I've heard this tune for thousands of time, but listening to Yuja's version make me feel as if it's a new song!!!!! Her interpretation is so unique and make the song sounds even more melancholic....
Yuja has been playing this piece since she was a little girl, and her interpretations of it have just been evolving and evolving. No doubt she has probed this piece to depths few others have equaled, and her ability to craft sounds out of a keyboard have made her renditions of this piece so incredibly rich and deep.
The dynamic is different than any the performances from other pianists on RUclips. I thought that Rubinstein's version was my favorite. After I heard this one, I am completely in love with this version now. It makes more sense to me. I like the dynamic at the end of second part and the begining of the last main theme. I can't believe this is a live performance. I thought it was a studio recording. I love the sound quality of the video and Steinway.
Every time I watch this video, I am just swept away. The applause at the end needs to be 100 times bigger! My clapping is louder than this audience, and I'm just sitting here by myself in front of my computer!
Beautiful performance, dazzling technique like pearls on the keys ! lovely rubato and interpretation, i look forward to more of your videos, i am going to share this video with one of my students who is planning to work on this enchanting waltz by chopin.
Yuja has made this her signature piece. I believe it is one of the first works she learned back in China and now it is an encore work. She exaggerates and prolongs the accelerondo of the waltz theme more than probably anybody including Rachmaninoff who starts faster and ends faster than YW. Her video of this at Verbier is stunning. Both are a few clicks away on these pages.
Every time I listen to this song I feel a deep sorrow in my heart, the sorrow I have when I see Harry Potter, Dumbodore, and Hermine Granger had to defend the good with their life on line.
Yuja's teachers at Curtis must have been so proud of her! This is just one of the pieces she played at her Curtis graduation recital, others are also posted here on RUclips. Yuja was just 18 or 19 years old at the time and had already appeared with several major symphony orchestras (often substituting for famous soloists like Radu Lupu and Martha Argerich).
I played this waltz and it took me forever to learn it. It is really hard. I she played it so much differently then me. She has a different opinion to this beautiful piece. I don't mind. All people are different. Se played it the way she wanted it to sound. I enjoyed it a lot!
I actually prefer the performance she gave when she was a child because in that performance she makes a wonderful distinction between rythmic staccato and lyrical (3.03 and earlier). In the later performance she makes it all more legato.
I cant play the piano but I love playing this song on magic piano..... and now listening to this I feel like I have ruined the song... o well ima still play this song. I love it!
I feel like I'm an genius when I play it on magic piano (smule) but in reality I can't play the piano :( all I can play on the piano is "Marry Had a Little Lamb" lol
hyesun You can be a genius at tthe piano (in 5 minutes) if you follow the lesson of this professional pianist & composer. ruclips.net/video/YBFVpd-1MsU/видео.html
I agree with you. It is slower than normal, very much so. To my mind the is a little too much "glissando" in the playing also. I wouldn't worry about the word "troll". It says so much more about the sender rather than the receiver. :)
Frédéric Chopin’s Waltzes are pieces of moderate length adhering to the traditional 3/4 waltz time, but are remarkably different from the earlier Viennese waltzes in that they were not designed for dancing but for concert performance. Don't twist my words, AnqingX.
Amazing how this melody in the middle can be exaggerated and fits the song. Kissing does it too but not as much as she did here. I really love when you can listen a piece like this and not only pay attention to the main melody and realize that all the notes are perfect :)
That's like saying that Van Gogh's Sunflowers are not sunflowers because they don't look exactly like sunflowers. These pieces were not meant to be danced to. You can play it however you like as long as it is true to the score and it sounds nice. It's not a dance, it's in a dance STYLE.
You are of course right to a degree...study of the score and playing it yourself will also lead to preferences (as will the actual piano it is played on) My contempts with those below is not simply on 'interpretation'-1Thompsonmusic (now posting as Russel Thompson) is a shallow 'troll' of old on YT...nothing to do with intelligent debate of music or musicians, Cheers....listen to Yuja's other performance of this on the tubes I like even better than this...
You guys calm down.. I agree it's slower than normal but I'd prefer this. People always prefer the version that they listened first cause that temp or that version inspired and attracted them into that music.
Probably Chopin wanted the soloist to make sure that this came off like a dance. You might be interested to see what Arthur Rubinstein does with this waltz, and there is an interesting take by Rachmaninov who takes some liberties but has good control overall.
No. Your personal comment is valid for YOU...and the notes are still Chopin's.... Most veracious music lovers, as do I, would differ. But such is your OPINION-however wrongheaded I feel it is...
