sorry to offend...i have played this. i am not sensing any passion. technically brilliant. i feel i am watching a may day celebration in red square.his might and skill are there...but make me FEEL it!!!! i will listen many more times. a rubinstein, he ain't.
I think that this composition was initially meant to be a "show off" piece for mundane salons in Paris.This is an early composition: published in 1831, Chopin was only 21.
So I would say technicality and brilliance comes before emotion and depth in that context (though it still contains musical emotions and feelings).
i like how Yundi Li and Lang Lang are so different...Lang Lang is almost like those rock stars everyone seems to either like or despise (there's no one who's neutral.) Where as Yundi Li is like that pianist that plays for the "high class" people, and interprets classical music with more than just pompous...out of words..You know what I mean.
Hey mundi1976 im trying to compliment europe for making the beautiful music, but if you want to stick up for sesame cat with rice then go ahead. Powinienes sie wstydzic!
Did I ever say ive only heard two versions, Farell360? Somethin tells me your chinese and cant accept that maybe there are other people who play chopin better. And I bet that competition was in china
@swimjet1125 hahaha you posted those psychotic 'copy and paste' comments on each and every of Yundi's video except the one featuring him on Chopin's scherzo..........hmmm wonder why? Scherzzzoooo !!!!!!
?? it's the very same polonaise as here - that's one thing, another is - it wasn't czech pianist but polish (if You're talking about the recording they used in soundtrack it was Janusz Olejniczak and in the original story that movie was based on pianist Vladislav Szpilman was jewish polish living in Warsaw).
I don't like his expressions in this, but superd performance and what matters is the music...I feel that he plays scales toe fast, but really, perfect otherwise
I reckon Yund Li is to the piano what Mario Lanza and Maria Callas were to opera - top of the tree.His interpretation is distinctive and very full of feeling - a maestro indeed.
this is sooo good, i play piano, n the hardest piece i ever learned was the revoultionary etude by chopin, n i give respect too fukn anyone who plays the piano, or any other instrument, people that don't play a real instrument, jst dont understand how amazing this is
that time Yundi Li was just a kid, he was trying to follow every details in the piece, now he'd been adding his feeling and his personal musical inside the piece, hail Yundi Li!
@poematik More like an addiction.... but they DO sometimes help launch the careers of promising performers faster than the usual methods!! They provide a look at the up-and-coming crops of young artists, giving each of them a brief moment to be heard by many who would otherwise NEVER hear them at all. I think they have their place.
@poematik Meh, you know, I like Zimerman. He puts so much expression into his repertoire even his eyebrows dance to the music. Seriously. It's as if they have a life of their own.
what lang lang does is he exaggerates and improvises, changing the piece to suit him, he often goes against what the composers might have intended, which annoys the crap out of critics, but pleases the audience (or at least that is how I understand it). He is a great pianist, and though personally i dont enjoy his work, i can see how other people could like it.
I think its funny how all these comments debate on the interpretation of this pianist and that pianist (some commenter below really hates lang lang apparently) etc etc yet no one seems to be bothered by the awful sound quality of this video...
Nathan: You are correct, it takes dedication and hard work to become great. But I guess I'm old school: I think it takes more skill to provide an interpretation that prompts the listener to say at the end "what a composer!" than to cause the listener to say "what a performer!".
I agree, but it seems more commonly agreed that Chopin is among the greatest composers that ever lived. But a composer also writes music that provides room for personal interpretation. Thus the heated debate below :) The more interpretations are allowed to vary, the more dispute there will be on whose interpretation is better, as immature as an argument it may be.
I have to say, Lang Lang doesn't put as much feeling in this piece as Yundi Li does, but I find that no reason to dishonor his technique (although I like Yundi much and much better). We all know that Lang Lang is a great pianist, but everyone plays pieces in a different way, and interpretates pieces in a different way. So at that point I think Yundi Li has made a better job of this Polonaise.
@The00ching00 So you say that if something is better then Lang Lang's version, it's great? Stop comparing Yundi with Lang Lang all the time, those are 2 completely different pianists...
@The00ching00 Jealous because Lang Lang is much better then you, got a better job, can afford a better house, better car, better everything then you? If you think Lang Lang is crap and should get a new job, then there must be something wrong with you. Just because there were a few people didn't like the style of Lang Lang, 99% of all people copy this. Just because you don't like someone's interpretation, doesn't have to mean it's crap. Try to do the same as him, then you'll find out how it is
@StefanInvAsian IT IS CRAP! Music is more complicated than art, cause u can't look at a piece of paper and understand it like when u go to the art gallery. So musician's job is to bring the true feelings of the song, its meaning, its tone etc. to life! that what musician suppose to do that is why BANG BANG IS A CRAP musician. HE CAN'T bring music back to life like Yundi li can. Interpretation doesn't mean that u can play whatever u like. As i said before musician must bring music back to life..
