Lang Lang plays Chopin Etude Op.10 No.3 in E Major at The Berlin Philharmonic.

Lang Lang plays Chopin Etude Op.10 No.3 in E Major at The Berlin Philharmonic.

[@deconry]

This was my Aunt's favorite Chopin piece. She paid for my piano lessons and I still play today at 79. It is wonderfully and exquisitely presented here.

[@user-vf7wh5rk7d]

6.14 "Pair and * Isaiah! *." The Spirit of Rounds Grandfather comes UP (OUT of CHINA) 🌈. "Ray Enhole Body(1/4 from Dexterity)" Abode!

[@ChineseDeli]

I’m a 26 year old man and I am crying alone on my couch on a Friday night over how beautiful this is

[@VOICE1105]

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[@coryjohnston3842]

Inject testosterone. Get a girlfriend. Have kids.

[@kerryschlegel1317]

You do know exactly what beautiful music is!!!

[@vienna6895]

I understand you........

[@Chris4314]

C J And...if he’s not straight?

[@openmusic3904]

I have always absolutely adored this Chopin Etude from the very first time I started to learn to play piano. There is something so beautifully haunting and poignant about it. I find it very hard to describe what i feel when I listen to this piece. It is like looking up to a night sky full of stars, reflecting on all the joy and sorrow you have experienced in your life and being at peace with sorrow and relishing in the joy and being ever hopeful. The piece does have a definite sense of sorrow about it but also has an incomparable sense of triumph over adversity which really adds to it's expressive power. In short it is an absolutely stunning piece of music! Sorry for waffling on so much but this piece of music means so much to me!

[@openmusic3904]

Yes I agree. Lang Lang gets a lot of flack for "being too theatrical" but I think he nailed this Etude!

[@matthiasbuehlmann]

Yes man. To me, he is just doing his job with a lot of passion. I mean some people like Shakira, some like Marvin Gaye. It is purely a matter of taste!

[@mudkip_btw]

+OpenMusic I get what you mean. It's hard to describe a feeling you get when hearing music that really struck you. Hopefully I can learn to play this piece too I'm sure that's gonna make for a lot of enjoyable hours :)

[@openmusic3904]

I would really recommend learning the etude, some of the parts are very technical, especially the accelerando passages in the middle. But the fruits of your labour are well worth the price, playing a role in the expression of what is possibly one of Chopin's most beautiful pieces it truly a priviledge!

[@openmusic3904]

I would say go for it and see how you do! The great thing about Etudes is that their primary purpose is to refine certain techniques, for example this Etude is written to refine polyphonic technique and legato technique. Even if you can't master the piece straight away, albeit that you practise it regularly it will improve your polyphonic technique that can be applied to the Bach invention. It will also improve your legato technique that can be applied to the Chopin Waltz so it's a win-win.

[@pianofortestudios2406]

I realize there's a huge amount of artistic license taken here but this is my absolute favorite recording of a solo piano performance and Lang Lang's entranced facial expressions are just precious. He's so connected to the instrument he's not even looking at the keys. It's just sublime.

[@AndrewRudin]

Yeah... "Precious' is JUST the word for them. "Affectedly dainty or overrefined: precious mannerisms."

[@FoziCoD]

Why so many dislikes.. It's one of the best version of this etude i've heard.

[@yay4439]

probably all the wrong notes in the middle part but other wise i agree with you about the part that it's one of the best(in my opinion)

[@oj8484]

Maybe too much rubato?

[@j.rohmann3199]

That middle part is horrendous. Way too fast and so many wrong notes

[@theo5069]

@@yay4439wrong notes in the middle part??? Have you played this piece? He didn’t play wrong notes…

[@yay4439]

@@theo5069 yes i have played the piece and I could never match the way he played but I still heard wrong notes but it didn't really ruin the performance

[@heyjianjing]

To me, this is a perfect performance, I don't remember how many other versions I have encountered, live or recorded, in the past 10+ years, this is such a sublime performance by Lang Lang, thank you so much!

