Yuja Wang Scriabin sonata no.2

[@geofffreeburn868]

Yuja has come so far over recent years with her interpretation of music unquestionable in the absolute top ranking pianists of this century, beyond gifted.

[@eurisko618]

I first discovered Scriabin about 30 years ago and I proceeded to purchase virtually all the scores (quite expensive back then) and read & re-read them along with the complete recordings (M. Ponti). Over the next few years I remained entranced with it all; above all the sonatas the #2 sonata-fantasy struck me as one of the most beautiful works I ever have heard. It takes a great skill and state of wonder to pull it off the only way required and this young woman has done just that. Beautiful beyond words...

[@swashknuckler]

I want to be your friend.

[@lukeg378]

Agreed. I think this piece is really underappreciated, it's one of the most beautiful piano pieces.

[@user-pn4bg6iv6z]

YES

[@mikhailtrushechkin1642]

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[@TiborHuber]

Thanks for even mentioning the Ponti Recordings - he was really ahead of his time and I am sad he never gets mentioned at all nowadays. I like your comment so much, I can repeat with swah=shknuckler: I want to be your friend.

[@purplepeoplepurple]

I love the delicacy in the first movement. I've listened to quite a few performances, but this one stands out, and I think it's going to become my favourite.

[@PrzemeQ_XY]

Try Ruth Laredo.
I think it's unparalleled.
Even though this one comes quite close in terms of both techincality and finesse.

[@b1i2l336]

For me, MICHEL BLOCK's performance is staggeringly beautiful, and IVO POGORELICH also does a marvelous job.

[@tarquin161234]

Try Richter. There is no better.

[@AlfieTheProducer]

@@b1i2l336Ivo the goat

[@debrucey]

@@tarquin161234 this is better

[@siyanomtshongwana4902]

That first movement is came from elsewhere. Another mesmerizing performance from Ms Wang.

[@scriabintv2976]

Skryabin worked a long period on this Sonata-Fantasia Op. 19, from 1892-1897. I like very much the way Yuja Wang interprets this music!!!

[@SEBANOWITZ]

Quoi qu'en pourront dire les mauvaises langues, c'est du niveau de Sofronitzky par la clarté sombre, sans les merveilleuses outrances d'Horowitz. Yuja Wang a déjà montré que l'univers inquiétant et extatique de scriabine lui convient à merveille. Dans le star system où les jolies filles ont un avantage, cela peut lui attirer des commentaires défavorables. Il n'en demeure pas moins que c'est une admirable pianiste (et je scotomise ma testostérone).

[@drdellaman]

What a great piece of music. What a wonderful pianist. Of course there will always be those who say she doesn't do this or she doesn't do that, or so and so is the quintessential interpreter and blah, blah, blah. Interesting that there are a couple of comments here that indicate that they have loved this music for 30 years ago and believe this rendition to be wonderful. I agree.

[@paulogazola553]

Couldn't agree more. Scriabin is a mix of passion, power, sensivity and expression inside a restricted tempo. If you loose the rythm, the music evaporates. She is one of the rare pianists that can achieve all of that. Just outstanding!

[@mikhailtrushechkin1642]

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[@MOORES777]

Piano Sonata No. 2 in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 19, "Sonata-Fantasy"
I. Andante 0:25
II. Presto 8:29

[@LISZT-]

Nice sonata, the performance does it justice! 😁

[@luky46]

I am not tired to watch this video again and again. Thank you Yujia Wang

[@ytubejat]

What is so amazing about this is that the genius inside Yuja reveals itself here in her debut at Verbier when she was still so young.

[@Rx-mn5fv]

Played with skill, sensitivity, and commitment. Beautiful performance taking one's heart with it. Bravo!

[@yuanchenli]

The speed is incredible. Bravo to her that at the young age to reach technical maturity and play such a hard work effortlessly. The momentum, color, pedal, and contrast are really great.

[@michaelschefold3299]

Well said! Scriabin would be happy to hear this. Music from another universe.

[@mikhailtrushechkin1642]

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[@lyricaltones]

Oh, my God... Beautiful, deep, amazing performance, I'm watching it again and again...

