Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2 is a milestone among the piano concertos of all composers. Only an exceptional pianist like Yuja Wang can convey its beauty. She is the measure of all things when it comes to virtuosity on the piano. Everything is just right here. Technique, timing, expression, dynamics, sensitivity. She plays the second movement simply breathtakingly beautiful and moving. What an exquisite orchestra. What a wonderful conductor. What a world class pianist. What a great concert..!
I don't know anything about classical music, I don't know this pianist. But I know this concerto because it hits me to my soul. There is nothing like it, I can't explain it. I am moved and overwhelmed whenever I hear it. It's a journey to somewhere, I don't even know where. All I know is I expend every emotion along the way. This is a beautiful version of the most beautiful bit of music I've ever heard in my life.
Amen. Any musician would be thrilled to have moved you & touched you as you describe. "Knowin" more enables you to augment & appreciate the music more, but music isn't to be analyzed: it's to be experienced, and it is the only form of art that can directly evoke feeling such as you describe.
I think the reason Yuja Wang performs so exquisitely is because of her deep emotional connection to the music. It is apparent in her facial expressions and the movement of her body; she is living deeply in the music. She doesn't play the music; she travels into it. She becomes the music. A concert for her is not another day at the office, it's when she is most alive. And the rest of us get to listen to the magnificent result.
Yes, it has had that effect on me since I was a teenager. Then at Bristol University when music students told me it was just slush I realised that if you don’t appreciate music it simply cannot be taught. As Louis Armstrong said: if you Gotta ask you’ll never know.
@@Mivoat yeah, I tear up and don't know why. Louis Armstrong had it right. But then a Belle Tire commercial came on two minutes in.??? I guess its all glimpses of the things we need to see. I'm good.
Rachmaninoff was brilliant. I honestly think he heard music from Heaven and shared it with us. Heavenly; heart-touching; soul healing; majestical music 🎵🎶
To begin to understand this piece you have to understand how it came to be. Rachmaninov had endured a disastrous opening from reasons that are still disputed. Following that intense depression prevented him from composing. After working with a psychotherapist he was able to compose. The result was his 2nd Concerto for Piano and Orchestra. The most beloved in the romantic repertoire. This piece is a beautiful gift and serves as his triumphant return to composition. ❤❤❤
You are so correct. The dark clouds lifted and this magnificent work was born. I do not feel that it was fully reflected on this performance, which was too focused on the technicalities. The conductor seemed more into the emotions. I feel that Anna Fedorova is one of the few people who has fully captured the the entire inner feelings of the composer.
I especially love the back story - as I recall it. That fairly young Rachmaninoff put his heart into his first symphony and it was very poorly received by the critics. A failure. He went into a depression of some kind. Someone got him associated with a psychiatrist/psychologist (talk therapy) who kept motivating him to begin his next piece. It was Piano Concerto #2 - and the entire piece reflects his journey out of those doldrums. A piece that speaks for all of humanity overcoming failure and turning loss into greatness. A song for all of us. I have heard this piece numerous times including quite a number at the symphony by various pianists. I even play a few pages of it on the piano - a wonderful feeling to experience - as though connected to Rachmaninoff through the hands, the piano and the feeling of the song Having said that, for me this performance by Wang, the conductor especially and the orchestra IS the best interpretation in my opinion. So many rich subtleties brought out.
Her fingers are like ballerinas on the keys. Her intense concentration and involvement are a beauty to behold . The music is beyond emotionally engrossing.
Her clarity,intensity,and interpretation of the music is exceptional. No theatrics! No arms flying around,or bushy,unkempt hair tossing. Yuja's face and hands say it all! Truly the entire package!
I've seen Yuja in interviews. She is always smiling and upbeat, actually bubbly in her personality. Then when she goes before the piano and begins to perform, it seems that she is transformed, almost as if one of the great composers like Rachmaninov has entered her soul and taken over. You can see it in her expressions and concentration, a total absorption of the music. What is even better is that she takes us along for the ride.
You said exactly what happens. She developed sufficient dexterity and the entity that possessed Rachmaninov it possesses her too and the entire audience. It is fed by the life energy of everyone present, generation after generation. It is slavery after all, very far from the freedom we would have if we lived the Truth that Jesus taught us. Passing pleasure vs eternal and happy life, the broad path vs the narrow path. Discernment is needed. 💖🇨🇱
@@arthurmclarty1 It's my response to the first comment, about how she seems to transform...So that it is known what is really happening in an event in which something catches the attention of everyone else. The more enraptured people are, the more energy they deliver. And nobody notices that is losing precious moments of his life that should be occupied in the true way, the one that restores freedom and life to humanity: Loving each other like Jesus taught us and commanded us. The discernment and wisdom that the Love of one for another gives, are necessary to awaken a humanity accustomed to living lethargically, without even imagining the greatness of their own potential. We better wake up to this true wonder. 💖🇨🇱
It's cold, wet and dark outside, the curtains are drawn and you stick Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No.2 on the turntable (yes, vinyl). You turn the lights off and sink back into a reclining armchair, the only light comes from the glow of the fire. You're alone with thoughts of people, places and events that have been important in your life.... then you wake up. You realise you fell into reverie at some point during the second movement. So you play it again wanting to hear the whole of the concerto uninterrupted. After all, it's Rachmaninoff's 'No.2' - nothing else will do.
