It must be exhausting to play with such concentration and intensity for 50 minutes. What a virtuoso Yuja Wang is. People love to criticize her, mostly for her performance wardrobe choices. As if that matters. She could wear pajamas and a coffee-stained robe for all I care. Her playing is sublime.
i love her wild dresses ... she does the impossible on the piano ... and is super cute doing it... yes i watch her playing because she is a china doll... for all the others ill just play their CD , but i watch Yuja
I died... and now there is this beautiful Angel in front of me.... I see the rest of their envy oozing through their veins and comments trying to j justify stupidity.Just listen to her she is the creation of Masters....Accept it... there ain't a man in this world who doesn't love her.
Une chose étonnante : Tous les musiciens de l'orchestre jouent sur partition,ce qui ne leur enlève en rien leur talent, car ce sont tous des "pointures" Et puis Miss Wang en soliste,qui ne lit aucune note,et ne fait aucune fausse note sur une oeuvre magistrale de 50 mn ! De surcroit son "toucher",et cette sensibilité. Comme dire merci à une artiste pareille ! Car elle joue aussi des oeuvres de Liszt,de Choppin,de Mozart,de Beethoven, de Schubert et bien d'autres......La liste de son répertoire est si longue ! ******************************* All the musicians of the orchestra read their score, which no takes away from them their talent, because they are all “stars”. And then Miss Wang as a soloist, who read no note, and makes no wrong note on a masterful work of 50 minutes. And then his touch, and this sensitivity. How to say thank you to such an artist ! Because she also plays works by Liszt, Chopin, Mozart, Beethoven, by Schubert and many others......The list of his directory is very long !
Critics come and go, dime a dozen, most just blowhards, wanna be sages, but truthfully, Yuja Wang is one of best in world. Her interpretations, phrasing, touch, virtuosity, sensitivity, integrity, brilliance, are superb. I'm 70, been into classical music since age 10. Yuja Wang has become my all time favorite pianist. Critics be damned!
Critics often stereotype and categorize pianists in order to sound like they know something. Yuja is a true phenomenon since she plays every composer brilliantly.
Hey man, I'm only 68, but I was BORN with a piano in my mouth. ;-) My dad was a fairly famous pianist, and I started formal, classical lessons at age 6. Yuja gets my vote too -- greatest in the world. As great (but different) as Horowitz in his prime, way back in the early 50's.
@@rickideemus Thanks so much for your reply. You're opinion carries a lot of weight, given your background and experience as a classical pianist. Really appreciate your comments.
Brahms was an incredible genius to have created this collosal masterpiece, but Yuja Wang is a magician in this incomparable performance. Fifty minutes of pure concentration, memorization and emotional intrensity, never missing a note or subtle nuance in this glorious music. If there is anyone who listens and watches this without experiencing the pure rapture of it is lost.
@paul w - If anyone should be reported, it is you, but whoever the powers may be, they'll be able to sort things out. And do try to keep your verbiage civil. Trash is trash and must be identified as such.l
I know every note of this concert but under her fingers I'm breathing it for the first time. Total enjoyment and astonishment .Music written by a titan and played by an angel on a cloud/orchestra. Chapeau to the team charged for the amplification and tapeing.
There is no one with Yuja's touch, and talent now, or in the past 50 years. To call her a genius would be an incredible understatement. She is magnificent, each time, every time!
Further to the above, I have since listened to many other recordings of this massive concerto, because for me it is the greatest of all of them. The most recent (well performed, but the sound track lacked something) was by Seong -Jin Cho, whose work I really admire. Yuja, for me, this is still the most definitive version yet. Thank you.
@@dvell So true, Some go on for far too long. but I think retirement is an individual thing don't you? Not sure which comment you are responding to here.
Good for you. There is magnificence in genius you know!! And there are several younger pianists who have great talent and at least one with great touch as well.
I have not studied music but I can hear and see how Pianist Juja performed Brahms piece marvelously! She is a gifted and most talented musician! Your interpretation of this long piece is very much appreciated!👏👏👏😊 More power to you Juja!🎈🎈🎈🎹🎹🎶🎶🎵🎵😘🇨🇦
Yuja descendiste del cielo de la esfera de los genios, a traernos un dulce respiro de esperanza a nuestra sufrida humanidad, Dios siga bendiciendo esas preciosas manos y seas muy feliz interpretando a los grandes genios de la composición; eres un ángel musical... Gracias por existir, tu eres la confirmación de que Dios existe.
Yuja is a genius. There is no piece of music she is not able to master. She does not shy away from Brahms,Prokofiev,Bartok,Ravel etc. Not every pianist is able to play such a wide spectrum of difficult composers.
