Mendelssohn - Trio for piano, violin and cello No. 2 - Yuja Wang, Leonidas Kavakos, Gautier Capuçon

Mendelssohn Trio for piano, violin, and cello No.2 in C minor
Violin: Lionidas Kavakos
Cello: Gautier Capuçon
Piano: Yuja Wang

[@LinhBui-jd4sm]

I. Allegro energico e con fuoco 0:25 II. Andante expressivo 10:18 III. Scherzo 16:58 IV. Finale 20:20 You’re welcome:))

[@pascalfrancois9846]

Merci pour ce moment magique. J'aimais déjà Mendelssohn, maintenant je l'aime encore davantage grâce a votre interprétation magistrale. Bravo

[@ricardomolina3310]

A rendition full of high technique and deep emotion. Just great!

[@bennettmarkel7724]

Bennett Markel When great musicians who are not used to playing together play great music together the result can be electrifying, as this performance is.

[@robertomoltrasio1765]

THE "SCHERZO" IS OUT OF THIS WORLD!

[@suegha]

Wow! This is one of the most amazing performances of this, ever! I'm astounded! The interplay between the musicians and the emphasis and inflection are extraordinary!

[@katerinadimitrakaki6983]

Sublime Leonidas Kavakos, sublime trio, such a perfect music result, thank you so much!!!

[@PaulHummerman]

Mendelssohn is a very great composer and this is his best - and the players are up for it.

[@BarbaronaGianni]

There was a time when I got addicted to this piano trio (and the no. 1 as well).

[@catherinejones9396]

I appreciated this performance. I have watched Yuja develop into a chamber work player from soloist, She showed here that she has made the transition very smoothly: Some soloists can't. The group was exciting to watch and the whole work was held together brilliantly. Thank you for this download.

[@ciararespect4296]

Yuja wang is average

[@suegha]

The more I listen to this the more I like it. You can tell from the opening bars that they have totally nailed it.A wonderful performance!

[@gentlemon2252]

Speed doesn't work in scherzo,almost falls apart.

[@suegha]

@@gentlemon2252 Everyone is entitled to their opinion :)

[@eleenhendy]

absolutely the most heart wrenching rendition of the Mendelssohn trio, delightful and love it ! Thank you for posting it!

[@foodiste]

Gorgeous performance! stunning musicianship and artistry.

[@PeterFritzWalter]

Wonderful interpretation of this magnificent Mendelssohn trio-everything is alive here, as if the music was composed today!

[@BalletBabyBoy]

This woman is beyond brilliant Yuja is from another planet

[@ciararespect4296]

Nothing special in the world of great classical pianists. Nice body blinds people

[@motoroladefy2740]

​@@ciararespect4296after 30s of her playing no one cares about her appearance. She is in the top league of the last decade pianists.

[@ciararespect4296]

@@motoroladefy2740 last decade of pianists doesn't say anything really. They're all average. Marc Andre hamelin was best ever. Ofc cziffra Richter volodos sokolov and katsaris are great

[@ComposerInUK]

Delightful and utterly persuasive. I enjoyed every moment. I'd love to hear these three in the Tchaikovsky Trio. But what a compelling performance here. Thank you for sharing it with us.

[@WJE37FCSM]

Its been a long time since I've visited the Bernstein Lectures, I recall two, Beethoven's 5th and Mozart's G minor and I felt as if I stumbled upon a treasure as a teenager with the 5th symphony. I thought at the time there was a "musical message" or secret that few understood, but it was emotional and it grabbed me by the throat. 50 years have gone by and I now believe YW produces more musical treasures than most other young musicians alive today. With that, good night and we'll meet again.

[@sneddypie]

All of them have same hair length....

[@simonwong2738]

Interesting observation, three musketeers.

[@daniel3231995]

leonidas christ is silkiest ;)

[@solbriller1]

Thats an exceptional good performance!! Emotional, technical, catching - Allegro con Fuoco true spirit.! Bravo for all three of you!! !!^^

[@robertcohn8858]

An exciting and powerful performance of this beautiful Mendelssohn trio.

