Yuja Wang: Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Op. 18 [HD]

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  • Опубликовано: 23 дек 2021
  • Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris. Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra conducted by Valery Gergiev with a toothpick. Sep 20, 2021
    00:07 - 10:42 I. Moderato
    10:49 - 21:59 II. Adagio sostenuto
    22:00 - 32:41 III. Allegro scherzando
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  • @chrisaskin6144
    @chrisaskin6144 10 месяцев назад +46

    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.

  • @catanlorca
    @catanlorca Год назад +1071

    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..!

  • @Palo_Duro
    @Palo_Duro 8 месяцев назад +155

    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.

    • @davidroth520
      @davidroth520 7 месяцев назад +11

      What a beautiful sentiment to honor and appreciate this music.

    • @argumentumpoeticum
      @argumentumpoeticum 7 месяцев назад +5

      Welcome!

    • @aldobelmarm
      @aldobelmarm 7 месяцев назад +16

      Dont say you dont know music. If this touches you, you know music enough.

    • @JAP42
      @JAP42 7 месяцев назад +8

      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.

    • @NikoHL
      @NikoHL 6 месяцев назад +3

      Welcome to the world of Yuja Wang... Once captured we can never say goodbye.❤ ... Enjoy her Prokofiev too..

  • @PaoloPetrucci-mx1st
    @PaoloPetrucci-mx1st 8 дней назад +10

    La tua interpretazione mi ha toccato il cuore. Sei bravissima. Si è acceso in me anche un pensiero. Chi come te ha avuto il talento che non si insegna ne si impara nei tanti master class quello o ce l’hai o no. Oltre al talento, hai avuto dal Padre Eterno, la bellezza fisica che ti fa affascinante e sensuale. Nella tua biografia si legge che da bambina già suonavi a memoria e apprendevi con facilità anche i brani più difficili. Sono di ritorno dall’ospedale pediatrico di Genova e ho visto tanti, bambine e bambini sofferenti a seguito di terribili malattie. Pensavo a chi a ricevuto tanto e a chi è stata tolta anche la salute per non parlare delle guerre in corso. Perdonami per queste mie considerazioni forse inopportune ma sono emerse dentro di me spontaneamente mentre ascoltavo e ammiravo la tua musica e la tua figura. Forse chi leggerà questo commento si ritroverà con il mio pensiero. Mi sono permesso di scrivere perché sono un anziano musicista e un pianista che si auto definisce per dirla come il mio grande conterraneo pesarese di ‘quarta classe’. Tanti auguri veramente di cuore per la tua luminosa carriere artistica e di vita.

  • @Amy-po3hu
    @Amy-po3hu 20 дней назад +12

    in one of her interviews, she said she could play the rach 2
    "in her sleep", because she knew/loved it so much.

  • @randylplampin1326
    @randylplampin1326 Месяц назад +14

    We cannot tell the difference between Yuja and the master himself. It's a blessing from God.

  • @latonief
    @latonief 4 месяца назад +13

    out of all the interpretations ive heard, yuja is the most emotional and romantic. beautiful intepretation

    • @brendamcdonald594
      @brendamcdonald594 4 месяца назад +2

      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

    • @brendamcdonald594
      @brendamcdonald594 4 месяца назад +1

      Already sent.

  • @nik.classical
    @nik.classical 4 месяца назад +14

    4:17 - 4:37 is so beautiful and romantic. I feel like it’s not talked about enough!!

  • @ralphaverill2001
    @ralphaverill2001 8 месяцев назад +203

    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.

    • @rancidblock5615
      @rancidblock5615 8 месяцев назад +5

      It looks like she's doing an expressive dance, it looks pretentious.

    • @PlatoExcel
      @PlatoExcel 8 месяцев назад +12

      @@rancidblock5615, check out Lang Lang and you may need to re-define pretentious.

