Sviatoslav Richter - Schubert (Aldeburgh, 1977)

[@КаринаМаргунова-п8б]

Чудотворцу БРАВИССИМО❤Святослав Рихтер❤❤❤

[@FriedrichZettl]

I was lucky enough to be able to experience him live in Vienna. Everything about him exudes modesty and yet overall has a strong charisma.

[@bloodybonescomic]

I listen to this performance of this beautiful sonata many times every year. To me it is one of the best musical experiences of my life. Every movement is ingrained in my heart. Nobody did this better. And to think it was live is mind boggling.

[@ivan96148]

In astronomy there is a scientific concept of “the light of a distant star”: a star has long ceased to exist, and its light continues to come from outer space to Earth for many light years... The divine light of the great Richter.

[@osiggaard-andersen1843]

Иван Иванов, какой красивый комментарий.

[@iconicshrubbery]

Yes Ivan, it is a wise and appropiate remark. And he also fills the pianoworks with Schubert's light! Richter is the measure by which we might gauge the many interpreters of Schubert.

[@lokithegodofmischief8086]

​@@osiggaard-andersen1843Ζ0❤

[@Davidfooterman]

There is a no-nonsense modesty in Richter’s personality and in his devotion to the musical text that makes his performances unequaled. Whereas, with even most of the great performers, there is that slight feeling of something missing when they sight-read rather than play from memory. Richter’s technique and sight-reading are so perfect, and effortless, that there is something special about watching him gazing into the music; you feel as though he is talking to the composer through the sheet music; as though he is using the sheet music to enhance his communication with the composer. I have never felt that enhancement through sight-reading by any other pianist; it is an effortless genius in sight-reading by a uniquely gifted pianist, one of the greatest, perhaps even THE greatest, of all time. Are we lucky to have the rich legacy of his live performances, or what!

[@jonathanalder2927]

Mr Footerman : as a humble orchestral keyboard player (Berlin Philharmonic 1989-2006) I agree with every word you write, except, an enquiry not a correction, (I may be wrong, do correct me !), I grew up in the U.K. where “sight-reading” meant playing something for the first time (prima vista) ? Perhaps “sight-reading” means something else where you come from ? Best wishes from a puzzled pianist

[@gertrudfunke7299]

Dieses zauberhafte Andante - er spielt es - so zauberhaft, wie keiner sonst.

[@cyrilchapelle5455]

D894 legendary and heroic !

[@Fritz_Maisenbacher]

50:36 I'm always terryfied by this first movement of the D 894. This music is never going only one millimeter forward. Paralysed. Statufied in its absolute beauty. Pain. Despair about a hopeless horizon. Schubert died aged 31. And he knew it in advance. Syphilis. All love with no future. Sterility in every action of your life. And trotzdem (nevertheless) , Richter following this impossible beautiful score with utter love, standing cold passion. This is no concert anymore. This is legend. 1:04:08 ............... 1:04:51 ...................... 1:13:33 ........... ;;; 1:14:12 And the hypnotic 1:15:15

[@cheri238]

❤

[@pamelafrancis4476]

Schubert was masterly in unexpected key changes to mirror changing emotions. And the sonata you mention is a wonderful example.

[@OrganHunters]

🎉

[@roblemeire9441]

I looked up for this video especially for that part of the recording. My favorite piano piece today: D894 played by Richter.

[@Scratch_my_back]

Small clarification. Schubert recovered from syphilis and died of typhus. Confirmed through exhumation of remains.

[@stonefireice6058]

What an incredible pianist Sviatoslav Richter, unique, true artist! I remember in musical circles of StPetersburg ( then Leningrad) and Moscow of 60s there were constant debates about who was the best pianist Richter or Gilels. Heated arguments and insults were common. But nobody told us”idiots”, that they were equal in their stupendous artistry, very different, but both - the Gods of musical Olympus. And now I cherish memories of Richter’s and Gilels’ live performances in Moscow, and count my blessings.

[@JacopoJayVuga]

I must admit that I've never listen properly Gilels... May I dare to ask some suggestions? Like the top recordings of him...

[@sergelachantee767]

Ленинград!!!🚩

[@ivanaraque]

@@JacopoJayVuga Beethoven's Waldstein-Les Adieux-Apassionata on DG, one for the ages.

