a) Richter loved his audience, especially those who couldn't afford front seats. What you see as a "selfishness", is the highest respect and love any artist can only dream about. b) I'm sorry if you can't fully enjoy live performance because of cough. "These people" spent days and nights in a cold weather just to get tickets to Richter's recital. You have no idea about what "these people" went through for a chance to hear the great musician...
@@CatsAndClassicalMusic I think he meant that implying the audience is "selfish" by coughing is wrong as they had to endure the cold and discomfort to just listen to Richter. That's not "selfishness" but rather dedication, loyalty and love for the artist as they went through all that discomfort for him. But that's just how I perceive it
In post-war Sovjet, Richter toured in remote towns, sometimes playing on 3rd rate pianos. But his philosophy was: " I play on whatever piano destiny sends me." We should suppose that the flu- ridden audience here was accepted by Richter as destiny. A heroic stance!
Maybe they should have drank more vodka to relax those vocal cords! :) I must say the song is beautiful, but the amount of coughing is more than I have ever heard at any performance! Aside from that, Sviatoslav did a great job! By the way, the vodka comment is just out of fun! It really does sound like he is performing in a hospital though! I here very elderly people.
this recording is incredible, the warmth and richness of this piano coupled with Richter's flawless talent sends shivers down my spin; sublime interpretation, one of the best.
I once attended a concert given by a German pianist of great standing. It was the depths of winter and lots of people had colds. He was playing that wonderful G flat Moment Musical by Schubert. In the middle however he shouted at his noisy audience. Dead silence did ensue but the tension created by his outburst ruined the evening for me. I would never have attended another concert by this man if someone had paid me.
Ravel is a marvel, and Richter is a Titan ! As for the complaints concerning the audience noise, this was likely recorded at one of the many recitals Richter performed for students during flu season in Russia. My deepest gratitude goes out to truecript for this marvelous collection of Richter's work, it is a true treasure trove. And here is some great news, Sviatoslav may have returned to us. He may be performing these days under the alias Benjamin Grosvenor. If it is Sviatoslav he doesn't bother to disguise himself very well. Thank you truecript. CHEERS !
I went to a concert by Richter in Paris. I only wish I had been more aware of the spirits Ravel and Richter at thattime. It is now a great satisfaction to have the time to catch up during my retirement.
..it is as if the canvas of the music portrays the height and breadth of emotion, and by his hands and his spirit he imbues such then with the width of expression and every color of passion...truly ecstasy for the entire being..
I have to wonder if a musician such as Richter, with such intense concentration, utterly absorbed in the music, even hears the audience coughing every other measure.
From the sounds of it, the princess is not dead, but is extremely ill with tuberculosis. It gives the piece an authentic sickbed ambience that actually works in a weird sort of way.
@@Vingul unfair! He sent me to some soulless midirecital of the same piece. Trying to make a wordplay on coughin' and coffin but all i got was this lousy intention!
Despite the coughing, this is still the best version on TH-cam. Only Richter truly makes me shed tears. I think this is the perfect tempo for this piano arrangement. A sensible mix of sadness, melancholy and fragile hope. My favorite on TH-cam along with "Jeux d'eau" also composed by Ravel and also interpreted by Richter.
There does not worry the cough of the public... His music is so intense that it is the only thing that matters for me indeed...beautiful interpretation... Richter was in his own world... He was not listening to the cough of the people... It was too far... Painting the beauty... Thank you very much for raising this post!!
This is so beautiful, and Richter's playing transcends the coughing. Kinda funny; anyone else notice how in the picture, it looks like his raised hand is playing a second keyboard, where the cover is reflecting?
I listened to his Schubert Sonatas and Live Concert in Leipzig and all the performances are completely different from each other, even in the style. This guy was amazing!
what's amazing is how beautifully richter performs the piece in spite of it taking place in a sanatorium. if this had been keith jarrett performing the piece would have lasted apprx 15 seconds.
When asked about the title and who the dead girl was, Ravel replied as if channeling Gertrude Stein: I paraphrase: "There is no dead girl. I just liked how the two words Infante and defunte sound together." Weird.
He is also reputed to have said, "This is a pavane for a dead princess, not a dead pavane for a princess," ... in criticism of the piece being played too slowly. Richter's version is beautiful. For another wonderful interpretation, listen to Cherkassky (no coughing there).
Ok, I couldn't stop laughing while listening to this incredibly beautiful performance of Ravel's Pavane while reading the bickering comments about the coughing, and listening to the coughing at the same time!-- Nevertheless Richter is amazing and it has inspired me to give it a whirl at the piano. Of course nothing like Richter but we can only try! Thanks for posting this great performance.
