Yundi Li - Chopin "Fantasie" Impromptu, Op. 66

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  • Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
  • Of course no video collection would be complete without the cliche Yundi Li video of him playing Chopin's "Fantasie" Impromptu in C-sharp minor, Op. 66 No. 4 This is one of my favorite pieces.
    did you know: Chopin hated this piece? He composed it when he was just 24 and regretted it ever after.
    PLEASE DO NOT POST SLANDEROUS, RUDE, OR RACIST COMMENTS ON MY VIDEOS. IF I SEE IT, I WILL DELETE IT AND BAN YOU.
    GROW UP SOME.

Комментарии • 7 тыс.

  • @AnneWaldron-s5e
    @AnneWaldron-s5e 8 месяцев назад +142

    It’s 2024 and this is still the best version on RUclips

  • @calvinooi1407
    @calvinooi1407 4 года назад +903

    Just dropping by to say it's 2020 and this is still the best version on RUclips.

  • @MusicalBasics
    @MusicalBasics 11 лет назад +681

    Regardless of what you think about Yundi, you can't deny that his version is one of the best of Fantaisie Impromptu's there ever was.

    • @sirasian41
      @sirasian41 6 лет назад +8

      musicalbasics I KNOW YOU

    • @Jabafish
      @Jabafish 4 года назад +5

      Even MusicalBasics says it

    • @Jojo-bm5km
      @Jojo-bm5km 4 года назад +3

      Heyyy! Love your channel!

    • @recipoldinasty
      @recipoldinasty 4 года назад +30

      MusicalBasics why would anyone think so ething bad about yuindi

    • @kellyyang4692
      @kellyyang4692 4 года назад +15

      Don't believe in those vicious attacks, somebody makes profit from them. Yundi is genuine and sometimes childlike. His recordings speak for himself.

  • @uchiha_sh4dow92
    @uchiha_sh4dow92 2 года назад +477

    Still the best Fantaisie Impromtu on RUclips in 2022

    • @JW-uq9yt
      @JW-uq9yt 2 года назад +11

      Same here

    • @mintybadger6905
      @mintybadger6905 2 года назад +11

      Absolutely agree, best version.

    • @LBYINCHINA
      @LBYINCHINA 2 года назад +7

      I love his interpretation, abolutely stunning!

    • @Renaissance_Engineer
      @Renaissance_Engineer 2 года назад +11

      It's what inspired me to learn Fantaisie Impromptu. In 2016, I dared to do just that and succeeded. It was a mind blowing rise in my skill level to achieve that piece.

    • @qeweqrdaca6251
      @qeweqrdaca6251 2 года назад

      Debatable

  • @samarsanderz
    @samarsanderz 10 лет назад +747

    I never used to listen to classical music, but one day I was studying for an exam I put some classical music on to help me focus. After studying for a couple hours I fell asleep listening to Fantasie Impromptu, and I this amazing dream about colors.I can't even describe to you how beautiful, how vibrant those colors were but it was dazzling. After that I started listening to more classical music but this piece will always hold a place in my heart because of those breathtakingly beautiful colors it evoked in my head.

    • @NOBLESPARTAN56
      @NOBLESPARTAN56 10 лет назад +177

      Don't try to trick me, you were high

    • @ikorose22
      @ikorose22 10 лет назад +7

      Andrew Wang are music from the romantic period not considered classical?

    • @PLs379
      @PLs379 10 лет назад +10

      NOBLESPARTAN56 This is why people hate modern society...

    • @Douchebagus
      @Douchebagus 10 лет назад +16

      Glad you had an awesome experience like that OP. Some things, money simply cannot buy.

    • @nightbreeze222
      @nightbreeze222 10 лет назад +35

      What you describe about the colors actually sounds like Synesthesia; a sensation where one sense (such as hearing) triggers a response in another (in this case sight). Not going to lie, I'm a bit jealous!