    • @nicolasmartinez795
      @nicolasmartinez795 7 месяцев назад +10

      @@rancidblock5615lol calling something pretentious through an artists self expression is so soft

    • @anted5964
      @anted5964 7 месяцев назад +8

      It's so beautiful deep dreamy and emotional .it takes you to a different place

    • @johnharrywatson9136
      @johnharrywatson9136 7 месяцев назад +6

      Excellent comment and spot on.👌

  • @robertwilkinson5847
    @robertwilkinson5847 10 месяцев назад +41

    How dare they put adverts throughout such a timeless piece. Find other RUclipsrs with the whole concert with no adverts. Absolutely unbelievable.

    • @bloodgrss
      @bloodgrss 10 месяцев назад +4

      Or, as I do, get a free adblocker or AdBlocker browser for a phone...

    • @b0nkeror452
      @b0nkeror452 8 месяцев назад +3

      Yt puts it in themselves most of the time

    • @leochen887
      @leochen887 8 месяцев назад +3

      The ad insertions are grotesque, to say the least!!

    • @sineadiloveyou
      @sineadiloveyou 5 месяцев назад +3

      I have RUclips premium so...

    • @WeirdMedicine
      @WeirdMedicine 5 месяцев назад

      worth the money, to me @@sineadiloveyou

  • @thisthatntheother747
    @thisthatntheother747 11 месяцев назад +72

    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. ❤❤❤

    • @wilsjane
      @wilsjane 8 месяцев назад +4

      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.

    • @miguelmoysesneto8805
      @miguelmoysesneto8805 6 месяцев назад +2

      Ouvir Rachmaninov dispensa qualquer tipo de terapia psicológica, principalmente pela manhã ao acordar !!!

    • @drjdsjr
      @drjdsjr 5 месяцев назад +3

      And if memory serves correctly, he dedicated it to his psychotherapist.

    • @tufsoft1
      @tufsoft1 5 месяцев назад +3

      @@drjdsjr and the psychotherapist played in the orchestra in the 1st performance.

  • @paulwarren796
    @paulwarren796 5 месяцев назад +5

    THESE EXTRAORDINARY DIFFICULT PIECES THAT THESE PRODIGIES SEEM TO JUST SAIL & GLIDE THRU....UNBELIEVABLE!!!
    YUJA'S GOWN IS VERY PRETTY .

  • @harryboggon8718
    @harryboggon8718 10 месяцев назад +30

    I can’t find enough adjectives to describe my admiration for this wonderful Young Lady I am completely spellbound 💘

    • @psandbergnz
      @psandbergnz 10 месяцев назад +4

      The orchestra is equally good.

    • @MarshallArtz007
      @MarshallArtz007 9 месяцев назад +3

      @@psandbergnz: Yes, the orchestra is tremendous here. And so well recorded. 😎🎹

  • @franfriedman6471
    @franfriedman6471 8 месяцев назад +37

    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!

  • @charliechen1
    @charliechen1 Месяц назад +18

    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.

    • @Aliaaa2510
      @Aliaaa2510 24 дня назад +1

      why is that so cute awww 😭

  • @gyarufangirl2680
    @gyarufangirl2680 Месяц назад +9

    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

  • @coklat2amethyst
    @coklat2amethyst 26 дней назад +16

    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

    • @coklat2amethyst
      @coklat2amethyst 24 дня назад +2

      @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

  • @Karolm1964
    @Karolm1964 3 месяца назад +15

    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!👏👏👏👏

  • @nna705
    @nna705 6 месяцев назад +36

    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!

    • @platoniclovers9157
      @platoniclovers9157 5 месяцев назад +2

      MY FAVORITE PART!!! It makes me so emotional

  • @ethans-d6105
    @ethans-d6105 Месяц назад +18

    wtf is going on how are we all discovering this video for ourselves at the same time

    • @itsapersonn
      @itsapersonn Месяц назад

      ikr

    • @dejanija
      @dejanija Месяц назад

      good observation skills! 😉💯❤

    • @raymondtakacs1325
      @raymondtakacs1325 Месяц назад

      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.

  • @rodrigomunoz-ribadeneira5327
    @rodrigomunoz-ribadeneira5327 Год назад +438

    Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 Opus 18, is one of the most wonderful pieces of music ever written!