DEFINITELy what I'm discovering through Richter ('s extraordinary recordings and his personality) is that he capable of making me happy and making me cry
This is probably the best piano recording of the pavane I’ve heard. Richter brings out the orchestration so well. Actually I need to find the original piano roll of ravel playing it now lol
Whatever, apart from his immense personality ("life") + culture + intellectual & emotional background, Sviatoslav Richter was a damn hard-working & perfectionist musician. + he had more sense of design and "conception" than any other.
This was the best version I have heard of this piece. If only the the people performing today heralded by the press as geniuses could play any where near to this.
Richter had an exquisite way of interpreting..which concordantly is a direct reflection of how the musical piece sounds to him or he hears it . His ability was uncany.
The incredible number of coughs recorded during this performance is only matched by the amazing & touching beauty of the performance itself (he-he, I know I get carried away, but I only recently began to listen a lot). :-))
The coughing effect was built into the piano. He operated it by depressing a specially adapted lever with his left elbow! Ravel left out the coughing instructions in a later draft...
@truecrypt It is fantastic what you recover from those times. I am a fan of Richter (except that I don't like his Schubert) Finding this recording I am reminded that my piano teacher wants me to render this as an add-on after my recitals. That is not a problem as I have played this pavane since 50 years. I was always extremely fond of this piece. Many of Ravel's compositions I can not play, but this one is possible :)
Marvelous. Almost eerie, not too slow, that 'divine fluidium' as Clifford Curzon once said about Richter's legato. As I use to say, I am your fan, truecrypt.
a) Richter loved his audience, especially those who couldn't afford front seats. What you see as a "selfishness", is the highest respect and love any artist can only dream about.
b) I'm sorry if you can't fully enjoy live performance because of cough.
"These people" spent days and nights in a cold weather just to get tickets to Richter's recital. You have no idea about what "these people" went through for a chance to hear the great musician...
What do you mean “selfishness”?
@@CatsAndClassicalMusic I think he meant that implying the audience is "selfish" by coughing is wrong as they had to endure the cold and discomfort to just listen to Richter. That's not "selfishness" but rather dedication, loyalty and love for the artist as they went through all that discomfort for him. But that's just how I perceive it
16 years ago. Wow. Seems like yesterday I discovered your uploads
I love this interpretation. So full of feeling and tears. Slow and sad. Perfect. Great Richter.
What hapenned with this background noise? The player was perfect!
@@NorbertoVaranda that stuрid audience
I know. I think I'm in love. No wonder people waited for ages in fowl weather to get tickets. This is to die for.
people were waiting for the performance staying outside when it was really cold@@NorbertoVaranda
In post-war Sovjet, Richter toured in remote towns, sometimes playing on 3rd rate pianos. But his philosophy was: " I play on whatever piano destiny sends me." We should suppose that the flu- ridden audience here was accepted by Richter as destiny. A heroic stance!
So slow and deep...Can you feel tears in the fingers?
One of the most beautiful classical works ever composed
i love the slowness, it gives it a sad eerie feeling of something unsaid
Beautiful and sensitive comment.
This pavane and Faure's are inspiring, specially with the magical fingers of Sviatoslav Richter. What a performance!
I didnt pay any attention at the coughing until i saw the comments. Thansk guys!
Ted264 n. same for me, now I hear every cough
Everybody, You are j'oking ? This 's usual behave of the public, especially in the Whinter ,in Leningrad & Moscow ....
Maybe they should have drank more vodka to relax those vocal cords! :) I must say the song is beautiful, but the amount of coughing is more than I have ever heard at any performance! Aside from that, Sviatoslav did a great job! By the way, the vodka comment is just out of fun! It really does sound like he is performing in a hospital though! I here very elderly people.
It' the most wonderful music what I ever heard!!! And Richter was a genius!!!
What a beautiful harmony between piano and caughing
ya, i think so too!
applicable to every classical performance recording
+Basket Purple *live
this performance provides me a glimpse into the princess' last year. I can imagine her laying on her bed and coughing..
Felleg 4 omg
this recording is incredible, the warmth and richness of this piano coupled with Richter's flawless talent sends shivers down my spin; sublime interpretation, one of the best.
I once attended a concert given by a German pianist of great standing. It was the depths of winter and lots of people had colds. He was playing that wonderful G flat Moment Musical by Schubert. In the middle however he shouted at his noisy audience. Dead silence did ensue but the tension created by his outburst ruined the evening for me. I would never have attended another concert by this man if someone had paid me.