[@gabrielbustos2706]

@@JacopoJayVugalisten to his Beethoven sonata No. 28 op. 101…unmatched

[@abraxalito]

@@JacopoJayVuga Try his Grieg Lyric Pieces. Out of this world sublime.

[@havefuninside]

I admire Richter's common sense and normality amongst all other pianists.

[@fredericpelassy527]

Absolument unique...

[@meredith218461]

One of the most outstanding live recitals of the 20th Century. I listened to it's radio broadcast back in 1977, now thankfully I can relive the whole experience visually through the wonders of YT. Seeing Richters total absorption in the music through his unique body language is something to marvel at.

[@MuzBuz]

Truly absorbed in Richter's way, when he almost doubled the duration of the first movement in this sonata.

[@meredith218461]

@MuzBuz Richter was in many ways an unconventional pianist, he could convince listeners with the sheer honesty and commitment of his interpretive vision. Admittedly in lesser hands such a slow tempo in the first mvt of the Sonata would be highly unconvincing and boring. For me though, and I imagine many others Richters total commitment and intensity of purpose draws the audience into every note and phrase.

[@janwillemheijbroek9107]

@Meredith Foster This is why I love Richter! He plays according to what his heart and his brains tell and is not at all interested in how a piece should be played or in what (indicated) tempo. Only a genius like Sviatoslav Richter says "to hell with conventions"! I will play it as I think or feel it must be played according to Sviatoslav Richter and nobody else! An absolute unique and superb man. Thank God for Sviatoslav Richter!!

[@brkahn]

Ce concert est un pur miracle.

[@Fritz_Maisenbacher]

Miracle sombre.

[@БорисШалагінов]

Рихтер владел тайной звукоизвлечения, тайной педали; изумительно чувствовал форму; имел безукоризненное чувство темпа. И ни одна из этих тайн никогда не будет раскрыта. Нам остаётся только одно: отказаться проникнуть в этот мир тайн и просто наслаждаться.

[@СвітланаЛукащук-ж4ы]

Я згодна з паном Борисом. Спасибі Богу за Нього.

[@hostlangr]

Vergleichen Sie bitte ab 3:00 mit/ohne die EQ-Variation .... wie ein etwas verschwommenes Foto insgesamt klarer/schärfer wird. Warum, kann man am Graph der Funktion, die aus dieser *genauen* ! Regler-Position ( kein preset ) resultiert und eine Crescendo-Verstärkung der hohen Frequenzen zeigt, diskutieren: Er erscheint im Display. Wiesehr hochwertige Lautsprecher den Klang verbessern können, ist bekannt. Dass ein EQ das Ergebnis günstig beeinflussen kann, ist viel *weniger geläufig.*

[@rocioconcha2630]

Increíble artista. Es maravilloso y mágico escucharlo!!

[@samuelfabian9737]

1:16:24 Look how he commands his audience! This is just wonderful. A real king.

[@GabrielPerez-sv7rl]

El mejor pianista que ha existido 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@светланаавласович-ш1я]

Рихтер всё-таки такой феномен, которого "царство не от мира сего". Создаёт "твёрдую опору" в духовном мире. Недаром был послан в нашу "советскую действительность" в безбожные времена. И как за ним устремились. Бог прекрасно знал, что мы без Него не обойдёмся. "Надо на кого-нибудь молиться", как заметил гениально мудрый Б. Окуджава. Иначе полные кранты...

[@Rosangela161]

Thank you! So wonderful gift for us your followers. Thank you so much.

[@claudioparrella183]

tu li chiami follower?

[@Rosangela161]

@@claudioparrella183 Traduzione! Grazie! Un regalo meraviglioso per noi tuoi follower. Grazie mille.

[@ТатьянаГалузина-к4ж]

Перевод на русский

[@НадеждаБогданова-р7э]

Благодарю! Радостно видеть,с какой благодарностью принимали его слушатели.

[@jennyjang5894]

Definitely mesmerizing ~ Richter's a master of this pieces.

[@meredith218461]

I heard the live radio broadcast at the time. It is now so wonderful to see via YT how totally absorbed and immersed Richter was in whatever he played.

