I think he is one of the best pianists in the world! God bless china! No one has the fingers like he does!!! No one! His performance is always so passionate I just wanna get up and dance! Absolutely amazing, no doubt! From his face impression you can tell he put so much soul in his playing for the love of music! Bravo!!! Lang land rocks! As always and always will be period! I just wish that those idiots should realized how ridiculous their comments sound like, obviously they're jealous!
Why on earth and for the love of all that's holy does he make such UGLY faces?! His technique is clearly not at issue. It's those DAMN ugly ass faces!
This fucking dumbass has no understanding of western music. The tempo and emphasis on certain phrases sound random and strange, there is simply no flow. People say his strength lies in virtuosity. Oh yeah? Listen to the difficult passage from 2:49. He obviously isn't able to play the notes cleanly like Kissin, and completely fucks up, trying to sweep it under a rug by doing a glissando. Pathetic.
Okay, I'm not a piano enthusiast or have not much knowledge about what makes a good pianist but I even can tell that this shit is messy and just fast paced. Why do people hype this guy? "Oh, look. I can play the piano really fast but not put any harmony in my shit. At least my unfunny facial expressions comprehend for this fuck..."
...he was actually hitting shitloads of the wrong keys, not that this fucking matters...his audience all old stone faces...nice esthetic contrast to LL, he was no fucking old stone face, sure as hell, right?...
I had the great pleasure of meeting him back when he was 19 years old. He played the Liszt Pagannini Etudes like a god. Too bad he has never recorded them.
OMG, Lang Lang can play anything, he is a great virtuoso, but I really really don't like his way of playing. It seems like he is joking with the composer and with the audience... and he is so convinced that he is the best pianist of all time that i can barely look at his face...
@abajour I cannot agree with you more! He can play anything but nothing well, and egotism like his is a sure mark of an inferior intelligence which, unfortunately, no amount of trickery can ever cover up.
Oh god, this is awful. Lang Lang doesn't understand Strauss Jr or the Viennesse Waltz at all. His tempo is all over the place, Kissin plays it better (although there is a video of Buchbinder playing it which captures the Viennese charm perfectly).
Ah well, all technique and show and no musicality as usual.
And with this piece he earned a black belt in piano from the Hu Flung Dung Conservatory. Those of you who think this performance is good have obviously not heard the performance by Alfred Grunfeld himself, or by other pianists of a sliughtly later period such a Szreter or Rehberg, not to mention more idiomatic modern recordings by Thibaudet or Scherbakov. THIS IS REALLY AWFUL.
Nice, but since there is Kissin's version on youtube, with a better sound, better realisation, and imho a better interpretation, the interest is limited.
Obviously a very technically advanced player, but he doesn't get the style quite right. You have to relish and savor Viennese Waltzes, not burn through them at 1 million mph. Kissin does it just right.
@utubuser10 Whether his parents forced him to play the piano--- look at it now! He is NOW the most sort after pianist for both Orchestra and solo concerts throughout the world. The man is swimming in money...go figure!
This is the way Strauss would intend it to be performed by Virtuosos who could deliver it beyond the limited visions of those who like music delivered by those who understand the metronome much better. Strauss would be proud of Lang Lang. Not one single quaver out of place. Who can do that at this level of technical ability?
@Maputort Strauss didn't write this; Gruenfeld did. Strauss wrote an overture for full orchestra; Gruenfeld used the themes from it to make a virtuosic piano piece.
@mrpankau thanks for that update, it is interesting indeed to know these facts - and it gives a real perspective on them when I re-listen to them. How difficult it must have been for some of these composers to (say) "copyright" compositions or prevent sideline autographing (if there would be such a term) of their original scores.
If you compare him to Kissin then I have nothing to add. :-) They are both empty and fake with very fast fingers and even faster PR. Chinese Opera and Western Classical Music don't mix well, but are sure popular these days! I love Chinese Opera by the way, but not interpreting classical music while balancing plates on the stage. By the way, the playing was crude and heavy while fast and loud.
@wclmyy: kissin was 26 when he performed this. Lang Lang was 23. Let's not forget that kissin performed the rachmaninoff third piano concerto(arguably the most difficult concerto written for piano) when he was only 21 with the Boston symphony inder seiji Ozawa. He was asked to do this as a celebration of rach's concerto. His virtuosity is not to be questioned.
in my very very very personal opinion that i would like to share, i feel that his approach to music is very trivial, superficial and audience-centred, which - again IMO - should not be the case in professional music.
actually its a very good interpretation, he jsut made the mistake of starting playing befor he sat very good, that destroyed the beginning...he has brilliant ideas and a stunning technique, but he somehow kills the maintheme with his beginning, the rest is very good, and actuallynot to fast. And he has fun playing it, do u guys realy belive he would only play for virtuosity? why should he ? hes having fun over a very funny paraphrase...!
althought this is extremely impressive, this ISN'T being played as a waltz. This is just showing off and destroying a masterpiece. Lang Lang needs to watch Evgeny Kissin play this.
