Yulianna Avdeeva Playing Rachmaninoff Prelude

[7pianoforte]

Very good performance 

[bostonseeker]

I don't think the problem is the piano, but the miking.

[sandraXXX22]

плохие пианисты всегда ругают инструменты, хорошие - играют на них блистательно)))

[JollyRoger183]

I am so going to play this... may it be month .... may it be years... but one day I will reward my self with this awesome music coming to life through my very own hands :)

[SuperSeabass11]

@JollyRoger183 i said that to myself on my birthday last year, the 11/1.. a year later and im still nowhere near finished, good luck!

[lsbrother]

probably nothing wrong with the piano - why would there be?

But a very poor recording - mike(s) in wong place?

[elena42415]

Молодчинка!

[mrhemuli91]

sounds a bit off... than again I'm not pro...

S.R. is not for anyone and especially not for crappy pianos

[predoje]

she has fake emotions...  and pinao are so bad that its criminal what they doing to pianists...

[VeraNova4545]

A soulful instrument is like a fantastic lover, but a harsh one is your killer, for sure.

[Adorado31]

Thank you!

[nearenough3]

The sound is coarse and loud and boomy possibly because of the microphone placement, lack of absorbing materials and other sound factors. The playing is pretty good and piano functions well although a bit out of tune.

[Bret6464]

@kuranosuke1968 You are absolutely correct, this interpretation is alien to Rachmaninoff. I think every aspiring pianist should first listen to how Rach interpreted his own pieces, On this prelude, perhaps also listen to Horowitz, Gilels and Moiseiwitsch. This is wanting in too many respects.

[crm4F240]

IMHO it's up to the pianist how he/she thinks the instrument feels when playing on it.

Apart from the performance, just consider the size and muscles in hands like e.g. Gilels, Richter with almost any lady's hands. So bravo for the lady who's playing pieces like this (almost) flawless.

[Distefanix]

@organboi agree

[Rickyr389]

Most times you don't have to criticize if the piano is yamaha, steinway...it doesn't matter...the most important thing is the maintenance of the piano, the age, the place where it is...even the worst pianos can sound incredible, and the finest steinway can make you feel very uncomfortable in a concert

[organboi]

@Rickyr389 You are wrong. How can you even put Yamaha and Steinway in the same sentence, saying that one doesn't have to criticize such pianos. And NO, even the worst pianos can NOT sound incredible! That's why they're considered bad pianos. What planet are you from?

[Rickyr389]

@organboi I'm pianist, and I have played in very bad Steinway, very bad Bechstein...and they're suposed to be some of the best piano in the world...one kawai, or yamaha, petrov in good conditions could be a perfect piano...I'm from the same planet than you, and this is my opinion.

[ensaiodeporrada]

im no professional but the sound coming from a micro of a amateur camera doesnt help either.. yet i do believe that this piano is not the best (or the worst) but this kind of micro is unable to pick up all the immense frequencies that a piano is capable of..

but im here to learn, and Valentina is still the best for me so far. not taking credit of Yulianna though...

[MadamePukengkay]

European pianos are indeed better than Asian pianos. I prefer Steinway and Bosendorfer, and perhaps even Pleyel. Asian pianos sound like tin cans.

[andretchaikowskycom]

Really? Steinway? In Warsaw she played the CFX Yamaha (as did others) to great success. Fazioli is much better than Steinway, and don't forget the Shigeru Kawai. The idea that only Steinway makes a good piano and very wrong. Again, in Warsaw the Fazioli placed 3rd, Steinway 2nd, and Yamaha CFX 1st. Kawai didn't "advance" but was a lovely piano.

[organboi]

@andretchaikowskycom I have heard all the pianos you mention, and the Fazioli might live up to the Steinway, but in NO WAY do the others. And I don't care about pianos winning competitions. Who cares about that? Who was judging? People like you who think Kawai and Yamaha are great pianos?

[yewxin22]

yamaha??? she should use steinway and sons

[eyh8erc]

The opening section is extremely dry, but I guess it is deliberate as if Rachmininoff would have played like this. Middle section beautifully played with the second theme coming out very clearly. Something wrong with the sound of that piano ?