@@ady9830 I realise there are producers and reproducers but she is still a very tallented woman,to me a genius. Wish i had half of her skill and talent.
@@ady9830you have great introspection and reveal the basic human tendency of criticizing people you're jealous of due to your own inadequacy. Hey! Nobody's perfect..🥱
I've been listening to this masterpiece by Brahms for over 50 years, and have never heard it played so lyrically in the slow sections. Contrasted with the sheer virtuosity heard elsewhere, this is a truly masterful performance. Listen starting at 24:30 for the most exquisite playing of this slow movement, a Shubertian transformation from deep sorrow and resignation to acceptance and transformation. I heard similar musical profundity at Mr. Barenboim's performance of both concertos at Symphony Hall in Boston in the 1980s for the orchestra's retirement fund.
Yuja Wang's performance of the Brahms First Piano Concerto is unique and inimitable; in fact, it's the best performance of this piece that I've ever had the pleasure to listen to! Bravissima Yuja!
The Great Giant Little Lady Yuja Wang! One of the most renowned Pianists of this XXI Century! She´s simply GORGEOUS as a Woman and as a Musician!!! And I Love Her!!! (So Much)
I've just been enjoying many of these comments hereunder as well as listening to and watching Yuja play. A complete artistic package! Taking the dust off classical music! Sometimes when she makes one of her highly flexible bows to the audience I worry slightly that one day she is going to bang that beautiful sweet head of hers against the piano stool!! Very gymnastic!!
Du Brahms comme j ai rarement eu l occasion de l Entendre , dans sa densité et sa dynamique Orchestrale et une incarnation de Génie de cette Œuvre par la pianiste Yuja Wang , Bravo et Merci 🙏🏼
I felt grateful when I heard this sensitive performance of a concerto that can be at times thoroughly elusive, yet here it was so well controlled, and explained, and by a young woman too. Brahms needs huge weight control and sheer physical power at times. Keep it up little panther.
Never before, until watching this youtube clip, have I heard a performance of this epic piece that could rival the visionary sweep of Brendel's astounding performance with Abbado/Berlin, but Wang is equally visionary here, in her own unique way -- my hat is off to her! This performance brings op. 15's glorious architecture and transcendent sense of journey to life, with an energy that is as natural as it is thrilling and dynamic. Breathtaking on every level.
The trust between Conductor and pianist is fascinating to observe. Here, Gergiev is trusting Ms Wang completely and she is delivering on that, completely.
People who criticize Ms Wang for her fashion are just male patriarchs who when in the presence of a powerful woman will try to diminsh the woman. NOT THIS TIME. Absolutely extraordinary. She deeply feels every note. I'm so happy I saw her perform. It's great to be alive and access this!!!
The explosion of power còming from Miss Wang is an amazing woman. She is the complete package. An ability to memorize and interpret many composers, her calm and fìre never fail her. That straight back, her closed eyes are all eloquent witness to her years of great discipline. And I think personally she has great style. A formidable talent!
I have never been a great fan of Brahms, even though I recognise his genius. But Yuja's playing of the slow section with the concurrent trills in both hands and the sheer beauty of the score have left me in tears. Yuja is one of the elite, with Martha and Valentina.
@@ricferr6945 Valentina is excellent, but Yuja is in a much higher tier. Up there with Horowitz and Kissin… hard to even name a handful who can compare.
YW Artistry. Amazing precision, energy, and voicing. Passion. Monumental Masterpiece composed by 26 yr old Brahms. Initially panned by critics. Decent collaboration. Great venue for lucky audience. Love the concerto.
There can be no disputing Yuja's mastery and skill in performing any piece of piano music, just nothing short of outsatnding, but, I have to say that amongst all the wonderful conductors there are, Gergiev has to be at the very top of the list.
Chaque fois que je vois et entends cette frêle et *impressionnante* jeune femme, je suis saisi d'admiration ! Une telle virtuosité, une telle force, une telle capacité de travail à son âge, ça tient du prodige. Imagine-t-on la somme inouïe de travail pour connaître tout ce répertoire à la perfection, sans jamais de fausse note ???
What an amazing performance. How can she remember all those notes? I have a new appreciation for Yuja and for Brahms. Wonderful orchestra too. Bravos to all
One of Brahms great masterpieces, which are absolutely incomparable... Yuja Wang is one of the best pianists to bring this piece alive... A stunningly beautiful pianist with such a talent... A pleasure to listen to her....
Perhaps you forgot about Helene Grimaud, who has talent beyond measure, is considered one of the very best interpreters of Brahms, especially this piece, and is quite attractive also (since that seems to matter to you).
YES! I Love 💕 both renditions and the two Ladies, Gielen conducts for Lady Grimaud and Gergiev here! I like too Lise de La Salle and Andrés Orozco Estrada!!!