[@kennethcm18]

and what about kissin?

[@k.m.1993]

Kissin> too fast. The left hand especially lacks a bit of substance compares to Lang Lang's. My humble opinion.

[@dj-classical7266]

Kissin's is not 1/10 as good as this one. -- I'm not a Lang Lang fan at all.

[@L8nitedave]

nobuyuki tsujii in the middle of all 12 in the 2009 Van Cliburn is an example of this piece of music playing beyond the pianist.

[@KaaAAABOOOOOM]

agreed, and I dont like Lang

[@sarahliu222]

I feel Lang Lang has put his entire soul into the music. Truly emotional.

[@richardvolpe7664]

Oh come on - - what he puts into this music is something not printable!

[@youtubesangryopinionramble1465]

"Tristesse" - The piece expresses the blending of joy, sorrow, and nostalgia, and demonstrates how we can find strength in them. Sometimes we must accept that it's okay to feel sad.

[@Idylliac]

The music is so unbelievable soft that made my heart skip beats, and so static as if my blood had coagulated somehow. Magical.

[@TheDrakulie]

***** I think this piece sounds better if you just let your creativity take over, instead of thinking too technical

[@moxigeren50gabe23]

+Jim Cha play with heart

[@MrBluegrass1977]

I've heard this piece hundreds of times and my appreciation of it has evolved into strange places. I thought Lang was too slow and hammy with the introduction, but I've never heard a better rendition of the crazy, violent middle part. What I love about this piece is its extremes. It's almost two pieces-- the beginning and end, and that ferocious, difficult middle. Much praise for Lang for bringing feeling and confidence to the middle.

[@BlessAllKC]

Merritt I think the sharper contrast between the fast middle part & the slow opening & ending makes me feel more engaged & alert with the changes in feelings throughout the music! This performance of this Chopin Etude is the only one ( I've listened to all the other pianists posted on youtube) that truly makes me feel alive, as if I have just lost the excitement of discovery, and at the end, saddened because I can only find it again in my memories ! Lang Lang plays this to tell a story!! Other pianists play the entire composition a little too flat, without any noticeable contrast. While it's still a beautiful melody, but it doesn't evoke any strong feelings!

[@samuelsteiner3854]

I'm currently 15 and playing this and that part was so inspiring, I've nicknamed that section the hell section but it's so amazing and it feels so good and triumphant when you finish it. All the probs to him for playing it with such freedom and power, it is unbelievably difficult. This may not be Chopin's most difficult etude but it might be one of the most beautiful and difficult ones to master behind the technical part.

[@richardvolpe7664]

You've heard this pieces 100's of times, and you survived?

[@gotriceandshrimp]

Most people can't even do this with their eyes open and faces glued to the music sheet. Chopin himself would applaud at Lang's performance.

[@Leemarie468]

ha ha..that's me, eyes open and glued to the music. lots of sharps and little fingers, I have to. :-)

[@jamesghani]

I fail to see how this could ever be more perfectly interpeted and performed. What a divine jewel this etude is.

[@weiliu3623]

You said it yourself that you failed.

[@simonrouse9461]

@@weiliu3623 He failed to see anything better than this, which means it is the best interpretation ever.

[@MrBrown-f7h]

Lang Lang's slow rendition perfectly conveys the light sorrow / sadness, I had to concentrate to capture each note. Beautiful.

[@vivianidelacerda9708]

And I am watching this amazing solo 13 years after it was posted. Thank you so much!

[@winterheat]

“To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable.” ― Ludwig van Beethoven

[@winterheat]

@@lucaxtshotting2378 actually, I mean there is no passion in his playing. In your language, you use the F word a lot, again and again. You certainly have a lot of passion. F**king passion that is. To me, it is like dirt passion.

[@omnitone]

it's all semantics :awesome:

[@jwilliams575]

@@lucaxtshotting2378that’s a Steinway and Son 9’ model D concert grand piano $147,000+

[@paulwien65]

Nothing More to say Amen

[@MasterMax2019]

Lang Lang does hit all the right notes for sure!

