Sviatoslav Richter playing Chopin, and interviewed - "Richter, the Enigma" video free download

youssef ettourjoumene

He hates himself...

yong-gil choi

러시아 천재들 가운데는 리흐테르와 같이 극단적인 완전주의 지향성이 있다. 수학자 드미트리 페렐만이 번거로운 언론의 취재시도에 불편과 침해를 느끼고 숲 속으로 자취를 감춘 것은 그 좋은 예이다. 리흐테르가 자기 연주를 회상하면서 스스로 연주에 불만을 냉소와 함께 이야기하는 것은 이러한 예가 될 것이다.기를 쓰고 이름을 높이고 명성과 인기를 곧 돈으로 환산해서 추구하는 대다수 한국인의 눈에는 그저 괴짜로 보이겠지만 완벽한 아름다움을 지향하는 예술가에게 지극히 당연한 마음가지이기도 하다. 그래서 리흐테르를 사랑하고 존경한다. 그가 거주하던 집의 극단적인 소박함 !!! 수십년은 되었을 만큼 낡고 헤어진 소파에서 리히테르와 같은 거장이 누웠으리라고 누가 감히 생각하겠는가 !!!!! 음악 외에는 번잡함과 가식을 극도로 싫어한 이 거장의 모습에서 경외심을 갖는 것은 당연하다.

Vittorio Deriu

Un mito, tra i più grandi sempre !

Valle H

No more words...

MultiSampo

Mon pianiste préféré.

MultiSampo

Mon pianiste préféré.

boobtuber06

I agree, a respectable second is Gould

soupandpie12

While Grieg did die in 1907, the phonograph was invented by Edison in 1877 and used mostly between 1880-1910 as a recording device. The particular recording I was referring to was recorded in 1903.

Derek Jones

Grieg died in 1907 and recordings started in 1914

maxcohen13

Don't let your arrogance cloud the dynamic nature of musical performance. "One of the best pianists" leaves consideration and admiration for other greats like Gould, Brendel and Pollini. It would be nothing short of daft to think there's competition in the arts.

soupandpie12

So I'm no expert as far as piano and music and these musicians, but if you look up the videos of Richter playing Grieg's lyrical piece "to spring" and then the video of Grieg himself playing it, they are very different. So maybe he did occasionally do something different? (by "different" I mean to address you're most common complaint that Richter is not "creative" enough)

Matthieu Stepec

Oh man, I've read like 500 of your comments about Richter, give it a break already... You're a fine pianist and you probably know yourself that you are talking nonsense. Close your eyes and listen. Whatever his intents were, his music was beautiful.

Calter Tercal

Do you know Ludwig van Beethoven or Franz Liszt ?

monelle

Who are the other four? :)

Alberto Manolo

One of the top 5 :)) No sir, he is not in top 5. There are excellent pianists, and top 5 like you said. Sviatoslav Richter is not there, he is Sviatoslav Richter and that is just that.

Liostro Ramiro

Maistro Richter, you never fail to grab me by the throat from the very first note on. Listening to you playing gives inspires my soul with a very profound feeling every time. You are nothing short of phenomenal.

quinto34

Art doesn't do facts, sorry..

videoreff

I'd agree with babyfade. When you say "he is the best ever" you should add "in my opinion". I love Richters playing, he wasn't interested in promoting himself, just in trying to convey what the composer intended. For me, some of his Schubert & Rachmaninov is as good as it gets. I have about 15 cds of his recordings & they are all first class, sometimes incredible. He's definitely one of the best but don't forget Horowitz, Gould, Arrau, Argerich, Pogorelich, Rubenstein to name a few.

The1Samelt

1:38 OMG, i cryed :((((( it's so fucking dramatic

Aaron Petit

I agree with you, but everyone has there own opinion. Having said that, I belive Chopin was a better player of his own music and composer for the piano, but Richter performs the best. ALso, it's always nice to hear a different speed or expression of a piece on occasion by other pianists.