[@volkerprummenbaum9062]

3 große Solisten vereinen sich zu einem großartigem Zusammenspiel, gleichermaßen sensibel wie leidenschaftlich ! Note: 1!

[@minini20071]

This music is so touching! I am so into it! Thanks for the wonderful playing! Marvelous!!!

[@prabhudhasivanson7110]

Honestly, out of this world - especially the second movement. Congrats!

[@cadenza56]

Thank you for uploading this performance... GREAT!

[@lemenyves34]

I hope that they will play together again in the future. Even though they live at such distant places on earth, their togetherness is splendid.

[@weiranchen2382]

Gorgeous piece&performance!

[@samuelmatzner6216]

So glad this is back up now!!

[@user-gd5nx3kz5w]

Юджа - сама МУЗЫКА. Её лучшее и совершенное воплощение!

[@ciararespect4296]

Niet

[@adreesmann]

Feast for the ears (and eyes)

[@brianknapp8645]

I cannot remember ever hearing a more powerful performance of Mendelssohn's music then this one.

[@ciararespect4296]

I can

[@Desireyso58]

EXCELENTE, BRAVO YUJA!!!

[@user-zh7zg7sz8y]

PIANO TRIO NO.2 THAT I LIKE THE MOST IN THIS WORLD!

[@user-st1ee5vc2h]

잠못드는 이시간 ! 조용히 들러갑니다. 음에선율이 조금 이라도 가슴을 채워 주는듯 합니다 .... .

[@camillebouchard6436]

Wonderful !

[@OldRabit]

Marvelous!

[@chopper84a]

Holy crap: awesome!!

[@Shockwave107]

Beautiful , , cellist is handsome and has style!!

[@kenharrington2204]

Unreal!!! Wow! :)

[@WJE37FCSM]

TY Lauren... I've engaged CK - FF for several years and I do not understand his reaction to some pianists, especially YW. I take him at his word that he finds her approach to music objectionable but that doesn't explain his obsession to her performances. You might say that I am also obsessed but her playing is very attractive to me and I care to defend it even though I am not a pianist, just a lowly chorister. CK could do himself a favor and explain his disdain but I don't think he can.

[@WilfriedBerk]

Wunderbar !

[@aaronjorgefridman5662]

Tiene el sello Méndelssohn, sin duda. El tercer movimiento es impactante. Los ejecutantes, impecables, cada uno en su instrumento

[@AthSamaras]

Thanks, dear "chal9575" for your excellent uploads. Those three solists and Lang Lang as well, are the best around the world, for now.

[@TomAngPhoto]

Whaaat!???? Cut short at the end? Magic, total magic until then. Pleeeease can we have the applause.

[@LaurentPingaultLyon]

Look on Medici.tv the source of this video. they didn't cut the applause.

[@tronduick7028]

chal9575 are you going to put the end on here for us? It's like having your ankles cut off not to be able to enjoy - and join - the applause. Now understand I'm grateful for what I get, and maybe there are good and several technical reasons.

[@MrShaunDarius]

I happen to be a cellist and Gautier has a buttery, luscious tone. I'm not as crazy about Lionidas' smaller vibrato, yet the entire group is luscious - and seamless together. Absolutely gorgeous!

[@revistapausacartagena8537]

te amamos Yuja

[@classicalalways]

How Yuja has changed! Her bowing alone was so different back then. Unlike so many of the other beauties at the top of the music world, Yuja's playing is actually superb. This performance is quite aggressive, and Wang's fleet fingers really press the pace. And kudos as always to Verbier and the chamber music there as they always bring together interesting chamber music ensembles with major soloists.

[@gentlemon2252]

Bowing? She's a pianist. Bow to the music alright. 🙇 🙇 LEGS,mhm.

[@ciararespect4296]

Classicnever lolol. Spouting nonsense

[@zinbueresr]

great piano sound didnt know of Yja W but she can become a great performer i think

[@WJE37FCSM]

I don't have a musical problem in that I've been lucky enough in my life to perform many times under world class choral conductors. My problem with that arrangement is that we don't perform enough, the classical music audience is dying off, and if a YW, Aimi K, Valentina, Umi or Emily Bear can inject new life into it they have my interest. I left music school nearly 5 decades ago with the realization that I am an amateur and my teachers were missing the musical reality about them, as you.