[@riayorro3261]

Lang Lang really has expressed himself and played this piece meaningfully. So grateful to have watched this, and Chopin for sure would be so proud of him too.

[@kebozhang2433]

I must say, to be able to play the middle part, chromatic fourths so fast and accurate / clear takes a considerable amount of skill

[@amethepokemonmaster]

Yes, the skill of a virtuoso

[@AndrewRudin]

And a better response would be if you simply didn't even notice how remarkably difficult it is to bring this passage off without banging and making a big "to do" over it. "Ars est celare artum".... "art is the concealing of art".... making the difficult seem like nothing.... not showily calling attention to "look how great I am".

[@ochjim]

@@AndrewRudin - a response that's only available to someone who doesn't play; or a reader of great poetry who doesn't write. Yeats said it well in Adam's Curse: "Yet if it does not seem a moment’s thought, Our stitching and unstitching has been naught."

[@WackyElegance]

Lang has the strength of character to make what he plays his own, and he has the skill and knowledge to do it intelligently, confidently, and above all, as-he- feels-it. His music making breathes and pulses with life and emotion and THAT not only connects with his listeners, it embraces them.

[@richardvolpe7664]

Embraces them? More like 'smothers' them with some of the most inappropriate, maudlin face-making ever witnessed. If this is the way a pianist should conduct himself in order to "connect" with his viewers, then all those other straight-faced, professional-looking pianists don't have a chance to reach their audiences?

[@johnwilkinson4683]

Beautiful rendition by Lang Lang. I was asked to play this piece for my future mother-n-law after attempting to answer a lot of questions ahead of a first date with my future wife. The family was so formal and all five kids were probably more nervous than I as to what mom and dad might think of me. My "date" had heard from my friends I could play the piano - which was from an off campus party. But I really had not practiced anything for years (over seas military service) and was pretty rusty. Mom asked me if I knew the tune "there is love" - which I only recognized after she hummed a few bars. Fortunately the stars were aligned and it just happened to be one of the few easy to play standard Chopin pieces I learned as a child. I must have done okay as the family seemed to approve of me and Dad shook my hand/handed me the keys to their car. Funny how that all works.

[@nezkeys79]

wow! this piece is in my opinion the most beautiful piece of music chopin has ever written and lang lang interpreted it the best possible way for my ears. who cares if he makes faces? I'd rather that than some robot with no visible emotion via facial expression. In fact his expressions add to the magic for me. If you dont like his facial expressions just scroll the page down and just listen while you read the comments section or something.

[@richardvolpe7664]

You dare to imply insultingly (and ignorantly) that unless a pianist employs all manner of facial expressions (including Lang's almost pornographic "faces" as seen here), he deserves to be referred to as a robot? Let me tell you, Charlie, I've observed many, many "robots", then, who've delivered wonderfully sensitive, expressive performances of this piece, without resorting to Lang-like obscene - - yes, obscene, squirm-inducing mugging. What the hell - - you think his looks of sexual ecstasy were spontaneous? They've likely been practiced with as much care as he gave to learning the notes.

[@nezkeys79]

​​​​​​​​@@richardvolpe7664you have reading comprehension. I never said or even implied a pianist has to pull all the same faces as Lang Lang. I said "who cares if Lang Lang does?" because whilst it isn't necessary at times the sound he produces is fantastic, especially here. I also quite clearly made a distinction that I would rather this than someone who pulls no faces and sounds worse Maybe if he didn't pull those faces we wouldn't get this beautiful sound. The point is I (and a lot of others no doubt) accept his "flaws" (ignorant way of describing his facial expressions and body language) because it's part of the beauty and artistry of what we are hearing. You on the other hand are obsessed with his "porno faces" and make that something bigger than it really is. As I said in my other comment. You don't have to watch him. You can just listen. I see you have zero subscribers, zero content, and are trolling many comments with your lang lang hating nonsense, even saying he can't tell a story and is playing easy pieces that require no skill. You think you're better than Lang Lang and have nothing to back that up. You have the audacity to preach about ignorance and what is insulting? Unbelievable arrogance

[@declanmcdevitt1515]

i'd love it if this guy lived in the flat above me

[@tianxing7795]

That will be Ab (Apartment flat)

[@tjw2469]

he is too rich to live in a single flat cell

[@allan2098]

Bashing out harmonic minor scales all night long? Nah..

