so bad, never heard such shallow sounds on piano keys, and what a frivolous interpretation. gross. he seems so intent on creating those shallow sounds, makes it sound like there is something wrong with the piano. sounds like a piano tuner tuning a messed up piano.
HELLO GUYS - This is not Lang Lang BEST version of La Campanella. Listen to the other version "Lang Lang - La Campanella ( Liszt ) In London - The PERFECTION is there. It´s a video which begins with a counting...5, 4,3,2,1... Here, he´s only showing technique. There, he really play it better than anyone on this planet.
I for one think that Lang Lang is one of the greatest pianists of the 21st Century. Guys, listen to yourselves. He has amazing technique, he feels the music to the point he doesn't even look. He LOVES IT GUYS! Who cares what type of exterior facial moves he does, it shows he feels it. Please, you guys can't deny his virtuosity and class.
Evgeny Kissin has a wonderful interpretation. So does Yundi Li. Not his studio recording, but I saw a live performance in which Yundi played Liszt's La Campanella, Rigoletto Paraphrase and Chopin's 4 Scherzi. His La Campanella was flawless, he never made a single mistake (not even one) and the interpretation was fantastic. It's on youtube somewhere. :)
It was all right until the end (apart from his looking to see if the camera was on him). Why does he have to go mad at the end and speed up crazy-like? He's showing off.
He is very skillfull, but I just don't get how all the time he manages to destroy the music. His interpretations are just pedantic and tacky. He has so bad taste for interpretation that no matter all his talent, all his interpretations are plain ugly. This piece is so difficult that he couldn't deform it so much, that's why it doesn't sound as ugly as other interpretations of him.
@ortizricci Fucking dumbfuck you are. How on earth has he "DESTROYED" the music? THe music still exist, doesnt it?? It exists in you your mind, you hands, in your heart. Play it you fucking disgustingly complaining, hating piece of worthless SHITTY piece of CUNT. You are NOTHING, you fucking CUNT
omg this is just terrible....omg...revolting....this guy really do not deserve any of the glory he is receiving....i havenver heard him playing something well
Lang Lang is very obviously only making jokes on the piano, never trying to make music. Funny, but nothing more than that. Surprising to see some people seem to take it seriously.
especially when u finish the piece,ur hand like playing an aeroplane,whoooshh
u r a genius, your skill is the best and even u're not serious u can play it very good..
but, skill without passion just like u're in the halfway..u dont have to play this song to be look good,u can find another piece that can make u show off with skills too.. this song need passion and feel when u play it..
@cathiechan23595 he is been playing since 3 years old...performance sometimes means exaggeration. Rock band with a drummer would hit a drum like if he is playing so fast and make it look good. An electric guitarist would do vibrato over and over to make himself look good. Lady GaGa would dance and try exaggerate performance to look good. LanLan is doing the same thing. Simply following the rule of music sheets is boring and dead.
Pisses me off that some stupid people just come here, simply dont listen to the music, hit the dislike button and make short negative comments. Im not a fan of his modified interpretations, but this one is very nice... and yes, he's a very nice pianist
Ok ok! We have to addmit that he plays much better when he doesn't make stupid faces hahaha! I think that it was quite good! Of course, it could be muuuuch better! In this video he looks like a pianist and not like a actor :)
HOW DARE YOU LITTLE BASTARDS DISSLIKE THIS!?!?!?! You made me very angry! You even can't play the first 10 sec. of this master piece and than you dare to dislike this?! It's so fucking amazing! Lang Lang is very very very very talentet so shut all the fuck up! Damn I'm so angry on this moment. Nahh I have to listen now on this master piece to calm down....
Lang Lang was invited to play in the White House..He played with mainstream America's ignorance (American Jackal ) and to do this smiling while our President praised you. We am first generation Asian America -how dare you Lang Lang- I burned all your cds.
Give the guy his props. He may be doing it purely for the theatrical aspect of it, but in order to play this song you have to have put a lot of practice into it. I wish I could play even one page of this song right now lol.
I enjoyed it. I'm not saying there are not better versions, but this was good enough to be viewed by thousands of people. Good job Lang Lang.
@abmsghost1 egorov? how can you say this? egorov is full of emotion, sentiment... If you talk about cziffra, who is full of emotion and sentiment you always say he is a sentimental clown, and now you say egorov "ownes" this piece.... only ice cubes like richter and pollini are good musicians for you.... laroccha is indeed very good, much better as for example argerich, also with argerich are the note's the most important, and after the notes what she thinks the composer wants
@onlymusiciansallowed I never stated that R.and P. are the only pianists that I admire.I love Hamelin,Lugansky,Lipatti,Haskil,Krauss,Myra Hess,Fisher,Zimermann,Cortot,Gieseking,Eschenbach,Gulda,Freire,Bill Evans,Annie Fisher,Moravec,Rubinstein,Michelangeli,Wilhelm Kempff,Backhaus,Katchen,Egorov(romantic but not sentimental),Wolfgang Manz,Vasary,and Cziffra in "Le Tambourin".
