Of the sheer scale of sensitivity to the Bartokian nuance Lang Lang laid bare here, how much came out his soul? how much out his guts?, ...out of his...?. This is sort of where the wild things are according to Lang Lang...did he convince you that Bartok was barbaric?
@rdnzl7878 (a while ago) you said: "worst performance i've heard yet. but not terrible" - Relax, I, not like others would, am not going to berate you simply for having preferences, and you shouldn't be. Anyway... you're implying that you've never heard a "terrible" performance of this piece - even the "worst" you've heard was not terrible; odd, because I certainly have heard some terrible performances of it. That's the risk of playing this piece, I suppose: it's extremely easy to sound horrible.
@Gmapchannel i haven't heard a lot. terrible? depends. for me it's always a joy to hear bartok, he should get more "airplay". but i can't tolerate lang lang's approach. i'm afraid every pianist will play bartok the way lang lang plays it now, forgetting the significance of authenticity. he hits every note, but he can never put the sound into shape, no style. sheer virtuosity - alone. lifeless. lang lang needs a good spanking, and some piano lessons.
Sorry about my earlier comment when I said would use this in a Russian lesson ..I do realise neither Lang Lang or Bartok are Russian ,,,,, however we used this clip very productively to stimulate creative writing ..... Students loved it as much as I do.....Thank you
Though I haven't yet (and am about to) listen to the first 2 movements, I think this the best performance Of Lang Lang I've heard so far. Someone earlier commented on the fact that he's using the music - it's probably for the second movement which is difficult to memorize.
exciting..enthralling..enrapturing..energetic..exhilirating..love watching the manual dexterity ..the body language is totally amazing .. As a teacher of Russian it has made me want to enliven my "performance" in the classroom ... I don't care how Bartok wanted it played this is PERFECTION for me ...THANK YOU
@AttemptingToBeBusy Who said Lang Lang was "sight reading" just because he didnt have the piece memorized doesnt mean he was sight reading....it was obvious by the great musicality in this performnace that this was certainly NOT sight reading. I'm he spent a great deal of prep before this recital.
you obvioulsy don't know anything about performance. with that rediculous comment you made I even highly doubt you play an instrument yourself
one of his better performances...i like the fact that he isn't actually afraid of using sheet music in concert. well, i suppose he's got a busy schedule and just doesn't have the time to learn every piece by heart.
Well, this performance is better than when I saw him live. Yet, the sound is still very tense as Will170392 pointed, that the music doesn't breathe. If you want fast performance that sounds more relaxed and natural, listen to Kocsis or even Argerich. And yes, he doesn't quite follow Bartok's marks. For those that have studied Bartok, you know Bartok is very precise in his articulations, dynamics, changes in tempo, and rhythm. i.e., Out of Doors Suite, he writes out his rubatos.
why do the negative comments by people who know about classical music get the thumbs down, and the positive "wow, cool" by people who know little get the thumbs up?
you have a very valid point there...however ive seen lang lang perform this, and he had the music then aswell but i dont think its because he hasnt had enough time to learn it and absorb the 'spirit'...its simply a very hard style of music to memorize for any classical pianist. Lang Lang has a huge repetoire and memorizes everything usually. Personally i like this performance :)
he probably had the music primarily for the 2nd movement. throughout the first movement you move your head too much to really follow the music, and the third has sections that you cannot play up to speed unless they're absolutely memorized.
what i really don't like about it though is that it doesn't breathe! it all sounds TOO hurried...and there is such a thing...even for this movement. at 0:11 the music shows a double barline and a change of dynamic from ff< to " meno f". And he just plows through like nothing has changed! See, with Bartók, you have to be so careful to play it as written, none of the markings are editorial..they are all his ow n original ones...silly langie wangie...still it soudns american to me...not hungarian
Can't believe he turned ths masterpiece into a piece of crap
DaPianist 2 days ago
I wonder why he uses score
Tiszt 2 weeks ago
this has nothing to do with Bartók's music....
versenyzo 2 months ago
His hand movement is very impressive.
iif5 4 months ago
Fantastic jealous that i wasn't there
montejessica27 8 months ago
povero Lang Lang :-(((
melodije1 10 months ago
Very Funny!
ahgblopes 11 months ago
Of the sheer scale of sensitivity to the Bartokian nuance Lang Lang laid bare here, how much came out his soul? how much out his guts?, ...out of his...?. This is sort of where the wild things are according to Lang Lang...did he convince you that Bartok was barbaric?
fredericfranc 1 year ago
hey maybe he invented handbanging-bartok
gollllum 1 year ago 2
@rdnzl7878 (a while ago) you said: "worst performance i've heard yet. but not terrible" - Relax, I, not like others would, am not going to berate you simply for having preferences, and you shouldn't be. Anyway... you're implying that you've never heard a "terrible" performance of this piece - even the "worst" you've heard was not terrible; odd, because I certainly have heard some terrible performances of it. That's the risk of playing this piece, I suppose: it's extremely easy to sound horrible.
Gmapchannel 1 year ago
@Gmapchannel i haven't heard a lot. terrible? depends. for me it's always a joy to hear bartok, he should get more "airplay". but i can't tolerate lang lang's approach. i'm afraid every pianist will play bartok the way lang lang plays it now, forgetting the significance of authenticity. he hits every note, but he can never put the sound into shape, no style. sheer virtuosity - alone. lifeless. lang lang needs a good spanking, and some piano lessons.
rdnzl7878 11 months ago
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Gmapchannel 1 year ago
Awesome.
sshuck 1 year ago 2
Sorry about my earlier comment when I said would use this in a Russian lesson ..I do realise neither Lang Lang or Bartok are Russian ,,,,, however we used this clip very productively to stimulate creative writing ..... Students loved it as much as I do.....Thank you
Pochkigena 1 year ago
One helluva performance!
hotplate85 1 year ago
Though I haven't yet (and am about to) listen to the first 2 movements, I think this the best performance Of Lang Lang I've heard so far. Someone earlier commented on the fact that he's using the music - it's probably for the second movement which is difficult to memorize.