@The00ching00 You said music is more complicated than art, so doesn't that mean everybody can have it's own interpretation. Have you ever spoken to Chopin, Liszt, or Beethoven? The answer is no, so how in the name of God, do you know what the TRUE feelings are of a piece? Every person has an other idea about it, so why can't Lang Lang do what he thinks is correct? Isn't every person free to express his feelings?
@StefanInvAsian well hav u actually learned how to play piano? my teacher always says be honest to the music, so it means what was written down just play it as it said not Bang it out like u lost ur mind. Hav u actually look at music while u listening at the same time? And u will see that Bang Bang actually plays it badly. U r right that no one in this century hav spoke to Beethoven nor Liszt nor Chopin...
@StefanInvAsian ...that's y v hav to try to b that composer at that very moment. How to do that? well if u r doing music like me (i'm doing grade 8 for piano) u hav to do some research about that song such as, the period when it was composed, history of that time, composer biography etc. Well yes u r right about everyone has right to express their feelings but as a pianist be THAT composer when we r performing it, not just use our ego to play it, understand?
@StefanInvAsian ..and to do that u hav to understand that feeling at that very moment when the composer wrote it down, not just bang it out like Bang Bang always does. Try to do the same as him u said. lol man i would rather not to play piano than play it like Bang Bang. He can afford all of ur shit because he's a MARKETABLE PERSON. That's y he is so famous. He is good in one level of music, but he is lucky enough to be more famous than lots of better pianists...
@The00ching00 Another long comment of you, but this one contains alot of bull****, so I don't feel like giving a long reaction. First of all, the fact that you keep using the name Bang Bang starts to get annoying after a while, you made your point, and it's not funny anymore. You said that he's lucky to be more famous than others, but isn't that with all famous people? Do you really think there aren't better singers than Britney Spears, Justin Bieber etc.?
@StefanInvAsian ... There are lots of BETTER pianist than Bang Bang, better interpretation, skills, tempo, dynamics etc. maybe u need to listen a bit more. And one more thing. AT LEAST Yundi li won one of the most difficult competition in the world, at the age of 18(youngest ever) and he was the first winner in pass fifteen years! But Bang Bang just won the competitions in China and there was a period when he couldn't win any of them. Yundi li has got the world standard and he was gud enough..
@The00ching00 I'm not saying there are other, better pianists, but lets see what you say: Better interpretation? There's no such thing as 'best' interpretation or something, it's all about what you personally like, and if you don't like Lang Lang's interpretation it doesn't mean it's a bad performance. Skills? Lang Lang is technically one of the best pianists currently, so also, a weird statement. Tempo? Tempo is a part of interpretation, same thing with dynamics.
@The00ching00 First of all, at my last comment, the first sentence should be: 'I'm not saying there aren't other....'
I think I already listen a lot classical music. But maybe you could start listening, and less copying others opinions.
Don't get the idea I don't like Yundi Li, in fact, Yundi Li is my favorite pianist, but you should also respect others. And are you saying the competitions in China are easy or something? Because you said Lang Lang 'just' won the...etc'
@StefanInvAsian Nope, i didn't say that. i know that competition in China is really high and hard. About a billion people live there, i can't imagine how stressful would it be. Well but still it's only one country state. When u go on the world stage like the one in Warsaw u r about to face heaps of top of countries from around the world! isn't it gonna be harder when u r facing top masters from around the world? So v hav no point to discuss this anymore then. U like Yundi li. I like Yundi li...
@StefanInvAsian ...i understand ur point ok? so shall we end this conversation once and for all?
PS. I hav listened to MUSIC since i was born and classical is my favorite. I didn't copy anyone. This is my own opinion toward Lang Lang, but "Bang Bang" i admit that i got it from one of the hater like me. I hav listen to lots of pianist and all i can say is he is the WORST i've ever seen and listened to.U can't change that they r my ears and as a musician i don't like him at all. gud talking to u.
there is no better/worse.. there is just interpretation..
I'm playing this song for my Fellowship diploma exam in two weeks.. i use both pianists as reference and add my own interpretation. Both are world-renown, and it just pisses me off when people who obviously don't understand music as much as I do try to compare them, because even I have no right to do so. I'm chinese. I deal with it. it takes hard work to succeed etiher way. Please respect that.
@nathan2326 How cool! I always wants to play this song but i'm too busy studying other things. As i said before BB's interpretation is crap. I don't care what ur view is. All I want to say is BB is crap. Li is rock! I only respect person i want to, ok? BB is ruining Chopin while Li is trying to protect it. They both truly are Yin Yang of Chinese pianist.
PS. You don't have to say that u r Chinese cuz i don't really care! (I'm an oversea chinese.) Gud luck with ur exam.