[@dr.andersonsghost4315]

Below you is probably better than above you. Piano sound travels up better. But it's best if he's next door.

[@BedroomPianist]

I read Lang Lang's biography years ago, found it randomly on a library bookshelf. He says one time he got into an argument with his dad and stopped playing in rebellion. His neighbor came over one day and complained that he wasn't playing the piano recently.

[@ceciliahorner2664]

This was the last piece I played for my last lesson with my piano teacher of 10 years, before I went to college. I cried as soon as I finished playing. Such a gorgeous piece.

[@soominp527]

You should keep playing :)

[@ceciliahorner2664]

@@soominp527 I have kept playing! Went to college for a bit studying piano performance and now I'm married and have my parlor grand Mason & Hamlin from my childhood in my house! I've started writing music as well!

[@misterfunnybones]

I saw Chopin play this in 1847 - this is exactly how he played it. btw...I'm 191 years old.

[@cch312]

oh wow, you were there too? that was such a wonderful performance, I can still remember every moment of it

[@D3fact01]

Oh wow, I saw him play in a theatre near where I used to live back then. He was still on tour and I just about caught the chance to see him play live. Its good to know that there are still people alive today who saw him in person. Small world isn't it eh? Music today just isn't like it used to be.

[@mitchy2402]

I was there too! I think I saw you , you were that one guy with the hair.

[@kentst8956]

This made me laugh out loud! I'm sure that Chopin himself didn't always play it the same....besides, I am not convinced that composers always are the best at playing their own music.....HA HA.....too funny!!!

[@kentbailey92]

You have burst my bubble -- I always thought that Chopin must have had at least a modicum of taste. I'm devastated!

[@etudeando]

This performance is absolutely unique in the vast majority. Soft transitions, clarity and the climax is amazing . Awesome!

[@oreodog]

There's something so right about the chord he plays around 3:49. The noise sounds almost transcendental. Good job Steinway, good job Lang Lang :D

[@mandem010]

OreoDog YESSSSSS!!!!!

[@yuriboyka6234]

+OreoDog (y)

[@modolucci]

well noticed, I can definitely see what you mean although I cannot put in into words

[@nukemn1ck223]

@@modolucci its because the top note is so pronounced versus the other in the chord, makes it seem like it's floating or otherworldly

[@monkeymindbananas9550]

It's the feeling of wanting to go home.

[@gustavofmrezende]

Usually my favorite interpreters for Chopin pieces are Rubinstein, Algerich or Horowitz... But for this Etude I can't find an interpretation that matches Lang Lang's. Simply perfect. He's able to extract the exact emotions out of each part of this piece. The peace, the rage in the middle section...

[@advancingmist]

This is the best interpretation of this piece I have ever heard. To make fingers on a keyboard produce music as supple as a voice, incredible.

[@CarlosRicovslosmolinosdeviento]

I doubt very much that Chopin played it like that, but I respect Lang`s personal interpretation and I find it beautiful with no doubt. Artistry is pouring your own soul. And he does.

[@supersonicdrawer]

in my opinion... the whole song represents life. the cantabile section represents life's wonders, love and/or also self pity, sadness or sorrow. the section after comes in with a lively dance representing all the thrills of life and perhaps a ballroom dance and then suddenly a giant crescendo to anger, rage and despair! and finally, in your later years; sitting on that deathbed just accepting death in a respectable manner.

[@geragiordano1700]

Absolutely right!!! 👍👍👍

[@richardvolpe7664]

Sorry, but there's no story or movie plot being described in this piece.

