Rachmaninoff's finest work in my opinion

Fantastic interpretation. Criminally underrated.

One of the hardest peices in the piano literature.

Wow! It's outstanding for me how the harmonic phrasing is startlingly brilliant.

Played with superb skill and soulfullness.

The music of Rachmaninov has enriched my life beyond imagination.....

This is the best rec I’ve heard. The balance between “the forest and the trees” is really impressive; every moment is compelling on its own but you always sense its place in the broader story. Not a single moment seems out of place, gratuitous, underdone etc., as if every single note has received painstaking analysis. Technically flawless, to boot. And the intensity/excitement of the piece is never lost (whereas other pianists seem to go for either depth or excitement, rarely achieving both). This pianist is low on views; I hope he keeps up the good work cause he seems like a true artist.

A fascinating and persuasive performance by an interpreter of considerable subtlety and intelligence, in the service of a criminally neglected masterpiece whose complex motivic structure entirely escapes most pianists (and most audiences.) It is clear that M. Sigier has brooded at great length on this deep and moving work, and arrived at his own distinctive views on how best to reveal its essence, for this is no mere variation on some other well-known artist's performance, but an essentially new and insightful reading that succeeds brilliantly despite its various technical imperfections. I would be thrilled to purchase M. Sigier's recording of this sonata, should he ever undertake to produce one, for I strongly suspect that, in the controlled conditions of a recording studio, and with the benefit of multiple takes, and shrewd, sensitive editing, he and his engineers would ultimately produce a document not only of great beauty, but of lasting historical significance, and perhaps even transcend the extraordinarily high standards set by the superb recordings of Ogdon and of Chochieva. Bravo, M. Sigier! You have the admiration and gratitude of a devoted admirer of great pianists, and of this tremendous sonata.

Лучшее ,прекрасное исполнение этой сонаты!Думающий ,чуткий пианист!

This is one of the best piano works I've heard in a long while. I think this sonata is better than Rachmaninoff's famous piano concertos. The pianist is also extraordinarily talented, and really brings out the melodies and "voices" with superb clarity.

BRAVO!!!!!!

Gargantuan opus only a select few artists including this one can let alone the immense difficulty give this masterpiece the musicality it so richly deserves, bravo G.S. Possibly this sonata pushes the boundaries of human creativity, as well the pianists who can perform this unworldly creation.

Superb! This is quite a difficult work to make comprehensible, and this pianist is simply seductive. Ravishing musician. Bravo.

Poise. Mood. Passion. Emotional maturity. Integrity. Pastorality. Beauty.

wow wow ... been watching this since mr. Berezovsky has introduced this fully and this is just another wow! shoud out everyone who love this sonata and think this is the best work by Rachmaninov and now are watching speechless as I do ... ohh thank you!

Really great recording, one of my favorites so far

What a marvel of evolution the mind is, that it should compose, learn and play from memory such things.

0:06 - Allegro moderato 15:35 - Lento 24:51 - Allegro molto In my opinion, one of the finest recordings of this criminally underrated and underplayed Rachmaninoff piece! Especially that part from 31:39 - 31:45. Simply epic!!!

I think this is one of the best classical music recordings/performances of our time! Everything about it is just flawless and perfect to this sonata (: Bravo!!

Quel vertige......et quelle sensibilité. Merveilleuse interprétation.

Tout simplement magnifique ! en dehors des radars du business, quel bonheur

bravo bravo bravo. quelle classe vous êtes un artiste admirable. merci

Great sonata, moving interpretation. Thanks.

Wow!!!! That's all I can say. Absolute master of an absolutely fantastic sonata. Thank you for posting.

THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH !!!

What a god for playing this difficult sonata! It’s gonna be a long time but I want to learn both Rachmaninoff’s sonatas one day…

Just looked up Guillaume Sigier, had surname wrong. Most remarkable pianist I've heard and there are many!

Breathtaking

Magnifique

Fabulous performance! The final movement is really thrilling . . .

Easily the best video recording I've seen and easily top 2 for recordings of it in general. Phenomenal to say the least

I don't even know how many different recordings of this work I've listened to and while they were all very good, I always thought there was something missing in each of them. I always wished the pianist was doing something slightly different whether it be a change in tempo, phrasing, volume, etc. here or there. When I first heard this recording, it blew me away. It is probably the closest I think anyone has come to perfection with this work.

Now my favorite pianist

played very well

Interprétation d'intense profondeur et inspirée bravo!

Great shape! Good job!

Красивое исполнение, захватывающее, великолепное!!! ❤❤❤

Awesooooome!

TNCR approves your recording. Well done!

What was Rachmaninoff thinking when he composed such a breathtaking Sonata? Beautifully played too by Mr. Sigier and Alexander Malofeev (22yrs) does it just as beautifully. 🌷🌷🌷

Top sonata and performance ever

Divine 🌟👏👏

Masterly!

While Sigier's playing was absolutely phenomenal, I feel like must praise the camerawork and lighting in this video.

rarely have I heard such perfect "touch" control on a keyboard. Awfully slow performance though, lots of detail, but too many stops and starts, hard to hold such an immense musical structure together at this relaxed tempo. Rach actually performed this sonata more often during his 1920's-30's recitals than the (now, more popular) 2nd Sonata; it'd be interesting to hear how fast he played it; I'm betting quite a bit more up-tempo than this.

Walter White plays Rachmaninoff

I think the tempo fluctuates so much in the first mov.. couldn’t leave myself to the music and feel the narrative… felt like ivo pogorelich playing rach However i loved the ferocity of the 3rd movement very much! Still, this only shows guillaume a true artist! He has the courage to try new ways of looking at a standard!!

Rachmaninoff's wife: "I'll leave my slippers under his bed tonight."

17:20

8:02, 8:30

Now waiting when Jesse Pinkman will play 2d Rach Sonata...

Congratulations to all the viewers, you know the difference between music and some new stupid dup dup bullshit the music which composed by several years work of a genius and a music that almost everybody can make in several minutes

25:15 26:03

11:15 to thoes who think classical is boring

Só acho que exagerou no Rubato na introdução

ayo mr white what are you doing here

beside ALEXANDER MALOFEEV a passable interpretation....