  • @MacawEntertainment
    @MacawEntertainment 10 лет назад +293

    It wasn't so much that he "hated" the piece. He never intended for this piece to go public. In fact, it was one of his dying wishes that it be destroyed. He composed this piece around 1835 and he regretted it because he believed it sounded too much like Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata. He didn't want to be criticized by the public for not being original. We actually have Julian Fontana to thank for saving this work. It was Mr. Fontana who was requested to burn the score, but he held on to it and 6 years after Chopin died, he had it published. Just imagine how many masterpieces have been lost throughout history. Likely some of the most incredible music ever written has been lost in time, never to be heard again. I'm thankful for people like Julian Fontana, who saw what the composer could not and because of that, he saved a brilliant work of art. I'm sure if Chopin knew how well this piece would have been received, he would have released it himself.

    • @biffii5568
      @biffii5568 3 года назад +19

      I'd like to think its resemblance to Moonlight, was intentional, and ultimately an Homage.

    • @pianosbloxworld4460
      @pianosbloxworld4460 3 года назад +2

      Well Chopin must’ve been angry

    • @krishnaverma4728
      @krishnaverma4728 3 года назад

      Listen moscheles op89 e flat lmao that sounds so much like this

    • @butrosnayantourky8397
      @butrosnayantourky8397 3 года назад +5

      this is wrong the piece too closely resembled Ignaz Moscheles - Impromptu in E flat major. Moscheles was a famous composer of chopin's era but an even more famous scholar, influencing more composers than audiences. This piece was an homage to that piece and Chopin respected Ignaz Moscheles too much to release this work and over shine the original given how much better Chopin's work was.
      I know this comment was made ages ago but if someone sees this pls give love to Moscheles and other composers of that time, they had a major influence on people like schumann and chopin and helped cultivate the majority of well known romantic pieces behind the scenes.
      listen to mocheles piece u might be able to hear it ruclips.net/video/KSMell5NdoQ/видео.html&ab_channel=ThePianist

    • @ShredMage
      @ShredMage 2 года назад

      @@butrosnayantourky8397 I definitely hear the resemblance. So the Moscheles piece was composed prior to this?

  • @urstrulymk
    @urstrulymk 3 года назад +176

    It's 2021 and this is the best Chopin on RUclips. Yundi Li is a genius.

    • @Yubin_Lee_Doramelin
      @Yubin_Lee_Doramelin 2 года назад +6

      Yundi Li WAS a genius, but not anymore.

    • @akshitsharma8475
      @akshitsharma8475 2 года назад +22

      @@Yubin_Lee_Doramelin he is a genius.

    • @josielau1218
      @josielau1218 2 года назад +24

      @@Yubin_Lee_Doramelin there is no WAS. he IS

    • @hellothere-pq5ky
      @hellothere-pq5ky 2 года назад

      @@josielau1218 ruclips.net/video/gtvCA4f8OTU/видео.html lmao yeah right

  • @geeeforce
    @geeeforce Год назад +73

    It's 2030, still the best version on RUclips

  • @crosscountrycrusader
    @crosscountrycrusader 3 года назад +44

    He's a riveting performer and interpreter. His playing touches me in a special way. Powerful and assertive but extraordinarily sweet and loving.

  • @leameine7724
    @leameine7724 4 года назад +75

    His hands just glide over the keys, as if caressing. His fingers are are so calm, gently flowing over them, and yet such dynamics and tones are generated! Always loved watching pianists’ hands. Yundi’s hands are an art in themselves.

    • @bobermoment
      @bobermoment 2 года назад +2

      late but he really makes it sound like the music is living and writhing in a way with the phrasing and dynamics etc

  • @gabmosmessi
    @gabmosmessi Год назад +29

    2023 and still is the undisputed best version of fantasie impromptu on youtube

  • @stephenxu947
    @stephenxu947 Год назад +72

    It’s 2023, still the best version on RUclips

  • @jiayingli7461
    @jiayingli7461 Год назад +40

    Still the best Fantaisie Impromptu on RUclips in 2023

  • @瑩-e5b
    @瑩-e5b 2 года назад +37

    好有氛围感。。。年轻时候的云迪演绎作品时饱含情感,用全身全灵在演绎。。。年长以后的云迪,表情变得内敛,但演奏依然深入人心。。。人生总是有高峰有低谷的,希望很快能见到步入下一个阶段的云迪