[@kenharrington2204]

How could anyone NOT love this...fire, passion, and love!!! Yuja is just beyond amazing!

[@Fritz_Maisenbacher]

Seven years ago now ..... how the time can be cruel ..... it's gone now ..........: the flower tone of Yuja, this transparency, the absolute deep innocence in every note ... this was unique ......

[@mikhailtrushechkin1642]

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[@OmgLoLw2gLuvUidkROFL]

I bet she won every competition she ever entered. I mean, she is the BOSS of piano playing. BRAVA!!!

[@MegaPianogenius]

not anywhere near the best hamelin sokolov volodos etc etc

[@lenamcginnis5168]

Yuja never entered competition.

[@timothybolshaw]

Yuja did enter competitions when she was very young (and, of course, did very well) but never had a need to submit herself to competitions later. She was already recognized, even at age 17, by the music elite as an outstanding pianist. That is why she was asked when still a student to fill in for top names when they could not perform through illness or fatigue.

[@gcg8187]

@@timothybolshaw that's what happened to lang lang too! he filled in for Andre Watts when he was 18 with chicago symphony. wow, to have that happen in life is stunning

[@MaestroEspressivo]

This is an excellent performance and a fine interpretation. Part of Yuja's musical expressive power derives from the focused energy and passion which flow through those flying fingers. As with certain other great performers, there is some electricity her performances bring to and through the music. In places of fast passage work, her ability to execute and hold tempo and rhythms is amazing. It's an almost unique ability, and feeds into the high energy of her playing. Top notch work here.

[@MaestroEspressivo]

***** I am as strong of a Richter proponent as exists this planet. He's the greatest power pianist of all time and best (my opinion) of the 20th Century. Scriabin is my favorite piano composer. Unfortunately, Richter's Scriabin is uneven in its qualities of expression, and no doubt negatively affected by the poor quality of his mostly live recorded performances. His Scriabin #2 is fantastic and as always, his formal architecture is steady and flawless.
Yuja comes at it from a different angle which is extremely faithful to the score in such a way as to highlight the wandering, quasi-improvisatory feel of the first movement, and she handles the climaxes and build-ups superbly. Without injecting almost any extra time into the phrasing, she allows the formal elements to reveal themselves very naturally. The relative fluidity of her phrasing is balanced by the brilliance of her articulation and tone color. And by staying so steady through all of Scriabin's typically agogic emotional journey, she illuminates a continuously flowing aspect of the music which is rarely if ever revealed. I find this to be a very vibrant and masterful rendition.

[@twangbarfly]

MaestroEspressivo Great comments - it's very gratifying to read through comments sections on UA-cam in the hope of learning something and to actually come across interesting and informed viewpoints such as yours - rather than having to endure the all-too-common puerile mud-slinging that passes in some people's minds for meaningful communication about music. Thank you!

[@MegaPianogenius]

+MaestroEspressivo if you're subliminally saying yuja is better than richter then you're wrong by a mile

[@MegaPianogenius]

MaestroEspressivo
yuja for me is a good pianist nothing more nothing less there are plenty of more inspiring pianists i could mention, personally i wouldn't put wang and richter in the same sentence [apart from that one]

[@hjhseo1114]

@@MegaPianogenius so opinionated and unappreciative

[@meredith218461]

Yuga Wang produces a wonderfully varied tonal landscape in this Scriabin sonata. Her sound ranges from the delicately sensual to awesome full bodied drama, also her brilliant technique is more than a match for the fierce technical demands of the writing.
Incidentally how refreshing to see her appropriately and elegantly attired for the occasion.

[@mikhailtrushechkin1642]

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[@hugowoods1986]

Yuja wang wrote "“Music criticism should be to musicians what ornithology is to birds,” .

[@evolve749]

To be fair, there are some really great music critics out there who understand music and recognize greatness. Unfortunately, there are also a lot of assholes.

[@ric55]

Name one. I've been looking for 50-plus years, and never found one yet.

