Rachmaninoff -- Moment Musicaux Op.16-4 in E Minor

[FuguJikan]

Jung Lin is the best, her performing is so full of feeling, very very beautiful. ^_^

[NCEPiano]

As expected the Times music critics were less than impressed with Lola at her Carnegie Hall concert: " Ms. Astanova does indeed love to make a big sound, even at the expense of some murkiness of tone. But her taste for drama and her extreme physical abandon end up emphasizing that there isn’t a great deal of emotion in her playing "

[innovatemusic]

@mgbrad3388 Lola not an exceptional pianist? You must be crazy.but then again - everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I'm done wasting my time with these comments. I'm going to go play the white baby grand I'm looking at right now - the one that due to Lola's unexceptional playing inspired me to buy. At 20 years old I found Rachmaninoff through her - two years later I play rachmaninoff and chopin and improv jazz like a champ. That exceptional enough for you?

[innovatemusic]

@NCEPiano - You should all be ashamed of yourselves saying/thinking ANYTHING negative about Lola Astanova. Both Jung and Lola should be seen as they truly are - priceless gifts to humanity who inspire hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world.

Keep spreading your negativity from behind a screen - that's bound to inspire someone.

[mgbrad3388]

@innovatemusic You serious? Just compare Jung's performances of this piece and the Chopin fantasie impromptu to Lola's versions. Lola is good but she's not an exceptional pianist like Jung. Jung Lin is magnificent! 

[NCEPiano]

@innovatemusic Best I can say about Lola Astanova is 'beautiful, the music isn't bad either'. That's the top comment on her 'version' of this piece and that says it all. 'isn't bad' is spot on, she struggles and can't even maintain the tempo. When you are older you could learn to differentiate among pianists based on ability. Jung's performance of this piece, her Rach, her Chopin are brilliant and exceptional, worlds better than Lola.

[NCEPiano]

This is that rare performance of Rach's moment musical 4 that is unmatched and closest to how Rach would perform it. She brings out the intent and expression in the piece, and to say her technique is exceptional in a gross understatement. BRAVA Jung!

Not only is she better than Lugansky, her Rachmaninoff (and Chopin) performances make Lola Astanova sound like a mid-level student.

[mariopb39]

Dont understand why this video does not have 500K views ! She is absolutely brilliant, this is by far the best rendition of the piece, and she is very beautiful =D

[03mbk30]

GODDESS on piano !

[davidhertzberg]

@Bret6464 No, Sorel's recording is excellent of course, but not brilliant like that of this young woman. This piece requires an emotional, physical and psychological synthesis. I have heard it thousands of times but never like this. She has studied this music note by note. There are inner voices in this performance that she brings out and which I have never heard before.

[Bret6464]

@davidhertzberg I feel that because Jung is also a composer gives her an affinity to the work, and a unique understanding and internalization of Rachmaninoff. Jung's playing her own transcription for solo piano of the Sibelius Nocturne 51/3 is now on YT, search "Jung Lin Sibelius" :-))

[mgbrad3388]

Magnificent performance! She is stunning <3

[davidhertzberg]

@Bret6464 I admit that I wish I had 10% of Lugansky's. LOL

[kmpiano1]

To offer a less biased view, I think Jung Lin's version has some good moments, I think her left hand needs to have more menace. Lugnasky's version is effortless, but it does seem a bit cool and I just wanted little bit more colour. For me, I think Lilya Zilberstein's version has tremendous power, and certainly is a class above both pianists above. She has a Rachmaninoff depth of sound, and good control of the polyphony in the music, and her left hand has great shape.

[23ROBDB]

@kmpiano1 so you "offer a less-biased view"? LOL!!!! your favorite zilberstein is better than lugansky but she plays like him barging through to prove she has power...playing flat with too much pedal...she plays nothing like Rach.

Jung Lin in fact plays much closer to Rach in every way...and she is far better than zilberstien playing Rach...just hear awesome lyrical expression, tone, color and feeling in Jung's MM4 and her Rach, and Chopin, Liszt, etc, etc....

[kmpiano1]

@23ROBDB Well, so everyone has to play like Rach? I think her pedalling created shaping with the l.h.. However, Lin plays the l.h. too much like an etude. But that's just my opinion eh? And there's probably no point in having a civilized conversation when you think the two russian pianists trying to prove they have power..

