Liszt Sonata in B Minor - Yundi Li / 李雲迪 (2of4)

李雲迪 Yundi Li performing Liszt's Piano Sonata in B Minor, S. 178: Grandioso - Recitativo (2nd Movement)

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Music

Tags:

• Piano
• Solo
• Yundi
• Li
• 李雲迪
• Liszt
• Sonata
• Minor
• 178
• S.178
• Grandioso
• Recitativo

[concerto35]

Listen to the entire work. This is one of the greatest performances ever, taking Horowitz's, Kissin's and Martha Argerich's styles into consideration. Yundi Li has that limpid, mellifluous sound color that is so effective in Chopin and especially this sonata. It also has great vulcanic fury without being strident. His transcendent and subtle technique make his dynamic contrasts very striking. Yundi Li is a phenomenon that deserves his place as one of the greatest of our generation.

[taishi34]

Great! I like his play style.

[jgrab1]

@concerto35 Not sure he holds the whole thing together better than, say, Ernst Levy, Richter's 1966 Aldeburgh performance, Horowitz's 1932 recording, Arrau live performance from Italy (1971 I think) or even Gilels live performance on Music & Arts (date escapes me). And Yundi hams up the coda, substituting grandiosity for mystery. My desert island recordings would be Demidenko, Richter 1966 at Aldeburgh, and Ernst Levy. A new live Ernst Levy is coming out in a couple months from Marston Records.

[piano932]

Youtube, we have an technical error: there is an dislike button on this page!!

[lhrmeonom]

@DmasterQuIFF57 or falling into a giant fluffy cotton in slow motion :DDDDDDDDD

[Giesji]

More music should be like this.

[DmasterQuIFF57]

Wow! At 2:15 its probably the most beautiful part of the piece! So elegant and flowing almost as if u were soaring above the stars! :'D

[DmasterQuIFF57]

Playing*

[DmasterQuIFF57]

@mwu42251: actually I do have to agree with you when you begin to talk about the emotional side of the piece. I think the fact that when mr Hough plays this piece, it is pretty much perfection and thus plain some of the melodies in there that you wouldn't hear in any other pianist!

[mwu42251]

@DmasterQuIFF57 I have to say your comment surprised me =P. Yundi Li is perfect for this piece. Steven Hough is a technical man without the sensitivity to reach the heart of this piece. Liszt isn't all about technique. It's about the song and heroism. I think what gets to me about Li's interpretation is how his technique doesn't get in the way of the beauty of this piece.... I always listen to Yundi Li for his song =).

[DmasterQuIFF57]

Yundi's interpretation suprised me. It would be wrong to say that he is not a good pianist because he is phenomenal. I guess i got spoiled when i listened to Stephen Hough's version because he is one of the greatest interpreters for this exact piece. I just wish that they had a video of him playing because that would be a dream to watch him in action!! :D

[MrRaphaelBM]

@DjProdKK

Yes.