Sviatoslav Richter plays Beethoven - Sonata no.23 in F minor, "Appassionata", op.57

[@Fritz_Maisenbacher]

I was by a Richter recital in Strassburg in 1971 . He played a Scriabin Sonata just in this mood . I was statufied and sweated in my chair in big heavy drops . I never forgot it .

[@felmusik5043]

Fritz Maisenbacher which sonate ? Scriabin one of my favorites!

[@Fritz_Maisenbacher]

@@felmusik5043 The Fifth Sonata.

[@TheosophyinRussia]

Allegro assai 00:00 Andante con moto 10:23 Allegro ma non troppo 16:20

[@jaisoobahng3953]

Sviatoslave Richter, one of the greatest pianist in the history of music!! I wept when I read his book " Letters..."

[@professordeportugadoyt113]

lmfao

[@jaisoobahng3953]

Richter understood Beethoven in the entirety of his music and the person hood. Incredible. Magnificent.

[@professordeportugadoyt113]

lol

[@Jimserac]

Jaisoo Bahng Could not 'ave said it better me self !! Richter reminds me, spiritually, of the cellist J. Du Pre. For a long time the only Beethoven Sonata performances I would listen to were by the 1950's perfectionist Solomon. Until, that is, I heard Richter.

[@mcrettable]

i guess that means you do too! to be able to judge richter like that haha

[@СветланаДавыдова-з5з]

​@@Jimserac😅

[@new3103varuhin]

абсолютно гениально.... Великий Бетховен. Великий Рихтер. Добавить нечего.

[@marikari3950]

Вся я обрыдалась! Как это можно слушать! Как могут люди быть такими гениями ! Чувствуешь себя песчинкой в море, галактике человеческого таланта!

[@rpaxon]

I'm no classical music nerd, just a regular music nerd, but this is one of my favorite piano sonatas and Richter is my favorite classical pianist. He gives a raw power to his interpretations that I've rarely heard in my admittedly limited exposure to classical canon and performance.

[@alexeik4982]

"To play a wrong note is insignificant, to play without passion is inexcusable!" -LvB. Wish I could see Richter playing this...

[@sukiserjeant9110]

Alexei K... U R ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ON THAT! Beethoven never went for insignificant details ,his idea of music was just overall and wholesome passionate affairs! I always thought richter interpreted right way and he was a brilliant in many way. Only how I wish I met him..... just marvellous.....!!!!

[@pablosouffron8277]

I think this citation is hisorically false, beethoven never said this

[@sukiserjeant9110]

Pablo Souffron I don’t agree wt u bcz there were many evidence of his style of playing wt his short and tubby fingers abrupt and crashing down yet there were great sensitivity described by some of his students . It was all abt overall listening I believe that statement I read so many many biographies and the words from those who was connected wt him as I worship him ever since my childhood! I think nowadays all the players are possibly refined as instruments itself have been improved so much. Also we must be so so grateful bcz of this Giant composer we now have far better piano( his constant complaints to piano manufacturers) oh, I love his music ! Pls, listen to(SEUNG JIN CHO)Hamamatsu, piano competition,Japan 15 yrs old his play of this same piece !!!

[@felmusik5043]

suki serjeant Beethoven and Schubert are from this epoc or more forward!!!

[@fernandopaxecopaxeco196]

Beethoven said that. I saw it on My imortal

[@agliso]

I realized the possibilities of piano when I first heard Richter playing this sonata.I was electrified and began for the first time practising hard enough to play the appassionata. I can remember this moment as if it has just happened.

[@grrruaaa]

One of the best player in modern time ever.

[@sylvanmingelen]

Andante con moto 10:23 Allegro ma non troppo 16:20

[@douglasdickerson5184]

👏🏻

[@julsa1010]

Господи... Сколько же страсти, жизни в этом исполнении!!!! Словами не выразить... ❤️❤️❤️

[@antonellamajorano5348]

Questa Appassionata è proprio appassionata. ❤

[@julsa1010]

Немыслимо... Что за потрясающее исполнение.... До слёз...

[@BrunoGebarski]

Sviatoslav Richter: Full Stop: Mesmerizing

[@이재목-d5c]

I am happy because I heard this great and amazing playing in my life. tempo, expressions all perfect

[@jennyjang5894]

Richter is the Best of the Best~I love it most..

[@pianoguy5750]

richter is the antithesis of sterile pianism. such unparalleled intensity.

[@anjelyto40]

Richter was like a dream...thank you.

[@gregyoung303]

When Beethoven wrote this there was no piano made yet that it could have been played like this on. Richter even pushes the envelope of the best Steinway out there. Imagine if Beethoven himself could hear this.