    • @hellothere-pq5ky
      @hellothere-pq5ky 2 года назад +1

      ruclips.net/video/gtvCA4f8OTU/видео.html 是的呢的确深入人心的呢

    • @wanderingpalace
      @wanderingpalace 2 года назад

      @@hellothere-pq5ky 邪淫惹的禍
      可憐啊

  • @michaelwindsor939
    @michaelwindsor939 7 лет назад +163

    I think Li Yundi is the best interpreter of this song. His Dynamics are so smooth and it is very strong, sharp controlled and BEAUTIFUL

    • @harleyspianochannel9442
      @harleyspianochannel9442 7 лет назад +2

      Hello ! I totally agree with you, he is a genius
      I tried to play this piece on my channel, can you give your impression ? :)

    • @DVZM.
      @DVZM. 5 лет назад +1

      SoNg

    • @euhdink4501
      @euhdink4501 4 года назад

      Song. You are pathetic.

    • @johnnylee3565
      @johnnylee3565 4 года назад +2

      IT'S NOT A SONG, IT IS A PIECE!!!

    • @levinko5291
      @levinko5291 4 года назад +5

      @@euhdink4501 who gives a shit about what its called :)

  • @GregOnly
    @GregOnly 11 месяцев назад +18

    I remember watching this on my iPhone 3G. And anytime I want to hear Chopin Fantasies - I seek this video. The best.

  • @SKubric
    @SKubric 8 лет назад +630

    2016, still the best version ever heard....

    • @bolshevikalgerien8415
      @bolshevikalgerien8415 8 лет назад

      olga kern waaay better

    • @christophercooper149
      @christophercooper149 8 лет назад +3

      Krystian Zimmerman is also great

    • @xsicine2560
      @xsicine2560 8 лет назад +1

      Listen rubinstein version

    • @giannismag3064
      @giannismag3064 7 лет назад +10

      the demo from my yamaha clavinova is the best i have heard

    • @SKubric
      @SKubric 7 лет назад +1

      Hey, we are talking about Fantasie Impromptu. Not all chopin`s music.

  • @ChopinSchubert
    @ChopinSchubert 6 лет назад +60

    my dad got a laptop in 2007 and we (9 year old me) spent a whole day watching this. Today, I finally finished learning this piece and honing my techniques. This inspired me to be so much more than I have ever dreamed of becoming. Thanks for the awesome recording!!!!

  • @wizardvenom8500
    @wizardvenom8500 8 лет назад +102

    Yundi Li needs his own youtube channel, with HD videos of him playing many piano pieces.

  • @samshaven3573
    @samshaven3573 4 года назад +87

    It's almost 2021 and I still can't find a better version of this piece than this

    • @vsrohit
      @vsrohit 2 года назад

      Try Rubinstein. You might like it. ruclips.net/video/twIQYQgPzaE/видео.html

    • @samshaven3573
      @samshaven3573 2 года назад +4

      @@vsrohit It's good but not better. The reverb and emotion of this version sends your soul to another dimension.

    • @stephenowesney5173
      @stephenowesney5173 11 месяцев назад

      Kissin's version

  • @qlalf-d4u
    @qlalf-d4u Месяц назад +4

    As a pianist myself, no one beats Yundi Li when it comes to this piece

  • @alittlebitofeverything5917
    @alittlebitofeverything5917 8 лет назад +219

    I once heard my short-term teacher play this on a regular keyboard and man, videos don't do this piece justice. You have to hear it up close and personal.

    • @doctorwhofanxD
      @doctorwhofanxD 8 лет назад +29

      +Tian Lam theres someone in King's College music department shedding this at 1am right now and they are drunk...

    • @SKubric
      @SKubric 8 лет назад +12

      How about a D modal Steinway and Sons in a concert hall. You need to feel that

    • @423985728945
      @423985728945 8 лет назад +19

      You need to play it - that's the real thing!

