It's hard to imagine, watching on a laptop screen, how powerful this must have been. It's not just a piano and a violin being played, it's the entire life stories of three fascinating men.. the two on the stage and the one who composed this gut-wrenching, shrieking terror of a sonata.
When you listen to those great musicians, you can't figure how dull and severe this sonata may sound when it's played by less inspired instrumentists. Kagan sounds like a master of style.
As a teenager I attended the February 1970 Carnegie Hall recital where Oistrakh and Richter performed this work, then "hot off the presses." I'd always adored Oistrakh's sweet tone, but the two artists were an odd couple onstage, they seemed almost mismatched. I found Richter's hulking presence dominated Oistrakh. Richter had an indecorous physicality; he entered the stage as if he were an Olympic wrestler before a bout. Oistrakh was all silk and elegant restraint. In one solo piano passage--I think the one at 25:15 here--Richter went berserk, as if he were an ape let out of its cage. (He was not at that time performing from score.) You can see the vestiges of that outburst even here, although not as pronounced as it was in 1970, if memory serves.
@pianoredux7516 -- The same complaint surfaces regarding the Tschikowski Piano Trio....but I find Richter's aggression there exhilarating; it's my favorite. Cheers from Acapulco!
It's hard to imagine, watching on a laptop screen, how powerful this must have been. It's not just a piano and a violin being played, it's the entire life stories of three fascinating men.. the two on the stage and the one who composed this gut-wrenching, shrieking terror of a sonata.
That was out of this world. I have never heard this work played so wonderfully and so movingly.
Richter + Oistrakh find it.
@@texwiller4029 See my comment above about a live Oistrakh/Richter performance I saw.
@@pianoredux7516 Where it is, can you paste it here? Do you think it's worse than this?
Гениальное исполнение!
How lucky whe are to listen and see so high interpretation!
When you listen to those great musicians, you can't figure how dull and severe this sonata may sound when it's played by less inspired instrumentists. Kagan sounds like a master of style.
As a teenager I attended the February 1970 Carnegie Hall recital where Oistrakh and Richter performed this work, then "hot off the presses." I'd always adored Oistrakh's sweet tone, but the two artists were an odd couple onstage, they seemed almost mismatched. I found Richter's hulking presence dominated Oistrakh. Richter had an indecorous physicality; he entered the stage as if he were an Olympic wrestler before a bout. Oistrakh was all silk and elegant restraint. In one solo piano passage--I think the one at 25:15 here--Richter went berserk, as if he were an ape let out of its cage. (He was not at that time performing from score.) You can see the vestiges of that outburst even here, although not as pronounced as it was in 1970, if memory serves.
@pianoredux7516 -- The same complaint surfaces regarding the Tschikowski Piano Trio....but I find Richter's aggression there exhilarating; it's my favorite. Cheers from Acapulco!
Благодарю Вас за ценнейшее историческое свидетельство!(:
Привет Вам из Москвы.
So marvelous harmony..
Enormous thanks to you and to U-Tube for this treasure.
Fabulous Kagan!!!
I have a CD and it's my favourite of all time
this is very important video film i have long been waiting for
Вот бы с Ойстрахом видео найти..
Sober, full of power, noble, just enough modernism.
10:53 never underestimate old grandpas
I'm hearing this piece next week at Carnegie Hall, but instead with Yuja Wang and Leonidas Kavakos.
OMyGod....24:00 - 28:00......BRAVI from Acapulco!
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Первая часть: можете смеяться, но мне представляется баба-яга из русских сказок - варит какое-то зелье в горшке и шепчет, шепчет, шепчет...
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