i love how he just stares into space pondering about life for a split second before immediately launching into what is possibly one of the best interpretations of op10 no12 on the internet right now.
@@Alexander-bk6oy Sultanov , 1995 during the Chopin Competition. And with better sound. And also , the pitch in the Richter recording is not good ( too high )
This is undeniably one of the greatest interpretations of this piece! I’ve seen some complain about the speed and it’s true he does play it fast, but in my opinion it only adds to the aggression of the piece, which makes it sound even better, and like a ‘revolution’. His control is unbelievable; he plays it very clean, and the speed is not at the sacrifice of emotion; it’s a very powerful performance and surely one of the greatest in the history of this etude.
Yeah the control and the quality of the sounds he makes is wonderful, especially in some parts but the speed take the piece a bit far from his meaning:it represents a revolution not a declaration of war, and what I feel from this interpretation is war and not revolution
I do not know what all those negative critics about Richter intend. Fast yes!!!! Have you ever seen a slow revolution??? I have never seen so much power in the keys he plays, but also controlling what he his doing. Many other interpretations are in my opinion just too soft and lack the blood in the veins of revolution!
Marc Holzapfel Most of them dismiss the fact that Chopin was in much distress, resenting the fact that his nation always suffered severe cultural damage because of the brutal hands of the predominant cultures that used Poland as a plaything.The sheer brutality that the Russians used to quell the polish uprising was to much for the sentimental and severely depressed Chopin.He wrote this etude.Which in my opinion brings an image of horseriding soldier to my mind, galloping through the footprints of long gone soldiers, surrounded by the sound of shots subdued only by the thick fog that covers the dead corpses of lost souls and broken buildings of a culture.And still the shots doesn’t turn silent, they glow through the fog creating an atmosphere which can only be described as an earthbound inferno.
Richter's Chopin Etude performance is always phenomenal. It's the best performance in history. His technique really boasts perfection at the top of the world. I'm going to pay my respects again.
I would have loved his interpretation as it is more the way I looked at it when I played it in my teen years. But after hearing Richter's version, I can imagine no other and have started practicing it again as I have time for. Always loved the piece. @@LP-fj6sr
@@nicholasdupont9097 , that means a true art reach many people, not only Justin Bieber, but also Richter & Ciopin as well. It's gratifying, and not only because of Richter and Chopin, but also because of all those people who through them have touched the true values of art.
@@nicholasdupont9097 , certainly?? That makes no sense. Did you ask him, did you talk to him? So you have no right to speak on his behalf. And no way, because Richter is no longer alive
There really is no room for criticism here, in my opinion. Of course the recording quality is far from perfect, but this is how we are able to see and hear one of the giants of modern piano performance in his element, and I for one am grateful for this video.
The year is 1831 everything is fvked, war, breakup, chopin just sat on the piano and played this. That is what happened in my opinion. And Richter with his speed manages to play it absolutely tragic.
one of the best interpretation ever, definitely the best I've heard. Being a huge fan of Horowitz, from the available recordings of this etude have to accept Richter plays it better
+Ella Finstad Inderdaad, maar door zo'n extreme hoog tempo te nemen, verliest de muziek toch wel een heel pak van haar schoonheid en dat is dan spijtig.Ook gaan er, door deze 'Prestissimo', vele details verloren.
Natuurlijk "beheerst hij de techniek", maar waarom blijft "de muziek" dan achterwege ? Hij brengt deze geniale Etude als een machine, een robot. Geen expressie en niets 'ademt'.Dit is nu juist het spijtige aan zo'n fenomenale pianist als Richter.
Ik denk eerder aan een MAXI-machine! ;-)Tussen haakjes, wist gij dat den Aldo de Jos Bolet de grootste pianist ter wereld noemde ?! Echt waar!En Ashkenazy noemde hij de slechtste dirigent ter wereld!Hij zal er iets meej veurgat hemme, zeker...Toen ik dit aan onze vriend Arcadi vertelde, zei die: "No puedo creer!"Groetje, Geert.
the best interpretation of the revolutionary etude I've ever seen!the difficulty of this peace is to perform this almost cold, but amazing mood.there aren't a lot pianist doing that sooo well
i just LOVE when he lifts his hands with a flick of a wrist and then slams down on the chord. so dramatic, and yet it gives it such a wonderful, powerful sound! leaves me breathless.
