People who dislike this rendition, obviously don´t understand "shit" about Music and think themselves could do better. Congratulations, Lang lang. It´s fantastic !!! Very passionate, as it should be. Almost close to the best renditon which is with Scriabin himself.
Love the etude, hate this performance. Why does the performer think that putting the brakes on an avelanch is ever a good idea? Scriabin wasn't Chinese. Weird, fussy tempo changes just ruin the whole effect. Yuck!
I find this an interesting interpretation. It's slower than most versions, yes, but that allows for a bit more introspection.
@apluspianist: As much as I adore Scriabin, he could be as depressed as he wanted (although I'd rather he not be depressed) - once a piece is published, it's open to interpretation.
Scriabin played the piece so well, he would be depressed if he listen to this. Actually his chord is so slow, his technique can't be compared to Scriabin!
Drole d'impression en écoutant cette version: à la fois c'est parfait techniquement,il y a des nuances mais elles ne sont pas toujours au bon endroit!!! Il suffit de comparer avec d'autres versions!
Tout le monde ne peut avoir le génie de G Gould pour jouer d'une façon anachronique ,belle et sous un jour nouveau!!!!!!!!!
@inna1962 Where did you get that idea? I am Russian and I listen to classical music, but I wasn't aware of any laws that obligate me to speak Russian on youtube..
Cette interprétation est d'un mauvais gout délirant pour un pianiste de cette renommée. Je ne suis pas étonné car Lang Lang est un familier du mauvais gout. C'est vraiment un pianiste des gens qui n'y connaissent rien au classique. La virtuosité est ici au service d'un gouffre artistique surprenant. C'est bien simple, tout sonne faux, tout sonne snob et prétentieux. Si vous voulez entendre une interprétation digne de ce nom, allez voir scriabin, horowitz ou richter mais PARTEZ D'ICI !! PITIE
Sans intérêt, définitivement sans intérêt! Aucune inovation, aucun style particulier, aucune marque de distinction quelconque. Du Lang Lang pur jus en bref, il nous prouve bien à chaque fois qu'il est capable d'enlaidir tout ce qu'il touche. On voit bien que les gens payent pour n'importe quoi de nos jours.
i thought it was one of the better lang lang performances, certainly better than his hideous prelude op. 23 no. 5 and hungarian rhapsody no. 2. his haydn sonata and mendelssohn concerto no. 1 are both good too.
For a professional musician, this is absolute shite. Scriabin remains the main composer that Lang Lang is horrible at interpreting (I mean, check out his recordings of other etudes!); the accents are all wrong, the musicality and contrast is so lacking (there could be so much more!), there is no good rubato extension, and worst there is no "border of insanity" feel that Horowitz absolutely nails. Oh, and I play this piece btw, so you can't throw the "why don't you play this then" card at me.
@zorbeypiano Big surprise that you should say that Lang Lang sucks, and that Horowitz rules... Maybe you should give Lang Lang a call and tell him he's doing it all wrong. Make a call to Baremboim aswell, while your at it, and tell him that he's a horrible teacher.
@commenter125 Yeah might as well call Horowitz as well, who had knowledge of Scriabin's style and had met and talked to him?! But it's just preference, Lang Lang just doesn't really know Scriabin's style. And I would gladly tell him that, while he has some good interpretations out there, this one is lacking. It's not like to critiicize a performance (this is my FAVORITE etude btw, just putting this out there, I've listened to and analyzed it more than a 100 times probably)
(continued) means to automatically say you're better at all aspects of the piece than the performer, or are a better performer yourself, it's just knowing that for his standard, it sucks! And Kissin e.g. has a decent performance of the piece, one I still WOULD have smaller criticisms for, but captures the essence of the piece better. But seriously, have you listened to how intricate Horowitz is with the Scriabin etudes he plays?! Nearly irreplicatable!!
I wish the uploader didn't write "Lang-Lang - Scriabin..." but only the piece. Then people would say that is was really good, and as good as Horowitz...
I feel like everyone except for Rach, Scriabin, and Horowitz totally rape this piece. It's sort of like an emotional immaturity. I don't like this too much, or Lola Astonova's... or Kissin's or Argerich. Maybe I'm just pissy.... but really....
This is a Lang-Lang style piece, highly passionate, sometimes chaotic, and in the end Euphoric. This along with Liebestraum no 3, and the Rachmaninoff prelude in B flat major are to me his best plays.
@Regor2010 Why do you have "bashing away" in quotation marks? I have it in quotes because I am quoting you. You have it in quotes because you are incompetent.
I agree, you guys are being easily manipulated by overexaggerated propaganda over the net. If the title would have said Horowitz you'd have thought otherwise. "He doesn't understand."? Then, what do you understand?
@ImmortalSpecies seeing as I'm a student at music college, I think I might understand a little more than you - lang lang's talent is boundless, but his taste in romantic music, especially late romantic, is astonishingly grotesque. Furthermore, he seems to have little to no knowledge about the music itself, and instead plays the notes just for virtuosic and showpiece effect, rather than true artistic understanding. However, he's a millionaire and I'm not, so. But he is, 'classical pop.'
@wagneristhebest Do you want to know why Lang Lang is "classical pop?" It is because he is popular. Why? Because people like the way he plays. This is the point of music. So if he doesn't follow the rules you learned in school, then maybe it's because he's better than you and ahead of you.
@SUPPLEANDFIRM You think that's the point of music? That people 'like' the way Lang Lang plays is the point of music? I'm not even going to bother arguing with such an idiot.
@SUPPLEANDFIRM That just shows how much of an idiot you are - again. It's not your opinion, because you obviously haven't got a clue. But it's the fact you think you can tell me what music is about? You think the point of music revolves around 'like' and 'dislike?' If you'd like to hear what I feel about music, message me, but I think Lang Lang, let alone Scriabin, would understand that music isn't about material 'like.' Music is alot deeper than that.
@wagneristhebest You know what I enjoy about your life? Message me. jk, I will tell you now. It is that you are going to be a poor, unpopular, and unknown. You are a total disciple of inflexible academics in something that is called liberal arts. Liberal arts isn't math or physics where there are immovable laws. You can follow everything you learned or do something different and likable and profit in more ways than one. It's just music, not science. Music is less important than you think.
@SUPPLEANDFIRM Wow that just made my day! Firstly, you really don't have a clue of what I was saying in my last comment. Furthermore you've just gone into a lecture about something you totally don't know about - do you even know what liberal arts are? Finally, obviously you know nothing about music, which makes it hilarious that you are attempting to give persuasive argument on this video. It's good to be opinionated, but not when you know nothing about what your opinionated on. Utter idiot!