[@tonhettema1005]

So, what does that mean? I would infer that musicians are a special branch of the human species: those who occupy the airy realms of art. Which means they can rightfully be compared to birds. Sometimes they just sit on their elevated perches, but then, if the spirit of the air moves them, they take off and perform their weightless acrobatics, unhindered by earthly friction.
Now critics would in this analogy be those lovers, admirers and researchers of the performers and creators of this artform, who study and contemplate both the artform and its propagators. But here seems to be the salient point: not from a platform of judgement, as in: I like the (peaceful) doves and detest the sparrows (who are magnificent imitators btw), but from the standpoint of assessment about their different qualities, ways, colours, characteristics, energy, grace, feeling, spiritual content, uplift, ability to inspire, touch, humanity, sensitivity etcetera, etcetera. Thereby giving recognition to the great diversity and virtuosity of those musicians in their own rightful uniqeness..

[@Fritz_Maisenbacher]

It's very simple : when you criticize in a negative way , you are interesting . When you criticize in a positive way , you are ridiculous .
How MANY times this occured to myself on YT . So many people laughed at me because I was loving an interpretation ....

[@syourke3]

Exactly! Well said! And what a lovely and talented bird she is!

[@ronl7131]

Love Yuja’s very distinct voicing between hands in her performance of Scriabin. One hears the Genius of Scriabin , all of his sound world….rhythms and melodies. Yuja so very good!!! Wooohooo

[@HaischkaEST]

I'm not the biggest Yuja fan, but how you can call this anything less than stellar is beyond me. I'm performing this soon - NOT easy. She pulls it off effortlessly and with bravura - usually you have one or the other.

[@chenkunhua]

The best performance of Scriabin Sonata No. 2! Love you, a charming young lady💕💕💕💕💕💕

[@arlenemortiz1756]

Sublime, Me Wang you never cease to amaze me, I never tire listening to you.

[@paulprocopolis]

Artistry, virtuosity and style combined!

[@mikhailtrushechkin1642]

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[@cbrock21]

God how did I miss this? Her Scriabin is always so good.

[@FlavioCovalski]

The words would be few to describe this beautiful work of Scriabin and bright and magnificent presentation of pianist Yuja!

[@FranciscoFerrerGaliana1930]

Preciosa música, impresionante interpretación de Yuja Wang..``

[@amber40494]

Fantastic piano! The bass is so clear and sonorous. Lots of gorgeous color throughout the range...
Great composition and Yuja is wonderful

[@mikhailtrushechkin1642]

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[@amber40494]

@@mikhailtrushechkin1642 wow!

[@RyanisApronius]

Too many snobs in this comment section. Her interpretation is fantastic; I don't care what anyone else thinks.

[@ytubejat]

I agree!

[@dierotewand3297]

Beautiful, both music and her.

[@mikhailtrushechkin1642]

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[@diegocollatti]

Mother of God! This is Heaven!

[@natmcclintock1950]

3:25 is such a melting moment in this piece. it always stands out to me this section.

[@Desireyso58]

YUJA WANG! Excelente intérprete!

[@user-pn4bg6iv6z]

这是我听到最好版本之一。

[@javiervivanco919]

Lisiara y yuja me emocionaron más que muchos hombres. ....

[@fredgeer536]

Beautifully done. I will be watching this performance many more times.

[@mikhailtrushechkin1642]

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[@christiansabbe91]

Étonnant.... Une musique splendide, cher JC. Merci.

[@vitocortesi9389]

Bellissima sonata di Scriabin e magnifica interpretazione di Yuja Wang

[@baghirovali2361]

So sad that Scriabin is so underrated :(

[@jean-paulbuttigieg1201]

Magnifique!Yuja est sans conteste l'égale des plus grands...comment prétendre le contraire après une telle interprétation?

[@yogicfly4bliss]

It can be very, very challenging to bring out the melody when you have all those notes going on. I have struggled with this piece in that regard! Yuma does a really beautiful job! Thanks for sharing!

[@yogicfly4bliss]

Sorry, Yuja- spelled it wrong.

[@mikhailtrushechkin1642]

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[@randykern1842]

I never got the floritura down either - I’ll try again in a few years.

[@francofrancescobettiol7928]

Penso la migliore interprete attuale di Scriabin

[@andrewc9643]

always a pleasure to hear this piece...