[kmpiano1]

@23ROBDB Personally, I think Lin has great backup and support and contacts. Only a little criticism of her and hordes of people come to her defensive. Relax people! Different people have different preferences. I like my Rach have a depth of sound and flow without too much pretentious rubato. Isn't that how Rach plays anyways?

[Bret6464]

@kmpiano1 You are totally wrong: Rach plays with a lot of rubato, very little pedal, changes dynamics and tempo. Millions of people want Rach's works played the way Rach played them - and Gilels, Horowitz, Moiseiwitsch, Weisennberg, Argerich and Jung Lin, all are surreal artists.

You state Jung plays it "too much like an etude". This (MM4) and MM2, have the structure of etudes and Rach performs MM2 like an etude, suggest you listen to it. And yes, Jung has many admirers :-)

[Bret6464]

@kmpiano1 You got me! I had an account that I closed a year ago because of the less-then intelligent "chichat" on YT - ad nauseum. You did get me to listen to Zilberstein just now, never heard of her, sadly I can not share your enthousiasm for her nor for Lugansky - not much to choose between them :-( Did you listen to Rach play MM2 and Moiseiwitsch play MM4? those are on a playlist on my channel, I highly recommend those as an educational learning experience for you :-))

[hanamano37]

She's perfect.

[ldhmage]

I have seen Horowitz in concert. Ms. Lin is the only other pianist I have heard that delivers the same level of excitement, a rich tapestry of glorious music, a true artist.

[Liana87able]

Yes she is great! Still Lugansky play brings to me more pleasure, don`t know why...I guess I like his rapid manner of performance.

[classicat70]

She must listen how Luganski played this piece. She often misses important key melodies during middle and last very fast presto parts.

[Bret6464]

@classicat70 Lugansky? There are zero "melodies" in his rendition, it is flat and has no expression. Listen to how Moiseiwitsch plays moment 4, how Rach plays moment 2, and you perhaps will hear the extraordinary performance that is Jung Lin's :-))

[classicat70]

@Bret6464 Lugnasky played this piece with full expression so that i was indulged in the musical 'moment'

He truly understands and able to play this piece. On the other hand, her experssion and the melodie flowing was a bit odd, especially at the last passage, sounded wrong to put rubato tempo. Every piece has it's own character, that would be nicer if she played chopin's ballades

[Bret6464]

@classicat70 Listen to Moiseiwitsch and Jung Lin play Moment 4 and Rachmaninoff play Moment 2 - you'll hear rubato, pulsing dynamics, surreal clarity and tone and little pedal use. It takes surreal technique, lyrical expression and magical artistry to play at that level - I mean Rach, Gilels, Horowitz, Moiseiwitsch, Richter, Weissenberg, Argerich and Jung Lin. I have a playlist (my channel) of Rach's Moments Musicaux played by these same pianists, you perhaps may like it :-)



[4outro]

does anyone else notices a strong presence of the main theme from the 3rd mov. of of the A minor piano concerto by Grieg? Oh and Jung Lin is gorgeous and plays like a goddess of course:)

[Bret6464]

@4outro There are some similarities :-)) Perhaps Chopin's etude 28/3 is closer, but Rach's musical genius is evident in this and all his Moments Musicaux, one of my my favorite compositions.

[lilytoka]

I am here again enjoying this an exquisite performance by Jung Lin!!!

[lilytoka]

BRAVISSIMO !!!

[MadameAmelieSon]

Bravo, your brillant virtuosity serves for building tension and constructing a form - it's so rare in nowadays!

Best congratulations and greetings from Poland.

[FuguJikan]

So beautiful, so very much feeling and emotion in her performing.

[barbarossa333]

Superb! Stunning musicality, technique, pianism....far above others one hears today. It's an extreme pleasure to see her perform. Thank you for the upload.

[Zanpra]

03mbk30, I very like Jung Lin, but Yuja has nothing to learn about technique here. Both have too incredible technic skills for you to compare. And about musicality... maybe you should listen to the same piece by Kanon Matsuda.

You have to learn how to appreciate musicality without paying attention to technique. I'm sure this is what you don't like in Yuja's music. Try listening to her playing "easy" pieces, you will be surprised.