@onlymusiciansallowed I mean..Cziffra is good in Le Tambourin.Really good.Can you show me where I can find the recordings of this piece with all the other pianists.:-).There is one recording from Cziffra I like a lot .Variations Symphoniques ,Franck.Very beautifull.I believe his son was conducting. I heard that it took him years and years to understand what was going on in this piece.But its the result that counts.A pitty that this was a one time only achievement.
@onlymusiciansallowed Because one doesnot record a piece one does not understand it?Thats what you are saying ,yes? So,we may consider ourselfs lucky Cziffra did not record a lot or not at all Schubert,Beethoven(maybe the Variations In C minor) etc.Thank God.
@onlymusiciansallowed Not maybe.SURE. Question:Why would the people at DG allow a "mistake"like Pollini to record so much.Are they all ignorant,deaf and stupid? Dont get me wrong.I dont like everything he recorded but I do respect him.And so do many other people.Ok,..He does not speak to you,but he does to others.Why dont you leave it like it is.You are not going to change the mind of his supporters.Never.So why this sick compulsive behaviour?
@abmsghost1 I will never use the word "motherfucker", I will never attack some one personal, a discussion is not a attack... If I read your comments not only to me but also to others, it's you who are the not so pleasant man... if people can say "wow, richter is fantastic" I can say "wow, he has no imagination or creativity, he is just a robot"... freedom of speech, never heard of it?
@onlymusiciansallowed YOU WILL NEVER ATTACK SOME ONE PERSONAL??? Calling Richter"the biggest mistake in music history"is not a personal attack??!! Get out of here!! Hypocrite.Jeezes what a waste of time.
@abmsghost1 richter is dead, and the "attack" is on his interpreations... if I must attack richter as a person, I could say other things, you know what we can not say about people like richter, and it is not done to say such things... and it does not mather in this case.
@abmsghost1 because there are so many people like you, people that not understand the fact that making music, is creating. There is far more behind the note's then the composer wrote: the feelings and idea's of the performer, these are more important then the note's of the composer. The fact that a performer is creative, is the reason why a first ballade of chopin, when creative performed, stays interesting. richter or pollini have NO interesting performances,
@onlymusiciansallowed What is the Source we tap into when we create? What did the old poets and composers mean when they talked about the Muse? Who is she?
Where does the play of imagination come from? When are patterns and sounds art? When are notes music? When are words literature? When is instruction teaching? How do we balance structure and spontaneity, discipline and freedom?
How does the passion of the artist’s life get encoded in his art?
@abmsghost1 it's like reading a book: 10 people can read a book, every reader will read his own version of the book, and if they make a resume of what they have read, we will have 10 different resume's... if you place 10 people behind a table, give them 5 ingredients (the same for each), and ask them "cook" something, they will cook probably 10 different things, or, the same but with different parts of each ingredient. That's "creativity", and the one who will taste will be enjoyed
@onlymusiciansallowed I did not ask"What is creativity?",but"What is the SOURCE we tap into when we create?" Read the questions again and dont change their context in order to serve your purpose better.
@onlymusiciansallowed When "feeling"is analyzed back to its original sense,it is a relection of one's own unworthiness,the realization of one's limitations,physical and intellectual,moral and physical.When music is made in the absence of all modes of self-or ego consiousness,the pianist /musician is perfectly free from inhibitions. question:a pianist and a cellist play a Beethoven Sonata.Both have the same ingredients,right? Their own "feels"and idea's.What will happen?
@abmsghost1 the same with music: give 10 pianists the same piece to perform, I realy hope that they give each another interpreation otherwise it would not be interesting... where does it come from: from the fact that we are no robots, real musicians have the possibility and the will to give something from themselves in het performance, whatever the componist wanted, it's the performer who performs, the componist is dead and that's a good thing...
@abmsghost1 if you have 5 children, and they are all 5 the same personalities, talk the same way, think the same way... if your partner is thinking the same way, talking the same way as you are then your lives would not be interesting. The fact that there is something to discuss makes the world a good place to live. Discussion and taste make's us live... it's that what keeps us alive.
@abmsghost1 they play a piece 100 time's in public, it will be 100 times the same interpretation. Why? because the think they have to play like the composer wanted it to... what a mistake... they are not able to think behind the piano, they have no imagination, they can only reproduce. A reproduction can be fantastic, but it stays a reproduction, and if those 3 play the reproduction, it becomes boring.
@abmsghost1 and you have not yet respond to the links I have gave you in the michelangeli forum: fiorentino in brahms intermezzi, cziffra in ravel jeu d'eau and sonatine, and few others...
@abmsghost1 becaus I realy want to know your opinion, it's not just for fun that I make comments, sometimes exagerated i know, but in the first place I want to know others opinions...
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@abmsghost1 hamelin, luganski, lipatti, zimermann, rubinstein, all pianists without imagination, especially hamelin.... his etudes are creative yes, but his performances are very very very flat... lugansky is a complete idiot behind the piano.
@onlymusiciansallowed Lugansky an idiot.You told me you like him so much.I dont think Hamelin's performance's are flat.Far from.Different perceptions you know.
-_- you guys don't realize la campanella is for an orchestra? it sounds much different on a piano, you should have expected that when it's played on a piano.