[scarro]

@eyh8erc 'something wrong with the sound of that piano?' -> it's a yamaha. i just don't get why she prefers that brand...

[Paulland30]

Well, any way is 2008...

[genniegennie87]

speaking of mediocrity, does the world need another one?

[organboi]

horrible piano. damn those yamahas!

[daikke2000]

@organboi

Le pire, c'est que même pour le prestigieux Concours Chopin, la salle de Varsovie est équipé d'un Yamaha...

Pas fous les Japonais: ils exportent leurs pianos et achètent des Steinway ou Bösendorfer pour leurs propres salles, comme au Budokan :)

[develish16]

@organboi i played on a baby grand yamaha... the base is horrible... unnatural ....

[rva25]

@organboi Oh yeah? I think it's a horrible pianist too))))

[xiangyik]

@organboi Why? The audio is bad, but there's nothing unpleasant about the piano tone.

[GiangioBangio]

@organboi Damn the audio of the camera, not the piano ._.

[mcbainst]

Yamaha...Yuck,  Yulianna...YUM!!

[NOSEhow2LIV]

listening again after comment response: i hear even more what was disappointing in Warsaw 2010: lack of lyricism, lack of élan, technical clumsiness, mechanical...but mostly: a thin,clangy,ugly sound, no body,texture or possibility to "sing"...Nobody, knowing the great interpretations of this piece, would ever listen to this again, it's horrible.

[12345qazx1]

the plying is better than the piano itself..

[adadna]

amalthea1000 Полностью с Вами согласен! Играет отвратно... Как школьник.

[WitoldBanasik]

@Greenpeacejohnny You've made me laugh when I spotted you exploited an automated translator from ??? language into Polish. I am of Polish origin and I must say this Polish version is hardly readable, but always funny and unreasonably mind-numbingly breath-taking. Have a good day my friend ! And thanks for posting the masterpiece of Chopin (Polonaise Fantasia op.61) on YT.

[amalthea1000]

Ой-ой-ой. А победителю одного из самых престижных конкурсов вообще-то не мешало бы почище педализировать, да и мазни можно поубавить. Про отвратительно прямолинейное forte и надоедливую агогику на грани хорошего вкуса я уж и не говорю... Зайдите на прослушивание кафедры в Гнесинке - там так играют из десяти одиннадцать. Девочка, безусловно, музыкальная и способная. Но неумеренные восторги и дифирамбы сослужат ей плохую службу, увы.

[amalthea1000]

Ой-ой-ой. А победителю одного из самых престижных конкурсов вообще-то не мешало бы почище педализировать, да и мазни можно поубавить. Про отвратительно прямолинейное forte и надоедливую агогику на грани хорошего вкуса я уж и не говорю... Зайдите на прослушивание кафедры в Гнесинке - там так играют из десяти одиннадцать. Девочка, безусловно, музыкальная и способная. Но неумеренные восторги и дифирамбы сослужат ей плохую службу, увы.

[WitoldBanasik]

Bella Davidovich, Adam Harasiewicz, Dan Thai Son, Martha Archerich, Kevin Kenner- all of these great pianists won Frederic Chopin Piano Competition previously, so some comments are not based on facts but on once particular opinions, sometimes biases. Well, Beauty lies in the eye of beholder. Wunder or Bozhanov could have also won. That was somehow a matter of all the members of the jury taste.

[Lorys0107]

Simply wonderful . Bravissima !!!

[MrJojowasaman]

A very dramatic and different interpretation. The rhythm and emphasis I find appealing although others may not like it at all, since her playing of this work breaks from what others have done. A good pianist should be willing to put their own take on a familiar work and make it their own, as Ms. Avdeeva has done here. Bravo!

[classicalalways]

Very measured and lacking the momentum that great performances of this work all have.

[SergejOR82]

Lento, sporco e noioso..,... e questa ha vinto lo Chopin???

[TheFryderyk1]

Genius Beautifully

 Yulianna Avdeeva

[adadna]

А Я БЫ СКАЗАЛ - КАК-ТО НЕУКЛЮЖЕ.... 