[@melvynmsobel210]

Absolutely divine!

[@luffe2006]

Scriabin is without doubt your universe. So great. Teihoula!

[@marshallartz395]

🧏🏻‍♀️ Yuja Wang Plays Scriabin 🧏🏻‍♀️
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
Piano Sonata No. 2 in G-Sharp Minor *(“Sonata-Fantasie”),* Op. 19 *(1892-97)*
00:27 I. Andante
08:33 II. Presto
12:09 *Applause*
_”...the first movement represents the quiet of a southern night on the seashore; the development is the dark agitations of the deep, deep sea. The E Major middle section shows the caressing moonlight coming after the first darkness of night. The second movement represents the vast expanse of ocean in stormy agitation.”_
🌜🌊 _~Alexander Scriabin~_ 🌊🌛
Yuja Wang, piano✨
*Verbier Festival 2009*
*Église de Verbier*
*Verbier, Switzerland 🇨🇭*

[@paulmacconnor5865]

I just listened to it again and I repeat: a wonderful, colourful, refined and very musical performance!
Geert Dehoux, pianist.

[@christopherczajasager9030]

God....amazing, such playing.. live..in the den of competitors, Verbier!!!

[@pantoleonantonio9653]

amazing technique. unique and coherent musical statement

[@paulmacconnor5865]

Whatever other people might say about it, I think this is a very fine and musical performance.
Geert Dehoux, pianist.
Belgian King's Prize Winner, Brussels, 1980.

[@christopherczajasager9030]

Trifonov especially the 2nd movement....incredibly wonderful

[@paulmacconnor5865]

Wonderful!
She should play more music like this.
Geert Dehoux, pianist.

[@PedroTeixeira1958]

Richter 1915-1997 - Yuja Wang 1987-.........

[@stellachibukhchian6932]

List 1811 -1886
Yuja Wang 1987 -❤❤❤❤❤

[@andraypirozhkov6631]

very... very... i,m agree... i can live here... too.

[@radovanlorkovic3562]

Bei Skrjabin lohnt es sich der Klarheit jeder Note etwas das Temperament und das Tempo zu drosseln.

[@PieInTheSky9]

I wish the concert piano music audience wasn't so snobby and hypercritical. I swear being a concert pianist is one of the most unforgiving things you could do.

[@lagunagreg]

+Echoherb - I think you'll find that in most things anyone does before the public.

[@syourke3]

Probably because many in the audience are frustrated convert pianists. They’re jealous and they compensate by nitpicking.

[@xzzx4664]

To be fair, she is a virtuoso, but the intepretation doesn't compatr to one of lets say Kissin or Elena Richter. Just because you dont hear the mistakes she mades in order to sustain the virtuosity and athleticism she has, that does not mean that the audience is snobby and she is perfect. We shouldn't jump to conclusions so fast.

[@asalj4014]

@@xzzx4664 they are snobs to kissin as well. It doesnt change

[@mikhailtrushechkin1642]

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[@MrMerlin87]

so much fire

[@user-oj1mk5jg9z]

8:34

[@f.xromanfernandez4141]

Genial interpretación.
😊

[@xxberg]

GREAT COMPONIST! Brilliant performance.

[@mikhailtrushechkin1642]

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[@Ferrer-385]

Tiene una gran sensibilidad en su interpretación, sintoniza con la obra.

[@Zappanofilo]

Esta chica es realmente buena

[@yogicfly4bliss]

Beautiful!!

[@kristianhansen6013]

THIS IS PRETTY GOOD

[@purpleblue946]

That second movement is so awesome. I've heard Richter, Hamelin, Lisitsa, Kissin but Wang beats them all in this movement.

[@Superpetr75]

I agree

[@MegaPianogenius]

richter was a far better pianist

[@sebastianfu5979]

what about Trifonov and Pogorelich

[@MegaPianogenius]

Sebastian Fuß
yes those too

[@lenamcginnis5168]

Ivo Pogorelich plays it beautifully!!!

[@mistermaneidioto585]

mãos magicas.