A creation of artistic interpretation second to none when considering Yula Wang’s perfect and natural rendition of Rachmaninov’s no. 2 piano concerto. x
I play just one moment of this beautiful peace of music over and over again. From 20:40 it feels like whole new world is starting to bloom. A M A Z I N G!
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No2 is a masterpiece, and Ms Wang plays it magnificently! It is such a pleasure to watch not only her fingers but her face and body because there is so much emotion in her playing this piece. I thought she was going to fly right off that piano bench a few times! This was the second time I've watched this video, and I'm sure it won't be the last. Bravo!👏👏👏👏
Absolutely unbelievable technique, e.g. 25:44 it's the fastest I've ever heard this played, yet not a single note out of place. There is no limit to what Yuja can do. Simply incredible.
Your use of the word "incredible" is spot on as vocabulary goes. I cannot believe my eyes and ears...I will now toss a few words of my own into the mix: transcendental, sublime, and only the heavens know what...
Playing any fast pieces with precision, crisp notes and without any errors is what YJW is great at! She is probably the best pianist today the more I listen to her epic performances! She is so perfect every time in every performance!
@@georgiaguardian4696 Her hands/fingers are a blur, just like the hovering humming bird which flaps its wings in a hover so fast per second that a video cannot catch the movement unless the film is set to slow motion.
5:50 to me, this is what melancholy and happiness sound like. I think it's because of how well the violins and the piano mix together. The violins sound bittersweet, but the piano adds another layer of complexity to it, their synergy is immaculate. I came here because Mao Asada skated to this for her free skate at Sochi 2014, and out of all the different pianists who popped up after searching it up, I specifically clicked on this video because I saw that Yuja wang was the one performing it, and I had a slight memory of her bowing compilation on TikTok. I knew the amount of passion she had just from watching her bow to the audience, and I'm going to be honest, I kind of got teary eyed while listening to this! Thank you to Yuja Wang and the entire orchestra for performing this masterpiece with such grace and passion ❤Yuja even made me rethink quitting piano to start figure skating! LOL
This concert takes you to another dimension, where only beauty , joy and harmony exists. Happy the ones who have a soul that can appreciate it, and feel all the warmth that this music emanates, straight from heavenly realms...❤🎉
I’m a week ahead and asking myself the same question. Finding Yuja all started with me pulling into a parking lot and hearing Rhapsody in Blue on the radio. It’s rekindled my love for classical music.
In my view, she is the greatest talent of her generation and one of the finest pianists of all time. Underpinned by ludicrous technique, the expression and emotion in her playing is just awe-inspiring. Amazing.
Sergei says at the beginning… “ the troops are coming…here’s the quick version of the drama.” He finds more time and we endure the majesty and misery like absolutely no one else can tell/live this. Oh and long live Queen Yuja
❤she feels every single note through her body, a gift straight from spirit, remarkable ❤l could listen to her forever, so uplifting in this sad world ❤❤❤
Music can do so many things. For example: heal a broken heart, help someone to make the right decision, beeing a companion in perhaps hard times, help us to see the underlying circumstances in something that is totally messed up. And so on. Or like here, for me: A total enjoying of the musical qualities of this playing. Thank you Yuja Wang, Valery Gergiev and Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra.
The most beautiful Rach concert in my opinion. Therefore, I have spent the evening listening to the same piano concerto with four other (female) pianists. All performances had their merits. But no one can interpret all the emotions that this work contains like Yuja Wang, nor does anyone seem to enjoy the concert as much as she does. That alone enhances the pleasure I experience when I watch and listen to Yuja.
I dated a pianist who had to go audition for her PHD in the states so I travelled with her and I sat there for hours on end listening to her play. I’ve memorized everything too and even learnt how to read sheet music because I had to follow it and turn the page at the right time. That’s what comes with dating a musician.
Бесподобно!! Юджи это явление мирового фортепианного искусства Она снова "вытолкнула" интерес к классической музыке в 21 веке Блестящая исполнительница, умница , тонко чувствующая композитора Стараюсь не пропустить ни одного ее выступления на доступных ресурсах и каждый раз изумляюсь ее игрой Это счастье жить во время когда она вышла на большую мировую сцену
Гениальное исполнение. Каждая нотка прослушивается. Какие эмоции!!! Дирижер- гений. Юля -гений. Я много слушал это концерт в разных исполнениях. После Б. Березовского- она вторая. Лучше их нет.
I have watched this video many time... So how does it bring a lump to my throat every time?... What sorcery is this?.. We are privileged that this magical lady plays for us.
Beautiful!! .... Can listen to Yuja play all day: her magical fingers running on the piano with so much feeling & emotion!!.... Have followed her career for many years.... Great orchestra as well....... Thanks for posting. 🙏😄
THE INTRICACY OF YUJA WANG; The brilliance! The astonishing orchestral beauty! The dynamics, the tone, timing, contour, EVERYTHING DOWN TO THE LAST DROP IS BEAUTIFUL
J’aime tellement Yuja Wang depuis toujours ,elle incarne pour moi la grâce sans jamais faillir au compositeur qu’elle interprète. Magnifique musicienne. ❤
Beautiful Video featuring the finest Concert Pianist this days. She plays great music, enjoyed every minute of the concert as if I was there. She is so charmin, looking forward to see more of her in the future.