For those of you who don’t like him because of “facial expressions”, my advices, put on the music and close your eyes and enjoy. Music is meant for the EARS not the eyes. If you want something for the eyes visit an Art gallery.
I agree. But my issue, as that of many other people, with Lang Lang has nothing to do with his facial expressions. It has to do with innate lack of musicality, of any real understanding what he's playing.
Precisely. However, it is useless to debate this with people who like Lang Lang's superficial technique that covers an empty shell where a musician should have been. Where he in my class, I would send him home to think about some music and stop practicing Hanon and scales.... An all too common story in the past, but no longer relevant these days to the world that seeks a new toy and a lowest common denominator in classical music. Just turn on your local NPR or classical radio..
@Spiritakis Your grammar is wrong! Correct English would be: "My issue ... with Lang Lang ... is _my_ innate lack of musicality ..." Lang Lang is the only pianist today to employ tempo rubato correctly and not play like a machine. You have to go back to Alfred Grünfeld (born in 1852, and Johann Strauß' favorite interpreter of his works) to hear similarly idiomatic playing. Neither Horowitz or Richter had this ability, they all sound like would-up metronomes in comparison.
With all due respect, my grammar is entirely correct. That you disagree with my opinion, which you are of course at perfect liberty to do, is another story. Please do not mistake the two things. The rest of your obviously highly informed opinion I will leave without comment
@skimask777 Yes, music is for the ears. But music is not only something as a sound. It is emotions, it is subtleness. And if you find anything subtle and something called "music" (not only "technically well made sound") in Lang Lang playing, your right for your taste.
@musicioso: both technically and musically Kissin is better. Kissin is note perfect and has finger work of sheer brilliance. Lang Lang is actually a little sloppy and does not have the understanding nor the intellectual drive Kissin displays in all of his interpretations. Listen to Kissin playing the same piece-Strauss 'de fledermaus'- and you will see Kissin is perfection personified!
Kissin is better because he does not overplay it, he is not playing it to show off, and he understands the music. None of these facets reside in the absurdy hysteical and posturing individual known as Lang Lang. Lang Lang is a circus act, a trained monkey, Kissin is a genius of the highest calibre! They should not even be mentioned in the same breath.
I think that,if strauss was at this concert he would throw his shoe on his face,
I mean wtf,he fucking don`t understand the music.Kissin ten times better.Kissin is artist,and this creature is hacker who have fetishes for tehnical complexity,And stupid face expressision is retarded.Like he was in asylum.The best pianist is who don`t show any exxpresion ,even in his fingers,but in tone or music.U guys just close ur eyes n u will understand what was i talking.,,,,,,,,sry for bad English
I think that,if strauss was at this concert he would throw his shoe on his face,
I mean wtf,he fucking don`t understand the music.Kissin ten times better.Kissin is artist,and this creature is hacker who have fetishes for tehnical complexity,And stupid face expressision is retarded.Like he was in asylum.The best pianist is who don`t show any exxpresion ,even in his fingers,but in tone or music.U guys just close ur eyes n u will understand what was i talking.,,,,,,,,sry for bad English
We all stare open-mouthed at your brilliant technique and virtuosity, but please mind the music and stop squeezing in unnecessary and superficial rubatos, tempo changes, and gestures. If we all closed our eyes, it would pretty much sound like crap. Thank you.
You know whats sad is that every nagative comment said here is like the same treatment liszt got between him and thalberg. during the 1830's and 40's liszt was a virtuoso showman and lang lang is a virtuoso showman. and kissin is a note perfect perectionist ( not that thats bad) and liszt acted crazy on stange just like lang lang in a way. So mabye lang lang is like a Liszt and kissin more like a thalberg ! just my opinion. Though liszt probably had a more cleaner technique.
@AmericanCars101 We're not criticizing his virtuosity, technique, or even his showman qualities, although Kissin did play this much clearer. What we are criticizing is, however, how he plays through this piece without a morsel of musicality. It's absolutely horrendous. If he considered the music more seriously and was a musical showman, then we would shut up and wonder at his greatness.
guys guys, u just need a very unique mind to understand him.
just because ur taste is average doesn't mean this is bad...
foolish elementary music students.
no but seriously kissin's would appear more tasteful for most people, this is just speical, if art was sso structured to good and bad, ur missing the point.