Ravel is a marvel, and Richter is a Titan ! As for the complaints concerning the audience noise, this was likely recorded at one of the many recitals Richter performed for students during flu season in Russia. My deepest gratitude goes out to truecript for this marvelous collection of Richter's work, it is a true treasure trove. And here is some great news, Sviatoslav may have returned to us. He may be performing these days under the alias Benjamin Grosvenor. If it is Sviatoslav he doesn't bother to disguise himself very well. Thank you truecript. CHEERS !
my favourite piece of music ever... being played by my favourite piano player. Perfect.
Hats off his sollowful and graceful and beatiful and skilful performance
I never weary of listening to Ravel’s music
I went to a concert by Richter in Paris. I only wish I had been more aware of the spirits Ravel and Richter at thattime. It is now a great satisfaction to have the time to catch up during my retirement.
simply the very best version of the ravel pavane in this world ever!
I think the coughing just adds to this haunting piece.
It sounds ethereal; the beautiful melody above such a gloomy backdrop.
very beautiful!! It's My favorite performance! !! excellent!!
..it is as if the canvas of the music portrays the height and breadth of emotion, and by his hands and his spirit he imbues such then with the width of expression and every color of passion...truly ecstasy for the entire being..
What a beautiful performance of this beautiful piece.
Wish I was alive/old enough to have heard Richter play in person....
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So heartbreakingly beautiful, it's easy to concentrate on the relevant part - let them cough away... Thanks so much!
I am so amazed by this piano sound quality. I don't know if modern pianos can reach this level.
Even with all the coughs and noise, this is the most beautiful Pavane of all.
Wonderful playing.Sublime!!. No one could do better than Richter.
The slowness makes it eerie enough but the coughing really adds to that 😳
This is the most perfect interpretation I have ever heard of this musical gem by Ravel. Richter was indeed a genius!
One of the most beautiful classical works ever composed! Very good pianist!
I was reading Richter's biography while listening to this recording and most of the time my eyes were in tears.
I want this to be played at my funeral...I want to leave in peace shit to beautiful
This piece was played by the organist at Marcel Proust's Funeral who take place at the ancient Church Saint-Pierre de Chaillot in Paris.
This is my favorite piece of all time, I've heard a number of pianists interpreting this music (including Ravel himself), but RIchter's my best^^.
Sublime! With o without caughing... I think it's the most sensitive performance.
Richter is a giant of piano.
The best interpretation I've ever heard!
The amount of coughing is simply insane
I picture the elderly lined up in their wheelchairs in an old folks' home!
I have to wonder if a musician such as Richter, with such intense concentration, utterly absorbed in the music, even hears the audience coughing every other measure.
Amazinly beatiful piece and interpretation. So delicate, I just love it.
That's so beautiful I cried. Richter plays this incredibly.
Isnt it annoying when you want to listen to such a beautiful cough recital but someone wouldnt just stop playing the piano?
ChillBrah not as good as the one you tried to copy
From the sounds of it, the princess is not dead, but is extremely ill with tuberculosis. It gives the piece an authentic sickbed ambience that actually works in a weird sort of way.
lololol
@@gbril314 Larry J sent me here
@@Vingul unfair! He sent me to some soulless midirecital of the same piece. Trying to make a wordplay on coughin' and coffin but all i got was this lousy intention!
The coughs add to the ambiance of the recording.
So too, the farts.
death2pc I thought the farts added to the overall pneumatic effect of the performance.
Truth
this seems to be the only nice piano recording i can find on youtube but the person coughing is killing it
What a very wonderful pianist. Such a pleasure to listen to him. He brings you along with him on every note ...
Despite the coughing, this is still the best version on TH-cam. Only Richter truly makes me shed tears. I think this is the perfect tempo for this piano arrangement. A sensible mix of sadness, melancholy and fragile hope. My favorite on TH-cam along with "Jeux d'eau" also composed by Ravel and also interpreted by Richter.
There does not worry the cough of the public... His music is so intense that it is the only thing that matters for me indeed...beautiful interpretation... Richter was in his own world... He was not listening to the cough of the people... It was too far... Painting the beauty...
Thank you very much for raising this post!!
Joseph-Maurice Ravel! Wonderful composer! Sad and wonderful melody!
This song is a Requiem for Princess Margarita who died in the middle of life
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Hats off his sollowful and graceful and beautiful and skilful performance
I never weary of
I wish I could have been there.
Every note and chord has an emotional expression to it. Amazing!!
One of my favorite recordings of this
This is so beautiful, and Richter's playing transcends the coughing.
Kinda funny; anyone else notice how in the picture, it looks like his raised hand is playing a second keyboard, where the cover is reflecting?