    • @memedreams8558
      @memedreams8558 8 лет назад +30

      Once I went to this piano camp and I asked this girl who had been playing for 10 years (I've been playing for a little over 2) to play this. It was so horrible I almost cried.

    • @andyyooningilman783
      @andyyooningilman783 7 лет назад

      Amanda M I don't go to a piano camp I'm self taught for less than a year and I can almost play the whole thing.

  • @prisnoris7131
    @prisnoris7131 2 года назад +55

    Wish all the best for you Yundi. You have been treated unfair for so long there. Even before this time, many people insulted you and spread rumors about you just because they are jealous. You should not be treated like this. But you still work hard to promote classical music in your country even you have suffered that much. You should move to another place where people love you and respect you. You deserved to be loved. Always support you Yundi.

    • @wanderingpalace
      @wanderingpalace 2 года назад +2

      people who criticized him in china are asses
      they just love to watch someone fall into obscurity and watch someone suffer
      pretending to reject sexuality from surviving,while fundamentally they preached sexuality(marriage,giving birth to children,and stuffs),which made no sense at all.
      They are just targeting at yundi (Safe to say that ccp is targeting yundi).
      But to be fair though,i think yundi ruined his life himself because he basically gave up on his pianist career after he joined the actor circle.So his influence was much weaker than before and people were able to take this advantage and attack him.

    • @hellothere-pq5ky
      @hellothere-pq5ky 2 года назад

      @@wanderingpalace ruclips.net/video/gtvCA4f8OTU/видео.html

    • @hellothere-pq5ky
      @hellothere-pq5ky 2 года назад

      "Just because they are jealous"
      Yeah I wouldn't be jealous of this ruclips.net/video/gtvCA4f8OTU/видео.html

    • @hellothere-pq5ky
      @hellothere-pq5ky 2 года назад

      @@wanderingpalace "pretending to reject sexuality from surviving"
      first off, prostitution has nothing to do with surviving and has nothing to do with any of those stuff you listed ("marriage, giving birth to children, and stuff")
      And also, not every country is disgusting enough to embrace prostitution
      "Safe to say that ccp is targeting Yundi" And why is that? Just cuz he joined the actor circle? Lmao you think a government that has pushed its country's development infinitely faster than the US has the spare time to deal with a -musician- clown who can't even memorize moonlight 3rd mvmt?
      Grasp the situation before you talk.

  • @andyyuen5399
    @andyyuen5399 9 месяцев назад +15

    6-1-2024
    is anyone still listening?

  • @Chico-gm5ss
    @Chico-gm5ss 3 года назад +16

    I absolutely fall in love with this song.. Yundi Li is the best one!!! Beautiful..

  • @leameine7724
    @leameine7724 2 года назад +32

    I have listened to many versions of this most famously played Impromptu. What I like most about this performance is the feeling of freshness, lightness, simplicity, naturalness and zero artificiality. The rubato is so subtle and perfect. So many others over accentuated, and with needless sudden changes in tempo and dynamics, cause the attention to be drawn to the the performer. The beauty of the music became secondary to the performance.

    • @peterwilliams7335
      @peterwilliams7335 Год назад +1

      Very well said and I could not agree with you more. Every time I listen to his play, it is like first time I listen to it, never get tire of listen to his play.

    • @jojoanggono3229
      @jojoanggono3229 Год назад +1

      Agree wholeheartedly, other performers (even some maestro) often tried to wrestle the music with their technical prowess.

  • @nerdmylord
    @nerdmylord 3 года назад +19

    This is where my love for classical music started.

  • @danielahn7554
    @danielahn7554 3 года назад +18

    WHY THUMBS DOWN? BEST OF THE BEST. PRETTY MUCH EVERY TRACK HE PLAYS...ITS PRETTY INSANE. EVERYBODY THAT KNOWS PIANO WILL UNDERSTAND THIS....

  • @CinvexLiu-rm2ts
    @CinvexLiu-rm2ts 6 месяцев назад +4

    It’s 2024, still cannot forget this interpretation, the best to my taste.

