There's a reason he won the competition. This is stunningly perfect. I cannot stop listening to it. I don't think anyone, including Yundi can reproduce this performance again. It's just that good
I have the CD and the DVD of Yundi’s Chopin concert (live recording) in Beijing in 2010. I am even more impressed by his performance of this work from that performance. The Andante Spaniato had even more crystallinity. There was more power yet subtlety in the Polonaise without sacrificing fluidity. In my opinion, it was a more matured reading. Both versions are hard to top.
I’m no master, but I’ve played and listened for several years. This recording is the closest to perfection I’ve heard any performer perform any piece ever. I want what 18 year old Yundi was having!!!
Massive fan of both Kissin and Trifonov but without doubt this is an exceptional interpretation of this piece, he won the comp for a reason. Just like Cho's heroic imo is the best I've ever heard at least on UA-cam, absolutely insane level of depth.
@Sherrill Milnes Fan I just listened to Trifonov (ua-cam.com/video/oS_XjkILFMY/v-deo.html ), and I completely disagree. He already fudged the start to the Grande Polonaise Brillante at 4:24 with the octave. 4:32 - 4:38 he's just mashing the keys and needs to learn to ease off the damn pedal. His dynamics are all over the place, at times it just sounds like someone's switching the volume from max to low max to low max to low. His playing sounds very clicky-clacky like he's some robot, the emotion is "there", but it's a robotic emotion if that makes sense, Yundi's is way more natural and 100 times better sounding.
Surreal! He is such a rare gifted pianist! Well, in fact I don’t know how to express! Just knowing that I was totally led into another world….heaven , I guess..
I still vividly remember when I downloaded this video back in 2006 from google videos (google had its own player then). I was addicted to and mesmerized by the whole performance of the solos and the concerto that once I saw Yndi Li in my dreams and praised him for his performance of the andante spianato
It's one of Chopin's favorite songs. The beautiful melody of Andante Spianato is really sweet. And the polonaise part is really cool and beautiful. It's magnificent, it's splendid, it's antique.
I imagine everyone in the audience were in an ecstasy state that they forgot to cough. This performance belongs to history: no studio tricks, no mistakes (at least none of importance), absolute beauty and no coughing. I resort to Yundi to compare recent winners of this or other important piano competitions.
I agree with your agreement with his agreement. Btw, does anybody his entire repertoire for this competition from the first stage up to the final stage.
This is the greatest version of this piece to ever be recorded...the section beginning around 9:06 has stayed with me since I first heard it . At 9:36, it is the finest and most exquisite sound, his tone is sublime. Gentle, airy, and poignant. The entire performance is a masterpiece, but it is those few seconds that truly stand out in my mind and urge me to search for this video and listen to it again. Cheers!
Yes, that's my favorite section too! So many pianists play that phrase so choppily and Yundi plays it so lyrically and smoothly. Go Yundi! I can't wait for you to take the stage again!
Brilliantly executed notes, played expressively and with emotion. I will never know how Yundi manages to produce this inexplicable sound, each and every note in balance, and in tone. Such intensity, and focus seems to blend into a perfect mix of heavenly notes. Yundi’s performance seems to surpass all boundaries, unimaginably creative, beautiful, and expressive. Bravo!
I just love it: Chopin+Yundi Li: so sensitive. So passionate. That's how i can imagine Chopin playing his own creation. Thanks to the Uploader.I'm really grateful :-)
Repertoire that he played during the 1st stage: 1. Nocturne Op.48 No.1 in C minor 2. Etude in A Minor Op.10 No.2 3. Etude in A Minor Op.25 No.11 4. Ballade in F minor Op.52
Yundi's sincerely lively body language including facial expressions did a great job of making us realize and enjoy his interpretation. For me that's rare to see in other virtuosic performance of this piece. Bravo. Thanks for sharing.
Wow, I laughed with joy many times during this performance at the absolute brilliance of the playing! .. And the piece, of course. Genius composition, genius talent.
I have listened to many versions and this has to be the best (in my opinion of course). I can go on to explain why but there is a lot to talk about! Thank you for uploading a better quality version....onto iTunes it goes!