@wagneristhebest THIS IS SO SILLY MY GOODNESS! What are you talking about? Nobody has a clue!! (I'm replying to suppleandfirm, I'm not directing this at you. Music cannot be about anything! It's free flowing! There's no need for questions! It just IS. Music is also about everything and nothing. So opinion does matter, but at the same time you can detach for a moment and examine it. All elements must be incorporated.
@wagneristhebest Why does money have to go with any of this? Money means close to nothing... oh wait, nope it's nothing. He looks a performing clown. Who even knows if you're in school? I wouldn't say his talent is boundless- but talent, I believe... is fickle. "Soul" which is a small term for something so grand... it means a lot more. To me personally.... Something important I think people forget is that music lasts to be understood- the entertainment is often a side effect.
@wagneristhebest You dont have the earned currency for room to talk if you havent tried to study or play the piece in lets say 'CARNEGIE HALL' or 'AN ORCHESTRA' !!!! I never heard of you so your not popular or famous for your piano playing, student or not, no one cares man. You dont have room to talk cause you like many other people on these stupid ass posts are not worthy to critic a work. AND YES, you have to know the piece to comment dont argue this.
There is technical proficiency there, but it's still just ALL wrong. Sorry. Someone said earlier that this is how Scriabin would have wanted it played? How do you come up with a statement like that?
@dragmio I bet most people here dont know what they are talking about, if the uploader didnt put the name Lang Lang there, people wouldnt be hating so much.
lol. Lang lang is good at piano and this is a good performance. Who cares if he is over dramatic in his motions? Only the nobodies on youtube. That is why he is actually famous and successful in real life.
i've seen him in a concert. lang lang just take any occasion to show his virtuosity. no matter if it fits the piece he plays or not. and of course, a lot of drama is always of special importance..
You simply don't understand FUCKING anything!! Lang Lang is a very accomplished Pianist! One of the best of our time! Many performances and many signs of genius! This proves that "AdamPage18" & "organman52" don't know a FUCKING thing and probably never will! Good luck in your pathetic jealous lives you losers. Go get a direction and marvel at the rest of us flourishing!!
Don't embarass yourselves by posting another comment, PLEASE!!
@joeyg12gg34 Accomplishments nothing. You're looking at music like a circus. Again- a performing clown. Clowns can be very talented... but what then? Performers are not important a lot of the time... neither are composers. It's the music itself. It's the woven essence of the universe that you are trivializing. I personally, will not live a jealous life. I'm a very incompetent human being- I'll admit, but I can sure play a tune on a piano. That's all that matters. Don't be so harsh,
@lolitaeviston Now the circus is like the Symphony or Music. Wow, you really are lost and Incompetent. Thats about as arbitrary as comparing it to Baseball. Btw, WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT IN ALL YOUR POSTS? DO YOU EVEN HAVE A PURPOSE? I WAS ONLY SAYING THAT HIS PLAYING IS GREAT SO DONT HATE. YET WE HAVE AN IDIOT LIKE YOU COMING HERE AND THROWING WORDS AROUND LIKE ESSENCE, WOVEN, UNIVERSE, ETC ETC.. DUDE!! REALLY!! GO GET A MUSIC HISTORY BOOK THEN COME TALK TO ME, MEANWHILE DONT POST.
@joeyg12gg34 no people like us are just frustrated that people are so easily decieved by his actions and motions - it's similar to the show-part of singers like cheryl cole who use their good looks to wow audiences. It's just primitive, the music itself does not compare to the mastery of others.
@joeyg12gg34 First, I'm a girl. Secondly, calm down. No, it's not "arbitrary" at all. I don't feel like insulting you, but if you get a lot of entertainment about making other feel bad, knock yourself out. No, I have every right to post. No I'm not lost nor am I really that incompetent. Under the computer screen I'm sure it's easy to insult people and be rude. If you were to read my words, you might understand them.
@lolitaeviston hey!! listen here LADY i, like many other DIFFERENT people in the world, have our own way of talking, whatever. i simply dont care about how i come off, and also just because im being rude doesnt mean im hiding behind a computer screen,not that i care to prove ANYTHING to you, I only understood that YOU are being insulting to a musician that probably worked very hard obviously you have nothing)to get to where he is at,and I SIMPLY JUST HATE people that hate to see others succeed!
@joeyg12gg34 I really don't understand the problem here. I was only making a statement, which you could have disproved calmly instead of getting all up in arms about nothing. Again, please think about what I said instead of being obnoxious. What does music history have to do with anything? Now, once again- I'm talking about very relevant things in my post, but obviously people are not into discussion. Only some sort of emotional distress over opinions.
@joeyg12gg34 uh, You replied to me after i had all my posts up for months so I wasnt getting off by insulting you, you dont know anything about music so quit lying to yourself LADY. Also, my harshness is due to PEOPLE (i dont give a fuck if your a girl, boy or alien or GOD for that matter) like you that try to act like your a better musician or that you know more than a 'Lang-Lang' or a 'Leif ove Andnes'. Your CRITIC means nothing and it comes straight from the circus itself.
@joeyg12gg34 I didn't say I was better. I don't compare myself to people. I wouldn't even think it's fair to judge myself with him, because I am younger- and have been playing for four years. I don't know much about music theory. lol okay whatever.
@lolitaeviston YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME NOW??? you've only been playing piano for four years and you dont know much about music theory yet your trying to critic a masterful piece of music???
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!
HOLY FUCK YOU ARE LOST!!!
DONT YOU DARE RESPOND BACK YOU STUPID FUCKING IDIOT!!
To you all, I'm a musician and I just started learning this masterpiece and listening to this version, I just can't tell myself he's wrong because the only indication Scriabin left on the score is "Patetico" and that's exactly what I feel in Lang Lang's version. During the whole piece, we can feel there is something that is slightly wrong, some kind of unstable thing and that's probably why most of you dislike this version, because this is not as romantic as it can be if played by another
To you all, I'm a musician and I just started learning this masterpiece and listening to this version, I just can't tell myself he's wrong because the only indication Scriabin left on the score is "Patetico" and that's exactly what I feel in Lang Lang's version. During the whole piece, we can feel there is something that is slightly wrong, some kind of unstable thing and that's probably why most of you dislike this version, because this is not as romantic as it can be if played by another
@betson123456789 There's nothing wrong with this performance, people are just so steeped in tradition that the only people they except are the people already excepted as masters such as Horowitz. I think Lang Lang plays this extremely well, and very musically, I bet the majority of the people who whine about this performance wouldn't even be able to dream about playing this piece.