Thank you CZcams, thank you EmmDoubleEw, what a great performer, what an interpretation of this great piece of music. I am lost, I am lost in the melody, I am lost, like I get lost when I look in her eyes!
Шопен... Эти интимные ноктюрны, изысканные и простые вальсы и мазурки, роскошные полонезы, загадочные прелюдии… Музыка Шопена - это светлая печаль и волнующая радость с горчинкой. Тончайшие оттенки самых искренних и глубоких чувств. Хрустальная, невесомая, точная и прекрасная... Если музыка Баха сжимает сердце в каменные тиски, то творчество Шопена словно щекочет его перышком. Я жалею, что так и не познал фортепиано...
No cóż! A jednak można zaskakiwać! Piękne, dynamiczne wykonanie a jednocześnie z pięknym ukazaniem linii melodycznej z połączeniem z pełnią grozy i wielkich emocji. Jak tu nie kochać Frycka :) i jego odtwórców....
This man was a Genius ,The best interpretation of this masterpiece 2.13 .Everybody else is at 2.38 240.,His performance is perfect . .I read everything about him .I use him as a guide...He is my mentor although he passed. I am working hard to get closer to him. I will never equal him .This is not my goal .He is THE ONE ..I thought I was the only one who discovered him .Thank you Congratulations.
+Abbyes1 LOL When did I say you say he was not a great person? You are ... as another like ... because anything comes into your mind when it's seems impossible AND PUBLISH that before had realized ... what this anything is. What sense are you speaking about? I presume you have no idea that as senses as feelings are. Good luck at your world.
Bonsoir, Je ne parle pas suffisamment bien anglais pour répondre,mais je trouve cette version splendide ; la technique est parfaite, je la trouve pleine de caractère. Le jeu de Richter est magique et l'émotion qui s'en dégage surpasse à mon humble les autres interprétations. (j'en connais un grand nombre (Polinni, Bolet François, Horowitz, Gavrilov,Duchables....... mais celle ci reste la meilleure) Ph
Do you call the so called Moonlight Sonata an energetic piece ?And an Hungarian Rhapsody an angry piece ?Maestro Ciccolini said: "The Hungarian Rhapsodies are NOT Hungarian!" ;-)Regards, Geert Dehoux.
The third movement of the Moonlight Sonata (which ironically serves the role of 1st movement if you consider the function of Sonata-Allegro form) has a bit of anger to it. It's marked Allegro "Agitato," but it's not inconceivable to take it to the next level.
Yes, it is sped up! The piece is composed in C minor, but we are hearing it in C# minor. It is one semitone (or 1/12 octave) too high. Since a doubling of speed would result in a one-octave pitch increase, the speed has been increased by 1/12. (There are 12 semitones per octave). The tempo we are hearing is about MM 138 per quarter note (mean). The actual performance would have been about MM 127. This is a fairly substantial increase, but in no sense bears on the quality of playing!
By far the most 'revolutionary' take on the etude. Richter as a Russian had in himself the revolutionary spirit. This is something that other musicians and pianists will never possess (except Gilel perhaps).
Alexander He lived and died in Russia, it doesnt matter where he was born exactly, it's all Soviet Union. Those attempts of ukranians to claim everyone were ukranian is a brain cancer, just as a nationalism itself
richter is the only renowned pianist i've heard playing this like an etude without failing to sound musical. too many pianists play this romantically that fail to deliver the essence of its study. which still sounds good, just doesn't demonstrate the technical transcendence of the left hand.
I love this song and the beginning was one of the most epic starts I've ever seen. "Did I turn the stove off......? Yes." BANG!!!!!!!!! *epic revolutionary etude*
This is beautiful, but it's not genuine. This is in c# minor. The speed of the video changed the pitch by a half note. This is a tad bit faster than he actually played it. No doubt tho that richter's technique is transcendental.