@kettellive i think lang lang just overdoes everything in general to the point where it's distastefully incomprehensible and i don't understand the purpose or context of the piece.
for those of you think he's not good in your opinion, well....do you think you can play like thim?
music shouldn't be like...who's better....it is all about how much that individual enjoys the music, cuz if he or she enjoys, the audience will too, get out of your box, lang lang knows exactly what he's doing, he loves it with a passion, and he plays the music the way he wants it done
I fail to see any remnants of Strauss in this piece. He has turned into a crass shadow of the fledermaus. He has spent too much time trying to emulate a pop-music style performance, than studying the music. "Best pianist alive" according to the BBC and the Week - I think they should revise their opinions - he has no virtuoso talent; in fact virtuoso is a gross misrepresentation.
@musicioso There are numerous examples. But try comparing Lang Lang's right hand single note scales with Kissin's. Check 0:411:342:523:05 in this video and then listen to Kissin..
Kissin plays them much more pianisticly in the sense that he's interested in playing ALL the notes precisely and evenly. It's plain lack of respect how Lang changes some of the runs to glissandi
It is quite an exciting performance, I don;t know why people argue about his expressions. It's eccentric, but most people who are gifted are, so who cares is he pulls faces - more for us to enjoy!
@junglejim66 Oh,yes...)))You are right! 'NOT watch video"...Sometimes I guess that lang lang remind me ...sorry...monkey with his apelike.Excuse me encore une fois!I like him,especially his freedom and bravery !
Kissin is better,of course! I advice to take the notes of this piece and look and listen with attention.Definitely,russian pianist play with nobility and techically more perfect than lang lang.Piano technique is not velocity of fingers,you know...))) ,I hope.
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vbatuhan 20 hours ago
Makes me remember VICTOR BORGE ajajaj
Dihelson 4 days ago
I like this version...
lego10123 2 weeks ago
Phenomenal playing!
Reincarnation of Victor Borge.
aberidze 3 weeks ago
"innate lack of musicality" - what a fucking blowhard thing to spout off.
JWPhoto 3 weeks ago
He loves his work, and is good at it.But he acts like a cunt.
treejoe4 1 month ago
hes not even pressing all the keys
ROFLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
baldwin180 1 month ago
I think he is one of the best pianists in the world! God bless china! No one has the fingers like he does!!! No one! His performance is always so passionate I just wanna get up and dance! Absolutely amazing, no doubt! From his face impression you can tell he put so much soul in his playing for the love of music! Bravo!!! Lang land rocks! As always and always will be period! I just wish that those idiots should realized how ridiculous their comments sound like, obviously they're jealous!
MrR0B502 1 month ago
3:40. Just watch it there. He looks like he's doing something that I won't mention
rockzhou15 2 months ago
So many wrong notes, what a disgrace for a so called "superstar"...
LisztianGR 2 months ago
This man is a Piano Professor... His mental processes are exceptional as they're in intrinsically complex.
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Why on earth and for the love of all that's holy does he make such UGLY faces?! His technique is clearly not at issue. It's those DAMN ugly ass faces!
Tuxster3 2 months ago
WONDERFUL LANG LANG ! FRIENDSHIP RAYMOND
TheFredenucci 3 months ago
He finished the piano off good.
g7727 3 months ago
This fucking dumbass has no understanding of western music. The tempo and emphasis on certain phrases sound random and strange, there is simply no flow. People say his strength lies in virtuosity. Oh yeah? Listen to the difficult passage from 2:49. He obviously isn't able to play the notes cleanly like Kissin, and completely fucks up, trying to sweep it under a rug by doing a glissando. Pathetic.
adamantiaf1 3 months ago
Thank You Walt Disney =)
DzekiDzzzz 4 months ago
Okay, I'm not a piano enthusiast or have not much knowledge about what makes a good pianist but I even can tell that this shit is messy and just fast paced. Why do people hype this guy? "Oh, look. I can play the piano really fast but not put any harmony in my shit. At least my unfunny facial expressions comprehend for this fuck..."
The worlds doom.
Killrave2 4 months ago
Kissin is better.
ForeverAyrtonSenna 4 months ago
...he was actually hitting shitloads of the wrong keys, not that this fucking matters...his audience all old stone faces...nice esthetic contrast to LL, he was no fucking old stone face, sure as hell, right?...
fredericfranc 4 months ago
All the Viennese charm of charging bulls. God this crap makes me angry when there are so many fine musicians who can barely get a date to play.
