Yuja Wang - Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini 2 of 3

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[BenMcCormack91]

2:39 - 3:42 is one of the hardest passages in the standard repertoire. It's easy to underestimate - it's really the delicacy of the voicing required that makes it absolutely brutal to play. The notes alone any concert pianist could cope with.

Yuja Wang does that section pretty good justice. But I've only heard it done flawlessly (in my opinion) by three pianists: Vladimir Ashkenazy, Artur Rubinstein, and Rachmaninoff himself.

So saying she's not quite at that level yet is hardly an insult.

[prince2000ful]

A young female and sensible touch.

[IMAWriterRobJ]

BenMc...2;39-3:42 (the 18th variation i believe) was realized beautifully...barely pedal, the articulation exquisite, and the nuanced dynamics original.

[440HertzPiano]

@BenMcCormack91 I was going to say Lang Lang as a joke but never mind, you're right. It's subjective. Though Horowitz is pretty hard to beat. :)

[BenMcCormack91]

@440HertzPiano My favorite being a tie between Horowitz, Rubinstein and Ashkenazy, it would seem you've left me guessing.

It's important to remember that no one is everyone's favorite - this is all subjective.

[440HertzPiano]

@BenMcCormack91 Well, technique is too very different. Compare Yuja Wang, Yundi Li, Horowitz, Zimerman, Rubistein etc... All have VERY different technique, yet all play so beautifully in their own ways. Though my favorite is... well... I think you know who, he's everyones favorite! :)

[BenMcCormack91]

@440HertzPiano True; hitting the notes usually only becomes hard when people invent new and whacked-out techniques, and then those get assimilated by the rest of the world and become fair game. At this point I'd have to write a melody to be played by the nose to challenge most modern concert pianists.

Actually...

[fredericfranc]

...Dutuit, a bunch of Japs, and, fuck it, YUJA!...so can she hack this Rachmaninov?..not really, she acts distracted, unfocused, essentially bored with the music...she needs her goddamn "kinetic" stuff to really get interested, a racing horse "gets into it" at that stretch...but not before...

[440HertzPiano]

@BenMcCormack91 In most repertoire (but not all), hitting the notes IS the easy part, no matter how fast or how many there are. You are right, for most complex repertoire it's the control over the piece, the delicacy and nuances which are put into the passages which in turn make it so difficult to perform, just hitting the notes is something any pianist can do with enough practice. :)

[Spuweee]

@ts3011ISRL YouTube Classical piano videos = remedial English 101

[Spuweee]

@hongyoupj 네, 그녀는 더 나은 얻을 것이다.

[greendayandbvb]

@ts3011ISRL hahhh..sorry i just like correcting people's grammar...lol