Just about the worst insult concerning Liszt i have ever seen.The great one would turn in his grave if he knew he was being compared to that clown
-Of course "la campanella" and all of these "GREAT" Liszt opera transcrtiptions is a really really essential piece of art!
The only piece I could see Lang Lang pulling off just as well as everyone else is John Cage's 4'33.....
Someone told me that Lang Lang is going to be the new Liberace [...]
Oh, wow, I guess I should have said Lang Lang is "aspiring to" become the next Liberace... instead of "going to".
people still wasting their time arguing about who sucks or not...sad
I am jealous of many pianists, but he is not one of them. Why would i be jealous of someone who plays Chopin so badly for instance.Anoyne who rates this clown as one of the greats is allowing themselves to get carried away on a wave of public euphoria which results in the dimming of senses and judgement.Thal
The 20-year-old played with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on January 15, 1940, at the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, performing Liszt's Second Piano Concerto under the baton of Hans Lange, for which he received strong reviews.
[...]"Florence Kelly had earned a bachelor's and a master's degree at the Chicago Musical College. She had studied with Paul Stoye, Rudolph Reuter, Mori(t)z Rosenthal, and Glenn Dilliard Gunn."[...]
"Maybe I'm not as good as Horowitz, but I have "money to burn!" ( In German: "Geld wie Heu". )
- he will succeed for the "broad masses", but in comparison to the real Giants he won't, I think. And this is my personal opinion.
Like come on, it's not even debatable. He's easily one of the best right now.
Not in my books I'm afraid...I could make a long list of present pianists I much rather listen to. And THIS would be a good post to end this thread
Name 100 current pianists you would rather listen to over him. I don't even know 100 pianistsAlive or dead.
excluding cranks and the wilfully obscure
If you don't know 100 living pianists, then maybe you are excused EDIT: MY list would also include some Asian pianists, I just have trouble in general remembering people's names...
Lang Lang has the ability so few pianists ever possess. He could interpret a piece in any way he desires. His choice of interpretation is rather subjective and he can easily interpret just as well as the greatest pianists if he chooses to.
Interesting...how do you know that?
-Could be that he has listened to Lang Lang you know
Don't you people have your own shortcomings to worry about?
Outin is quite right.
facetious & mischievous post:If you haven't seen it yet, type in williams lang lang on yt. The rehearsal clip is pretty amusing too.
Some of his worse performances (eg the Mozart sonata movement at the Proms a few years back, sorry can't be more precise, the only thing that stuck in my mind was the sheer egregiousness of the rendition) would assuredly result in some very raised professorial eyebrows! I was trying to list current pianists who I would rather hear LL than: so far, excluding cranks and the wilfully obscure, I've got to two.
So, I think we can conclude that lang Lang is good