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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ก.ค. 2022
- -musician: Yuja Wang
-piece: Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2 (1st movement, cadenza)
-original video: • Video
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-musician: Yuja Wang
-piece: Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2 (1st movement, cadenza)
-original video: th-cam.com/video/7bf-Vxl-eew/w-d-xo.html
Thank you so much for watching!
Tikhon Khrennikov. Concerto No.2 for piano and orchestra (finale):
th-cam.com/video/BxSN-qX_vAQ/w-d-xo.htmlm15s
Thanks for linking the original - this left me wanting the entire piece. Brilliant editing too. 👏
This performance of the Prokofiev Piano Concerto No 2 ranks among the greatest classical music performances of all time. Yuja was brilliant, but some credit also goes to the Berlin Philharmonic (probably the best orchestra in the world right now) and the conductor. We are so lucky that this was captured in a high quality recording that we can all enjoy.
@@timothybolshaw Berliner-Wiener-Concertgebouw holy trinity right now, in my opinion!
She’s an apex virtuoso.
So grateful the score is included. Now we can play along.
We?? Lol
Good luck. As for me, I'm outta here!
Speak for yourself, John.
Hey, it's only in two flats. How had can it be?
*hard
The grand piano went out for a smoke after her piece
This comment is gold! 😂
And so did I. And also thankfully, before.
Went up in smoke more like it. This is what's called piano abuse.
Prokofiev's piece...
Actually the piano was on fire after she was done. I know my hair practically caught fire listening to this.
To think this fiendish cadenza is really to give the entrance of the orchestra the biggest climax point ever. Absolutely bonkers composing. Love it.
Yeah. Now try playing it. A technical tour de force knuckle buster of a cadenza. The cumulation of many many thousands of hours of hard concentrated practice. Prokofiev 2nd concerto is one of the most notoriously difficult modern concertos in the repertoire.
@@coralreef909 that's actually mainly because of the 2nd mvmt! I played the 1st mvmt on my music exam when I was 18 y/o (though I did have to leave out the 4 scale measures at 1:36 because my teacher had given me scale tips and fingerings that turned out to be completely wrong) and the 3rd mvmt when I was 23, and the 3rd is easier than the 1st. The 2nd I probably can't play for the next 10 years, though.
@@coralreef909 not really. Plenty can play it without much practice as they've already honed their skills on other hard works . It's a mixture latent talent and being born into a household that favours music by supplying excellent teaching and decent instruments
If you start at three with concentrated lessons and excellent teachers guiding you in practice as well you would be able to approach this after a few years.
With piano you learn the technique first and with repeated memorisation techniques music theory and reading skills it becomes easier and faster to learn music like this
I learnt this at about nine years of age
I'm not declaring I'm some sort of genius I was just lucky to have the correct foundation from a young age
@@ciararespect4296 You are probably right! But honestly, who in the audience would hear a mistake? .;
Do you guys actually enjoy listening to this? I think this is one of the best example on how difficult music is not necessarily good music. For instance, do you guys honestly think that you would save his music in your youtube playlist and, like, actually listen to it in the future?
While I acknowledge the awe of difficulty and mastery can be enjoying.... there can also be a separate component of unproductive elitism and pretentiousness of "sophisticated taste", when it comes to a person declaring that it loves a difficult musics piece. If one can drop this pretentiousness (while the awe of mastery is still fine), I feel like most people won't really enjoy this music piece.
Although I acknowledge how people's taste in music can be very different.... if a person never acknowledge a single difficult musics piece to be "difficult but bad", then I think there is a very good chance that that person is blinded by this unproductive elitism and pretentiousness of "sophisticated taste"
one of the only (if not THE only) live performances of this cadenza I've seen played at the right tempo without any stutters or missed notes. i too get goosebumps every time when the orchestra comes in.
Yundi Li sounds better for me. But both are amazing
0:04 has several missed notes but yea the rest is played very well
there were definitely missed notes in this performance lol
@@Nikolass1000 same
@@simonvanprooijen wtf,check your ear mate
The way that she plays the two measures at 1:47 makes her interpretation the best in my opinion. Most pianists slow it down for dramatic effect and then return to a faster pace, but she plays it with this frantic and desperate energy that is unparalleled.