@StefanInvAsian ..to get invited to Chopin concert in Warsar this year, while Bang Bang didn't. To play in that concert u hav to be one of the finest pianist to perform there, so it's obvious enough, isn't it? That Bang Bang's interpretation and skills are not acceptable to play on one of the world stage like that. Well i mean a stage where everyone knows music, not just a common concert or not even a concert like where Bang Bang plays in. Get it?
I've always considered the Arthur Rubinstein to be the definitive recording for the Op22, but this is right on par with that. Excellent tempo and phrasing throughout. Yundi Li is one of the finest pianist we have today
there once lived a man in the 1800s, he wrote songs like this one by himself, and performed it to sold out crowds. day after day, night after night, he would develop his scribblings into masterpieces - emotions from the deep subconsious yelling out to our shared universe in the form of delicate raindrops that we call musical notes.
Wonderful. If the world were full of music performers like him, the world would be a lot better. Yundi Li really puts his heart into his piano playing. Magnifico!!!
Race has nothing to do with how somebody plays. The only reason you see more asians is because they are extremely disciplined in setting goals and achieving them. Anybody else could do the very same thing.
@kishire6murcielago i would not call any famous pianist like this until i know that i play better that he - even then i would be fascinated what others are able to do
wonderful, amazing,,,, no-one side by side with Yundi Li, he is a genius!!!! Nothing more to say ;-) What a attitude, what a burning desiree, and massive action on the claviature ;-) wow
@cl1974i34 I completely agree :) Yundi Li is the epitome of greatness. Although, my opinion is he plays Liszt with much more feeling and emotion than Chopin. But that's like comparing 1 billion dollars to 1.1 billion dollars haha.
I accept any other oppinion, music is always a matter of personal senses too. And it is just about perfect that we all see things different... So please don't anybody feel attacked by what I say here. It is not meant to. For my senses ... Yundi Li is 100%. The reference. The master. The best I can imagine. :-)
What I think about Yundi Li? I think I am very happy and grateful his parents saw and supported his talent. Listening to his interpretations with the headphones on I hear details I never noticed with any other pianist, and I listened to many... I see Yundi Li as the legitimate successor of no one less than Vladimir Horowitz, and I even listened to some Horowitz interpretations that where less precise, what is no sign of weakness at all. It is probably just a sign how good Yundi Li actually is.
lonewolf604....you don't play piano if you say that!!!!!!piano competitions need for the pianist because he has a confront with other people and this is very important for a musician!!!!!!
This is indeed a most lovely and moving interpretation of one of Chopin's most emotional show pieces. I am thrilled every time I hear the left hand bringing out the voices in 7:37 and 7:41. Bravo Yundi Li.
I can imagine that it is difficult not to make faces like the ones he is making when playing this beautifully bouncy piece.
izzyjamm4 1 week ago
sorry to offend...i have played this. i am not sensing any passion. technically brilliant. i feel i am watching a may day celebration in red square.his might and skill are there...but make me FEEL it!!!! i will listen many more times. a rubinstein, he ain't.
vazmo14850 3 weeks ago
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I think that this composition was initially meant to be a "show off" piece for mundane salons in Paris.This is an early composition: published in 1831, Chopin was only 21.
So I would say technicality and brilliance comes before emotion and depth in that context (though it still contains musical emotions and feelings).
nobulle 2 weeks ago
YUNDI LI IS GREAT.
EmmaHMB 1 month ago
I love the music of yundi li, is beatiful....
alissxchan 1 month ago
This is one of the greatest things in the entire world without a doubt, that and the Chopin Ballade 1# at least in my opinion...
juliburton 2 months ago
the imslp score doesn't have the theatrical intro. anyone know any better online version for this piece? thanks.
btw yundi li... best male pianist imo ^_^
Georgekwok 3 months ago
I find him kinda cute:D
karlisch32 3 months ago
Does anyone know where this was?
adamkent8 4 months ago
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Looks like the International Chopin Piano Competition back in 2000
Cattytea 3 months ago
i like how Yundi Li and Lang Lang are so different...Lang Lang is almost like those rock stars everyone seems to either like or despise (there's no one who's neutral.) Where as Yundi Li is like that pianist that plays for the "high class" people, and interprets classical music with more than just pompous...out of words..You know what I mean.
XWilliamyX 4 months ago 10
Hey mundi1976 im trying to compliment europe for making the beautiful music, but if you want to stick up for sesame cat with rice then go ahead. Powinienes sie wstydzic!