[@nezkeys79]

@@richardvolpe7664 spoken by someone with 0 content and 0 subscribers. Basically 0 credibility. I see you've replied to at least 4 or 5 comments praising Lang Lang in this video, with hating nonsense. Jealous much?

[@CH1EFBL1TZ]

this is the best performance of this piece ever, unbelievable.

[@intuitiveanatomyYT]

I never understood how Chopin could produce such happy yet sad and nostalgic piece. After experiencing the death of a close friend, this piece resonates with my feeling of melancholy even stronger. Now, I am certain that Chopin conjured the death of his loved one as he composed this masterpiece.

[@TheDrakulie]

I think Chopin would have smiled at this performance

[@kentbailey92]

I believe "grimace" is the word.

[@jxe.7553]

Kent Bailey More like shrinking in a ball.

[@clairemiller2600]

Jin Jin No

[@allan2098]

Probably not. Chopin was a deep reserved type of fellow. He probably would have found this a bit silly, or extreme.

[@mcrettable]

biggest misconception about chopin is some people think his forte's and fortissimos are all piano and mezzopiano...

[@puffymimi]

he plays every note with emotion and perfection. He is an example of a truly phenomenal and gifted pianist.

[@JamesisSovereign]

Nobody would understand unless you are actually the one sitting there, CREATING the music with the instrument.. how the music flows through every part of you.. And I'm not being a cliche ass.. It really does feel like nothing else. I used to play this song, and when I played it on my uncles grand in their huge open hall of their house, I was completely overwhelmed by it. Such a beautiful piece.

[@zuzannawisniewska4464]

August 2024.Who's here? To me , this is a perfect performance. Sorry for listening on so much but this piece of music means so much to me .I have always absolutely adored this Chopin etude. This was my favorite Chopin piece .

[@user-jz6md7qt3i]

I think the reason that many people are uncomfortable with watching Lang Lang perform is because they are uncomfortable with his (over-exaggerated, to some) show of emotions. Our society is still uncomfortable with very blatantly open emotions, especially to see it on a stranger's face.... Nonetheless, this is a brilliant performance, and I give Lang Lang full applause for it.

[@LeizeLeize]

No, many people doens't like lang lang performances beacause he's ruining pieces. He doesn't over exagerate only his facial emotions, his way of playing too. However, lang lang has an indisputable virtuosity.

[@JacobDesselles]

Dude he looks like he’s gonna cream his pants; I don’t think Chopin wanted his music to be synonymous with this kind of kink

[@epalegmail]

To be fair this interpretation is very good. But in a lot of other cases it's not just his facial expressions, it's the fact that he plays like a machine without feelings. I'd love if he played other pieces like he played this one

[@mar-cl2gg]

He is cute

[@jackleg266]

made me cream mine....@@JacobDesselles

[@ceciliahorner2664]

He looks so at peace at the end and he wiped a tear away. Ah

[@sonzofman4224]

Chopin said it himself, that he didn’t think he could top this piece

[@cellopianopoetryhappinesst4326]

Absolutely beautiful. His nuances are so very personal and intimate. Thank you Lang

[@zuzannawisniewska4464]

Rewatched this 20 times and it still sounds amazing. Love it. Absolutely beautiful! Thank you Lang ....from Fort Worth, Texas

[@rodolfovazquez8144]

Lang Lang is without a doubt in my mind the most expressive pianist I have ever listened to. His use of dynamics are unparalleled.

[@liwenchang3260]

Only Chopin can produce melodies this beautiful

[@derekpintozzi2498]

And Tchaikovsky

[@jasonfrost2487]

And others. @@derekpintozzi2498

[@kelvincheng1833]

Great, very emotional... He certainly plays with his feelings.

[@AndrewRudin]

I'm not interested in HIS feelings.... Chopin's are MORE than enough for me.

[@thegreenpianist7683]

Kelvin Cheng nope, he plays with his fingers

[@jesseatwater393]

I don't want to know what he plays with. That's his business.