[@ess452]

This is wonderful, save the cut ending.

[@trang23390]

i swear to God the cellist looks like Dorian Gray!

[@rosekalp]

It's the hair :)

[@colinlang466]

I meant the second subject of the first movement obviously---the point of introspective rest from the con fuoco passion.

[@mauricelaperriere2009]

Indeed, I am surprised that Yuja does not steel the show at any times . I really enjoyed this well balanced trio. I also enjoyed Lang Lang interpretation although I feel some degree of commercialization that affected his performance in the last four to five years. I had the opportunity to see him 9 years ago or so perform in Forth Worth and Tyler Texas where he was much more genuine although extremely impressive with his virtuosity.

[@azeeshah99]

My GOD 7:35 !! Superb (y) :)

[@brkahn]

Ils ont tout compris!

[@igormaxwel5051]

Hey chal9575, please a upload of Piano Trio no.1 by Mendelssohn played by Land Lang, Andreas Röhn and Sebastian Klinger, with the 4 movements in one video. Thank you.

[@davehshs651]

How is it that the video in this allegedly HD performance is so fuzzy and out of focus?

[@LaurentPingaultLyon]

Look To medici.tv the original

[@tronduick7028]

It's glorious playing here - all of it. I'm an old man. Ms. Wang's playing suits me fine. I've been listening to Rach for a half century played by genius pianists - her too. I guess all those guys over at DG must be idiots. Imagine her "horrid" playing getting right past them! And doltish audiences world-wide who continue to buy tickets to hear her. C'mon.

[@rsjmd]

regarding: " I guess all those guys over at DG must be idiots. Imagine her "horrid" playing getting right past them! And doltish audiences world-wide who continue to buy tickets to hear her. C'mon." I realize there must be sarcasm in that, but, sorry, I don't quite get it. Any explanation from anyone? PS: I'm probably older than you (82) Thanks, enjoyed the comment.

[@cristianjgutierrez]

Tratando de ignorar ese constante sonido de respiración, es una excelente interpretación.

[@bloodgrss]

Any success bring jealous damnation...particularly in the the personal and often emotionally overwrought world of the arts.

[@WJE37FCSM]

I admit I have a problem as a listener in that I don't have enough time to visit all the great musicians scattered about YT. Bernstein made a huge impression on my teenaged mind in 1960. He along with others took up permanent residence in my brain. 50 years later so does YW, Umi, Emily and other prodigies who make me feel young again. But with at least Yuja comes CK badmouthing her skill and by extension my taste in music. That I can ignore but not the near slander you heap on this lady.

[@chopper84a]

The pianist is hot.

[@13Becky49]

Standing O!!

[@luisgoemans6785]

With that haircut they are the beatles of classical music

[@colinlang466]

A definitive performance of an epoch-making Trio in C MInor Opus 66 by Felix Mendelssohn---perhaps needs a little more weight in the pianist! I wish that I could discover what the composer had in mind with the poetic cantabile second subject.

[@WJE37FCSM]

Sorry, I need a few more words about the word deconstruct. Tear down seems a bit harsh, perhaps you mean a careful dismantling of a structure so it can be rebuilt but I don't see that coming from your frat, rather bombing. YW has built her reputation via her Curtis teacher on Russian composers and lately Mendelssohn. My criticism of that approach is that it is as thin as she is. This collaboration over chamber music helps but she and DG need another release to counter deconstruct forces.

[@WJE37FCSM]

YW is a genius is with her technical skills, and her Rach is acceptable. The same way some baseball players can be considered a genius with a bat Yuja can be thought of as a genius at the keyboard. They may lack in other aspects but they win in real life competition. I may be a musical naif whatever the hell that is but you are a pianistic snob thinking that the only route to the concert hall is via the imprimatur of a contest jury. PS. Tickets. YW at Jordan Hall, not far from Fenway Park.

[@SpreadTheLove]

The cellist is damn hot.

[@auspicious93]

Aivlis BC those French men ☺️

[@PaulHummerman]

The pianist even more so.