@@barbaraglynn1531 You seem to read too much into his statement. To call someone a stunningly beautiful pianist usually refers primarily to their musical quality, and has no necessary reference to their physical appearance. Or perhaps you read into it what you want to, in light with your own preferences. And he only calls Yuja Wang "one of the best pianists to bring this piece alive", and therefore doesn't imply that there are no others. Does anyone who praises any pianist playing Brahms always have to praise Helene Grimaud as well?
Amen to that. In my later teens I saw Tom Bromley (who I think lived near Birmingham) play this at the Town Hall Birmingham in about 1968 and, right from the first notes of that first hearing, the piece has had a hold over me. Brahms really is one of the truly great composers, one I come back to time and again. Whatever group of musicians he is writing for, he always has something important to say.
An impressive performance, hard-driving in the first and last movements while full of rich lyricism and introspection in the slow movt. Except for that unfortunate moment (at 47'00") where orchestra and pianist are notably out of sync at the entrance into the coda. Kudos to the sound engineers who managed to give us a spacious and balanced recording in an outdoors setting, which is very hard to do. Wang's smiling and (by now) deeply sensitive and unfailing alert performance reminds me of Gil Shaham's violin playing - serene, deeply attentive, and filled with the joy of working with a top-notch ensemble. Beautiful!
These days we, I mean I, need a reminder of the human capacity to create beauty, harmony, and grace. Ms. Wang was the star of the show, but the members of the orchestra, the conductor who led them, and the people in the audience who supported the effort, and came together to share this experience, all were a part of the creative process. And of course, we appreciate the architect Mr. Brahms, for bestowing upon his brothers and sisters the grand design. The idiots of the world are a little more tolerable now.
For as long as music, composition, and performance of this quality are appreciated and supported, there is hope that our species can rise above the pettiness of everyday life and the trivia of most of our existence.
A concert out in the open and the silence allowed such a subtle work to be performed, BEAUTIFUL! Obviously this could not have been done in the US. Oh... and did I mention Yuja Wang? Certainly a great performance by her by any measure!
Amongst the heaps of praise for the pianist in these comments, I would like to be the one of the few who praise Brahms for this magnificent work. Brahms was the real creator of this artistic conception.
But Brahms is not alive and cannot be the recipient of your praise, no matter how well deserved. People like to praise the living. And David Robinson's opinion was exactly right. Yuja Wang is like Land Rover: above and beyond.
This is my favourite music. On a snowy night in Boston, waiting for Triple AAA to fix my car, my friend Kevin the composer studied the entire score and went home to listen to a few perfomences
What a tremendous accomplishment: incomparable musicianship, glorious sound, inspiring visuals. This video is a blessing to all who are in need of uplifting. Ms Wang was magnificent, Maestro Gergiev and orchestra just as wonderful. Many thanks for bringing this performance to all here.
For me Piaza della Signoria,Firenze is the center of the universe and Brahms sounds perfect coming from the Loggia dei Lanzi.Splendid interpretation!Bravo Yuja!
Mi piace moltissimo come suona e interpreta, il suo modo di suonare non è solo virtuosistico, sembra che lei viva la musica che suona. Che sia una bella ragazza è un'altra cosa, che c'entra con la musica. E non è una colpa essere belle e farlo vedere, può essere anche quella musica per gli occhi. La musica è bellezza, è totalizzante.
Please don’t get carried away. No doubt that Yuja is magnificent here, but there are other pianists who are equally quite good, playing this piece. Don’t forget Martha Argerich and Helene Grimaud to name just two. I could name others, but these two are at the very top of any list of incomparable pianists.
@@davidcolver2502, I am so sorry. I inadvertently confused Brahms Concerto #1 in d minor with Brahms Rhapsody #1, opus 79. You are right; Martha has not recorded Brahms Concerto #1. Thank you for calling me on this. However, I still feel that Helene Grimaud is the very best interpreter of Brahms among pianists living today.
FANTASTIQUE , ça laisse en manque de souffle.. À égalité avec Rachmaninov pour moi !.. J'en crois pas mes oreilles !.. C'est fabuleux !..Superbe et talentueuse pianiste 🙏🎶💓🎶✨⭐✨🌟
Brillante interpretación de Yuja, cada vez más completa en su juventud madura, en sus actuaciones. Gran dirección de Gergiev, como siempre y excelente la orquesta.
