Liszt Sonata in B Minor - Yundi Li / 李雲迪 (2of4)

[piano932]

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[Giesji]

More music should be like this.

[DmasterQuIFF57]

Wow! At 2:15 its probably the most beautiful part of the piece! So elegant and flowing almost as if u were soaring above the stars! :'D

[lhrmeonom]

@DmasterQuIFF57 or falling into a giant fluffy cotton in slow motion :DDDDDDDDD

[DmasterQuIFF57]

Playing*

[DmasterQuIFF57]

@mwu42251: actually I do have to agree with you when you begin to talk about the emotional side of the piece. I think the fact that when mr Hough plays this piece, it is pretty much perfection and thus plain some of the melodies in there that you wouldn't hear in any other pianist!

[DmasterQuIFF57]

Yundi's interpretation suprised me. It would be wrong to say that he is not a good pianist because he is phenomenal. I guess i got spoiled when i listened to Stephen Hough's version because he is one of the greatest interpreters for this exact piece. I just wish that they had a video of him playing because that would be a dream to watch him in action!! :D

[mwu42251]

@DmasterQuIFF57 I have to say your comment surprised me =P. Yundi Li is perfect for this piece. Steven Hough is a technical man without the sensitivity to reach the heart of this piece. Liszt isn't all about technique. It's about the song and heroism. I think what gets to me about Li's interpretation is how his technique doesn't get in the way of the beauty of this piece.... I always listen to Yundi Li for his song =).

[TJFNYC212]

Yundi Li is awesome. What convinced me was not this Liszt warhorse but the B minor Chopin Sonata. The 1st movement of the Chopin is almost as great as Martha's.... and the Scherzi........... what can be said. The clips I saw were from when he was 18 Coup de chapeau............. !

[MrTootler]

Yundi Li straight up takes Lang Lang, or Lag lag, or whatever the hell his name is and punches him in the face.

[Paulo78180]

2:15 !!!! Grandiose passage

[its4anything]

listen to this with the vuvuzela button on

[Cpy49]

Maravilhoso êle e o instrumento se tornam uma coisa só.

[TheHockeyPlayer24]

it is unbelievably hard to find words for this.

his technique an the dynamic contrasts superb.

he puts all his feelings in his playing.

it's just a gorgeous peformance and I think it can't get any better than this!

[richclayderman]

yundi li plays with mejsty

[ronenyou]

3:55 try

[windchidori]

I truly wish Yundi Li would play some Rachmaninoff! Yundi Li is an excellent pianist, but I would love to hear his interpretation on some of Rachmaninoff's works.

[omguanyin]

yundi li loves chopin and liszt only eh?

[1234567bryce]

@omguanyin lol whatever :P he's amazing at them

[demosj]

Clara Schumann should have heard this performance by Yundi Li. Breathtaking octave technique too.

[claire632]

Amazing!! Yundi Li is very talented!

[s355093]

Wow! I have only heard it on his CD before, and this is another interpretation. BUT to be frank, i love that on CD more. Unable to avoid that he did some mistake !! (still briliant !) 5/5

[metabog]

It depresses me that I'll never be this good.

[JCruz0587]

he feels the music and simply IS the music

[Prepared2Die]

3:58 - horowitz pinky

[superstarduc]

I love Liszt too ^^

[Rachmanomaniac]

This is a beautiful sonata as well as a stormy one. I love Liszt.

[alanboro]

he FEELS the music

he is not playing MUSIC

he is playinh ARQUITECTURE

[classic240]

men truly are the best at everything.

[DjProdKK]

even at bringing up children?:D LOL

[specter290]

@DjProdKK lol? wtf are you ok?

[MrRaphaelBM]

@DjProdKK

Yes.

[templeH81]

misogynistic pig go bury your head in the sand.

P.S. I'm a man

[sadromantique]

hahaha, thats great! =p but argerich does an amazing job at this sonata aswell =D

[fledgehog]

@classic240 except making sammiches,

[blogAL526]

4:16 his left hand......so fast , how could he do that , he is so marvelous....fantastic performance

[naokokosuke]

어머 ... 전율이 다느껴집니다 ㅠㅠ

[evifnoskcaj]

Holy Shit...I was not expecting the piano to explode like that. Oh how I simply adore Liszt's composititons...and Yundi Li's facial expressions.

[johannsebastienbach]

from this video i had a few thoughts. I think it's necessary for one pianist to specialize in a few composer's work. Like Li did achieve legendary status playing chopin's and lizt's music.Not saying that he can't play other poeple's work well.but some of those music is too deep, so unless you devote your whole life playing it, you wont unravel the full depth. Similarly this can be said of glenn gould playing Bach. Both are good examples of devoting to a set of composers work.

[laureanobruno]

GREATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

[mikjohn22m]

This is one of the most unbelievable piano performances i've ever seen. Yundi Li is hands down the best young pianst in the world right now.

[concerto35]

mikjohn22m: When taking into consideration both poetry and power, Yundi Li could be the reigning pianist. Not even Yuja Wang plays it like this and she is a phenomenon!!

[johannsebastienbach]

at least for playing chopin and lizt, he delivers by far the most peotric performance combined with his immaculate technique.

incredible technique

[whenultra]

the horowitz recording from the 40's is slightly better, berman's is powerful and was very popular, yundi li uses a better tone than berman did, the horowitz recording is pure poetry though,' like the andante spianato and grand polonaise op 22 of chopin. i hope yundi li can breath up there.

[concerto35]

Listen to the entire work. This is one of the greatest performances ever, taking Horowitz's, Kissin's and Martha Argerich's styles into consideration. Yundi Li has that limpid, mellifluous sound color that is so effective in Chopin and especially this sonata. It also has great vulcanic fury without being strident. His transcendent and subtle technique make his dynamic contrasts very striking. Yundi Li is a phenomenon that deserves his place as one of the greatest of our generation.

[Liujiashu]

But I think Yundi Li's performing likes Krystian Zimerman's the most...

[civilbb]

Have you ever heard of Zimerman? You will regret what you said if you do.

[johannsebastienbach]

you are right. His choice of sound colour makes it amazing. This makes me realise the full potential of a grand piano made of highest quality. the piano is a live instrument and Li fulfilled its potential when playing chopin and lizt

[jgrab1]

@concerto35 Not sure he holds the whole thing together better than, say, Ernst Levy, Richter's 1966 Aldeburgh performance, Horowitz's 1932 recording, Arrau live performance from Italy (1971 I think) or even Gilels live performance on Music & Arts (date escapes me). And Yundi hams up the coda, substituting grandiosity for mystery. My desert island recordings would be Demidenko, Richter 1966 at Aldeburgh, and Ernst Levy. A new live Ernst Levy is coming out in a couple months from Marston Records.

[luke9o]

best piece ever..

[bastianloewe]

listen too brahms third solo piano sonata, op 5

[amantedipiano]

his esecution is personal but amazing

[taishi34]

Great! I like his play style.

[muyy1]

no in germany....

[PJmusicFan]

Amazing! This piece sounds in a great quality! Keep it up! By the way, is this the Carnegie Hall? I hope it is.

[Liujiashu]

It's in Barden-Barden,in Germany.