I think its problem of pitch - you can watch S. Neuhas playing chopin ballade, its also half tone higher and Im sure, they didnt speed up video, because that would mean no music in slow moments. This is also original speed in my opinion. :)
This is exactly half a tone higher in a diatonic scale, E flat became E natural. It means that the video has been speeded up by 2^(1/12). I am sure it was not Richter's initiative, because he was a true musician. The idea came probably from the musical engineer or from the guy who posted the video himself. Bad idea, very bad. The sportive dimension of music doesn't exist. Neither with Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, nor with Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninoff... considering the quality of someone's playing by the duration of the recording is a total misunderstanding of the art of music, and even of Art in general. Sorry for my English.
Möbius Strip yes it was, if you don't have absolute pitch you can check on your keyboard. The frequency is proportional to the video. And if you didn't learn what is half a tone in term of frequency just shut up, you don't know what you're talking about
I'm Brazilian but in my opinion it was the best interpretation of the revolutionary study of chopin: the power it plays the tremendous speed along with his technique, very beautiful.
@lancybodancy I say, your Richter Scale quip gave me a good chuckle and the reflection "why didn't I think of that!?" His, he bashed it with more power than any karate professional could. I was entranced. Cheers.
amazing. and to think that at the time the recording equipment was crap compared to today's equipment makes me be in awe of his playing even more. to hear such clarity, dynamics, and sheer force of will come through given the technology used to record this is nothing short of astounding and only gives an implication of how it really must've been live.
You're totally right, I can almost feel it. If I close my eyes, my head begins to bring up those sort of images you find on documents of civil wars and history.
0:01 "Oh, a piano!" - BLAM -
+K189T +1 for perfect comment.
I laughed way too hard
I'm still laughing.
Lmaoooooo
hhaah best comment I have ever seen
i love how he just stares into space pondering about life for a split second before immediately launching into what is possibly one of the best interpretations of op10 no12 on the internet right now.
I like to think that's him trying to remember some experience that would make him play the piece with even more expression and emotion.
Can you check out my interpretation? "UBC Nest 2nd Try" in the comments section go to that section.
check Sultanov interpretation, he plays it with a insane speed and still good interpretation
@@Alexander-bk6oy Sultanov , 1995 during the Chopin Competition. And with better sound.
And also , the pitch in the Richter recording is not good ( too high )
Oh hey I’m subscribed to you
Absolute Genius of history.
"Of the Russian pianists, I like only one, Richter."
Vladimir Horowitz
Both from soviet Ukraine
@@TonyMontana-os7kg And two of (if not THE TWO) greatest pianists who ever lived
They were from Ukraine, not Russia
Rachmaninoff?!!
@@ZKLofiTone
Horowitz was only referring to the Russian pianists that were living at the time of his statement.
Unbelievable. He has total command of this piece and can play with complete freedom. What a unique accomplishment from a very unique person.
hundreth like
@@anusukla2 BvD
😊@@anusukla2
This is undeniably one of the greatest interpretations of this piece! I’ve seen some complain about the speed and it’s true he does play it fast, but in my opinion it only adds to the aggression of the piece, which makes it sound even better, and like a ‘revolution’. His control is unbelievable; he plays it very clean, and the speed is not at the sacrifice of emotion; it’s a very powerful performance and surely one of the greatest in the history of this etude.
Yeah the control and the quality of the sounds he makes is wonderful, especially in some parts but the speed take the piece a bit far from his meaning:it represents a revolution not a declaration of war, and what I feel from this interpretation is war and not revolution
Agree with you wholeheartedly. I can only dream of playing it so perfectly!
I do not know what all those negative critics about Richter intend. Fast yes!!!! Have you ever seen a slow revolution??? I have never seen so much power in the keys he plays, but also controlling what he his doing. Many other interpretations are in my opinion just too soft and lack the blood in the veins of revolution!
you are totally RIGHT ! !
an unleashed fire that keeps burning
Marc Holzapfel
Most of them dismiss the fact that Chopin was in much distress, resenting the fact that his nation always suffered severe cultural damage because of the brutal hands of the predominant cultures that used Poland as a plaything.The sheer brutality that the Russians used to quell the polish uprising was to much for the sentimental and severely depressed Chopin.He wrote this etude.Which in my opinion brings an image of horseriding soldier to my mind, galloping through the footprints of long gone soldiers, surrounded by the sound of shots subdued only by the thick fog that covers the dead corpses of lost souls and broken buildings of a culture.And still the shots doesn’t turn silent, they glow through the fog creating an atmosphere which can only be described as an earthbound inferno.
