Gretchen am Spinnrade - Yuja Wang

[@giacomoguarnieri2461]

The sound she is able to do at 1:45 is out of this world. It is softer and lighted than a cloud but at the same time in stark contrast with the background "spinning wheel" sound which is even lighter, as if pure air. She is somehow able to masterfully colour the most evanescent waft of air and turn into the most intimate Music. Bravo Yuja!

[@cagno1]

clever use of the soft pedal

[@houmous942]

Having such an amazing piano helps too :)

[@avigaile2243]

She is WILD!!! I don't recall ever watching a pianist that has exactly the right measure of intellectual restraint and emotional fire. Way to go!

[@brianmccloskey850]

great way of stating that hallmark. She is incredible. Nuanced and powerful.

[@brianmccloskey850]

She always, always, always comes correct. Consummate musician of the highest order. So glad we live at the same time and see her career unfold in real time. Have seen her perform live once when she came to Ann Arbor. She is spellbinding.

[@ytubejat]

Just genius - both composer and pianist. Yuja is able to milk every bit of the emotion out of this beautiful piece.

[@rockon416]

Only genius is Franz Schubert, the greatest composer in history.

[@ecksdee9768]

@@rockon416 subjective, and it also takes some bit of genius to be able to play with such emotion

[@hansvanniekerk768]

For those who want to SING in this KARAOKE- VERSION by Yuja Wang - Gretchen am Spinnrade Meine Ruh’ ist hin, Mein Herz ist schwer, Ich finde sie nimmer Und nimmermehr. Wo ich ihn nicht hab’ Ist mir das Grab, Die ganze Welt Ist mir vergällt. Mein armer Kopf Ist mir verrückt Mein armer Sinn Ist mir zerstückt. Meine Ruh’ ist hin, Mein Herz ist schwer, Ich finde sie nimmer Und nimmermehr. Nach ihm nur schau’ ich Zum Fenster hinaus, Nach ihm nur geh’ ich Aus dem Haus. Sein hoher Gang, Sein’ edle Gestalt, Seines Mundes Lächeln, Seiner Augen Gewalt. Und seiner Rede Zauberfluss. Sein Händedruck, Und ach, sein Kuss! Meine Ruh’ ist hin, Mein Herz ist schwer, Ich finde sie nimmer Und nimmermehr. Mein Busen drängt sich Nach ihm hin. Ach dürft’ ich fassen Und halten ihn. Und küssen ihn So wie ich wollt’ An seinen Küssen Vergehen sollt’! Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

[@naras4295]

Thank you. And for those who want to know the meaning: My rest is gone My heart weighs heavy, I can never find her And nevermore. Where I don't have him is my grave The whole world I hate it. my poor head I'm crazy my poor mind Is broken to me. My rest is gone My heart weighs heavy, I can never find her And nevermore. I only look after him out the window, I'll go after him Out of the house. his high gear His noble form the smile of his mouth, power of his eyes. And his speech magic river. his handshake, And oh, his kiss! My rest is gone My heart weighs heavy, I can never find her And nevermore. My bosom pushes after him. Oh, I can take it And hold him. And kiss him as I wanted At his kisses should go away! (google translate)

[@vincentperrelli9005]

The expressions on her face as she immerses herself in the music are priceless.

[@user-ul4cd9oe8p]

I shed a tear in the end.. really very passionate!

[@chantallouisebrenninkmeije8519]

Franz Schubert, 'Gretchen Am Spinnrade' . Lyrics are a poem from Goethe.

[@einSteppenwolf]

Goethe didn't like it…

[@germanbigdaddy]

...perfect. And it sounds so easy instead of the difficult piece it is....

[@jobee9356]

My favorite of Yuja's encores, this one rips out my heart. Read the poem then listen to this and you'll see why. Brava!

[@thomasmrf.brunner]

Breathtaking ! Thank you for this great performance !

[@Desireyso58]

Hermoso!!! Gracias Bella Yuja!!!

[@liriango]

Beautifull! Two lines in one!Words-not in - are calm... The feelings are rushing like a storm, going round and round like an "Spinnrade".Beautifull to have both in one in this dinamic performance! Listening you SEE the words and you HEAR the emotional fury! Great!!!

[@jgilvent]

A very expressive and beautiful interpretation.

[@timstone8508]

i much prefer miss Wangs interpretation over all others... No I am not her No 1 fan. I just can recognise real talent when i HEAR it...

[@musicusblau]

I congratulate. Very expressively played.

[@aragornthebrave]

WOW! Outstanding. I want to play it like this :)

[@WJE37FCSM]

"Gretchen am Spinnrade" is on her DG Fantasia album but I think this live recording more engaging or better... captivating.