Lisztianpiano 1 year ago
Never been a fan, and still ain't.
mmoynan 1 year ago
exciting..enthralling..enrapturing..energetic..exhilirating..love watching the manual dexterity ..the body language is totally amazing .. As a teacher of Russian it has made me want to enliven my "performance" in the classroom ... I don't care how Bartok wanted it played this is PERFECTION for me ...THANK YOU
Pochkigena 1 year ago
Lang Lang is always brilliant...the greatest pianist the world has ever had!
SuperWroclaw 1 year ago
splendid
michaelkennedy100 1 year ago
Lang Lang + sight-reading = mistakes.
Same is to be expected from anyone sight-reading a piece such as this, but he really should have memorised it...
AttemptingToBeBusy 1 year ago
@AttemptingToBeBusy Who said Lang Lang was "sight reading" just because he didnt have the piece memorized doesnt mean he was sight reading....it was obvious by the great musicality in this performnace that this was certainly NOT sight reading. I'm he spent a great deal of prep before this recital.
you obvioulsy don't know anything about performance. with that rediculous comment you made I even highly doubt you play an instrument yourself
coutureorganist 1 year ago 2
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@coutureorganist Ouch. Really ouch. I mean, at least check my channel you bastard.
AttemptingToBeBusy 1 year ago
For example, M.Nojima @ Van Cliburn '69 is one of the best playing.
Lang Lang... Hahaha... Nice Joke :D
fu9rokoji 1 year ago
1:36 , that's the way to play it
moriorlith 1 year ago
one of his better performances...i like the fact that he isn't actually afraid of using sheet music in concert. well, i suppose he's got a busy schedule and just doesn't have the time to learn every piece by heart.
dernettep 1 year ago
i love it 2:58
xNykoLynOlegx 1 year ago 3
This piece is very hard for the people who have small hands...why don't they make smaller pianos....grrrrrr.....
aizendarwin 1 year ago 2
I don't know the score intimately, so I can't comment much. To me it sounded alright.
GeorgeMaxwellDuPre 2 years ago 4
Well, this performance is better than when I saw him live. Yet, the sound is still very tense as Will170392 pointed, that the music doesn't breathe. If you want fast performance that sounds more relaxed and natural, listen to Kocsis or even Argerich. And yes, he doesn't quite follow Bartok's marks. For those that have studied Bartok, you know Bartok is very precise in his articulations, dynamics, changes in tempo, and rhythm. i.e., Out of Doors Suite, he writes out his rubatos.
DaPianist 2 years ago
This movement makes me want to jump for joy! Lang Lang looks like he is having much coveted fun banging on the piano up there.
Zebeldarebel 2 years ago
Nagyon jó a mű! Furcsa, hogy kottából játszák
bvbmassa 2 years ago
You know, there is a similarity between Chinese and Hungarian folk.
SebastienLoong 2 years ago
LOL at the many tone clusters.
kastlesucks 2 years ago
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Only notes and notes again. Sorry, but this is not convincing at all. And why all this show?
fqfdr 2 years ago
weird... it does not sound or feel like Bartok at all (besides the tons of mistakes). Kind of sad.
gustruj 2 years ago
worst performance i've heard yet. but not terrible.
rdnzl7878 2 years ago
why do the negative comments by people who know about classical music get the thumbs down, and the positive "wow, cool" by people who know little get the thumbs up?
bcbdaggtrf75 2 years ago 33
@bcbdaggtrf75 Oh, it's ironic that this has received the most thumbs up, is it not?
snoobes 1 year ago 15
@snoobes It is almost a paradox.
expect031294 1 year ago
@bcbdaggtrf75 It's a conspiracy to undermine your poor, underprivileged "music knowledge class".
Just pay no attention to the riff-raff and exhort away.
sshuck 1 year ago
@bcbdaggtrf75 Bartok is not a classical composer LOL
but anyway his version is also impressive.
aizendarwin 2 months ago
you have a very valid point there...however ive seen lang lang perform this, and he had the music then aswell but i dont think its because he hasnt had enough time to learn it and absorb the 'spirit'...its simply a very hard style of music to memorize for any classical pianist. Lang Lang has a huge repetoire and memorizes everything usually. Personally i like this performance :)
jonnybosch1988 2 years ago 2
he probably had the music primarily for the 2nd movement. throughout the first movement you move your head too much to really follow the music, and the third has sections that you cannot play up to speed unless they're absolutely memorized.
pianokraut 2 years ago
these pieces are funny, becuase if he makes a mistake, noone would really notice
FutureAbe 2 years ago
when Bush makes 2 wars, It´s funny because no body notices that there was a mistake made.
mrmolinodelahoz 2 years ago 3
i don't like this. It's not, well, hungarian enough!
Will170392 2 years ago
what i really don't like about it though is that it doesn't breathe! it all sounds TOO hurried...and there is such a thing...even for this movement. at 0:11 the music shows a double barline and a change of dynamic from ff< to " meno f". And he just plows through like nothing has changed! See, with Bartók, you have to be so careful to play it as written, none of the markings are editorial..they are all his ow n original ones...silly langie wangie...still it soudns american to me...not hungarian
Will170392 2 years ago
No it´s very hungarian! Liszt is not hungarian! That´s a fact!
aaabbbccc5 2 years ago
il a l'air vachement fatigué au but de la pièce jaja!
langliszt 2 years ago