Absolutely agreed..~~~Richter is the best! Only Richter can do it like this..
I like it, but I’m pretty sure he didn’t originally play it that fast. It sounds artificially sped up. His head movements look unnatural too...
this is the best version I have ever heared in my whole life
Kissin does a great version. Slightly slower
@@DerrickBoundsMusic yesh
YES I CAN COMMENT AGAIN
Please listen to Horowitz the best performance of this etude!!
@@lenamcginnis5168its shit
Richter's Chopin Etude performance is always phenomenal. It's the best performance in history. His technique really boasts perfection at the top of the world. I'm going to pay my respects again.
When asked why he was playing with such a speed, he answered: - Because I can!... :)
Volodymyr Chumachenko his answer was the same as horowitz then
Volodymyr Chumachenko because chopins pieces are meant to be
But the pitch is not good !!! So it is not the real speed !!
Wasn't that Horowitz?
not at all, he considered the score as sacred
if there was a better quality of this recording than this it would be definitely the best version of this piece
This IS the best recording
@@levim.3505 kissins is better
I would have loved his interpretation as it is more the way I looked at it when I played it in my teen years. But after hearing Richter's version, I can imagine no other and have started practicing it again as I have time for. Always loved the piece.
@@LP-fj6sr
@@LP-fj6sr he too played wrong in the starting rhythm but thats fine because he is great pianist..
I like Kissin more. Maybe Richter has better technique, but Kissin just puts there the right emotions.
I'm glad Richter has more than 1 000 000 viewers here.
Why would anyone (other than possibly the uploader) care how many views this gets?
Richter himself certainly doesn't care.
@@nicholasdupont9097 , that means a true art reach many people, not only Justin Bieber, but also Richter & Ciopin as well. It's gratifying, and not only because of Richter and Chopin, but also because of all those people who through them have touched the true values of art.
@@nicholasdupont9097 , certainly?? That makes no sense. Did you ask him, did you talk to him? So you have no right to speak on his behalf. And no way, because Richter is no longer alive
@@Hobott well, he cannot possibly care if he is not alive. Which is why I said “certainly”. Because he is most certainly dead.
ほとばしる感情に追いついていく身体能力。音の悪さが同でもいいほどのあふれ燃え滾る感性。これほどのピアニストはもう出ないかもしれない。とても言葉では表現できない。動いている映像が愛おしい。神とはこういう人のことだろうか。
アップしていただいてありがとうございます。
There really is no room for criticism here, in my opinion. Of course the recording quality is far from perfect, but this is how we are able to see and hear one of the giants of modern piano performance in his element, and I for one am grateful for this video.
🎉
wow, he has mastered this piece. his level of passion gives me chills where it doesnt when others perform it
🎉
He makes the piano speak! It tells a story and speaks of what cannot be expressed by everyday language. What a player, real virtuoso!
The year is 1831 everything is fvked, war, breakup, chopin just sat on the piano and played this. That is what happened in my opinion. And Richter with his speed manages to play it absolutely tragic.
one of the best interpretation ever, definitely the best I've heard. Being a huge fan of Horowitz, from the available recordings of this etude have to accept Richter plays it better
WHAT a legend
+Jacob Price Among the three greatest pianist imo.
+Vette gaddia I agree with you Uno de los tres mas grandes de los últimos 100 años
Hell ya.
@@vettegaddia6234 who are those three?
Lovely Chpin and what a truly great artist!
Thank you for posting!
Richter really blitzes this (and Op.10/4). Used to try to imitate his tempi when I was younger, but could never achieve his level of control.
whuh... your compositions are amazing tho
LukeMusic well... nobody can't because this is only Richter Performance
Wow, not a single fail note! Amazing
+Ella Finstad Inderdaad, maar door zo'n extreme hoog tempo te nemen, verliest de muziek toch wel een heel pak van haar schoonheid en dat is dan spijtig.Ook gaan er, door deze 'Prestissimo', vele details verloren.