[@NiniSingsACover]

What? With only two hands? Closed eyes? What kind of superhuman is this?

[@AnhTrieu90]

No, not superhuman. Just VIRTUOSIC!

[@dennisseeman2437]

she comes from another galxy that's all

[@nydrone7051]

Yuja Wang. I bow to her.

[@donnytello1544]

It’s called practice and dedication

[@MaMa-tr3fe]

She has 20 fingers, i counted 😅

[@pauliberg3492]

She is just so superbly outstanding.

[@gky7170]

Yuja is able to keep the subtle rhythm of the (loom) beater consistent throughout the emotional sturm und drang and allows the entropic forces inherent in the music to trail off to a whimper...

[@yagvtt]

This is amazing, i'm currently learning this piece and Ms Wang mastery, both on technical and musical levels, is mesmerizing. I just wish we could see more of her hands.

[@juliavioloniste8416]

She is incredible.

[@lunchmind]

breathtaking.

[@sheilaconolly8087]

Thank you ...thank you !! Because of your inspired playing I recorded this exactly how I always wanted to sing it ........ still I love your playing even more !!!! Sheila Conolly soprano

[@busylifemeto]

Wonderful interpretation color is perfect.

[@DaBaSoftware]

Magnificent performance! 😭😭😭

[@CvS2016]

What an incredible performance, really powerful. Amazing that when Schubert finds Faust, he is drawn to Gretchen and tells the story from the depths of her soul. The older I get, the more Schubert opens up to me (although he was so young). My only comment on this recording is purely personal. At the end, I wish that Yuja would add even more frenzy to the music, almost like hysteria. I feel she has more inside than she is showing. At that point, Gretchen is spiraling out of control with her emotions and is on a path leading to her child’s and her destruction. While Yuja clearly moves in this direction, I feel she could take it to an additional level and still stay true to Schubert/Liszt. I am not a pianist so not exactly sure how this is possible. This is a relatively small nuance to a fantastic performance.

[@katerinaaqu]

When you're supposed to play for an opera singer but she doesn't show up! What in the actual...?! She is actually playing both the melody AND the accompagnamento and she does make it seem effortless AND she places the right emotions to the right parts of the piece!? Is that even possible?! Honestly I think that people who disliked this have no eyes and no ears! Amazing execution and amazing interpretation and of course the technique and skill are all remarkable! Brava!

[@tesssaynor3236]

Wow! Brilliant!

[@Eugen_969b]

Гениально!

[@rche9131]

Bravissimo! Superbe! Wunderbar!

[@tschibasch]

Utterly brilliant interpretation. Brava!!

[@Philm54]

Holy Christ! Amazing! Brava!

[@myruthgirl100]

wow.... outstanding! Great job!

[@erikagironmontesinos3670]

Me gusta su forma de tocar y tiene una tecnica extraordinaria.

[@Fonzipan]

INSANE!! 😍👏

[@Jimbarleyy]

2:45 that note...

[@leonbrandvanden5498]

¡Top!

[@ltnguyen1000]

she ia the beat ever!

[@khairilanuarothman3869]

Bloodgrss, thank you for your enlightening, if refreshingly irreverent, comments. Novices and enthusiasts absent of the fundamentals of classical music like me have learned so much more about it from you than from all those arty-farty poseurs put together. I agree with a comment elsewhere that Yuja Wang excites debate precisely because she is rather talented and so ruddy exciting to watch! Keep your unofficial helpline open on all Yuja's performances. Gratitudes.

[@Burntshmallow]

Bloodgrss is an arrogant fool and a child. He may be right in praising Yuja Wang, but his radical favoritism is terrible and ugly.

[@Hervinbalfour]

Burntshmallow I concur!

[@OrdenJust]

I don't know what the commenters complaining about the tempo are talking about. It is six eight time with a dotted quarter note set to 72 beats a minute, according to the score. Ignoring accelerandos and rallentandos, she seems to be spot on. I used a stopwatch and counted the beats, but there are metronome videos here on youtube. There is one for 72 Bpm. What are your findings?

[@VeronicaBellSoprano]

actuall, there is no tempo specified for this piece by Schubert himself. 72 tempo which i have seen before is most likely put there by a publisher. The original score simply says Nicht zu geschwind - not too fast which could be interpreted in a million of different ways. those who complain about the tempo just don't know this hehehe.

[@kojone77]

Wow!

[@bloodgrss]

Thanks...

[@kipyme]

0:24 start 1:46 bar 51 3:04 bar 93

[@rche9131]

Fabuleux! Ca vous prend aux tripes!

[@keithwinter7721]

God is with you.