@thepianomaniac First off, that's not grammar, it's bad spelling on my part. Secondly, this invalidates my point does it? Absent mindedly using the wrong word?
@OverFjell THANK YOU !!!! FINALLY!!!!!! A REAL SMART ANSWER!! THANKS BUDDY!! Betson right on! Its funny how all the fucking pukes that post there god dam hate comments and all there god dam whining are the same mother fuckers that wouldnt even dream of tackling a piece like this, they have nothing but there comments. Period. NO DEBATE.
@betson123456789 You're exactly right. Lang Lang gets this "instability" really well. Horowitz did too, I think, which makes this recording truly awesome.
I don't care a lot for lang lang, but you guys are all haters. It's way too easy to criticize when you're not at the piano bench. Learn the piece yourself, upload your interpretation, and then we'll talk.
@rawlph2 i wasn't necessarily saying that we should criticize pianists at all, just that if you are going to do it, then be sure to back up your opinions with credentials(ie learning the piece yourself). So i'm not really disagreeing with you at all, really.
@kimvimusic You could not possibly be more WRONG. What does a listener's own ability - or lack of ability - at the piano have to do with someone else's ability? Answer - nothing.
@kimvimusic Why not criticize? It's life! I mean, needless criticism that's just bashing isn't alright- but thought out criticism is okay. that causes change. And change is okay. "Haters". I'm sure you judge plenty of things you don't know how to do. Everyone does.
You dont have enough currency earned to judge a piece if you havent played it. NO DEBATE. Not all criticism causes change, thats not a good enough excuse to bash someone that puts out a best effort in something that you dont have a feather of an idea about. so get back to your accounting or number crunching or whatever the hell you do in your obviously incompetent life and leave the players alone. be positive, nothing good comes from the other.
@pianoorganman no ive never heard you play, again, cause your nobody. quit hating on a master of music. you dont have the earned currency to judge or compare.
@pianoorganman U can deal with deez nuts on ur chin. i have a life, unlike you that have nothing better to do than hate on a guy u never met or ever will meet. plz continue on ur pathetic ways.
@joeyg12gg34 You know what God Bless you because i feel sorry for a person that has nothan better else to do but commit on peoples opinos all day!!!!!
@pianoorganman I dont give a fuck about you man, I just hate mother fuckers like you that hate on successful people, why dont you go get a fucking life you rude bitch. and yes, i have all day to fuck people up like you that hate on others. you should never post a opinion that is negative it doesnt do any good, not that i care to teach you anything.
sounds like a digital rendering of the piece. Lang lang is a brilliant technician. I just wish he would communicate his emotion through the piano and it would be completely unmatched.
@lolitaeviston You wouldnt have a FUCKING clue what I notice because you dont know me, excuse my french. People dont hate people by nature, unless you grow up with that. everyone learns what they want in there own time, and GENIUS like Lang Lang just learn it alot faster, doesnt make him better than anyone, just faster and more apparent to the rest of the pukes commenting.
@joeyg12gg34 Very clever language usage, again. No, I don't know you. What a keen observation. Let's think this through. "People hate everyone" Well, you see I meant in a "people are going to hate anyone and it's not just focused on certain kinds of people". "Puke". Okay, that works too. Oh, and I'm just amusing myself talking to people like you. I'm sure your mother would be proud.
@MarcheseCadmio88 barenboim is a Argentinean pianist, you will find that argentineans waste quite a bit of time example: the Falkland Island war, big waste of time an argentina's behalf (no racism intended)
@nmbanana I was not talking about politics and wars, but about a man who "wasted his time" conducted a half jewish-half palestinian orchestra as a message of peace, and gained a lot of recognitions. For example: Léonie Sonning Music Prize, Goethe Medal, Wolf Prize in Arts, Buber-Rosenzweig-Medal, Prince of Asturias Awards. He is doctor of Philosophy, by the way. If such a man is said to waste his time, well...
@nmbanana Even my compatriots, as Italians, are famous in the world for their mafia and laziness, but I wouldn't call Sinopoli and Pavarotti "lazy people" just because they are from Italy.
Barenboim and Lang could not be liked by everyone, no doubt, but I think their talent is not questionable.
@MarcheseCadmio88 The point is not talent. It's how you use it. If you have a great musical gift and don't apply it with intelligent thinking then it's worth so little. For example in many pieces he doesn't follow properly the dynamics and tempi written by the composer. I have to agree, though, that this video is quite good. And I definitely like Barenboim
Those that criticise on Lang Lang. You have no rights to defame people on the internet if you can't do better. If you can play a pinch better than Lang Lang, I apologize. But if not, got tell him face to face what music is and teach him how to be better. Not respecting pianists ( bad or good) is like not respecting music!
@samcho2010 Well said my MAN!! Well said. No currency earned in trying to learn the piece gives you no room to talk. Its like fighting a war, you cant talk about it until youve learned.
i can't stand anything raped by "gang bang". it's very student-like but since i'm not really a Scriabin fan, i'm sort of neutral on this performance, expect to say that i'm surprised he's not missing as many notes as he usually does. but it sounds awfully bland and pedestrian. but there are some gang bang performances that are just brutal and borderline evil. he's just so awful. the "sheople" fell for what the music business mafia shoved down their throats. a great pianist is Yu Ja Wang.
ur opinion matters least on the planet! theres a reason hes popular, 1 concert every 3 days!! You have anything like that u stupid fuck? i dont think so! continue with ur pathetic jealous life!! prowess rules in piano performances, not ur jewish critique.
You guys are bone-heads. Lang Lang is maturing as a pianist. I agree that this performance is terrible, and that Lang Lang use to have a great deal of difficulty forming proper phrasing.
Its not the case anymore. Find some of his more recent performances, his Tchaikovsky 1st Piano Concerto performance would make Van Cliburn blush.
To those of you who do not think that pianists can get better with age, I would like to remind all of you that Richter's Chopin was pathetic early on.
I like a lot of Lang Lang's performances. I think this is possibly one of his worst...He just doesn't understand the emotions of this piece...Without seeing his odd facial expressions his music is just bland here. I like his chirpier pieces they suite his modern vituosic style...
Simon Barere makes this seem a spineless performance. What am I talking about... this IS SPINELESS.
Where's the insanity?! Where is the passion?! Where is the RAGE!? Where is the Scriabin we all know!?!?
Weak performance, but none the less there are at least some passages he plays that I can appreciate. But for most of the part I can only picture a rusty tractor at work here.