I also agree : in my opinion, this is the best version for Chopin Andante Spianoto et Grande Polonaise Brillante. In addition to winning The 14th International Chopin Competition in Warsaw in 2000, Yundi Li was awarded a special prize for his performance of Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante. Yundi is one of the best young pianists today. Thanks to Tracy Lee for sharing.
Yundi Li is a magician! He manages to stay so loose and relaxed during even the most intensely technical passages. I feel he channels Chopin in a way that very few are able to match.
i hope this musiuc on the piano, will live on for generations to come. its beautiful to the soul and ear. cant get enought of it each day. lund li your timimg is right on l. love to watch your talent and gifted playing these wwonderfulmusic piieces again. keep them alive for us that love them, and cant play like you.,do with the right timing . your great the best. thank you so much
I have been going around from videos to videos searching for, in my opinion, the best version. I had some reservations about Yundi Li, being so young and not of Slavic origin, so I listened anyway, and prepared to pencil down a list of what's wrong with his playing. Well, my pen wrote nothing as I listened to a fantastic performance. Usually, I can tell everything about a pianist from just a few measures played. Argerich had tantrum problems, Zimmerman was a bore, Weissenberg had accent problems, Rubinstein was unclear, Liu had no rhymic drive, but this young guy has an uncanny ability. He has a perfect sense of dynamics, form, and style, and it was played like a dance as its namesake, polonaise. This remarkable musical sense is not easily taught. This is an impeccable performance.
Wow you've came back after 7 years. I saw your criticising comment in zimermans vid about his unnecessary accents and your comment in yundi s ballade no.4
OMG what a preposterous arrogant unmusical person you are. "Argerich had tantrum problems, Zimmerman was a bore, Weissenberg had accent problems, Rubinstein was unclear" - these are some of the legendary performances of the last 50 years but you alone from the whole world discovered that the Emperor is without clothes, right, and so nice of you to let us know about the mediocrity of Argerich, Zimmerman, Weissenberg, Rubinstein. Really, some people... And that racial slur about Slavs, what is the about?
I ve never layed a comment on the UA-cam platform for the only reason that I am really shy for some fucking stupid reason. What I wanna say it s, even if this comment will never been seen by anyone in this world, that I am happy for the first time from a long time. Thanks for reading, guy and I wish you a good life.
@@JianShan-hk8jt check Evgeny Kissin's version of the peace. A bit less clean technicly but more powerful in terms of interpretation. Different but as much great
@@JianShan-hk8jt: If you’ve never listened to Kate Liu’s performance from the 2015 Chopin Competition (she won the Bronze Medal), I highly recommend it. I’m sure you’ll love it. It’s on UA-cam. 😎🎹
love theses pieces just played by lund li his playing is awesome right on key........... he has it right, cant you heard...... thanks againuses the ears.....
Wow... a freaking ad right in the silence before the polonaise. Uploader, if you have an option for where ads appear in settings, please move them to the beginning so they don't interrupt the performance. Such a shame.
I’m pretty sure it’s UA-cam’s fault for putting it there. UA-camrs been having less control over where they can put ads in their own videos for the past few years
He makes a musical mistake at that famous place towards the end with the harmonic modulation, twice repeated. He fumbles the first time but recoups for the repetition. I’m surprised no one has commented on this. 9:13.
If you had ever played this piece before, you would know that he made a pretty big mistake at 9:15. But... this is chopin competition and he still be able to make such a perfect performance... 10/10 from me as a pianist.
@@bogdanbalita1240 yeah I know... Once you get into the music it's hard for you to focus on the keys anymore. But it is totally acceptable though, it is such a magnificent piece with full of passionate and extremely hard techniches. He deserves to be the winner of that year!
This has to be the gold standard performance of this piece. Technique. Dynamics. Musicality. Flawless.
There's a reason he won the competition. This is stunningly perfect. I cannot stop listening to it. I don't think anyone, including Yundi can reproduce this performance again. It's just that good
I have the CD and the DVD of Yundi’s Chopin concert (live recording) in Beijing in 2010. I am even more impressed by his performance of this work from that performance. The Andante Spaniato had even more crystallinity. There was more power yet subtlety in the Polonaise without sacrificing fluidity. In my opinion, it was a more matured reading. Both versions are hard to top.