    • @alrivers8458
      @alrivers8458 Год назад +15

      Totally agree. Have listened since I was 5 and my father play the record at least once a week.
      Saludos.

    • @pilmolee9773
      @pilmolee9773 Год назад +12

      Beautiful melody indeed.

    • @ripvanwinkle1819
      @ripvanwinkle1819 Год назад

      Rodrigo, compared to chopsticks and Yankee doodle of course it's great.

    • @stevenknudsen7902
      @stevenknudsen7902 Год назад

      @@ripvanwinkle1819 lol

    • @littleo353
      @littleo353 10 месяцев назад +15

      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.

  • @marysbahr4386
    @marysbahr4386 Год назад +370

    This Rachmaninoff Concerto No. 2 makes me cry every time - it touches deep within the soul in a place where I can't explain.

    • @rexcorney5092
      @rexcorney5092 11 месяцев назад

      The first time you were able and I didn’t have a problem with it I ww wwww I weeeeee weasel ap

    • @Mivoat
      @Mivoat 11 месяцев назад +9

      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.

    • @josephososkie3029
      @josephososkie3029 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@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.

    • @colleenperold1610
      @colleenperold1610 10 месяцев назад +6

      Yes, me too. It makes my heart ache.

    • @rasberryfields2132
      @rasberryfields2132 10 месяцев назад +11

      Rachmaninoff was brilliant. I honestly think he heard music from Heaven and shared it with us. Heavenly; heart-touching; soul healing; majestical music 🎵🎶

  • @Trixa52
    @Trixa52 5 месяцев назад +13

    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...❤🎉

  • @markh7484
    @markh7484 Месяц назад +7

    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.

  • @danielshade710
    @danielshade710 Год назад +12

    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

  • @ronaldbeield7946
    @ronaldbeield7946 9 месяцев назад +175

    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.

    • @Joe1935429
      @Joe1935429 8 месяцев назад +6

      Indeed. Well said. Rachmaninov has a way with all of us.

    • @mehroovasunia815
      @mehroovasunia815 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@Joe19354291¹¹¹23e2z

    • @boyanaskrbic
      @boyanaskrbic 6 месяцев назад +2

      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
      @arthurmclarty1 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@boyanaskrbic What does that have to do with Yuja's performance and our marveling at it while being enriched by it?

    • @boyanaskrbic
      @boyanaskrbic 5 месяцев назад +2

      @@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. 💖🇨🇱

  • @user-tl5tp7cn8l
    @user-tl5tp7cn8l Год назад +17

    20:43 is where I start levitating 😭

  • @sylvieeldridge8167
    @sylvieeldridge8167 3 месяца назад +10

    ❤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 ❤❤❤

  • @tencipierluigi
    @tencipierluigi 2 года назад +170

    I love this performance of Rachmaninov's Yuja Wang!

  • @Nischebrod-so-ctazhem
    @Nischebrod-so-ctazhem 7 месяцев назад +5

    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!

  • @Jenny-pq5eu
    @Jenny-pq5eu 5 дней назад +8

    I still say there is a popular song written to this. Full moon and empty hands

    • @alias9025
      @alias9025 2 дня назад

      Agree, it is Full Moon and Empty Arms.

  • @markdagostino9666
    @markdagostino9666 3 месяца назад +10

    Yuja Wang is one of the greatest pianists of all time.

  • @WhoIsKon
    @WhoIsKon Месяц назад +11

    She’s a GOAT 🤯🐐 just discovered her today

  • @ericbillouard9339
    @ericbillouard9339 9 месяцев назад +20

    J’aime tellement Yuja Wang depuis toujours ,elle incarne pour moi la grâce sans jamais faillir au compositeur qu’elle interprète. Magnifique musicienne. ❤

  • @bobbybaucom9440
    @bobbybaucom9440 5 месяцев назад +3

    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.

