Yundi Li - La Campanella

[nihilihihi]

Very good, sort of playingly and yet very soft, with lots of emotions. 5/5

[FukY0u22]

Omg!!! He's like a robot or something....like malfunctioning!! Play so damn fast....so coolll......He's one of the best pianist I've ever seen.

[Kunsterfreut]

NICE PLAYIIING WOOOW!

[K189T]

at 3:59: WOOOW!!!

[Imxtoeknee]

his staccatos are amazing

[xXxWaltzxXx]

that was amazing!!! XD

[goldcoasthh]

one of the best versions i've herad. this is my favorite song, his timing and accenting is incrddible "if i had four hand i'd give this 4 thumbs up"

[FredGlass]

allegrissimo said that it sounds like a lullaby...I don't think so..It's really well played, awesome. "Sir Li" is probably one of the best playing pianoforte. yes, i felt "el diabolo".

[q126449junk]

the best...for Chopin.

[sofiapwns]

The composer is definitely Liszt.

[MJGriftz]

well, the arranger at least.

[K189T]

mmh, not agree.

[andusriuttus]

he is incredible

[voland60]

Why so many fucking campanellas posted by him on this site? it's not that good, and not interesting at all. Kissin is a bit more interesting, but even he is not worth much...

[ThunderJacky]

then who is worth much? post your video playing this piece here and let us see, huh?

[3ares]

Yundi Li is not the one...Andre Watts is playing exaclty like Liszt..

[madreadormantwo]

Este tipo rifa como el santo nunca habia visto a alguien que tocara tan bien el piano se merece todos mis respetos.

Me quito el sombrero

[orjus]

He has as good technique ,but zero artistry -he did nothing with the piece such as it is -he is a step

below Lang Land who is bad enough -it is a new world

of piano playing ,with brains on hold --

Listen to La Plante or Hamelin for real piano playing

[AnnaLRussell]

listen to Kissin play this piece

[vlnpiggy]

response to lagnared....evgeny kissin.

[lagnared]

what is this??

[masamune81]

OMG, really mechanical and boring. Is this the pianists we deserve? where is the fantasie? where is the imagination?

[TheIshter]

Oh what are you talking about? Does he deserve these kinds of audience? It was a great performance for being at the "Young Musicians" category.

All I see from your comments are the lack of identifying emotion.

[masamune81]

I identify emotion when ther´s emotion to identify. In these recording he plays with certain musicality and that´s all. I´m not comparing, but I feel something special when I listen to Rachmaninov, Friedman or Horowitz. I´m not saying Yundi Li is a bad pianist, he is bad artist.

[TheIshter]

Can you elaborate? I mean, how do you identify emotion? The slows and fasts of the piece? The softness and loudness? Heck, the face expressions? And if you say he's a bad artist, is it because he's missing that something "SPECIAL" in his performance?

Not being rude here, but I just want to know your side of critisizms.

[masamune81]

I can´t explain it well.Maybe this"something special"is a fact of creation and a deep kowledge of the meaning of the piece.About"La Campanella",it requires a virtuosity of the emotion,not of the fingers.When I listen to Yundi Li,I listen a talented pupil who does very well what his teacher says.I´m searching for something sensational,maybe is my fault.

Pag/Liszt:They were the greatest virtuosi,they made the audiences cry.Yundi makes me yawn.That´s what he gives me.

[G33kz0r]

Well, everything Thelster mentioned is part of the written music, not the artist. If the score shows "slows and fasts" or "softness and loudness" in a particular segment, that is what is expected. If you play simply by the score, however, you're no better than a machine. Every time the camera rolls by Li's face it looks like he has just snorted a pint of meth. I've seen chinese pianists better than this and yet 10 years younger; they just don't know where to look for their virtuoso.

[lagnared]

I just don't see your point there. When you say "they" don't know where to look for their virtuoso, who are you refering to? The judges of Chopin Concours?

I've been crazy about this song and have watched some other famous pianists playing it, but nobody even seemed to approach Yundi's level of interpretation. Well, if you know anybody who could play this piece better than this, please tell us so that we could enjoy what you call virtuoso.

[masamune81]

I was refering to Paganini and Liszt, but my comment was too long, so I had to abreviate.