Absolutely the best interpretation of the Rach 2! Yuja's performance is utter magic. Glorious fingering and phrasing...sensitivity and power! She is a miracle!
I’ve been a fan of Yuja’s for many years. In my opinion this is her at her finest. Rachmaninoff’s 2nd Piano Concerto is a delight and she takes it to an even higher plane. Just wonderful.
Well, I have to confess - and I am not even a big Yuja Wang fan - that this particular performance with Gergiev is my favourite one, most appealing. And there are many, even the one by Rachmaninov himself. So there, I admit it.
Diese Darbietung ist so voll von reinem sprühendem Leben, das uns alle in höchste Höhen hinaufträgt! Tausend Dank für diese ergreifende Interpretation und die unzähligen Übungsstunden ... 💥💞💥
First time I watched and the FIRST thing I noticed is at 0:42 how tight those base notes are with the double basses....great rhythm and timing, more so than a lot I've heard (and this is my favourite Concerto of all time).
Rach's 2nd and 3rd make life worth living. Yuja Wang, Olga Kern, Valentina Lisitsa. I cannot decide whom I enjoy the most. If I were a billionaire oligarch, I would have a Bosendorfer Imperial Grand installed into my 250 foot yacht in the grand salon and pay whatever fee they want to just play Rach 2nd and 3rd solo without orchestra, as I enjoy it with a tumbler of brandy as an audience of one. I'll open the windows and let the glorious music wafe over the water in St. Tropez harbor as it nears sunset.
She's channeling Rachmanioff! She's a making. She feels every note! We fèl it too. No matter how many times I hear this piece, I am moved to tears- as we all should be. It's pure love, passion and emotion.!❤❤❤
I know nothing about the technicalities of music, and have never touched an instrument. However this performance resonates with something in my brain.. not sure what it is. I'm a bit of a cynic and don't like being told what is good and what is better. When the recording is over, I just want to play it again. It's mesmeric
00:30 , 6:00 , 6:35 I come here after watching nodame cantabile. Never expect to sit through this performance until the end. Music really can touch your heart even if you know nothing about classical music
@@emmanuelr.474 I watch the live action version, actually its my 3rd rewatch coz i just love it so much. Glad to know that there are others from the show too
Incredibile and wonderful. She is superhuman. What is she capable of to play with a sensitivity, precision and expression and to memorize is unbelievable. Wow.
Хочу отметить филигранную работу звукорежиссёров. Такое гармоничное звучание рояля и оркестра слышу впервые. Настолько выверено всё по частотам, басы "масло", верхние не звенят. Работу даже самого лучшего артиста важно донести до слушателя. Здесь это идеально.Браво звукорежиссёрам!
Yuja Wang is much more than a technical freak of nature. She truly understands the hidden mechanics and meaning behind the notes. Very mature renditions.
Ever so many years ago, I rented a Lincoln Town Car for a week's vacation when they were running a special. On the way back to Las Vegas from Laughlin on a dark night, I put the cassette, yes, cassette, in the player on the car. I inserted the Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2 by the Cleveland Orchestra and the music began to play. It was an experience I'll always remember. I just happened to run across a blurb a few days ago that Yuga is performing in China this week. Wouldn't it be a dream for my Chinese wife and me to attend one of her live performances. Dream on! I'll just have to be content to listen to her recorded music and watching her on You Tube. Happy holidays to all of you.
Thank you, Peter Chen, for this Christmas gift! I heard it live in Münich at the "Klassik Open Air am Odeonsplatz" in July. With Münchner Philharmoniker unter the baton of Lorenzo Viotti it was incredible good, but this one with Gergiev is even better. Yuja and Gergiev are really the best team for Rachmaninoff. Rachmaninoff was well known for his unpretentious, tasteful playing without any mannerisms or romanticisms but with deep honest emotions...like Yuja! This rendition really is the greatest Rach2 I ever heard.
Perfettamente d'accordo Michael, secondo me sembra che per una strana magia, quasi una tansustanziazione del pensiero musicale di Sergej nelle note eseguite magnificamente da Yuja. Sublime. Grazie Peter Chen.
Ms. Yuja Wang is maturing wonderfully as a really great pianist . Life itself, when viewed accordingly, can afford great insight, in het case, to a deeper "feel" for the music she performs Her greater focus on the art itself and less on the visual aspect of her performance is a testemony of her growth. ( She is no less pleasant to the eyes, quite the contrary, but in a more mature, deep, lasting way ! )
Scintillating performance....extraordinary technique in the faster passages, and wonderful sensitive phrasing in the slower passages. I love Yuja's wry smile at 27:27 after getting through what is a very tricky passage (light on notes, but evenness and accuracy essential).
Monumental recording, piano and orchestra echo and blend into each other. Yuya is a genius and director's control of orchestra places her interpretation on the right pedestal! 👏👏👏👏👏 10:10 25:48 28:44
I like the 2nd movement a lot. She is not given to maudlin as so many pianists are apt to do. There's a smooth flow, a story telling in her playing. The last movement is just incredible.
The eight elements of perfection, the composer, soloist, conductor, orchestra, audience, piano, venue and recording are all here. Thank you Yuga. Perfection !