[@jamesnickoloff6692]

So perhaps we could say that what we have here is the creation of Beethoven, Steinway, and Richter, something that could only come into being at a certain point in time?

[@Liduniya]

I didn't realize what is Appassionata until I listened to Richter. He precisely conveys everything what Beethoven wanted to tell.

[@jennyjang5894]

You made a great comment..That's just what I Want To Say!!!

[@research-xe3zc]

Btw Beethoven never named this sonata appassionata.

[@Arobamod]

@@research-xe3zc He named it La Passionata, which kind of is the same thing

[@paulzeng6211]

Great comment, thanks!

[@callasite55]

Yes, this is a performance of extremes, particularly the lickety--split 3rd movement. But Richter captures something elemental and frightening in this sonata. I think Beethoven wanted us to be a bit scared listening to this music. Richter's makes the 3rd movement like the Last Judgment. I think it is a great performance, even if not to all tastes. A great artist - and Richter was that, in spades - can make things work that lesser performers could not. Like Richter's VERY slow performance of Schubert's sonata D. 960. Even while I'm thinking it is way too slow, Richter makes it work on his terms. But I would not want to hear anyone else take it that slow!! Similarly, I recognize that this final movement is faster than Beethoven wanted, hardly "non troppo." But that thought only came to me after I picked myself up off the floor.

[@IwanOchs5]

Das ist für mich die beste Interpretation der Appassionata aller Zeiten!

[@gerlindeczech8524]

Ja, das ist sie, fürwahr!

[@Alushta32]

Да! Бетховен величайший композитор человечества.

[@ИринаАвдиярова-з5й]

Игорь Игоров

[@ivan96148]

Чтобы сразу и навсегда полюбить Бетховена, достаточно послушать только одно это фантастическое исполнение.

[@god-son-love]

He is a giant.

[@ИгорьЕ-в2г]

Для Рихтера это была одно из самых сложных произведений. По его же высказыванию, он, садясь за инструмент, никогда не знал, как получится Аппассионата в этот раз. Про третью часть он говорил, что крайне сложно передать клавишами диалог (спор) нескольких неземных существ. Для меня же данная интерпретация - наилучшая из всех. Супер.

[@Aniez2305]

для меня только одно исполнение сравнится: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZmTe6KjaNyZd9U (Алексей Султанов)

[@розамимоза-у9ш]

Для меня тоже... Алексей Султанов !

[@RomeoMaestro]

На мой взгляд лучшее исполнение этой сонаты Рихтером было в 1960 году в БЗМК. Есть запись на пластинке.

[@lvbdevinelove2329]

How fascinating!! This comment (while hearing the Master Richter's breathtaking performance ) has significantly improved my life quality. Thank you !

[@Milesien]

Meine Mutter, die eine Qualitäts Pianistin war, sag immer, daß er der beste Pianist unserer Zeit ist.

[@dinabarake6829]

omg! this is crazy! Best interpretation ever!!

[@mariannapapoutsopoulou182]

A great pianist! I 've heard him performing in Athens live, I 'll never forget!

[@SirFuguesALot]

Incredible. I love the intensity he brings to this. Thanks so much for sharing!

[@alexustas2203]

Какое исполнение - никто больше эту вещь так вдохновенно и технически совершенно не играл!!! Можно бесконечно слушать и никогда не надоест. Это знаменитое исполнение 1960 года в концертном зале имени Чайковского. А во втором отделении был Гайдн 10 соната))

[@sapientisat8439]

Alex Ustas Разве были вещи, которые Рихтер играл не совершенно?

[@bach5861]

+Alex Ustas Ну, насчёт "технического совершенства" можно поспорить, но вот насчёт вдохновения Вы правы.

[@bach5861]

+Sapienti Sat К сожалению, бывали, и не раз. Но, как сказал дедышка Крылов, "Орлам случалось ниже кур спускаться, но курам никогда до облак не подняться".

[@Yuriy1969ful]

Это исполнение похоже на "исполнение века", но это было не в зале им.Чайковского, а в БЗК 09/06/1960 (в первом отделении - до-минорная соната Гайдна и 3-я Бетховена, во втором - 22-я и 23-я сонаты Бетховена). Была такая пластинка, но без бетховенских 3-й и 22-й, а теперь есть диск. Но сейчас мы слушаем запись, сделанную 31/05/1960, Ленинград, Малый зал филармонии им.Глинки. Я ее хорошо знаю, т.к. в моем собрании она уже 15 лет. И то, и другое исполнение потрясающие! Можно также сообщить, что Рихтер сыграл тогда еще и 3-ю, 12-ю и 22-ю сонаты Бетховена и четыре этюда Шопена на бис. Существуют неизданные записи 3-й и 22-й сонат и трех этюдов Шопена.