@@leameine7724 Is that so? I will definitely check his performance in Beijing. Thank you for the input!
I’m no master, but I’ve played and listened for several years. This recording is the closest to perfection I’ve heard any performer perform any piece ever.
I want what 18 year old Yundi was having!!!
This is unbelievably FAKE!!!!!!! How can someone play so perfectly? Yes, there is a reason he won this competition.
Best version I ever heard...
I think kissin better
Agreed, this is the best version ever. Anyone who disagrees doesn't understand anything to Chopin's music
Massive fan of both Kissin and Trifonov but without doubt this is an exceptional interpretation of this piece, he won the comp for a reason. Just like Cho's heroic imo is the best I've ever heard at least on UA-cam, absolutely insane level of depth.
@Sherrill Milnes Fan I just listened to Trifonov (ua-cam.com/video/oS_XjkILFMY/v-deo.html
), and I completely disagree. He already fudged the start to the Grande Polonaise Brillante at 4:24 with the octave. 4:32 - 4:38 he's just mashing the keys and needs to learn to ease off the damn pedal. His dynamics are all over the place, at times it just sounds like someone's switching the volume from max to low max to low max to low. His playing sounds very clicky-clacky like he's some robot, the emotion is "there", but it's a robotic emotion if that makes sense, Yundi's is way more natural and 100 times better sounding.
ua-cam.com/video/9mqp1pzRPBU/v-deo.html Dang Thai Son played it
졸졸 흐르는 시냇물로 시작 ...
몇백번을 들어도 매번 온몸에 전율 ...
윤디의 가장 순수했던 시절.
이 이후로 같은 곡을 윤디리가 쳐도 이 감성이 안나오더라. 진짜 안단테 스피니아토 는 이 버젼이 가장 완벽한 버젼인듯. 지금까지 이걸 넘어선 연주 본적이 없음.
진짜.. 이래서 유명세도 안좋음
Everything about this performance is perfect. That bravo at the end was well deserved. 18 years old at the time. Incredible
there is nothing like Polonaise Brilliante in this world. It is so beautiful and majestic!
This is still, by far, the best interpretation of this magnificent piece. The elegance, and divine flow is astounding.
The most compelling performance on the piano for me. Truly something special.
Something so special about this performance. Every musical thought was crystal clear.
难以置信的美好流畅，人生中第一次被钢琴的美好声音感动。
टूटीऐचडएचआई तयूजी
Dearest Yundi, I heard you perform this work at Carnegie Hall several years ago. It was simply magical!
이 시절 윤디 리의 감성은 수많은 미스 터치조차 무마시킬 정도로 탁월했다.
I guess no one can play better than this time, neither does Yundi himself.
cant agree more. It's that saying, "nothing beats the original."
Yes. Sad to see he changed so much in the past few years..
@@rlee1864 You're damn right, but the thing is, not many people think the same as you and I...
I smell a rat from "neither does Yundi himself" lol
@@rlee1864 he has transformed into a clown
Surreal! He is such a rare gifted pianist! Well, in fact I don’t know how to express! Just knowing that I was totally led into another world….heaven , I guess..
I still vividly remember when I downloaded this video back in 2006 from google videos (google had its own player then). I was addicted to and mesmerized by the whole performance of the solos and the concerto that once I saw Yndi Li in my dreams and praised him for his performance of the andante spianato
True . His chopin piano concerto no.1 is the best ( in my opinion )
I listen to this piece from Yundi Li every time after a brutal swimming, or basketball, practice at college.
나 진짜 이게 최곤것같애 유튜브에 나온것치고 이것만큼 감각적으로 치는걸 들어본적이 없어
오토케나 동감이에요 이 곡은 윤디리 버전 외엔 귀에 안들어올 정도에요
It's one of Chopin's favorite songs. The beautiful melody of Andante Spianato is really sweet. And the polonaise part is really cool and beautiful. It's magnificent, it's splendid, it's antique.
Absolutely masterful!
The best Chopin interpretation.
Truly Chopin, no more no less!
Totally in love with this performance. Best interpretation ever! Niesamowite wykonanie !