I prefer very much her approach I think that by slowing down I can't really enjoy those beautiful arpeggios melting with the melody.
@@nicolaspachecoarango I don't think this part is meant to be "beautiful" in a traditional way (in my opinion). I think it's intended to sound a bit frantic and chaotic.
@@masantonio8790 yes obviously with beautiful I mean it's in his unique way.
@@nicolaspachecoarango I reread your comment after posting and realized mine was kinda pointless. I get what you were saying now.
I think it’s the opposite. Most pianists probably add a bit of rubato so that it doesn’t sound like a bat out of hell. Playing it straight and unfazed is definitely the more dramatic approach in my opinion.
Imagine using this score in a film. The drama it would require…..Prokofiev is so over the top here.
This tempo just makes so much sense for the audience. I felt it was a bit difficult for me to connect the harmonies when listening to slower recordings but this speed makes it seamless!
Listen Ashkenazy- most best, bro
@@user-gz5sv2hu9n Mostest, doubtlessly.
This performance indeed is the one that can people appreciate the true epicness and beauty of Prokofiev 2. Most other recording are dull and doesnt justify Prokofiev's genius
@@user-gz5sv2hu9n I have!
Yes!
This was the cleanest "on the edge of your seat" performance of this impossible cadenza I have ever heard...WOW!
What kind of madness brought Prokofiev too write such an insane music. And after the apocalypse, he writes one of the most insanely painful and beautiful theme at 00:47, each time it lets me completely disarmed, without breath. I've never heard somebody played this like Yuja Wang. So much intensity, power, intelligence, she never rushes, each notes is crystal clear, she understands each mesure of this crazy music. It's truly a magical moment !
Alexei Sultanov did
Yundi Li did great
@@Nikolass1000 I love Yundi Li's interpretation!!! More meaning and less mechanical, in my humble opinion.
Competing with Rachmaninoff.Prokofiev pined for Rachmaninoff's approval.
it's dedicated to his friend whom recently (as of the composition) took his own life
2:12 That apocalyptic orchestral reentry is just too epic 🔥🔥
*Quietly closes piano lid and puts Chopin's book of Preludes & Etudes back on the shelf and goes to bed.*
She surely is the most remarkable pianist in the world. There can only be a handful in history who could hold a candle to her.
Cziffra
Good grief!! Whew! What passion. Almost overwhelming. And her hands! She’s wonderful!
0:45 I'm not sure I've ever heard someone do the three hand effect quite this well. The middle voice sounds like an entirely different instrument.
Yuja Wangs ability is like Ravels compositions, it's so good you don't even want to try because what's the point.
1:38 also stands out to me, in regards to her three-hand effect. This is one of my all-time favorite performances of one of my favorite piano concertos 🙌🏾🙌🏾
1:47 I used to hate how fast she played this part compared to other pianists, but I finally see how it fits so perfectly with the overall frenetic, baleful tone of this piece!
YES ! exactly !!!
I don’t think my car even goes that fast.
Wow. She’s truly amazing!
I haven't heard this piece before, so this hit me like a bullet train.
I know clapping between movements is unnecessary but this… I would simply applaud after this movement.
And ruining everything with your noise? I would clap your head then
@@null8295 damn bro you're too feisty
@@mauvebear3942 sorry I just hate noise
absolutely nothing wrong with clapping between movements in exceptional scenarios such as this
Well, first movements were often composed with triumphant endings precisely for applause. That tradition was lost during the XXth century.
This is one of those miracle moments in music I feel so lucky to be alive to witness; the composition, the interpretation and execution… when I first heard it I felt like I was getting possessed by euphoria itself.
Possessed... very apt description!!! Yes...
I'm 74 and have played piano since age 7, and I must say, that what she did was absolutely amazing!! Including the score made it more so. Thank you b sharp, or can I call you c??!!
B-ing sharp doesn't necessarily require c-ing?
Off her Berlin performance, Prokofiev #2 became my favorite piano concerto. She plays it sooo convincingly -- the magic of a genius.