[@xiaolingeng8639]

I don't think u can play it better

[@sowhat5399]

I wish I could listen to her in reality

[@poning8184]

Composed when he was only 17 yrs old.

[@johangirardin9593]

Schubert or Liszt?

[@poning8184]

@@johangirardin9593 Schubert.

[@hugowilliams1988]

Schubert died when he was 31.

[@arika002]

When and where did she play this concert?

[@estevansantiagopiano]

do u have the rest of this recital? the prokofiev sonata..? i want it SO MUCH :x

[@user-yc6rp1cq3x]

ユジャ.ワンさんの、～糸をつぐむグレートヒェン～は、ものすごく上手い🎵🎵🎵🌟

[@tshirt747]

wonderful

[@davidluther8581]

This is stunningly beautiful playing, perhaps the most expressive I have ever heard! Yuja is one of the top pianist in the world today--very well number one. SOMETIMES her dress is inappropriate. The dress here is much better than some. If Yuja happens to read this: Yuja, you are a world class concert pianist--not a harlot-- dress like a concert pianist. Rosina Lhevinne--perhaps the greatest piano teacher who ever lived--of the Julliard School addressed this issue on many occasions. For those who are ready to "beat me up" for saying this--save your finger power for something that matters.

[@paulashin]

shut the fuck up. u get to say your opinion but this is my opinion on yours

[@muradlatifli]

🖤

[@yumireyko9272]

Where can I get the score? She plays so beautifully..so dramatic.

[@HubertHenriBASTIEN]

bravo

[@mourgoukos]

does anyone know who wrote the piano transcription and where I can find it?

[@lflagr]

Liszt! He actually transcribed lots of Schubert's lieder for solo piano.

[@schlossrosenau]

is she playing Schubert ?

[@lalalalalaliszt]

Is gretchen am spinnrade much harder than liebestraum No.3? would like to know if I can learn this piece after learning liebestraum no.3

[@JanPierewiet]

I have her Prokofiev sonata no. 6 on my computer.

[@ytubejat]

I much prefer Yuja's interpretation to that of Hsing-Chwen Giselle Hsin's (the "check out" video referenced above). What a wonderful and beautiful song this is and the solo piano adaptation is just genius.

[@kyrachen9108]

my piano teacher: ALL DA MUSICIANS COUNT WHILE THEY PERFORM YALL JUST GOTTA LOOK CLOSER 1:50 2:00 2:32 those last words my old piano teacher told me... *it haunts me*

[@christophersokolowski]

she's not counting... she's mouthing the words to the Schubert song that Liszt set, which she is playing...

[@kyrachen9108]

@@christophersokolowski Okok cool I didn’t know Chill dude It was just a joke

[@Mustafamansour88]

why it is so faaaaast, this peace must play like wind, such a nice song::::

[@jsherlock5835]

Wowers

[@mah4265]

almost perfect; just a slight slip at 2:21 while lifting her left thumb; what a great artist.

[@vivian6005]

1:30

[@bloodgrss]

Indeed....but this is his only outlet of 'human' contact, so.... But reporting him to YT and the uploader IS an option (his attacks against Miss Wang ARE hate speech). ..the tiny snowball can roll into a big avalanche and wipe out some of the foulness in delete and block...and even stop it altogether, if we're lucky......;-)

[@draco4569]

Or it can cause the exact opposite to happen and force comments to be turned off so that no one can post any comments, good or bad. I hope that doesn't happen here.

[@bloodgrss]

@@draco4569 Well, my friend, since my post is 7 years old, it hardly seems that will happen. And it was to a persistent troll who had a hate agenda; oops, strangely enough, he is gone...KZbin and uploader acted. Debate is one thing, like or dislike-good or bad; repulsive, sexist/racist trolling is another.

[@dodo-lz2ml]

1:45-

[@drewwilken9894]

Great technique, although I prefer Kissin's - his felt a little more emotional, he played it a little slower and had a clearer melodic line. Nevertheless, Wang did a wonderful job!

[@jean-clementdesfosses1819]

Impossible to play better isnt'it !😎😎😎

[@thrunsguinneabottle3066]

Bloody hell!

[@estevansantiagopiano]

Can you send me in some way?

[@bloodgrss]

...this last comment has about it the normal fredericfranc "qualities" likely to throw the listener off in many cases...but here they come together, the "intellectual" lightness of touch, and that "lightness" of musical and pianistic understanding, with a mostly drunken melancholy, the sledge-hammer thick reasoning thing and troll bigotry he always will give you...