Probably, his best performance. Its a pity that such a talent has beeing wasted becaus of his eccentric manners.
kzelmer 4 days ago
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JohnnyStricklett 1 week ago
@JohnnyStricklett add the first part of the youtube URL up to /watch
in front of that ending :)
In my opinion, this is the greatest performance of the piece you will ever witness.
JohnnyStricklett 1 week ago
People who dislike this rendition, obviously don´t understand "shit" about Music and think themselves could do better. Congratulations, Lang lang. It´s fantastic !!! Very passionate, as it should be. Almost close to the best renditon which is with Scriabin himself.
Dihelson 1 week ago
The best version of this piece is SCRIABIN himself. It´s perfect. Horowitz not even comes close. This here is good, very passionate.
Dihelson 1 week ago
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One instance where Lang Lang doesn't simply Bang Bang (like he does on Rach's Prelude Op 23 No 5); bravissimo on this performance!
rmfotj 1 week ago
I must say that this is one of the best interpretations of this piece I heard so far. And I heard some ;-)
Engywucki 2 weeks ago
the best interpretation of this piece----Horowitz!!!
Filipjazzman 2 weeks ago
@Filipjazzman i totally dislike horowitz's interpretation. sofronitsky's version seems much more emotional to me
bagcevaZback 2 weeks ago
I actually don't like many of Lang Lang's interpretations but this is surprisingly good, much cleaner than he usually plays.
animatormark 3 weeks ago
at around 0:45 he nearly stops playing!
wat do u call that!?
ajayajath 1 month ago
@ajayajath It's called rubato and a great idea here.
Engywucki 2 weeks ago
Love the etude, hate this performance. Why does the performer think that putting the brakes on an avelanch is ever a good idea? Scriabin wasn't Chinese. Weird, fussy tempo changes just ruin the whole effect. Yuck!
bosomgirdle 1 month ago
I dont normally like any of Lang Langs interpretations but this is differnt.He deserves alot of credit for this.Excellent performance
bassshred37 1 month ago
Kissin plays this the best, even better than the man who wrote it, somehow. I guess it's not fair to say that, but anyway...
983215ljhlkadbspig6y 2 months ago
That being said, I prefer Horowitz's interpretation: more spontaneous, more dramatic pauses and rubato. The ending is also clearer.
SeadogDriftwood 2 months ago
I find this an interesting interpretation. It's slower than most versions, yes, but that allows for a bit more introspection.
@apluspianist: As much as I adore Scriabin, he could be as depressed as he wanted (although I'd rather he not be depressed) - once a piece is published, it's open to interpretation.
SeadogDriftwood 2 months ago
Scriabin played the piece so well, he would be depressed if he listen to this. Actually his chord is so slow, his technique can't be compared to Scriabin!
apluspianist 2 months ago
I better like Kissin's interpretation of this etude
MrMcDonnel 2 months ago
i think it isn't Lang Lang
MrMcDonnel 2 months ago
The ending is faked by some highly esteemed masters. Not here. This is a controlled burn, and he stokes the fires well.
mstalcup 2 months ago
very nice and emotional performance, like, like like!!!!
narekstepanian 2 months ago
Lang Lang is much better than he gets credit for, but this didn't do it for me at all :(
rgrannell1 3 months ago
Drole d'impression en écoutant cette version: à la fois c'est parfait techniquement,il y a des nuances mais elles ne sont pas toujours au bon endroit!!! Il suffit de comparer avec d'autres versions!
Tout le monde ne peut avoir le génie de G Gould pour jouer d'une façon anachronique ,belle et sous un jour nouveau!!!!!!!!!
jeanlucchapelon 4 months ago
The guy can play...
Dihelson 4 months ago
It´s very good. Perhaps we´d better listen to lang Lang, instead of seeing him playing actually... Very amazing!
Dihelson 4 months ago 2
wow, im impressed. This piece is soo epic that not even langlang can ruin it!
Balgig 4 months ago
Неужели ни один славянин не слушает классику...
inna1962 4 months ago
@inna1962 Where did you get that idea? I am Russian and I listen to classical music, but I wasn't aware of any laws that obligate me to speak Russian on youtube..
MaximPodolsky 3 months ago
I do not like this performance :(
ardarico 5 months ago
Cette interprétation est d'un mauvais gout délirant pour un pianiste de cette renommée. Je ne suis pas étonné car Lang Lang est un familier du mauvais gout. C'est vraiment un pianiste des gens qui n'y connaissent rien au classique. La virtuosité est ici au service d'un gouffre artistique surprenant. C'est bien simple, tout sonne faux, tout sonne snob et prétentieux. Si vous voulez entendre une interprétation digne de ce nom, allez voir scriabin, horowitz ou richter mais PARTEZ D'ICI !! PITIE
17jimmypage 5 months ago
Very good performance.
1424f28 5 months ago
Sans intérêt, définitivement sans intérêt! Aucune inovation, aucun style particulier, aucune marque de distinction quelconque. Du Lang Lang pur jus en bref, il nous prouve bien à chaque fois qu'il est capable d'enlaidir tout ce qu'il touche. On voit bien que les gens payent pour n'importe quoi de nos jours.
Chateaubriand26 5 months ago
i thought it was one of the better lang lang performances, certainly better than his hideous prelude op. 23 no. 5 and hungarian rhapsody no. 2. his haydn sonata and mendelssohn concerto no. 1 are both good too.
jyoo21 6 months ago
For a professional musician, this is absolute shite. Scriabin remains the main composer that Lang Lang is horrible at interpreting (I mean, check out his recordings of other etudes!); the accents are all wrong, the musicality and contrast is so lacking (there could be so much more!), there is no good rubato extension, and worst there is no "border of insanity" feel that Horowitz absolutely nails. Oh, and I play this piece btw, so you can't throw the "why don't you play this then" card at me.
zorbeypiano 6 months ago
@zorbeypiano Big surprise that you should say that Lang Lang sucks, and that Horowitz rules... Maybe you should give Lang Lang a call and tell him he's doing it all wrong. Make a call to Baremboim aswell, while your at it, and tell him that he's a horrible teacher.
commenter125 6 months ago
@commenter125 Yeah might as well call Horowitz as well, who had knowledge of Scriabin's style and had met and talked to him?! But it's just preference, Lang Lang just doesn't really know Scriabin's style. And I would gladly tell him that, while he has some good interpretations out there, this one is lacking. It's not like to critiicize a performance (this is my FAVORITE etude btw, just putting this out there, I've listened to and analyzed it more than a 100 times probably)
zorbeypiano 6 months ago
(continued) means to automatically say you're better at all aspects of the piece than the performer, or are a better performer yourself, it's just knowing that for his standard, it sucks! And Kissin e.g. has a decent performance of the piece, one I still WOULD have smaller criticisms for, but captures the essence of the piece better. But seriously, have you listened to how intricate Horowitz is with the Scriabin etudes he plays?! Nearly irreplicatable!!
zorbeypiano 6 months ago
Lang Lang played this piece...automatic dislike?
