Sviatoslav Richter plays Rachmaninov Concerto No.1, Op.1
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- Опубліковано 19 тра 2011
- Piano Concerto No.1 in F sharp minor, Op.1
00:00 - Vivace
12:30 - Andante
18:52 - Allegro vivace
USSR RTV Large Symphony Orchestra
Kurt Sanderling
recording:
*1962 (date written on the cd);
**Feb 18, 1955 (according to New4785689)
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F a n t a s t i c ,Richter plays perfectly,I love his so much
What a fabulous recording of this wonderful Piano Concerto by Rachmaninov played so superbly by Sviatoslav Richter. For me PC No 1 is every bit as stimulating as Rachmaninov's other PCs. It has such vitality that can, for sure, be associated with his youth when he wrote it - itself an extraordinary accomplishment. It has stunning sub-currents running throughout the narrative that takes us up high mountains and into deep chasms. The performance by Richter is astounding and breathtaking.
The greatest pianist I ever heard
This is positive affirmation why many consider Richter to have been the pianist of the century. Such fiery passion, precision, intimacy and lyrical ardor gave way to expansiveness making this a formidable, compelling and masterful performance...
My all-time favourite piano concerto. This is the first recording of it I ever heard in the late 1950s and my love for this work has remained with me ever since. Absolutely wonderful.
i still love to listen this concert so wonderfull playing by richter
11:00-12:00, as only Richter could have played it, is so overwhelming that I cannot help but weep every time I hear it. I am not fond of this concerto as a whole, but I think there are several brief portions of it--aside from the one I indicated--that are sublime. I cannot help but think that Rachmaninoff would have been brought to tears by his own composition had he lived to hear this particular Richter recording of the 1st, with a brilliant orchestra led by the incomparable Sanderling.
Also listen to Zimmerman!
This work definitely dates from 1955 because I remember my mother had a 33 rpm recording of it - by Melodya I think - and I listened to it when I was about 9, four years later. So it cannot be 1963. It was one of my first introductions to art music from such a tender age, instructed by my mother who was a superb pianist. She taught me how to love great music and I remember this wonderful concerto very fondly. It's my favourite between the 1st and 2nd actually. The slow movement - OMG!! And Richter - sublime artist at the top of his game when this was recorded.
Sue Smith look under the video
You’re right!
Свет далёкой звезды...
The light of the distant star...
(Ruchmaninov,Richter)
Rachmaninoff was just about 17 years old when he wrote his first piano concerto. Personally, I love and admire every piano concerto written by the great russian master, but this one is perhaps almost more interesting as the other concertos ! I (by the way, I'm 18 years old) think his early age and mindset can be discovered while hearing this piece; the mind and sorrows and on the other hand the anxiety for love, peace and deliverance are hidden inside this piano concerto. Why do I think so as an 18-year old guy? Because the music describes exactly my emotions as a teenager ... What do you think ? Remember yourself at the age of 16-18... :)
JonnyboyCalippo I agree, this is perhaps Rachmaninoff's most complex piano concerto.
+JonnyboyCalippo Fully agree there, but Rachmaninoff actually made a lot of edits into his First Piano Concerto at a much later age, the version we know today.
+JonnyboyCalippo Don't forget that the version you're listening to is a complete revision of the original work that SR made much later in life. You can find here on YT the original work.
You'll get yourself soon enough to discover that while this 1st concerto is a huge accomplishment, Rachmaninov really expresses and fulfills the things you reference in the 2nd concerto. The 3rd is the biggest of the concertos by the way..
Actually the one you are hearing is his much later revised version around 1917.
We know Scriabin started with a style very influenced by Chopin etc. before he found his very own style.
Meanwhile, Rachmaninoff, 17 years old, knew already perfectly how he wanted his music to sound, and this concerto already has all the elements that characterize his music... Briliant and bold (young) man!
This is 2nd version of the 1st Concerto (Dec. 1917)
Una performance imponente. Grande Richter
Fantastic! What a beautiful piece this is and how well and passionately played by Sviatoslav Richter. Thank you so much for this upload.
only richter can play rachmaninov so wonderful
Apparently you haven't heard Rachmaninoff himself in this piece.
@@donaldallen1771 Agreed, Rachmaninov was a giant among piano players and his recordings of his own works could of course never be disregarded. However, he was a humble man. Imo he did not always bring out the many wonderous details to their fullest. So if Rachmaninov was a magnificent playwright, Richter was the perfect actor for his plays!
@@gunnarrundblad6846 I see similar in jazz standards. The composer's performance can be overshadowed by others interpreting the composition as a vehicle for increased expression.
beyond perfection!