Scamach0567 5 months ago
3:25 - 4:00 one of the best pieces of music ever written
mundi1976 5 months ago 5
Did I ever say ive only heard two versions, Farell360? Somethin tells me your chinese and cant accept that maybe there are other people who play chopin better. And I bet that competition was in china
Scamach0567 5 months ago
@Scamach0567 competition was in Poland and Li is one of the best pianist ever. I'm from UE.
mundi1976 5 months ago
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CHINESE SUCK. THERE SO STUPID AND ARENT SUCESSFULL
swimjet1125 5 months ago
@swimjet1125 hahaha you posted those psychotic 'copy and paste' comments on each and every of Yundi's video except the one featuring him on Chopin's scherzo..........hmmm wonder why? Scherzzzoooo !!!!!!
fsxmantra 5 months ago
@fsxmantra sorry I missed one
swimjet1125 5 months ago
@fsxmantra I'm actually chinese lol
swimjet1125 5 months ago
@swimjet1125
This is an extremely bigoted, ignorant and loathsome statement! If you don't like the performance, then criticize the performance itself.
carnivalcruiserbill 5 months ago
This guy is the best!
sweetcharlie63 5 months ago
@Scamach0567 i agree with you but this version wasn't that bad :P
karlisch32 6 months ago
I think this is worse version ive heard. The best version is at the end of the movie the pianist.
Scamach0567 6 months ago
@Scamach0567 So you've heard 2 versions? Li actaully won the chopin piano competition with this peice.
farrell360 5 months ago
@Scamach0567 Plus this is a live recording, the peice at the end of the Pianist is cut tweaked in studio.
farrell360 5 months ago 3
Unbelievable!!!
AndersonDE7 6 months ago
when the video ended, i felt the urge to stand up and applaud... this guy's amazing
adsalazar12 6 months ago 2
i love you yundi (im a guy and im straight).
llethaface11 6 months ago
i dont know why but the best polonaise i ve ever heard was at the end of "the pianist" movie.A chechk pianist was playing.
CieN1ght 7 months ago
@CieN1ght
?? it's the very same polonaise as here - that's one thing, another is - it wasn't czech pianist but polish (if You're talking about the recording they used in soundtrack it was Janusz Olejniczak and in the original story that movie was based on pianist Vladislav Szpilman was jewish polish living in Warsaw).
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marcin4399 6 months ago in playlist chopin
I don't like his expressions in this, but superd performance and what matters is the music...I feel that he plays scales toe fast, but really, perfect otherwise
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chinese suck.
joosh1125 9 months ago
El concierto se dio abajo del agua? escuchen los aplausos al final.
Smoth15 9 months ago
I reckon Yund Li is to the piano what Mario Lanza and Maria Callas were to opera - top of the tree.His interpretation is distinctive and very full of feeling - a maestro indeed.
sceneoddsox101 9 months ago
1:25 skipping through the flower field
Some1bor3d 10 months ago
No me gusta ahora Yundi li lo siento, me enamorado de Lola Astanova... ;)
TheGheiser 10 months ago
A bravura performance from one our greatest living vituosos!
jplaura02 10 months ago
What a beautiful song.
TheKeenanBoy 10 months ago
this is sooo good, i play piano, n the hardest piece i ever learned was the revoultionary etude by chopin, n i give respect too fukn anyone who plays the piano, or any other instrument, people that don't play a real instrument, jst dont understand how amazing this is
KASPRakaJC 10 months ago
that time Yundi Li was just a kid, he was trying to follow every details in the piece, now he'd been adding his feeling and his personal musical inside the piece, hail Yundi Li!
SPIDERMANKIM 10 months ago
@SPIDERMANKIM actually this is over 10 years ago during the competition i believe. he takes a slightly more relaxed tempo now.
virtuosowannabe 6 months ago
an ultimate performance
12345qazx1 10 months ago
there are as many of his fans and the notes in his heads!!it might be even more!! wow wow!!
johlo05 10 months ago
Where is the orchestra part?
ChiefAdministrator 10 months ago
@ChiefAdministrator This is the piano solo version :)
FriggenLoco 10 months ago
@ChiefAdministrator you can see that at the end of the movie The Pianist...
helmsdeep84 9 months ago
@helmsdeep84 Dude, we all fucking know.
mrjkdeyoung 8 months ago
Wow, I love his interpretation of this pice so much!
MuzicSoundz 10 months ago
this iz soo fucking amazing, real shit
KASPRakaJC 11 months ago
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ASIANS CANT PUT EMOTION AND PASSION INTO THEIR PERFORMANCE, I DONT CARE HOW TECHNICALLY SKILLED YOU ARE.
LONG LIVE HOROWITZ
poematik 11 months ago
@poematik Idiot, he was the first person to win the Chopin Competition in 15 years. Were you on the jury?
lacrymosa85 10 months ago 2
@lacrymosa85 competitions are a cancer to the piano community
poematik 10 months ago
@poematik More like an addiction.... but they DO sometimes help launch the careers of promising performers faster than the usual methods!! They provide a look at the up-and-coming crops of young artists, giving each of them a brief moment to be heard by many who would otherwise NEVER hear them at all. I think they have their place.