MuscleDaddyCMH 4 months ago
Like it or not, he is the biggest box office draw as far as pianists go. Those who attack Lang Lang cannot aspire to even 10% of his talent.
bhaihay1 5 months ago 9
@bhaihay1 the talent he puts to waste? i love him for being stupid. i hope he remains that way.
clem4705315 2 weeks ago
How cheap! What a buffoon...
epistigno2 5 months ago
What a horrible interpretation of strauss's music. Watch Kissin's interpretation instead and forget Lang Lang. He is an idiot.
ZillionSouls 5 months ago
Gentle: the ability to destroy...and the decision not to.
So let me be gentle...and just say that this is quite a technician and mechanic, but ridiculous.
guyontheblackchair 6 months ago 2
@guyontheblackchair lol... well said... too bad lang lang himself has no qualms about destroying great music with his shallow ridiculousness...
earthypig 5 months ago
I had the great pleasure of meeting him back when he was 19 years old. He played the Liszt Pagannini Etudes like a god. Too bad he has never recorded them.
maxscriptguru 6 months ago
OMG, Lang Lang can play anything, he is a great virtuoso, but I really really don't like his way of playing. It seems like he is joking with the composer and with the audience... and he is so convinced that he is the best pianist of all time that i can barely look at his face...
abajour 6 months ago
@abajour I cannot agree with you more! He can play anything but nothing well, and egotism like his is a sure mark of an inferior intelligence which, unfortunately, no amount of trickery can ever cover up.
amendoesit 5 months ago
Only for YouTubers and Internutters who no nothing about piano playing or music.
NOSEhow2LIV 6 months ago
Kissin é molto meglio.....piú espressione, piú attenzione al tempo con sonorità diverse nel corso del brano....
baldaxar 6 months ago
@baldaxar Non avrei neppure paragonare pianisti gravi come Kissin con Lang Lang. nella migliore delle ipotesi, Lang Lang è un clown virtuoso.
earthypig 5 months ago
oh god...toooooooo spoiled....sucks
laqin007 6 months ago
too fast and alot of mistakes.
cheat at 3:08
chuacobo1983 6 months ago
majority of these comments are spam
anonymousQ45 7 months ago
Oh this is so awful, especially at the end if you can last till then.
maigret09 7 months ago
better expression...but kissin is more note-precise
i9avici7a5 7 months ago 2
maybe they didn't like it, because of EVNgeny
FutureAbe 7 months ago
it doesnt sound good the way he plays it.
MousseTauChocolate 8 months ago
Oh god, this is awful. Lang Lang doesn't understand Strauss Jr or the Viennesse Waltz at all. His tempo is all over the place, Kissin plays it better (although there is a video of Buchbinder playing it which captures the Viennese charm perfectly).
Ah well, all technique and show and no musicality as usual.
glawar12 8 months ago
And with this piece he earned a black belt in piano from the Hu Flung Dung Conservatory. Those of you who think this performance is good have obviously not heard the performance by Alfred Grunfeld himself, or by other pianists of a sliughtly later period such a Szreter or Rehberg, not to mention more idiomatic modern recordings by Thibaudet or Scherbakov. THIS IS REALLY AWFUL.
MrRicksStudio 9 months ago
Nice, but since there is Kissin's version on youtube, with a better sound, better realisation, and imho a better interpretation, the interest is limited.
AuCafeDeLaMarmotte 9 months ago
is yuja wang better than lang lang?
utubuser10 9 months ago
@utubuser10 dnt think so..but we cnt compare them..yuja plays Criffra's version of pieces mos of the tym..
TheEmanmartin 9 months ago
3:39 orgasm LMAO
soapsdz 10 months ago
bouff girls would melt around me if I played like that :p
alexei6003 10 months ago
now this is real talent.. oh god
lixiang7349 10 months ago
kissin is orthodox . langlang is of his own feature.
piaocn 10 months ago
he's got NOTHIN' on evgeny..
and I haven't even started the video yet
germmsss 10 months ago
beautiful
LOLittleHero 11 months ago
facial emotion is hilarious :)) ! I like it =))
tae9x 11 months ago
This is fucking hilarious.
