Yuja Wang - Prokofiev - 5 th concerto
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- 5th concerto - op.55 - G major - composed in 1932
Orchestra : New World Symphony Orchestra
Conductor : Michael Tilson Thomas
Carnegie Hall, New York, 1/5/2019
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for the encore after this concerto.
Prokofiev 's music keeps you alive and awake .
I'm glad to see Yuja Wang performing the less-popular Fifth Piano Concerto of Prokofiev. Brilliant as always, and a pleasure to watch.
A wondrous piece of music, a reminder of a genius Prokofiev in command on the piano and the orchestra, and the 3rd movement is one of his greatest slow movements ever and somehow it echos the beginning of the 2nd concerto. Well don Yuja.
You mean the fourth movement i think .
If this amazing performance doesn't make Prokofiev's Fifth more popular nothing ever will!
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in G Major,
Op. 55 *(1932)*
00:04 I. Allegro con brio
05:13 II. Moderato ben accentuato
08:56 III. Toccata. Allegro con
fuoco
10:58 IV. Larghetto
17:29 V. Vivo
*22:41** Applause*
Yuja Wang, piano✨
New World Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
*Carnegie Hall*
*New York City, USA 🇺🇸 May 1, 2019*
Thanks, date is May 1st :)
The 1st mov. is so martial- sounds like War music! I must hear his operas! Like a lotta instrumentalists Ive never heard them or his religious or vocal music in general !Amazing Yuja learns, knowsa nd programmes everythting. Richter and a few others play no.5.No.4 for the left hand is never heard .No.5 has wonderful moments very different from 2 and 3 hich Yuja also and everybody it seems play now! NewWorld Symphony has a black concert mistress . We are getting the best training thank the heavens ! So few black string players at the highest level .
Two years ago my wife and I were so lucky to hear and see this live in Verbier. She played the Finale of the Festival. Prokofiev3 and 5 in one(!) concert. The day before they needed two pianists for Prokofiev1 and 2.......She's incompearable!
Prokofiev dedicated his 5th concerto to Richter who played the best rendition of this masterwork.....until Yuja played it even better.....never thought this is possible!!!!
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She is Amsterdam red light district , mediocre classical pianist, she
and Khatia Buniatishvili, i think they try to compensate for their lack of talent, i
think they are both overrated and need a book on etiquette badly. I am
not a prude but these chicks look like they carry a supply of penicillin
with them, they can't be taken seriously, neither is pretty, so i
assume the dressing is used to distract the people from their looks, and
Khatia with all the phony hair flipping which is so unauthentic. I am
not being mean just real, we all like pretty things and they could be
sexy without looking classically hookerish, someone should tell them,
but i think they have been told and don't care, they look like rough
broads. :-)
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@@georgescancan7503 Michael, this particular troll goes back against Yuja Wang 8 years that I know of-and has two screen names 'Georges Cancan' and 'Mario DiSarli'. You will find his obsessed stain on many of her videos. As far as one can tell with maladjusted humans who hide behind the anonymity of the net, his principal beef with her and other attractive female pianist is that "SEX SELLS"; and that somehow should have nothing to do with the staid and fossilized world of classical music as he wants it. So he cherry-picks negative reviews (not many-he copy and pastes some still as far back as 2011) and discredited critics-sometimes only reading the negative when most of the review is actually positive! So a stupid liar too. A peak into his ignorant troll mentality.
I 'feed the troll' at times-but best when you see him is to flag his more blatant sexism/racism/misogyny to TH-cam-and thank the universe you are not such a sick individual...
@@mariodisarli1022 This particular troll goes back against Yuja Wang 8 years that I know of-and has two screen names 'Georges Cancan' and 'Mario DiSarli'. You will find his obsessed stain on many of her videos. As far as one can tell with maladjusted humans who hide behind the anonymity of the net, his principal beef with her and other attractive female pianist is that "SEX SELLS"; and that somehow should have nothing to do with the staid and fossilized world of classical music as he wants it. So he cherry-picks negative reviews (not many-he copy and pastes some still as far back as 2011) and discredited critics-sometimes only reading the negative when most of the review is actually positive! So a stupid liar too. A peek into his ignorant troll mentality.
I 'feed the troll' at times-but best when you see him is to flag his more blatant sexism/racism/misogyny to TH-cam-and thank the universe you are not such a sick individual...
She plays the piano better than Richter
Wow, excelent LIVE performance! This reminds me of the recently deceased Alexander Toradze who recorded this concerto with great power and accuracy. Bravo Yuja!!!