HolyMotherofGrid 10 months ago
@poematik Meh, you know, I like Zimerman. He puts so much expression into his repertoire even his eyebrows dance to the music. Seriously. It's as if they have a life of their own.
Bbeatscheese 10 months ago
whats up with Asians and pianos??
shitozeruel 11 months ago
I am a man but I want Yundi to inseminate me.
timothy51886 11 months ago
what lang lang does is he exaggerates and improvises, changing the piece to suit him, he often goes against what the composers might have intended, which annoys the crap out of critics, but pleases the audience (or at least that is how I understand it). He is a great pianist, and though personally i dont enjoy his work, i can see how other people could like it.
NachtCrus 11 months ago
I want to see him play ballade no.1 g-minor
timothy51886 11 months ago
So beautiful! Bravo!!!
I love it.
pianolover1004 11 months ago
Chopin's version for Liszt Valse Impromptu...
MultiBlackPiano 1 year ago
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Awesome ! Li captures the beauty and passion of one of Chopin's many great masterpieces.
marlonss 1 year ago
Awesome ! Li capture the beauty and passion of one of Chopin's many great masterpieces.
marlonss 1 year ago
548 likes on this video and counting... 100 of them are me.
EroSennin506 1 year ago
amazing performance. So delicated, rich tune
europexu 1 year ago
P-E-R-F-E-C-T-I-O-N
ricardosweet 1 year ago
chopin lives on :)
avrilrules96 1 year ago
if youve listened to the wieniawsky polonaise this is really misleading
vuth94 1 year ago
not bad at all, but the interpretation of samson françois is better.
MsMasterdarklord 1 year ago
I think its funny how all these comments debate on the interpretation of this pianist and that pianist (some commenter below really hates lang lang apparently) etc etc yet no one seems to be bothered by the awful sound quality of this video...
demianxss 1 year ago
pianist brilliante... that why he plays this grand polonaise brilliante... Well done, Li Yundi!! <3
ChopinLiszt82 1 year ago
Nathan: You are correct, it takes dedication and hard work to become great. But I guess I'm old school: I think it takes more skill to provide an interpretation that prompts the listener to say at the end "what a composer!" than to cause the listener to say "what a performer!".
David10171939 1 year ago
@David10171939
I agree, but it seems more commonly agreed that Chopin is among the greatest composers that ever lived. But a composer also writes music that provides room for personal interpretation. Thus the heated debate below :) The more interpretations are allowed to vary, the more dispute there will be on whose interpretation is better, as immature as an argument it may be.
nathan2326 1 year ago
This is performance is unmatched, so many many details , so crisp.
That said he has become sloppy.
For this competition he must had practiced like hell.
That's why many don't enter the competition again.
ItachiGT 1 year ago
I love the versions he plays
timothy51886 1 year ago
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I have to say, Lang Lang doesn't put as much feeling in this piece as Yundi Li does, but I find that no reason to dishonor his technique (although I like Yundi much and much better). We all know that Lang Lang is a great pianist, but everyone plays pieces in a different way, and interpretates pieces in a different way. So at that point I think Yundi Li has made a better job of this Polonaise.
FriggenLoco 1 year ago 24
@FriggenLoco I fully agree with you ;)
StefanInvAsian 1 year ago
ugly and insensitive. crap.
vesperus1981 1 year ago
@vesperus1981 Get new ears bro! it's much better than Bang Bang's version.
The00ching00 1 year ago 7
@The00ching00 So you say that if something is better then Lang Lang's version, it's great? Stop comparing Yundi with Lang Lang all the time, those are 2 completely different pianists...
StefanInvAsian 1 year ago
@StefanInvAsian U r right. completely different. It's between awesome and crap pianists. Yundi Li = rocks! Bang Bang = Get a new job! lol
The00ching00 1 year ago
@The00ching00 Jealous because Lang Lang is much better then you, got a better job, can afford a better house, better car, better everything then you? If you think Lang Lang is crap and should get a new job, then there must be something wrong with you. Just because there were a few people didn't like the style of Lang Lang, 99% of all people copy this. Just because you don't like someone's interpretation, doesn't have to mean it's crap. Try to do the same as him, then you'll find out how it is
StefanInvAsian 1 year ago
@StefanInvAsian IT IS CRAP! Music is more complicated than art, cause u can't look at a piece of paper and understand it like when u go to the art gallery. So musician's job is to bring the true feelings of the song, its meaning, its tone etc. to life! that what musician suppose to do that is why BANG BANG IS A CRAP musician. HE CAN'T bring music back to life like Yundi li can. Interpretation doesn't mean that u can play whatever u like. As i said before musician must bring music back to life..
The00ching00 1 year ago
@The00ching00 You said music is more complicated than art, so doesn't that mean everybody can have it's own interpretation. Have you ever spoken to Chopin, Liszt, or Beethoven? The answer is no, so how in the name of God, do you know what the TRUE feelings are of a piece? Every person has an other idea about it, so why can't Lang Lang do what he thinks is correct? Isn't every person free to express his feelings?