[@redfishplayz4476]

Too fast, I think It should be slower. The piece is sooooo beautiful If U enjoy every Note, If U dream every Note of the Melody and Enjoy every harmony of this Piece. But woah, this is very dynamic, Fluid, Melody can be heard and the Performance is Clean. But I think the Drama is kinda Missing.

[@hugowilliams1988]

here is slow one kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3_cpml6ba93iqM

[@mariaconstantinidou985]

Σεβαστή η δική της Άποψη

[@JM-ul1fj]

00:24

[@vivian6005]

0:20

[@diarmuidbalfe7264]

In case any of you thought you were good at something...

[@bloodgrss]

In a troll like this, the 'dumKid's limitations in what he can write with understanding of tonal color or any real musical concept really shows up dramatically. Compare him to what anyone who can play a piano or knows music can do with commenting, and, yes, you really see it...and you remember the racist prejudice in what you read, too.

[@c0string]

a little too fast.... that is a hell of a spin wheel LOL! if people worked so fast back when they were used; as shes playing... heck, they would have had better and cheaper clothes lol... otherwise fantastic performance! so lovely to know that classical music still is wanted in todays world! shes great!

[@KaweedFul]

c0string This is Franz Liszt speciality: the *virtuosity*. Playing fast was a step of music's evolution, initiated by Liszt, and then Prokofiev. Liszt re-wrote Schubert's lieds (which were inspirated of Goethe's poems) in a "scientific" way (not only this one. For exemple: Erlkönig). He included the lyrics in the music, which makes it more incredibly hard to play, and unbelievable to see. PS: I hope all I just said is right. If not, let me know in answer! ;p

[@dodo-lz2ml]

Very slow and "passionate" sometimes just disguises the mind thats not willing or able to follow the needs that the composition asks. Yuja could do this half tempo but I wonder if the slower performers could keep pace with this kind of performance. Taste is personal but "too slow" or "too fast" doesn't express the measures quality is defined at.

[@4Topwood]

The fast tempo is Liszt, not Schubert or Wang.

[@irenedhakde4692]

Way too fast. The spinning wheel effect is murdered... but yes indeed virtuoso playing.

[@OrdenJust]

I think you must be confusing a spinning wheel with a weaving loom.

[@bloodgrss]

He actually obsesses about others eating it. It is nice when descends to fecal fantasy and troll; any little pianistic credibility he may try to fool the wary with goes out as it should then. He IS just a troll; we do feed the need. But the 'man' is still angrily frustrated under the vitriol that his shallowness is exposed and as I've had him deleted, blocked and MORE ignored as a result. Seldom trolls the more intelligent of uploaders...and when he does he is laughably toady with them...

[@LachrymoseArtist]

bloodgrss so rit you are

[@mariaconstantinidou985]

Θρυλικό τέλειο παίξιμο μα αν ειχε περισσότερη γλυκυτητα θα ηταν θρυλικοτερο και ποιό τέλειο.

[@katerinaaqu]

Ε το λίντερ μιλά για το πάθος της Μαργαρίτας όταν σκέφτεται τον Φάουστ οπότε υποτίθεται ότι ξεκινά από την γλυκιά ανάμνηση, κορυφώνεται στο πάθος και επανέρχεται στα τελευταία μέτρα στην αρχική νοσταλγία. Νομίζω ότι η γλυκύτητα δεν κολλάει σε όλο το μήκος του κομματιού. Ειδικά προς το τέλος του, υποτίθεται ότι είναι σε φόρτε ή φορτίσιμο

[@opricnik]

Trovatemi una versione migliore e vi pago una cena

[@gesualdodavenosa8550]

Boris Bloch

[@bloodgrss]

Uh.......yeah.......right..... Lucky for me, then, you never have anything sensible to say. There's irony for ya....

[@samidalao3071]

She plays as if someone is chasing her with steak knife!

[@AnhTrieu90]

You should look up her performance of the Mendelssohn's piano concerto in G minor at the Verbier music festival.

[@davidtrost6792]

Sami Dalao I really don't understand your critics. If you compare this to the other performances of this piece you'll see she do one of the most relaxed performaces, which the piece need. I don't like all of her interpretations. But I think the way she plays this piece is one of the most musically, passionate played versions on youtube!

[@gesualdodavenosa8550]

You're right about that! She has fine technique but because she is rather small in stature does indulge in a great deal of smashing producing a sound which isn't particularly pleasant.

[@RudolfKooijman]

Great coughing in the beginning. There is always someone ruining beauty.

[@senghinwu4435]

Is too fast

[@danielpalmer6266]

Just put 0.75 playback speed !😉

[@cheng-tawu2386]

As compared with Boris Bloch's play, this sucks!

[@gesualdodavenosa8550]

Definitely.