I thought this was a very good performance of this piece.
MertezAad 7 months ago 13
I mean, if they didn't know it was Lang Lang, people would say it was great.
commenter125 7 months ago 13
I wish the uploader didn't write "Lang-Lang - Scriabin..." but only the piece. Then people would say that is was really good, and as good as Horowitz...
commenter125 7 months ago
Guys stfu enjoy the great performance. Someone might not like his playing but he is super talented and successful. Respect.
MishaKofman 7 months ago
I feel like everyone except for Rach, Scriabin, and Horowitz totally rape this piece. It's sort of like an emotional immaturity. I don't like this too much, or Lola Astonova's... or Kissin's or Argerich. Maybe I'm just pissy.... but really....
lolitaeviston 7 months ago
@lolitaeviston
Where's the version by Rachmaninoff?
keetner 7 months ago
@keetner I lied. Well I didn't mean to. Okay, so Scriabin and Horowitz play it well. But I'm sure Rachmaninoff could too.... whoops.
lolitaeviston 7 months ago
I like how when people have no valid argument to make, they just pick at someone's spelling/grammar...
keetner 8 months ago
@keetner It's pretty amusing though.
lolitaeviston 7 months ago
This is a Lang-Lang style piece, highly passionate, sometimes chaotic, and in the end Euphoric. This along with Liebestraum no 3, and the Rachmaninoff prelude in B flat major are to me his best plays.
liszt141 8 months ago
@Regor2010 Why do you have "bashing away" in quotation marks? I have it in quotes because I am quoting you. You have it in quotes because you are incompetent.
SUPPLEANDFIRM 8 months ago
I agree, you guys are being easily manipulated by overexaggerated propaganda over the net. If the title would have said Horowitz you'd have thought otherwise. "He doesn't understand."? Then, what do you understand?
ImmortalSpecies 9 months ago
@ImmortalSpecies seeing as I'm a student at music college, I think I might understand a little more than you - lang lang's talent is boundless, but his taste in romantic music, especially late romantic, is astonishingly grotesque. Furthermore, he seems to have little to no knowledge about the music itself, and instead plays the notes just for virtuosic and showpiece effect, rather than true artistic understanding. However, he's a millionaire and I'm not, so. But he is, 'classical pop.'
wagneristhebest 9 months ago
@wagneristhebest Do you want to know why Lang Lang is "classical pop?" It is because he is popular. Why? Because people like the way he plays. This is the point of music. So if he doesn't follow the rules you learned in school, then maybe it's because he's better than you and ahead of you.
SUPPLEANDFIRM 8 months ago
@SUPPLEANDFIRM You think that's the point of music? That people 'like' the way Lang Lang plays is the point of music? I'm not even going to bother arguing with such an idiot.
wagneristhebest 8 months ago
@wagneristhebest Oh I forgot the point of music was to dislike it.
SUPPLEANDFIRM 8 months ago
@SUPPLEANDFIRM That just shows how much of an idiot you are - again. It's not your opinion, because you obviously haven't got a clue. But it's the fact you think you can tell me what music is about? You think the point of music revolves around 'like' and 'dislike?' If you'd like to hear what I feel about music, message me, but I think Lang Lang, let alone Scriabin, would understand that music isn't about material 'like.' Music is alot deeper than that.
wagneristhebest 8 months ago
@wagneristhebest You know what I enjoy about your life? Message me. jk, I will tell you now. It is that you are going to be a poor, unpopular, and unknown. You are a total disciple of inflexible academics in something that is called liberal arts. Liberal arts isn't math or physics where there are immovable laws. You can follow everything you learned or do something different and likable and profit in more ways than one. It's just music, not science. Music is less important than you think.
SUPPLEANDFIRM 8 months ago
@SUPPLEANDFIRM Wow that just made my day! Firstly, you really don't have a clue of what I was saying in my last comment. Furthermore you've just gone into a lecture about something you totally don't know about - do you even know what liberal arts are? Finally, obviously you know nothing about music, which makes it hilarious that you are attempting to give persuasive argument on this video. It's good to be opinionated, but not when you know nothing about what your opinionated on. Utter idiot!
wagneristhebest 8 months ago
@wagneristhebest THIS IS SO SILLY MY GOODNESS! What are you talking about? Nobody has a clue!! (I'm replying to suppleandfirm, I'm not directing this at you. Music cannot be about anything! It's free flowing! There's no need for questions! It just IS. Music is also about everything and nothing. So opinion does matter, but at the same time you can detach for a moment and examine it. All elements must be incorporated.
lolitaeviston 7 months ago
@wagneristhebest Why does money have to go with any of this? Money means close to nothing... oh wait, nope it's nothing. He looks a performing clown. Who even knows if you're in school? I wouldn't say his talent is boundless- but talent, I believe... is fickle. "Soul" which is a small term for something so grand... it means a lot more. To me personally.... Something important I think people forget is that music lasts to be understood- the entertainment is often a side effect.
lolitaeviston 7 months ago
@wagneristhebest You dont have the earned currency for room to talk if you havent tried to study or play the piece in lets say 'CARNEGIE HALL' or 'AN ORCHESTRA' !!!! I never heard of you so your not popular or famous for your piano playing, student or not, no one cares man. You dont have room to talk cause you like many other people on these stupid ass posts are not worthy to critic a work. AND YES, you have to know the piece to comment dont argue this.
joeyg12gg34 7 months ago
@joeyg12gg34 lol you just wrote a comment that meant nothing
wagneristhebest 7 months ago
@wagneristhebest You've been writing nothing your whole life.
joeyg12gg34 7 months ago
@wagneristhebest Do you know if he's a troll or legit?
lolitaeviston 7 months ago
Lang Lang smells bad and is awful
AttemptingToBeBusy 9 months ago
oh u muther fuckers stfu if it was horowitz's pic but the same audio u all would be like ''Oh soo good, so much emotion''... oh jeez
Vesivian 10 months ago
I agree, he isn't understanding the piece very well.
wantrice 10 months ago
There is technical proficiency there, but it's still just ALL wrong. Sorry. Someone said earlier that this is how Scriabin would have wanted it played? How do you come up with a statement like that?
originaltommy 11 months ago
@pwninROD shut up ya gimp
TommyMcguire22 11 months ago
@TommyMcguire22 want yer fuckin go ya mad bawbag !!!
pwninROD 11 months ago
i actually think this is a good performance, i feel this is how Scriabin would have wanted this piece played
pwninROD 11 months ago
This is great! Lang Lang or not...
dragmio 11 months ago 2
@dragmio I bet most people here dont know what they are talking about, if the uploader didnt put the name Lang Lang there, people wouldnt be hating so much.
tntkim 10 months ago
@tntkim Nah, I didn't like it either way. He shows virtuosity but not soul (to me)
lolitaeviston 7 months ago
Reminiscent of greater pianists and very competent, but not truly world-class. Certainly not the worst recording Clang Clang has made, however!