So glad she chose this concerto. Most everyone performs 3rd, occasionally 2nd. Richter has a great recording of this but great hearing Yuja. She is an absolute phenomenon, possibly the most proficient musician there is. Some may not like her style but she’s miraculously accurate and powerful.
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She is Amsterdam red light district , mediocre classical pianist, she
and Khatia Buniatishvili, i think they try to compensate for their lack of talent, i
think they are both overrated and need a book on etiquette badly. I am
not a prude but these chicks look like they carry a supply of penicillin
with them, they can't be taken seriously, neither is pretty, so i
assume the dressing is used to distract the people from their looks, and
Khatia with all the phony hair flipping which is so unauthentic. I am
not being mean just real, we all like pretty things and they could be
sexy without looking classically hookerish, someone should tell them,
but i think they have been told and don't care, they look like rough
broads. :-)
Georges Cancan,
In response to your critical analysis of Ms. Wang's performance efforts I would assume you have requisite credentials and professional background to critique the merits of one of the best keyboard artists on our planet.
And of even more interest, to disparage the choice of attire, hair style and unbelievably, the gift of nature's level of attractiveness, of which some of us have no control.
You, "sir" are one self-absorbed "human" to bestow such a mantel of excellence on your ability to judge other artists on yourself.
I would appreciate the opportunity hear you perform a work of your choice so we may benefit and enjoy your musical mastery.
With your apparent personal warmth you must be in great demand to share your knowledge and performance insights.
@@chrisk8187 Chris, this particular troll goes back against Yuja Wang 8 years that I know of-and has two screen names 'Georges Cancan' and 'Mario DiSarli'. You will find his obsessed stain on many of her video's. As far as one can tell with maladjusted humans who hide behind the anonymity of the net, his principal beef with her and other attractive female pianist is that "SEX SELLS"; and that somehow should have nothing to do with the staid and fossilized world of classical music as he wants it. So he cherry-picks negative reviews (not many-he copy and pastes some still as far back as 2011) and discredited critics-sometimes only reading the negative when most of the review is actually positive! So a stupid liar too. A peak into his ignorant troll mentality.
I 'feed the troll' at times-but best when you see him is to flag his more blatant sexism/racism/misogyny to TH-cam-and thank the universe you are not such a sick individual...
@@georgescancan7503 Are you French? French cancan... Bwahaha!
Could explain your passion for red districts...
@@georgescancan7503 I think something is wrong with you. You go on and on like an evangelical trying hard to cover up his obsession with sex and women. Or you're just trollling. Not sure which.
I have listened to lots of pianists in my life. I was a Janis and Horowitz fan by the time I was 8, and completed my collection of Rubinstein recordings at 14. I knew all the Beethoven Sonatas by Schnabel by heart and the complete piano works of Mozart by Gieseking by the time I was 12. I don't have the nerves for performance, so I gave up the idea of becoming a pianist at 15. A guy in my class was a great pianist, he also had nerve problems and killed himself. So much for some of my credentials. You're wrong. Get your ears cleaned. Buniatishvili is not my cup of ear tea, but Wang.... is terrific (not on the Brahms second, maybe, but for Prokofiev, she has the power needed. I've tried to play Prokofiev, it's insane music.
Grazie a Marshall Artz
00:04 I. Allegro con brio
05:13 II. Moderato ben accentuato
08:56 III. Toccata. Allegro con fuoco
10:58 IV. Larghetto
17:29 V. Vivo
Бесподобное исполнение гениального концерта!
Superb! Richter was always my reference recording of this work in the past, but no longer. This performance is electrifying. That said, this recording also has modern sonics, something the old Richter recording did not have. But even so, greatness still shines through.
How is it possible that this witty, beautiful, and unceasingly inventive Prokofiev masterpiece still isn’t more widely known and loved?
Maybe, just maybe, this sassy, swaggering performance will put Prokofiev’s 5th Piano Concerto back on the musical map. Yuja Wang is simply fantastic here, and her buddy, Michael Tilson Thomas, and the New World Symphony deliver the goods. Highest possible recommendation!
Maybe because it is pure crap!
@@robertcentobene4375 what makes it pure crap?
@@zachguo6372 Dissonance as well as inharmonious sink down into the ego. The ego needs to find some way to relate to it, especially what is memorized is a killer over time. Only music that is beautiful from beginning to end is truly worth listening to. Modular music in an orchestra that can be translated into something that can be sung is a true test of art. Only experimentation that is slight along with established music of the ages, similar to the early works of Debussy and Ravel is the best. The learned ignoramuses that heralded praise on works of rubbish are wrong. Disciplined works devoid of beauty and loaded with dissonance are hard work to listen to and just are not worth it!