[@meredith218461]

I heard the live radio broadcast at the time. It is now wonderful to see via YT how totally absorbed and immersed Richter was in whatever he played. These are amazing Schubert interpretations.

[@zrysapiens3660]

Sonata D. 566 0:00~22:30 Scherzo No. 2, D. 593 22:30~28:47 Andante D. 604 28:47~34:18 4 Landler D. 366 34:18~40:19 Allegretto D. 915 40:19~50:39 Sonata D. 894 50:39~

[@yl4521]

Thank you 💕!

[@andrewjohnthorpe1462]

Wonderful. Slower than an earlier Richter performance I heard but like Kempff Richter gives the music real poetry.

[@Davidfooterman]

Kempff was believably good; Richter was unbelievably extraordinary!

[@Davidfooterman]

Kempff was a great specialist; Richter was the greatest at anything and everything he played!

[@torbj487]

For all the other greatnesses there are to praise, which run aplenty, I somehow get stuck at his shaking hands with his page turner. I don't think I saw anyone do that, certainly none of his stature. Not an equal, obviously, but still a recognition that more than one person's work went into this performance. Not sure why this feels so significant to me.

[@thomasdavidson4733]

I was there in Snape Maltings for this concert; Magical. Quite a contrast to his concert 2 days before at the Royal Festival Hall where he played Beethoven’s Andante Favori, Chopin Scherzo no 2, & Debussy Suite Bergamasque amongst others. ❤️

[@bcccl569]

thanks for sharing, amazing life experience to have been there.

[@thomasdavidson4733]

@@bcccl569 it really was; I was so fortunate to hear Sviatoslav play such a variety of pieces, & so perfectly too. I wish I could have talked to him. He seemed a very shy individual. Such a complex individual. He was a great friend of Benjamin Britten & Peter Pears. I’ve grown to love the Britten Piano Concerto listening to his recording on Decca with Britten conducting. Have you heard or seen the video of the two of them playing the Schubert Fantasia? It’s pure music making, and they revelled in it.

[@peterhollamby7642]

I was at that recital. God was in him

[@peterhollamby7642]

I was at his last recital in England Some Grieg encores kept me on the edge of my seat. Biting my lip in fear that he may not be the God of his previous appearances. But everything was unbelievably beautiful as was ev we rushing he played

[@richardwhitehouse8762]

Thank you for sharing this. I've been having a bit of a Schubert delve, so the algorithm found this for me. Really, there are no words. His relationship with this composer is very special. Colour, articulation, sonority are all a thing of wonder.

[@benkitsch]

I’m also dealing with a Schubert obsession, and this…makes my spirits soar and my sadness soften. I believe Richter had said that Schubert was his most satisfying body of work to play…. It’s taken me many years to understand this, the rewards are magnificent.

[@matteogenerani5097]

Sonata D. 566 - I. 1:35 - II. 8:50 - III. 14:30 Scherzo No. 2, D. 593, 22:30 Andante D. 604, 28:47 4 Landler D. 366, 34:18 Allegretto D. 915, 40:19 Sonata D. 894 - I. 50:39 - II. - III. - IV. 1:28:47 *Encore:* Sonata D. 894 - IV. 1:37:59

[@TB-us7el]

Thank you for your service 👍. Timings for 894 II and III?

[@wkojiro8391]

II 1:16:36

[@wkojiro8391]

III 1:24:22

[@Fcyguhuj]

Низкий поклон из России 🙏

[@正直ポチ]

ありがとうございます♪♪♪

[@jupiterki]

Es increíble el sonido tan maravilloso que puede sacar

[@mounaimaghraouen794]

Quelle beauté

[@창백한푸른점박이]

whenever I listen to Richter playing Schubert, I feel like standing in the sleet. very cold sad and helpless

[@pamelafrancis4476]

yes, I felt the same when hearing him play Der Wanderer (live at the RFH). It was surreal.

[@SuperMelvyn]

Scherzo start at 22.30 Andante start at 28.47 Landler start at 34.18 Allegretto start at 40.19 Sonata start at 50.39 All wonderful performances. He illuminated everything he touched.

[@zrysapiens3660]

Great work, thank you ! I will adjust a bit and repost since the time line is not work.