[mariopb39]

@Zanpra Jung Lin plays with unreal musicality and expression, she drives emotions! Listen to her Rach, Chopin and Mendelssohn! Also, Jung's technique is vastly better, her clarity, tone, colour, and musicality are as good as it gets, as good as anyone back to Rach and Vladimir Horowitz. Best you can say about Yuja is she plays well, don't hear much musicality from her. There's no comparison to be made, Jung Lin is at that very top level, Yuja isn't.

[Bret6464]

@Zanpra Just heard Kanon Matsuda's videos, she is a wonderful young pianist, great talent and a great future :-) Jung's performance of moment musicaux 4 is at the level of Moiseiwitsch's MM4 interpretation, and Rach's playing MM2, Horowitz' MM2 and MM3 and Gilels' MM5 - all are extraordinary :-))

[BassoGdC]

BRAVISSIMA!!!! Grande artista e molto bella...

[03mbk30]

lol yuja, get serious! yuja should study under jung to learn musicality and technique. jung lin is a goddess on piano :)

[utubuser10]

but then came yuja...

[hanamano37]

One of a kind performance, totally brilliant! Nobody can touch her playing Rach! and Chopin, and Liszt...She is a great master!

[246trinitrotoluene]

Really? Nobody applauds at the end of that performance? Where the hell is their pulse!

Seriously, classical music is not something that needs to be cold and soulless. And the more people treat it like it is, the more it will fall into obscurity or for the small percentage of people who play it.

[Bret6464]

@246trinitrotoluene She performs the Six Moments Musicaux consecutively, this is Moment 4, applause is after Moment 6. Her recital was telecast live on Chicago PBS stations, TV and radio, it's on Apple iTunes and on her website podcast :-)

Rach's Moments Musicaux are intensely emotional. Jung Lin performs them with all of Rach's emotions, it's like hearing Rach himself playing. She is an extraordinary artist in the tradition of Rach and Gilels, unlike others today :-)

[246trinitrotoluene]

@Bret6464

ok then, i was going to say....

[MaximPodolsky]

I don't understand people who comment on how better she is than Lugansky. Don't like Lugansky? Don't listen to him! Besides he's definitely not some sort of standard by which you can measure other pianists, if such a standard could even exist.

[Bret6464]

@MaximPodolsky Read "Hervinbalfour"s comment :-) Jung Lin's Rach is extraordinary, and Rachmaninoff is the standard other pianists will be measured by :-)

[03mbk30]

I just listened to her Mendelssohn, this is even more astounding. Rach can't be played better. Astonishing technique, flawless delivery, unbelievable musicality. She makes you hear all the emotions and passion in Rach's music.  And that's the highest level a classical pianst can hope to reach.

[JDL615]

BRAVA ! I don't know how she can show such rich colors and tone, and yet play with perfect clarity. Best Rach interpreter of our time !

[piano0011]

This is a great performance! I love Rachmaninoff's music! I am trying to learn his prelude op 23 no 5 in G minor and have uploaded my videos. Please feel free to listen and comment.

[BassoGdC]

@Martel211996 Much anger in your comment. Don't like to hear anger in performance.

Want to hear great artist play con pianismo, musicalità e emozioni! That is how Jung Lin plays Rachmaninoff, she is great pianist!

[ibclappin]

it's a little sad how so many people are just there to listen to a lullaby and fall asleep. i hope by now this great pianist plays for her true appreciators

[rusticyuppie]

Favorited. Thanks for this.

[Hervinbalfour]

@36beachbum I have listened to Lugansky time and time again. I am in fact a Lugansky fan. However ker lyrical lines and expression in this piece are superior in everyway. Some people have a problem with the fact that an Asian-American can play Russian piano music better than a native Russion.

Congratulation Jung Lin! You know you are doing the damn thing when the haters have to travel from video to video to put you down.

[36beachbum]

@Bret6464 Thanks :-) Jung Lin is an easy target, as a pianist she is pure magic, her Rach is incredible, she is beautiful and she is Asian-American. Still, hard to believe the Lugansky crowd attacks her...Man do they have issues!

[Bret6464]

@mashka96 Easy answer, she is superior to Luganksy in all aspects of piano performence, not saying he is bad. She has better technique, supreme clarity, phrasing, dynamics and tone/clr that remind me of Rach's, Horowitz's and Benno's interpretations of the moment musical, and she plays with immense emotion - true to Rach, you hear Rach's emotions when Jung Lin performs Rach. With Lugansky you get no interpretation, plays as written, subdued, controlled and muted Rach.

