Yuja Wang Rachmaninov-Mendelssohn Dream of a Midsummer Night

[dottorgregorydenis]

@MsCraigdp SHUT UP AND LISTEN! She's PERFECT you'll never play as she doin'!

[MsCraigdp]

She's certainly got chops and speed but I think she gets ahead of herself sometimes, it sounds a bit rushed, Try listening to the version by Garrick Ohlsson (if you can find it) to see what I mean. I get the feeling she needs to get past her ferocious speed to really come into her own.

[03mbk30]

Wow, many comments that basically say nothing. You guys are too much. Yuja is good, she is good at fast pieces. She's not nearly as good as Kissin and way below where Jung Lin is. You guys gotta accept some are better, some are worse. Jung Lin is a Goddess on piano! :D

[mosichat]

to abmsghost1 .... Hear hear, I agree whole-heartedly. Typically, people with ego-dystonic behavoir and other behavioral issues will spout off at the mouth as is demonstrated. If they THINK that they can do better... we're here to listen!! This young lady is unbelievably gifted!

[abmsghost1]

Yuja Wang is a phenomenal pianist.All these people critisizeng her:sit down an record something yourself and post it here.Otherwise..shut the fuck up!!

[dreaminginenglish]

@abmsghost1 Amen.

[36beachbum]

Wrong title, this is "Midsummer Night's Dream". Performence is dull 

[abmsghost1]

@36beachbum Not "performence" but "performance".

[36beachbum]

@abmsghost1 Good catch. Listen to Jung Lin's performance of this piece, much more phenomenal and it's pure magic.

[abmsghost1]

@36beachbum Great playing!But.. Why exactly is Lin's performance much more phenomenal and pure magic? Please explain.:)

[36beachbum]

@abmsghost1 In piano terms (you are a pianist?) Lin's is much superior in every way you consider: phrasing, tonal colour, tempo, clarity, one of the best interpretations of "the" scherzo that I know of. Objectively then Jung Lin's performance is more phenomenal than Yuja's. In fact Lin is much more phenomenal as a pianist, that's what makes her pure magic. :)

[abmsghost1]

@36beachbum Objectively?Ok.I am always willing to learn from specialists like you.Could you please point out a few details as to why Lin's performance is superior...lets take the element of 'clarity' as you mentioned.How does it show and what should we listen for?And could you please specify why exactly Lin is more phenomenal than Miss Wang.Please enlighten me.Thank you.

[abmsghost1]

@36beachbum I am here to listen to all these wonderfull musicians/pianists.All of them have their own unique characteristics and talents.I believe they all have 1 thing in common and thats "hard work" and I truly respect each and one of them..Its a pity to see that so many comments are discriminating.Critisizing and discriminating robs you from higher cognitive powers.I might not like a paricular pianist but that does not give me the right to be discriminating towards her/him.:)

[Sannam3Harim]

Wonderful...........

[Auringossasiisain]

Does anyone have the sheet music of this piece?

[PianoE32]

A great demonstration of technique by Yuja.

To hear more in the scherzo - incredible musicality and tone, listen to Jung Lin's performance at the IKIF NY, her's is better than Rach's interpretation.

[680stp]

Another great performance from Yuja. She has found and brings out lines

most others have missed. She has the technique and the ear to do whatever

is called for in a composition...and MORE!

[NOSEhow2LIV]

Wonderful, a Dream of a performance!

[mdehkram]

I heard her play this in concert in St. Paul, MN. Her forward motion is evident here, she seems to be rushing toward the 1st beat and the climaxes. Very effective. She really excells at this type of Mendelssohn pieces.

[Zanpra]

Where does it come from ?

[sal50811]

@Zanpra radio broadcasting concert (rach 3). that's the encore

[concerto35]

@Zanpra: I believe that it is the Theme from Mendelsshon's "Midsummer Night's Dream." It is an orchestral transcription for piano.

[Zanpra]

@concerto35 No doubt about that, it's a transcription of the scherzo. I was just wondering about when she played this piece :)

[PianoE32]

@concerto35 This is Rachmaninoff's transcription for piano of the Mendelssohn work for orchestra

[concerto35]

@PianoE32: Thank you very much for your input. I now realize that it was Rachmaninoff that transcribed this work for piano.

[julienbencze]

@concerto35 Actually, at first, Mendelssohn did write a piano version for four hands of this piece in 1827 that he used to play with his sister. Then he transcribed it into an orchestral version 15 years later. Youtube has a good version with Argerich and Marton.