Lang Lang - Chopin, Etude Op. 10 No. 5

[DomLeSex]

BS

[LeCaptiv1]

This is SO mechanical. The artistry is lost.

[jc2971]

HORRIBLE.  He certainly does not know how this piece SHOULD be played

[theblueisyou]

the scores says vivace. not presto. lang lang, i am dissapoint

[iwritemusic1]

i dont like this at all. wheres the legato? lang lang is hit or miss for me...

[suiteno1]

difficult level: asian

[jaspernatchez]

I don't understand why anyone would want to listen to this.

[pvn2474]

Way toooo slooowww!! I do the piece under a minute, so why doesn't he?!

[kranxta]

@pvn2474 haha yeah why doesn't this world class pianist play it the same as you, maybe interpretation?

p.s. sorry if you weren't being serious

[pvn2474]

@kranxta Honey, I was joking BIG TIME! ;-) He plays it insanely fast!

[kranxta]

@pvn2474 haha good, i was like, well shit this guy must be fast

[TheAaronPetit]

I love how staccato he makes it! It sounds really fluttery and magical!!! (It's also really hard to do!)

[KegPatcha]

You can say all you want about him being a showman, but if had the chance to go see him live, I wouldn't think twice. Nobody can deny his talent.

[zoenie123]

Toooooooo fast ... :-(

[ovnismx]

@zoenie123 can you accept the challenge to play it on the same speed and keep it the same clea, fluent and crystal-like on that speed, i can note a theme on the left hand that i ever noticed before.

[jaspernatchez]

@ovnismx music is not a "challenge". "Challenges" are for athletic events. If you look at the score, you'll notice that Chopin marked it legato. Ask your teacher what that means.

[jaspernatchez]

@jaspernatchez by the way, if you look at the score, you'll notice it's marked "Vivace". Not "Molto vivace", not "Presto", not "Prestissimo". Now I bet, since Chopin was a smart fellow, that he knew how to write all of those Italian terms that mean faster than Vivace. BUT HE DIDN'T.

[retrogamerdave]

to all the haters: I know Lang Lang has some bad recordings, but this was the favorite I've heard of this etude ever. So stop hating. Lang Lang is a force to be reckoned with

[pejpo]

@retrogamerdave listen to valentina lisitsas verision, its so much better.

[neatica26]

lang lang - "the jennifer lopez" of classical music.

[fredericfranc]

...amazingly junky, hard to believe somebody with the technique to play this can, nevertheless sound so cynical, heartless and mechanical...LL no longer cares about the music...explain to me what DOES he care about any more?..

[gtizzle101]

@fredericfranc he's complete showman that's what he cares about

[angalafan]

Many different ways to play Chopin, he's feeling his way deeply, and I like it very much..!

[GTTDG]

This guy is a torturer, a music torturer. Here we see him struggling with a particularly delicate music; the result is of course thorny. In addition to music, you can see the evil grin of this sadistic person. Moreover, the age-old problem of "typing" on the piano continues.

[smirnoffdudeman]

@GTTDG shut up bro. lol. you play it.

[GTTDG]

@smirnoffdudeman You needn't be able to type on the piano to understand that this interpretation sucks. As listener, I'm free to express my opinion: I despise this babe and I appreciate the musicians; if I'm looking for jugglers I go to the circus. Translated for you: Outta my way. Your coarseness breaks my balls. Open your mind. lol

[ValentinaAmazesSuper]

@GTTDG you are allowed to express your opinion but you are NOT allowed to call the player sucky. i don't like lang lang at all i just happen to come across this video, but id like to say that lang lang is x10056985076895768950673580967­69 more talented than any mainstream popstar

[GTTDG]

@ValentinaAmazesSuper Wait, wait. I never wrote that Lang is sucky, but that his interpretation is sucky. About his person, I don't care at all, of course. Have you ever listened Horowitz' version? To the comparison, Lang's one seems arid and puerile. Anyway, nobody around here reads music critics, otherwise my comment would have gone unnoticed because of the "low tones".

[GTTDG]

@smirnoffdudeman This interpretation is better. /watch?v=hIngPGtPYGI rotfl

[thedirtymeatball]

1:05 "hey bro!"

[OleLaZeta]

I liked it, you arseholes.

[newFranzFerencLiszt]

I think he didn't understand a shit of this etude

(Chopin, forgive him, because he doesn't know what he's doing)

[mrpolaroid123]

@newFranzFerencLiszt And you know better than Lang Lang? Is Horowitz back from the dead?