Просто фантастика!!!Музыка и исполнение - просто нет слов!!Космос!Превосходно!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a gem! I was searching for Richter's concerto performances for years and I finally found this video. Thanks for the upload!! It takes an impeccably great Russian pianist to interpret a maestro Russian composer. Thanks for the Russian school of piano.
16:02 : there is no word to describe such a power.
I remember listening to this concerto as a young kid before I even knew what it was called. How enchanting it was - and remains!
MAJESTUEUSE INTERPRÉTATION .
Riche c est un aigle
This tempo is just perfect. It is so easy to understand and at the same time allows you to feel each emotion with sincere depth. A depth that very few know how to express clearly. Richter is without a doubt one of my favourite pianist alongside Arrau, both were so sincere.
He must have played Rach 3 but never get to record it whether live or studio or perform in public.With his exceptional musicianship he can play virtually anything.
Everyone knows #2/#3 but surprisingly, this concerto is beautiful as well
Not at all surprisingly! And n4 is heaven!
Гений!Рахманинов навсегда. Прекрасная музыка,прекрасное исполнение.Волшебство.
Sensational Richter....as always.....BRAVO from Acapulco!
Sergei Rachmaninoff was born in Russia in 1873. He was precocious in his relationship with music., especially with the piano, has he started playing only at the age of four. In addition to being a composer, he was a pianist where his own technique immortalized him.He was part of the Romantic period, and his music often criticized for the excess of romanticism, although this is sensitive and true. His compositions are more or less marked by Tchaïkovsky, Chopin and Listz, where melancholy is especially prominent. His work consists of concertos (3), symphonies, operas, sonatas, etc.This concerto is an example of this, since the deep and sad sensitivity is revealed in the music. However, it has moments of amazing beauty and harmony. Sergei was one of greatest pianists of all time, his music has a delicate and relevant depth. The pianist is fabulous and the orchestra and conductor are excellent. Thanks for this magnificent opportunity to listen to a work of amazing sensitivity and sonority.
Мой любимый концерт в прекрасном исполнении .
My least favorite of all the 4 concertos is the abstract no 4 for the academically challenge. My all time favorite is this one.Absolutely remarkable work.
Many commenters write that this was written in Rachmaninov's youth. That version can be heard on youtube, but this is the revised version of 1917, vastly more sophisticated and improved over his apprentice piece.
La belleza del Concierto Nº 1 anticipa la obra completa de Rachmaninoff. No quiero parecer ni erudito ni inteligente. Pero no es sencillo encontrar que la "opera prima" de un músico e interprete colosal como el mencionado, alcance la grandeza de su Primer Concierto para Piano. Los eternos dilemas del autor se perciben desde el inicio y con un primer tema que emociona. Desde allí y hasta un para de minutos antes de los acordes finales se debate entre la cordura y la emoción. No me quiero extender. Tan solo no quiero olvidar decir que al intérprete, Sviatoslav Richter, siempre deb{i ponderar sus interpretaciones. Y en éste caso no ha sido la excepción: FANTASTICO! Mi reconocimieto al director Mr. Kurt Sanderlig.
+Pablo Camblong Estimado coincido que yo tampoco quiero parecer un erudito..............pero y el nro. 1 de Bethoven?.........y varios nros. 1 como los de Field.....Hummel............Chaicovski.........cierto es que probablemente fue mucho más joven que los otros al momento de escribirlo, pero no se porqué extraña situación, muchos de los nros. 1 de enormes compositores y me refiero a los que escribieron muchos....lograron a mi juicio superar el 1...............cordial saludo
Distinguido Sr. Carlos Francisco Lijoi Cárcano. Cuando hablé de la "opera prima" me referí exactamente a eso. O sea, que se trataba de su Op.1 y no a que era su primer concierto para piano. No dudo ni por un momento de la belleza del Concierto 1 de Tchaicovsky, ni el N1 de Chopin.... pero en ningún caso se trató de su "Opera Prima". Lo saludo atentamente.
Achalay!!!!!!!! de acuerdo, no caí en el concepto de ópera prima, ciertamente lo tomé como primer concierto....es verdad y pareciera una constante especialmente en las obras sinfónicas, que algunas tienen números más bajos que otras aún cuando fueran presentadas posteriormente............ lo que es seguro es que son fenomenales todos........casualmente acaban de recomendarme el quinteto de shostakovich (que no lo conocía y pensar que hay tanto y tanto que uno no conoce!!!!) y estoy escuchándolo por entre otros Martha Argenrich...... y luego lo escucharé por Richter...... dos lujos de lujos!!!!! mis pianistas favoritos...... Cordial saludo.......
Comprendido. Bellisimo quinteto. Agradable dialogo.Lo saludo con la mayor distinción
A la recíproca.......