  • @Dongolov118
    @Dongolov118 10 лет назад +27

    This is still one of my favorite interpretations of this piece. His technical abilities are unreal.

  • @AlexColberg
    @AlexColberg 11 лет назад +53

    Chopin and Li have combined to produce one of the most beautiful things ever created by humans.

  • @theinfernoliger
    @theinfernoliger 2 года назад +7

    2022. Best performance I’ve ever seen on RUclips and off it.

  • @robertbeck4506
    @robertbeck4506 3 года назад +15

    Whenever I get overwhelmed with what I see and hear on the new, I come here to cleanse my soul.

  • @egresstam976
    @egresstam976 2 года назад +94

    2021. Still the best Fantaisie Impromptu ever!

    • @bobermoment
      @bobermoment 2 года назад +1

      2022. still the best

    • @Ryan-qf6of
      @Ryan-qf6of 2 года назад

      @@bobermoment Yundi Li got his title ruined in China these days of the things he did recently, relating to prostitutes

    • @bobermoment
      @bobermoment 2 года назад +2

      @@Ryan-qf6of Yeah, kinda sucks. Still a great performance. At least as far as I know he isn’t a terrible person or anything.

  • @luke12346789
    @luke12346789 4 года назад +14

    Yundi Li playstyle is special cause he made a few notes go subtle and then strong sounds during between. While usually we would be happy enough to get the right notes at the right speed

  • @dillonheimerl5683
    @dillonheimerl5683 2 года назад +11

    This is probably my most prefered version of this piece..unreal!

  • @fredae.mcdermott
    @fredae.mcdermott Год назад +8

    I have watched this video a hundred times, and never fail to be entranced by this young man. He puts his heart and soul into this.

    • @yiminyi
      @yiminyi 5 месяцев назад +1

      He’s 42 now

    • @yiminyi
      @yiminyi 5 месяцев назад

      That time he was mid age

  • @jenniferw683
    @jenniferw683 11 лет назад +21

    One of the finest interpretations ever. Yundi Li is incredible. thank you for posting this.

  • @DreamteamCarlo
    @DreamteamCarlo 3 года назад +14

    Judging by the 826 thumbs down, it's obvious I'm not the only one who is jealous at the ease with which Yundi Li plays this piece to absolute perfection...
    This must be my 100th time watching this and it never ceases to amaze me.

  • @VasilWho
    @VasilWho 7 лет назад +11

    A definite Bruce Lee of the piano. Man, what a powerful and yet brilliantly crisp strokes. This man has no a single secret left about the instrument and the rest is just freely expressed feelings and emotions. I envy him, not for the fame, money and glory, but for the freedom to express himself with such ease. Bravo!

    • @harleyspianochannel9442
      @harleyspianochannel9442 7 лет назад

      Hello ! I play this piece on my channel and I would like to have the opinion of music lovers like you seems to be to know if my interpretation is good or not and if there are any points I can improve :) Thank you Vasil

  • @toewomg
    @toewomg 11 месяцев назад +8

    Yundi Li has a distinctive touch and sounds on playing Chopin unlike any other Chopin competition winners after him. You can put them all together to make a blind listening, then you will see what I means, I can assure you can pick him out !

    • @L-B6
      @L-B6 10 месяцев назад +3

      Vero

    • @jennieshue
      @jennieshue 3 месяца назад +1

      Very true❤

  • @jaidenreddy7473
    @jaidenreddy7473 4 года назад +53

    The thing that makes this so beautiful is that at 0:30 he emphasizes the thumbs while at 0:39 he emphasizes the pinky, giving that low to high transition. Absolutely masterful, it adds such a “fantasy” feeling to the sound.

    • @john3260
      @john3260 4 года назад +3

      I'd also say it's because of the audio engineers too. They're really skilled. Also, compression and lower quality makes it sound more dreamy. To me, everyone else's rendition is way too crisp and not muffled enough.

    • @JoshWilliams-ts1ks
      @JoshWilliams-ts1ks 4 года назад +23

      um........ according to Chopin's accent marks in the sheet music??