Best version I ever heard also. Just perfect and so much heart.
이 곡만큼은 윤디 리가 정말 잘쳤다 그 나이에 이렇게 칠 사람 다신 없을 듯
저도 동감입니다.
저도 이 연주를 처음 들었을때 부터 지금까지 변함없는 생각입니다. 이 곡의 최고연주라고 생각합니다. 윤디리는 이 콩쿨에서 명연을 정말 많이 남겼습니다.
이랬던 윤디가 이제는...
@@Music-ei3xx 너무 안타깝죠 ㅠㅠ
아름답다는 말밖에 할말이 없네요.
지친 마음에 안식이 필요할 때마다 들으러 와요 매번 왜 이렇게 눈물이 나는지
I imagine everyone in the audience were in an ecstasy state that they forgot to cough. This performance belongs to history: no studio tricks, no mistakes (at least none of importance), absolute beauty and no coughing. I resort to Yundi to compare recent winners of this or other important piano competitions.
9:16 is a disaster.
I could count quite a few noticeable mistakes, but I think the only one of importance is 9:16. Still, brilliant performance.
@@jjl8511 shut up
@@jjl8511even hamelin does wrong notes my friend.
Even if someone played the piece through with no technical mistakes, I doubt it would be better than this recording.
즉흥환상곡, 라 캄파넬라, 그리고 이 곡
이렇게 세 곡만큼은 윤디 리가 정점이다
很神奇 云迪的右手的旋律好像有魔力 有很多人比他细小的地方控制要好要更细节但是听到他的版本还是情不自禁被吸引忍不住要听完 尤其是结尾的时候一气呵成 我好像想不明白为什么这个版本这么特别 但是每次重温都让我忍不住感慨实至名归太好听了！日常emo 存在在录音里的云总
this is the best version.
This is the best music ever. I have wondered why Yundi Li can play every note so sweet.
Always at the end of this video I naturally stand up and applaud loudly. It is strange.
This is phenomenal ... I don't think there is a better performance in the history of this competition.
I agree...
I agree with your agreement
I agree with your agreement with his agreement. Btw, does anybody his entire repertoire for this competition from the first stage up to the final stage.
its deleted. there was one from the 2nd to the final
cj7ification Flawless
Such beautiful rendition of a piece that speaks so well of what humans can express.
Must be from the heavens we are hearing from! Such delicacy, power and precision. Best version.
This is the greatest version of this piece to ever be recorded...the section beginning around 9:06 has stayed with me since I first heard it . At 9:36, it is the finest and most exquisite sound, his tone is sublime. Gentle, airy, and poignant. The entire performance is a masterpiece, but it is those few seconds that truly stand out in my mind and urge me to search for this video and listen to it again.
Cheers!
Listened to many ...other versions by other pianist.....keep coming back to this
9:06-9:43 is my favourite part of this piece. So beautiful
Sammy Wong I agree..same to me
Yeah, the way he allows it to breathe and gives it some rubato, great stuff
Yes, that's my favorite section too! So many pianists play that phrase so choppily and Yundi plays it so lyrically and smoothly. Go Yundi! I can't wait for you to take the stage again!
Brilliantly executed notes, played expressively and with emotion. I will never know how Yundi manages to produce this inexplicable sound, each and every note in balance, and in tone. Such intensity, and focus seems to blend into a perfect mix of heavenly notes. Yundi’s performance seems to surpass all boundaries, unimaginably creative, beautiful, and expressive. Bravo!
this is when all the other contestants realized that they had lost
I just love it: Chopin+Yundi Li: so sensitive. So passionate. That's how i can imagine Chopin playing his own creation. Thanks to the Uploader.I'm really grateful :-)
one of the best interpretations of the piece.
4:46 Grande Polonaise Brillante starts here.
12:05~ best part of this piece, i mean best of all. R.I.P chopin
Repertoire that he played during the 1st stage:
1. Nocturne Op.48 No.1 in C minor
2. Etude in A Minor Op.10 No.2
3. Etude in A Minor Op.25 No.11
4. Ballade in F minor Op.52
@Robert Johnston Not sure, but most likely the Op.33 Mazurkas and the Third Sonata...could be more
@Robert Johnston dont know
Yundi's sincerely lively body language including facial expressions did a great job of making us realize and enjoy his interpretation. For me that's rare to see in other virtuosic performance of this piece. Bravo. Thanks for sharing.
