Lang Lang's interpretation of this piece is both haunting and ethereal. The way he channels Liszt's emotions and nuances is truly breathtaking. It's no wonder he's considered one of the best pianists of our generation. Every time I listen to his performances, I'm reminded of the sheer power of music to move the soul.
@@bruh-th5ft actually, I can just listen sometimes and be offended, too. He often distorts things and it’s bothersome to many people. There’s a performance of the Chopin Opus 10, No. 3 E major Etude when he played as an encore. It’s positively nauseating to listen to, even with eyes closed. I get what you’re saying, though.
@@danielgloverpiano7693 This was my experience when giving an honest listen to his Hungarian Rhapsody No.6. The tempo jumps around in an obnoxious way. I will say though, I think anyone who readily disparages his performance of Liszt's Paganini Etude No.6 is not being honest with themselves. It's genuinely quite nice imo.
@@TheExarion I’ll check it out, thank you. There’s no question he can play anything he wants. It’s his artistic choices which often bother me from a musical point of view.
Oh how nice... This was the first Liszt I was given to play... I have long lost the score, now I know what for I have to seach. Thanks for this gem - never performed, almost unknown.
❤Εξαιρετική ερμηνεία !Εκείνο που θαυμάζω περισσότερο είναι ότι άνθρωποι που έχουν τόσο διαφορετική κουλτούρα και background από εμάς του δυτικούς μπορούν να ερμηνεύουν άψογα. Εμείς οι Δυτικοί δεν μπορούμε να το πετύχουμε και να καταλάβουμε την κουλτούρά τους σε βάθος. Συγχαρητήρια !!!
I’m amazed that others join me in my objections to his clowning. It’s such a terrible waste of a truly great talent. Yes, he plays this in such a movingly heartfelt way with no histrionics. I wonder if some idiot told him that ignorant people with no knowledge of music would love his clowning. In fact, it makes him seem so much like Liberace, that I was sure his marriage was for show, to try to prove he was straight. I don’t care if he’s gay or straight, as long as he stops demeaning the music with his ridiculous clowning.
The jealousy towards Lang Lang is amazing...anyone who plays so beautifully and with such technical proficiency can do anything he wants...stop being such haters
I wish people would stop acting like all of the criticism towards Lang Lang stems from jealousy. There are a lot of times where he changes (or, as others have put it, butchers) pieces just to wow an audience in a way that usually sounds more impressive than it actually is. His performances can also often be way way way too overly sentimental - huge dynamic changes and elongated rubatos that serve more to linger on sensitive moments in music but kinda end up disrupting the music’s message. And many people view these disruptions as phony. I don’t even hate Lang Lang btw. He’s put out some really solid performances that I’ve appreciated, and I think a lot of the hate he gets is blown out of proportion. But I’m so tired of this “all his haters are just jealous” critique. I could easily turn that around and say people act like he’s a piano god because all they’ve been exposed to is Lang Lang and they’re too stupid to look into better performers.
@@dredpool3927 the problem with Lang Lang is he doesn’t play Beethoven or Liszt, He usually ignores what the score says in favor of imposing his own ego on it. I don’t want to hear that. I want to hear what the composer has to say. Maybe he and Pogorelich should just compose and stop playing music others wrote?
@@FriedaV-ru7nh if he can do anything he wants, let him play what the composers wrote, and stop trying to distort the music to his own will. It has zero to do with jealousy. It has to do with our distaste for his interpretive approach. Stop projecting. I’m a concert pianist myself and have zero jealousy for him, because no way in hell would I play as he does on purpose, and none of my famous teachers would allow any of their students to play as he does. The consensus of most critics who are professionals, agrees with that assessment. I’ve read countless reviews. One British critic told Lang Lang to stop being a clown and get a mentor who will guide him to better musical taste. That was spot on. I’d love a shot at giving Lang Lang a lesson, having taught piano at the collegiate level at four universities. And that’s not an ego trip, I’m sincere. I think I could drill it into him how to respect the structure of a piece more, and not get hung up on details which break down the integrity of the form. I would have to give specifics in certain pieces to make you aware of what I’m referring to. The same holds true for Pogorelich and his Rachmaninoff. What I wouldn’t give to sit and ask him why in heaven’s name he thinks Rachmaninoff melodies are supposed to be as slow as possible and the Second Concerto goes on for 50 minutes. The Boston Symphony string players staged a revolt and said they couldn’t play that slowly without totally rebowing the whole piece. There’s no rationale nor integrity in distorting a composer’s score to the point of non-recognition.
As a pianist myself, I can say that both keys "fit" the hand very well, for lack of a better phrase. The more accidentals (sharps and flats) in the key, the harder to play the piece is. Both c minor and e minor have only one accidental - therefore they lie in the hand more naturally. So, maybe the composers were trying to help out their performers a bit?
The Lang Lang hate is too much often, there are performances of him out there that are not great but there's also great accounts, such as this little Romance
A rather subdued performance from Lang Lang, even though you can hear some of his kinda unpredictable/uncontrolled rubato here. Still, I think this is a lovely performance! I just wish he put a little more thought into the ending.
@@elagabalusrex390 Chopin music is way more complex and abrupt. It frustates the expectation of the listener, and he himself hated that it were played sentimentally.
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