Yundi Li Plays Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1 (2011)

Yundi Plays Franz Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major and Encore in Beijing(start from 16:30). Conductor: Zuohuang Chen. yundi didn't play Hungarian Rhapsody here,but i upload one here : • Yundi Li plays Liszt's...

[@annchen3708]

一個音樂家不會迷失自己，是觀眾自我迷失投注太多自我期待在音樂家身上。我喜歡18歲彈蕭邦的Yundi，也喜歡現在的Yundi。

[@helenlee7480]

關注的是其音樂造詣而非其私人生活。

[@exds14]

I am greatly exhilarated with such marvelous performance.

[@annchen3708]

The best Liszt ever

[@annali961]

recent years ?this was at 2011,and i was at his recital last month, he is perfect, don't listen to rumors,cause his rivals always trying to defame him.

[@jessye2325]

钢琴王子非云迪莫属，看云迪弹琴好过瘾好过瘾啊

[@bourbakis]

The concerto starts 16:30

[@ppc9100]

A superb virtuoso performance by Yundi---crisp, vigorous, clean exciting; not to mention the tendresse and emotionally clarity when called for. As for all the 'armchair pianists' cited below, rarely have I come across such uninformed balderdash in a public forum!

[@matthewcoldicutt5951]

+Paddy Cosgrove Well said ,Paddy. you know a good'un when you hear him /her. Personally i think all these comparisons a bit tedious. there are many many good pianists out there,all doing something in their way ,variations on a theme. i have a number of recordings of this work and Yundi would be right up there with any of them

[@kustinirahadi3147]

Paddy Cosgrove

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[@aryankabir4167]

@Anthony Knox Instablaster =)

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[@xiuhuagao6126]

Super

[@WilliamAhlert]

That orchestra arrangement is amazing at the beginning....

[@gonglei5781]

爱云迪

[@davidcotuit]

fabulous liszt!!

[@ismetmena5302]

I LOVE THIS MUSIC!.....I can't find the proper words ...what i really feel,leastening this music!Wonderful! Z.S.

[@lucasgust7720]

Excelent performance of the second rhapsody, you should include it in the title.

[@nicolereding7234]

Yes i was surprised too to listen to the second rapsody 🎹

[@annali961]

those are two chinese folk songs: In That Place Wholly Faraway & Colourful Clouds Chasing The Moon. both are from his "Red Piano" album.

[@albertodasilvajr2279]

performance excepcional!

[@martinegodret4639]

Brillant

[@kayjo61]

very beautiful!

[@anilomd]

Love it.

[@osmsm]

yundi li in very good form! some of his performance in recent years are mired with sloppy technical mistakes. But this one is played with great clarity and musicality. Very impressive!

[@juliex822]

呵呵观众太热情了❤️❤️❤️

[@annali961]

:)those two versions of Tchaikovsky NO.1 are the same performance, for 2009 NYE (cause i uploaded both), and his interpretation of Tchaikovsky wasn't everybody's favorite,maybe that's why he didn't record a Tchaikovsky album,but the timeline is: 2010 he toured with chopin-themed concert,2011 was Liszt-themed, so his Tchaikovsky isn't your taste, but chopin and liszt?

[@rig282]

Csodálatos zongorista, Richter utód

[@themusicalgerbil192]

Thanks.

[@lk7328]

FANTASTIC! where's Bugs?

[@eddieb10071987]

This was a good performance, i recommend anyone that hasn't seen it go check out Lang Langs performance of Liszts first piano concerto at the BBC Proms in 2011.

[@leameine7724]

More a showman than a musician. Some like this style, though.

[@jponz85]

Bang bang you mean? Nah, I'm good thanks lol .

[@cristinavelazcoamorin511]

Yundi,Lo, magnífico cómo siempre parecía que era él el que dirigía la orquesta,para mí le faltó potencia a la orquesta y coordinación

[@The00ching00]

Yeah, you are right. I thought that Yundi was playing the Rhapsody so i skipped the first 15 mins.

[@themusicalgerbil192]

What does he play as the encores?

[@lauon1990]

Which Ochester is this ?

[@lewischen8577]

What was the first song? Can someone tell me please!

[@159SG]

liszt hungarian rhapsody no.2

[@helenzhou3594]

My PaPas

[@mmelloe]

someone clapped at 21:36...... never clap unless everyone around you starts clapping, lest you out yourself as a fool

[@josephf151]

+James True, but by that logic no one could ever clap. More like if you are unsure to clap DO NOT! hopefully that person learned and will not do that again on that piece.

[@davidsvarrer8942]

Conclusion of your statement is that nobody will ever clap.

