YundiLi Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor (part 1 of 5)

[NejiOisOawesome]

Where did you find this recording? Can I download it somewhere

[StinehartMusic]

One of my favorite pieces! Please feel free to go to my channel and check out my performance of this movement as well!

[samueltongbusyman]

gd music!

[MatthewJamesN]

Can anyone tell me what form this concerto is?

[AttemptingToBeBusy]

@MatthewJamesN I would guess the first movement is in Sonata form (as are the vast majority of first movements)

[senripiano]

I sure love yundi li more than lang lang =)

[caeimeng]

nice. that's working is mysterious..

[trschaefer]

I love this concerto.

[aopletscher]

Phenomenal!! Thank you for uploading!

[smc0603]

Bravo!

[MacauJacko]

better than lang lang in many ways. period!

[z1Amii]

His CD recording of this piece is phenomenal! Highly recommend! Actually, this might be the same recording -- the same person coughed at the same time on the recording. :P

[werq34ac]

I love the piano entrance at 3:32

Haha it's like the winds are being mysterious and then the piano interrupts and says, "what mystery? you guys are stupid."

[DeeJayChipZ]

@werq34ac Ahahahaha totally agreee!

[asongnadance]

It is like watching an animated movie but without the video... Poor pianist, they have to learn all the notes to play it..

[Wolfsrain90]

@asongnadance Well, soloists who play concerti generally memorise their music because it's literally pages long.

[Jlan0151738]

Yundi Li is one of the best all around pianists to ever live in my opinion. Many have technique but lack interpretation. Yundi Li has both and his playing is incredible! I especially love his chopin.

[yossiban]

listen to alexander Toradze... He is the High Priest of Prokofieff. He penetrates deep into the madness and profundity of this inhuman genius. He is submerged in the meaning of the music... and the mind that made it.

[blechaluk]

This concert is absolutely amazing!

[cafity]

if the first theme was always in the same scale, it would be more romantic... but it wouldn't be Prokofiev!!!!

[inturtaner]

prokofiev has to be one of the most difficult composers to understand and play correctly- i saw this not for the complexity of rhythm, but heaviness and roundness of chords, and how difficult it must be to balance them- prokofiev recordings range from genius to disgusting; surely i'd never be able to master a serious peice of his piano literature

[maynrdjkeenan]

God, for me it's not about PLAYING one of these, it's WRITING one of them. I'm a composer myself, but listening to this stuff makes me want to just give up. Especially the Toccata, the interaction of each chord, the perfect placement of every last chromatic ascent, every randomly placed interval; all of it is just astounding. This guy was unbelievable.

[inturtaner]

eye for you sir! i too compose. prokofiev's concerto is rather poorly structured in my view, but the unique chords and theme make it hard to accept it as anything other than a masterpeice. still, as far as G Minor concertos go, I have a great liking for Rachmaninoff's fourth- another one of those hidden gems. though many would argue given rachmaninoff's fame its an accepted work, it is performed worldwide less than 20 times a year. thats a shame. prokofiev is stylistically sound though.

[bestdirector88]

@inturtaner i've FALLEN IN LOVE with Rachmaninoff's fourth concerto!! the more i listen to it, the more i discover..

[mrmolinodelahoz]

Nice poise and expression very rich Russian depth and profundity.

Everything feels exactly right.

[gerardbedecarter]

There was an LP of the Prokofiev 2nd made back in the 1960s. I don't have it now.

[ASirensSoliloquy]

This piece is absurdly difficult...and its only 5 minutes into it...

[MyzTiC44]

yeah.... maybe as difficult as rach 3

[CarlPetersson1981]

When it comes to piano concertos and their thechnical difficulities I would say Prokofiev nr 2 as the most difficult. Then Brahms nr 2 and then Rachmaninov nr 3. Mind You, I am only speaching about the technical aspect.

[hugginduff]

This is my favorite piano concerto and his Berlin phil. recording is the best in my opinion...but why isn't it ever recorded, everyone plays the 3rd but not this one..is it too difficult?

[karyuk]

Once I heard Yundi Li talking in a Youtube video about this concert and he said that was one of the most difficult ones.

[vincentws03]

this remains to be one of the most difficult piece to play in the piano history....

[Arni4King]

Pretty good. But in my opinion his performance with Seiji Ozawa and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra was better.

[einmarmor]

Vinnitskaya

[superstition222]

wooden/stiff. Awkward phrasing starting around 2:35 -- weird swaying pauses give it a slogging feel. C-

[obiwan88]

Try listening to Vinnitskaya's version of this piece, the immense commitment, passion of the interpretation is very convincing and compelling indeed.

It kind of reminds me of the air of electricity you sense when Yundi played his Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 in the Chopin Competition...

[Hervinbalfour]

Yeah. I agree. She still has set the bar. It's the best out of all the interpretations I've heard hear on Youtube. Berezovzsky was powerful but it was sloppy. I think Alexie Sultanov's wasn't so badly done either.

[allthewaythrough]

Wow, great performance. Yundi Li certainly is one of the best contemporary pianist I've ever heard.

[Yaniss]

i hate his slow movements and reactions

love this piano concerto =)

[pianojjab79]

Beautiful!

[RSCPT]

Thank you very much for uploading this. =) I LOVE Yundi Li, and this 2nd Concerto is amazing.