CammehYaBams 11 months ago
rofl he is the greatest emotion faker ive ever seen :)
MarcomMrX 11 months ago
:D:D what a clown! Please watch Evgeny, he's so much better!
monikasikora222 11 months ago
why did you forwarded this vid? it's obvious from the outset... you make it sound like crap.
morriganzero 11 months ago
uauauauuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu bravoooooooooooooooooooooooo
juank46107 11 months ago
sorry, prefer Kissin... obviously, i can't play this xD, i clap my hands at him...
gpablo14degmail 11 months ago
2:47 Lang Lang shreds "La Campanella"
parule 11 months ago
@parule And it sounds terrible
nbambi1990 11 months ago
201 people are deef.
cockroachcrusher 11 months ago
@cockroachcrusher 201 people just don't like it...
gpablo14degmail 11 months ago
@gpablo14degmail And 1 is tone deef.
cockroachcrusher 11 months ago
@cockroachcrusher no no... just me... xD
gpablo14degmail 11 months ago
does he every play anything SLOW ... and not banged out .. ?????????
guamdalumfoofache666 11 months ago
He is maybe pianist but he belongs to circus.
Georginito 1 year ago
Obviously a very technically advanced player, but he doesn't get the style quite right. You have to relish and savor Viennese Waltzes, not burn through them at 1 million mph. Kissin does it just right.
mrpankau 1 year ago
i think abit too fast listen to kissin's playing
spartan29065 1 year ago
you can't help feel sorry for lang lang. it looks like his parents forced him to practice.
utubuser10 1 year ago
@utubuser10 Whether his parents forced him to play the piano--- look at it now! He is NOW the most sort after pianist for both Orchestra and solo concerts throughout the world. The man is swimming in money...go figure!
skimask777 11 months ago
This is the way Strauss would intend it to be performed by Virtuosos who could deliver it beyond the limited visions of those who like music delivered by those who understand the metronome much better. Strauss would be proud of Lang Lang. Not one single quaver out of place. Who can do that at this level of technical ability?
Maputort 1 year ago
@Maputort Strauss didn't write this; Gruenfeld did. Strauss wrote an overture for full orchestra; Gruenfeld used the themes from it to make a virtuosic piano piece.
mrpankau 1 year ago
@mrpankau thanks for that update, it is interesting indeed to know these facts - and it gives a real perspective on them when I re-listen to them. How difficult it must have been for some of these composers to (say) "copyright" compositions or prevent sideline autographing (if there would be such a term) of their original scores.
Maputort 1 year ago
Fabulous playing, but a real mess at 4:40!
markpianoman 1 year ago
Wang wang = stupid clown making faces to cover his shit playing.
bsd300d 1 year ago
fu****
azozozozozozozo 1 year ago
B U C H B I N D E R !
prodesica 1 year ago
i know strauss's compositions there are some waltzes here
but in 2:48 i dont know the composition
is that strauss arranged by grunfeld
?
Sashomei 1 year ago
i prefer kissin...but this is still exciting playing
penguinshin 1 year ago
If you compare him to Kissin then I have nothing to add. :-) They are both empty and fake with very fast fingers and even faster PR. Chinese Opera and Western Classical Music don't mix well, but are sure popular these days! I love Chinese Opera by the way, but not interpreting classical music while balancing plates on the stage. By the way, the playing was crude and heavy while fast and loud.
EdmontDantes2 1 year ago
@EdmontDantes2 as if grunfeld really meant this romp to cater to your elitist tendencies.
utubuser10 1 year ago
@utubuser10 Thank you for recognizing elite taste and wisdom.
EdmontDantes2 9 months ago
@EdmontDantes2 my pleasure.
utubuser10 9 months ago
@wclmyy: kissin was 26 when he performed this. Lang Lang was 23. Let's not forget that kissin performed the rachmaninoff third piano concerto(arguably the most difficult concerto written for piano) when he was only 21 with the Boston symphony inder seiji Ozawa. He was asked to do this as a celebration of rach's concerto. His virtuosity is not to be questioned.
Chopin1974l 1 year ago
whats the name of the piece on 2:48
Sashomei 1 year ago
@Sashomei The whole piece is "Soiree de VIenne" by Alfred Grunfeld. It is based on waltz themes from Johann Strauss Jr's "Fledermaus".
MrRicksStudio 1 year ago
i dont think kissin is better then that... kissin is just too serious... lang lang is showman kissin is serious even in major pieces...
Sashomei 1 year ago
in my very very very personal opinion that i would like to share, i feel that his approach to music is very trivial, superficial and audience-centred, which - again IMO - should not be the case in professional music.
RandomCoked 1 year ago
I loved his book it was gorgeous!