+Geert Dehoux Integendeel, hij beheerst de techniek dusdanig dat hij zich helemaal kan wijden aan de muziek. Het tempo is perfect.
Natuurlijk "beheerst hij de techniek", maar waarom blijft "de muziek" dan achterwege ? Hij brengt deze geniale Etude als een machine, een robot. Geen expressie en niets 'ademt'.Dit is nu juist het spijtige aan zo'n fenomenale pianist als Richter.
Ik denk eerder aan een MAXI-machine! ;-)Tussen haakjes, wist gij dat den Aldo de Jos Bolet de grootste pianist ter wereld noemde ?! Echt waar!En Ashkenazy noemde hij de slechtste dirigent ter wereld!Hij zal er iets meej veurgat hemme, zeker...Toen ik dit aan onze vriend Arcadi vertelde, zei die: "No puedo creer!"Groetje,
Geert.
Michelangeli, vooral dan de oudere, was ook niet bepaald creatief.
I wish i could hear/watch more renditions of this piece. One of the few that tears at the soul as it should : (
Etude Revolutionnaire fills me with raw energy every time I listen to it. Definitely one of Chopin's greatest pieces.
Fantastic player! He has what many of the younger players, who can play hard and fast but lack the control and insight into the music.
0:00 - "Did I forget to turn off the oven"
0:01 - "NO!!!"
Lol
I'm sorry I died laughing at this comment
Právěs mě zabil
HAHAHA exactly
the best interpretation of the revolutionary etude I've ever seen!the difficulty of this peace is to perform this almost cold, but amazing mood.there aren't a lot pianist doing that sooo well
i just LOVE when he lifts his hands with a flick of a wrist and then slams down on the chord. so dramatic, and yet it gives it such a wonderful, powerful sound! leaves me breathless.
РИХТЕР ВЕЛИКОЛЕПЕН! СКОЛЬКО ВОЛНУЮЩЕЙ МОЩИ, СИЛЫ, ЛИРИЗМА И КРАСОТЫ!
Thank you CZcams, thank you EmmDoubleEw, what a great performer, what an interpretation of this great piece of music. I am lost, I am lost in the melody, I am lost, like I get lost when I look in her eyes!
弾き始めの振りかぶり方から、もうカッコいー。
左手の指がこんなに速く、力強く動いたらピアノを弾くのが楽しくて堪らないだろうな。
高度なテクニックを持つピアニストはたくさんいるけれど【聴かずにはいられない】と思わせてくれるのは、やはりこのお方。
so fast, and yet so calm..
wonderful..!!!
I love his playing... Richter is a true pianist.
amazing
IMHO-This cannot be played any better! Superb playing by one of the greatest of our time,if not the greatest. Bravo! TY.
Brilliant !!! Both music and performance... Genius
This is why call it the "Richter" scale
Шопен... Эти интимные ноктюрны, изысканные и простые вальсы и мазурки, роскошные полонезы, загадочные прелюдии… Музыка Шопена - это светлая печаль и волнующая радость с горчинкой. Тончайшие оттенки самых искренних и глубоких чувств. Хрустальная, невесомая, точная и прекрасная...
Если музыка Баха сжимает сердце в каменные тиски, то творчество Шопена словно щекочет его перышком. Я жалею, что так и не познал фортепиано...
Блять
Вы оба меня растрогали.
No cóż! A jednak można zaskakiwać! Piękne, dynamiczne wykonanie a jednocześnie z pięknym ukazaniem linii melodycznej z połączeniem z pełnią grozy i wielkich emocji. Jak tu nie kochać Frycka :) i jego odtwórców....
Amazing!!! I love Richter's playing!!
This is the greatest thing I have ever heard.
I think Valentina tries to emulate him--but falls somewhat short.
Fantastic! never get tired of listening to him.
Magnificent, thanks for sharing!
Fantastic! Purely a work of art!
John Malkovich should play Richter in the forthcoming movie "Piano genius".
A Genius.
This man was a Genius ,The best interpretation of this masterpiece 2.13 .Everybody else is at 2.38 240.,His performance is perfect . .I read everything about him .I use him as a guide...He is my mentor although he passed. I am working hard to get closer to him. I will never equal him .This is not my goal .He is THE ONE ..I thought I was the only one who discovered him .Thank you Congratulations.