It is because of this interpretation, Prokofiev 2 instantly replaces Rachmaninov 2 & 3 and become my favorite concerto of all times. It's just beautiful. On 1st listening the whole piece sounds unusuall and bizzare at a lot of moment, the more I listen to it, the more epic it becomes. Prokofiev is a true genius.
And the orchestra's reenty with its apocalyptic restatement of the opening orchestral theme at 2:12 never gets old. Just too epic!!!
Try Ginastera Concerto No. 1
It went the same way for me, my favorites used to be rach 2 and 3 and then prokofiev 2 and 3 completely replaced them once i had heard them. I just find Rachmaninoffs concertos great in describing our world but Prokofievs concertos are from another world, incredible originality.
I find I can enjoy both Prok and Rach not to mention Bach and Mozart, Ravel and Beethoven etc, etc, without finding any need to pick a favourite.
Completely agree and this is how I felt about proko 2 when I had to play it in orchestra
I am not a pianist and doubt I ever will be. I cannot begin to comprehend how anyone memorises a piece like this with all its technicality and its complexity. Simply stunning.
Years of progressively building up on small steps and piano knowledge, vocabulary, technique.
It’s not that hard actually. You memorize as your repeat things I’ve and over again
memorizing is probably by far the easiest part of learning a piece as insanely difficult as this lol
You start memorizing a piece as soon as you start learning it. Not that difficult.
people praising memorization on a piece like this is absolutely INSAN
Very MONSTROUS cadenza as ever I have heard. Enough to give ole Godzilla goosebumps on the atomic trees on his thermonuclear back. You know? PWG
Ha ha! What a description. Can't beat Gutierrez's recording though. Really brought out the epicness.
🤣👍
Love this comment! Haha. The crazy part is this wasn't even the full cadenza.
Godzilla would love it! 🎹🦖
She is world-class. The best of the best. ❤❤
I listened Prokofiev's 2nd piano concerto about 30 years ago, played by Vladimir Ashkenazy.
Since then, I have been obsessed with this music. For me, this music is not only one of Prokofiev' great works, but also a masterpiece of all the piano concerto composed in 20th century.
I am overwhelmed with Wang's insane performance!!
I saw Ashkenazy play it in 1966 at Carnegie Hall. From way back in the first or second tier (I forget which) his hands appeared to be a stroboscopic blur throughout the concerto.
Thank you for sharing your valuable experience. It is a shame that Ashkenazy has retired in 2020.
Yuja is one of the best portrayers I've seen of Prokofiev. What ingenuity.
Yuja Wang really understands Prokofiev. Performs wonders, highest Artistry…precision, voicing, rhythm, intensity….lucky listeners….She opens the window for us to enjoy the Sound Worlds of all the Composers she performs….short and long Masterpieces
How thankful a great composer must be to have a great performer play his work!!! But let’s give Prokofiev the credit for this amazing piece of music.
This is my fav concerto. Yuja especially plays it so well.
This is the sound of a peaceful ocean unwillingly stirred by a typhoon into a raging beauty. Incredible.
Well said!
literally got chills when the orchestra started woww
Transcendental
This whole performance of Prokofiev 2 was nothing short of perfect. This is my favorite concerto by Prokofiev and her interpretation is atmospheric, musical, engaging, and full of the technical fireworks one would expect without losing the composer's intent. She is a force of nature - and wish her the absolute best for her future.
AH this brings back memories. In college I bought a CD set of the Prokofiev Concerti played by Ashkenazy after having heard my teacher play No. 1. I was listening to it in the background when this cadenza came on and I was stopped in my tracks. I was so overwhelmed with my jaw on the floor at what I had just listened to.
That was stunning, absolutely amazing, loved the intensity, Yuja is in a class of her own.
The first time I heard this concerto was this exact performance by Yuja Wang and felt so lucky to discover such music and performance.
And later on, couldn’t find any other pianist play it like this. Just nuts
What do you think of Gutierrez?
Trifinov plays the 4th Movement very well. Kissin's cadenza is slower but I really like it.