Tiene una profunda sensibilidad para interpretar esta obra maravillosa y calar en el mensaje que nos transmite. ¡Gracias a ti Rachmaninov, Yuja Wang, director Valery Gergiev y orquesta del Theatro Mariinsky
This is my favourite Rach. So many interpretations, and still I hold Yuja Wang together with Valery Gergiev and this orchestra the best for delivering this music. Sometimes you only need a toothpick to rule the music.
Можно сыграть лучше и вызвать более глубокие переживания и эмоции у слушателей. Найдите на уou tube --- Alexander Malofeev(15 y.o) S. Rachmaninoff. Piano Concerto No.2 Baltic Sea Philharmonic, August 2017
Super piano performance. Her technique is in automatic pilot, but her interpretation and emotional expression are just right. The orchestra is also in auto pilot lacking a tight direction from the conductor. Overall, it is an excellent performance.
Clap harder! Yuja is masterful and bright. Leading, but not forcing the piece forward. The conductor is amazing. A great recording. Some recordings of this concerto prove how easy it is to be good, but not great in terms of pacing and understanding the complete composition’s emotional resonance. Amazing.
Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2 is a milestone among the piano concertos of all composers. Only an exceptional pianist like Yuja Wang can convey its beauty. She is the measure of all things when it comes to virtuosity on the piano. Everything is just right here. Technique, timing, expression, dynamics, sensitivity. She plays the second movement simply breathtakingly beautiful and moving. What an exquisite orchestra. What a wonderful conductor. What a world class pianist. What a great concert..!
I agree that she is great, but so is Isata Kanneh-Mason.
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Have you heard of Richter’s version?
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I don't know anything about classical music, I don't know this pianist. But I know this concerto because it hits me to my soul. There is nothing like it, I can't explain it. I am moved and overwhelmed whenever I hear it. It's a journey to somewhere, I don't even know where. All I know is I expend every emotion along the way. This is a beautiful version of the most beautiful bit of music I've ever heard in my life.
What a beautiful sentiment to honor and appreciate this music.
Welcome!
Dont say you dont know music. If this touches you, you know music enough.
Amen. Any musician would be thrilled to have moved you & touched you as you describe.
"Knowin" more enables you to augment & appreciate the music more, but music isn't to be analyzed: it's to be experienced, and it is the only form of art that can directly evoke feeling such as you describe.
Welcome to the world of Yuja Wang... Once captured we can never say goodbye.❤ ... Enjoy her Prokofiev too..
I think the reason Yuja Wang performs so exquisitely is because of her deep emotional connection to the music. It is apparent in her facial expressions and the movement of her body; she is living deeply in the music. She doesn't play the music; she travels into it. She becomes the music. A concert for her is not another day at the office, it's when she is most alive. And the rest of us get to listen to the magnificent result.
It looks like she's doing an expressive dance, it looks pretentious.
@@rancidblock5615, check out Lang Lang and you may need to re-define pretentious.
@@rancidblock5615lol calling something pretentious through an artists self expression is so soft
It's so beautiful deep dreamy and emotional .it takes you to a different place
Excellent comment and spot on.👌
This Rachmaninoff Concerto No. 2 makes me cry every time - it touches deep within the soul in a place where I can't explain.
The first time you were able and I didn’t have a problem with it I ww wwww I weeeeee weasel ap
Yes, it has had that effect on me since I was a teenager. Then at Bristol University when music students told me it was just slush I realised that if you don’t appreciate music it simply cannot be taught. As Louis Armstrong said: if you Gotta ask you’ll never know.
@@Mivoat yeah, I tear up and don't know why. Louis Armstrong had it right. But then a Belle Tire commercial came on two minutes in.??? I guess its all glimpses of the things we need to see. I'm good.
Yes, me too. It makes my heart ache.
Rachmaninoff was brilliant. I honestly think he heard music from Heaven and shared it with us. Heavenly; heart-touching; soul healing; majestical music 🎵🎶
To begin to understand this piece you have to understand how it came to be. Rachmaninov had endured a disastrous opening from reasons that are still disputed. Following that intense depression prevented him from composing. After working with a psychotherapist he was able to compose. The result was his 2nd Concerto for Piano and Orchestra. The most beloved in the romantic repertoire. This piece is a beautiful gift and serves as his triumphant return to composition. ❤❤❤
You are so correct. The dark clouds lifted and this magnificent work was born.
I do not feel that it was fully reflected on this performance, which was too focused on the technicalities. The conductor seemed more into the emotions.
I feel that Anna Fedorova is one of the few people who has fully captured the the entire inner feelings of the composer.
Ouvir Rachmaninov dispensa qualquer tipo de terapia psicológica, principalmente pela manhã ao acordar !!!
And if memory serves correctly, he dedicated it to his psychotherapist.
@@drjdsjr and the psychotherapist played in the orchestra in the 1st performance.
Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 Opus 18, is one of the most wonderful pieces of music ever written!
Totally agree. Have listened since I was 5 and my father play the record at least once a week.
Saludos.
Beautiful melody indeed.
Rodrigo, compared to chopsticks and Yankee doodle of course it's great.
