Massive fan of both Kissin and Trifonov but without doubt this is an exceptional interpretation of this piece, he won the comp for a reason. Just like Cho's heroic imo is the best I've ever heard at least on RU-vid, absolutely insane level of depth.
@Sherrill Milnes Fan I just listened to Trifonov (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-oS_XjkILFMY.html ), and I completely disagree. He already fudged the start to the Grande Polonaise Brillante at 4:24 with the octave. 4:32 - 4:38 he's just mashing the keys and needs to learn to ease off the damn pedal. His dynamics are all over the place, at times it just sounds like someone's switching the volume from max to low max to low max to low. His playing sounds very clicky-clacky like he's some robot, the emotion is "there", but it's a robotic emotion if that makes sense, Yundi's is way more natural and 100 times better sounding.
There's a reason he won the competition. This is stunningly perfect. I cannot stop listening to it. I don't think anyone, including Yundi can reproduce this performance again. It's just that good
I have the CD and the DVD of Yundi’s Chopin concert (live recording) in Beijing in 2010. I am even more impressed by his performance of this work from that performance. The Andante Spaniato had even more crystallinity. There was more power yet subtlety in the Polonaise without sacrificing fluidity. In my opinion, it was a more matured reading. Both versions are hard to top.
I’m no master, but I’ve played and listened for several years. This recording is the closest to perfection I’ve heard any performer perform any piece ever. I want what 18 year old Yundi was having!!!
I imagine everyone in the audience were in an ecstasy state that they forgot to cough. This performance belongs to history: no studio tricks, no mistakes (at least none of importance), absolute beauty and no coughing. I resort to Yundi to compare recent winners of this or other important piano competitions.
I still vividly remember when I downloaded this video back in 2006 from google videos (google had its own player then). I was addicted to and mesmerized by the whole performance of the solos and the concerto that once I saw Yndi Li in my dreams and praised him for his performance of the andante spianato
Surreal! He is such a rare gifted pianist! Well, in fact I don’t know how to express! Just knowing that I was totally led into another world….heaven , I guess..
I agree with your agreement with his agreement. Btw, does anybody his entire repertoire for this competition from the first stage up to the final stage.
It's one of Chopin's favorite songs. The beautiful melody of Andante Spianato is really sweet. And the polonaise part is really cool and beautiful. It's magnificent, it's splendid, it's antique.
Repertoire that he played during the 1st stage: 1. Nocturne Op.48 No.1 in C minor 2. Etude in A Minor Op.10 No.2 3. Etude in A Minor Op.25 No.11 4. Ballade in F minor Op.52
Brilliantly executed notes, played expressively and with emotion. I will never know how Yundi manages to produce this inexplicable sound, each and every note in balance, and in tone. Such intensity, and focus seems to blend into a perfect mix of heavenly notes. Yundi’s performance seems to surpass all boundaries, unimaginably creative, beautiful, and expressive. Bravo!
This is the greatest version of this piece to ever be recorded...the section beginning around 9:06 has stayed with me since I first heard it . At 9:36, it is the finest and most exquisite sound, his tone is sublime. Gentle, airy, and poignant. The entire performance is a masterpiece, but it is those few seconds that truly stand out in my mind and urge me to search for this video and listen to it again. Cheers!
Yes, that's my favorite section too! So many pianists play that phrase so choppily and Yundi plays it so lyrically and smoothly. Go Yundi! I can't wait for you to take the stage again!
I ve never layed a comment on the RU-vid platform for the only reason that I am really shy for some fucking stupid reason. What I wanna say it s, even if this comment will never been seen by anyone in this world, that I am happy for the first time from a long time. Thanks for reading, guy and I wish you a good life.
Yundi Li is a magician! He manages to stay so loose and relaxed during even the most intensely technical passages. I feel he channels Chopin in a way that very few are able to match.
I just love it: Chopin+Yundi Li: so sensitive. So passionate. That's how i can imagine Chopin playing his own creation. Thanks to the Uploader.I'm really grateful :-)
Wow, I laughed with joy many times during this performance at the absolute brilliance of the playing! .. And the piece, of course. Genius composition, genius talent.
Yundi's sincerely lively body language including facial expressions did a great job of making us realize and enjoy his interpretation. For me that's rare to see in other virtuosic performance of this piece. Bravo. Thanks for sharing.
i hope this musiuc on the piano, will live on for generations to come. its beautiful to the soul and ear. cant get enought of it each day. lund li your timimg is right on l. love to watch your talent and gifted playing these wwonderfulmusic piieces again. keep them alive for us that love them, and cant play like you.,do with the right timing . your great the best. thank you so much
I have listened to many versions and this has to be the best (in my opinion of course). I can go on to explain why but there is a lot to talk about! Thank you for uploading a better quality version....onto iTunes it goes!
I also agree : in my opinion, this is the best version for Chopin Andante Spianoto et Grande Polonaise Brillante. In addition to winning The 14th International Chopin Competition in Warsaw in 2000, Yundi Li was awarded a special prize for his performance of Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante. Yundi is one of the best young pianists today. Thanks to Tracy Lee for sharing.
I have been going around from videos to videos searching for, in my opinion, the best version. I had some reservations about Yundi Li, being so young and not of Slavic origin, so I listened anyway, and prepared to pencil down a list of what's wrong with his playing. Well, my pen wrote nothing as I listened to a fantastic performance. Usually, I can tell everything about a pianist from just a few measures played. Argerich had tantrum problems, Zimmerman was a bore, Weissenberg had accent problems, Rubinstein was unclear, Liu had no rhymic drive, but this young guy has an uncanny ability. He has a perfect sense of dynamics, form, and style, and it was played like a dance as its namesake, polonaise. This remarkable musical sense is not easily taught. This is an impeccable performance.
Wow you've came back after 7 years. I saw your criticising comment in zimermans vid about his unnecessary accents and your comment in yundi s ballade no.4
OMG what a preposterous arrogant unmusical person you are. "Argerich had tantrum problems, Zimmerman was a bore, Weissenberg had accent problems, Rubinstein was unclear" - these are some of the legendary performances of the last 50 years but you alone from the whole world discovered that the Emperor is without clothes, right, and so nice of you to let us know about the mediocrity of Argerich, Zimmerman, Weissenberg, Rubinstein. Really, some people... And that racial slur about Slavs, what is the about?
Wow... a freaking ad right in the silence before the polonaise. Uploader, if you have an option for where ads appear in settings, please move them to the beginning so they don't interrupt the performance. Such a shame.
I’m pretty sure it’s RU-vid’s fault for putting it there. RU-vidrs been having less control over where they can put ads in their own videos for the past few years
love theses pieces just played by lund li his playing is awesome right on key........... he has it right, cant you heard...... thanks againuses the ears.....
@@JianShan-hk8jt check Evgeny Kissin's version of the peace. A bit less clean technicly but more powerful in terms of interpretation. Different but as much great
@@JianShan-hk8jt: If you’ve never listened to Kate Liu’s performance from the 2015 Chopin Competition (she won the Bronze Medal), I highly recommend it. I’m sure you’ll love it. It’s on RU-vid. 😎🎹
