurence-zk3mp]

Ce grand pianiste, massif, à l'apparence presque austère, et qui par moment fait chanter cette sonate pour piano de manière presque jazzi. extraordinaire !

[@benjamincuevaseninde]

-- La frénétique virtuosité de Richter s'accommode à merveille à cette merveilleuse Sonate de Beethoven. --

[@freyja1869]

Вот уж никогда б не подумала, что Бетховен шикарный джазовы композитор! А Рихтер Святослав Теофилович - непревзойдённый гений!

[@loathgoogel2703]

This is the first time I have heard anyone play the final bars without breaking tempo. Haven't seen the score for a while, but I think it's where the parallel run goes from thirds to sixths. Everyone else "stops" essentially, at that point. I myself never had - might get back to it one day - the dexterity; felt like trying to walk through a brick wall. But I was always convinced that it was wrong to try to second-guess Beethoven.

[@meredith218461]

A towering performance!. The extraordinary drama Richter brings to the first mvt is fully contrasted by the sublime spiritual calm he achieves in the slow mvt, also to my ears the overall tempo is ideal.

[@paoloventura1948]

Indimenticabile interpretazione dell'ultima sonata di Beethoven

[@mariolosco3064]

Pieno Romanticismo. Inconfondibile il tocco e la forma di Beethoven.

[@wolfgangklofat594]

Nur in diesem - schier vollkommenen - Klavierspiel findet sich die lebendige Einheit von Geist und Philosophie, Herz und Seele...

[@MrPGOLIVEIRA]

Isso é Beethoven na sua maior e perfeita expressão...Sviatoskav soube ser Beethoven nesta sublime interpretação

[@antonellamajorano5348]

Sonata veramente complessa. Magnifica. Resa magnificamente da Richter.

[@loskar777]

Esta sonata Beethoven la escribiò para Sviatoslav Richter!

[@truth2571]

so powerful interpretation unimitatable

[@denshatoube]

The definitive performance of this piece.

[@СвамиАнандакараАвадхут.Тантриз]

Великий, божественный Рихтер... 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥✨✨✨✨✨

[@kevin-parratt-artist]

Thank you.

[@TheTahoe1982]

Rest in peace Richter, one and only