ChoiChoiBunny 1 year ago
he is a clown playing for people who dont understand music
Makelelex99 1 year ago
EXCELENTE INCREIBLE BARVARO Y GENIAL
prodefensadelciudada 1 year ago
kissin is so much better!!! but lang lang is intresting too. i cant say that its not exciting
motyneeman 1 year ago
Haha he had a piano orgasm at 3:39
imaking191 1 year ago 26
@imaking191
whaha wtf! xd
hoempahoempahoempapa 1 year ago
@imaking191 xD hahahahahahahaha!!!
Makelelex99 1 year ago
@imaking191 so did i
DJSHAUNYB82 10 months ago
@imaking191 me too !
TheHyenaKing 9 months ago
@imaking191 lmao
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这样弹琴既不能听更不能看， 如果是演员还是个三流演员。 音乐根本谈不上。听他弹琴是把眼睛闭上，感觉到的只有空虚。
Intonationable 1 year ago
I think he's on Crack :D:D:D
stokker 1 year ago
at least lang lang makes me WANT to play piano.
geographyihate 1 year ago
@geographyihate Well then you haven't heard a real pianist.
sahalexx 1 year ago
@sahalexx i play piano.
geographyihate 1 year ago
I like his piano. He is not only playing fast........You can feel the happiness.
BTW, Kissin is more than ten years older than Langlang.
wclmyy 1 year ago 2
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a0067328 1 year ago
does he play anything from the radio too ? this is a bit booring xD
TheReflexkiller 1 year ago
actually its a very good interpretation, he jsut made the mistake of starting playing befor he sat very good, that destroyed the beginning...he has brilliant ideas and a stunning technique, but he somehow kills the maintheme with his beginning, the rest is very good, and actuallynot to fast. And he has fun playing it, do u guys realy belive he would only play for virtuosity? why should he ? hes having fun over a very funny paraphrase...!
karazh 1 year ago
Evgeny Kissing is about playing it with emotion.
Lang Lang is about playing it as fast as humanly possibly, while smashing the keys and looking like a complete retard.
Dislike me if you want, but this is just how I see it.
MacBertelsen 1 year ago
kissin is far better
seoreb 1 year ago
i love his music as much as i hate his face expression.
al741852963 1 year ago
What a drama queen!! :-((
watchdog66 1 year ago
I don't like this interpretation. It is just self-satisfying.
tdt221 1 year ago
Lang Lang sucks, thanks god for you tube so people can see what a fucking clown this fuck knuckle really is.
bsd300d 1 year ago
WOW IS GOOD
schokoshake90 1 year ago
No control, no rhythm, fucking terrible
durkma2 1 year ago
althought this is extremely impressive, this ISN'T being played as a waltz. This is just showing off and destroying a masterpiece. Lang Lang needs to watch Evgeny Kissin play this.
chutdigadut 1 year ago
Yeah! wit' soul.
K43TOC 1 year ago
The man got what it takes to deliver!!!
For those of you who don’t like him because of “facial expressions”, my advices, put on the music and close your eyes and enjoy. Music is meant for the EARS not the eyes. If you want something for the eyes visit an Art gallery.
skimask777 1 year ago 45
@skimask777 just closed my eyes and listened. Nothing special
SpR4y510 1 year ago
@SpR4y510 dude. u can't really get anything special from playing. u get special from composing.
Musicownz1997 1 year ago
@Musicownz1997 what is that supposed to mean? No matter how many times I read your comment, it just seems like a biased generalization
SpR4y510 1 year ago
@SpR4y510 what i meant is if the piece's plain, u can't get special out of it... like try
playing czerny's pieces in a special way... or hanon...
Musicownz1997 1 year ago
@skimask777 tell bang bang that
Bruce88keys 1 year ago
@skimask777 "The man has got what it takes to deliver!!!"
Too bad he hadn't become an obstetrician instead.
DFDalton1962 11 months ago
@skimask777
I agree. But my issue, as that of many other people, with Lang Lang has nothing to do with his facial expressions. It has to do with innate lack of musicality, of any real understanding what he's playing.
Spiritakis 9 months ago 8
@Spiritakis
Precisely. However, it is useless to debate this with people who like Lang Lang's superficial technique that covers an empty shell where a musician should have been. Where he in my class, I would send him home to think about some music and stop practicing Hanon and scales.... An all too common story in the past, but no longer relevant these days to the world that seeks a new toy and a lowest common denominator in classical music. Just turn on your local NPR or classical radio..