I've heard him play this piece better than he does here. This wasn't his best performance by any stretch. And his absurd theatrics DO detract from his performances. Lang Lang is like Horowitz when he's having a good day, but all too often he comes out playing like this.
je connais lang lang de vue et je peux vous dire qu'il n'est pas socialement autiste ou show-off comme bien des virtuoses, merci lang lang t le plus sexy des virtuoses
@Lustre1987 I like Kissin's light interpretation but he's got some work cut out for him....like not making as many mistakes. it'd probably be better if he slowed down some
o yeah Lang Lang does a 55 mins long double hand drill and everyone goes WOOOOOO but this is not a good Campanella....face it. I don't hate Lang Lang like some others but I can't say that this performance makes him one of the greatest pianists...Also his Chopin interpretations are just good, not incredibly stunning
@sfzNotes If you want everything even and perfect, you get a MIDI file and a digital pianola. But that wouldn't be music, just spelling out notes. LL is about the only non-mechanical-sounding pianist since Grünfeld and Planté (both born well over 150 years ago). We are so lucky that the Chinese were allowed to live without Toscanini's "living metronome" and the niggerish 4/4 beat of jazz, so they kept their natural feeling for varying tempi and human unevenness.
I completely agree with mobeenew and Sankaman90. In this piece Lang Lang is merely a very good technician, but Kissin's combination of superhuman technique and unsurpassed artistry blows him out of the water.
Forget this performance and click on your right on the video called "Evgeny Kissin plays Liszt La Campanella". That's how it is supposed to sound like !!!
Yundi Li this, Yundi Li that. Stop being on your bandwagon. There's no point in comparing musicians, so either make a comment related to the current video or shut up.
the string players behind him have their heads fixed like statue and just stare at the keyboard in amazement during the entire performance, like. lol.
The thing is other pianists could do what he does and easily. They don't for a reason. Liszt could have gone way overboard and made all of his music even harder to play but nothing would be gained except "freakshow!" status.
If he was doing this on electric guitar his fans would be calling him a cheesy, show off with no taste. He's the Michael Angelo Batio of the piano world! He is talented and some people like you know, skill, but it does seem more sport like than art. My opinion anyway.
I cannot accept people who criticize Lang Lang. Although he might seem to be arrogant, are you guys better than him? He is a pianist and knows what to do with a piano. Unless you are better than him, stop criticizing him.
@yoontk717 Why on earth should Lang Lang be immune to criticism? Some people like his style, some people don't, but beyond that, he can be criticised for a lot of reasons, among which technical defaults and bad taste. Zimerman, Argerich, Berezovsky, to name a few: now these are pianists, and Lang Lang isn't in the same league. I don't have to be able to play as any of them to say that.
Bang Bang is ridiculously overrated and I have NEVER liked a single performance by him. Either his accent (sounding out a note) is too heavily pronounced or the phrasing sounds like each cluster of notes was chopped and separated from the rest. Terrible, absolutely terrible.
Anyway, in case you guys would like to hear my favourite rendition of La Campanella, check out Master Arthur Rubinstein's performance :)
disgusting
piax00 3 days ago
so bad, never heard such shallow sounds on piano keys, and what a frivolous interpretation. gross. he seems so intent on creating those shallow sounds, makes it sound like there is something wrong with the piano. sounds like a piano tuner tuning a messed up piano.
piax00 3 days ago
HELLO GUYS - This is not Lang Lang BEST version of La Campanella. Listen to the other version "Lang Lang - La Campanella ( Liszt ) In London - The PERFECTION is there. It´s a video which begins with a counting...5, 4,3,2,1... Here, he´s only showing technique. There, he really play it better than anyone on this planet.
Dihelson 1 week ago
I for one think that Lang Lang is one of the greatest pianists of the 21st Century. Guys, listen to yourselves. He has amazing technique, he feels the music to the point he doesn't even look. He LOVES IT GUYS! Who cares what type of exterior facial moves he does, it shows he feels it. Please, you guys can't deny his virtuosity and class.
Princehendo98 1 week ago
Evgeny Kissin has a wonderful interpretation. So does Yundi Li. Not his studio recording, but I saw a live performance in which Yundi played Liszt's La Campanella, Rigoletto Paraphrase and Chopin's 4 Scherzi. His La Campanella was flawless, he never made a single mistake (not even one) and the interpretation was fantastic. It's on youtube somewhere. :)
440HertzPiano 1 week ago
1:44 i love how he's convinced that he just effected a great perfomance by raping some keys :D
stoffbommel 1 week ago
I don't know why, but there is something missing while his playing. Something that Kissin has, but not hil. :/
LadyCoccinelles 1 week ago
absolutely raped the piano
Triathletep 1 week ago
See the London Lang Lang version of La Campanella. It´s far better than this...
Dihelson 1 week ago
Do not applaud while he is playing!!!! OMFG
stacattos 1 week ago
It was all right until the end (apart from his looking to see if the camera was on him). Why does he have to go mad at the end and speed up crazy-like? He's showing off.