Wonderful playing ! Thank you so much :)
I listened to his Schubert Sonatas and Live Concert in Leipzig and all the performances are completely different from each other, even in the style. This guy was amazing!
Concert bronchitics. You should hear Victor Borge on about them. "People who have never coughed in their life will cough at a concert"
Ha ha, well said!
what's amazing is how beautifully richter performs the piece in spite of it taking place in a sanatorium. if this had been keith jarrett performing the piece would have lasted apprx 15 seconds.
When asked about the title and who the dead girl was, Ravel replied as if channeling Gertrude Stein: I paraphrase: "There is no dead girl. I just liked how the two words Infante and defunte sound together." Weird.
He is also reputed to have said, "This is a pavane for a dead princess, not a dead pavane for a princess," ... in criticism of the piece being played too slowly. Richter's version is beautiful. For another wonderful interpretation, listen to Cherkassky (no coughing there).
Brings tears to my eyes. So damm sad and beautiful at the same time
Beautifully performed and intrepreted. Richter certainly did this piece justice.
it comes from the heart.... love this song!
Stunning! Bravo! TY.
Quietly beautiful performance.
Pianismo leggendario. Tutto nitido e profondo. Straordinario Richter. Altrettanto straordinario Ravel
Wow!!!!!! This is such a serious piece! I want this song played at my funeral.
Simply beautiful .....
What an amazing performance!
Great playing.Richter was without doubt one of the best ever.TY for posting.
Ok, I couldn't stop laughing while listening to this incredibly beautiful performance of Ravel's Pavane while reading the bickering comments about the coughing, and listening to the coughing at the same time!-- Nevertheless Richter is amazing and it has inspired me to give it a whirl at the piano. Of course nothing like Richter but we can only try! Thanks for posting this great performance.
This is my favorite version of this. Everyone else plays it too happily and too fast. This is the mood the notes call for.
DEFINITELy what I'm discovering through Richter ('s extraordinary recordings and his personality) is that he capable of making me happy and making me cry
hauntingly beautiful interpretation thanks for posting it............ I have to learn this piece
oh man did this make me cry. and cry. and cry some more.
Sensationally played! Bravo! TY
Oo, I love this. I love the piece and I love the way Richter plays it
beautiful
This is probably the best piano recording of the pavane I’ve heard. Richter brings out the orchestration so well.
Actually I need to find the original piano roll of ravel playing it now lol
Superb! TY b for posting.
wonderful prefomance.......Great music.
Wow, outstanding pianist and performance! He really made it work at that speed.
Richter was so handsome as a young man... >>;;
When you're sick, please, stay home !!! Such a pity for so beatiful music !!!
This is the way I want to play this song. Very nice!
Gracias por esta magnifica interpretacion
His timing is divine
Whatever, apart from his immense personality ("life") + culture + intellectual & emotional background, Sviatoslav Richter was a damn hard-working & perfectionist musician. + he had more sense of design and "conception" than any other.
Outstanding! Bravo! TY.
This was the best version I have heard of this piece. If only the the people performing today heralded by the press as geniuses could play any where near to this.
think about if u were that dying patient, wudn't ur last wish be listening to this beautiful piece?
i think i wud
That must be why there are so many dying patients in the audience …
Sensational, great emotion
He's playing the pavane for them all infants-dying-of-pneumonia. Richter was sublime nonetheless.
Was this recorded in a hospital?
Richter had an exquisite way of interpreting..which concordantly is a direct reflection of how the musical piece sounds to him or he hears it . His ability was uncany.
This is the best piano version I´ve heard of this piece.
It's a shame about the hospital - It is a beautiful version.
What do you mean?
@@CatsAndClassicalMusic it seems like an hospital with all people coughing
The incredible number of coughs recorded during this performance is only matched by the amazing & touching beauty of the performance itself (he-he, I know I get carried away, but I only recently began to listen a lot). :-))
The coughing effect was built into the piano. He operated it by depressing a specially adapted lever with his left elbow!
Ravel left out the coughing instructions in a later draft...
Una de las mas bellas melodías clásicas en el maravilloso piano de Richter, que más se puede pedir ante tanta perfección
@truecrypt It is fantastic what you recover from those times. I am a fan of Richter (except that I don't like his Schubert) Finding this recording I am reminded that my piano teacher wants me to render this as an add-on after my recitals. That is not a problem as I have played this pavane since 50 years. I was always extremely fond of this piece. Many of Ravel's compositions I can not play, but this one is possible :)
musica che raggiunge l'anima
Life is all memory
Marvelous. Almost eerie, not too slow, that 'divine fluidium' as Clifford Curzon once said about Richter's legato. As I use to say, I am your fan, truecrypt.