  • @MarshallArtz007
    @MarshallArtz007 Год назад +13

    Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
    Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor,
    Op. 18 (1901)
    00:06 🔸I. Moderato
    02:21 _Tempo | [4]_
    04:47 _[7]_
    06:33 _Maestoso (Alla marcia)_
    08:09 _Moderato [13]_
    10:09 _Un poco meno mosso [15]_
    10:50 🔸II. Adagio sostenuto
    14:34 _Un poco più mosso_
    16:53 _Più animato_
    17:55 _[25]_
    18:21 _[listesso tempo]_
    18:57 _Adagio sostenuto (Tempo I)_
    22:00 🔸III. Allegro scherzando
    23:31 _Meno mosso_
    23:43 _Moderato_
    25:11 _Meno mosso |32]_
    25:45 _Allegro scherzando_
    26:30 _[34] (fugato)_
    27:36 _Meno mosso (Come prime)_
    27:49 _Moderato_
    29:29 _Moderato_
    30:52 _Allegro scherzando_
    31:34 _Moderato_
    32:42 *Applause*
    Yuja Wang, piano✨
    Mariinsky Orchestra
    Valery Gergiev, conductor
    _Fondation Louis Vuitton • Auditorium_
    _Paris, France 🇫🇷 September 20, 2021_

    • @teassister
      @teassister 7 месяцев назад +2

      best comment

  • @fredrichenning1367
    @fredrichenning1367 4 месяца назад +8

    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!

  • @FrantasticFrantasy
    @FrantasticFrantasy Год назад +185

    Her fingers are like ballerinas on the keys. Her intense concentration and involvement are a beauty to behold . The music is beyond emotionally engrossing.

    • @JRamoscmaia
      @JRamoscmaia Год назад +2

      And the body...

    • @ripvanwinkle1819
      @ripvanwinkle1819 Год назад +1

      The pianist is cute sure. The music is uncomfortably terrible. You pay 80 bucks to get angry?

    • @JohnnySinsHD
      @JohnnySinsHD 11 месяцев назад +5

      @@ripvanwinkle1819lol what?

    • @Miffyylover
      @Miffyylover 9 месяцев назад +3

      @@ripvanwinkle1819what is bro saying.

    • @johnsterman77
      @johnsterman77 8 месяцев назад

      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.

  • @ALWH1314
    @ALWH1314 Год назад +24

    Her fingers are so powerful and fast, she plays this piece with such authority that nobody else can match.

  • @lufknuht5960
    @lufknuht5960 3 месяца назад +13

    For me this piece is the most beautiful piece I have ever heard.

  • @the0.ret1cal
    @the0.ret1cal 2 месяца назад +10

    20:30 moved me to tears like no other musician. I balled for the rest of the performance. God bless her soul

  • @peytoneldringhoff3421
    @peytoneldringhoff3421 29 дней назад +13

    from 19:00 to 22:00 is my favorite section of music ever. makes me cry everytime. what a pleasure to hear such music.

    • @b0nkeror452
      @b0nkeror452 14 дней назад +1

      I can never get stop listening to it, even after hundreds of times listening, i can never get tired of it. The climax of the piano and the romantic violins heals my soul

  • @topkolomna5020
    @topkolomna5020 Год назад +27

    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

    • @user-dv3oi4ck7r
      @user-dv3oi4ck7r Год назад +5

      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.

  • @peterhutchins9246
    @peterhutchins9246 7 месяцев назад +6

    Probably the greatest piece of classical music ever written.

    • @GingerIndiana
      @GingerIndiana 6 месяцев назад +2

      I agree... RACHMANINOV was a real genius!

  • @alanfasbury
    @alanfasbury Год назад +20

    Love the smile, she's really enjoying the performance. Bless her ⚘️🎶

  • @billsharp8992
    @billsharp8992 11 месяцев назад +22

    Magnificent performance. A display of an extraordinarily powerful human brain.