Las observaciones criticas todas coinciden, Yuja es , una virtuosa , toca el piano con maestrìa y sentimiento . Nació para ser diva del piano sus actuaciones serán recordadas mucho tiempo. al menos por. mi
Great concert fans, great composition, one of my very favorites, great performance, bravo adorable Yuja, let's invite everybody...let only Brahms devastate their hearts and never fear any terrorists sick games upon our heads
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It must be exhausting to play with such concentration and intensity for 50 minutes. What a virtuoso Yuja Wang is. People love to criticize her, mostly for her performance wardrobe choices. As if that matters. She could wear pajamas and a coffee-stained robe for all I care. Her playing is sublime.
Brilliance. Tenacity. and She's attached by the fingers to something you so rarely hear. (PS: I have just the robe for you).
Agree 100% and I love how she ignores the critics by continuing to wear whatever she pleases.
I agree with you. she's is one of the best and then some. Why fuss about her clothes. She reminds me of a beautiful bird producing heavenly music.
i love her wild dresses ... she does the impossible on the piano ... and is super cute doing it... yes i watch her playing because she is a china doll... for all the others ill just play their CD , but i watch Yuja
I agree what you said !
I died... and now there is this beautiful Angel in front of me.... I see the rest of their envy oozing through their veins and comments trying to j justify stupidity.Just listen to her she is the creation of Masters....Accept it... there ain't a man in this world who doesn't love her.
Une chose étonnante :
Tous les musiciens de l'orchestre jouent sur partition,ce qui ne leur enlève en rien
leur talent, car ce sont tous des "pointures"
Et puis Miss Wang en soliste,qui ne lit aucune note,et ne fait aucune fausse note
sur une oeuvre magistrale de 50 mn !
De surcroit son "toucher",et cette sensibilité.
Comme dire merci à une artiste pareille !
Car elle joue aussi des oeuvres de Liszt,de Choppin,de Mozart,de Beethoven,
de Schubert et bien d'autres......La liste de son répertoire est si longue !
*******************************
All the musicians of the orchestra read their score, which no takes away from them
their talent, because they are all “stars”.
And then Miss Wang as a soloist, who read no note, and makes no wrong note
on a masterful work of 50 minutes.
And then his touch, and this sensitivity.
How to say thank you to such an artist !
Because she also plays works by Liszt, Chopin, Mozart, Beethoven,
by Schubert and many others......The list of his directory is very long !
Quel talent ! Yuja Wang m'a fait redecouvrir la beaute de ce concerto de Brahms. Une magistrale interpretation.
Miss Yuja Wang : My admiration, my respect, my heartful congratulations, long happy life....!!!!🙏
I love her outfits she is beautiful and plays perfect, GOD bless her👏💖🌹
A special human being with hands and heart big enough to master Brahms.
LOVE the way she upon entering the stage greets the concert master as an old friend. They've played together many times
Critics come and go, dime a dozen, most just blowhards, wanna be sages, but truthfully, Yuja Wang is one of best in world. Her interpretations, phrasing, touch, virtuosity, sensitivity, integrity, brilliance, are superb. I'm 70, been into classical music since age 10. Yuja Wang has become my all time favorite pianist. Critics be damned!
Most of them didn,t study piano as principal instrument , only theoretics . It,s easy to speak , but to study 4-6 hours or more a day !!!
Critics often stereotype and categorize pianists in order to sound like they know something. Yuja is a true phenomenon since she plays every composer brilliantly.
Hey man, I'm only 68, but I was BORN with a piano in my mouth. ;-) My dad was a fairly famous pianist, and I started formal, classical lessons at age 6. Yuja gets my vote too -- greatest in the world. As great (but different) as Horowitz in his prime, way back in the early 50's.
@@rickideemus Thanks so much for your reply. You're opinion carries a lot of weight, given your background and experience as a classical pianist. Really appreciate your comments.
@M I Well stated!
Brahms was an incredible genius to have created this collosal masterpiece, but Yuja Wang is a magician in this incomparable performance. Fifty minutes of pure concentration, memorization and emotional intrensity, never missing a note or subtle nuance in this glorious music. If there is anyone who listens and watches this without experiencing the pure rapture of it is lost.
@paul w -- Ah, right ... and I guess she needs to take lessons from you?
@paul w - What tripe you write. You need to take your potty "writing" to where it belongs--the dump!!
@paul w - And a wimp to boot--if you're going to talk smack about others , you'd better learn to develop a thick skin.
@paul w - If anyone should be reported, it is you, but whoever the powers may be, they'll be able to sort things out. And do try to keep your verbiage civil. Trash is trash and must be identified as such.l
@@Scathingly -- Discussing anything with this paul w character is a futile exercise. Like the garbage he writes, he's just trash.
Brahms is smiling in tears! His prayers have been answered!
I do believe you may well be right!
At last, a woman who can play the work as well as Clara. :-)
I know every note of this concert but under her fingers I'm breathing it for the first time. Total enjoyment and astonishment .Music written by a titan and played by an angel on a cloud/orchestra. Chapeau to the team charged for the amplification and tapeing.