[@renzo6490]

Sonata D. 566 - I. 1:35 - II. 8:50 - III. 14:30 Scherzo start at 22:30 Andante start at 28:47 Landler start at 34:18 Allegretto start at 40:19 Sonata start at 50:39

[@cescllopis]

Very kind of You!

[@MegaFreemen1]

Великий пианист ,низкий поклон гению !

[@Thesilverthunder777]

The poise, the poise.

[@lucasgust7720]

His interpretation is almost better than the piece itself.

[@hostlangr]

👍😂😂😂

[@farahmand4771]

Haha! Fantastique maestro Richter!

[@sun6034]

sonata 894 50:45 1st 1:16:34 2nd 1:24:22 3rd 1:28:47 4th

[@jasonkim5503]

This is almost surreal to me. First of all, I’ve never seen Richter so up close in performance. Actually this is my first time seeing him “in action, live in color”. To me he is like one of the pre-Olympian gods, the Titans, all right, so seeing him performing “in this light“ feels to me as if he came back to life. Either that, or I took a time machine and time-traveled back to 1977, a decade before I was born! Oh, by the way, this is my first time hearing that first e-minor sonata, too. In fact, most of this fabulous Schubert program is new to me, except for D. 894. This whole thing was absolutely WONDROUS to me! A total eye/ear opener, really. Thank you so much for sharing this PRICELESS musical document! God bless KZbin!!! Cheers!

[@thepianocornertpc]

I witnessed this phenomenon a few times"live" in the 70 and '80s. Richter and Michelangeli, are opposites but equally mesmerizing and transcendental consciousness.

[@Davidfooterman]

Check out his playing of the Beethoven cello sonatas with Rostropovich and you see another of his talents - ensemble brilliance!

[@massipicun8658]

Grazie x questo video

[@김은영-i3n3p]

bravo!!!!!

[@JanosKmetyko]

bravissimo.!!!!!!!

[@JanosKmetyko]

bravissimo ¨!!!!!!

[@Obaysch]

Spectacular upload. Thanks!

[@michaelhill9991]

Obaysch 8

[@aliciaestherlastra7085]

Habla a nuestro corazón.

[@leomiller2291]

The guts to play for an encore a movement he had just finished playing only a few minutes before. Richter could do that.

[@shawnmand5607]

He was thinking, "Yeah, that was pretty good... Let's hear it again."

[@farahmand4771]

Indeed x) That's why we love him so much! And all the rest of course!

[@hermanbeks9387]

It is what encore means 😂

[@janwillemheijbroek9107]

Sheer brilliance and amazing like nobody else!!! I love him.

[@mackiceicukice]

@@shawnmand5607Quite the oposite…he probably thought he had played it not very well and wanted to try again.

[@adrianwright8685]

1:37:23 watch carefully - this is Richter smiling - a rare event!

[@hostlangr]

*Auch darin waren sich die beiden Richter ähnlich!!*

[@SofiaLopes-ck8lo]

Magistral interpretação de Richter!

[@shjeong615]

Thank you for uploading:) loved it

[@davidmoore1406]

What a fabulous concert ! Thanks so much for uploading it ! How lovely that Richter (whose entire repertoire I have, and all DVDs of him) should play Britten's favourite composer at Britten's home only a few months after Britten's death, and to finish with Richter's favourite Schubert sonata (and mine). I've now been seeking for this concert on DVD, to no avail, ..I don't suppose you'd know if it is available ? Thanks so much again for uploading this rare gem !

[@velisercanbahtiyar2579]

My Darling

[@littoy]

1:03:09 Pure beauty.

[@chrish12345]

sounds far too slow

[@stonefireice6058]

@@chrish12345 to whom do you compare? Richter never was” run of the mill” artist! His Schubert’s renditions are unique and philosophical! He was and still is the etalon of Schubert’s interpretations.

[@thilocorvinus2509]

maybe you are too fast

[@Fcyguhuj]

Для меня идеально.. Словно бусы из бисера 😍

[@JuliaPikalova]

1:37 start

[@penmerch2804]

1:48:28 Lovely close-up of his hands at the lyrical section

[@eminbayly6077]

Schubert. Sonata in G 50:20

[@tarasfashchevskyi8437]

Emin Bayly thank you :)

[@peterhollamby7642]

Sent from heaven

[@katerinadmikhailova5783]

Brilliant!