[mgbrad3388]

MAGNIFIQUE! Breathtaking Rach!

She is stunning <3

[barbarossa333]

One would think that reason would prevail and sanity would drive how people perceive this performance and others.

Too many Russians commenting that only Russians can play Rachmaninoff, that is absurd and reflects wishful thinking on their part!

Jung Lin's Rach is superb, she has stunning technique and pianism, she performs at a level far above others, Lugansky's Rach pales in comparison !

[nfindorf]

@JDL615 In Soviet times music more than other arts could express protest against reigning communist regime. How? I can't explain. Musicians and artists were hanging on the string of hair. Music and ballet. After the fall of SU and following 90's it was a disaster. Now it's resurrecting. Difficult times bore geniuses. Peace.

[JDL615]

@nfindorf You say Rachmnainoff "never appreciated" "emotional and overdramatic" performances!! wow, have you listened to any of Rach's hundreds of recordings of him playing his own works and others? Rachmaninoff performs with unreal emotion, he drives emotions of the listener !!!! Bottom line is Jung Lin's performing Rach is very emotional and that is what Rachmaninoff would have liked!!

[pianistvokalist]

Я вострге, как музыкально, эмоционально.))) Интересно, сколько она занимается??

[vanthony72]

@pianistvokalist Она понимает Рахманинов - она композитор. Tо в ее пульсирующей динамики, рубато, ясность, удивительные тона, цвета! Oна нереальная техника и музыкальность:)))

[89hedgehog]

Beautiful! Incredibly captivating and emotional Rachmaninoff, love it :)

[BassoGdC]

Perfetta, senza uguali! Donna bellissima e BRAVISSIMA

[PianoE32]

@anonymousQ45 you must agree with yurimoro in that MM4 should be played like Lugansky with no emotion and "crisp adherence to rythm" - GET REAL !! but you are humorous :-) Jung Lin has absolutely superior artistry and musicality - playing with feeling and emotion - and her technique makes Lugansky's seem like a 14 yr old's :-) Listen to how Rach performs moment 2, that could make you appreciate this performance more. this is the only great interpretation, Lugansky's pales in comparison :-)

[FuguJikan]

@yurikomuro very funny :) very good satire LOL

Always better to play Rachmaninoff with total emotion like Jung Lin and her technique is better than lugansky :)

[theDON535]

maybe if the quality of the video was better, it'd sound clearer to me.

Still though, I like it as much as lugansky's.

[sammarco02]

@theDON535 :) Jung's video is from a live TV broadcast of a recital in Chicago where she performed all six moment musicaux (on iTunes :)) Lugansky's video is from the La Roque festival set up for piano with a great sound system.

[windigoy]

Brilliant !!! Unfair to be so great and so beautiful :-)

This performance and her Mend variations serieuses are perfect, unequalled!

[japinhabh15]

WOW !!!

[barbarossa333]

This is Rachmaninoff performed at a level you do not hear anymore :D

You have to go back to Rachmaninoff playing and Horowitz to hear such amazing mastery of the piano! Like them, she plays with little pedal yet with incredible tone! I think she and Volodos have the supreme techniques now, and she makes all others here on YT pale in comparison.

[89hedgehog]

Beautiful, incredibly emotional and captivating Rach...Love it :)

[4itsyourmove]

wow! very very intense and full of emotion...unreal tone...her technique is hard to believe...I'm speechless! this is perfect :D

[36beachbum]

Infinitely beautiful and magical! This reminds me of Rach himself playing moment two. Her Rach and Chopin sing to me, she is pure magic :-)

[Bret6464]

@36beachbum Yes, this is a magical performance :-)

Moment 2 and 4 are very similar in form, very fast tempi and both in E minor. I have a playlist on my channel that has Rach playing m2, Horowitz m3, Jung Lin m4, Benno m4 and Gilels m5, all are extraordinary :-)

You can listen to Jung's six moment (mm1-mm6) on Apple iTunes and on her website podcast. That, and her Rach 3, are the best Rach I have ever heard :-)

[36beachbum]

@Bret6464 Thanks, appreciate it :-) I listened to her six moment, pure magic! can't find her Rach 3

[BassoGdC]

Bravissima! grande artista e bellissima :)

[rdkcali4]

WOW! she plays this with so much ease it's like a walk in the park for her. Extraordinary, awesome performance!