Nothing more to add!! Thanks.
There is no one with Yuja's touch, and talent now, or in the past 50 years. To call her a genius would be an incredible understatement. She is magnificent, each time, every time!
Further to the above, I have since listened to many other recordings of this massive concerto, because for me it is the greatest of all of them. The most recent (well performed, but the sound track lacked something) was by Seong -Jin Cho, whose work I really admire. Yuja, for me, this is still the most definitive version yet. Thank you.
I am sorry, but 50 years ago in 1973 Glenn Gould was alive and did not think about retiring, and what about Alfred Brendel or Pierre Laurent Aimard?
@@dvell So true, Some go on for far too long. but I think retirement is an individual thing don't you? Not sure which comment you are responding to here.
Good for you. There is magnificence in genius you know!! And there are several younger pianists who have great talent and at least one with great touch as well.
This song is so freaking hard 😢 im gonna die trying to master it. Great job Yuja
Yuja Wang + Valery Gergiev = perfection par excellence!
I have not studied music but I can hear and see how Pianist Juja performed Brahms piece marvelously! She is a gifted and most talented musician! Your interpretation of this long piece is very much appreciated!👏👏👏😊 More power to you Juja!🎈🎈🎈🎹🎹🎶🎶🎵🎵😘🇨🇦
Yuja descendiste del cielo de la esfera de los genios, a traernos un dulce respiro de esperanza a nuestra sufrida humanidad, Dios siga bendiciendo esas preciosas manos y seas muy feliz interpretando a los grandes genios de la composición; eres un ángel musical... Gracias por existir, tu eres la confirmación de que Dios existe.
This one is for HUMANITY, Bravo.
Yuja is a genius. There is no piece of music she is not able to master. She does not shy away from Brahms,Prokofiev,Bartok,Ravel etc. Not every pianist is able to play such a wide spectrum of difficult composers.
Her repertoire is mind blowing. She covers all periods of music.
Khatia B can and does
As does Helene Grimaud!!
@@ady9830 I realise there are producers and reproducers but she is still a very tallented woman,to me a genius. Wish i had half of her skill and talent.
@@ady9830you have great introspection and reveal the basic human tendency of criticizing people you're jealous of due to your own inadequacy. Hey! Nobody's perfect..🥱
Yuja Wang ...pure unadulterated unmatched genius on the piano ..
@paul w -- Do everybody a favour and keep your imbecile comments to yourself.
Yuja is talented beyond belief! My jaw drops every time I see her perform.
Another guy amongst us who is all mouth and trousers ???
@@ArtyFactual_Intelligence You're here, so it must be true.
@@mitchmatthews6713 Nothing like a daily Wang to put a smile on your face.
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YUJA! Gifted, Talented, and of course, obviously, So BEAUTIFUL Lady!!!
She’s a rock star …. She has the right to dress like one if she feels like it ! Thank you Yuja for sharing your talent!
She’s a rock star ------ No
A BRILLIANT PIANIST WITH A FABULOUS MEMORY
Pianistisch außergewöhnlich - in prächtiger Ergänzung zu Orchester und Dirigent. München leuchtet!
I've been listening to this masterpiece by Brahms for over 50 years, and have never heard it played so lyrically in the slow sections. Contrasted with the sheer virtuosity heard elsewhere, this is a truly masterful performance. Listen starting at 24:30 for the most exquisite playing of this slow movement, a Shubertian transformation from deep sorrow and resignation to acceptance and transformation. I heard similar musical profundity at Mr. Barenboim's performance of both concertos at Symphony Hall in Boston in the 1980s for the orchestra's retirement fund.
Note the way she plays the second movement! In a reflective and almost wistful manner! Remarkable in one so young!
Yuja Wang's performance of the Brahms First Piano Concerto is unique and inimitable; in fact, it's the best performance of this piece that I've ever had the pleasure to listen to! Bravissima Yuja!
I agree 100%
@@mariannedijzel3075 I agree too...Amazing.
The Great Giant Little Lady Yuja Wang! One of the most renowned Pianists of this XXI Century! She´s simply GORGEOUS as a Woman and as a Musician!!! And I Love Her!!! (So Much)
I love mis wang
YUJA it´s a Star, her renditions on Brahms 1 and 2 are Flawless. And she´s a Beautiful LADY!!!
Oh ! Does Yuja PLAY piano also……. I’ve not got beyond staring yet………. Magnificent is a rubbish word to describe her overwhelming beauty
Each and every note is there and exactly measured!
Absolutely astounding..