@@ripvanwinkle1819 lol
I especially love the back story - as I recall it. That fairly young Rachmaninoff put his heart into his first symphony and it was very poorly received by the critics. A failure. He went into a depression of some kind. Someone got him associated with a psychiatrist/psychologist (talk therapy) who kept motivating him to begin his next piece. It was Piano Concerto #2 - and the entire piece reflects his journey out of those doldrums. A piece that speaks for all of humanity overcoming failure and turning loss into greatness. A song for all of us. I have heard this piece numerous times including quite a number at the symphony by various pianists. I even play a few pages of it on the piano - a wonderful feeling to experience - as though connected to Rachmaninoff through the hands, the piano and the feeling of the song
Having said that, for me this performance by Wang, the conductor especially and the orchestra IS the best interpretation in my opinion. So many rich subtleties brought out.
Her fingers are like ballerinas on the keys. Her intense concentration and involvement are a beauty to behold . The music is beyond emotionally engrossing.
And the body...
The pianist is cute sure. The music is uncomfortably terrible. You pay 80 bucks to get angry?
@@ripvanwinkle1819lol what?
@@ripvanwinkle1819what is bro saying.
Bit off topic but have you seen this babe’s abs? She could hold a plank for an hour and, for all I know, does. Daily.
Her clarity,intensity,and interpretation of the music is exceptional. No theatrics! No arms flying around,or bushy,unkempt hair tossing. Yuja's face and hands say it all! Truly the entire package!
I've seen Yuja in interviews. She is always smiling and upbeat, actually bubbly in her personality. Then when she goes before the piano and begins to perform, it seems that she is transformed, almost as if one of the great composers like Rachmaninov has entered her soul and taken over. You can see it in her expressions and concentration, a total absorption of the music. What is even better is that she takes us along for the ride.
Indeed. Well said. Rachmaninov has a way with all of us.
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You said exactly what happens. She developed sufficient dexterity and the entity that possessed Rachmaninov it possesses her too and the entire audience. It is fed by the life energy of everyone present, generation after generation. It is slavery after all, very far from the freedom we would have if we lived the Truth that Jesus taught us.
Passing pleasure vs eternal and happy life, the broad path vs the narrow path. Discernment is needed. 💖🇨🇱
@@boyanaskrbic What does that have to do with Yuja's performance and our marveling at it while being enriched by it?
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It's my response to the first comment, about how she seems to transform...So that it is known what is really happening in an event in which something catches the attention of everyone else. The more enraptured people are, the more energy they deliver. And nobody notices that is losing precious moments of his life that should be occupied in the true way, the one that restores freedom and life to humanity: Loving each other like Jesus taught us and commanded us.
The discernment and wisdom that the Love of one for another gives, are necessary to awaken a humanity accustomed to living lethargically, without even imagining the greatness of their own potential. We better wake up to this true wonder. 💖🇨🇱
I can’t find enough adjectives to describe my admiration for this wonderful Young Lady I am completely spellbound 💘
The orchestra is equally good.
@@psandbergnz: Yes, the orchestra is tremendous here. And so well recorded. 😎🎹
It's cold, wet and dark outside, the curtains are drawn and you stick Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No.2 on the turntable (yes, vinyl). You turn the lights off and sink back into a reclining armchair, the only light comes from the glow of the fire. You're alone with thoughts of people, places and events that have been important in your life.... then you wake up. You realise you fell into reverie at some point during the second movement. So you play it again wanting to hear the whole of the concerto uninterrupted. After all, it's Rachmaninoff's 'No.2' - nothing else will do.
How dare they put adverts throughout such a timeless piece. Find other TH-camrs with the whole concert with no adverts. Absolutely unbelievable.
Or, as I do, get a free adblocker or AdBlocker browser for a phone...
Yt puts it in themselves most of the time
The ad insertions are grotesque, to say the least!!
I have TH-cam premium so...
worth the money, to me @@sineadiloveyou
I love this performance of Rachmaninov's Yuja Wang!
Ok for me splendid interprétation
out of all the interpretations ive heard, yuja is the most emotional and romantic. beautiful intepretation
A creation of artistic interpretation second to none when considering Yula Wang’s perfect and natural rendition of Rachmaninov’s no. 2 piano concerto. x
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I play just one moment of this beautiful peace of music over and over again.
From 20:40 it feels like whole new world is starting to bloom.
A M A Z I N G!
MY FAVORITE PART!!! It makes me so emotional
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No2 is a masterpiece, and Ms Wang plays it magnificently! It is such a pleasure to watch not only her fingers but her face and body because there is so much emotion in her playing this piece. I thought she was going to fly right off that piano bench a few times! This was the second time I've watched this video, and I'm sure it won't be the last. Bravo!👏👏👏👏
Absolutely unbelievable technique, e.g. 25:44 it's the fastest I've ever heard this played, yet not a single note out of place.
There is no limit to what Yuja can do. Simply incredible.
Your use of the word "incredible" is spot on as vocabulary goes. I cannot believe my eyes and ears...I will now toss a few words of my own into the mix: transcendental, sublime, and only the heavens know what...
Playing any fast pieces with precision, crisp notes and without any errors is what YJW is great at! She is probably the best pianist today the more I listen to her epic performances! She is so perfect every time in every performance!
@@georgiaguardian4696 Her hands/fingers are a blur, just like the hovering humming bird which flaps its wings in a hover so fast per second that a video cannot catch the movement unless the film is set to slow motion.