[1hakon]

What a great performance. She continues the great russian tradition. Hopefully we will here more concerts in the next 50 years. Bravo!

[classicalalways]

@1hakon You have got to be kidding - this performance is an embarassment to the Russian tradition since it hardly compares to the truly great Russian pianists.

[terrygowork]

I thought she would be great playing Rachmaninoff. But hmmm.... not really, the sound and passion is not even there. How can that kind of playing win a CHopin competition. I can only say good luck to her future. NIFC cannot force to create an artist when one is not. There are many listeners who know how to discriminate good music from bad, true artists or genius from good pianists. Wunder, Geniusas, trifonov and Bozhanov are true artists, but Khozyainov is real genius.

[fychang0819]

@terrygowork So the jurors including Argerich, Dong...et al don't know which music is good or bad?

[terrygowork]

@fychang0819 Maybe you don't

[terrygowork]

@fychang0819 Maybe you don't. If you don't find this recording bad, you seriously do not know. hmmm, just follow some kind of authority.. "yeah, Martha, Thai Sun and blah blah were in the jury, she must be good'

[classicalalways]

@fychang0819 The majority of pianists on the jury (with the exception of Argerich and Freire) were not elite pianists. Even Argerich, just look at her festival to see if she has such good taste with pianists such as Zilberstein or look at her huge statement regarding Pogorelic - who turned out to be just as crazy if not more so than what everyone thought.

[chepurociel620]

Brava! She's wonderful performer of Rachmaninoff, really. Unfortunately, it was CHOPIN competition.

[KantutJuice]

@chepurociel620 'Playing rachmaninoff prelude op23 no.5, at Paris's Salle Cortot on April 15, 2008.' You make me laugh.

[chepurociel620]

@KantutJuice Huh, you haven't understood me. I meant that she plays Rachmaninoff well, but not Chopin, and she's won Chopin competition. You thought that I had thought it is recording from this year competition and she had made a mistake and played Rachmaninoff on Chopin monographic concert :)?

[KantutJuice]

@chepurociel620 Ah. sorry. Yeah. Russian pianist always play Rachmaninov well. :D, No matter what you can say about their performances it's never a disaster.

[NOSEhow2LIV]

Would be much better if ther'd been a real piano there instead of this clangy plastic box. That might explain the hasty snatching and minor slips even in the central melody. No wonder she sounds impatient to get it over and done with.

[KantutJuice]

@NOSEhow2LIV Haha...No comment about the piano people have different opinions, just only that she doesn't dislike the piano. She chose to play on a Yamaha in the competition too.

[trige123]

Prekrasno!

[trige123]

Прекрасно!

[SymphonicForce]

Sorprendente :)

[WitoldBanasik]

Perfection Ms Yulianna. You've got a mind numbing personality, great deep and breathtaking sound, subtliness laced with romantic mood and fantastic virtuosity. You well deserved winning the XVI Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, 2010. And what a beautiful woman performing a divine ART you are ! Bravo !

[lllllllllllllll88]

EXCELLENT! You play this absolutely PERFECT! Your dynamics, staccatos rhythm, and everything is absolutely OUTSTANDING! This piece is so DIFFICULT, and you play it PHENOMENALLY! This is one of the best I've heard on YouTube and the absolute best from all female players. My hands wouldn't hold up. lol I am playing with this piece, but don't plan to finish it. Just for fun.

You deserve 1,000 stars for this superb rendition. BRAVA!

[KantutJuice]

@lllllllllllllll88 haha. I dono. I love lisitsa. :D

[Thunderflower367]

so clean

[Hiroshima49]

That's a performance...great crescendo....

[chomskyFTW]

Wow. This is a nuanced interpretation. I really like the hard staccatos at the beginning. I also appreciate how she takes her time in order to maintain clarity.

[xujia1001]

Good job. In the middle part, the right hand seems too bright.

[robertcoray]

just great!! top world class interpretation

[wilmerguido]

that was awesome!!! you play like a man! please take that as a compliment.... it was powerful and agressive... the way i like it

[YazDawg]

you're good i prefer it played a little different but great job