I've just been enjoying many of these comments hereunder as well as listening to and watching Yuja play. A complete artistic package! Taking the dust off classical music! Sometimes when she makes one of her highly flexible bows to the audience I worry slightly that one day she is going to bang that beautiful sweet head of hers against the piano stool!! Very gymnastic!!
Du Brahms comme j ai rarement eu l occasion de l Entendre , dans sa densité et sa dynamique Orchestrale et une incarnation de Génie de cette Œuvre par la pianiste Yuja Wang , Bravo et Merci 🙏🏼
I felt grateful when I heard this sensitive performance of a concerto that can be at times thoroughly elusive, yet here it was so well controlled, and explained, and by a young woman too. Brahms needs huge weight control and sheer physical power at times. Keep it up little panther.
Wow, she does Brahms really really well. Saw her Chopin solo piano last week (funeral march piece) and wow!!! She's a true Treasure
Never before, until watching this youtube clip, have I heard a performance of this epic piece that could rival the visionary sweep of Brendel's astounding performance with Abbado/Berlin, but Wang is equally visionary here, in her own unique way -- my hat is off to her! This performance brings op. 15's glorious architecture and transcendent sense of journey to life, with an energy that is as natural as it is thrilling and dynamic. Breathtaking on every level.
BEAUTIFUL MUSIC, EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCE AND AMAZING PLACE!
Eblouissante interprétation sous une direction inspirée magistrale. Une référence ! ....
Whatever she wears she looks beautiful. when she begins to play you enter another dimension. amazing!!
Ho ascoltato questo conerto mille volte ma questa interpretazione di Yuja è sublime! Brahms un gigante!
The trust between Conductor and pianist is fascinating to observe. Here, Gergiev is trusting Ms Wang completely and she is delivering on that, completely.
People who criticize Ms Wang for her fashion are just male patriarchs who when in the presence of a powerful woman will try to diminsh the woman. NOT THIS TIME. Absolutely extraordinary. She deeply feels every note. I'm so happy I saw her perform. It's great to be alive and access this!!!
Male patriarchs? Give me a break. Focus on this woman, this genius gift to mankind. Maybe think your own thoughts, stop thinking in woke cliches.
The explosion of power còming from
Miss Wang is an
amazing woman.
She is the complete
package. An ability
to memorize and
interpret many
composers, her
calm and fìre never
fail her. That straight back, her
closed eyes are all
eloquent witness to
her years of great
discipline. And I
think personally
she has great style.
A formidable talent!
LOVELY TO READ SUCH WARM MESSAGES .I SHARE ONLY GOODNESS FOR DEAR MISS YUJA AND GERGIEV.
I am 100% in support of those who Love Classical Music !
I have never been a great fan of Brahms, even though I recognise his genius. But Yuja's playing of the slow section with the concurrent trills in both hands and the sheer beauty of the score have left me in tears. Yuja is one of the elite, with Martha and Valentina.
whos Marta and Valentina ?
@@ricferr6945 Martha Argerich and Valentina Lisitsa.
Please don’t forget Helene Grimaud, considered by many music critics as currently the very best interpreter of Brahms.
@@ricferr6945 Valentina is excellent, but Yuja is in a much higher tier. Up there with Horowitz and Kissin… hard to even name a handful who can compare.
YW Artistry. Amazing precision, energy, and voicing. Passion. Monumental Masterpiece composed by 26 yr old Brahms. Initially panned by critics. Decent collaboration. Great venue for lucky audience. Love the concerto.
We witness greatness before our eyes and ears. What sheer JOY....
There can be no disputing Yuja's mastery and skill in performing any piece of piano music, just nothing short of outsatnding, but, I have to say that amongst all the wonderful conductors there are, Gergiev has to be at the very top of the list.
Chaque fois que je vois et entends cette frêle et *impressionnante* jeune femme, je suis saisi d'admiration ! Une telle virtuosité, une telle force, une telle capacité de travail à son âge, ça tient du prodige. Imagine-t-on la somme inouïe de travail pour connaître tout ce répertoire à la perfection, sans jamais de fausse note ???
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Better piano playing isn't possible! One of the greatest performances of all times!
SO RIGHT ON!
Wie viele 'performances' haben Sie denn in Ihrem Leben schön gehört, dass Sie zu so einem absoluten Urteil kommen können?
Yes it is.
@@muslit Sorry, I don't understand!
@ Yes better piano playing is possible. And I agree.
Beautiful! Everything was perfect. Brahms fully deserves this celebration of his magnificent music.
Yuja Wang, visiblement, se délecte de jouer, et nous régale de Brahms . Aimez-vous ? !
Breathtaking performance in such a beautiful setting.
Where is it?