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@@ajarnwordsmith628 Rac himself had a 12 key finger span and Yuja has about 8 so she’s playing super fast and accurate
5:50 to me, this is what melancholy and happiness sound like. I think it's because of how well the violins and the piano mix together. The violins sound bittersweet, but the piano adds another layer of complexity to it, their synergy is immaculate. I came here because Mao Asada skated to this for her free skate at Sochi 2014, and out of all the different pianists who popped up after searching it up, I specifically clicked on this video because I saw that Yuja wang was the one performing it, and I had a slight memory of her bowing compilation on TikTok. I knew the amount of passion she had just from watching her bow to the audience, and I'm going to be honest, I kind of got teary eyed while listening to this! Thank you to Yuja Wang and the entire orchestra for performing this masterpiece with such grace and passion ❤Yuja even made me rethink quitting piano to start figure skating! LOL
For me this piece is the most beautiful piece I have ever heard.
Me too!
Her fingers are so powerful and fast, she plays this piece with such authority that nobody else can match.
We cannot tell the difference between Yuja and the master himself. It's a blessing from God.
This concert takes you to another dimension, where only beauty , joy and harmony exists. Happy the ones who have a soul that can appreciate it, and feel all the warmth that this music emanates, straight from heavenly realms...❤🎉
Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 is simply breathtaking; its beauty is beyond words.
Agree. I heard many versions of it, but Yuja's is among the best ones.
my favorite composer
20:30 moved me to tears like no other musician. I balled for the rest of the performance. God bless her soul
wtf is going on how are we all discovering this video for ourselves at the same time
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good observation skills! 😉💯❤
I’m a week ahead and asking myself the same question. Finding Yuja all started with me pulling into a parking lot and hearing Rhapsody in Blue on the radio. It’s rekindled my love for classical music.
She’s a GOAT 🤯🐐 just discovered her today
In my view, she is the greatest talent of her generation and one of the finest pianists of all time. Underpinned by ludicrous technique, the expression and emotion in her playing is just awe-inspiring. Amazing.
This performance captures all the nuances of Rachmaninoff - the passionm, the romance and the sadness all combined! Magnificent!!!
This is one of the few musical pieces that I can play over and over and over again, and never tire. And she does it grand!
Sergei says at the beginning… “ the troops are coming…here’s the quick version of the drama.” He finds more time and we endure the majesty and misery like absolutely no one else can tell/live this. Oh and long live Queen Yuja
❤she feels every single note through her body, a gift straight from spirit, remarkable ❤l could listen to her forever, so uplifting in this sad world ❤❤❤
Love the smile, she's really enjoying the performance. Bless her ⚘️🎶
Yuja Wang is one of the greatest pianists of all time.
4:17 - 4:37 is so beautiful and romantic. I feel like it’s not talked about enough!!
Music can do so many things. For example: heal a broken heart, help someone to make the right decision, beeing a companion in perhaps hard times, help us to see the underlying circumstances in something that is totally messed up. And so on. Or like here, for me: A total enjoying of the musical qualities of this playing. Thank you Yuja Wang, Valery Gergiev and Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra.
from 19:00 to 22:00 is my favorite section of music ever. makes me cry everytime. what a pleasure to hear such music.
The most beautiful Rach concert in my opinion. Therefore, I have spent the evening listening to the same piano concerto with four other (female) pianists. All performances had their merits. But no one can interpret all the emotions that this work contains like Yuja Wang, nor does anyone seem to enjoy the concert as much as she does. That alone enhances the pleasure I experience when I watch and listen to Yuja.
Who were the other females? And why restrict yourself to females?
this has to be the best interpretation of this concerto, no contest
It’s great but check out Sviatoslav Richter
She is pure magic. Yuja plays with her heart, and that makes all the difference.
So great pianist ... I've heard this concerto too much time and by many orchestra .. but this one was the best
I AGREE!
Magnificent performance. A display of an extraordinarily powerful human brain.
I dated a pianist who had to go audition for her PHD in the states so I travelled with her and I sat there for hours on end listening to her play. I’ve memorized everything too and even learnt how to read sheet music because I had to follow it and turn the page at the right time. That’s what comes with dating a musician.
why is that so cute awww 😭
Бесподобно!! Юджи это явление мирового фортепианного искусства Она снова "вытолкнула" интерес к классической музыке в 21 веке Блестящая исполнительница, умница , тонко чувствующая композитора Стараюсь не пропустить ни одного ее выступления на доступных ресурсах и каждый раз изумляюсь ее игрой Это счастье жить во время когда она вышла на большую мировую сцену
Гениальное исполнение. Каждая нотка прослушивается. Какие эмоции!!!
Дирижер- гений. Юля -гений.
Я много слушал это концерт в разных исполнениях. После Б. Березовского- она вторая. Лучше их нет.
THE MAGIC STILL HOLDS TRUE, YUJA AND RACHMANINOV IN THIS BRILLIANT CONCERT.
Brings tears to my old eyes, no matter how often I have heard it - but never better . - Thank you, thank you!
I think Horowitz is listening somewhere in the universe...