[@JacobDesselles]

He’s certainly feeling a lot more than what he plays this with, from the looks of it

[@sagar1992]

@@AndrewRudin chopin didn't want everyone to play a "certain" way. This why is interpretations exist, boomer.

[@LucasKingPiano]

100% agree. Lang Lang's proven the youtube critics wrong here.

[@csharpminorflat5]

Dude, how do u get here lmao

[@iamnotquitesureifiamrightb7423]

Why does this comment have only 1 like?

[@paulzeng6211]

clearly you haven't played piano or listened to real pianists play

[@LucasKingPiano]

@@paulzeng6211 Quite a strange comment considering I clearly have a piano performance dedicated channel.

[@paulzeng6211]

@@LucasKingPiano Doesn't mean you're any good at the piano either. There are many shills out there and you're one of them.

[@georgedonnellan36]

Chopin would be proud to listen to this man play this piece.!!

[@user-fh4qw8dz9h]

....Lang Lang's piano playing skill is just beyond the exceptional...he's now reached the level of piano god...

[@sophialeigh3010]

bitter sweet nostalgic music, it makes me cry....

[@dihett]

This is so beautiful and so emotionally evocative. I just keep re-playing it.

[@MrGDBGROUP]

listining to this at home... i still instinctively try not to cough

[@lab_martin]

👌

[@untitled55354]

Not sure why many enjoy bashing this guy. He plays beautifully and passionately while spreading classical music to the world.

[@thecelloboy]

I just played this for my closest friends and I closed my eyes and cried the entire time. Thank you Chopin.

[@firkinja]

I played this my senior year of high school. This is the most beautiful performance of this piece I have ever heard, bar none. Absolute virtuosity and musicality. As a virtuoso pianist, this makes me want to cry lol! Absolute beauty

[@joejoy8774]

my daughter just did the recital on this piece, after the recital , i try to find a master piece, and I found this and Kissin's , by far, I actually what LangLang's interpretation , some one might fell too slow or too fast, but I think you miss the part, lang lang is recreating this piece in his own way,,, i know, some one might not argee, but he had his own free spirit , just don't look the facial , just listen ,,,, i can feel chopin's spirit , which is great !!

[@thecaptain29]

I prefer Kissin's live performance personally, but I can certainly appreciate Lang Lang's interpretation. I do not think it is as respectful to Chopin as Evgeny was, but it certainly is pleasing to the ear and evokes emotion well.

[@spgohjc8]

Huge memory this guy has. Very good techniques and no need to see keyboard or notes. Good control of dynamics, timing and feel, while I see others play like rushing to go off to the toilet. Any negative comments only to me is just envy. It's ok if you can't play like that, maybe next life.

[@mwuhaha5077]

Just saying, most of the memory is just muscle memory

[@seanwilliams5953]

Lang Lang literally translated to us what Chopin tried to tell us with this amazing beauty of a piece❤! Really a perfect performance🙏!

[@fabiovalenza9811]

Nobody can be more romantic then Chopin. Wonderful.

[@davidtatro7457]

It's difficult to find words for what a perfect moment that was. I presume this was an encore. It would have been wonderful to experience the entire concert.

[@VyvienneEaux]

The speed at which he did the sixths chords in contrary motion was incredible. I've been trying to achieve that speed for a while now, and came o the conclusion that it was not possible for us mere human beings. Well, I suppose I was wrong. I'll have to keep trying now. It's actually quite reassuring that he can achieve that speed.

[@ppiano100]

I've been listening to this over and over.. it is so touching...

[@andrewjakubczak1512]

For me ... the most beautiful piece of music that Chopin composed. Thank you, Lang Lang.

[@vbatuhan]

there is something so special about the chord at 3:50 gives me chills everytime and send shivers down my spine it's like the melody line bring me to the transcendental world and bass line hold me before i fell down

[@vardankaragezian388]

It's masterpiece

[@franzwallner4281]

This is pure Beauty and emotion .... wonderful Thank you !

[@anavi2282]

Boundless beauty. My heart is full of emotion and tenderness. Bravo! Thank you.