    • @jaidenreddy7473
      @jaidenreddy7473 4 года назад +1

      Josh Williams Yup!

    • @sabbastian
      @sabbastian 4 года назад +6

      @@JoshWilliams-ts1ks You'd be surprised how many people first learning this pay no attention to those accents.

    • @polanski2399
      @polanski2399 2 года назад +3

      well that's because it's written on the sheet music???

  • @izzyballard9578
    @izzyballard9578 11 лет назад +16

    This is an absolutely gorgeous piece played by an extremely talented pianist

  • @syedfaez
    @syedfaez 3 года назад +8

    I remember watching this yearssssss ago and was mesmerised .. still am .. makes me wanna practice more

  • @mironalexandra4602
    @mironalexandra4602 2 года назад +17

    2022, still the best version ever ♥️

  • @JuyeonJ
    @JuyeonJ 3 года назад +10

    Omg just said wowwwwww............flows like water..

  • @mrsamhui
    @mrsamhui 6 лет назад +10

    This is utterly beautiful. Yundi Li is my favourite pianist nowadays & i love the way he played the piece with so much feelings and contrast. So entranced by his playing, bring me to tears.

  • @Crystal-ih7oe
    @Crystal-ih7oe 2 года назад +14

    2022.Still the best Fantaisie Impromptu ever!

  • @aprilhakenson5194
    @aprilhakenson5194 9 лет назад +5

    nothing is more perfect than this.

  • @dayeon1001
    @dayeon1001 5 лет назад +19

    August 2019, still cannot find any better interpretation than this. Best ever!

  • @Unity2002
    @Unity2002 4 года назад +18

    Holy... this is so full of emotion! Best I've ever heard!

  • @cheddar4128
    @cheddar4128 4 года назад +16

    Tomorrow's September and we're still in quarantine. I listen to this every day.

  • @Sona75493
    @Sona75493 3 года назад +22

    I was shocked when I heard this at first. This is a masterpiece.

  • @sharaishvalda4664
    @sharaishvalda4664 8 лет назад +131

    Ahh butifull 240p...

    • @seamonkeys12y
      @seamonkeys12y 8 лет назад +7

      Well it was created in 2006...

    • @mysas5983
      @mysas5983 7 лет назад

      You watch Chopin? Well i am glad the music has infinte px.

    • @seamonkeys12y
      @seamonkeys12y 7 лет назад

      ***** I don't think it is. RUclips is more based on video streaming rather than audio quality

    • @amiiiu
      @amiiiu 7 лет назад +7

      *blyatiful
      240p = slavic standard

  • @Fed-np9ez
    @Fed-np9ez 9 лет назад +30

    For that 5 minutes he's in heaven. And even more beautiful, he takes us there too!

  • @needmoremoney4128
    @needmoremoney4128 3 месяца назад +2

    many others play more or less the same style but this interpretation is really special. the pace and energy control throughout the piece is absolutely phenomenal

  • @cks2020693
    @cks2020693 4 года назад +18

    something about this version, it just takes you back in time...

  • @normacosme9096
    @normacosme9096 2 года назад +10

    The BEST!!! It makes you want to fall in love!👍👍👍

  • @Kuulei265
    @Kuulei265 6 лет назад +5

    This guy is the MASTER of Chopin!! It’s his touch on the keys. You can hear the emotion. He imparts a dream like quality to it. I want to see him in person!!

  • @EricLeePiano
    @EricLeePiano 8 лет назад +278

    The way the light is shining on the black keys, and how it appears to shimmer as Yundi's fingers glide over the keyboard, reminds me of the surface of the ocean shimmering in the sunlight. So beautiful, I love this video.

  • @rayliu5517
    @rayliu5517 7 лет назад +4

    Man.2017 now, STILL THE BEST

  • @gabmosmessi
    @gabmosmessi 3 года назад +17

    18 year old yundi li is the best yundi li , he's like the bobby fischer of piano

  • @123-v4f4x
    @123-v4f4x 3 года назад +11

    쇼팽 향기 물씬 풍기는 연주다

  • @maestrojamieson9385
    @maestrojamieson9385 4 месяца назад +1

    Can’t believe this is still on RUclips after all these years. Blessing to Yundi Li. Great performance.