[@karstenwintherjensen2677]

Hmmmm

[@davehshs651]

A question: Why is the video quality so poor, even at 720p? The varied camera angles make it obvious that this is a professional production.

[@WJE37FCSM]

"Real music" What is that, God's utterance through a divine one like the Mendelssohn being played? The gross of Western composers who's music is for the most part from 100 to 400 years old never envisioned that they would be elevated to sainthood or their music wouldn't be changed by every performer who took it up. How many today would love to go back in time to hear the child Mozart and yet here on YT is one Emily B who could possibly challenge is genius but you dismiss as weak. Wow.

[@martinweiss3054]

Brahms was influenced by this!

[@WJE37FCSM]

An interesting observation. I admit that I comment a lot on the music I like and refrain from those that don't interest me, seldom do I find classical music I truly dislike, thus most of my comments will be positive in that I never considered myself to be a music critic where it becomes my duty to listen attentively to all comers. I expect most feel the same way. I believe it is up to a critic to be constructive so your use of the word deconstructive was distasteful as it means tear down.

[@WJE37FCSM]

You may be correct that some composers were objective enough to recognize that they would be elevated to the pantheon of western music saints and deities canonized by an adoring audience, but I can not for a moment think that they would any such notion as anything more than a wry joke. As a chorister and an atheist it has taken a long time for me to perform without crossing my fingers. The adage of "preaching to the choir" is also a wry joke along with the notion of sacred and profane.

[@bloodgrss]

A sensible voice...but this IS YT where nothing ever really dies..and 'thedumKid' is the former terminated by YT for harassment and racist hate speech 'fredericfranc' in his new identity... His 'thing' is trying to get listeners anger over his foolish attacking posts over many pianists...Miss Wang being a particular obsession. Even his bigotry and "blatant sexism" may be giving him too much credit...he is a simple shallow troll, with too much time on his hands...;-)

[@WJE37FCSM]

I have no serious problem except that of a particular critic trying to deconstruct a very fine world class Asian pianist. Of curious nature, why does the music of Mozart and Emily Bear so easily reside while Papa Haydn's evaporates as soon as we bellow the final cords of the Creation. Why does YW stick while Perahia's Schubert fade away, and he is a damn fine pianist. Is that because I lack talent or a "proper" education? I now prefer the wonder of YT youth over proper tradition, thank you.

[@WJE37FCSM]

In all deference to Lenny, I don't completely buy the idea that proper response or love of a particular performance does not come spontaneously, and yes I do understand that some can despise that which is almost universally loved. What I am at a loss to understand is what it is about Yuja that inspires your crusade against this girl. Is it technical, perhaps the way she weights her touch? Is it emotional, that perhaps she fakes here emotional response? Whatever, your complaints don't convince.

[@WJE37FCSM]

Well all your frat brothers and sisters can do about Yuja is wrap her concert halls in toilet paper, then laugh about it over a keg of beer. Her Rach, and now her Mendelssohn are beautifully set and. I will define my understanding of Rachmaninoff not some crazy frat house. I may be self-taught and have an idiot for a teacher but I'm not going to be told what to think of an artist by a fraternity.

[@dirkhoekstra727]

What is up with the irritating, continuous breathing / sniffing sounds throughout this performance????

[@dirkhoekstra727]

Still an amazingly beautiful performance though.

[@WJE37FCSM]

I believe that is Gautier, I noticed the same thing in Cello Sonatas he played with Yuja at Verbier. He does make a wonderful sound with that Cello though.

[@jaggerjacks8795]

Need lots of oxygen in all parts of the body. :D

[@7OrionBelt7]

That breathing sniffing sound helps with phrasing. You have to be a musician to understand.

[@WJE37FCSM]

pohsiBRD Also, if you listen carefully to the Yuja Mendelssohn piano concerto you can hear someone humming along... I believe that to be Yuja.

[@bloodgrss]

Following 'thedumKid again? Touching. Well, maybe we should ask what it is that compels you, with your obvious distaste and bias against Yuja, in a need to post shallow and non-musically valid trolls with obsessive consistency on her videos? Why do you find that so compelling? What agenda do you have? Why you always seem be on the defensive? Shy bigotry makes you unable to. Since by sensible musical acumen, outside of pretentious prejudice, you do not seem to be able to articulate anything.