StefanInvAsian 1 year ago
@StefanInvAsian well hav u actually learned how to play piano? my teacher always says be honest to the music, so it means what was written down just play it as it said not Bang it out like u lost ur mind. Hav u actually look at music while u listening at the same time? And u will see that Bang Bang actually plays it badly. U r right that no one in this century hav spoke to Beethoven nor Liszt nor Chopin...
The00ching00 1 year ago
@StefanInvAsian ...that's y v hav to try to b that composer at that very moment. How to do that? well if u r doing music like me (i'm doing grade 8 for piano) u hav to do some research about that song such as, the period when it was composed, history of that time, composer biography etc. Well yes u r right about everyone has right to express their feelings but as a pianist be THAT composer when we r performing it, not just use our ego to play it, understand?
The00ching00 1 year ago
@StefanInvAsian ..and to do that u hav to understand that feeling at that very moment when the composer wrote it down, not just bang it out like Bang Bang always does. Try to do the same as him u said. lol man i would rather not to play piano than play it like Bang Bang. He can afford all of ur shit because he's a MARKETABLE PERSON. That's y he is so famous. He is good in one level of music, but he is lucky enough to be more famous than lots of better pianists...
The00ching00 1 year ago
@The00ching00 Another long comment of you, but this one contains alot of bull****, so I don't feel like giving a long reaction. First of all, the fact that you keep using the name Bang Bang starts to get annoying after a while, you made your point, and it's not funny anymore. You said that he's lucky to be more famous than others, but isn't that with all famous people? Do you really think there aren't better singers than Britney Spears, Justin Bieber etc.?
StefanInvAsian 1 year ago
@StefanInvAsian ... There are lots of BETTER pianist than Bang Bang, better interpretation, skills, tempo, dynamics etc. maybe u need to listen a bit more. And one more thing. AT LEAST Yundi li won one of the most difficult competition in the world, at the age of 18(youngest ever) and he was the first winner in pass fifteen years! But Bang Bang just won the competitions in China and there was a period when he couldn't win any of them. Yundi li has got the world standard and he was gud enough..
The00ching00 1 year ago
@The00ching00 I'm not saying there are other, better pianists, but lets see what you say: Better interpretation? There's no such thing as 'best' interpretation or something, it's all about what you personally like, and if you don't like Lang Lang's interpretation it doesn't mean it's a bad performance. Skills? Lang Lang is technically one of the best pianists currently, so also, a weird statement. Tempo? Tempo is a part of interpretation, same thing with dynamics.
StefanInvAsian 1 year ago
@The00ching00 First of all, at my last comment, the first sentence should be: 'I'm not saying there aren't other....'
I think I already listen a lot classical music. But maybe you could start listening, and less copying others opinions.
Don't get the idea I don't like Yundi Li, in fact, Yundi Li is my favorite pianist, but you should also respect others. And are you saying the competitions in China are easy or something? Because you said Lang Lang 'just' won the...etc'
StefanInvAsian 1 year ago
@StefanInvAsian Nope, i didn't say that. i know that competition in China is really high and hard. About a billion people live there, i can't imagine how stressful would it be. Well but still it's only one country state. When u go on the world stage like the one in Warsaw u r about to face heaps of top of countries from around the world! isn't it gonna be harder when u r facing top masters from around the world? So v hav no point to discuss this anymore then. U like Yundi li. I like Yundi li...
The00ching00 1 year ago
@StefanInvAsian ...i understand ur point ok? so shall we end this conversation once and for all?
PS. I hav listened to MUSIC since i was born and classical is my favorite. I didn't copy anyone. This is my own opinion toward Lang Lang, but "Bang Bang" i admit that i got it from one of the hater like me. I hav listen to lots of pianist and all i can say is he is the WORST i've ever seen and listened to.U can't change that they r my ears and as a musician i don't like him at all. gud talking to u.
The00ching00 1 year ago
@The00ching00 You are SUCH a prude..
there is no better/worse.. there is just interpretation..
I'm playing this song for my Fellowship diploma exam in two weeks.. i use both pianists as reference and add my own interpretation. Both are world-renown, and it just pisses me off when people who obviously don't understand music as much as I do try to compare them, because even I have no right to do so. I'm chinese. I deal with it. it takes hard work to succeed etiher way. Please respect that.
nathan2326 1 year ago
@nathan2326 How cool! I always wants to play this song but i'm too busy studying other things. As i said before BB's interpretation is crap. I don't care what ur view is. All I want to say is BB is crap. Li is rock! I only respect person i want to, ok? BB is ruining Chopin while Li is trying to protect it. They both truly are Yin Yang of Chinese pianist.
