Schumann: Toccata

Schumann, Toccata op 7
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Schumann: Toccata op 7, 1832
Sviatoslav Richter, piano
(video by Sissco)

Geert Dehoux:
Toccata originally comes from toccare, which means to touch. ToccatA is the female passive form of something which is touched, nothing more. Later it became a pièce de bravoure, using lots of notes and a strict rhythm. However, we recognize the poet Schumann in the short melody , he repeats 5 times. In my opinion, no one understood this better than the older Gilels. Therefore, shouldn't the tempo be based on that melody, rather than on empty notes?

Astronomo16:
Crazy performance. Richter is the best.


(Robert Schumann)