AldenHardaway 11 months ago
lol. Lang lang is good at piano and this is a good performance. Who cares if he is over dramatic in his motions? Only the nobodies on youtube. That is why he is actually famous and successful in real life.
SUPPLEANDFIRM 1 year ago 8
i've seen him in a concert. lang lang just take any occasion to show his virtuosity. no matter if it fits the piece he plays or not. and of course, a lot of drama is always of special importance..
ejakulator1 1 year ago
you realy think he has a dick sir?????
MrBathelemont 1 year ago
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You simply don't understand FUCKING anything!! Lang Lang is a very accomplished Pianist! One of the best of our time! Many performances and many signs of genius! This proves that "AdamPage18" & "organman52" don't know a FUCKING thing and probably never will! Good luck in your pathetic jealous lives you losers. Go get a direction and marvel at the rest of us flourishing!!
Don't embarass yourselves by posting another comment, PLEASE!!
joeyg12gg34 1 year ago
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joeyg12gg34 1 year ago 3
@joeyg12gg34 Accomplishments nothing. You're looking at music like a circus. Again- a performing clown. Clowns can be very talented... but what then? Performers are not important a lot of the time... neither are composers. It's the music itself. It's the woven essence of the universe that you are trivializing. I personally, will not live a jealous life. I'm a very incompetent human being- I'll admit, but I can sure play a tune on a piano. That's all that matters. Don't be so harsh,
lolitaeviston 7 months ago
@lolitaeviston Now the circus is like the Symphony or Music. Wow, you really are lost and Incompetent. Thats about as arbitrary as comparing it to Baseball. Btw, WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT IN ALL YOUR POSTS? DO YOU EVEN HAVE A PURPOSE? I WAS ONLY SAYING THAT HIS PLAYING IS GREAT SO DONT HATE. YET WE HAVE AN IDIOT LIKE YOU COMING HERE AND THROWING WORDS AROUND LIKE ESSENCE, WOVEN, UNIVERSE, ETC ETC.. DUDE!! REALLY!! GO GET A MUSIC HISTORY BOOK THEN COME TALK TO ME, MEANWHILE DONT POST.
joeyg12gg34 7 months ago
@joeyg12gg34 no people like us are just frustrated that people are so easily decieved by his actions and motions - it's similar to the show-part of singers like cheryl cole who use their good looks to wow audiences. It's just primitive, the music itself does not compare to the mastery of others.
wagneristhebest 7 months ago
@joeyg12gg34 First, I'm a girl. Secondly, calm down. No, it's not "arbitrary" at all. I don't feel like insulting you, but if you get a lot of entertainment about making other feel bad, knock yourself out. No, I have every right to post. No I'm not lost nor am I really that incompetent. Under the computer screen I'm sure it's easy to insult people and be rude. If you were to read my words, you might understand them.
lolitaeviston 7 months ago
@lolitaeviston hey!! listen here LADY i, like many other DIFFERENT people in the world, have our own way of talking, whatever. i simply dont care about how i come off, and also just because im being rude doesnt mean im hiding behind a computer screen,not that i care to prove ANYTHING to you, I only understood that YOU are being insulting to a musician that probably worked very hard obviously you have nothing)to get to where he is at,and I SIMPLY JUST HATE people that hate to see others succeed!
joeyg12gg34 7 months ago
@joeyg12gg34 Cool story bro.
lolitaeviston 7 months ago
@joeyg12gg34 I really don't understand the problem here. I was only making a statement, which you could have disproved calmly instead of getting all up in arms about nothing. Again, please think about what I said instead of being obnoxious. What does music history have to do with anything? Now, once again- I'm talking about very relevant things in my post, but obviously people are not into discussion. Only some sort of emotional distress over opinions.
lolitaeviston 7 months ago
@joeyg12gg34 uh, You replied to me after i had all my posts up for months so I wasnt getting off by insulting you, you dont know anything about music so quit lying to yourself LADY. Also, my harshness is due to PEOPLE (i dont give a fuck if your a girl, boy or alien or GOD for that matter) like you that try to act like your a better musician or that you know more than a 'Lang-Lang' or a 'Leif ove Andnes'. Your CRITIC means nothing and it comes straight from the circus itself.
joeyg12gg34 7 months ago
@joeyg12gg34 I didn't say I was better. I don't compare myself to people. I wouldn't even think it's fair to judge myself with him, because I am younger- and have been playing for four years. I don't know much about music theory. lol okay whatever.
lolitaeviston 7 months ago
@lolitaeviston YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME NOW??? you've only been playing piano for four years and you dont know much about music theory yet your trying to critic a masterful piece of music???
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!
HOLY FUCK YOU ARE LOST!!!
DONT YOU DARE RESPOND BACK YOU STUPID FUCKING IDIOT!!
joeyg12gg34 7 months ago
@joeyg12gg34 lol ok
lolitaeviston 7 months ago
Everything's relative. I didn't dislike his playing, here
SUPPLEANDFIRM 1 year ago
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To you all, I'm a musician and I just started learning this masterpiece and listening to this version, I just can't tell myself he's wrong because the only indication Scriabin left on the score is "Patetico" and that's exactly what I feel in Lang Lang's version. During the whole piece, we can feel there is something that is slightly wrong, some kind of unstable thing and that's probably why most of you dislike this version, because this is not as romantic as it can be if played by another
betson123456789 1 year ago
To you all, I'm a musician and I just started learning this masterpiece and listening to this version, I just can't tell myself he's wrong because the only indication Scriabin left on the score is "Patetico" and that's exactly what I feel in Lang Lang's version. During the whole piece, we can feel there is something that is slightly wrong, some kind of unstable thing and that's probably why most of you dislike this version, because this is not as romantic as it can be if played by another
betson123456789 1 year ago
@betson123456789 There's nothing wrong with this performance, people are just so steeped in tradition that the only people they except are the people already excepted as masters such as Horowitz. I think Lang Lang plays this extremely well, and very musically, I bet the majority of the people who whine about this performance wouldn't even be able to dream about playing this piece.