  • @MrNinel661
    @MrNinel661 9 лет назад +11

    Я слушал это произведение в исполнении разных пианистов.Ваше исполнение на мой взгляд-лучшее! Виртуозные крайние части отличаются чистотой пассажей,а средняя часть-лиричностью,свойственной для Шопена.Я благодарю Вас за талант исполнителя и желаю дальнейших творческих успехов!!!

  • @sx6299
    @sx6299 2 года назад +11

    wish him well and rise from the ashes.

  • @Elitistt
    @Elitistt 3 года назад +9

    Here in 2021, still amazed by this interpretation

  • @chalicc4891
    @chalicc4891 8 лет назад +51

    THE BEST VERSION AND INTERPRETATION.

  • @teslagu1248
    @teslagu1248 9 лет назад +70

    Best version of all time.

  • @juni6388
    @juni6388 4 года назад +11

    My favourite version for this piece, so good and sublime!

  • @knuteboy3778
    @knuteboy3778 4 года назад +51

    I read somewhere that Chopin himself thought this piece was trash. Amazing to think that because it's such an awesome piece of music. It can bring tears in my eyes. Just shows how incredible Chopin was and how high his standards were.

    • @4Topwood
      @4Topwood 4 года назад +2

      Chopin composed this when he was 19, I think. Later he felt it was a youthful effort, lacking the subtlety and complexity of his mature works.

    • @dantevip
      @dantevip 3 года назад +8

      It's because he thought people were going to think it was copied back from Beethoven's moonlight sonata. That's why he considered to destroy it. there are parts in this piece that are actually close or very close to Beethoven's in terms of melody.

    • @captainplane398
      @captainplane398 3 года назад +2

      When u compose music and hear the same melodies over and over again, eventually you get used to all the surprise and beauty. Considering it’s complexity, and the time there was before this song was released, he probably became numb to the magic of the piece.

    • @wanderingpalace
      @wanderingpalace 3 года назад

      basically the composer is only the receptor to the outer reality (samith) that which contains everything(any tangible,untangible stuffs/ideas
      of course he is gonna get numb because hes only the receptor

    • @captainplane398
      @captainplane398 3 года назад

      @@wanderingpalace no clue what u just said but yes I agree

  • @leameine7724
    @leameine7724 7 лет назад +5

    i am never tired of watching and listening to this one. He is so natural. He and the piano are one. Astounding!

    • @harleyspianochannel9442
      @harleyspianochannel9442 7 лет назад

      Hello Lea ! I play this piece on my channel and I would like to have the opinion of music lovers like you seems to be to know if my interpretation is good or not and if there are any points I can improve :) Thank you

  • @fairwinaskara
    @fairwinaskara 7 лет назад +5

    PERFECT is how you describe this in one word! This is the song that made me like him and I still think that no one interprets it better than him

  • @jinzhu2441
    @jinzhu2441 2 года назад +7

    The best of the best, no doubt! 2022

  • @esselellis9979
    @esselellis9979 2 года назад +35

    Nobody hits the subtle tone of the keys like Li, he’s wonderful.

    • @Matt-hw2lo
      @Matt-hw2lo Год назад +3

      you are right but his last name is Li. In China last name then first name So his name in USA or west would be Yundi Li but China or East would be Li Yundi

  • @desmonddermondbar5039
    @desmonddermondbar5039 8 лет назад +65

    I know this is a masterpiece but plz pause at 0:47 :D

    • @EricLeePiano
      @EricLeePiano 8 лет назад

      🙄 lol

    • @jerryy4658
      @jerryy4658 8 лет назад

      Lol I also noticed that

    • @roomayo
      @roomayo 8 лет назад

      Lol me too

    • @MrBigPauly1
      @MrBigPauly1 8 лет назад

      +Desmond der Mondbär i know right, from 0:40 to 0:47 it somehow reminds me of Epi XD dont know why

    • @asyasylin
      @asyasylin 8 лет назад

      +Desmond der Mondbär lol

  • @nathan8348
    @nathan8348 9 месяцев назад +7

    Still the most heart catching Fantaisie Impromtu here in 2024!!