EdmontDantes2 8 months ago
@Spiritakis Your grammar is wrong! Correct English would be: "My issue ... with Lang Lang ... is _my_ innate lack of musicality ..." Lang Lang is the only pianist today to employ tempo rubato correctly and not play like a machine. You have to go back to Alfred Grünfeld (born in 1852, and Johann Strauß' favorite interpreter of his works) to hear similarly idiomatic playing. Neither Horowitz or Richter had this ability, they all sound like would-up metronomes in comparison.
chrisz78 2 weeks ago
@chrisz78
With all due respect, my grammar is entirely correct. That you disagree with my opinion, which you are of course at perfect liberty to do, is another story. Please do not mistake the two things. The rest of your obviously highly informed opinion I will leave without comment
Spiritakis 2 weeks ago
@skimask777 Yes, music is for the ears. But music is not only something as a sound. It is emotions, it is subtleness. And if you find anything subtle and something called "music" (not only "technically well made sound") in Lang Lang playing, your right for your taste.
worras2007 7 months ago
He gets a whole lot of jizz faces. But he plays fucking brilliantly :D
Qwerty4594 1 year ago
he doesn't put anyfeeling to it.
TheAwesomebody 1 year ago
@musicioso: both technically and musically Kissin is better. Kissin is note perfect and has finger work of sheer brilliance. Lang Lang is actually a little sloppy and does not have the understanding nor the intellectual drive Kissin displays in all of his interpretations. Listen to Kissin playing the same piece-Strauss 'de fledermaus'- and you will see Kissin is perfection personified!
Chopin1974l 1 year ago 3
OK you armchair critics, can you do better? If you don't like it switch screens, it's just that easy. No need to be nasty.
MrJuandaful 1 year ago
Lang Lang , the expression is supposed to be in your playing, not in your face/extravagant arm flinging
yellingLoL 1 year ago
Kissin is better because he does not overplay it, he is not playing it to show off, and he understands the music. None of these facets reside in the absurdy hysteical and posturing individual known as Lang Lang. Lang Lang is a circus act, a trained monkey, Kissin is a genius of the highest calibre! They should not even be mentioned in the same breath.
Chopin1974l 1 year ago
kissin and lang lang technically equal but lang lang give more emotion to the piece and takes us to the heaven with his expressions
vbatuhan 1 year ago
@vbatuhan
lol...extact the oposite is the case. Technically lang lang is better. But Kissin is musically more interesting.
musicioso 1 year ago
kissin is better
ltran90 1 year ago
Kissin is better
ilduceconduce 1 year ago
Kissin's much better than him
Ashley980515 1 year ago
Circus version!
bloodymary61 1 year ago
@bloodymary61 you made me laugh man..lol
invinciblestick 1 year ago
Lang Lang orgasm: 3:42 He must've been thinking about his boyfriend.
andreasamati 1 year ago
I think that,if strauss was at this concert he would throw his shoe on his face,
I mean wtf,he fucking don`t understand the music.Kissin ten times better.Kissin is artist,and this creature is hacker who have fetishes for tehnical complexity,And stupid face expressision is retarded.Like he was in asylum.The best pianist is who don`t show any exxpresion ,even in his fingers,but in tone or music.U guys just close ur eyes n u will understand what was i talking.,,,,,,,,sry for bad English
mellothperrin 1 year ago
I think that,if strauss was at this concert he would throw his shoe on his face,
I mean wtf,he fucking don`t understand the music.Kissin ten times better.Kissin is artist,and this creature is hacker who have fetishes for tehnical complexity,And stupid face expressision is retarded.Like he was in asylum.The best pianist is who don`t show any exxpresion ,even in his fingers,but in tone or music.U guys just close ur eyes n u will understand what was i talking.,,,,,,,,sry for bad English
mellothperrin 1 year ago
Dear Lang Lang,
We all stare open-mouthed at your brilliant technique and virtuosity, but please mind the music and stop squeezing in unnecessary and superficial rubatos, tempo changes, and gestures. If we all closed our eyes, it would pretty much sound like crap. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Your Concerned Classical Music Enthusiasts
heyletsplay 1 year ago
schafft das erstmal! ... und dann gebt schlechte kritiken ab.. -_-"
Cillitpeng 1 year ago
Horrific. No dynamic control, all over the place.
Lisztman88 1 year ago
he plays so fast.i like it so much.
xiefrank 1 year ago
You know whats sad is that every nagative comment said here is like the same treatment liszt got between him and thalberg. during the 1830's and 40's liszt was a virtuoso showman and lang lang is a virtuoso showman. and kissin is a note perfect perectionist ( not that thats bad) and liszt acted crazy on stange just like lang lang in a way. So mabye lang lang is like a Liszt and kissin more like a thalberg ! just my opinion. Though liszt probably had a more cleaner technique.