Harry Mondestin except that the video has been sped up... you can hear it's half a tone above the original C minor.
You are right I did not catch it.Thanks
I can never get enough of this man.
Oh man, wow, I'm speechless. This is the best version I've ever heard
Preface: His wife was yelling at him for not washing the dishes and so he solved the problem...
lmao
He was gay ! (:
+Abbyes1 he still had a "wife"
Сергей Тропинин When did I say he was not a great person ? and why am I a fool ? Your comment makes not sense at all lol
+Abbyes1 LOL
When did I say you say he was not a great person?
You are ... as another like ... because anything comes into your mind when it's seems impossible AND PUBLISH that before had realized ... what this anything is.
What sense are you speaking about? I presume you have no idea that as senses as feelings are.
Good luck at your world.
Genius!
Such dramatic playing. I love it!
This is amazing!
I love Richter! 💘🎵💕
Bonsoir,
Je ne parle pas suffisamment bien anglais pour répondre,mais je trouve cette version splendide ; la technique est parfaite, je la trouve pleine de caractère.
Le jeu de Richter est magique et l'émotion qui s'en dégage surpasse à mon humble les autres interprétations. (j'en connais un grand nombre (Polinni, Bolet François, Horowitz, Gavrilov,Duchables....... mais celle ci reste la meilleure)
Ph
Best interpretation of this piece. This is an Etude, remember, not a nocturne or a ballade... the etudes are meant to be fast and viciously mechanical
Amazing !
やっぱりリヒテルは最高峰
This is 168 bpm right? The fastest and best version...
+Davide Incalza Fastest, can be, but MUSICALLY best ???
+Geert Dehoux
In my opinion yes!
Although the recording quality is terrible.
Noot Noot yup.. is there a better recording?
I prefer Kissin.
Davide Incalza btw its old record and its faster than in reality
this is the best version so far that i have seen on the internet
Each note sounds amazingly CLEAR!
czcams.com/video/23lDT5z6t7g/video.html
He always looks like he's mad at the piano.
I laughed so hard...
The funny thing is that one can play an energetic or angry piece, such as the Moonlight Sonata or Hungarian Rhapsody.
Maybe he turned it on ?
Do you call the so called Moonlight Sonata an energetic piece ?And an Hungarian Rhapsody an angry piece ?Maestro Ciccolini said: "The Hungarian Rhapsodies are NOT Hungarian!" ;-)Regards,
Geert Dehoux.
The third movement of the Moonlight Sonata (which ironically serves the role of 1st movement if you consider the function of Sonata-Allegro form) has a bit of anger to it. It's marked Allegro "Agitato," but it's not inconceivable to take it to the next level.
And this is how Chopin intended for this masterpiece to be played to express his pain about the fall of the Warsaw uprising in 1830.
Absolutely superb ~~~:)
Beautiful
Yes, it is sped up! The piece is composed in C minor, but we are hearing it in C# minor. It is one semitone (or 1/12 octave) too high.
Since a doubling of speed would result in a one-octave pitch increase, the speed has been increased by 1/12. (There are 12 semitones per octave).
The tempo we are hearing is about MM 138 per quarter note (mean). The actual performance would have been about MM 127.
This is a fairly substantial increase, but in no sense bears on the quality of playing!
Are you sure about this? Old recordings typically are a semi-tone off key. And they are obviously not sped up.
Agreed. Sped up.
By far the most 'revolutionary' take on the etude. Richter as a Russian had in himself the revolutionary spirit. This is something that other musicians and pianists will never possess (except Gilel perhaps).
And Kissin he is russian too and the best pianist
@@bogotana1990 I thought Kissin was Israeli
He’s Born Russian
Not russian, ukrainian my friend.
Alexander He lived and died in Russia, it doesnt matter where he was born exactly, it's all Soviet Union. Those attempts of ukranians to claim everyone were ukranian is a brain cancer, just as a nationalism itself
God, how I LOVE Richter! By far the most captivating pianist that ever lived.