PS. You don't have to say that u r Chinese cuz i don't really care! (I'm an oversea chinese.) Gud luck with ur exam.
The00ching00 1 year ago
@StefanInvAsian ..to get invited to Chopin concert in Warsar this year, while Bang Bang didn't. To play in that concert u hav to be one of the finest pianist to perform there, so it's obvious enough, isn't it? That Bang Bang's interpretation and skills are not acceptable to play on one of the world stage like that. Well i mean a stage where everyone knows music, not just a common concert or not even a concert like where Bang Bang plays in. Get it?
The00ching00 1 year ago
Yundi Li is fu*king awsome!!! Not a fake shit like Lang Lang.
beer2424 1 year ago
Awesome!!
ivanivan711 1 year ago
I've always considered the Arthur Rubinstein to be the definitive recording for the Op22, but this is right on par with that. Excellent tempo and phrasing throughout. Yundi Li is one of the finest pianist we have today
dliwevad 1 year ago 2
dico io....come non può piacere un'opera del genere...
pianoforteunico 1 year ago 2
best op.22 performance ever... i surely would have loved hearing chopin's version
shdowcrwler 1 year ago
bravissimo è dire poco
pianoforteunico 1 year ago 13
This is definitely on par with Arthrur Rubenstein. Perhaps even more so.
cobalt100 1 year ago
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inamabilisoppa 1 year ago
there once lived a man in the 1800s, he wrote songs like this one by himself, and performed it to sold out crowds. day after day, night after night, he would develop his scribblings into masterpieces - emotions from the deep subconsious yelling out to our shared universe in the form of delicate raindrops that we call musical notes.
oh yea btw the mans name is fred chopin
llethaface1 1 year ago 4
@llethaface1 very well said :)
sweethazelnutmocha 1 year ago
phenomenal
qwertyismymom 1 year ago
Way way way way BETTER than Bang Bang.
The00ching00 1 year ago
Way to go Yundi Li!!!!!!!!
flashpauker 1 year ago
LYEP: I will say all the way from 7:25 to the end =) sick. . .
metalfucker82 1 year ago
7:25-8:25 : insane
iyep 1 year ago
This Yund Li performance is impressive. Another one.
kaiolive 1 year ago
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L34ndr0s 1 year ago
Wonderful. If the world were full of music performers like him, the world would be a lot better. Yundi Li really puts his heart into his piano playing. Magnifico!!!
MrEusebiogarcia 1 year ago
Race has nothing to do with how somebody plays. The only reason you see more asians is because they are extremely disciplined in setting goals and achieving them. Anybody else could do the very same thing.
fenderguitarplaya11 1 year ago 3
@fenderguitarplaya11 Well said, kind sir. Make me proud, I'm Asian.
fredcamalesable 1 year ago
Divine playing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gviniconis 1 year ago 2
Does this sound alot like one of his piano concertos?
jeul22 1 year ago
Do you think this is Chopin's most difficult solo piece? I'd say it's at least his most difficult polonaise.
KarrotKun1 1 year ago 4
I like this guy much more than Lang Lang. He's really great.
CalvinundHobbes111 1 year ago 3
He lives the song.... amazing
L34ndr0s 1 year ago
i like it
haifengchicago 1 year ago
The most brilliant Grande Polonaise Brillante ever. ..
laputawitch 1 year ago
@laputawitch
Couldnt agree more
L34ndr0s 1 year ago
:( why is he playing ahead of time? back to wilhelm k
46718abg 1 year ago
i think lang lang is more expressive........
misspeckpeck 1 year ago 4
@misspeckpeck agreed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
crystalchen343 1 year ago
@crystalchen343 you need new ears man. lol
The00ching00 1 year ago
@misspeckpeck All he did is killing the piano not play it.
The00ching00 1 year ago
Who the heck is "bang bang"? I know a street called "Bangbang" in Manila.
misspeckpeck 1 year ago
@misspeckpeck "bang bang" is the nickname that lang lang haters have given him.
kishire6murcielago 1 year ago
@kishire6murcielago i would not call any famous pianist like this until i know that i play better that he - even then i would be fascinated what others are able to do
Bananenkoenigshatz 1 year ago
@Bananenkoenigshatz i dont call him that. im just saying thats watt they call him.
kishire6murcielago 1 year ago
Mesmerising! ~ Yundi's playing made my day energised!~
Roxrockereyl 1 year ago
This guy has the best facial expression when he plays. Amazing player, too.
mindovermattjr 1 year ago 4
wonderful, amazing,,,, no-one side by side with Yundi Li, he is a genius!!!! Nothing more to say ;-) What a attitude, what a burning desiree, and massive action on the claviature ;-) wow
arthue99 1 year ago 31
This guy us a genius! I think Chopin would like to hear that myself!!!
worras2007 1 year ago 4
merveilleux
sunweb7 1 year ago
fuckin brilliant (excuse the explitive)
scout6686 1 year ago 6
@scout6686 : You're excused, LOL. Would have been better had you written "f*****g brilliant", instead. LOL
TheBeerNut1 1 year ago 3
Bravo
XxMiG71xX 1 year ago 4
such expression
jokerml1 1 year ago 3
чудесно!!!Молодец!
mery48643 1 year ago
of course a lot better than lang,yundi li is really making music!
