Chopin Cello Sonata op 65 Yuja Wang piano, Gautier Capuçon cello

[@JMILESN1]

Yuja sets up the introduction masterfully! I believe Chopin would have been thrilled to hear it played like this.

[@BMInes]

00:00. : I. Allegro moderato 15:15 : II. Scherzo 19:45 : III.Largo 23:34 : IV. Finale. Allegro

[@francoiseclerc4288]

Bonsoir. Merci. Quel talent. Interprétation magistrale et majestueuse. 🌿✨🌄

[@marcosPRATA918]

Com a leveza, dinâmica e tempo que essa sonata pede! 🎉

[@mspg2]

exquisite

[@amaurylopez5558]

Beautiful clear sound from both 👍👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🎼🫶🏼🎶

[@fernandaagibert1111]

Belíssima Sonata com destaque para o Largo! Brilhante Duo!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@georgescancan7503]

Who is Yuja? Product PR and show industry! Absolutely ordinary pianist, pulled onto the stage by mafia structures for the sexual entertainment of snotty youths and old libertines! Her videos and interviews multiply at the rate of cholera spread! She filled the entire Internet with her "art" consisting of a half-naked body. We must finally say: enough !!! The Classical Review Wang’s powerful virtuosity stronger on flash than depth in Boston recital May 13, 2018 By Aaron Keebaugh Yuja Wang performed Friday night at Jordan Hall for the Celebrity Series. Photo: Robert Torres ... There is no doubting Yuja Wang’s technique at the keyboard. The Chinese-born pianist is capable of unleashing torrents of octave runs, and her left-hand figures supply an almost orchestral sense of depth and gravity to her sound. She clearly shapes every phrase, and her notes resonate with a ping. ... Still, there were times Friday night when one wondered if Wang only saw some of this music as just showpieces for her mesmerizing technical skill. Her selections of Rachmaninoff Preludes and Études-tableaux, though played deftly, didn’t always flower with the vocal quality so integral to the composer’s style. Wang takes a full-bodied approach to Rachmaninoff, and she renders his textures in multi-dimensional shapes. In the Prelude in G minor, Op. 23, No. 5, her strong left hand figures tethered the march rhythms to the ground. The Prelude in B minor, Op. 32, No. 10 unfolded in Debussyian washes of color. In the Étude-tableau in E-flat minor, Op. 39, No. 5, Wang’s harmonies and bass lines crashed together in blistering clusters. But in each, Rachmaninoff sense of sweeping grandeur went largely unexplored. Three of Ligeti’s Etudes, which filled out the program, were similarly muscular but lacking in probing musicality. Wang’s running chromatic figures blurred into a fog in Etude No. 9, “Vertige,” and in Etude No. 1, “Désordre,” churning Bartókian rhythms propelled the music ever forward. In Etude No. 3, “Touches bloquées,” Wang’s performance needed more of the intimacy that this music requires. Though Wang played the work quickly-as marked-the Etude’s halo-like harmonics, caused by the pianist keeping some of the keys depressed with the left hand while punching out syncopated figures with the right, failed to shimmer. Ligeti incorporated difficult passages into these works not as vehicles for showboating but to create ethereal musical tapestries. And throughout, it seemed as if Wang was playing Ligeti’s notes, not Ligeti’s music. ... The program will be repeated 8 p.m. Thursday night at Carnegie Hall in New York.

[@fa-la-mi-mi-re]

Perfect-wonderful Yuja -This sonata reminds me of Rachmaninov op 19 also in g minor and with similar temperament.

[@Bunbunbunbunbun487]

I just had that cross my mind as well

[@inraid]

Rachmaninov's cello sonata was clearly influenced by Chopin's.

[@fa-la-mi-mi-re]

@@inraid Oh yes I would think so too.

[@davidkennard7476]

Too much COUGHING from the audience!!! Can't those people just stay at home?

[@thornsaresharp]

need to bring the hypodermic with you :-)

[@gobong7]

멋진 연주 감사합니다

[@baolnguyen442]

Thrilling performance of this beautiful sonata! BTW, how does one turn the pages on an electronic score like this?

[@lessismore4470]

all those sounds from the audience - terrifying...

[@bugatti103]

bravo!

[@Davidfooterman]

You haven’t lived until you’ve heard, or better still played, the Beethoven, Rachmaninov and Chopin cello sonatas. That is reason alone to choose the cello rather than the more technically tormenting violin. Well, they’re both fiendishly difficult to achieve excellence on, but the violin is physically more painful in the demands it makes on the human anatomy. If I had my early years again, I would choose the cello, even though its musical repertoire is not quite the equal of the violin’s. But I’m content to stay with my first instrument, the piano. And I can satisfy myself by staring longingly at Yuja, knowing that I don’t have to suffer from the knowledge that she is captive to some other man … because how could she be? It’s not possible!

[@medinarad]

Good points! The entire Chopin catalogue offers luscious enjoyment for the heart and soul! The good Lord blessed the hands of Frederic! Most all his music fits perfectly in the hands!

[@claudiabroughton8184]

Best cellist in the world...

[@leoalex2001]

now don‘t get ahead of yourself

[@inraid]

Much to my surprise, this sounds like the finest Chopin Cello Sonata on YT -- maybe even overall. I am no fan of La Wang, however this one is perfect. I wish she could have recorded it with Tortelier! ;-)

[@laurynk4209]

The cellist is pressing down too hard. His voice isn't nuanced and the bow grit is very audible. Beautifully played otherwise, though.

[@WudanTzeze]

Maybe he was just tense because of how hot the Pianist is

[@laurynk4209]

@@WudanTzeze HAHAHA trueee

[@christophegeoffroy4281]

Try to listen Mischa Maïsky.