MultiGypsy22 1 week ago
asian on a piano and you know its on!!
keesdecrip 1 week ago
ランランは、リストがいいかも。
nrjageha 1 week ago
The violinist guy in white looking all focused. LOL (Y)
JassyAtenean 1 week ago
he does what i used to do on the last pages: put lots of pedal so no one can hear the mistakes yet i still hear the mistakes :P
jon6440 2 weeks ago
@jon6440 You're on to it!
MultiGypsy22 1 week ago
He is very skillfull, but I just don't get how all the time he manages to destroy the music. His interpretations are just pedantic and tacky. He has so bad taste for interpretation that no matter all his talent, all his interpretations are plain ugly. This piece is so difficult that he couldn't deform it so much, that's why it doesn't sound as ugly as other interpretations of him.
ortizricci 2 weeks ago
@ortizricci Fucking dumbfuck you are. How on earth has he "DESTROYED" the music? THe music still exist, doesnt it?? It exists in you your mind, you hands, in your heart. Play it you fucking disgustingly complaining, hating piece of worthless SHITTY piece of CUNT. You are NOTHING, you fucking CUNT
blackcuve 1 week ago
@blackcuve AGREE!!!
LucielStarz123 1 week ago
Haters gonna hate but they'll never post their own video response to back their hate. Get real here. Good job!
iflippy 2 weeks ago
omg this is just terrible....omg...revolting....this guy really do not deserve any of the glory he is receiving....i havenver heard him playing something well
bassann22 2 weeks ago
Lang Lang is very obviously only making jokes on the piano, never trying to make music. Funny, but nothing more than that. Surprising to see some people seem to take it seriously.
classic7295 2 weeks ago
@classic7295 If he want to be funny, he could make jokes of his mother and not deform the music that consumed so many time to great masters.
ortizricci 2 weeks ago
u're not serious in this video :p
i won't compare with other pianist,
but you seem like a bit showing off here..
especially when u finish the piece,ur hand like playing an aeroplane,whoooshh
u r a genius, your skill is the best and even u're not serious u can play it very good..
but, skill without passion just like u're in the halfway..u dont have to play this song to be look good,u can find another piece that can make u show off with skills too.. this song need passion and feel when u play it..
cathiechan23595 2 weeks ago
@cathiechan23595 he is been playing since 3 years old...performance sometimes means exaggeration. Rock band with a drummer would hit a drum like if he is playing so fast and make it look good. An electric guitarist would do vibrato over and over to make himself look good. Lady GaGa would dance and try exaggerate performance to look good. LanLan is doing the same thing. Simply following the rule of music sheets is boring and dead.
tobikodayon 1 week ago
kissins interpretation is much better
chillaaaaaa1234 2 weeks ago
Music starts at 1:23 (thumbs up please)
guismiti 3 weeks ago 42
@guismiti You IDIOT.
There is obviously music playing from the start. Grow a pair of ears, you fucking cunt.
blackcuve 1 week ago
@blackcuve
u mad bro?
guismiti 1 week ago
Pisses me off that some stupid people just come here, simply dont listen to the music, hit the dislike button and make short negative comments. Im not a fan of his modified interpretations, but this one is very nice... and yes, he's a very nice pianist
guismiti 3 weeks ago
Ok ok! We have to addmit that he plays much better when he doesn't make stupid faces hahaha! I think that it was quite good! Of course, it could be muuuuch better! In this video he looks like a pianist and not like a actor :)
antkarp1951 3 weeks ago
terrible interpretation
saulboyjt 3 weeks ago
LOL, lots of jealous bitches here
MultiAlpha111 3 weeks ago
I see that he has quit his disgusting theatrics, but seriously, learn some elegance.
monypril 3 weeks ago
@monypril describe what you mean by elegance? Playing the piano is all sounds, not some kind of catwalk...
06moca1 3 weeks ago
You know, Yundi Li actually plays this piece better than Lang Lang TECHNICALLY speaking as well... just saying...
zhangensprachen 3 weeks ago
u deserve to be called BANG BANG
jade20032003 3 weeks ago
HOW DARE YOU LITTLE BASTARDS DISSLIKE THIS!?!?!?! You made me very angry! You even can't play the first 10 sec. of this master piece and than you dare to dislike this?! It's so fucking amazing! Lang Lang is very very very very talentet so shut all the fuck up! Damn I'm so angry on this moment. Nahh I have to listen now on this master piece to calm down....
DjaliMadh 3 weeks ago
@DjaliMadh i am sorry but definitly not the best interpretation ...
BANG BANG is back ^^
Maralegar2009 3 weeks ago
@DjaliMadh
This a "master piece" ??
geertdehoux 3 weeks ago
600 apm :D
Se7St4 3 weeks ago
Actually, this is a great clear-cut interpretation. I feel that most of us are watching different videos. I mean, REALLY!?
CoolCat123450 4 weeks ago
Sad stuff..
MrStevenAbootman 4 weeks ago
When did they begin teaching piano 'etiquette'? It looks so ridiculous and pompous, its hilarious.
maneatingtoilets 1 month ago
different.