PrisLN 1 year ago 4
I love this piece I'm going to start playing it this week.....you are the best one playing it :)
ashrafmusician 1 year ago
Beautiful, nice, amazing! Great pianist, i love! :D!
1991titanium 1 year ago
I'm currently playing this song... getting there, but still needs work.
GoTFCanada1230 1 year ago
BRAVO!!!!!!!
abetakaya2oofuri 1 year ago 2
ill pay hundreds of money to watch Yundi perform live
such a brilliant pianist, his idea of music and interpretation is way more outstanding than that stupid lang lang
PY05 2 years ago 37
@PY05 ill pay a hundred to see him nude!
eChampagne85 1 year ago
@PY05 i just watched his concert in thailand. 4000/more audience.
he was playing this song.
it was AMAZING.
the audience kept clapping non stop for like 5 minutes even though he already went inside, and kept demanding for more songs.
at the end he played 2 extra songs.
:D:D absolutely gorgeous. powerful and dynamic.
novelholic21 1 year ago
@novelholic21 :O...ur so lucky...
able to see one of the most famous pianist in this century...
i dont know why he doesnt come to New Zealand haha
itll be awesome to take a pic with him and get his signature :D
PY05 1 year ago
@PY05 you took the words right out of my mouth ;o)
Rottmad 1 year ago
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@cl1974i34 I completely agree :) Yundi Li is the epitome of greatness. Although, my opinion is he plays Liszt with much more feeling and emotion than Chopin. But that's like comparing 1 billion dollars to 1.1 billion dollars haha.
sleto0818 2 years ago 2
i listened to him and langlang playing this at the same time...i cant tell the difference. the timing is off! hha XD. btw, Yundi is SO GOOD!
randomlistener 2 years ago
exceptionnel, yundi li est l'un de meilleurs interprètes du monde actuellement
nonolastar1 2 years ago 2
I accept any other oppinion, music is always a matter of personal senses too. And it is just about perfect that we all see things different... So please don't anybody feel attacked by what I say here. It is not meant to. For my senses ... Yundi Li is 100%. The reference. The master. The best I can imagine. :-)
cl1974i34 2 years ago
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sleto0818 2 years ago
What I think about Yundi Li? I think I am very happy and grateful his parents saw and supported his talent. Listening to his interpretations with the headphones on I hear details I never noticed with any other pianist, and I listened to many... I see Yundi Li as the legitimate successor of no one less than Vladimir Horowitz, and I even listened to some Horowitz interpretations that where less precise, what is no sign of weakness at all. It is probably just a sign how good Yundi Li actually is.
cl1974i34 2 years ago 5
@cl1974i34 lol
Therachh3 1 year ago
last minute and a half is pure talent
rjpra2 2 years ago
Chopin's music is an epitome of romantic SLAVIC soul
neckojezioro123 2 years ago
lonewolf604....you don't play piano if you say that!!!!!!piano competitions need for the pianist because he has a confront with other people and this is very important for a musician!!!!!!
arpistadellamedusa 2 years ago
This is indeed a most lovely and moving interpretation of one of Chopin's most emotional show pieces. I am thrilled every time I hear the left hand bringing out the voices in 7:37 and 7:41. Bravo Yundi Li.
pianotuner101 2 years ago
much better than bang bang!
bieto2002 2 years ago 47
Exaxctly! :)
willemvdr12 2 years ago 2
Thank you!
bangbangsucks123 2 years ago
Hahaha Bang Bang. Lolz
evifnoskcaj 2 years ago
@bieto2002 Lol Bang Bang... agreed. He's good too but Yundi is much more expressive
david90531 1 year ago
@bieto2002
wt's bang bang damn it?
dickytommy 1 year ago
@dickytommy they're taking the piss out of lang lang. He's another concert pianist.
TheUberLeetHax 1 year ago
@bieto2002 not better. it's way way way way way BETTER! and he was also YOUNGER than Bang Bang when he played this song too!
The00ching00 1 year ago
@The00ching00 It's Lang Lang, not Bang Bang
9xvnam 1 year ago
@bieto2002 Haha.., Bang Bang! Hahah
rickyzmkuo 1 year ago
amazing...he almost captured the spirit of Chopin...
milfil2000 2 years ago 5
I love how he plays. You can just tell that he loves playing... & the emotions he portrays through the piano is simply breathtaking. <3
dorkster5121 2 years ago 4