No...not "negatively". I marveled at Young Yuja too. But I quite simply don't agree with your opinion...which I suppose is an inherently 'negative' thing to do... Let's just enjoy the music making for what it is, what is 'best' in our views notwithstanding...
no one understands that the g# which is the upbeat to the whole piece... is actually THE REASON for the whole piece. if you really focus on how Chopin uses g# you will unlock his voice. don't get carried away in the fancy chromatic scales and the fast section... focus on the g# see if you can see what I mean!
Indeed, your right to dislike this play...I do not question that, much as saying there is too much "glissando" in the play evidences to me an unfamiliarity with the score and how good musicians have played it...we all have our PREFERENCES. But defending a "troll" with such nonsensical reasoning (the very definition of a troll is they want to "receive" outraged "senders"), somewhat shows a YT naiveté. You might want to research a bit more WHO you defend before opining wrongheadedly. :-)
I actually prefer women playing Chopin than men... They seem to understand his compositions much better. Men play very strong and rough and sometimes too quickly.
Bloodgras. Calling someone a troll because they are expressing a view is extreme. You should never do it. You seem reasonable and are obviously not a troll, and so I take that back. You should not jump to conclusions. I do like Yuja Wang's playing very much. Every piano player has her or his unique interpretation. Thompsonmusic is expressing what he thinks, and I agree with him. However, that is not to say someone can't disagree with both of us. However, we are not trolls.
She needs to savor this piece more...her amazing technique doesn't win that many bonus points with Chopin. And don't get me wrong, she savors herself some Rachmaninoff and such, but certain parts of this definitely were rushed IMHO.
Troll: posting inflammatory, extraneous, off-topic messages in an online community, forum, or blog, with the primary intent of provoking an emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion." 1Thompsonmusic's history of shallow trolling-not opinion-makes your comment less than veracious. My responses to his comments here are reasoned; and my depiction of him on YT appropriate based on long term behavior you know nothing of. You MAY not be a troll, but he certainly is.
She plays beautifully! But I didn't recognize her with long hair. I think I prefer her with long hair and dressed nicely instead of the way she dresses now.
This misogyny here is breathtaking. You'd never see such comments about a male pianists' appearance. I for one think the more she annoys people like you, the better her choices are. The ideal situation would be for her to dress and style her hair in such a way that she draws everyone like you fully out of the woodwork, and we can cleanly separate the people who actually love her musicianship from those who just want her to be a female trophy.
@@frankgrimeson OH pleeeeease! Get off your soap box! She doesn't annoy me at all! I just didn't recognize her with a different hairstyle and dress style. It didn't seem like the same person.
Since it is only your typical stupid troll, it is rather silly to point out your obsession with former BBC Young Musician of the Year pianists-in Jeremy Atkin's instance, not a winner, and has failed to go on to any significant professional career at all. His rendition of this is NOT played properly; it is played without sensitivity, nuance, or much real feeling. Choppy and pianistically bland note-spinning. Remarkable for, say, the child he is...no comparison with Yuja or any real talent. :-)
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I've heard this tune for thousands of time, but listening to Yuja's version make me feel as if it's a new song!!!!! Her interpretation is so unique and make the song sounds even more melancholic....
Yuja has been playing this piece since she was a little girl, and her interpretations of it have just been evolving and evolving. No doubt she has probed this piece to depths few others have equaled, and her ability to craft sounds out of a keyboard have made her renditions of this piece so incredibly rich and deep.
The dynamic is different than any the performances from other pianists on RUclips. I thought that Rubinstein's version was my favorite. After I heard this one, I am completely in love with this version now. It makes more sense to me. I like the dynamic at the end of second part and the begining of the last main theme. I can't believe this is a live performance. I thought it was a studio recording. I love the sound quality of the video and Steinway.
3:33 - 3:40 that blew my mind... my mouth was literally hanging open in awe...
The most beautiful interpretation of this piece of music I ever heard.
She plays with such passion and romanticism, it's truly breathtaking. I think this is arguably one of her best performances.
That is really wonderful. I've heard that waltz I don't know how many times, and never been so
moved before.
Her unique and sentimental interpretation makes this piece sounds like new to me. Absolutely love it after so many times listening to it.
I love your interpretation of this wonderful waltz by Chopin!
Every time I watch this video, I am just swept away. The applause at the end needs to be 100 times bigger! My clapping is louder than this audience, and I'm just sitting here by myself in front of my computer!
You would hear me barking but this is a smaller group, graduation recital at Curtis. Anyone else get misty eyed when listening to this ?