What an amazing performance. How can she remember all those notes? I have a new appreciation for Yuja and for Brahms. Wonderful orchestra too. Bravos to all
Many thanks to Seung-ho Gang for posting this beautiful video. Blessings from a 70 year old Texas cowboy. I so admire, respect, Yuja Wang...
One of Brahms great masterpieces, which are absolutely incomparable... Yuja Wang is one of the best pianists to bring this piece alive... A stunningly beautiful pianist with such a talent... A pleasure to listen to her....
Perhaps you forgot about Helene Grimaud, who has talent beyond measure, is considered one of the very best interpreters of Brahms, especially this piece, and is quite attractive also (since that seems to matter to you).
YES! I Love 💕 both renditions and the two Ladies, Gielen conducts for Lady Grimaud and Gergiev here! I like too Lise de La Salle and Andrés Orozco Estrada!!!
@@barbaraglynn1531and I like, that there’s no sidetrack with Helen’s attire
@@wernerklotz8207 You are absolutely right!! Helene is always appropriately dressed for her recitals and concerts.
@@barbaraglynn1531 You seem to read too much into his statement. To call someone a stunningly beautiful pianist usually refers primarily to their musical quality, and has no necessary reference to their physical appearance. Or perhaps you read into it what you want to, in light with your own preferences. And he only calls Yuja Wang "one of the best pianists to bring this piece alive", and therefore doesn't imply that there are no others. Does anyone who praises any pianist playing Brahms always have to praise Helene Grimaud as well?
I just can’t believe what I am hearing here. This is beyond the beyond - Thankyou Yuga for all of this.
interprete e direttore di ottimo livello. Musica.....non ci sono parole per descrivere l'emozione ed il piacere!
She not only understand the music she understands the composer and what he wants to express.
I was still at school more than 50 years ago when this music first knocked me sideways,and it still does.Yuja is one of the best ever.
Amen to that. In my later teens I saw Tom Bromley (who I think lived near Birmingham) play this at the Town Hall Birmingham in about 1968 and, right from the first notes of that first hearing, the piece has had a hold over me. Brahms really is one of the truly great composers, one I come back to time and again. Whatever group of musicians he is writing for, he always has something important to say.
school too
An impressive performance, hard-driving in the first and last movements while full of rich lyricism and introspection in the slow movt. Except for that unfortunate moment (at 47'00") where orchestra and pianist are notably out of sync at the entrance into the coda. Kudos to the sound engineers who managed to give us a spacious and balanced recording in an outdoors setting, which is very hard to do. Wang's smiling and (by now) deeply sensitive and unfailing alert performance reminds me of Gil Shaham's violin playing - serene, deeply attentive, and filled with the joy of working with a top-notch ensemble. Beautiful!
A fabulous performance of one of the great concerti. This young lady is an incredible artist.
These days we, I mean I, need a reminder of the human capacity to create beauty, harmony, and grace. Ms. Wang was the star of the show, but the members of the orchestra, the conductor who led them, and the people in the audience who supported the effort, and came together to share this experience, all were a part of the creative process.
And of course, we appreciate the architect Mr. Brahms, for bestowing upon his brothers and sisters the grand design.
The idiots of the world are a little more tolerable now.
yes
Yuja Wang: Another asian pianist makes an homage to Brahms with her great performance.Congratulations,You have an admirable career.
La pianiste a gagné mon respect. Une interprétation très attendue depuis très longtemps... . Bravo!!!!
For as long as music, composition, and performance of this quality are appreciated and supported, there is hope that our species can rise above the pettiness of everyday life and the trivia of most of our existence.
A concert out in the open and the silence allowed such a subtle work to be performed, BEAUTIFUL! Obviously this could not have been done in the US. Oh... and did I mention Yuja Wang? Certainly a great performance by her by any measure!
Amazing concert etiquette which is becoming lacking in the latter age…
Maybe at Tanglewood...
La meilleure interprétation, à mon goût, de ce sublime concerto.
Amongst the heaps of praise for the pianist in these comments, I would like to be the one of the few who praise Brahms for this magnificent work. Brahms was the real creator of this artistic conception.
Hear! hear!
But Brahms is not alive and cannot be the recipient of your praise, no matter how well deserved. People like to praise the living. And David Robinson's opinion was exactly right. Yuja Wang is like Land Rover: above and beyond.
Brahms was a genius
The greatest single piece of music ever crafted by mortal man. Its only rivals are the Mozart Requiem and the Beethoven Ninth.
BRILLIANT-- GENIUS PLAYING BY YUJA -WANG .ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT .
Señora Wang, no me cansaré nunca de escuchar esta maravillosa interpretación. Gracias
Браво ЮЯ! Браво дирижор и оркестр! Браво Брамс! Спасибо!
Maravillosa interpretación de Yuga y de la orquesta.