[reddawnsky]

@jackay77785

This is a live performance, probably recorded with a single videocam mic, the way you hear it sitting in the front, and it is more then impressive, it is unreal !

Her Chopin piece is also live, recorded the same way, and it is absolutely perfect, played like no other can. I prefer her Chopin to all the other versions here that are recorded in a sound studio.....She is a virtuoso pianist, an amazing performer !

[ldhmage]

This is incredible! Beautiful performance, Amazing emotion and feeling in her playing! I loved this and her Chopin :-)

[reddawnsky]

Extraordinary! Extremely beautiful...

[Bret6464]

There is a big difference in interpretations: Jung's moment 4 is played as part of the full Six Moment Musicaux (30+ min), it has incredible, sustained emotion and intensity (as called for) and she has unreal technique/musicality. Her interpretation is like those of Rach and Benno M (clips on YT).

Lugansky plays this as a separate concert piece, and his interpretation is more "modern" and mellow. As one YT user posted "Lugansky's Rach never made my heart race" That's it in a nutshell.

[johnnyblue34]

@skylingjoker

"Jung Lin plays slowly", that my friend is an oxymoron! equivalent to saying "the world is flat" :-))))

[DimitarRM]

I think if anything Lugansky plays this with a lot less intensity and absolutely at a slower tempo. Reading some of the comments here, her performence does have "pulsing dynamics" and increasing intensity, and I agree she has the superior technique and amazing clarity.

Others have pointed to her tempi being faster then proscribed! I see that as a big plus. Listen to Rach playing his compositions and you see where that fast tempo comes from.

This is the best performance :)

[4itsyourmove]

Wonderful, extraordinary Rach, best on YT! great artist! Thanks for sharing.

[DKNYC85]

I saw her live in Lincoln Center where she did the six Moments Musicaux. She was incredible and that was an extraordinary recital!

[kiwipuppy6]

One of the technically most challenging pieces and she performs it wonderfully, as close to perfect as it can be! Same for her HR2, Mendelssohn and Chopin, beautifully played!

Wonderful and great pianist! thank you for uploading.

[NCEPiano]

Yes, her technique is crazy-great! If you would prefer "impossibly great", "hard to believe great" also works for me. There are hundrreds of pianists out there who would kill to have her technique :D

I like "played like a heart beat", you got that right! that's a perfect description for her dynamics, even in the "pianissimo" you hear that, unlike others who play it like a nocturne.

Incredibly brilliant interpretation, I love it, best on youtube :D

[Bret6464]

@magicflute1510 last comment - assumed you were adressing me

Jung Lin's technique reminds me of Horowitz, Moiseiwitch...but she also has incredible color and clarity in performing Rach and Chopin, and this performence is absolutely a match of Moiseiwitch's recording!!

I guess you could dislike Moiseiwitch's interpretation (also Rach's, Horowitz and Gilels) that would be your personal preference :-)

[Bret6464]

@magicflute1510 ran out of space

Rach's "sacred" compositions are extremely well known: His Liturgy and his Vespers are performed worldwide, they are Russian Orthodox sacred music (Christian)...Further, Russian Orthodox "bell sounds" are distinguished totally unlike what you would hear elsewhere - there are you tube clips of Rach's "Vespers", the "Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom"

All the great Russian Romantic era composers wrote sacred music, Tchaikovsky and Rach foremost!!!!!

[Bret6464]

@magicflute1510

To appreciate how extraordinary her moment 4 is, listen to a playlist on my channel that has Rach playing moment 2, Horowitz moment 3, Jung Lin's moment 4, Moiseiwitch moment 4 and Gilels moment 5

Listen to Jung's Lin's performing of the entire MM1-6 (extraordinary!)

That Rach incorporated "bell sounds" is really well known, particularly in "Morceaux de fantasie", "Moment Musicaux" and in Rach 2 and Rach 3. These are church-bell sounds! Rach composed "sacred" music

[NCEPiano]

@bret6464

I agree, she is brilliant! God can she play Rach and Chopin! Wow!

Nobody should be allowed to have her technique, it is crazy-great, and she does not perform to show off her technique!