Beautiful performance, dazzling technique like pearls on the keys ! lovely rubato and interpretation, i look forward to more of your videos, i am going to share this video with one of my students who is planning to work on this enchanting waltz by chopin.
really amazing part!
revealed a whole new facette to the piece.
she continues that new melody with the left hand after 3:40 too :)
simply amazing.
This version is absolutely sublime
I like the way she plays it. it tells a story in her version
Excellent !!
Yuja Wang's music is God's gift that given to this world :)
I agree with you, It's so interesting interpretation, just beautiful
Yuja has made this her signature piece. I believe it is one of the first works she learned back in China and now it is an encore work. She exaggerates and prolongs the accelerondo of the waltz theme more than probably anybody including Rachmaninoff who starts faster and ends faster than YW. Her video of this at Verbier is stunning. Both are a few clicks away on these pages.
lovely interpretation, thumb up for sure!
Every time I listen to this song I feel a deep sorrow in my heart, the sorrow I have when I see Harry Potter, Dumbodore, and Hermine Granger had to defend the good with their life on line.
Perfect!
Yuja's teachers at Curtis must have been so proud of her! This is just one of the pieces she played at her Curtis graduation recital, others are also posted here on RUclips. Yuja was just 18 or 19 years old at the time and had already appeared with several major symphony orchestras (often substituting for famous soloists like Radu Lupu and Martha Argerich).
Stupenda interpretazione Yuja di questo valzer che conosco molto bene.
I played this waltz and it took me forever to learn it. It is really hard. I she played it so much differently then me. She has a different opinion to this beautiful piece. I don't mind. All people are different. Se played it the way she wanted it to sound. I enjoyed it a lot!
Meravilgiosa...come quando avevi solo 10 anni e già suonavi così...
Meravigliosa Yuja...
Can there be more beauty in this world?
Brilliant.
she is so damn good..
I actually prefer the performance she gave when she was a child because in that performance she makes a wonderful distinction between rythmic staccato and lyrical (3.03 and earlier). In the later performance she makes it all more legato.
Her hairstyle like this was lovely
Well, at 3:33 -3:40 she got the idea from Rubinstein. Check his version.
I cant play the piano but I love playing this song on magic piano..... and now listening to this I feel like I have ruined the song... o well ima still play this song. I love it!
I found it there too lol
Did you play on smule?
Yes on smule!
I feel like I'm an genius when I play it on magic piano (smule) but in reality I can't play the piano :( all I can play on the piano is "Marry Had a Little Lamb" lol
hyesun
You can be a genius at tthe piano (in 5 minutes) if you follow the lesson of this professional pianist & composer.
ruclips.net/video/YBFVpd-1MsU/видео.html
I agree with you. It is slower than normal, very much so. To my mind the is a little too much "glissando" in the playing also. I wouldn't worry about the word "troll". It says so much more about the sender rather than the receiver. :)
Frédéric Chopin’s Waltzes are pieces of moderate length adhering to the traditional 3/4 waltz time, but are remarkably different from the earlier Viennese waltzes in that they were not designed for dancing but for concert performance.
Don't twist my words, AnqingX.
It sounds beautiful; that's all I care about.
Watch her other posted performance of this on the tubes...she was 19 here...I think you will see more maturing "savor" there.... :-)
Amazing how this melody in the middle can be exaggerated and fits the song. Kissing does it too but not as much as she did here.
I really love when you can listen a piece like this and not only pay attention to the main melody and realize that all the notes are perfect :)
amazing. How anyone can dislike? Must be a mistake or confusion.
Yuja, I think I love you.
I never felt this way about a waltz before in my life. I thought I was a deep romantic... YW is the deep romantic.
Классно))
Quel toucher de velours !
That's like saying that Van Gogh's Sunflowers are not sunflowers because they don't look exactly like sunflowers. These pieces were not meant to be danced to. You can play it however you like as long as it is true to the score and it sounds nice. It's not a dance, it's in a dance STYLE.
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Most Beautiful interpretation ..PIANIST.
Actually i find the same idea to highlight the hidden melody in 3.30 already in the wonderful rachmaninof interpretation
with yuja playin it its not that hidden anymore
You are of course right to a degree...study of the score and playing it yourself will also lead to preferences (as will the actual piano it is played on)
My contempts with those below is not simply on 'interpretation'-1Thompsonmusic (now posting as Russel Thompson) is a shallow 'troll' of old on YT...nothing to do with intelligent debate of music or musicians,
Cheers....listen to Yuja's other performance of this on the tubes I like even better than this...
You guys calm down.. I agree it's slower than normal but I'd prefer this. People always prefer the version that they listened first cause that temp or that version inspired and attracted them into that music.