[@alexustas2203]

@@bach5861 За это живое исполнение на грани риска мы и любим Святослава Рихтера!

[@gerlindeczech8524]

Richter besitzt die magische Fähigkeit Beethovens Anwesenheit in den Raum zu holen.....Und noch viel mehr als das!

[@nch1646]

Listening to Richter helps me make sense of the sonata better than anyone else’s interpretation. I think it’s wonderful that so many people can have different views, preferences, it’s important to remember that what each of has is a unique perspective that should be respected, regardless of whether it coincides with anyone else’s

[@ШухратИсаев-б9з]

рихтер доносит до слушателей самые сокровенные замыслы композитора как никто из исполнителей в его исполнении самые казалось бы скучные призведения композиторов обретают живую душу и плоть

[@OlgaAntsybor]

Гениально все, и музыка и Рихтер!

[@millardxxxx]

Imagine seeing and hearing him play this live.

[@GetMeThere1]

I always know whether or not I'm going to like a performance of this piece if I get a "chill" by the third note. I got a BIG chill here! Wonderful. Thanks for posting!

[@classicalvideos1227]

One of the Best Appassionata

[@joseorlandod]

increible furia beethoveniana, una tormenta desatada por el gran Richter. gracias por subirlo.

[@kowalityjesus]

Good lord....The last presto section has my whole skull filled with chills. That is kamikaze fast.

[@elenapinneker6993]

До мурашек...

[@caitlynchen4622]

amazingly brilliant

[@rogerknox9147]

I attended the piano master class of Gyorgy Sebok in the mid-1970's. On the subject of Richter he said that when he was "on" for a performance of the Appassionata 3rd movement it was the best, "like hot lava." When he was not it could be messy. This is pretty clean and molto exciting!

[@QuickMadeUpName]

breathtaking

[@sapientisat8439]

Именно это настоящий стиль исполнения самого Бетховена. По свидетельствам очевидцев, великий композитор после того как потерял слух играл с такой мощью и остервенением на фортепиано, что слушатели, бывало теряли сознание.

[@liliarokowski7321]

Согласна с Вами! Это чисто по- бетховенски- страсть, порыв, напор, стихия…человеческому уму не постижимо ❤❤❤

[@supertortoise3000]

ONE OF MY HEROES

[@Davidfooterman]

He captures Beethoven’s phrases of all lengths, short and clipped versus long and flowing, and thereby gets Beethoven’s points across. He takes himself out of the middle and leaves Beethoven speaking to you directly. Perhaps older recordings help with that distance from the artist? Don’t know, but there is still something very special about Richter performances, a unique combination of power, expression and control. It seems to come so naturally to this, one of the very greatest pianists of all time

[@AllUserNamesTaken111]

Not at all, it's very obviously Richter playing. His style is extremely apparent in whatever he plays. I don't think he does composers much service

[@AllUserNamesTaken111]

Often rushed (with unnecessary wrong notes), extremely aggressive, hands not together, general manic mood that's rushing to get to the end so he can get his nice applause

[@AllUserNamesTaken111]

What virtuosity, thinks the audience, what speed! It sounded impressive to our amateur ears so let's clap hard!

[@davisatdavis1]

​@@AllUserNamesTaken111you sound jealous

[@AllUserNamesTaken111]

@@davisatdavis1 jealous that his interpretation is inferior to that of other pianists?

[@MrGer2295]

Beautiful! Thanks for posting!

[@iguarni]

A LEGENDARY PIANIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@alexninko]

Richter is Beethoven!

[@kuhryan]

Richter is known for sticking to the score of a piece. He put the sheet music when he played. So, it can be assumed that he was trying to capture what the composers were trying to put into even when he was actually performing. So, that says it all.

[@lianavelardi2777]

È semplicemente geniale.

[@jean-mariedethier5495]

Rien n'est trop beau pour être vrai. C'est la grandeur toute humaine de Richter !

[@Sameoldfitup]

Life is all memory 💙💚

[@renedescartes6221]

parmi les plus grands pianistes on trouve évidemment Sviatoslav RICHTER

[@eastgermanautos]

Extremely powerful performance. Love it, but then I have long loved Richter, particularly from his collaborations with Rostropovich.

[@HN-eq2fj]

la version la plus spectaculaire de l'histoire.

[@kandinskyJenny]

Гений. Бетховен для меня - Рихтер

[@talaska]

Again, thank you.