I don´t know the "perfect" Campanella, but I can remember a good live recording of Cziffra and the old one of Busoni. But I recomend to listen to pianists like Ignaz Friedman, Rachmaninov or Cortot to understand what I´m talking about.

[allegrissimo]

That's exactly how I feel about artistry. In that case, listen to Paganini/Liszt/Busoni/Friedman­'s version (played by Friedman himself). That one shows indeed the true expression that is needed in this piece. What I totally miss in Yundi Li's performance is "el diabolo". When we think of Paganini, but certainly about Liszt, there has to be a very diabolical element in la Campanella, to give us the chills like Liszt and Paganini did in their days. Sir Li, where is it?? This sounds like a lullaby!

[orjus]

right on !!!

[lagnared]

Sorry but I don't see your point there. When you say "they" don't know where to look for their virtuoso, whom are you refering to? The judges of the Chopin Concours?

I've been crazy about this song and have watched some other famous pianists playing it, but nobody even seemed to approach Yundi's level of interpretation. If you know anybody better than him at this, please tell us so that we could enjoy what you call virtuoso.

[G33kz0r]

Did anyone else hear that atrocious blunder near the end? This isn't professional pianist quality.

[Evanesce33]

Yes, he did make a mistake. The piece as a whole, however, is played very musically, so doncha think a little credit should be given in regards to that instead of one big negative?

[G33kz0r]

Doncha think a professional pianist who plays 8 hours a day and gets paid large sums of money needs higher standards than this? Besides the fact that he's (arguably) the best China has to offer, once professional pianists complete studying a particular song they should be able (at least) to play it flawlessly, blindfolded. There's no point to playing a piece "musically" (because it's all undoubtedly music)if you blunder. It's just like baking a wonderful cake and shitting on the top.

[heteroskidesticity]

The biased views based on race, gender, nationality,

and religion are unacceptable, not here, not anywhere

in America, and should not be tolerated anywhere in the world. Let's keep piano in piano.

[heteroskidesticity]

Yundi is a world class musician, not just a

technician. As a musician, he makes music out of

those notes. Kissin plays like a well-programmed

machine. The notes under Kissin were shortened,

having the same length and weight. The ultmate goal of a pianist is to "make music", not just pressing the keys. We can program a piano to play any piece

100% accurately. But then what is the point of playing it? Hope people understand a perfect technician does not equal a creative musician.

[ThunderRanger]

I must say This piece is hard very hard. I have been working on it for 2 weeks and only got onto the 3rd page its very difficult to play. also. i like Both interpretations of this one and Kissin. but Kissin makes heaps of mistakes while Yundi Li makes one that i can notice. but i do like both interpretations.

[yara80]

Radurak, why don't we hear from your own interpretation?

[purplepwnage]

Learn to respect other peoples views

[Pianizt]

radurak has no musical understanding inside of him >.<

WTF R U SAYING.. this person is brilliant.. he feels the music like no one else.. he has his own interpretation, besides.. his body and facial expression is moving accordingly to the music..

[Enzo24680]

Bravo!i will study this piece.

[vrljikkerssfesst]

he missed the ti-flat on the "animato" part of the piece....

But good playing though.... ^_^

[stridskuk87]

Woow, the ending is unbelivble

[linmaomao]

he played it greatly!amazing speed..amazing technique..and great interpretation! even though he pressed wrongly by incident at the ending animato part, but who doesnt make mistakes?it still sound so perfect overall..

[radurak]

boring interpretation. He didn't go into the piece.

[jnm4ever99]

I like his La Campanella best!!

[zubaz91]

omg i crapped myself at the end

[shelim23]

Flawless technique

[TheTradge]

Yundi Li is just incredible! Amazing interpretation of this piece!

[bassus2]

se pasó el machucao

[OixordNL]

He's cheating. There's no way a human can ever play this piece that good. It just can't >.<

[ceoofwhoopass]

completely godly

[ayanagishima]

hes cute

[Azz9999]

where to download the movie of this??

[pian000]

i luv dis bloke

[pian000]

lololol

[anhduy11]

i loved this piece gonna learn it after alla turca volodos xD

[pian000]

hes good but hes no bowl of special k

[shadowfox1210]

hmm maybe you should learn more about him before making this comment pian000