0915boss 1 month ago
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Lang Lang was invited to play in the White House..He played with mainstream America's ignorance (American Jackal ) and to do this smiling while our President praised you. We am first generation Asian America -how dare you Lang Lang- I burned all your cds.
macrossmatrix 1 month ago
Give the guy his props. He may be doing it purely for the theatrical aspect of it, but in order to play this song you have to have put a lot of practice into it. I wish I could play even one page of this song right now lol.
I enjoyed it. I'm not saying there are not better versions, but this was good enough to be viewed by thousands of people. Good job Lang Lang.
Velo222able 1 month ago
10 times slower than yundi Li
jade20032003 1 month ago
@jade20032003
Slower ? So, what ?
10 times, that means Li plays it in 29,9 seconds, right ?
W O W ! !
geertdehoux 1 month ago
this is the guy who owns campanella
watch?v=uOxe73q3f5w
onlymusiciansallowed 1 month ago
Lang is far behind of Kissin
axysnapshots11 1 month ago
@axysnapshots11
Far behind ?
Where ?
And how far ?
geertdehoux 1 month ago
網友大家好 大家聽聽 彈的好棒 謝謝分享 到我的臉書
twgirl1 1 month ago
cziffra ownes this piece...
onlymusiciansallowed 1 month ago
@onlymusiciansallowed NO he doesnt.Yuri Egorov does in co-ownership with Alicia and Arthur.
abmsghost1 1 month ago
@abmsghost1 egorov? how can you say this? egorov is full of emotion, sentiment... If you talk about cziffra, who is full of emotion and sentiment you always say he is a sentimental clown, and now you say egorov "ownes" this piece.... only ice cubes like richter and pollini are good musicians for you.... laroccha is indeed very good, much better as for example argerich, also with argerich are the note's the most important, and after the notes what she thinks the composer wants
onlymusiciansallowed 1 month ago
@onlymusiciansallowed I never stated that R.and P. are the only pianists that I admire.I love Hamelin,Lugansky,Lipatti,Haskil,Krauss,Myra Hess,Fisher,Zimermann,Cortot,Gieseking,Eschenbach,Gulda,Freire,Bill Evans,Annie Fisher,Moravec,Rubinstein,Michelangeli,Wilhelm Kempff,Backhaus,Katchen,Egorov(romantic but not sentimental),Wolfgang Manz,Vasary,and Cziffra in "Le Tambourin".
abmsghost1 1 month ago
@abmsghost1 YOU'VE got me!!! indeed, all these pianists are playing the "tambourin" very well!!!! but you have to admit, richter ownes this piece ;-)
onlymusiciansallowed 1 month ago
@onlymusiciansallowed I mean..Cziffra is good in Le Tambourin.Really good.Can you show me where I can find the recordings of this piece with all the other pianists.:-).There is one recording from Cziffra I like a lot .Variations Symphoniques ,Franck.Very beautifull.I believe his son was conducting. I heard that it took him years and years to understand what was going on in this piece.But its the result that counts.A pitty that this was a one time only achievement.
abmsghost1 1 month ago
@abmsghost1 that piece needs you to understand music, so richter did not recorded it, or did he?
onlymusiciansallowed 1 month ago
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abmsghost1 1 month ago
@onlymusiciansallowed Because one doesnot record a piece one does not understand it?Thats what you are saying ,yes? So,we may consider ourselfs lucky Cziffra did not record a lot or not at all Schubert,Beethoven(maybe the Variations In C minor) etc.Thank God.
abmsghost1 1 month ago
@abmsghost1 maybe, but we may consider ourselves as "not lucky" that richter and pollini recorded so many pieces they NOT understood...
onlymusiciansallowed 1 month ago
@onlymusiciansallowed Not maybe.SURE. Question:Why would the people at DG allow a "mistake"like Pollini to record so much.Are they all ignorant,deaf and stupid? Dont get me wrong.I dont like everything he recorded but I do respect him.And so do many other people.Ok,..He does not speak to you,but he does to others.Why dont you leave it like it is.You are not going to change the mind of his supporters.Never.So why this sick compulsive behaviour?
abmsghost1 1 month ago
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abmsghost1 1 month ago
@abmsghost1 I will never use the word "motherfucker", I will never attack some one personal, a discussion is not a attack... If I read your comments not only to me but also to others, it's you who are the not so pleasant man... if people can say "wow, richter is fantastic" I can say "wow, he has no imagination or creativity, he is just a robot"... freedom of speech, never heard of it?
onlymusiciansallowed 1 month ago
@onlymusiciansallowed YOU WILL NEVER ATTACK SOME ONE PERSONAL??? Calling Richter"the biggest mistake in music history"is not a personal attack??!! Get out of here!! Hypocrite.Jeezes what a waste of time.
abmsghost1 1 month ago
@abmsghost1 richter is dead, and the "attack" is on his interpreations... if I must attack richter as a person, I could say other things, you know what we can not say about people like richter, and it is not done to say such things... and it does not mather in this case.
onlymusiciansallowed 1 month ago
@onlymusiciansallowed You dont read my comments to others.Nobody is listening to you.You are alone.
abmsghost1 1 month ago
@abmsghost1 because there are so many people like you, people that not understand the fact that making music, is creating. There is far more behind the note's then the composer wrote: the feelings and idea's of the performer, these are more important then the note's of the composer. The fact that a performer is creative, is the reason why a first ballade of chopin, when creative performed, stays interesting. richter or pollini have NO interesting performances,
onlymusiciansallowed 1 month ago
@onlymusiciansallowed What is the Source we tap into when we create? What did the old poets and composers mean when they talked about the Muse? Who is she?