Lugansky
@@slowloris4346: I also like Yulianna Avdeeva’s recording. It’s a different approach, but very convincing. Here’s the link to the video (excellent audio & video, too):
th-cam.com/video/dmUUAOiQKKU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=2NyGUGTzryPUdnFP
Bronfman’s recording with Mehta & Israel Philharmonic is also very fine. 😎🎹
Possibly her single greatest performance. Earth shattering! 🔥🌍🔥
Wild! Yuja Wang one of the most amazing pianists ever!
Just - WOW!
This is so miraculously we’ll played that it has even silenced the irritating wardrobe comments which usually follow any video of this amazing artist. BRAVA👏
😂 I think they're mostly from old people who haven't gotten any in years
Maybe that's because this particular dress is less revealing than usual.
Didn't silence you though.
Mine was a silent comment, written, not spoken…….
Surely the greatest cadenza in classical music
It sounds crazy to say that this is what I listened to when I was studying for my uni exams. It gave me extra strength to keep going through torture and challenges. I love Yuja, she was only 5 when I was studying university. I listened to kissin’s recording which is equally brilliant.
She is a beast. In the best possible way.
Goosebumps and tears ... not too many things in life out there that can produce similar effect. Love music, and love Yuja! ❤
The first movement of the Prokovief PC2, just like the Brahms' 1st, mvt1 (octave trills), is truly revolutionary. When Beethoven wrote thematic material, he always relied on chordal progressions (don't believe me...look at the opening bars of his PC3...a straight C minor chord is right there). The thematic material for the Prokovief PC2 is so simple and unassuming you really wonder where its going...but, at the same time, it's catchy and memorable...only to fade without absolute resolution into the triplet opening bars of the piano as an introduction to its main theme. Then, the ending of the piano cadenza just propels the music into this apocalyptic orchestral tutti playing as forte as humanily possible the opening theme, this time with a definitive tonic resolution...all leading to the very humbled piano triplet and opening theme which just fades away into oblivion...pure genius! There's got to be a philosophical message embedded in there somewhere.
Impossible to play like this. Just crazy, wow!! Unbelievable.👏👏👏👏👏👏
Watched Yuja last night, she's brilliant
Imo, lugansky and Matsuev along with Yefin Bronfman and Horacio. Gutiérrez got incredible renders of this concerto, specially Matsuev and Lugansky, but Yuna Wang managed to make of this concerto a masterpiece of her own 👌
i didnt even look at the title of the piece and already knew it was prokofiev since yuja wang shines so much whenever it comes to heavy key slamming intense pieces!
Thank you...that was startling.... will now dig it back out and listen again..... having the text displayed was another eyeopener... just breathtaking....thanks again.
A player in a lifetime.
Thank you very much Dear Yuja for the fantastic performance! Prokofiev would be delighted!
Yes.
I can imagine what kind of practicing she had to do to play so masterly. BRAVO!!!
yes! one of the best cadenzas that I've heard in my life!
Incredible composition, incredible pianist!
That transition to orchestra was the best
Wow. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a piano played like this. I didn’t even know they could sound like this.
I have chills!!! This lady is incredible
Prokofiev gifted the world with his music; ever since, artists have been proving how this is the gift that keeps on giving.
this crazy piece is made for yuja. she loves prokofjeff.
Been listening to this piece for almost 15 years... My soul still drops every single time.
Amazing cadenza. It has to be one of the most difficult in the repertoire...thanks for posting. Brilliant playing. You can't approach this with any trepidation.
I have all of the Prokofiev Piano Concertos. This piece is good stuff. Reeeeeally good stuff. Whooo.....I mean... if you don't feel something listening to this piece...the passion and drive...the beautiful chaos and coloring....then you have not experienced enough life. That's really all I can say. Bravo to this performance. Damn good.
Modern day pianists indeed play with frightening accuracy
Prokofiev never sounded more dazzling!
Holy shit that was the most impressive thing I've seen in a while
Probably in a lifetime too :)
@@scomu9742 Lifetime -- she's the real deal. There will never be for a lifetime... Go see her. At least you can say you did.
I've got goosebumps all over my body.