  • @irlshrek
    @irlshrek 7 лет назад +4

    There's mechanically correct playing, and there playing with the passion that defined the ushering in of the romantic Era by beethovhen and, later, Chopin, who i imagine was influenced immensely by beethoven and Yund Li captures that intense emotion.

    • @harleyspianochannel9442
      @harleyspianochannel9442 7 лет назад +2

      I agree with you. Yundi Li is a genius ! I'm playing this piece on my channel, can you tell me your impressions ? :)

  • @ningcheng6089
    @ningcheng6089 2 года назад +10

    Best of the best. Pl don't give up

  • @Patrick17-
    @Patrick17- 4 года назад +9

    favourite interpretation for me, the phrasing is just incredible

  • @MJ-kh6qh
    @MJ-kh6qh 9 лет назад +5

    I feel that words are not enough to describe the beauty of this interpretation - it's so lovely.

  • @陳柏安-q5k
    @陳柏安-q5k 3 года назад +6

    still watching 2021!!!!!

  • @junghokim6976
    @junghokim6976 5 лет назад +31

    Yundi li is one of the best Chopin pianists I have ever heard. Everyone agree?

  • @Bludgeoned2DEATH2
    @Bludgeoned2DEATH2 7 лет назад +4

    There's a reason Yundi Li became the youngest winner of the International Frédéric Chopin Piano Competition and we see it right here in the flesh.

  • @鴛鴦奶茶-i4p
    @鴛鴦奶茶-i4p 3 года назад +7

    The best version

  • @mitchdeeTV
    @mitchdeeTV 10 лет назад +3

    Why someone like this makes less money then most mainstream artists is beyond me! The skill this man posses on the keys is super human.

  • @philgen8987
    @philgen8987 7 лет назад +4

    Fantastic. This is what Chopin would have liked his precious piece to sound. Hurray for Yundi Li

  • @mollamolli8985
    @mollamolli8985 3 года назад +7

    hi, its' 2021 now. this is still the best version!

  • @nerdmylord
    @nerdmylord 4 года назад +6

    This is what started my love for classical music.

  • @jacktan03
    @jacktan03 2 года назад +5

    Speed, clarity and the continumous flow with fluency is best part of this piece. Playing this piece fast without the good control of the sustain pedal will be disastrous.

  • @PAVEL-pw8hr
    @PAVEL-pw8hr 3 года назад +27

    이보다 완벽한 즉흥환상곡을 본 적이 없다

  • @biubiubiupiu5325
    @biubiubiupiu5325 3 года назад +10

    absolutely the best version!

  • @justinwang7582
    @justinwang7582 3 года назад +9

    beautiful, absolutely beautiful!

  • @jasonhoward1021
    @jasonhoward1021 7 лет назад +3

    How beautiful.

    • @harleyspianochannel9442
      @harleyspianochannel9442 7 лет назад

      Hello ! I play this piece on my channel and I would like to have the opinion of music lovers like you to know if my interpretation is good or not and if there are any points I can improve :) Thank you and sorry for the self promotion

  • @Ringooos
    @Ringooos 8 лет назад +8

    literally watched this when i was 13, 9 years later and there's still so much win in this performance.

    • @fred8720
      @fred8720 6 лет назад

      Ringo Suen 11 years later still no difference

  • @k.k8291
    @k.k8291 4 года назад +6

    My favorite Chopin performer.

  • @lilyyang3138
    @lilyyang3138 2 года назад +10

    Still the best

  • @therevenantofdhg5345
    @therevenantofdhg5345 2 года назад +6

    It's so smooth I like the tempo

  • @shuchendu6434
    @shuchendu6434 6 лет назад +3

    the best version still listened in 2017

  • @bikeguyhk
    @bikeguyhk 3 года назад +8

    I still have this CD and VCD. Bought in 2001, still my favourite renditions.