Where does the play of imagination come from? When are patterns and sounds art? When are notes music? When are words literature? When is instruction teaching? How do we balance structure and spontaneity, discipline and freedom?
How does the passion of the artist’s life get encoded in his art?
abmsghost1 1 month ago
@abmsghost1 it's like reading a book: 10 people can read a book, every reader will read his own version of the book, and if they make a resume of what they have read, we will have 10 different resume's... if you place 10 people behind a table, give them 5 ingredients (the same for each), and ask them "cook" something, they will cook probably 10 different things, or, the same but with different parts of each ingredient. That's "creativity", and the one who will taste will be enjoyed
onlymusiciansallowed 1 month ago
@onlymusiciansallowed I did not ask"What is creativity?",but"What is the SOURCE we tap into when we create?" Read the questions again and dont change their context in order to serve your purpose better.
abmsghost1 1 month ago
@abmsghost1 the source is: ourself, when we have the ability to "feel", the will to experiment, and dare to think out of the box
onlymusiciansallowed 1 month ago
@onlymusiciansallowed When "feeling"is analyzed back to its original sense,it is a relection of one's own unworthiness,the realization of one's limitations,physical and intellectual,moral and physical.When music is made in the absence of all modes of self-or ego consiousness,the pianist /musician is perfectly free from inhibitions. question:a pianist and a cellist play a Beethoven Sonata.Both have the same ingredients,right? Their own "feels"and idea's.What will happen?
abmsghost1 1 month ago
@abmsghost1 the same with music: give 10 pianists the same piece to perform, I realy hope that they give each another interpreation otherwise it would not be interesting... where does it come from: from the fact that we are no robots, real musicians have the possibility and the will to give something from themselves in het performance, whatever the componist wanted, it's the performer who performs, the componist is dead and that's a good thing...
onlymusiciansallowed 1 month ago
@abmsghost1 if you have 5 children, and they are all 5 the same personalities, talk the same way, think the same way... if your partner is thinking the same way, talking the same way as you are then your lives would not be interesting. The fact that there is something to discuss makes the world a good place to live. Discussion and taste make's us live... it's that what keeps us alive.
onlymusiciansallowed 1 month ago
@onlymusiciansallowed How do we as witnesses of performances decode or release that passion when the performer/artist/composer is gone?
abmsghost1 1 month ago
@abmsghost1 they play a piece 100 time's in public, it will be 100 times the same interpretation. Why? because the think they have to play like the composer wanted it to... what a mistake... they are not able to think behind the piano, they have no imagination, they can only reproduce. A reproduction can be fantastic, but it stays a reproduction, and if those 3 play the reproduction, it becomes boring.
onlymusiciansallowed 1 month ago
@onlymusiciansallowed
ZEER goed gezegd!
geertdehoux 1 month ago
@abmsghost1 and you have not yet respond to the links I have gave you in the michelangeli forum: fiorentino in brahms intermezzi, cziffra in ravel jeu d'eau and sonatine, and few others...
onlymusiciansallowed 1 month ago
@onlymusiciansallowed
Ne NEEEEELE grote nItaliaanse pianist zei ooit tegen Cziffra: "Georges, tu DOIS jouer de la musique française!!"
Waarop die antwoordde: "Oh, oui! Je sais, mais je N'OOSE PHAAS!!"
geertdehoux 1 month ago
@onlymusiciansallowed Not responded.Why would my opinion, be of any importance to you.What matters is that you like it.Isnt'y it?
abmsghost1 1 month ago
@abmsghost1 becaus I realy want to know your opinion, it's not just for fun that I make comments, sometimes exagerated i know, but in the first place I want to know others opinions...
onlymusiciansallowed 1 month ago
@onlymusiciansallowed Well,thanks for that Marcel.As you can see there are others that wish me dead.s'Gonna cost them dearly.:-)
abmsghost1 1 month ago
@abmsghost1 Hey Walter I found the perfect place where you can get a traitement for your illness!! Kuwait is building the world's tallest tower at 1,001 meters in Madinat al Hareer, also known as the City of Silk. And the good news is, all you have to do...is...jump!
magicalaidsfrog 1 month ago
@onlymusiciansallowed
Alleej, plezier dermee jeej!
geertdehoux 1 month ago
@onlymusiciansallowed
Gij denkt zeker dat 'onze vriend' McClane is in Duro de Matar ?!