Probably Chopin wanted the soloist to make sure that this came off like a dance. You might be interested to see what Arthur Rubinstein does with this waltz, and there is an interesting take by Rachmaninov who takes some liberties but has good control overall.
25 people just didn't get it...
Bobby Williams 35
Bobby Williams 45:(
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These are artistic 'abstract' waltzes. They weren't meant to be danced to. Do you think it's possible to dance to the minute waltz?
Totally impressive!!! I can play this piece too but I'm just too far from her standard, both emotional and technical.
I think the sound could have been better..
Her fingers have fingers - definately sensible logic.
No. Your personal comment is valid for YOU...and the notes are still Chopin's....
Most veracious music lovers, as do I, would differ. But such is your OPINION-however wrongheaded I feel it is...
noise at beginning
The music is supposed to dance, not the listener.
It's called rubato.
She plays well, but i think other pianist usually respect the original sheet music. I think she has some change in the tempo
No...not "negatively". I marveled at Young Yuja too. But I quite simply don't agree with your opinion...which I suppose is an inherently 'negative' thing to do...
Let's just enjoy the music making for what it is, what is 'best' in our views notwithstanding...
no one understands that the g# which is the upbeat to the whole piece... is actually THE REASON for the whole piece. if you really focus on how Chopin uses g# you will unlock his voice. don't get carried away in the fancy chromatic scales and the fast section... focus on the g# see if you can see what I mean!
和白裙子那版比，加入了成熟后自己对曲子的不同理解吧
I dropped my bag of hammers down below
Indeed, your right to dislike this play...I do not question that, much as saying there is too much "glissando" in the play evidences to me an unfamiliarity with the score and how good musicians have played it...we all have our PREFERENCES.
But defending a "troll" with such nonsensical reasoning (the very definition of a troll is they want to "receive" outraged "senders"), somewhat shows a YT naiveté. You might want to research a bit more WHO you defend before opining wrongheadedly. :-)
i prefer kissin's version. she seems to rush a bit at some parts
I actually prefer women playing Chopin than men... They seem to understand his compositions much better. Men play very strong and rough and sometimes too quickly.
2:31- 2:35
*sit there* *Gasp*
what do you mean
she plays sooooo good.
Bloodgras. Calling someone a troll because they are expressing a view is extreme. You should never do it. You seem reasonable and are obviously not a troll, and so I take that back. You should not jump to conclusions. I do like Yuja Wang's playing very much. Every piano player has her or his unique interpretation. Thompsonmusic is expressing what he thinks, and I agree with him. However, that is not to say someone can't disagree with both of us. However, we are not trolls.
She needs to savor this piece more...her amazing technique doesn't win that many bonus points with Chopin. And don't get me wrong, she savors herself some Rachmaninoff and such, but certain parts of this definitely were rushed IMHO.
Troll: posting inflammatory, extraneous, off-topic messages in an online community, forum, or blog, with the primary intent of provoking an emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion."
1Thompsonmusic's history of shallow trolling-not opinion-makes your comment less than veracious. My responses to his comments here are reasoned; and my depiction of him on YT appropriate based on long term behavior you know nothing of.
You MAY not be a troll, but he certainly is.
Well... to be honest, not really decently done... but the emphasis on the left hand towards the end is impressive.
А ещё быстрее, глупее, вздорнее слабо?
I think this performance isn't deep romantic but erotic.
She plays beautifully! But I didn't recognize her with long hair. I think I prefer her with long hair and dressed nicely instead of the way she dresses now.
She's trying to be a "rebel" now. it's her teen years played out in her 30's.
This misogyny here is breathtaking. You'd never see such comments about a male pianists' appearance. I for one think the more she annoys people like you, the better her choices are. The ideal situation would be for her to dress and style her hair in such a way that she draws everyone like you fully out of the woodwork, and we can cleanly separate the people who actually love her musicianship from those who just want her to be a female trophy.
@@frankgrimeson OH pleeeeease! Get off your soap box! She doesn't annoy me at all! I just didn't recognize her with a different hairstyle and dress style. It didn't seem like the same person.
Huh?
How silly...
Since it is only your typical stupid troll, it is rather silly to point out your obsession with former BBC Young Musician of the Year pianists-in Jeremy Atkin's instance, not a winner, and has failed to go on to any significant professional career at all. His rendition of this is NOT played properly; it is played without sensitivity, nuance, or much real feeling. Choppy and pianistically bland note-spinning. Remarkable for, say, the child he is...no comparison with Yuja or any real talent. :-)