Immense and divine. Such a sublime combination would make me hope that there is an ultra-earthly dimension much more beautiful than our 'human' one. Obviously I like to think so, it seems like I can't do more.
I had the opportunity to watch her playing a couple of times when she came in Rome
What I LOVE about Yuja is her unfailing musicianship. In the face of even the most technically difficult scores, she maintains integrity to the essence of the music, and does not succumb to the temptation of gratuitous virtuosic self-flattery or self-aggrandizement. This, to me, separates her from many of her contemporaries, and puts her alongside the great musical expositors of recent and distant generations.
That is the most exciting performance of the cadenza from Prokofiev’s 2nd Piano Concerto that I have ever heard, and I’ve heard a lot of them.
Thank you so much for uploading this incredible video! Lifetime application!!!
Prokofiev was a formidable pianist. But I think even this passage from his 2nd Piano Concerto would challenge him.
She has definately been to the crossroads!
Incredible interpretation
One of the all-time best!
Only yuja could pull this off👏
She is too incredible for mere words!
I was trying to find the words to express. I could not. Her performance and energy, her "oneness" with the music absolutely amaze me. Your sentence is EXCELLENT.
Feh! Piece of cake. I mean, how hard could it be?
I do appreciate it when people post the score as well. That makes this twice as enjoyable.
Amazing woman with so much talent and emotion
This tells a whole story. What a masterpiece
What a spectacular performance!!! Bravo!!!
Learning this rn
literally incredible in the truest sense of the word.
On the plus side, mere mortals would never know if she missed a note or 99. Super impressive skills!
As someone who can actually play this piece and is preparing it for a competition, I can confidently say she missed approximately 0 notes.
Best version of this cadenza ever! I just love her interpretation.
SHE IS THE BEST OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD 100%
Absolutely stunning!!!
She is The best pianist in the world 100%
Listening to music like this and musicians of this level of talent makes me feel like the village idiot in an ant farm.
Me too! I am with you, totally. I have become a slug. What manner of musician is this? What manner of human is this? What manner of composer is this? Amazing.
She's out of this world.
Prokofiev's genius... And she brings it to a climax with such a powerful tension.
Never heard Prokofiev PC2 Cadenza before.
People are always programming the 3rd. Wow that level of pianistic virtuosity and level of detail in the score in 1912/1923… reminds me a little of Sorabji :)
You should watch the whole video, this piece is magical. for most people 1st time listening: weird, what's this, 2nd time listening: hmm it's quite something, 3rd time: this is a god piece epic on so many levels. It has replaced my favorite Rachmaninov 2&3 completedly.
It's depressing how I never hear this on classical radio... In fact, all I hear from Prokofiev are Symphony No. 1, maybe the PC 1, and maybe some selections from Lieutenant Kije or Romeo and Juliet... Depressing...
@@macdondb in U.K. BBC Radio 3 is quite conservative too
Thanks for posting. Must listen to this whole concerto. I've known #1 and #3 well for over fifty years (as a listener) but this one has eluded me thus far somehow. Maybe I'm ready for it now, thanks to Yuja's fantastic foray here into its depths..
Then, too, pianist Darva Chan might also consider adding #2 to her repertoire as well, once she brings it into alignment with her...special proclivities...
Mesmerizing!!! ❤️❤️❤️
Love seeing the score
Holy fuck, that was supremely, insanely, incredibly skilled, such godly hands and talent, thousands and thousands of days of practice and practice since childhood must have been needed to be able to play this piece. Truly amazing, if she went to one of those shows like america's got talent, she'd win instantly, no contest tbh.
She’d need to have a sad story though.
No actual talented self-respecting musician would go to a show like America’s Got Talent
@@Literalistic +++
It might go totally over their heads. I think it is totally over my head, but a deep central part of my soul is deeply touched and moved.
yuja wang is an amazing pianist !! someday i’m going to play just like that
And the very best of luck. I hope you make it. You'll need thousands of hours of practice, but if you do that, nothing's impossible
@@stevefoley4073 thank you so much ❤️
One of the best prok 2, one of the best performance of yuja
I truly think this is the most beautiful piece of music.