[yellowpenguinpiano]

1.05 = hey bruuuu

[king32123213]

HAHAHHAHA no orange!!! lang lang you have failed to play the full piece with an orange as a pianist

[MichaelW12321]

are you guys idiots? do you not hear the feeling in this piece? turn up the volume...you guys are just pulling bullshit opinions out of your asses and criticize him just to criticize him. it is his interpretation of the piece. it is an etude. learn the piece, come back in a year, and reevaluate your opinions.

[b1bIs1337]

@MichaelW12321 pretentiousness ohohohoho

[thecookchef]

no orange???

[frenchdjo]

As I am reading the comments I must agree that it seems that Lang Lang is playing the piece way too fast, however if you strictly follow the tempo of the piece (Vivace ) the piece should be played in 1min 30 secs according to Chopin's rules. And Horowitz version is about that fast but with much more feelings and delicatesse!!!

[ZehirVenom]

Hmm.. well played, quite fast, perhaps too fast.

But... (there is always a 'but') but tell me... where is the feeling? Where is Chopin? I dont sense him therein. Where are the romance and emotion of the Romantism? Gone, traded up for speed and cold perfection...

[tyj1020]

@ZehirVenom How do you he played it without feeling and emotion? It is an etude for the exercise of your fingers, the faster you play, the better finger reflex you have, assuming of cause you can play it very cleanly.

[ZehirVenom]

@tyj1020 Yet speed does not matter, this is an art, not a competition. If one wants to play for exercise thats to be done home. At a concert one must play for the charm and the beauty of music. Every style has its beauty, as Chopin is a romantic composer, the charm in his music are the emotion and finesse. Even for a speedy etude too much speed does not do the trick. If one wants a rapid play, then he must introduce several pauses in order to maintain the emotion. Like: Slow, fast, fast, slow...

[elmohead]

@tyj1020 Traditionally yes. But Chopin changed that.

[richie00lama]

Hey guys, if you think, that piano play is about fast playing, then you're terribly wrong.

[xXAzNBa0Xx]

it doesnt matter how fast u are .... lang lang is always faster

[bloopsyblopsy009]

@xXAzNBa0Xx you're right :)

[TuneBlender]

I usually don't like very fast tempos, but he really made it work!! Beautiful!

[Kyuubilias]

HOW CAN YOU SAY TOO FAST TO AN ETUDE !!! HAhahahaha you even play piano??? what is an etude about man ......... .

[2pacAmazesSuperman]

@Kyuubilias listen to chopin's etude op10 no3

he obviously wanted all his etudes played fast right?(sarcasm)

[Kyuubilias]

@2pacAmazesSuperman haha who knows^^ probably not all.

[Kyuubilias]

@Kyuubilias btw we have a saying in germany: " ausnahmen bestätigen die Regel".

[hausmeister64]

compare this to horrowitz playing this etude and u will see what music is about...

[ansonyeung825]

his facial expression is too much

[JarvinenBeninissa]

It's true he plays so fast that individual notes sometimes get blended into an arpeggio-like cloud - but amazingly, he still manages to phrase very melodically all the slower structures, second voices etc. Despite the hallucinating tempo, his clarity of timbre is very enjoyable. Bravo.

[Terrantuladic]

I heard this piece played this fast a few times. Not my taste tough.

[toruweber]

Well, Chopin wanted his Etudes played very fast :)

[dancelover1430]

この曲は素晴らしいです！

[wildstyled]

After listening to Horowitz, I feel that this isn't one of LL's best performances ...

[Dinamilson]

Brilliant rendition (except for the last note, of course) !!!

Unmatched technique !!!!

[chipncharge94]

no... not the thoughts of chopin.

[alexei6003]

He used to play so nicely... now too often I see this kind of "show off" performances..

Pity because I am a great fan

[mario54671]

@alexei6003 You're BARELY noticing that..?

[asktheNBAguru]

He looks like a pig and is too snobby. I met him once at a book signing in New York manhattan, and he was very arrogant

[dancelover1430]

@asktheNBAguru me too!!! lolz

[MatasanosYCo]

Que puto jefe O.o!!!

[pecintapiano]

it is too fast, i can't enjoy the melody...rachel plays it with a right tempo.

[TheCicek34]

valentina is good in etudes..

[HaIoReachForge]

I really didn't like this performance.

Varying tempo, no dynamics, hardly recognizable; Lang Lang did this study no justice.

Just my opinion.