...never knew richter played this...i know ttheconcerto very well, a great performance, thanks for uploading it.
+paganviodio
Yes, and I am very sorry he didn't performed Rach's Concerto No 3, ever... in the same way I feel sorry that Horowitz never played Chopin's Sonata No 3.
Regards.
Bravo🌹great
What a shame these outstanding peformances were recorded before the
the superior technology of today....it would be nice if they could remaster this...
genius
Greetings from a belgian moroccan woman. Love this. Reminds me of Apostrophes.
Прекрасная музыка и
прекрасное исполнение спасибо
beautiful!
I can't explain my feelings...
Remarkably, Rachmaninoff wrote this at the age of 17-18.
Yes, he just revised it mater but i'm sure the greatness was already there
@@pablosouffron8277 You can find the original version on UA-cam. It's very good, but not a masterpiece like this revision.
He resived and corrected it afterwards...Nobody can play that difficult piano parts at ages of 17y...
This concerto is a "devilishly difficult" piano concerto!
We know that Rachmaninov wasn't a very good student at the Academy, if he COULD play that good at that time the Juris and Profs had to worship him!..
All that came afterwards!
Iluminado e inolvidable Richter....
Perfect. Thanks for uploading.
xelarutra love your channel!!
sublime!!!!!
Poco más que extraordinaria esta versión.
Sergei Rachmaninoff composed his Piano Concerto No. 1 in F♯ minor, Op. 1, in 1891, at age 18. He dedicated the work to Alexander Siloti. He revised the work thoroughly in 1917. This is not how it first sounded. It's heavily revised. As a student he was told to model his first concerto off another composers concerto. Can you guess which one? Yes! Greig A minor concerto. It has a very similar beginning. To hear the original version search Ghindin playing the original version which is quite different.
This is my personal favourite recording of the Rach 1 - especially the voiced cross-over of melody from alto to sop at 8:23 ...amazing. What I'd do to see a video recording of him performing this work 😭😭😭
What do you think about Zimerman's performance Rach 1
c'est incroyablement beau. Je joue très peu du piano. Mais quand on l'écoute, j'ai l'impression que c'est pas si difficile et que s'est à ma portée. C'est le génie de cet homme, d'effacer un peu la difficulté de ce morceau pour virtuose. Son jeu est le plus limbide que je connaisse surtout l'andante. Richter nous emmène dans un monde magique d'une incroyable beauté. Que son souvenir ne s'éteigne jamais.
I can hammer out a tune and few chords on the old joanna. H J Lim has a good stab at Rachmaninov's 1st Concerto but plays too many wrong notes. Then there are some excellent pianists. And finally there is a select group of great artists of whom this gent was one of the very greatest. Balm to my ears.
Он переигрывает весь оркестр своей энергией...БРАВО!!
Carlos Encarnacion: The sound quality and resolution is superb. Pity however that no quality video technology was available at that time to capture both pianist as well as other instrument orchestra players around him.
great pianest
Rcihter sin palabras.............
Beautiful! I also like the recording by Zoltan Kocsis very much.
Evan Solomon me too...2nd tempo is the best, imho.
Perfetto
Pensé que el Concierto Nro 2 , Nro 3 eran insuperables hasta que escuché esta versión.
Glorious recording, this is Richter right in the middle of his prime years. He is quite simply unsurpassed in this concerto, just as he is in the Second Piano Concerto by the same composer. With regard to the latter, my preference is for the DG recording with Wislocki over the recording with Sanderling. But here in the Rachmaninov 1, the collaboration between Richter and Sanderling produced a marvelous result.
Ditto!
sounds a lot like rachmaninoff
and i wonder why!
Ravel's piano concerto for the left hand sounds like Rachmaninov's parts 2,3 of his 1st concerto. But I like Rachmaninov's even more. I agree with JonnyboyCalippo and I am having exactly the same feelings when I am listening to these parts. It really does not matter for me how many revisions Rachmaninov made.The final product is absolutely divine.
Guys I think he meant that Richter's recording is similar to Rachmaninoff's own recording lol
If a movie is made that has Sviatoslav Richter in it as a character, the part should of course be played by John Malkovich.
Little Rach forgot to sign his Name at the end of his essay...
A case could be made that the best recording is the Byron Janis-Fritz Reiner w/ CSO.
Who are these 20 people? Fans of Glen Gould?))
lmao
Très bel amalgame de jeunesse et de maturité, sensas
Mais celle jeunesse...de 18 ans...c'est incroyable n'est -ce pas?
Rachmaninov, Horowitz, Hoffman...Richter
I didn't know Richter said that. It seems odd, especially considering that he played the Rach 2nd and recorded it about four different times. If that piece isn't overplayed I'm not sure what is. Anyway, many thanks for the info.