This dude is so good.
Totally attractive performance! Full of sensitive emotion with interesting colours! He plays very naturally - Very talented pianist at that time.
Wow, I laughed with joy many times during this performance at the absolute brilliance of the playing! .. And the piece, of course. Genius composition, genius talent.
I have listened to many versions and this has to be the best (in my opinion of course). I can go on to explain why but there is a lot to talk about! Thank you for uploading a better quality version....onto iTunes it goes!
I agree. I saw and listened a lot but this one is the best to me !
I also agree : in my opinion, this is the best version for Chopin Andante Spianoto et Grande Polonaise Brillante.
In addition to winning The 14th International Chopin Competition in Warsaw in 2000, Yundi Li was awarded a special prize for his performance of Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante.
Yundi is one of the best young pianists today.
Thanks to Tracy Lee for sharing.
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Please listen to this piece played by the maestro ABM (Arturo Benedetti Michalenlegi) first
Kate Liu is amazing too
Yundi Li is a magician! He manages to stay so loose and relaxed during even the most intensely technical passages. I feel he channels Chopin in a way that very few are able to match.
@@poudingauxbananes646 Wow I hadn't heard about the arrest. Doesn't affect his status as a world class pianist, though.
Yes, it is not easy. But more importantly, he plays it so naturally and flexibly in a musical way.
I've listened to many versions, Yundi's interpretation is one of the best
Great version of Chopin Op.22.
Unbelievable! So Beautiful!
Jeff
i hope this musiuc on the piano, will live on for generations to come. its beautiful to the soul and ear. cant get enought of it each day. lund li your timimg is right on l. love to watch your talent and gifted playing these wwonderfulmusic piieces again. keep them alive for us that love them, and cant play like you.,do with the right timing . your great the best. thank you so much
듣다가 진짜 혼절할 뻔했다 너무 좋잖아
20 años y sigue siendo la mejor
Que calidad la de yundi li
You can hear a bit of the black key etude in 12:07
best version played ever...........................
Perfeito!!!
I have been going around from videos to videos searching for, in my opinion, the best version. I had some reservations about Yundi Li, being so young and not of Slavic origin, so I listened anyway, and prepared to pencil down a list of what's wrong with his playing. Well, my pen wrote nothing as I listened to a fantastic performance. Usually, I can tell everything about a pianist from just a few measures played. Argerich had tantrum problems, Zimmerman was a bore, Weissenberg had accent problems, Rubinstein was unclear, Liu had no rhymic drive, but this young guy has an uncanny ability. He has a perfect sense of dynamics, form, and style, and it was played like a dance as its namesake, polonaise. This remarkable musical sense is not easily taught. This is an impeccable performance.
Wow you've came back after 7 years. I saw your criticising comment in zimermans vid about his unnecessary accents and your comment in yundi s ballade no.4
OMG what a preposterous arrogant unmusical person you are. "Argerich had tantrum problems, Zimmerman was a bore, Weissenberg had accent problems, Rubinstein was unclear" - these are some of the legendary performances of the last 50 years but you alone from the whole world discovered that the Emperor is without clothes, right, and so nice of you to let us know about the mediocrity of Argerich, Zimmerman, Weissenberg, Rubinstein. Really, some people... And that racial slur about Slavs, what is the about?
I ve never layed a comment on the UA-cam platform for the only reason that I am really shy for some fucking stupid reason. What I wanna say it s, even if this comment will never been seen by anyone in this world, that I am happy for the first time from a long time. Thanks for reading, guy and I wish you a good life.
Wish you a good life, my dear friend.
Briliant ,amazing classical pianist ! One of the best of our time
Finally a version i truly love!!!
Pure joy to listen to this. As always.
Yundi sensibilíssimo, com um tempo lento que nos envolve.
Inspiring, so much grace, energy and concentration :)
이렇게 잘 쳤었는데.. 이 실력으로 슈만이랑 슈베르트, 드뷔시까지는 녹음해줬어야지. 그러기 전에 망해버려서 너무 아쉽다.