  • @DenCon143
    @DenCon143 9 месяцев назад +17

    Oh to be an orchestra member who gets to watch Yuja play up close. Her fingers are like spiders scrambling across the keys in a blur. How is it possible to direct each finger to hit the correct key again and again? It is as Michelangelo said that God directs his hands to carve out the image within a block of granite. It would be the same for Yuja (and other great pianist) whose play is being led by a higher power. True greatness brings tears to my olde eyes.

  • @brklyn2922
    @brklyn2922 Месяц назад +11

    Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 is simply breathtaking; its beauty is beyond words.

    • @g.l.7151
      @g.l.7151 Месяц назад +3

      Agree. I heard many versions of it, but Yuja's is among the best ones.

    • @MalhotraSahib
      @MalhotraSahib Месяц назад +2

      my favorite composer

  • @daffyduck4195
    @daffyduck4195 Год назад +9

    YW's piano recitals are getting so expensive these days. I really can't afford $500 to see her strange quick bows, but she's a phenomenon and I may have to. I remember years ago when I was in high school and the aging Artur Rubenstein came to town and I bulked at paying $20 to attend his concert ---- only to regret it years later.

  • @groofoot
    @groofoot Год назад +6

    20:26-20:38 = '..... and makin' love was just for fun .... those days are gone ......'

  • @meher7060
    @meher7060 5 месяцев назад +4

    Yuja Wang - the best pianist in the world at this time!

  • @ms.annthrope415
    @ms.annthrope415 10 месяцев назад +6

    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.

    • @Oka33
      @Oka33 7 месяцев назад

      Can I get an invite?

    • @rotsteineva
      @rotsteineva 5 месяцев назад

      Oh, my! Life is much easier than that! And true happiness too 😉

  • @guillermosantamaria5212
    @guillermosantamaria5212 7 месяцев назад +21

    This performance captures all the nuances of Rachmaninoff - the passionm, the romance and the sadness all combined! Magnificent!!!

  • @walternicolich895
    @walternicolich895 Год назад +8

    Tonight I listened to Rachmaninov 2 and 3 by Yuja wang, the best ever a gift to all of us thank you

  • @langadubazana
    @langadubazana 3 месяца назад +9

    Props to the sound crew because there isn’t a note or texture I missed with how clearly this has been captured!

  • @gailhausmann1329
    @gailhausmann1329 4 месяца назад +10

    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.
    🙏😄

  • @user-xp8jz2sf1p
    @user-xp8jz2sf1p 5 месяцев назад +5

    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.

  • @user-bu4ur6mt6b
    @user-bu4ur6mt6b 3 месяца назад +10

    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.

  • @bozarts22
    @bozarts22 9 месяцев назад +11

    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.!❤❤❤

  • @valeriysakov1410
    @valeriysakov1410 9 месяцев назад +7

    Браво Рахманинов концерт 2!
    Браво дирижер Гергиев и оркестр!.Браво пиано ЮЯ! Спасибо!.

  • @ilikechopin8112
    @ilikechopin8112 3 месяца назад +9

    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

  • @Astrid-jt8cd
    @Astrid-jt8cd 11 месяцев назад +7

    Yuja you are beautiful noble poetic and divine. Rachmananovs soul is singing thru your heavenly fingers

  • @ianhogg4285
    @ianhogg4285 5 месяцев назад +4

    A beautiful piece of music and a wonderful technician. You have a heart of stone if this doesn't make you weep.

  • @albanimemusic
    @albanimemusic 8 месяцев назад +18

    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

  • @r2d2224
    @r2d2224 2 года назад +12

    Yuja Wuang, Grandiosa!... Gracias por subir el vídeo, Peter 2.0 Un gran regalo para NAVIDAD! Felicidades!

  • @mikaelbroo
    @mikaelbroo 10 месяцев назад +41

    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.

    • @dnmurphy48
      @dnmurphy48 9 месяцев назад +5

      Who were the other females? And why restrict yourself to females?

  • @JohnHibbard-xl3nw
    @JohnHibbard-xl3nw Месяц назад +9

    I COME HERE EVERY DAY AND WEEP FOR JOY.

    • @soavemusica
      @soavemusica Месяц назад

      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.