@@rogerlephoque3661: And sadly, he never performed this concerto in public. 😎🎹
I have watched this video many time... So how does it bring a lump to my throat every time?... What sorcery is this?.. We are privileged that this magical lady plays for us.
Beautiful!! ....
Can listen to Yuja play all day: her magical fingers running on the piano with so much feeling & emotion!!....
Have followed her career for many years....
Great orchestra as well.......
Thanks for posting.
🙏😄
THE INTRICACY OF YUJA WANG; The brilliance! The astonishing orchestral beauty! The dynamics, the tone, timing, contour, EVERYTHING DOWN TO THE LAST DROP IS BEAUTIFUL
J’aime tellement Yuja Wang depuis toujours ,elle incarne pour moi la grâce sans jamais faillir au compositeur qu’elle interprète. Magnifique musicienne. ❤
Beautiful Video featuring the finest Concert Pianist this days. She plays great music, enjoyed every minute of the concert as if I was there.
She is so charmin, looking forward to see more of her in the future.
Absolutely the best interpretation of the Rach 2! Yuja's performance is utter magic. Glorious fingering and phrasing...sensitivity and power! She is a miracle!
She's way too much for this orchestra. No disrespect intended but her masterful artistry is on an other worldly level.
I like Isata Kanneh-Mason’s better.
The phrasing is WILDLY incredible here. Yuja’s beyond brilliant.
Words are inadequate to describe this performance. Excellent!
Out of this world in so many aspects- the writing, the sound of the orchestra, her phrasing- incredible-
+ the toothpick
One of the most wonderful pieces of music ever written!
I’ve been a fan of Yuja’s for many years. In my opinion this is her at her finest. Rachmaninoff’s 2nd Piano Concerto is a delight and she takes it to an even higher plane. Just wonderful.
This is a real treat to be able to see "Yuja Wang", She really has command of the Piano and the sound that comes out. Thank You Yuja,
Probably the greatest piece of classical music ever written.
I agree... RACHMANINOV was a real genius!
This is one the most beautiful piano performances ever. Yuja you are amazing!!
Tonight I listened to Rachmaninov 2 and 3 by Yuja wang, the best ever a gift to all of us thank you
I COME HERE EVERY DAY AND WEEP FOR JOY.
Well, I have to confess - and I am not even a big Yuja Wang fan - that this particular performance with Gergiev is my favourite one, most appealing. And there are many, even the one by Rachmaninov himself. So there, I admit it.
Unforgettable performance by fantastic Ms Yuja Wang 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👍🎶🎶🎼🫶🏼
My fantasies get out of control here at my end! Whoaaaaaa...
Diese Darbietung ist so voll von reinem sprühendem Leben, das uns alle in höchste Höhen hinaufträgt!
Tausend Dank für diese ergreifende Interpretation und die unzähligen Übungsstunden ... 💥💞💥
First time I watched and the FIRST thing I noticed is at 0:42 how tight those base notes are with the double basses....great rhythm and timing, more so than a lot I've heard (and this is my favourite Concerto of all time).
Rach's 2nd and 3rd make life worth living. Yuja Wang, Olga Kern, Valentina Lisitsa. I cannot decide whom I enjoy the most. If I were a billionaire oligarch, I would have a Bosendorfer Imperial Grand installed into my 250 foot yacht in the grand salon and pay whatever fee they want to just play Rach 2nd and 3rd solo without orchestra, as I enjoy it with a tumbler of brandy as an audience of one. I'll open the windows and let the glorious music wafe over the water in St. Tropez harbor as it nears sunset.
Can I get an invite?
Oh, my! Life is much easier than that! And true happiness too 😉
We are indeed fortunate to live in a time when we can hear her at her prime. What a privilege. Everything about her is incredible.
For me this performance is the most beautiful I have ever heard. on YT
You need to look for more….Sokolov is enough to prove how far you are from music appreciation to call her “the best”
@@carloscappellini1687que pesado
4:00 this call and response with the piano and oboe melts me every time
Yess
She's channeling Rachmanioff! She's a making. She feels every note! We fèl it too. No matter how many times I hear this piece, I am moved to tears- as we all should be. It's pure love, passion and emotion.!❤❤❤
I am transfixed by Yuja's performances - breathtaking!!
I know nothing about the technicalities of music, and have never touched an instrument. However this performance resonates with something in my brain.. not sure what it is. I'm a bit of a cynic and don't like being told what is good and what is better. When the recording is over, I just want to play it again. It's mesmeric
20:43 is where I start levitating 😭
Me tooooooooo❤
00:30 , 6:00 , 6:35
I come here after watching nodame cantabile. Never expect to sit through this performance until the end. Music really can touch your heart even if you know nothing about classical music
Not even kidding , the same anime brought me here. I’m on the final season right now.
@@emmanuelr.474 I watch the live action version, actually its my 3rd rewatch coz i just love it so much. Glad to know that there are others from the show too
Incredibile and wonderful. She is superhuman. What is she capable of to play with a sensitivity, precision and expression and to memorize is unbelievable. Wow.
Хочу отметить филигранную работу звукорежиссёров. Такое гармоничное звучание рояля и оркестра слышу впервые. Настолько выверено всё по частотам, басы "масло", верхние не звенят. Работу даже самого лучшего артиста важно донести до слушателя. Здесь это идеально.Браво звукорежиссёрам!