그냥 자기 컨트롤에 실패한게 너무 안타깝죠 ㅠㅠ
최고야 최고 최고 최고 최고 최고 최고 ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ 윤디리ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
This is really brilliant, bravo!
13:24 Best arpeggios I've ever heard
2025... still my favorite interpretation.
thanks so much
李云迪去年澳洲复出了 他的记录今天还没有人打破 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉李云迪大师雄起
12:04. this part to the end...OMG well done!!!!
Jérémie Bazinet yes! It is extremely clean
Ryan Sun and?
진짜 이곡에서의 윤디리의 터치는 짐머만을 연상하게 합니다 너무 잘치네요
So good!!
The best ever
Best version 只能说可惜 在我心中 没人能超越他的op22
only in the Chopin competition many years ago.
连他自己都难以再复现这次神迹了
Forever my favo op22
9:20 he misses a note and you can tell by his expression that he's disappointed. Great overall performance and one of the best renditions
any other best ?? please recommand thank you
@@JianShan-hk8jt check Evgeny Kissin's version of the peace. A bit less clean technicly but more powerful in terms of interpretation. Different but as much great
@@JianShan-hk8jt: If you’ve never listened to Kate Liu’s performance from the 2015 Chopin Competition (she won the Bronze Medal), I highly recommend it. I’m sure you’ll love it. It’s on UA-cam. 😎🎹
love theses pieces just played by lund li his playing is awesome right on key........... he has it right, cant you heard...... thanks againuses the ears.....
Wow... a freaking ad right in the silence before the polonaise. Uploader, if you have an option for where ads appear in settings, please move them to the beginning so they don't interrupt the performance. Such a shame.
I’m pretty sure it’s UA-cam’s fault for putting it there. UA-camrs been having less control over where they can put ads in their own videos for the past few years
hot damn!! best version there is
완벽하다는 말밖에는...
Goosebumps and shivers every time; nothing short of orgastic.
集中して聴くとちゃんと左手も歌っているのが凄い。完成度が高すぎる。
特に12:05~ あたりから左手の強弱すごいですよね
まさしくそのあたりからです！
看了最近新聞又回來重溫當年
2025 anyone???
He played the 3rd Sonata in B minor during the 3rd stage
Magnificent
This is perfect performance...
SUBLIME!
He makes a musical mistake at that famous place towards the end with the harmonic modulation, twice repeated. He fumbles the first time but recoups for the repetition. I’m surprised no one has commented on this. 9:13.
So beautifully presented.
❤❤❤
쇼팽 그랜드 폴로네이즈랑 리스트 라캄은 세상에서 윤디리가 젤 잘침
이때 정말 최고였음!!
윤디곡은 듣는순간 설레이고 흥분되는 게 있어요.머리속울 휘젓고 다니는,,무언가가,,,이때도 대단했고,다른곡 들어봐도 여전히 ㅜ대단합니다.
이런몰입과 흥분을 갖게 하는 연주자는 오로지 윤디.
그나이에 이런 감성을 표현할수 있을까
이시대 피아노 시인
经典啊！
Wonderful !
Thanks Amee Lynn
Thanks GentryClash
Thanks mingoucz
Thanks hina 68
Thanks ituka saitou
2024 anyone???
🎉🎉
🙋♀️
2023 anyone???
i hear this every day
Best recording ever made of this piece
@@saptap387nice!
@@infinitekeys1603agree
@@infinitekeys1603listen to Bruce liu his is also phenomenal
If you had ever played this piece before, you would know that he made a pretty big mistake at 9:15. But... this is chopin competition and he still be able to make such a perfect performance... 10/10 from me as a pianist.
THE SOUL OF MR. RUBINSTEIN GOT INTO HIM... MISTAKES AND ALL
@@bogdanbalita1240 yeah I know... Once you get into the music it's hard for you to focus on the keys anymore. But it is totally acceptable though, it is such a magnificent piece with full of passionate and extremely hard techniches. He deserves to be the winner of that year!
13:34 Bravo!
Epic …….. ❤️🎹😱
Magnific!