OverFjell 1 year ago 11
their is everything wrong sir
MrBathelemont 1 year ago
@OverFjell "...the only people they ACCEPT are the people are ACCEPTED as masters...".
Grammar. Yeah.
thepianomaniac 8 months ago
@thepianomaniac First off, that's not grammar, it's bad spelling on my part. Secondly, this invalidates my point does it? Absent mindedly using the wrong word?
OverFjell 8 months ago
@OverFjell THANK YOU !!!! FINALLY!!!!!! A REAL SMART ANSWER!! THANKS BUDDY!! Betson right on! Its funny how all the fucking pukes that post there god dam hate comments and all there god dam whining are the same mother fuckers that wouldnt even dream of tackling a piece like this, they have nothing but there comments. Period. NO DEBATE.
joeyg12gg34 7 months ago
@betson123456789 You're exactly right. Lang Lang gets this "instability" really well. Horowitz did too, I think, which makes this recording truly awesome.
cfwpiano 9 months ago
shut the hell up to you all - this is a good performance.
Ravel87 1 year ago
@Ravel87 what do you believe is better, gold or tin spray painted yellow? you can guess which one is horowitz and which one is lang lang.
nmbanana 1 year ago
Absolutely Amazing
belialah 1 year ago
I don't care a lot for lang lang, but you guys are all haters. It's way too easy to criticize when you're not at the piano bench. Learn the piece yourself, upload your interpretation, and then we'll talk.
kimvimusic 1 year ago 3
@kimvimusic
Since when, exactly, does one need to master the area in which he criticizes others?
Oh right, it never was that way. Because if it were, there'd be nothing left to talk about, for people like you :- D!
Although in one point you are right: most people have no idea about music, music theory, this particular piece, and still talk crap.
rawlph2 1 year ago
@rawlph2 i wasn't necessarily saying that we should criticize pianists at all, just that if you are going to do it, then be sure to back up your opinions with credentials(ie learning the piece yourself). So i'm not really disagreeing with you at all, really.
kimvimusic 1 year ago
@kimvimusic WRONG.
organman52 1 year ago
@kimvimusic You could not possibly be more WRONG. What does a listener's own ability - or lack of ability - at the piano have to do with someone else's ability? Answer - nothing.
organman52 1 year ago
@kimvimusic You took my comment from my mind, thanks alot!
belialah 1 year ago
@kimvimusic Why not criticize? It's life! I mean, needless criticism that's just bashing isn't alright- but thought out criticism is okay. that causes change. And change is okay. "Haters". I'm sure you judge plenty of things you don't know how to do. Everyone does.
lolitaeviston 7 months ago
You dont have enough currency earned to judge a piece if you havent played it. NO DEBATE. Not all criticism causes change, thats not a good enough excuse to bash someone that puts out a best effort in something that you dont have a feather of an idea about. so get back to your accounting or number crunching or whatever the hell you do in your obviously incompetent life and leave the players alone. be positive, nothing good comes from the other.
joeyg12gg34 7 months ago
absolut beeindruckend gespielt...sehr gut.
IaPfeffernase 1 year ago
lang lang is a fuckin hack
fledgehog 1 year ago
@fledgehog Precisely.
organman52 1 year ago
@fledgehog
Ur whole life is hacked, please do us a favor and continue in your pathetic jealous lifestyle!
joeyg12gg34 1 year ago
It's art, however you want to interpret it. Its doesn't make it wrong, but it doesn't make it not sound like shit.
HUNTPIECENIGGA 1 year ago
Lang Lang = clown!!, but is good performance
JCMarinCasanova 1 year ago 2
YOU CAN PLAINLY SEE THIS IS NOT ANYWHERE CLOSE TO HOROWITZ
pianoorganman 1 year ago
@pianoorganman It's just different. At least he doesn't play it too fast like many does.
Ianthe22 1 year ago
@pianoorganman SO FUCKING WHAT?? HOROWITZ.... He plays better than you obviously!!
DO you have one concert every 3 days??? didnt think so....
joeyg12gg34 7 months ago
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pianoorganman 7 months ago
@pianoorganman no ive never heard you play, again, cause your nobody. quit hating on a master of music. you dont have the earned currency to judge or compare.
joeyg12gg34 7 months ago
@joeyg12gg34 dude get a life and stop being a duche bag to everyone who doesnt like lang lang
that my opino so deal wwith it
pianoorganman 7 months ago
@pianoorganman U can deal with deez nuts on ur chin. i have a life, unlike you that have nothing better to do than hate on a guy u never met or ever will meet. plz continue on ur pathetic ways.
joeyg12gg34 7 months ago
@joeyg12gg34 You know what God Bless you because i feel sorry for a person that has nothan better else to do but commit on peoples opinos all day!!!!!
pianoorganman 7 months ago
@pianoorganman I dont give a fuck about you man, I just hate mother fuckers like you that hate on successful people, why dont you go get a fucking life you rude bitch. and yes, i have all day to fuck people up like you that hate on others. you should never post a opinion that is negative it doesnt do any good, not that i care to teach you anything.
joeyg12gg34 7 months ago
his transition to the middle section is so AMAZING!
ReturnOfTheStienway 1 year ago
sounds like a digital rendering of the piece. Lang lang is a brilliant technician. I just wish he would communicate his emotion through the piano and it would be completely unmatched.
perhaps it'll hit him when he's older.
calcmandan 1 year ago
I think this is a very good performance, even if I don't like him.
oncehorowitz 1 year ago
Hhis performance is wonderful here. Don't be unconditional, the fact that he rushes on other pieces doesn't involve he's bad everywhere...
v4liumfrance 1 year ago 3
...bravo Lang Lang..sei inimitabile!!!