You're right it is a bit strange, but he did say he didn't like to do "hackneyed" pieces in the documentary "Richter the Enigma", which can be found on UA-cam. I think maybe he allowed himself to play hackneyed pieces if he really liked them.
@New4785689 su cd c'è scritto 1962...
from 15:05, it supposed to be bassoon solo right? can somebody tell me why does he changed it?
performance en norma
igracka vjetrova- tin ujevic
💕💕💕💕⚘💕💕💕💕
Anche a me risulta un'unica incisione del n° 1 con la USSR RTV S.O., ed è quella del 18 febbraio 1955. Non è raro che sui CD riportino date o luoghi sbagliati.
6:40
Даже в те моменты, когда Рихтер играет на средней и тихой динамике, даже когда темп не столь высок - поражает интенсивность исполнения и невероятная "собранность" фортепианного звука. Он пробивается через оркестр всегда. Никакой безвольности, ни в один из моментов исполнения.
Этими же качествами отличается и исполнение Курта Зандерлинга. Они очень подходят друг другу.
Can anyone tell me why Richter did not record Rach3? History says he was a perfectionists. Could this be why. I have looked many places but haven't found anything referring to this.
There maybe a reason for it.Maybe the concerto is not to his liking.
I read somewhere that Richter avoided the 3rd because he respected Gilels' performance so much. He said "I have nothing to add to what he has done".
@New4785689 ma che è, scrivono nelli info? voglio sperare di no dai cazzo
Hi, does anyone have an idea who the conductor is? Orchestra is doing pretty good!
In the text above it says Kurt Sanderling.
+Jack Dai Kurt Sanderling con una orquesta rusa.............
+Carlos Francisco Lijoi Cárcano .abrir el desplegable de "mostrar mas" y aparecen todos los datos.............
16:02
Very good indeed; Richter's my favourite pianist, but I personally don't like the way he plays the end of the first movement cadenza. Too slow in my opinion, but that is just my opinion and the score did say "Maestoso" which is what Richter did.
Yeah find it too slow, too. Rachmaninoff himself played it pretty fast in his 1940 rendition: ua-cam.com/video/BB_tiU3ioo0/v-deo.html
It is strange that Richer apparently never played the Rach 3. It would seem to be a perfect piece for him. And why did he skip Beethoven's 2nd, 4th and 5th concerti? There may be some clues in some of the books about Richter which I can't bring to mind at the moment. Anyway, it's regrettable.
He said didn't like to do certain 'overplayed' stuff. He gave Chopin 2nd Sonata as another such example
Mark Schilling Richter in Rach 3 ?? What a bizarre idea ..... the man is not a romantic .... see here , this second movement , a disaster , he plays it like an hotel lounge pianist thinking to his failed career .....
***** I don't think so for Richter by Schumann and Brahms . And his Schubert maybe is the best of all because he played him un-romantic . The three last Sonatas , Oed 958 , 959 , 960 will not be ever matched .
***** Try Horowitz in Schumann , this is REAL drama and beautiful madness . Romanticism at his best !
***** Really ? I have the vinyle of it ....
Ax.
Ma considerando che è l'unica incisione in assoluto, l'errore è un po' eccessivo...
Much better than his Rach 2 i think...
I actually agree!!!
Im sorry but you are completely wrong!!! His rach 2nd and 1st concerto recordings are the best of the best!!! His rach 2 with wislocki is the best interpretation of all times.. and this rach1 recording also is the best of all!!!
ummmm no not even close
@@Rach1873 its all subjective buddy
@@AE0N777 nope, it is the reality, if you are a professional musican!
The saddest piece of music I have ever heard.
Your ears cannot hear that music if you you just find sadness in here.
el tercer mov. es debil
Why you do ir so unprofessionaly? Were is date of Performance, conductor name, name of orchestra? Richter has only TWO recordings of tsis concerto. So, which is this one? From what soorce? Please, be More Professional!
keep complaining after checking your grammar, spelling, tone...
Мне посчастливилось встретить
Рихтера в Москве в доме искусств, где отмечался вечер
памяти грузинской художници Елены Ахвледиани с которой
Рихтер и Нина Дорлиак имели
давнюю дружбу и гостили у
неё во время концертов Рихтера
в Тбилиси. На том вечере Славик сыграл восьмую
сонату Бетховена и был не доволен собой. Я подошёл
поздравить, а он говорит мне
"вы же пианист, как можно
поздравить меня, я же сиграл
ужасно". Я ответил: Вы Бог
Святослав Теофилович. До
Сих пор я тового же мнения.
Shut up lol its the 1955 version. Also check your grammar before commenting on professionalism idiot.
car crash
For me about all his music sounds about the SAME
16:49