Robert Centobene what a pretentious comment! If that’s your criteria for music that’s “worth it”, you must live in a miserable world of music! All music has a purpose and it’s not always to be beautiful, it can be beautiful, painful, sardonic, ugly, soulful, soulless, I can go in forever. You mistakenly associate beauty with consonance which is completely wrong, because many perceive dissonance as beautiful, including me. One of my favorite composers, Messiaen, is a great example. This piece was not meant to be beautiful in every part, the nature is playful and sarcastic. And besides, this piece is anything BUT inharmonious, especially for Prokofiev. I can agree with you on certain academic works, but not all pieces “loaded with dissonances” are too much work to listen to, take ligetis beautiful lux Aeterna for example
Apparently someone cut me off. I continued saying that the learned ignoramuses' are wrong. Woks that are disciplined but devoid of beauty are not worth being promoted. It does not matter how good the pianist is. The only thing to be admired is the difficulty of playing rubbish because it cannot be called beautiful.
I am grateful for those videos by Ms Wang. She lays down the composer's ideas with clarity and guides the listener through the intricacies of the work. That's very welcome in a work as episodic and capricious as Prokofiev's 5th Concerto.
Why do so many comments use the music, the performance and the performer as jumping-off points for splenetic arguments? This is wonderful and difficult art, even today, and can raise all of our consciousness.
I don't know why. People have been vehement about classical music and its performers at least since Mozart dissed Clementi, though, which says it is not just some internet thing.
Movement 1: 0:00
Movement 2: 5:12
Movement 3: 8:55
Movement 4: 10:56
Movement 5: 17:28
I grew up listening to Ashkenazy's version. This is very close to that. What a treat to see it played! Thanks for the upload.
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phénomène !
Excuse: Together with Bartók's No. 2 (!), the heaviest concerto of classical modernism. Yuja masters it grandiosely!
Bartok’s 2nd sounds far more modernist than this and I don’t even think this sounds that modernistic to begin with. It has a lot of catchy, memorable themes to it and is a lot more accessible than Bartok’s 2nd
@@karespratt5131 On the contrary, the Bartok concerto seems more accessible to me. That also shows its popularity, by the way. Prokofiev's No. 5 was rarely performed until a few years ago.
Such amazing music from such a beautifull and very talented lady
Thank You so much!!!
Il faut attendre deux siècles peut être plus pour trouver un' autre YUJA WANG ❤️👋.
et 3 siècles pour un autre PROKOFIEV !
Wow! I just listened to the "years ago" recording by Vladimir Ashkenazy and hated the piece and wrote my thoughts such.
I cannot believe the difference with this piece performed by Michael Tilson Thomas and Yuja Wang.
With Prokofiev, you cannot "sleep at the wheel" like Ashkenazy does in his recording.
Prokofiev requires energy and a "push" that not all pianists and conductors are willing to use.
Yuja's superb technical abilities were needed to "power" this concerto and she does this in spades.
Thomas is an amazing conductor, but being a pianist, he has a pianistic sense that he uses to power this concerto.
Wow! This performance made me "eat my words" and I am happy to realize how good a concerto No. 5 is!!!
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Very very very good
10/10. Fantastic.
Exciting live performance of this technically demanding concert with perfectly articulated tones of the solo piano and perfectly synchronized tones of other instruments. The incomparable conductor leads the excellent orchestra at a rapidly changing tempo with completely effective dynamics. Certainly one of the ten best performances of this work to date alongside the recordings with Richter, Ashkenazy.(Boulez as conductor) and S. Babayan)
Spannende live Aufführung dieses technisch anspruchsvollen Konzerts mit perfekt artikulierten Töne des Soloklaviers und perfekt synchronisierten Töne anderer Instrumente. Der unvergleichliche Dirigent leitet das ausgezeichnete Orchester im rasch veränderlichen Tempo mit völlig effektiver Dynamik. Bestimmt eine der zehn besten Aufführungen dieses Werks bis heute nach den Aufnahmen von Ashkenazy (Boulez als Dirigent), Richter und S. Babayan.
Les musiciens doivent être très très forts pour la suivre. 👋👋
Prokofiev was a good composer and Yuja is a good pianist.
Ça valait vraiment la peine d’écrire de telles banalités. On est tous rassurés sur Yüna Wang et Prokofiev grâce à vous. Quel soulagement.