Yuja Wang is much more than a technical freak of nature. She truly understands the hidden mechanics and meaning behind the notes. Very mature renditions.
THESE EXTRAORDINARY DIFFICULT PIECES THAT THESE PRODIGIES SEEM TO JUST SAIL & GLIDE THRU....UNBELIEVABLE!!!
YUJA'S GOWN IS VERY PRETTY .
Ever so many years ago, I rented a Lincoln Town Car for a week's vacation when they were running a special. On the way back to Las Vegas from Laughlin on a dark night, I put the cassette, yes, cassette, in the player on the car. I inserted the Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2 by the Cleveland Orchestra and the music began to play. It was an experience I'll always remember. I just happened to run across a blurb a few days ago that Yuga is performing in China this week. Wouldn't it be a dream for my Chinese wife and me to attend one of her live performances. Dream on! I'll just have to be content to listen to her recorded music and watching her on You Tube. Happy holidays to all of you.
Thank you, Peter Chen, for this Christmas gift! I heard it live in Münich at the "Klassik Open Air am Odeonsplatz" in July. With Münchner Philharmoniker unter the baton of Lorenzo Viotti it was incredible good, but this one with Gergiev is even better. Yuja and Gergiev are really the best team for Rachmaninoff. Rachmaninoff was well known for his unpretentious, tasteful playing without any mannerisms or romanticisms but with deep honest emotions...like Yuja!
This rendition really is the greatest Rach2 I ever heard.
Perfettamente d'accordo Michael, secondo me sembra che per una strana magia, quasi una tansustanziazione del pensiero musicale di Sergej nelle note eseguite magnificamente da Yuja. Sublime. Grazie Peter Chen.
SHE IS THE ONE
shes him
Yuja Wang - the best pianist in the world at this time!
After Yunchan Lim, of course
Just got home, and decided to hear this. Best 30 minutes in the garage ever.
Ms. Yuja Wang is maturing wonderfully as a really great pianist .
Life itself, when viewed accordingly, can afford great insight, in het case, to a deeper "feel" for the music she performs
Her greater focus on the art itself and less on the visual aspect of her performance is a testemony of her growth.
( She is no less pleasant to the eyes, quite the contrary, but in a more mature, deep, lasting way ! )
Слов нет никаких. Так блестяше сыграть это концерт- фантастика. Это же как надо чувствовать С. Рахманинова. Гергиев- гений.
Scintillating performance....extraordinary technique in the faster passages, and wonderful sensitive phrasing in the slower passages. I love Yuja's wry smile at 27:27 after getting through what is a very tricky passage (light on notes, but evenness and accuracy essential).
Omgggg!! Woaaa this is my favourite concerto !!! AHHHH SHES SO GOOD AT IT !!!!!!!
Breathtaking performance thanks to all of you.
Monumental recording, piano and orchestra echo and blend into each other. Yuya is a genius and director's control of orchestra places her interpretation on the right pedestal! 👏👏👏👏👏
10:10
25:48
28:44
Yuja looks so elegant, her interpretation of Rac 2 is sublime. ❤
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I like the 2nd movement a lot. She is not given to maudlin as so many pianists are apt to do. There's a smooth flow, a story telling in her playing. The last movement is just incredible.
Neues Zuhausee😂🎉
The eight elements of perfection, the composer, soloist, conductor, orchestra, audience, piano, venue and recording are all here. Thank you Yuga. Perfection !
Yuja you are beautiful noble poetic and divine. Rachmananovs soul is singing thru your heavenly fingers
Wow. She is a force to be reckoned with!
An amazing pianist, forceful yet sensitive.
Tiene una profunda sensibilidad para interpretar esta obra maravillosa y calar en el mensaje que nos transmite. ¡Gracias a ti Rachmaninov, Yuja Wang, director Valery Gergiev y orquesta del Theatro Mariinsky
This is my favourite Rach. So many interpretations, and still I hold Yuja Wang together with Valery Gergiev and this orchestra the best for delivering this music. Sometimes you only need a toothpick to rule the music.
But then I heard Yeol Eum Son in this, and now I am nor sure...
Браво ЮЯ! Браво дирижор и оркестр! Браво композитор Сергей Рахманинов концерт 2! Спасибо!
I reallly admit - this is a performance!! Thanks Yuja Wang!
It’s simply impossible to play this any better. Absolutely wonderful ❤
this version is considered by many the "best" th-cam.com/video/ygfLNLs2IBU/w-d-xo.html
Можно сыграть лучше и вызвать более глубокие переживания и эмоции у слушателей. Найдите на уou tube ---
Alexander Malofeev(15 y.o) S. Rachmaninoff. Piano Concerto No.2
Baltic Sea Philharmonic, August 2017
Super piano performance. Her technique is in automatic pilot, but her interpretation and emotional expression are just right. The orchestra is also in auto pilot lacking a tight direction from the conductor. Overall, it is an excellent performance.
My god. What a start to a piece of music.
Clap harder! Yuja is masterful and bright. Leading, but not forcing the piece forward. The conductor is amazing. A great recording. Some recordings of this concerto prove how easy it is to be good, but not great in terms of pacing and understanding the complete composition’s emotional resonance. Amazing.
Simply love this concerto, especially the theme toward the end. Beautifully played. Brava