Great performence, great pianist, she is a virtuoso :D

[Bret6464]

This is the one extraordinary performence of Rach's Moment 4 that truly captures Rach's intent in composing his Moment, what he said "is in my heart".

Jung Lin has total sensitivity to Rach, plays with incredible musicality and has unreal technique. In her playing you hear Rach's "bell sounds" , his tone and color, and his dynamics. Listen to Rach playing Moment 2, BM playing Moment 4 and Jung's interpretation! Extraordinary artist :-)

[rdkcali4]

WOW! amazing performence! Seeing you and hearing you play is an incredibly beautiful experience :)))

[kendrg]

Dazzling, extraordinary, incredible...the adjectives fall short !

She drives the emotions like no other can, she plays with intense feeling, incredible dynamics and perfect technique..and you hear Rach's emotions !

Best interpreter of Rach today !

[mariopb39]

Beautiful, magnificant! played with unlimited emotion and with flawless mastery of the piano, more then awesome :)

[ibclappin]

has this mis jung lin of ours played any of liszt's transcendental etudes? if so i'm very curious to hear them.

[PianoE32]

@ibclappin

See you favorited Jung's Moment 4 :-))

On her website Podcast (also on iTunes) there's about 2 hrs of live concerts (Rach's moment musicaux set, Chopin, Medtner, Schuman), her Rach 3 is on her myspace - I don't know of a better Rach 3 anywhere, not since Horowitz!

The only Liszt I have been able to find is her HR2 on you tube - that is sublime :-))

She has that incredibly rare combination of brilliant, flawless technique and absolute musicality :-))

[FuguJikan]

I love this music and I love her performing! So beautiful, you hear every note. It is so full of emotions, played like a heart beat, music for the soul.

[sammarco02]

@debussy84 Jung Lin's interpretation is the best I have heard since Horowitz and Moiseiwitsch :-) I have also listened to her entire Rach moment musicaux 1-6, and that performence is only surpassed by Moiseiwitsch's recording.

She has unbelievable mastery, phrasing and clarity, AND she interprets moment 4 with wonderful harmonics, tone/clr, driving the intensity in the music to a climax. To me this performence is nothing short of total magic :)

[sammarco02]

This is that rare performence of moment four, by far the best on YouTube along with Moiseiwitsch! Incredible affinity to the composition, Moiseiwitsch's driving and pulsing dynamics...And amazing, diabolical mastery and technique :DD

[DimitarRM]

Enchanting, magical performence!

You play with amazing sensitivity and feeling, and your technique is unreal :-))) Beautiful, incredible, mesmerizing Rachmaninoff. Thank you

[DKNYC85]

I saw Jung perform live at Lincoln Center, her Rachmaninoff Moment 1-6 were the best I have ever heard ! That was an incredible recital, I would love to see her perform live again. This is beautifully played :)

[johnnyblue34]

This performence - and Jung's Rach 3rd - are extraordinary! She performs in the tradition of Horowitz's interpretation and his students (Janis, Graffman and Perahia) in NY, in the U.S., where clarity, phrasing, tonal color, changes in harmonic dynamics and a sensitivity to the music - to Rachmaninoff - are paramount. Jung Lin has these qualities :-)

That is how Rachmaninoff composed his music and that is how HE performed it.

[johnnyblue34]

@preferfur Your comment shows both total ignorance and envy. There are great Asian pianists with "small hands" that perform Rachmaninoff exceedingly well: Jung Lin, Yuja Wang, Lang Lang, and Yundi Li. The "missing notes" you refer to must be muffled by your "fur" around your ears :-))))

[Bret6464]

@preferfur What a totally inane comment - prefer fur? you must be a Liberace fan! There are no missing notes, please get yourself a hearing aid!

She is technically perfect and shows incredible mastery, clarity and tone/clr. Listen to the truly great Rach Moment on you tube, Rach playing mm2, Horowitz mm2 amd mm3, Jung Lin's mm4, Benno's MM4 and Gilels MM5 - this performence is extraordinary :-))

[sammarco02]

BRAVA !!!! dazzling, incredible. you are a magician =)

[FuguJikan]

Wonderful! Great rapport with the composer...Full of feeling...Very beautiful performence....