Unbelievable speed ! Admired
Святослав Теофилович Рихтер. Sviatoslav Richter. Né en Ukraine, dans l'Empire Russe, le plus grand interprète du XXe siècle.
richter is the only renowned pianist i've heard playing this like an etude without failing to sound musical. too many pianists play this romantically that fail to deliver the essence of its study. which still sounds good, just doesn't demonstrate the technical transcendence of the left hand.
I love the POWER the man puts into the piece!!! It should be just like that POWERFUL - the nature and emotions of a REVOLUTION!
Awesome...thank you.
I hear 20th century of USSR, in this music... who lived in USSR - can understand me.
John this is the heart of Poland
I think the piano's keys must be light enough to play that fast !
Noob .i.
Lightness does not directly have to do something with speed. Some prefer 48-50 grams, some even 52 or more...
+Hans Müller The finger must be tired !
Sun Colreone If you are used to it, it's not bad at all... You know when you play several hours a day...
+Hans Müller Absolutely, thanks
Absolutely true! This is sheer presence of music.
I love this song and the beginning was one of the most epic starts I've ever seen.
"Did I turn the stove off......? Yes." BANG!!!!!!!!! *epic revolutionary etude*
Richer the GOAT...
The biggest GOAT is you.
This is beautiful, but it's not genuine. This is in c# minor. The speed of the video changed the pitch by a half note. This is a tad bit faster than he actually played it. No doubt tho that richter's technique is transcendental.
I think its problem of pitch - you can watch S. Neuhas playing chopin ballade, its also half tone higher and Im sure, they didnt speed up video, because that would mean no music in slow moments. This is also original speed in my opinion. :)
This is never cis moll,a little bit higher,but even not a 1/4!!!
This is exactly half a tone higher in a diatonic scale, E flat became E natural. It means that the video has been speeded up by 2^(1/12). I am sure it was not Richter's initiative, because he was a true musician. The idea came probably from the musical engineer or from the guy who posted the video himself. Bad idea, very bad. The sportive dimension of music doesn't exist. Neither with Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, nor with Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninoff... considering the quality of someone's playing by the duration of the recording is a total misunderstanding of the art of music, and even of Art in general. Sorry for my English.
Totally awesome!
love it! love Richter
Richter at 0:00: "how I hate homophobia"...bANG!
ik denk het nier but, may be :-)
Too soon
he was not gay. it's a rumor based on no evidence. and even if he was he would be thinking about music, not homophobia....
The video has been speeded up by 2^(1/12), the pitch is half a tone too high. Shame
Möbius Strip yes it was, if you don't have absolute pitch you can check on your keyboard. The frequency is proportional to the video. And if you didn't learn what is half a tone in term of frequency just shut up, you don't know what you're talking about
@@dankg55 what if you just slowed it down to see his movements? doesnt seem sped up to me
Still the best interpretation I can find, so far
Pour moi, la meilleure interprétation. Il martèle le clavier, vraiment dans un esprit révolutionnaire ! Superbe.
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I'm Brazilian but in my opinion it was the best interpretation of the revolutionary study of chopin: the power it plays the tremendous speed along with his technique, very beautiful.
Simply
Amazing.
look at that feeling. beautiful! He's realy rocking that piano
ADORO! Plácido, tranquilo, contemplativo e, de súbito, a porrada no acorde inicial
just incredible...
great!! really.
he plays thes with a great passion.
and that i love in it
I love Richter!!!
I had heard this in a performance and did not know the name. I was searching for this piece for long.. now it goes in my Big List 'to play'
@lancybodancy
I say, your Richter Scale quip gave me a good chuckle and the reflection "why didn't I think of that!?"
His, he bashed it with more power than any karate professional could. I was entranced.
Cheers.
amazing. and to think that at the time the recording equipment was crap compared to today's equipment makes me be in awe of his playing even more. to hear such clarity, dynamics, and sheer force of will come through given the technology used to record this is nothing short of astounding and only gives an implication of how it really must've been live.
...It's wonderful!
Amazing
Man his face so calm in the begining.. and then.. the iwannasmashthepiano performance! Excelent !
You're totally right, I can almost feel it. If I close my eyes, my head begins to bring up those sort of images you find on documents of civil wars and history.
Ony of my Chopin's favorites!!
great piece and great performance