[@silvio2869]

Richter,among the others, has an understatement Power, the use of resonance, spiritual resonance. A long time ago, Vladimir Horowitz told me about their link, they were not Friends,but the respect was a " Shadow stronger(Sic!)". In Schubert, Richter achieved, in my honest opinion, the highest level( Beethoven Is the other One) cause he freezed the guilede not only but undoubtlely for Nun. Is the line tenderly accomplished if the Harmony doesn't apply the measure of tones? Neuahus, in his book, became un due tre Stella

[@silvio2869]

T9 mistakes, Sorry 😊

[@rsjmd]

I saw him live with Chicago S.O. in 1962 I believe, first USA trip. Of course he was a marvelous pianist. But in all the videos of him I've never seen him smile. And he just doesn't like he is enjoying himself.

[@rsjmd]

And, I might add, as it is as if he just wanted to play and be done, no sense of emotion toward the music itself. Sorry, but that is just how he always strikes me, and I do appreciate his fine excellent pianism and interpretation when all is said and done.

[@giovanna722]

​@@rsjmd I just see that as pure concentration. There's nothing particularly sensitive or warm about his appearance. Almost corporate looking. But his heart is astonishing.

[@MrInterestingthings]

High standards and he is working hard.This music has a history of performance and there are knowledgeable peeps een dis odiince!!!

[@peterbrenton410]

pretty sure the page turner is a young Roger Vignoles

[@chunyuli9114]

❤❤❤

[@laupet55]

He is the best of those borne an dead in the 20th century.

[@PK-re3lu]

Amazing playing. I recently bought the DG boxset- it's always a pleasure to SEE Richter though. I wonder what the page turner made of the whole thing!?

[@meredith218461]

Imagine the awesome responsibility being Richter's page turner in concert.

[@farahmand4771]

@@meredith218461 one of my teachers did it for him x)

[@jamesnickoloff6692]

@@farahmand4771 Who was your teacher who was the page-turner, and can we hear from him now?

[@farahmand4771]

@@jamesnickoloff6692 He's a teacher in the conservatory of my town, in Switzerland. Richter came here for a concert in Lausanne or Geneva during his late years. He asked for a decent professionnal pianist who could turn the pages for him. My teacher was called, came to him and played him something (as a warranty of his skills). He told me that Richter played Grieg's Pièces lyriques. We have a recording of him playing it in 1991. He probably came in Switzerland to play it during the same year. My teacher, who was quite young at the time said that Richter was old, so it matches perfectly in terms of date. Concerning Richter's playing, he said that it was really good but quite objective, distant in a way. He said that Richter was really serious, wasn't smiling, laughing or discussing at all. The funny part is that, apparently, he played with such little light that it was quite impossible to read the score in fact x) My teacher found it weird and didn't understand how the score could be helpful in such conditions. An other interesting thing is when my teacher asked Richter why he played with the score (they talked in german). The answer was simple, and the same that Richter gave in his biography by B. Monsaingeon : he found stupid to force yourself to memorize all these notes, which restrains you to learn more pieces. And for someone like Richter, who wanted to play so much music, it is understandable. He told my teacher that it was basically how musicians were playing music during centuries, and that this memorized-recital is quite a new thing in history. But how was he playing if it was nearly impossible to read during the concert, due to the fact that he played in the dark? Well, my teacher said that Richter, who was a phenomenal sight reader and a gigantic "memorizer", was remembering the piece after sight reading many times during his practices, but unlike how he was doing until the 70s, he would stop the memorizing process at this point, so you know the piece but it is not secure. And probably that he could really read the score even in the dark (that's weird I know). He wasn't playing all the pieces without the score, simply because he didn't want to. I think that there is a filmed recording of him playing a suite by Haendel in Tours, and the page turner is Gavrilov. At some point Gavrilov forgot to turn the page, and Richter couldn't continue : he played a cadenza and ended the piece like this. A proof that he really needed the score in some cases. That's it. But!...Richter said in his biography that he began to use the score in the late 70s after a disastrous Liszt recital, which make me think that it also was a security in case of memory lapses x) There is nothing wrong about that, he was getting old and played some of the most difficult pieces of the repertoire, that's normal. That's all I know x) Bye

[@jamesnickoloff6692]

@@farahmand4771 Thank you for this fascinating information, Farahmand. Can you share the name of the teacher who turned pages for Richter?