[@rev.stephena.cakouros948]

It is cold in St. Louis today even though it is nearing the end of May. Still and all this piece played by Lang Lang has warmed my heart. Quacks will say it is cold because of global warming but I will just put on warm clothes when I go out to face the day, and pay them no mind. This piece from Chopin I will take with me. Thank You for posting it. .

[@billbi1400]

You can't explain what your life has been through by words, but music can.

[@cuball2484]

The orchestra are so respectful and the music almost seemed to bring a tear to their sorrowful eyes.

[@Bellacook263]

1:42 this exact moment until the end of the phrase,i feel grief,nostalgia... i cannot breath when i listen to it,tears fall,It’s unbelievable what music can do to you when you put your soul in it. This is crazy.such a weird feeling

[@CalebSawchuk]

I love that moment!!

[@elainewu4955]

The coughs and sneezes in the PPP passages😂

[@paulmcneill2580]

Absolute perfection!!!!👍

[@RashadSaleh92]

The dynamics (how loud or quiet the notes are) of his playing is like no other I heard. Very expressive.

[@zuzannawisniewska4464]

I can't stop listening this great performance. Chopin would be proud ....

[@gizemnurkale8250]

this etude is like you are thinking about ur past with a sweet blues, in the quiet and dark night time.then; the memories that u want to forget come upon your brain rudely without any permission. in the end, although it hurts, you are ok with them.you find peace again.bcs there is no way to forget or change them and after all, this is you.this is life.

[@richardvolpe7664]

What on earth?

[@cloudburstt]

Glad to say that I saw him live :)

[@wenzlaff1]

Very, very good, the best of the world, thank you for playing

[@HURSAs]

Lang told us a very beautiful story.. first through facial expression and then by sound. The visual context brings me more than just a melody.

[@colindowns6580]

crazy how people can criticize a guy for playing an emotional song emotionally... Incredible rendition and played to an absolute T if you have ever analyzed the sheet music for this song than you know that lang lang played this almost perfectly according to the sheet music.

[@MahNamezSketchy]

at 2:56 i literally got shivers through my whole body

[@craneywatch]

This playing sounds so right so gorgeous, I love it!

[@kerryschlegel1317]

Very few out there can play this as well as you Lang Lang!!! Bravo my friend!!!

[@xbqchm]

From the young, brilliant virtuoso he grown up to be a great musician with deep understanding of music.

[@kierankasey]

Absolutely astounding rendition. As much as I really can't stand excessive theatrics in terms of physical expression (particularly facial and in this case that shoulder thing) when it comes to pianists (with a notable few such as Gould), I have to admit that his interpretation was unique with a wide range of dynamics. Eye opening really.

[@mannfredharjung8926]

One of the nicest pieces in music

[@jamesdavison5276]

So beautiful. Love this composition.

[@salvatore4388]

The best without precedents

[@davidlicea9192]

THIS IS THE TEMPO!! Everybody play it pretty fast in my opinion, but Maestro Lang Lang choose the right tempo for this etude, thank you

[@seanstmd29]

have you ever heard a more beautiful melody? Chopin was truly special

[@scottweatherill246]

This is the best

[@iBinoBug]

One of the best performence I have ever heard !

[@clairemiller2600]

iBinoBug You should listen to Valentina Lisitsa’s :)

[@minxia7355]

ye s

[@JBprodJosephBae]

@@clairemiller2600 valentina is an amateur compared to lang lang

[@harrymerryman1999]