Wal zal de Callebaut d'a'arvan zeggen ?!
geertdehoux 1 month ago
@abmsghost1 hamelin, luganski, lipatti, zimermann, rubinstein, all pianists without imagination, especially hamelin.... his etudes are creative yes, but his performances are very very very flat... lugansky is a complete idiot behind the piano.
onlymusiciansallowed 1 month ago
@onlymusiciansallowed Lugansky an idiot.You told me you like him so much.I dont think Hamelin's performance's are flat.Far from.Different perceptions you know.
abmsghost1 1 month ago
Every time I see Lang Lang playing it looks like hes having sex with the piano because of his over exaggeration.
andy96733 1 month ago
@andy96733
Do you mean you use over exaggeration when you have sex yourself ?
geertdehoux 1 month ago
i can never understand why he became a famous pianist...
smallsleephat 1 month ago
not good and no wow factor
howard5093 1 month ago
-_- you guys don't realize la campanella is for an orchestra? it sounds much different on a piano, you should have expected that when it's played on a piano.
regicidal50 1 month ago
@regicidal50
For an orchestra ?
geertdehoux 1 month ago
@geertdehoux yes not necessarily for an orchestra, but sounds the best played by an orchestra in my opinion.
regicidal50 3 weeks ago
@regicidal50
'La Campanella' is Italian for: the little bell.
The theme comes from the third movement of Paganini's ' 2nd concerto' for violin and orchestra.
It means Liszt made a 'phantasy' of it, nothing more.
Interesting is what Liszt's pupil Emil von Sauer left us about this piece.
Cordially,
Geert Dehoux, pianist (Belgium).
geertdehoux 3 weeks ago
he transforms when he's not in a concert hall... and even.. Why can't you play like you did in Carneggie Hall in 2003? You were awesome then
alexei6003 1 month ago
Did you ignorant criticizers not understand why he plays his pieces like that yet? It is so obvious.
guismiti 1 month ago
I absolutely prefer Yundi Li！
mandywang89 1 month ago 10
I've heard him play this piece better than he does here. This wasn't his best performance by any stretch. And his absurd theatrics DO detract from his performances. Lang Lang is like Horowitz when he's having a good day, but all too often he comes out playing like this.
KhagarBalugrak 1 month ago
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1Thompsonmusic 1 month ago
Unbearable affectations. It is embarassing to watch and even worse to listen to. I'm out of here.
MentalModel1 1 month ago
je connais lang lang de vue et je peux vous dire qu'il n'est pas socialement autiste ou show-off comme bien des virtuoses, merci lang lang t le plus sexy des virtuoses
Taureausauvage 1 month ago
@Taureausauvage
Même plus sexy que la Sangeres Sonder Naam ?!
geertdehoux 1 month ago
Yundi's version is the best.
Cucumber8787 1 month ago 2
omg that's terrible, why is he even famous
Lily3071 1 month ago
Two words: Yundi Li
joseph10132 1 month ago 13
@joseph10132 three words: lang lang bad
Handeltasche 1 month ago
@joseph10132 yundi li is three words is chinese
gelfddelfg 1 month ago
@joseph10132 no you're wrong: Walter Schuermans
magicalaidsfrog 1 month ago
@joseph10132 Indeed. I agree with you!
VBRotor 3 weeks ago
I think Kissin's version is the better!
gevorgyanarek 1 month ago 7
This is a great interpretation, but Kissin is a different class.
Lustre1987 1 month ago 16
@Lustre1987
I think the world is pretty much fed up with both Lang Lang and Kissin. They are arrogant commoners. And they play that Rachmaninoff shit.
Fuckhead274 3 weeks ago
@Fuckhead274 If one does not even respect homself how can one expect you to respect others.
abmsghost1 3 weeks ago
@Fuckhead274 you have a very apt username
oitotheworld23 2 weeks ago
@Lustre1987 I like Kissin's light interpretation but he's got some work cut out for him....like not making as many mistakes. it'd probably be better if he slowed down some
thanksxforxthexvenom 2 weeks ago
@Lustre1987 i agree kissin plays this much better :D
jon6440 2 weeks ago
only Andre Watts play it as Liszt wanted it .thats why whn you buy a cd "best piano pieces) you will find la campanella played by Andre Watts.
jihadhamwi 1 month ago
This dickhead pianist is as fake as Liszt's music. Fucking hate him.
1Thompsonmusic 1 month ago
@1Thompsonmusic
Where do fucking live ?
geertdehoux 1 month ago
Kissin!!!!!
shiranuijp 1 month ago 2
Best version is Kissin's, hands down.
mikelamid 1 month ago 3
stop comparing, who gives a shit to your opinion
paganinilovedkebab 1 month ago
i dono but i like li yundi's more...
veivei 1 month ago
Hater be hating... But yeah, this was a pretty bad interpretation from Lang Lang.
ohverrmynd 1 month ago
If his name doesn't give it away just listen to his playing. Rolf.
jsrosenfeld0 1 month ago
Disappoint... Not even as good as Li Yundi's. I am going back to Horowitz.
iceellen 1 month ago
o yeah Lang Lang does a 55 mins long double hand drill and everyone goes WOOOOOO but this is not a good Campanella....face it. I don't hate Lang Lang like some others but I can't say that this performance makes him one of the greatest pianists...Also his Chopin interpretations are just good, not incredibly stunning
Ultrazone91 1 month ago
Fantastic!
stalkmeimfam0us 1 month ago
one word: BRAVO!!!!