[mariopb39]

Beautiful, magnificant! After listening to your Chopin, it is difficult to find the words. You perform with unlimited emotion and with flawless mastery of the piano. The music takes over, immerses. There is immense beauty in your playing!

[PianoE32]

@bret6464 You can see Jung's Rach MM1-6 full set on her Podcast (iTunes and her website) and also on classicalconnect (Rachmaninov/six_moment_musica­ux/1419)

Extraordinary performence, she is magical :-))

[vanthony72]

Beautiful to hear and to see! wonderful performence, amazing performer and Rachmaninoff. I love it!

[Bret6464]

I am compelled to post again: I believe that there are truly great performences of the Moment here on you tube: Rachmaninoff performing Moment 2, Horowitz's Moment 3, your Moment 4, and Gilels' Moment 5.

I would love to see you live doing the six moment, that would be a priviledge.

[Bret6464]

WOW! You have that rare gift in bringing to life Rachmaninoff's composition...You have beautiful tone and phrasing, astonishing clarity, and you play with great feeling. This clip should have 600K views! Thank you for posting

[malibubmb]

Magnifico, tocca profondamente l'anima, la musica incomparabile e grande artista. Sei bravissima!

[johnnyblue34]

This is a wonderful and magical interpretation :)

Rachmaninoff was unsurpassed in his mastery, color and had unbelievable clarity as a pianist, and his preferred interpreter was Horowitz who had the same unique abilities.

Jung Lin performs with similarly extraordinary mastery in handling the keys, with incredible clarity and colr, and her playing also evokes emotions in the listener. Rachmaninoff would have liked her performing his works :-)

[23ROBDB]

Mesmerizing music, this is full of feeling and passion :-)

She performs at an amazingly elevated level. Extraordinary pianist, pure magic :-)

[malibubmb]

Sì, magica come pianista e anche bellissima :-)

[pollottoliere]

è una maga questa cinese! bella donna anche

[PianoE32]

Yes, her interpretation is very different and beautiful:-) Moment 4 should be played with sustained melodic intensity, and it requires great tech skill and clarity - that is Jung Lin's version. Many other clips here are presented as a stand-alone piece and unfortunately show commercialism. There is one his Moment recorded by Rach :-) There are wonderful recordings of the six moment by Benno M., and Lisitsa, and hearing the full set performed by Jung is really special :-)

[mikebd315]

I hear pure passion and emotion at 0:35 and 2:30. This is amazingly beuatifully played. She is incredible!

[DKNYC85]

@awnke

I was lucky to see Jung live at one of her Lincoln Center recitals. Her Rach Moment Musicaux were incredibly well performed, her entire recital was extraordinary, and the critics raved about her performence.

This video is also extraordinary :-) and that is probably why the overwhelming praise :-) listen to Jung Lin playing the entire set of Rach's moment musicaux 1-6 and listen to her Rach 3 :-))))

[bradwe85]

Best Rachmaninoff I have heard since Horowitz! She has an affinity to the composition, to Rach - the emotions come alive.

Incredibly beautiful and extraordinary :-))

[grapesac]

cant believe this, asian women usually have the smallest hands, and yet she can play rach... subliminal

[23ROBDB]

Mesmerizing music, this is full of feeling and emotion, and passion :-)

Hard to believe how great her Rachmaninoff is - she performs at an amazingly elevated level. Extraordinary pianist !

[PianoE32]

It's a sad commentary on our times when we have forgotten how Rachmaninoff played his compositions, the greatness of Horowitz, Benno, Richter, Bronfmann playing Rach - and Lugansky is called one of the greatest ever - that is more then bizarre.

Jung Lin's Moment Musicaux 1 - 6 is absolutely breathtaking - you can hear Rach's genius in her playing, his mastery and clarity - and Rach reaching out to us with his emotions - she is truly a great artist :-)

[PianoE32]

Extraordinary and magical artist :-))

Listening to her Moment Musicaux 1 through 6, she plays with incredible passion and musicality, her technical mastery is extraordinary, you hear and feel the emotions - the essence of Rachmaninoff and that is incredibly beautiful :-))

[PianoE32]

WOW! This is amazing, a perfect interpretation of the Moment Musicaux. She is hard to believe, I want to hear more ;-))

[PALERMOC89]

Bellissima...Brava, brava, brava :-)

[BlueDahila85]

She's perfect.

[choliszt]

讚啦~~