AmericanCars101 1 year ago
@AmericanCars101 We're not criticizing his virtuosity, technique, or even his showman qualities, although Kissin did play this much clearer. What we are criticizing is, however, how he plays through this piece without a morsel of musicality. It's absolutely horrendous. If he considered the music more seriously and was a musical showman, then we would shut up and wonder at his greatness.
heyletsplay 1 year ago
wow. he sounds like crap compared to kissin. and the weird thing is, they were both child prodigies.
heyletsplay 1 year ago
There are certain things in life it's ok to be the "minute man." This, unfortunately, isn't one of them. Sorry dude, Kissin reigns supreme.
tdennison22 1 year ago
ass hole
gcaee 1 year ago
hes kinda crazy.
hiu74 1 year ago
this guy is a clown but there is not much about music
Makelelex99 1 year ago
@Makelelex99
how can you say this lang lang is the master of the piano and his soul is very beatiful he feels the piece
vbatuhan 1 year ago
guys guys, u just need a very unique mind to understand him.
just because ur taste is average doesn't mean this is bad...
foolish elementary music students.
no but seriously kissin's would appear more tasteful for most people, this is just speical, if art was sso structured to good and bad, ur missing the point.
kettellive 1 year ago
@kettellive i think lang lang just overdoes everything in general to the point where it's distastefully incomprehensible and i don't understand the purpose or context of the piece.
tehnpv 1 year ago 3
@kettellive Right. Special to the point where it's not even music anymore, it's noise.
heyletsplay 1 year ago
@kettellive i'm glad your comment exists
ihearttube 1 year ago
i can't feel the music in his show, just feel dizzy from his playing
ViTip89 1 year ago
This is shit
Grundy312 1 year ago 3
eeeeh, very ugly
Makelelex99 1 year ago 2
for those of you think he's not good in your opinion, well....do you think you can play like thim?
music shouldn't be like...who's better....it is all about how much that individual enjoys the music, cuz if he or she enjoys, the audience will too, get out of your box, lang lang knows exactly what he's doing, he loves it with a passion, and he plays the music the way he wants it done
93basketball 1 year ago
@93basketball
Right, and Kissin can play it infinitely better.
MoonMankkkkkk 1 year ago
I fail to see any remnants of Strauss in this piece. He has turned into a crass shadow of the fledermaus. He has spent too much time trying to emulate a pop-music style performance, than studying the music. "Best pianist alive" according to the BBC and the Week - I think they should revise their opinions - he has no virtuoso talent; in fact virtuoso is a gross misrepresentation.
BiniJH 1 year ago
lang lang bang banging away...
darrencjc 1 year ago
what was the use of going so fast and missing half of the first octave scale???
flouz2 1 year ago 3
Is this a parody of the original?
doofledorkus 1 year ago 3
@doofledorkus OMG your comment is hilarious.
heyletsplay 1 year ago
kissin is better
johnpogs96 1 year ago 50
@johnpogs96
Kissin is different, not better. If you say he is better, explaim us, how is kissin better?
musicioso 1 year ago
@musicioso There are numerous examples. But try comparing Lang Lang's right hand single note scales with Kissin's. Check 0:41 1:34 2:52 3:05 in this video and then listen to Kissin..
Kissin plays them much more pianisticly in the sense that he's interested in playing ALL the notes precisely and evenly. It's plain lack of respect how Lang changes some of the runs to glissandi
drhlarsen 1 year ago
4:42
he has not expected that
v4liumfrance 1 year ago
geniale!! !! ! suonan non per fa figura. sa fare! geniale. e' mozart e' basta. SI kkkk
stierlein 1 year ago
It is quite an exciting performance, I don;t know why people argue about his expressions. It's eccentric, but most people who are gifted are, so who cares is he pulls faces - more for us to enjoy!
her0esfan 1 year ago
1:21 郎朗向全世界粉絲放電
3FrenchFries 1 year ago
better to listen to Lang Lang and NOT watch video. his histrionic mannerisms are nauseating.
junglejim66 1 year ago
@junglejim66 Oh,yes...)))You are right! 'NOT watch video"...Sometimes I guess that lang lang remind me ...sorry...monkey with his apelike.Excuse me encore une fois!I like him,especially his freedom and bravery !
gbeguentch 1 year ago
Kissin is better,of course! I advice to take the notes of this piece and look and listen with attention.Definitely,russian pianist play with nobility and techically more perfect than lang lang.Piano technique is not velocity of fingers,you know...))) ,I hope.
gbeguentch 1 year ago 3