Yuja Wang - Ligeti Fanfares & Der Zauberlehrling

[corkyk]

That second piece is actually a variation on the main theme of "Chopsticks"

[flowerofsilver]

Ben Folds sent me here! :D

[corkyk]

@flowerofsilver Me too!

[adotbeck]

Ye gods.

[PeteStarbuckzzz]

Just. flat out brilliant! love it. Thanks 2 Benjamin Folds for directing me here! @twitter

[ldgiord]

She's not a genius.. Ligeti is !

[9y999h]

ZGODNA MALA!

[davebeeboss]

Incredible

[ekrenek]

@chickenringNYC This is the exact marking: "sempre legato, quasi senza pedale", i.e. connected or touching, but with almost *no* pedal. Plus *accented* first, fourth, and sixth notes. Which is what she does. The net effect should be a rapid machine-like ostinato, not a line that is completely "smooth and flowing". (Cf. also with the same basic ostinato figuration in the second movement of the Horn Trio.)

[Froniwo]

One person has no ears

[fishorbit1]

Ligeti was a mentalist!

[mappingtheshit]

@fishorbit1 You mean Patrick Jane???

[fishorbit1]

@mappingtheshit

I've never really seen the attraction of that programme.

[turboturbante]

@chickenringNYC It's not like this etudes are meant to be played legato...

[chickenringNYC]

@turboturbante Every etude is different. THe left hand is definitely supposed to be smooth and flowing in this etude. Check the score.

[Sophiestelle]

@chickenringNYC ¿Are you deaf person?

[musicy88]

@chickenringNYC excellent insight. 

[Sophiestelle]

@chickenringNYC Did you listened Yuja Wng playing Mendelsson, Scarlatti, Rachmaninov etc., were she uses all the necessary types of articulations, in the place and in the correct moment?

[abmsghost1]

@chickenringNYC All staccato?!Listen to the other hand!You envy her, dont you?

[robertmbruno]

Terrific ! Hits the spot ! Thanks for sharing your "Wang"sides.. Gonna kick the "Wang Dang Doodle " all night long . Yea man ! She's just terrific with Legeti !

[ekrenek]

I am so glad that Yuja is choosing to play contemporary the piano literature - she could easily have rested her reputation on a steady diet of Chopin, Rachmaninov, and other romantic virtuoso pieces. The Ligeti etudes are fiendishly difficult, and she plays it all so excellently!

[jnthnswift2]

takes absolutely TREACHEROUS stuff and tames it effortlessly.....

[jnthnswift2]

you are an idiot. Consider yourself fortunate to even hear her.

[WeisserAlarm]

Fantastic! She plays all from memory.

This i s and w i l l be one of the greatest pianists!

[leandrobern]

It is the first time I hear this song be played correctly. Wonderful!

[YBaComposer]

@leandrobern is there anyone singing?

[NuovoCurioso]

...sei un'adorabile pianista...Yuja....bravissima.­....

Lunga vita a "Yuja Wang".....

[NuovoCurioso]

....eccezionale indipendenza tra le due mani.....meravigliosa interpretazione....bravissima ....with my compliments.

[hotbebimauz]

Thank you for posting this...its so awesome! shes a genious...

[YorchiThrasher12]

@hotbebimauz she´s a demon :)