RatedT4Terrible 1 month ago
At 1:45, his notes are horribly uneven. shame on him.
sfzNotes 1 month ago 3
@sfzNotes you say this as if you can do better than him...
aimihowden 1 month ago
@aimihowden No, but I know when something is played incorrectly.
sfzNotes 1 month ago
@sfzNotes Are you serious! Geez who cares! He sounds exceptional to me.
LJlovestbone 1 month ago
@sfzNotes If you want everything even and perfect, you get a MIDI file and a digital pianola. But that wouldn't be music, just spelling out notes. LL is about the only non-mechanical-sounding pianist since Grünfeld and Planté (both born well over 150 years ago). We are so lucky that the Chinese were allowed to live without Toscanini's "living metronome" and the niggerish 4/4 beat of jazz, so they kept their natural feeling for varying tempi and human unevenness.
chrisz78 1 month ago
@chrisz78
I wouldn't say Horowitz or Marc Andre sounded mechanical.
DrStrangefate 1 month ago
It's at 1:21.
ispinintights 1 month ago
....but the lady's announcement was awesome ! : )
MultiPolarius1 1 month ago
......apparently the lady presenting this performance deceived me with her smile ; )
MultiPolarius1 1 month ago
I take this as a joke.
MultiPolarius1 1 month ago
I DON'T LIKE HIS PIANO FACE
kachondo 1 month ago 2
Ma chi si crede di essere Lang Lang??
TheChopin37 1 month ago
At 2:50, looking at the audience,"I hope they do not notice how much I am screwing up". Look at the facial expression. LOL
7187jac 1 month ago
I completely agree with mobeenew and Sankaman90. In this piece Lang Lang is merely a very good technician, but Kissin's combination of superhuman technique and unsurpassed artistry blows him out of the water.
sjpbrooklyn 1 month ago
No way comparable to Kissin's
mobeenew 1 month ago
I am stunned..
SomeAnimeOtaku 1 month ago
@wikct2, Yundi Li's version has so many mistakes at the end!
TheGuyCalledX 1 month ago
Forget this performance and click on your right on the video called "Evgeny Kissin plays Liszt La Campanella". That's how it is supposed to sound like !!!
Sankaman90 1 month ago
Yundi Li this, Yundi Li that. Stop being on your bandwagon. There's no point in comparing musicians, so either make a comment related to the current video or shut up.
redshark618 2 months ago
the string players behind him have their heads fixed like statue and just stare at the keyboard in amazement during the entire performance, like. lol.
ozakiteacher2 2 months ago
The thing is other pianists could do what he does and easily. They don't for a reason. Liszt could have gone way overboard and made all of his music even harder to play but nothing would be gained except "freakshow!" status.
If he was doing this on electric guitar his fans would be calling him a cheesy, show off with no taste. He's the Michael Angelo Batio of the piano world! He is talented and some people like you know, skill, but it does seem more sport like than art. My opinion anyway.
riggermortisify 2 months ago
The best version is played by Kissin
jc2971 2 months ago 3
I cannot accept people who criticize Lang Lang. Although he might seem to be arrogant, are you guys better than him? He is a pianist and knows what to do with a piano. Unless you are better than him, stop criticizing him.
yoontk717 2 months ago
@yoontk717 Why on earth should Lang Lang be immune to criticism? Some people like his style, some people don't, but beyond that, he can be criticised for a lot of reasons, among which technical defaults and bad taste. Zimerman, Argerich, Berezovsky, to name a few: now these are pianists, and Lang Lang isn't in the same league. I don't have to be able to play as any of them to say that.
calogria 1 month ago
for me the best version will always be evgenys version
SoundwaveSuperior373 2 months ago 4
Splendid ! He can be very fine too !
Dusica
20dusica 2 months ago
I cannot watch this guy perform. I've tried but I just can't.
garrillas 2 months ago 12
3:18 EVIL FACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MsKevin0002 2 months ago
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1Thompsonmusic 2 months ago
@1Thompsonmusic
Please! I recently sat through Freddy Kempf's recital. He is truly a Bang Bang. Will never attend his recital again.
DellDreamer 2 months ago
Three words: Alicia de Larrocha.
OrangeSodaKing 2 months ago
Personal view remains personal. I agree with both of you guys, keep it up! :):)
fastcook100 2 months ago
Wow...Glenn Gould was right. This is a sporting event.
4hm3dimr4n 2 months ago
what mass between 3:23 - 3:30!
netclive 2 months ago
1:23 i just saved 1:23 seconds of your life
mrbeng111 2 months ago
This has been flagged as spam show
I hear notes but not composition and it a bit flat too.
Guesswhokk 2 months ago
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ForeverAyrtonSenna 2 months ago
Bang Bang is ridiculously overrated and I have NEVER liked a single performance by him. Either his accent (sounding out a note) is too heavily pronounced or the phrasing sounds like each cluster of notes was chopped and separated from the rest. Terrible, absolutely terrible.
Anyway, in case you guys would like to hear my favourite rendition of La Campanella, check out Master Arthur Rubinstein's performance :)
tapaddtiiiii 2 months ago