Premiere in Berlin with Furtwängler and Prokofiev himself on the piano
This is the Prokofiev "sardonic, sarcastic, witty" invention at its best. But this must have been a tough one to put together: Lots of tempo and "fragments" to deal with. A great performance!
A remarkable work. That fragmentation makes it sort of crazy.
Yuja!
Together with Bartók's No. 3, the heaviest concerto of classical modernism. Yuja masters it grandiosely!
Bartok Nr 3 is an easy listening.
Neither are geavy! Try the Schoenberg or Bartok 1 or 2...3 is relaxed if you like complicated Carter, Boulez.....
The volume could be somewhat higher for those of us that are hearing impaired
The Music's nice Too
Sparkling and enchanting. Unjustly neglected thus Concerto. 2 minutes more interesting and life affirming than ....D.S.
This concerto sounds like Shostakovich concerto
I'm excited that orchestra and Yuja caught right tempo and orchestra-pianist ratio. It's become one of my favorite this concerto performance, along with Krainev (th-cam.com/video/uZ11gfxMG1c/w-d-xo.html). But still i think orchestra plays too smooth like it's very long legato.
what is this piano? It looks strange.
Wang Yuja is really a good pianist-and a beautiful woman; the rendition is awesome (great Orchestra too), but Richter is yet the Everest nobody has reached in this piece. Prokofiev was an excellent composer.
Unfocused, muddled sound recording. But Yuja is looking fine as usual. ☺
Well, a fine performance, but to me this concerto seems more style than substance in places, like the 4th. I don't get the feeling of being taken on a clear journey with something new and exciting round each corner, as with the 3rd and 1st. Just a lot of notes ingeniously put together. Prokofiev never wrote another piano concerto after this; I wonder if he also felt the inspiration in this format had dried up a little.
he actually started to write a 6th concerto for two pianos, but didn't get past the first few bars before his death. too bad, it probably would have been amazing
@@OAnIncurableHumanist Thanks, I didn't know that. It would indeed have been fascinating to hear what he came up with after 20 years' evolution of style since the 5th! Truly an untimely death, just when he might have had the chance to spread his wings again after Stalin's death.
@이름성 Well, I've now listened to Richter's version, and it's undoubtedly well played. But the piece itself, while undoubtedly clever and virtuosic, still leaves me cold; nothing memorable. Numbers 2 and 4 likewise, whereas 1 and 3 I find enthralling in their different ways. I guess my personal taste inclines towards themes, melodies and structure. For example I find the second movement of No.3 one of the most imaginative sets of variations in the whole of classical music.
@ ian kemp......you forgot the very original and more demanding 2nd which Y.Wang overwhelmed all, the players and audience in Betlin in 2015
@@christopherczajasager9030 No, see above. With the 2nd I always find myself admiring the player more than the piece.
Not my favorite Prokofiev work but this was pretty good. I don't get all the raving about Yuja but I'm glad people are still making music rather than giving it up since all the greats are now dead or other such nonsense.
You sound like fun at parties.
I have to admire anybody who performs this beast passably well, which Wang does. I think there's much more depth to it than she finds, though.
Nice recovery from the memory lapse in the slow movement, gotta say.
But what was going on with MTT at the end of the first movement . It looked like he was having some kind of respiratory issue. Scary...
alkanista: I noticed that MTT seemed unusually reserved, too. Perhaps he wasn’t feeling well. Thankfully, he seems to have fully recovered from a heart procedure he underwent a few years ago.
BREAKING NEWS: Just moments ago in the San Francisco Chronicle it was announced that Michael Tilson Thomas underwent surgery last week for treatment of a brain tumor and has canceled all upcoming performances through at least October.
No specifics were given but the SF Symphony reported that his medical team at UCSF are “continuing to explore all possible options for treatment.”
(August 6, 2021).
I saw this announcement just after writing my comment to you. MTT and Yuja Wang are good friends.
I’m sure everyone wishes him the very best. His scheduled performances with the SF Symphony beginning on November 12, 2021 are “still on the books” according to SF Symphony.
@@marshallartz395 Thanks. I hope he has a speedy and full recovery.
These are happenings at real..live..,concerts
@@awalkingman83 Why? Because people who play classical music are interested in such things, that's why. I am guessing you are frustrated because you can't figure out where the memory lapse happened.
I dont deny her talent but listen people that comment "she is marvellous better than richter". 13:20 is really embarassing. That happens. Not to Richter ❤
not very impressed.