[@stefaniavallonchini1902]

Wonderful Yuja ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤍

[@horatiodreamt]

Reminds me of the excellent recording by the late Michel Block posted on YT as well.

[@beejaybath]

Never liked Scriabin. But today, for the first time, I heard hints of Rachmaninoff and Chopin in there - I think - and even some melody. Also loved Yuja's playing of this.

[@roiranen5950]

beejaybath listen to his concerto

[@roiranen5950]

Maybe no hints of rachmaninoff but of Chopin certainly. I'm personally not a fan of rachmaninoff so you may not like it

[@beejaybath]

roi ranen. Just listened earlier and found it mind bendingly beautiful. However, I did not like the key it wa in... F#. Way too difficult to play, but ok to listen to - and relax.

[@roiranen5950]

beejaybath yes I was planning to play it and found that it would take me a while to even read through all of it

[@roiranen5950]

beejaybath instead I'm studying Chopin concerto no. 1

[@milton3204]

It is mine and Carbo's personal opinion. No matter how much you like Yuja, you have to admit this. She's one of my favorite pianists, so don't lump me in with the haters.

[@mikhailtrushechkin1642]

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[@felixalex3966]

4:45 she does the contrast so well

[@chal9575]

soo nice

[@nataliabar4063]

Superb.....!

[@11jupitercowboy8]

Fuuuuck, love this interpretation!

[@milton3204]

Give her time, she was like 24 when this was recorded. It's a decent performance. Scriabin is definitely her strong point, I'll agree to that!

[@keithwinter7721]

Queen Crimson

[@steinwey]

Thanks to ornithology we can help endangered spieces. Most festival directors and concert organisers are musicologists.

[@sam-np4ol]

she humms when she plays a lot

[@PhukIT1865]

close your eyes...listen...and dream

[@leonardobautista1619]

Scriabin´s piano sonatas are as important for Russian music as Beethoven's are for German music.

[@robertflynn6686]

Great compositie.

[@osokinkirill]

Give her the scores and she'll play the universe (sometimes, in her best performance)

[@mikhailtrushechkin1642]

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[@KaraCamilleDelonas]

I can hear her vocalizing along

[@evanandethanadventures8311]

+toothless toe I'd like you to explain the irony in this tragic man's statement. Or do you have nothing better to say to cover up your immaturity than, "oh the irony"... don't bother replying some meaningless shit to me like "oh what a hipocryte"

[@evanandethanadventures8311]

+toothless toe please quote his criticism of wangs playing for me

[@evanandethanadventures8311]

+toothless toe strike that, I've found it... it only proves you both are lost in a world far from the greatness that is art.

[@mikhailtrushechkin1642]

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[@hshshs2007]

I think she gave us a hint about how chopin would play this sonata if he had the chance.

[@javiervivanco919]

Hombres pianistas ..

[@lhj2864]

Good

[@chopinrachliszt]

This is stunning......it's actually quite comparable to the interpretation of Pogorelich.

[@AlfieTheProducer]

Ivo the goat

[@djsksoddjk]

자꾸 생각나서 돌아오는 유자언니 스크랴빈 소나타 2번.. 내 최애임ㅠㅠ

[@leroyzulu5662]

Yaya

[@daphynesilva818]

👏👏

[@laurenth7187]

It's amazing you can hear some Brahms Op 117 or so, in the main theme .

[@user-hp8qp7px2d]

😭😭😭😭😭

[@gergsar]

how old was she in this performance? she's fantastic!

[@ytubejat]

In her early twenties.

[@edmondcheng3547]

8:33' 11:05

[@kevinbell3700]

She looks like my little sister.

[@keithwinter7721]

😋🤣😃😎

[@MadhafuckaWatkinsSr]

OMG she should have used nail polish that matches her gown......

[@iacobellus]

elle est très bien, beaucoup mieux que Lisitsa en tout cas ahah

[@carraze]

musicallement parlant ?

[@iacobellus]

carraze
oui musicalement…… c'est pas richter, c'est sûr, mais je trouve la Lisitsa d'une médiocrité affligeante, surtout dans Scriabine

[@JJANG_HYE]

Presto 08:29