Bendiciones y Gratitud🎹🎼🎹🎼🔔🔔⚘⚘
Divine ..love ..Beauty..Best pianist ,great!....brilliance ..Srta. Wang !
This is my favourite music. On a snowy night in Boston, waiting for Triple AAA to fix my car, my friend Kevin the composer studied the entire score and went home to listen to a few perfomences
@limoreperetz8860 We need MUCH MORE context for your story, please!!
What a tremendous accomplishment: incomparable musicianship, glorious sound, inspiring visuals. This video is a blessing to all who are in need of uplifting. Ms Wang was magnificent, Maestro Gergiev and orchestra just as wonderful. Many thanks for bringing this performance to all here.
One of the best pianists I've ever heard
Wow. Pianist, setting, orchestra! Conducting OK. Great performance.
Never has a STEINWAY been so lucky and proud to be caressed like this.
A superb interpretation. How lovely. 💐
Outstanding mastery of this very difficult and lengthy concerto. She gives an outstanding performance as always.
Ascoltarla è sempre un privilegio
Yes ,she may be called the pianist with the beatifullest sound of 21 st century😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
Yuja is a wonderful pianist .
For me Piaza della Signoria,Firenze is the center of the universe and Brahms sounds perfect coming from the Loggia dei Lanzi.Splendid interpretation!Bravo Yuja!
??? Piazza della Signoria? Loggia dei Lanzi? "
With Münchner Philharmoniker conducted by Valery Gergiev at Odeonsplatz."
Magnifique ! Piano sublime, orchestre grandiose
Mi piace moltissimo come suona e interpreta, il suo modo di suonare non è solo virtuosistico, sembra che lei viva la musica che suona. Che sia una bella ragazza è un'altra cosa, che c'entra con la musica. E non è una colpa essere belle e farlo vedere, può essere anche quella musica per gli occhi. La musica è bellezza, è totalizzante.
By far the best interpretation in all TH-cam
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Watch and listen to this first.
Bravo 👏 👏 👏 👏
Please don’t get carried away. No doubt that Yuja is magnificent here, but there are other pianists who are equally quite good, playing this piece. Don’t forget Martha Argerich and Helene Grimaud to name just two. I could name others, but these two are at the very top of any list of incomparable pianists.
@@barbaraglynn1531 I thought I had all of Argerich's recordings. If you can point me to a Brahms concerto, I'll be grateful.
@@davidcolver2502, I am so sorry. I inadvertently confused Brahms Concerto #1 in d minor with Brahms Rhapsody #1, opus 79. You are right; Martha has not recorded Brahms Concerto #1. Thank you for calling me on this. However, I still feel that Helene Grimaud is the very best interpreter of Brahms among pianists living today.
Fantástica Yuja Wang, bravoo! ❤️
...in Italiano, "bravA", perché è una Donna (quindi, al femminile)...
...in italy linguage "bravA", because is a woman
It' s chilling to hear such a magnificent executivo, perfect in every detail...
Fuera de serie ! Fantástica ! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Maravilloso concierto interprete grandiosa. Gracias por compartir. Saludos desde Ecuador
absolutely perfect
.she plays with nuance and breathing music unlike any other pianist..PERFECT...
Una pianista global i revolucionària...descobreixo de nou l'art del piano...gràcies Yuja...
Como siempre, Yuha Wang, magnifica, tocando a Brahms
This video has disappeared from TH-cam for a long period of time until now it surfaced again. Thank you ! Very much ! George Wu, Architect, 2019-9-6
FANTASTIQUE , ça laisse en manque de souffle.. À égalité avec Rachmaninov pour moi !.. J'en crois pas mes oreilles !..
C'est fabuleux !..Superbe et talentueuse pianiste 🙏🎶💓🎶✨⭐✨🌟
Brillante interpretación de Yuja, cada vez más completa en su juventud madura, en sus actuaciones. Gran dirección de Gergiev, como siempre y excelente la orquesta.
Las observaciones criticas todas coinciden, Yuja es , una virtuosa , toca el piano con maestrìa y sentimiento . Nació para ser diva del piano sus actuaciones serán recordadas mucho tiempo. al menos por. mi
De acuerdo con usted! Sus grabaciones ya son históricas! Dejemos correr el tiempo y serán memorables!!!
A beautiful memory of this piece…magnificence at the keyboard
She is one of the best pianist and my favorite pianist
amazing, and she is so gorgeous-and from an interview, also has a great personality!
The first time I see a lot of emotions in her face. She is a grandiose and virtuoso piano player!
Great concert fans, great composition, one of my very favorites, great performance, bravo adorable Yuja, let's invite everybody...let only Brahms devastate their hearts and never fear any terrorists sick games upon our heads