  • @PhilipZilfo
    @PhilipZilfo 16 дней назад +14

    the placement of youtube ads during the performance is an absolute sacrilege. Shame on them. You get a beautiful sensitive part and you get bombarded with a loud advertisement. terrible.

    • @ArseniosWay2024
      @ArseniosWay2024 15 дней назад +1

      Zero ads for me i have an ads blocker.

  • @user-qo3zp1rp2p
    @user-qo3zp1rp2p Месяц назад +10

    An amazing pianist, forceful yet sensitive.

  • @michaelbattaglia8007
    @michaelbattaglia8007 11 месяцев назад +28

    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!

    • @thisthatntheother747
      @thisthatntheother747 11 месяцев назад +6

      She's way too much for this orchestra. No disrespect intended but her masterful artistry is on an other worldly level.

    • @hildat8
      @hildat8 11 месяцев назад +1

      I like Isata Kanneh-Mason’s better.

    • @piano_dissent
      @piano_dissent 7 месяцев назад +1

      The phrasing is WILDLY incredible here. Yuja’s beyond brilliant.

  • @JohnHibbard-xl3nw
    @JohnHibbard-xl3nw Месяц назад +14

    SHE IS THE ONE

  • @sonjaweidmann3203
    @sonjaweidmann3203 Год назад +15

    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 ... 💥💞💥

  • @aramaram9755
    @aramaram9755 2 месяца назад +16

    So great pianist ... I've heard this concerto too much time and by many orchestra .. but this one was the best

  • @user-dv3oi4ck7r
    @user-dv3oi4ck7r Год назад +11

    Слов нет никаких. Так блестяше сыграть это концерт- фантастика. Это же как надо чувствовать С. Рахманинова. Гергиев- гений.

  • @FakeItalianoII
    @FakeItalianoII 10 месяцев назад +10

    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 ! )

  • @nourighorbani3844
    @nourighorbani3844 3 месяца назад +13

    I have listened to this amazing concerto so many times . Yuja Wang’s performance is unparalleled to anything I’ve seen. I really love her and her talent. May she continue to perform for the decades to come.❤️🌹❤️

    • @nourighorbani3844
      @nourighorbani3844 2 месяца назад +1

      @yujawang77533 dear yuja, my love for you is spiritual, the type that brightens my heart everything I see you perform.
      I hope I could see you when you come to San Francisco next time.
      With lots of ❤️ ❤️❤️

    • @nourighorbani3844
      @nourighorbani3844 2 месяца назад

      @@yujawang77533 I will be there for sure.

  • @phish1
    @phish1 5 месяцев назад +5

    My god. What a start to a piece of music.

  • @meeek2
    @meeek2 26 дней назад +24

    is no one gonna talk about how he's conducting with a TOOTHPICK?! I thought the description was trolling

  • @valeriysakov1410
    @valeriysakov1410 7 месяцев назад +4

    Браво пиано ЮЯ Ванг!
    Браво композитор Рахманинов концерт 2! Браво оркестр и дирижор
    Гергиев! Спасибо Вы лучшие, браво!

  • @staffanolofsson8201
    @staffanolofsson8201 Год назад +54

    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.

  • @miguelvidaurre7612
    @miguelvidaurre7612 Год назад +16

    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.

  • @WickID74
    @WickID74 Месяц назад +6

    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.

  • @martinzoller4899
    @martinzoller4899 3 месяца назад +9

    I reallly admit - this is a performance!! Thanks Yuja Wang!

  • @CarbonPhysics
    @CarbonPhysics 2 года назад +221

    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.

    • @rogerlephoque3661
      @rogerlephoque3661 Год назад +22

      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...

    • @georgiaguardian4696
      @georgiaguardian4696 Год назад +12

      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!

    • @ajarnwordsmith628
      @ajarnwordsmith628 Год назад +7

      @@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.