[@TheosophyinRussia]

❤

[@fredericpelassy527]

Je n'ai aucun mot pour décrire la sonate D894...

[@flatchannel1375]

Yep, il est difficile d'écouter une autre version après.

[@carlnilson273]

Does anyone know whether or not this concert is available on CD?

[@charlespalourde9209]

anyone knows where i can get a copy of this concert?

[@hostlangr]

Warum wird eine Empfehlung der Klangverbesserung bei der *Wiedergabe* einfach wegzensiert?

[@shelleyxshao]

28:54

[@miguelmendizabalcontreras9771]

What's The intro's name? Please help me.

[@MuzBuz]

Overture from "The Barber of Seville" by Rossini

[@miguelmendizabalcontreras9771]

@@MuzBuz thank you.

[@alombredeslava2468]

Quelle que soit la valeur d’un tel enregistrement et l’admiration (sans borne) qu’on peut porter à cet immense pianiste, il n’est pas ici au sommet de son art, dans des oeuvres qui sont loin de rendre pleinement justice au génie de Schubert.

[@dimitriadishappydog]

Si, pourtant il en est... La sonorité et son jeu sont sublimes et tout depend de notre humeur du jour de l'écoute pas de son jeu parfait

[@militaryandemergencyservic3286]

what is the encore? it seems like repeat of the Schubert he has just played prior to the encore...

[@olenaanopka3065]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Manueloncete]

Anyone knows the orchestral intro-piece? Before Richter shows up

[@abraxalito]

Rossini's overture 'Barber of Seville'

[@svLeechter]

1:16:32

[@polonaise]

00:22:30

[@Mike1614YT]

Richter is great. and he's one of the only pianists I've seen who uses sheet music. anyone know why?

[@davidorme1993]

Had memory lapses towards the end of his career.

[@janwillemheijbroek9107]

Go 5 comments up ( PK in green) with 6 answers, read answer 4 ( the longest).

[@osiggaard-andersen1843]

He is reading the notes as easily as we read a fairy tale; and he plays it for us as we would read a fairy tale for our children.

[@paulcapaccio9905]

Not necessary too memorize anymore ! Life today is very different. It’s about you and the music. Not about just you. I would ply with the music every time. And I studied a t Juilliard for 7 years

[@georgesandchopin]

Richter used to say, after his memory declined: " The best memory is the sheet ".❤

[@polonaise]

1:45:00

[@pianistegolfeur]

Et tout Richter qu'il était, il avait l'humilité de jouer publiquement en gardant les partitions...et je me souviens de son récital à la Cité de Carcassonne, mais je ne sais plus en quelle année précisément (dans las années 65--70). Par contre, (et je ne me gènerai pas car il ne comprendra pas ce que j'écris !) il est très regrettable que ce japonais preneur de vue ne soit pas capable de dissimuler ses commentaires de l'écran...

[@Fritz_Maisenbacher]

Qu'est-ce ça peut vous faire .... ? Comment pouvez-vous encore être dépendant de cela ?

[@tommeggle9966]

😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

[@jiyujizai]

😃💚🌱😀

[@vincentxia7748]

原来大神在这里留下过足迹啊～

[@vincentxia7748]

hqclassical.com,哈哈

[@михаилвандюк]

Слушайте, зайчики, деда Мазая!

[@purple467]

This can't be from 1977

[@paulcapaccio9905]

Last movt of tge G major sonata was played too fast

[@BirgerBosheinen]

Braco

[@86543privet]

🇷🇺👍🙏

[@aboelsaudeldessuky4844]

Schubert...and Richter...it is too much..

[@styleexnietz1900]

self-drowning, self-absorbing interpretation. Do not realize the Nature of Music to Human. Do not develop relentlessly.

[@davidcamel4627]

1:26:42 jeffrey dahmer turning pages

[@doloresdevera433]

❤