[Sebbastar]

Asians with their apm..

[jcindass89]

@Sebbastar he must be a zerg player

[chipncharge94]

@Sebbastar apm?

[SuperDases]

@Sebbastar LOL

[miroven]

dam fucking fly at the end lol

[aSongScout]

He definitely is very skilled and has worked hard to have the ability to play so quickly, but in this performance he is so fast that the song just sounds like a blur of notes at times. The left hand part is barely audible and the right hand often doesn't have any dynamics. It's a shame. :/

[XPKpianist]

@aSongScout It is a piece of music, not a SONG...please, for god sake..use it well.

[edogst]

Lang Lang has to get History of Music lessons, this is completely out of style, though he might get a true musician as he groes older.

[randomdude1020]

i kinda like it this fast

it's so lively :D

[SnowClouds810]

I really love fast music!

[timmyomahony]

It's an etude; it's supposed to be a showy technical practice piece - why wouldn't he play it quick.

[fabfreebird1]

I mean, the tempo marking IS vivace.

[mario54671]

@fabfreebird1 But it's not Presto like Op. 10 no. 4 or Op. 25 no. 2. Plus, Chopin himself gives a tempo 116bpm per quarter note. Lang Lang is playing this at around 144bpm. Sorry, but the whole "well the tempo says this" doesn't really work well when the composer themselves gives a metronome marking so that people have a very good idea of how fast it should be. This is quite a bit faster than what Chopin indicated.

[fabfreebird1]

@mario54671 Youtube doesn't really show irony! I agree, its way too fast.

[pearlwongsk]

I really like the last part



[leondapeon100]

why is there so many haters here?

[lePistolero]

he tends to become sober

[sirshitsalot007]

0:47 CHEATER CHEATER CHEATER WAY TOO SLOW

[shenkeey]

@sirshitsalot007 That's a very easy part?..

[sirshitsalot007]

@shenkeey 454121454121? you kidding me?

[shenkeey]

@sirshitsalot007 I am not.

[sirshitsalot007]

@shenkeey yes you are

[shenkeey]

@sirshitsalot007 It's not at all the hardest part of the song

[sirshitsalot007]

@shenkeey than, praytell, what is?

[XPKpianist]

@sirshitsalot007 It's just his rubato, plus that passage is technically easy. It is a passage that leads back to the main theme (so to speak recapitulation of the piece) so musically speaking it is somehow tastefully done.

[MuscleDaddyCMH]

Prestidigitation. And no charm at all.

[Vesivian]

@MuscleDaddyCMH its an etude...

[DuhuKaralius]

sounds like he's showing off his perception and quickness (technique). I don't seem to understand what the f... is he playing, maybe cuz my brains can't go along with the tempo or he is REALLY playing if too fast.

[qqqwqeqrqtqy]

como la hace de pedo este cabron, pero se la perdono porqueestabien pesado ;D

[uhartchristian]

c est de la Maitrise. 

[BizzMarki]

Cool blazer!

[steveaulie]

Listen to what he does around the :30 mark. Is that not gorgeous? Let's not forget that this is an etude, too... designed to showcase ones technique. Lang Lang is all over it, blending his sparkling dazzle with wonderful musicality. Not many pianists could nail this etude the way he does here. Saying he plays this piece "too fast" is like telling a gorgeous woman her body moves too provocatively when she walks... when she is just doing what comes naturally to her with what shes been gifted.

[Gunfire4hire]

@steveaulie For one who usually doesn't enjoy Lang Lang's work, I've got to admit that this rendition of the Black Keys etude is done very well, whether he takes it too fast or not. Glenn Gould is infamous for his interpretations of Bach where he takes the tempo too fast or too slow at times and yet he's the regarded the greatest Bach interpreter that's lived. If you want an actual video of Lang Lang taking a piece WAY too fast, look up his Liebestraum.

[senripiano]

I can't get to listen to the piece at all :( it's just too fast

[egoistaX]

fatal error..never heard so bad chopin

[kopk888]

@egoistaX lol check out this guys' comment to other chopin videos. you would laugh your asses off."chopin smiles on you" lololol you met chopin in real life?

[mytownsanbon]

just very different style to others

i think it was very good in terms of interpretation

[steveaulie]

Lang Lang could have played it even faster if he had wanted. I think this performance is Primo!

[senripiano]

@steveaulie making it faster doesn't make it beautiful though

[sichen8]

people who say its too fast, probably cannot even play it that fast without slipping a note or striking a note too hard. i think its perfect; the tone colour,expression and tempo is wonderful

[YSFmemories]

@sichen8 I'll admit, I can't play it fast; in fact, I make enough mistakes playing it at 2:00.