[@Fritz_Maisenbacher]

22:33 the pure brutality of Richter , fantastic , tyrannical , orgastic !

[@albertweedsteinthethuggeni7797]

Orgastic? You mean orgasmic?

[@Fritz_Maisenbacher]

@@albertweedsteinthethuggeni7797 Orgastic is correct too.

[@waterglas21]

Yes, but Gieseking 1947 es more brutality,fantastic,tyrannical and orgastic. And more transparent and contrasted.

[@Fritz_Maisenbacher]

@@waterglas21 I've just listened to it. Gieseking seems to have more authority, but less "flesh" . But a wonderful version too.

[@jonathanhertsch9291]

Nice profile image :)

[@elianastewart2854]

You are incredible 💗!

[@opticalmixing23]

Loved this one

[@ИринаЛоктионова-ы2п]

Что же комментировать, когда исполняет Святослав Рихтер....

[@silviocpfrg]

Absolutamente grandioso !!

[@makslol100]

Thank you so much for uploading it. Wonderful.

[@ljiljanastanic9076]

Ingenious Richter,a w e s o m e

[@fish1999Main]

Perfect. Thank you for this piece.

[@neversayneveragain3748]

Richter makes my soul tremble like a flower in the wind

[@zzz181085]

Just to make it clear, its performance of one person, right.

[@c.g.marseille4510]

yes ! !

[@ustriza]

Гениально играет, конечно.

[@laugingcow]

third movement comes with a bang at 16:21.5. smashing!

[@RaspadRF]

Потрясающе, гениальное исполнение. Браво.

[@lewars1912]

This is something very special.

[@natanaelgorrin9473]

La fuerza, la vitalidad, el sentir, el fuego, la pasión y la sin seriedad uñidos en esta versión, mejor imposible, casi perfecto, te deja agotado y queriendo más.

[@Pokedeus]

AWESOME :) !! I can't say nothing, it's almost perfect :) !!

[@daniel0212]

23:09 only he could make that sound.............

[@michaelreimer9799]

true

[@epicaunleashed8764]

Emil Gilels could as well

[@JungDongJuKorea]

My Passion! My Beethoven!

[@atlanticblue1877]

Is it possible that such a great pianist come to us again?

[@AIMUproductions]

Or such a composer?

[@stefanufer608]

Beethoven's greatest sonata played by a true master

[@Mr75Bry]

When my 70 year old, white hair, yacht-sized Caddie driving, proper Southern Belle of a piano teacher told me at the wise-old age of 15 "in order to play the Appassionata you need to have lived...if you get my drift." I almost fell off the stool.

[@fernandopaxecopaxeco196]

Gaym?

[@garyguyton7373]

Even to really, Really! enjoy it, you need to have lived. I'm 71...

[@arturolopez1923]

Agree!!!!

[@Streetsounds-kl5rh]

Неповторимое исполнение!

[@moon-li19-don52]

Кожне виконання С. Ріхтером класичної музики - це життя людини в мініатюрі: народження, пошуки істини, любов, страждання, біль втрат, осінь, останній погляд у небо...

[@chaikagome9725]

This is by far the sharpest and best performance by Richter (maybe even better than the Moscow Conservatory live recording of June 9 of the same year). That's why it's a shame that the end of the second movement is missing. Is there a problem with the sound source? リヒテルの中でも飛び抜けてキレている、最高の演奏（同年6月9日のモスクワ音楽院ライブ録音よりいいかも）。それだけに、第2楽章の終わりの部分がなくなっていて残念。音源に問題があるのかな？ ↓ Same recording, but this one is less damaged. ↓ 同じ録音でも、こっちの方が損傷は少ないね。 kzbin.info/www/bejne/porMf6xtd7aBaKs

[@brozors]

What's astounding is that this interpretation is half a century old now and no other pianist can sound like this if they choose to mimic this phrasing.

[@bach5861]

+brozors So what? I would rather listen to Richter, than to Lang Lang.

[@Menkaura4]

Kissin rendition is way better, imho

[@HectorMartinez-cw4ql]

Una vez mas Richter no termina de sorprendernos con esta magnifica version de la sonata 23. Mucha fuerza y pasion eslava. Un verdadero deleite.

[@penzio7]

i don't know how to say but this is totally different and absolutely special. even some ugliness seems quite proper in this case.

[@НатальяГорюнова-б4ш]

Вот так надо играть аппассионату л.в. Бетховена. Страсть., Скорость, буря, ураган, контрасты, резкие переходы, большая виртуозность!