NuovoCurioso 1 year ago
Why do so many people hate lang lang??
derek44344 1 year ago
@derek44344
Everyone always hates the genius, hence the duragotory undirected idiots speaking
joeyg12gg34 1 year ago
@joeyg12gg34 People hate everyone. That's a very broad statement. You're just noticing the genius(es).
lolitaeviston 7 months ago
@lolitaeviston You wouldnt have a FUCKING clue what I notice because you dont know me, excuse my french. People dont hate people by nature, unless you grow up with that. everyone learns what they want in there own time, and GENIUS like Lang Lang just learn it alot faster, doesnt make him better than anyone, just faster and more apparent to the rest of the pukes commenting.
joeyg12gg34 7 months ago
@joeyg12gg34 Very clever language usage, again. No, I don't know you. What a keen observation. Let's think this through. "People hate everyone" Well, you see I meant in a "people are going to hate anyone and it's not just focused on certain kinds of people". "Puke". Okay, that works too. Oh, and I'm just amusing myself talking to people like you. I'm sure your mother would be proud.
lolitaeviston 7 months ago
It's no Horowitz but it's certainly not bad.
simnos1 1 year ago
@simnos1 yes i dont know why people are hating on lang lang i think its not bad
goopro45 1 year ago
@simnos1 Correct - it's not bad. It is ATROCIOUS.
organman52 1 year ago
que fea interpretacion, estupido lang lang... que no sabe leer?????
tenasay 1 year ago
very good unlike most of his videos
v4liumfrance 1 year ago
Kissin's rendition is still closest to my heart.
pknight2 1 year ago
For all I know Lang Lang may have a great career ahead of him, but he shouldn't be playing this piece in public yet.
lenniethedogsparty 1 year ago
I'm not a Lang Lang fan, and I opened this vid expecting it to be awful, but I have to admit *this* is damn good.
gtimny 1 year ago
There is a video on YouTube: "Barenboim discusses the work with Lang Lang".
Have a look, and ask yourself whether Barenboim is wasting his time teaching to a "rubbish-pianist"!
MarcheseCadmio88 2 years ago
@MarcheseCadmio88 barenboim is a Argentinean pianist, you will find that argentineans waste quite a bit of time example: the Falkland Island war, big waste of time an argentina's behalf (no racism intended)
nmbanana 1 year ago
@nmbanana I was not talking about politics and wars, but about a man who "wasted his time" conducted a half jewish-half palestinian orchestra as a message of peace, and gained a lot of recognitions. For example: Léonie Sonning Music Prize, Goethe Medal, Wolf Prize in Arts, Buber-Rosenzweig-Medal, Prince of Asturias Awards. He is doctor of Philosophy, by the way. If such a man is said to waste his time, well...
MarcheseCadmio88 1 year ago
@MarcheseCadmio88 Well said.
lewars1912 1 year ago
@nmbanana Even my compatriots, as Italians, are famous in the world for their mafia and laziness, but I wouldn't call Sinopoli and Pavarotti "lazy people" just because they are from Italy.
Barenboim and Lang could not be liked by everyone, no doubt, but I think their talent is not questionable.
MarcheseCadmio88 1 year ago
@MarcheseCadmio88 The point is not talent. It's how you use it. If you have a great musical gift and don't apply it with intelligent thinking then it's worth so little. For example in many pieces he doesn't follow properly the dynamics and tempi written by the composer. I have to agree, though, that this video is quite good. And I definitely like Barenboim
m4g1cmus1c 1 year ago
@nmbanana A very silly and ignorant comment.
lewars1912 1 year ago
Those that criticise on Lang Lang. You have no rights to defame people on the internet if you can't do better. If you can play a pinch better than Lang Lang, I apologize. But if not, got tell him face to face what music is and teach him how to be better. Not respecting pianists ( bad or good) is like not respecting music!
samcho2010 2 years ago
@samcho2010 "Defame people" !! You wish to ban people from criticizing !! What type of totalitarian state would you like us all to live in ?
lewars1912 1 year ago
There is a difference between criticizing and defame @lewars1912 with all respect.
samcho2010 1 year ago
@samcho2010 >>> Who on here was defaming him?
lewars1912 1 year ago
@samcho2010 Well said my MAN!! Well said. No currency earned in trying to learn the piece gives you no room to talk. Its like fighting a war, you cant talk about it until youve learned.
joeyg12gg34 7 months ago
this is not bad, but come on why does this guy have a huge career, he is just ok, with good fingers, but nothing more there
gugunchik 2 years ago
and that's why none of you pretentious nitwits are music critics
Vanzetti1936 2 years ago
i can't stand anything raped by "gang bang". it's very student-like but since i'm not really a Scriabin fan, i'm sort of neutral on this performance, expect to say that i'm surprised he's not missing as many notes as he usually does. but it sounds awfully bland and pedestrian. but there are some gang bang performances that are just brutal and borderline evil. he's just so awful. the "sheople" fell for what the music business mafia shoved down their throats. a great pianist is Yu Ja Wang.
goodguysdoll 2 years ago
@goodguysdoll
ur opinion matters least on the planet! theres a reason hes popular, 1 concert every 3 days!! You have anything like that u stupid fuck? i dont think so! continue with ur pathetic jealous life!! prowess rules in piano performances, not ur jewish critique.
joeyg12gg34 1 year ago
@goodguysdoll you probably have never played nothing more than 'FUR ELISE', right?
joeyg12gg34 7 months ago
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What the hell is so bad about this interpretation? WHat are the criteria? And aren't good or bad VERY individual evaluations after all?
cirro1 2 years ago
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You guys are bone-heads. Lang Lang is maturing as a pianist. I agree that this performance is terrible, and that Lang Lang use to have a great deal of difficulty forming proper phrasing.
Its not the case anymore. Find some of his more recent performances, his Tchaikovsky 1st Piano Concerto performance would make Van Cliburn blush.
To those of you who do not think that pianists can get better with age, I would like to remind all of you that Richter's Chopin was pathetic early on.
EuphoricDan 2 years ago
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Lang-Lang or not, is not horrible.
piachmaninov 2 years ago
mediocre student playing.
op106 2 years ago 5
That's very charitable of you. I've heard mediocre students who play far better than this.
organman52 2 years ago 5
I like a lot of Lang Lang's performances. I think this is possibly one of his worst...He just doesn't understand the emotions of this piece...Without seeing his odd facial expressions his music is just bland here. I like his chirpier pieces they suite his modern vituosic style...
truthkillz666 2 years ago 5
Simon Barere makes this seem a spineless performance. What am I talking about... this IS SPINELESS.
Where's the insanity?! Where is the passion?! Where is the RAGE!? Where is the Scriabin we all know!?!?
Weak performance, but none the less there are at least some passages he plays that I can appreciate. But for most of the part I can only picture a rusty tractor at work here.
Grade: D-
advisorC101 2 years ago 8
more like F--
nmbanana