There is no question that Lang Lang is a supremely talented technician. He can play all the notes as well as-perhaps better than-anyone. In this case, however, he doesn’t make the music. Performance at the piano (as in all musical performance) is, in part, a balance between head and heart. Music evokes emotion, and the performer’s art is to channel his/her emotion in a manner that is musically coherent and faithful to a vision of the composer’s intent. LL’s performance of this Etude is a classic example of a performer who is so drawn up in his own emotions that the composer’s intent is lost and the music loses coherence. For example, LL completely ignores the composer’s marking “ma non troppo” in the A section. It is painful to listen to and certainly could not have been what Chopin intended. The melodic line plods along nearly to the point of death. We are relieved when he finally reaches the piu animato. The con bravura becomes a showcase for LL’s technique, which is certainly boundless. But by the end of the B section, the musical arc has been lost, and it becomes a muddled mess. Too often with LL, the music seems to be serving the performer rather than the other way around. His manner of playing this Etude with hopelessly exaggerated tempi is mawkish, lacking in subtlety, and is squarely at odds with Chopin’s well-known sentiments. The effect on the music is to make it sound trite and maudlin, if not meretricious. Viewed charitably, LL’s playing might be described as passion run amok. Less charitably, it might be viewed as self-indulgent and narcissistic.

[@paige1854]

Maybe we should suggest LL to review the definition of "ma non troppo".

[@themike97_58]

i would mostly agree with your assessment - especially about the muddy middle losing a musical arc. something I think LL does very well here that I don't in any other performances is his voicing of the A section (and subsequent recapitulations). So while it is a bit too slow for my personal taste as well (that ma non troppo would come in handy xD) I absolutely love how sweetly the melody rings out and separates itself from the nearby accompaniment.

[@wendydarling2497]

sublime ,such an amazing composition and played stunningly

[@johnjohnh49]

when are people going to realize, you are allowed to play as you feel it, and if or not you like it, is up to the individual, he is the best for me. he has the right to reach this music within his hart. Well done, love it, love you personality

[@TitusLinde]

O M G :O Lang Lang played this song sooo perfectly for my taste ♥ Hat off, such a great talent !!! I so don't like musicians rushing through masterpieces of music, it should sound like in this performance here ^^

[@modernmozart813]

Chopin has tears on his face then says:’very moving indeed !’

[@ericcrowder714]

I got into this via Tony Christie pop singer with So Deep is the Night. then discovered when i started piano lessons i was learning Chopin! OMG! Then later on I started to dance Argentine Tango and it had been transposed to a tune called. la Melodia del Corazon. Nowadays I am 1st on the dancefloor and telling my partners "This is Chopin my dear" Knocks em dead. It still knocks me dead and will till I die. Whoever plays it, whether its so deep is the the night. tristesse or this so beautiful arrangement. Chopin my dear man you were wondeful. Thank you for the post

[@oot007]

Chopin's masterpiece for me.

[@grazhdanka57]

Восторг!!! Господин Ланг растворил моё сердце в небесной вышине, затем вверг его в бушующую пучину и вернул обратно в небеса, растворив уже меня саму. Слушаю 3й раз подряд, пытаясь вникнуть в трепетное piano - lento

[@ricardotoledo8834]

Chopin, poeta da alma. Lang Lang, extraordinário intérprete

[@ShizzleNizzleBeck]

Many of my friends aren’t into classical music, so therefore don’t appreciate it. I love how I can come to the comments section on KZbin and find like minded people who are moved by the music as much as I am. I often think about what in life it means to be ‘rich’, to live a ‘rich’ live, and although I don’t have a massive house or amazing cars etc etc, my life feels rich and meaningful, I dare say more than some billionaires, simply because I strive to understand and appreciate the finer things in life like classical music, spirituality and other arts that are born from the soul. Everything created from the soul is intrinsically linked together, it’s beautiful to be able to tap in to that and be transported to a higher level of being through music and art. Love to all.

[@JJTownley_Classical-Composer]

Incredible that concert artists like Lang Lang go onto the stage to give stellar performances like this no matter how bad they might be feeling that night. Ashkenazy once gave a performance of the Rachmaninoff Concerto No 3 at the Hollywood Bowl with a temp of 102F. I was ushering back then and overheard some backstage management talking about him possibly having to cancel. But in the end, trooper he is, he went out and gave a note-perfect performance. It takes superhuman strength like the Avengers to pursue this kind of a life. I just don't know how Rubinstein and Horowitz did it up to their 80's.