[@professordeportugadoyt113]

Great

[@iggamaa5740]

Furioso Richter. Grandissimo

[@마르두흐]

Perfect

[@willetweeks2553]

There are many Richter Appassionatas out there, some better than others, almost all (in the Richter tradition) taken from public performances. From the pre-echos here, and the placement of some of the well-remembered (and much cursed) coughing, I'm guessing that this may be the recording that appeared in the U.S. in the early sixties on the Mezhdunarodaya Kniga label, complete with exotic Cyrillic text on the label, that we as awe-struck teenagers passed around as a talisman. Who needed rock music when you could hear such demonic playing? But what on earth is with the brutal cut at the end of the second movement (16:21)? A needle skipping? Or is this a completely different performance, with the mighty Richter having a memory lapse? But his way of handling the beautiful transition, as recalled from that MK disc for example -- he could not have forgotten such a vital passage. So what happened? It almost ruins the performance!

[@brkahn]

Indeed! This might be corrected.

[@henryskobelev9057]

Прекрасная музыка и прекрасное исполнение . Очень замечательно. Только мало просмотров. Неужели народ стал слушать дерьмовую музыку? Это проблемы в воспитании? Или в чем-то другом. В чем?

[@annakhanina5073]

Может, дело в том, что не всем нравится интерпретация именно Рихтера. Вон Аррау, под миллион просмотров. И я, откровенно говоря, с ними согласна.

[@tarasfashchevskyi8437]

Anna Khanina как бы Рихтер сам же говорил, что не любит интерпретации. И вы где нибудь замечали, чтобы он изменял темп и т.д., как это делали Горовиц, Фейнберг и т.д., тот же Аррау?

[@tarasfashchevskyi8437]

Anna Khanina я молчу уже про исполнение Аппасионаты Вильгельмом Кемпфом))

[@светланаморозова-в3п]

Разный темперамент,разный жизненный опыт,настроение - все влияет как на исполнение,так и на восприятие любого произведения.А сравнивать Мастеров ,мне кажется, не совсем корректно.

[@ramsakhmitzy6718]

go and eat kosher pickles, @@annakhanina5073

[@ОлегБерезенкин-л2я]

У меня есть пластинка с исполнением С. Рихтером "Аппасионаты", запись 1962 года - на них я учился музыке.

[@michelbensadon3752]

All I can say is "wow!!!!!!!!! "

[@agliso]

:) In my inner ear it was amazing..

[@JuanFecit]

Muchas gracias por compartirlo.

[@petarvasilev3749]

ГЕНИАЛНО ИЗПЪЛНЕНИЕ. САМО РИХТЕР МИ ДАВА ИСТИНСКА НАСЛАДА ОТ ТОВА ПРОИЗВЕДЕНИЕ. НАИСТИНА ИЗУМИТЕЛНА И НЕЧОВЕШКА МУЗИКА!

[@pyjrazor]

has anyone noticed that there is a faint anticipation of the next phrase around 9:20? if you turn up the sound, you'll hear someone playing the next triplet motif. don't know how I even heard that lol

[@johnkim4325]

The old analog recordings were usually done on magnetic tape. If one loop of the tape had a really quiet section, and the next loop had a really loud section, after the two loops were pressed against each other for years in storage the magnetic signature of the loud section could make a weak imprint on the quiet section. That's probably what you're hearing - a faint echo from the subsequent loop of tape.

[@mockingbirdanalog]

John Kim yeah, pre-echo is crazy. I think the main reason to store tapes "tails out" is to prevent pre-echo. You can even get it on records when the pass of the cutting stylus on the next revolution causes deformation of the lacquer in the wall of the previous pass of the cutting stylus, especially when there is a quiet section, followed by some real power. You can tell it's a vinyl artifact if it shows up almost entirely in one channel, where tape print-through shows up in both channels. When you think of how many things can get screwed up, from the musician and his (her) instrument, through to your speakers, it's almost a miracle we can decipher the music for all the distortions.

[@sarinakopinsky915]

That "phenomenon" has got nothing at all to do with magnetic tapes. As one old enough to remember and, even occasionally, still play one of those old-fashioned, round, records that preceded CDs, that "pre-hear" is because the next-over record groove that contains the following notes is being picked up from the rear of that groove. This takes place all the time but is only audible during silent parts.

[@gregyoung303]

When and where was this recording made? I've heard several recordings of this by Richter and this is one of the cleanest and best, almost super human. When he played this at Carnegie in 1960 he himself said it was one of the worst performances he ever played of it, even though the people who were lucky enough to see it were in total shock. As great as his studio recordings of this are, they just don't capture the true genius that his live playing does.

[@DonAmos_stories]

May 1960, Leningrad (St. Petersburg), Live recording