This recording and his recording of the Wanderer Fantasy convinced me that Lang Lang is actually a top tier pianist when he's not busy being Chinese Liberace.
@I'mNotWatchingTheVideo ThE vIdEo Is WaTcHiNg mE! I have to say thanks for you two, this give me more information about Liszt, and i discovered Sigismond just now
It’s not only the fact that this is an incredible interpretation: he’s cool as a cucumber and relaxed to the limits while showcasing utmost virtuosity! I don’t know if I’d able to be to interpret it as good with the adequate technique and practice, but I know that I definitely wouldn’t be as relaxed eitherway.
Themes: 1.- (Grave) il commentatore : "A cenar teco, m' invitaste, e son venuto" 2.- (Duetto) Don Giovanni - Zerlina : "La ci darem la mano" Var. I - Var. II 3.- (Presto) Don Giovanni : "Fin ch'han dal vino, calda la testa, una gran festa fa preparar" Don Giovanni, the best opera of all time. Thanks Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Liszt and Lang Lang.
What an incredible performance of one the most difficult pieces of music ever written.I'm speechless. Don't know if I can ever sit down at the piano again.
@@pleasecontactme4274 I like the performances of both Okada and Lang Lang. But I prefer Emil von Sauer's performance. He played it very well and also played it devilishly fast, especially those octaves and thirds.
@@pleasecontactme4274 and yeah I agree for one reason mainly because he played the opening of the a major section a bit fast, it was andantino, he played it somewhere near moderato. But he still nailed it.
I mean his interpretations of Liszt are very nice, I don’t know what I can say about him playing Chopin.(personal preference for that) anyways... I like Liszt as my favorite composer, what about you?
He's fantastic! Only surpassed by Lazar Berman, in 1978 in his prime. More than a virtuoso, a veritable sorcerer of sound. You had to seem him live, the recordings are excellent but fall far short. He levitated three thousand people at the end of each selection! You couldn't stay in your seat. You were witnessing a miracle.
Here Lang Lang approaches the legendary Lazar Berman of 1978 when he was at his prime. Berman was so incredible that my future wife, best friend and I couldn't help ourselves: we leaped to our feet and cheered wildly with every piece, regardless if it was bombastic or less so. It was like watching someone walk on water, or climb into the air on a column of light. He played as if possessed, must as Lang Lang here, but Berman wasn't putting it on. Arpeggios of octaves were so perfectly and quickly executed they sounded continuous, like a slide trombone! I same him in Tallahassee, FSU which has a music school, hard people to impress! They roared because is was so magical, pure sorcery. And Lang Lang approaches that here, aside from the excellent play, the audience reacted with fair enthusiasm and stood up to applaud. In Tallahassee, however, it was not voluntary. Forty years later my friend and I call it involuntary levitation! You were not aware, you were enthralled, and at the end of the Liszt, Scriabin, even Mozart, every piece, we were on our feet cheering our lungs out. We had seen the impossible, the creation of beauty and power and majesty far beyond what is humanly possible. Later, seeing such masters as Van Cliburn or Lorty, it was never the same, never like that night in Tallahassee. And a few months later, in St. Petersburg, I saw him again. Amazing. Lang Lang, I think, could be like him, but there is a window and perhaps he is approaching it. Pianistic sorcery at its finest.
13:52 - 14:01 Dat leggiero! I really think this part actually sounds a lot better without flooding it with the pedal. Kudos to Lang Lang though: his interpretation and execution of this piece worked really well in his favor.
This is mind blowing!!! I've never heard such a display of technique endurance and perfection! LL holds the whole piece very well together whilst in the hands of most pianist you feel as if they play 3 or 4 different compositions when playing this piece (Bolet's interpretation is the best from this point of view imho). This is an epic performance which will remain for years as a point of reference for this piece
What an insanely captivating performance! And also what a technically perfect performance. I would love to see him play some of Alkan’s Le Festin d’Ésope, and his concerto for Piano solo. 🇬🇧👍🏻🇬🇧
@@danielche2349 The ossia-version was probably derived from a public performance by Liszt. Nowadays pianists usually play the original one which is slightly shorter. You may as well listen to other recordings to compare the versions.
I hate Lang Lang on everything else, but Liszt and specifically this piece is specially made for him. One of the best piano performances in the history of piano.
@@MegaPianogenius bro, Lang Lang is Chinese, the reason they look up to him is cause he's Chinese. Who cares if one can play more demanding pieces, who they choose to look up to is their right, not yours
Computer Addict the clochette Fantasie is more difficult also his b moll sonata and other opera fantasies.. feux follets or mazeppa are easy .. check his S.140
@@cme1447 His B minor sonata is easier than the transcendantal. My teacher play the sonata and transcendantal n.10. And she says n10 is harder. She plays reminiscence de Norma but still, transcendantals are harder. And dont ever say transcendantals are easy pls x)
@Qafar Quluzade Frerdic Lamond one of the most famous for his Berthoven recordings. A quick search on this site will bring up many names and very early recordings.
11'40" is so funny - he should have turned around and said: 'what's up, doc?' When poetry, tragedy and comedy all combine with exquisite ease, that is undeniably genius! Hope he made Daddy proud on that day...
Holy f. I didn't know he could play this well. I find this technically better and musically more interesting than any other recording I know (e.g. Barere, Hamelin, Bolet, LIsitsa). Quite a few nuances I have never heard before.
whatsmylogin I just realized this as well. I have listened to dozens of recordings of this monster of a paraphrase; not one of them comes even near Lang's. Not Ogdon, Hamelin, Pace, Barere, Bolet... Hell, I'm beginning to doubt whether even Liszt himself could have played it this well. Though there's a good chance that he could have, but, well... we don't have recordings of him playing, and that is a HUGE shame. :p Anyway, I don't normally like Lang's playing... but what he does with Don Juan is a miracle.
@@sven-sandershestakov3294 I'm sure Liszt would do wonders. Remember, in his time, despite all the brilliant pianists that were alive, he was the undisputed greatest pianist. Even today we argue about who was the greatest of the 20th century (Richter, Horowitz, etc...) but nobody argued back then.
the secret to play liszt right is to play loudly, as much as you can,. f,ff, fff around, crescendo, then suddenly drop it quietly in no time. You did it !
@Qafar Quluzade amazing. Yes, i am very very tall !! And i think my hands are very big, too. Do you want see me playing? And i will show my body while playing