    • @michaeljaneschitz-kriegl9598
      @michaeljaneschitz-kriegl9598 Год назад

      ruclips.net/video/ANP4CNzbqkY/видео.html

    • @famousatmidnight15
      @famousatmidnight15 Год назад +10

      @@ajarnwordsmith628 Rac himself had a 12 key finger span and Yuja has about 8 so she’s playing super fast and accurate

  • @alvarobaeza8135
    @alvarobaeza8135 4 месяца назад +21

    If Rachmaninof were alive he would fall over backwards to see that someone like Yuja Wang has surpassed him.

  • @valeriysakov1410
    @valeriysakov1410 23 дня назад +4

    Спасибо большое концерт 2 композитор Разманинов, пиано ЮЯ Ванг, оркестр и дирижор Гергиев! Огромное спасибо! Это лучшее исполнение! После прослушивания этой замечательной музыки мне становится легче на душе. Огромное Вам всем благодарность и гениальному композитору и гениальным исполнителям такой чудесной музыки.Благодарю от души!

  • @valeriysakov1410
    @valeriysakov1410 Месяц назад +4

    Браво пиано Ю Я Ванг исполнение концерт 2 композитор Рахманинов! Браво оркестр и дирижор Гергиев ! Спасибо! Прекрасно!

  • @ukdavepianoman
    @ukdavepianoman 11 месяцев назад +41

    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).

  • @mark_nz
    @mark_nz 2 месяца назад +9

    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).

  • @walternicolich895
    @walternicolich895 11 месяцев назад +12

    THE MAGIC STILL HOLDS TRUE, YUJA AND RACHMANINOV IN THIS BRILLIANT CONCERT.

  • @valeriysakov1410
    @valeriysakov1410 3 дня назад +3

    Больлое спасибо за пркрасную музыку

  • @stejan2915
    @stejan2915 9 месяцев назад +8

    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.

  • @ques4estas
    @ques4estas 4 месяца назад +6

    Just got home, and decided to hear this. Best 30 minutes in the garage ever.

  • @JakeRivers
    @JakeRivers Месяц назад +8

    4:00 this call and response with the piano and oboe melts me every time

  • @marypickard9407
    @marypickard9407 7 месяцев назад +7

    I love this so much, but am also disappointed that the public did not respond with enough enthusiasm. Brilliant performance by both pianist and orchestra.

  • @valeriysakov1410
    @valeriysakov1410 4 месяца назад +5

    Браво ЮЯ Ванг! С Ноаым 2024 годом!
    Поздравляю с успехами в концертной деятельности. Ты талант. 31:08 Молодец! Так держать! Спасибо за
    Рахманинова.

  • @aarongluzman
    @aarongluzman 2 года назад +14

    A…Sparkling Beauty
    🙏💞🙏
    Emerge…allure
    delicate, soft
    A caring voice
    gently seeping
    Her eyes, expression, lips
    radiant cheeks
    sweetest shape
    A flare of
    tender beauty
    A gifted
    liberating spirit
    Make you think
    dream…
    Her strength comes from
    her fragility
    her loyalty to her happiness
    Her aspirations
    sparks…floods
    everyone around her
    She is
    A…Sparkling beauty
    🍷🌹 🍷🌹
    Bravo
    Yuja Wang
    💎👑🍓🎼🌺

    The Humble & Gracious Soul
    💖~* La Principessa*~💖
    Aronne....🎹🙏🏽❤🌷🎹

  • @valeriysakov1410
    @valeriysakov1410 5 месяцев назад +3

    Браво ЮЯ Ванг пиано концерт 2 композитор Рахманинов! Браво оркестр и дирижор Гергиев! Спасибо. Браво!

  • @husseinelmasry9435
    @husseinelmasry9435 8 месяцев назад +5

    Quelle Merveille un très grand compositeur un grand chef d'orchestre une superbe pianiste magnifique orchestre = Harmony parfait💚💚💚💚

  • @valeriysakov1410
    @valeriysakov1410 11 месяцев назад +12

    Браво ЮЯ! Браво дирижор и оркестр! Браво композитор Сергей Рахманинов концерт 2! Спасибо!