[@jponz85]

Who cares... omg someone clapped what shall we do!?!?!?!?!?!? It was a mistake, people make mistakes. Ffs stfu

[@Daniel-qx6bg]

what's the name of the encore?

[@carlislemott2914]

+Daniel Johnson Qinghai Folk Song - In That Place Wholly Faraway, with an improvised intro I guess. Its in his red piano album.

[@carlislemott2914]

+Daniel Johnson Not sure what the name of the very last song is though.

[@renysand]

02:23

[@Collection19]

Can just change the back grounds ~~~~ Jesus ~~~

[@claudioparrella183]

non pensavo che yundi Li riuscisse così bene in Listz

[@nicolereding7234]

It the hungarian rapsody nr2 from Liszt

[@annecylevieux8965]

but where is Yundi Ii?

[@aToOoOoMboi]

Something about progressive, pity they couldn't perform in c-sharp minor. #FranzLiszt #HungarianRhapsody #Yundi Li

[@pentiumradeon]

I came here half expecting him to play the second rhapsody : /

[@2010kmwong]

where yundi li, where is the piano ??????????

[@lospazio]

The Orchestra played Liszt's second Hungarian Rhapsody first. The Piano Concerto starts at 16:00

[@The00ching00]

There is no Hungarian Rhapsody!

[@a1l2e3x4s5o6]

too bad the cymbals sucked lol

[@olivierhennaux1279]

Comment en ayant un artiste aussi merveilleux que Yundi Li avec soi peut-on être aussi mauvais…. L’orchestre fout tout par terre…. Rien est précis…. C’est honteux quand on voit la prestation du soliste

[@abengyu112751]

hard keys .... hurts

[@lk7328]

I Love the Irony! This -from a country which vilified & burned anything 'western'...

[@illusionarybox3191]

+道法自然 funny chinese guy

[@lk7328]

Don't be angry. I rejoice that the people of China retaliate against oppression, censorship, stupidity & come back with their ever astounding gift of beauty, grace, enlightenment, knowledge. Heck, they discovered the so-called american continent centuries before the slow-witted historians want to acknowledge.

[@user-bj4xr8qh4z]

now he is a has-been.

[@jponz85]

Meh I wouldn't say that

[@user-bj4xr8qh4z]

@@jponz85 I don't like his attitude

[@robinmorris3416]

It's a real shame Liszt didn't write any good concerti. This attempt really isn't that good at all. It has some weak themes that don't lend themselves well to exploration along with some clumsy orchestration. I think the opening few bars give a good indication of what's to come: very vulgar. I'm surprised Liszt published with it in that state. It's not as if Liszt couldn't come up with a good tune with variations, obvious from Rhapsody 2. I can only guess that he was preoccupied with context and couldn't grow the music organically without worrying about where it left the other component (orchestra or piano)

[@fanhyulick5746]

lol I'd have to respectfully disagree. Don't want to start an argument but honestly I think this piece is truly indicative of Liszt's genius. Some of liszt's melodies here are so beautiful. Especially the five note descending runs starting from c minor, then transposing magically to A major without resolving, and again. This concerto is extremely and surprisingly good. And for those of you who think Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 is good, I don't see how anyone can be touched by the beauty of that rhapsody. If you want to compare, the hungarian rhapsody is like Chopin's F# Minor Polonaise Op.44 (which both of course are amazing in their own respects but not much musicality and expressiveness). But even in those stormy pieces you can't feel the tremendous amount of pain as in 20:55 here. The only other times I can remember such painful expressiveness would be Scriabin's Op.8 No. 12 etude (and maybe rach). Chopin might have some comparable pain, like maybe you could argue that in Ballade No.1/2 the beginning of the coda, (not really ballade no.4 coda). I guess you have the descending octave scales: F# E D# C# B A B C# C# F# in Chopin's 1st piano concerto, but that's kind of a different pain/feel. Of course many of the parts in this piece seem to be just flash but that's what Liszt is known for, so its probably to be expected. And sure if you want to compare flash, hungarian rhapsody is nearly impossible to top, it just has so much flash. I'd suggest if you're into flash more than being touched (to each his own, I won't say one's better than the other, its really just a personal preference, I like a good flashy piece myself too), I'd recommend you look into Mazeppa/La Campanella/Chopin's WInter Wind/Flight of the Bumblebee (yuja wang)

[@TheBaconator1347]

fag

[@crystalcolors6742]

Sorry, but this is not Liszt's best. After you hear Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 on the piano, this really is a spoiler. I don't know what Liszt was thinking. He always borrows tunes from other composers, and now he's doing the same from himself.