I performed this piece once. It’s really really easy to fake it as nobody knows if you’re playing the right notes! That being said, it’s so carefully edited and the fingering by Yvonne Loriod makes it play itself. I was so impressed by her careful editing. I would definitely play it again as it’s fun to play. I’m not totally convinced that it’s great music, but it is great fun to learn. The orchestra blasts their brains out sometimes, so you get drowned out a lot. She probably was sightreading! Aimard plays it from memory, which is impressive until you see the score and find out it’s extremely repetitive and not impossible to memorize. I played by score because I couldn’t be bothered. 😂😂😂
@@null8295 not sure why you said this. Have you played it? It’s not harder than medium difficulty, believe me. The solo piano music of Messiaen is much more difficult than Turangalila. Since I didn’t even attempt to memorize it, I learned it very quickly. I had ten rehearsals with the orchestra, which helped me learn it.
@@danielgloverpiano7693 I have never studied Turangalila. I believe you. What I don't understand is if you are implying that Yuja Wang performed very badly here, even claiming she was faking passages and sightreading!! I'm also surprised by you, being a professional musician, judging Turangalila as "not good music," when I have always considered Messiaen to be one of, if not the best composer ever.
@@null8295 you misread. Go read my comment again. Yuja can sight read anything. Given that she has the score, I assume she’s reading it. It’s not that difficult, and yes, she probably is faking a lot of those chords. I did. Nobody knew, not even the conductor. And yes, many agree with me that Turangalila is not one of Messiaen’s greatest works. Some view it as a failed experiment which he didn’t repeat. The greatest work I’ve heard by him is his opera, St. Francis of Assisi. It’s six hours long and I’ve seen it twice in person. Turangalila simply cannot touch it in quality. For one thing, Turangalila has no element of Catholicism or religious fervor. This was of extreme importance to the composer, and I don’t think his heart was in it. Just my opinion. Play it some day, and you’ll probably agree. The audience we performed it for wasn’t impressed, and the local critic refused to write a review as he said he didn’t understand the piece and therefore didn’t have an opinion of our performance. That was very honest of him.
@@null8295 I read my comment again. In no way, no how, can you take any of what I said as criticism of Yuja’s performance. I have performed this and I can’t tell if she’s playing the right notes or not. Only Pierre Boulez had such an ear.
You don't have to like the music of Messiaen or other composers, the important thing is the Yuja show, here: red dress with a long side slit up to the hips. Who needs music then?
@@karl-heinzhuber5910 Like Miss Wang, you can continue to cultivate your bad taste, especially your taste in the worst dressed women. The world doesn't need Miss Wang or you.
@@karl-heinzhuber5910 Like Miss Wang, you are allowed to cultivate your bad taste when it comes to your passion for badly dressed pianists. And your wet dreams too, of course.