But that doesn't change the fact that this was too fast. Rather, it isn't too fast, since there are great versions of the black keys clocking in at 1:30, it's more "rushed". It didn't really sound genuine enough. I liked lang lang's playing better when he was 11.

Oh, I love langlang's character though; he seems to be a great person from what I see in interviews; but his playing...

[otto7otto]

is this chinese music? like chinese sounds....



[canojeffrey]

@otto7otto Nope, the right hand is in pentatonic scale which is the usual scale in traditional chinese music.

[anonymous345]

At first I thought "wow this is too fast," but as I listened longer I found that he makes it seem like a normal tempo; there are no signs of him straining to get more speed, it feels natural.

[olopcall]

too fast? Isn't it musical anyway? so many elite pianist on youtube lol.

[ansonyeung825]

too fast

[BlazeKenny]

@ansonyeung825 In the Cortot edition of the Chopin etudes, there stays you should play it in 1:30...hmm :S

[mario54671]

@BlazeKenny Yeah...but let's not forget how many times he slows down the tempo dramatically. If he didn't slow it down, it'd be MUCH shorter.

[snoopy771971]

@ansonyeung825 dafür umso klarer und schöner ....

[shenkeey]

@ansonyeung825 It's an etude

[ansonyeung825]

@shenkeey etude doesn't equal speed

[shenkeey]

@ansonyeung825 *An étude (a French word meaning study, French pronunciation: [eˈtyd], English pronunciation: / ˈeɪtjuːd /), is an instrumental musical composition, most commonly of considerable difficulty, usually designed to provide practice material for perfecting a particular technical skill

Speed equals technical ability in most cases

[AjkaTeckaAjik]

Tempo is very fast and in this tempo isnť this etude beautiful ..but Lang Lang is for me the best pianist, I love Lang Lang, I love his interpretation in music :)

[johnalt16]

Typical pseudo-musicians bashing Lang Lang as usual

Slower =/= more expression =/= better music. Any pianist would at least enjoy this performance for the incredible clarity of sound, tone and technique. Lighten up, it's a fun etude.

[r22k10]

"Look at me, everyone! Look how fast I can play!"

...where's Chopin in all of this?

[xXAzNBa0Xx]

even if its not my favourite interpretation

i gotta say that his technique is one of a kind

can you hear how clear he plays, in a tempo that would kill my fingers ???

thats just amazing right there

[supisande]

Para mi gusto demasiado rápido. Por lo demás Lang Lang es en estos momentos ya un pianista de los que quedarán para la historia. Es un portento de agilidad, inteligencia, trabajo y amor al piano. Y además es un chico con una figura bella, atractiva, Dios lo bendiga.

[mllebright]

This is...rather fast. lol

[augustine051]

Maybe if he could go slower, he could express his phrases more.

[Asgoodasgod]

Tecnicamente es un portento este muchacho. Musicalmente le falta madurar. Saludos.

[MuscleDaddyCMH]

All the charm of a wasp attacking you. God, it's all just prestidigitation to him, and then he throws in a super-duper-overdone ritard in the middle just to show he is meaningful.

[ThePianoguy89]

Amazing! 

[stravinskymusic]

typical "bang bang" as usual :(

[stravinskymusic]

typical "bang bang" as usual :(

[edtskyline]

As always...Lang Lang having fun! xD!

[Yukitopro]

that's not grand valse brilliante

:|

[LetTheMusicFlow1]

Oh no, oh no.......title's incorrect. :/ Please get to changing, medicitv!

[doriosity]

o.O this is SOOO not a waltz.

[chrstfntc2875]

its a good etude, dont know if its a good waltz

[custard50146]

GENIUS!!! BRILLIANT!!!

[ChrisWatch]

lol. grande valse brillante. looks like someone loaded up the wrong clip.

[kettellive]

amazing

[THEMYSTOCLES]

Técnica apurada que não se presta só ao serviço da virtuose, mas também a perfeição do fraseado e o discurso melódico. Parabéns!!

[TheFrightenersDeath]

This is the "Black Key" Etude Op. 10 no.5 ist'n it?

Not the Grande Valse brillante

[medicitv]

@TheFrightenersDeath Thanks to everyone who noticed the wrong title. Of course this is the Etude Op. 10 No. 5 and not a Waltz! Our apologies.

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