Yuja Wang plays Scarlatti & Mozart-Volodos (live) Sonatas Kk 427 & 455 & Sonata Opus KV 331 Rondo

[MrJdsenior]

Agility is incredible....technically spectacular.

[bho1976]

I'm a Scarlatti purist and really prefer the harpsichord for them but if they are to be played on the piano, they are no better than this. Phenomenal articulation and precision

As to the Mozart transcription at the end..... just wow!

[MrJdsenior]

@bho1976

Agreed, wonder if she plays harpsichord? Seems her style would combine beautifully with that instrument.

[toxiicparadiise1]

Exellent ! 

[robert56371]

Just amazing!

[lllllllllllllll88]

Omg! Brava, Yuja! Brava!!! As usual, phenomenal...

[juan90355]

Felicitaciones. brillante, perfecta, su talento le permite interpretar con gran seguridad abordando música de grandes maestros del pasado, con su estilo personal muy agradable que embellece escucharla, mi reconocimiento Juan 90355

[pianojustine]

WHERE IS THE CONCERT HALL??

[paulprocopolis]

Magical Scarlatti playing (and of course the Mozart/Volodos is a tour de force!)

[sofronitzky]

Toujours gâteux devant Yuja Wang...

[meredith218461]

She's born to play Scarlatti, best interpretations of these gems since the days of Horowitz.

[PhilippeLoTheEternal]

@meredith218461 She is really gifted, indeed but do not forget the unstoppable Marcelle Meyer! :)

[meredith218461]

@PhilippeLoTheEternal I must confess to not having heard any of Marcelle Meyer's performances before. I decided to look her up and subsequently discovered some Scarlatti performances on Y.T. No doubt a very stylish and fluent performer, however I still prefer Yuja Wang in Scarlatti with her ultra clean articulation and perfectly proportioned tone control.

Incidentally I could have done without the following vulgar and flashy Mozart arrangement despite Wang's outstanding virtuosity.

[pila406]

@PhilippeLoTheEternal & @meredith218461 What?!?! What about Pogorelich and Schiff?!?! Are you two serious?

[PhilippeLoTheEternal]

@pila406 Not agree at all. Two good pianists, indeed but not two masters. In my opinion, there is no real musical mater to make comparison between Schiff + Pogorelich and Marcelle Meyer, Michelangeli, Horowitz a Carlo Zecchi Scarlatti's performings. The two first mentioned do not have the same level of technique, musicality and overall Syle hability.

[PhilippeLoTheEternal]

@PhilippeLoTheEternal And Robert Casadesus is also so superior too !

[hadsell1962]

@pila406 Di Bonaventura's too...

[dinaduisen]

@meredith218461 I would suggest to get CD by Sergei Babayan playing Scarlatti sonatas;)

[divvy1400yam600]

Though its all amazing one thing that amazes me about Miss Wang's playing is the balance she obtains between RH and LH.

Its always clear precise and not blurred with excessive pedal.

[NYYman2114]

@susannguyen91 search her performance of chopins walzer in c sharp minor opis 62

[marianomanto]

so pretty

[arbiteroftaste]

The flub at 7:28 kinda ruins the Rondo for me. It is so glaring. I think Yuja Wang's other performances of Mozart/Volodos on YouTube are superior.

[fattasticsteve]

@arbiteroftaste I didn't even notice it? And one mistake ruins this masterpiece, that's the greatness of live performance!

[Haamidpianoman]

elle est genial!

[Dachion]

" The Klavier Goddess Strikes Back Again. "

[susannguyen91]

i spend 2 hours to watch her whole performance and wonder if she can play slow tempo song like moonlight sonata by Beethoven :| just saying

[stormingaston]

what is the first song she played called?

[utki17]

here's the deal.. composers are different, and performers are different.

Yuja is a performer. So, to answer the question shortly :- its unlikelly that Mozart could have played as good as her.

Yuja is an exceptional performer.. But what is she performing ?? MOZART !

[miesermogelvogel]

Mozart was such a great composer but I wonder if he could play better than Yuja...

[twooffour]

@miesermogelvogel

As far as I know, the piano techniques used in Volodos' arrangement weren't NEARLY developed at the time Mozart lived... whether he could've learned them given the ideas, is another question.

Actually, he probably could've, because lots of pianists today can as well :D

[miesermogelvogel]

I love the expression in her face when she plays the piano. It's just as if she was one with the music! So gorgeous!!

[quantumelixir]

I loved the second Scarlatti Sonata she played. Mesmerized by the consistency of her repeated notes (4:15).. she manages to evoke such a beautiful sound from the piano!

[alexbohl]

I bet she did not see the sun often in her life :-)

[utubuser10]

@alexbohl never mind, she's her own star...

[MusicStudyMan]

@utubuser10 nice reply.

[Rainerlienert65]

Never seen such a perfect and amathing performance on a piano before!!!! had to watch this video already a lot of times cause it just is so wonderful!

[utubuser10]

horowitz would approve...

[organboi]

@utubuser10 Who cares what Horror-witz has to say. Horowitz sucked compared to her. He was a distorter with a sloppy technique and little musicianship. She plays entire circles around him. Just fact the facts. Horowitz was not as respected as you might think during his time. He was known as a distorter of the composer's intentions and he was horribly sloppy. Many pianists play better than him.

[utubuser10]

@organboi i agree that horowitz was a master of distortion, but he was undeniably also a master of color and technique. that yuja wang chooses to play many things closely associated with the great horowitz is no coincidence. she has more than once referred to him as a pianist she looked up to. you need to do your homework and hone your skills of assesment, never mind the written word -- "just fact the facts" -- whatever...be clear that yuja wang is, i believe one of the greatest pianists alive.

[chobeethaninov]

Yuja does surprisingly well with Scarlatti...Congrats to her on a fabulous performance!

[KarloFeder]

superb! "schlanke Technik" ohne Bracchialgewalt Nebenstimmen bei Mozart, hervorragend.

[chipheo24]

Que penser de ce Mozart-Volodos a la turca? Très lisztien en apparence. Liszt lui-même devait improviser de la sorte, pour en tirer, par la suite, de belles paraphrases. Mais qu'en restera-t-il musicalement? L'effet est immédiat, très "grand public". Cela reste une performance technique, de très haut niveau bien sûr, qui met en avant davantage le piano que la musique. Cela ressemble au Carmen d'Horowitz, bien que ce dernier, dans l'étalage technique, reste très musical.

[NOSEhow2LIV]

@chipheo24 En effet, Volodos lui-meme met en parenthese:"style V Horowitz" en essayant de donner un aspect humoristique à ce morceau trop rabaché. Ici, Yuja modifie la version Volodos en supprimant l'intro et elle commence par quelques phrases du vrai Mozart! Elle supprime certains reprises mais l'essentiel reste toujours; un jeu d'esprit epoustouflant dans la litterature moderne pianistique.