[@WJE37FCSM]

Tis true, but I would be careful with the word obsession here, and what the hell is wrong with liking and paying attention to talented girls and women who have been busting their butt since early childhood at the piano. Aimi/Chopin... Umi/Tempest... Emily/Emily Bear... Valentina/Rach and Beethoven projects. I don't know about they being best but music pours from their feminine souls even though some are still children. For God's sake Poland awarded Aimi a passport for her love of Chopin.

[@bloodgrss]

Wonderful unconscious self revelation again from you... "At any given classical concert 97% of the audience have no clue as to what is going on." Glad you knew your in that majority... "evaluating classical perfs is hard, and if one just reacts "spontaneously" usually one is going to be "out there"." Wow...I could not have said that better about you myself-well, I didn't have too... Just add the shallow and tritely obvious bigotry, and we have your complete picture.

[@WJE37FCSM]

Just what is a legitimate response to music? Nearly all human beings except perhaps the most tone deaf respond to music, many perform, some make money at it, a few are masters, and a very few invent new stuff. Music is a phenomena that finds homes and replication in our brains. To wash it away is to me a sin even if it is low brow and crass, and yes it is personal because music, art and language makes up a large part of our personality. In part I am Yuja and dislike being needlessly dissed.

[@bloodgrss]

But then you simply have no clue what Rach or "Chopin" or "Prokofiev" et.al. "does", if the trolling you do is is preposterous, blatantly racist, and musically stupid, you will never hear that. Must be the lonely drinkin' again...

[@ciararespect4296]

Bunkum

[@bloodgrss]

@@ciararespect4296 Yes, most of what you have posted over the years is bunkum...

[@ciararespect4296]

@@bloodgrss haha living on yt and livid 🤣🤣🤣😂

[@bloodgrss]

@@ciararespect4296 haha who is living on YT when you troll 9 years after mine was posted 😉😉😉😛

[@ciararespect4296]

@@bloodgrss yea but you answered a second later so shows you're feverishly watching every comment 🤣

[@WJE37FCSM]

No you haven't. You don't like YW for mysterious reasons, the clearest I've heard from you is that she is a "typist." That wouldn't be so bad but for some reason you feel it your lot in life to sway opinion against YW using your reputation as a teacher, that appreciation of YW must be unlearned to progress in the musical arts. But what comes through is slander, an attempt to destroy a persons reputation with lies and innuendo. Constructive criticism is welcome but you provide the contrary.

[@hhelenawang]

Honestly I love Yuja but she has the most obnoxious bow I've ever seen.

[@pietalpha2]

I think that she is still emotionally charged up after performing. If you are interested in "bowing" watch a clip of Svetlana Zakharova taking a bow.There is a difference! But on the whole I think that Wang Yuja has the edge1

[@hhelenawang]

I meant the walk on :) she is an electrifying performer but there's just something (to me) uncomfortable about watching her go onstage and bow

[@randyhester3407]

I think her bow is humble, actually. Not a big deal.

[@sneddypie]

Are you related

[@davehshs651]

All your meaningless generalizations about Ms. Wang and "these girls" come across as just so much blatant sexism. And I'm not even particularly a fan of hers.

[@johnryskamp2943]

Not quite great, like everything he wrote. What kept him back?? Anyway, influential on Brahms op. 60, and Tchaikovsky trio.

[@bloodgrss]

Silly, Wagnerian assessment of this great composer. I thought that type had died out...

[@jamesrockford2626]

How much does that blonde get payed to turn the pages? I want that job... get to sit next to a hot asian chick...pretty cool

[@bloodgrss]

"If you look at fav lists of listeners who "listen a lot to whomever"-Please list these, it would be interesting to know who you mean to check your legitimacy. Given your habitual dishonesty, well.... The few bigoted Yuja trolls out there are either obsessives or naifs, approaching the classical piano with shallow pomposity as if it were a competitive sport. You are NOT in very good company as her troll-tho' it's all the company get. Your musical acumen does not stand up to examination