Yellow River Piano Concerto

[dimu]

I heard Lang Lang played this song in CD 'The Best and Rarities'. he performed the 2nd movt (Ode) and I think this part is most lovely, after I heard that I like Chinese music's melody.
Maybe some of you have this score, so I can get it

thank you

[allthumbs]

Who was the composer of this piece? I. P. Schtanding perhaps?

[retrouvailles]

I had the score for it once, but I deleted it because this piece is certainly one of the worst examples of 20th century schlock to have been written. There are plenty of pieces (including some other pieces by Asian composers) with nice, approachable melodies to listen to. However, the moment that hack Lang Lang attaches his name to something, that piece instantly becomes the greatest piece in the world for some people. Shameful.

[birba]

I had the score for it once, but I deleted it because this piece is certainly one of the worst examples of 20th century schlock to have been written. There are plenty of pieces (including some other pieces by Asian composers) with nice, approachable melodies to listen to. However, the moment that hack Lang Lang attaches his name to something, that piece instantly becomes the greatest piece in the world for some people. Shameful.

Hear hear!!!!!!!!  I heard it when it came out and Mao Tse Tung was still in power. In fact, I think he commissioned it.   I can't believe they still accept it.  It should be on the black list.

[indutrial]

I had the score for it once, but I deleted it because this piece is certainly one of the worst examples of 20th century schlock to have been written. There are plenty of pieces (including some other pieces by Asian composers) with nice, approachable melodies to listen to. However, the moment that hack Lang Lang attaches his name to something, that piece instantly becomes the greatest piece in the world for some people. Shameful.

Whole-heartedly seconded. I don't think I've even heard many works of Soviet socialist realism that push the boundaries of badness as much as this dehumanizing musical Titanic of a work. Nobody should play this work if they want to claim that they enjoy the benefits of having an individual soul. I refuse to believe that this piece of over-Westernized s**t is deserving of recognition from a country that likely has a zillion things more creative.

[thalbergmad]

I would actually rather listen to Liberace playing the Warsaw Concerto than Lang Lang playing the Yellow River Concerto.

Like Retro, I deleted this trash from my hard drive as i hate it even more than Schumann and Grieg Concertos.

Thal

[birba]

I would actually rather listen to Liberace playing the Warsaw Concerto than Lang Lang playing the Yellow River Concerto.

Thal

You really have the knack at metaphors!  Loved that.

[indutrial]

Like Retro, I deleted this trash from my hard drive as i hate it even more than Schumann and Grieg Concertos.

Thankfully, this rot never made it to my hard drive. I watched that horrid performance of the piece on Youtube that featured an entirely mobilized Chinese Youth League playing on 100's of pianos in a sports stadium and the results pretty much spoke for themselves.

[retrouvailles]

The only reason why it made it to my hard drive was because many years ago, when I started getting serious with collecting concertos, I pretty much grabbed anything I could get if I saw it. I have since musically matured, and I now exercise a bit more discretion when collecting. I hated it then also, and this was before Lang Lang deflowered it (then again, his action was akin to taking a crap in a trash can, for lack of a better analogy).

[thalbergmad]

I am beginning to feel sorry for the poor sod that started this thread.

Thal

[retrouvailles]

I am beginning to feel sorry for the poor sod that started this thread.

Thal

Not me. There are some things that people need to learn the hard way. I've had my views attacked plenty of times (ahem), and you don't see me pouting about it.

[n00bhippy]

Not me. There are some things that people need to learn the hard way. I've had my views attacked plenty of times (ahem), and you don't see me pouting about it.

learn wot the hard way? that if they make a thread about a piece they like people will come in and poop all over it?

[indutrial]

learn wot the hard way? that if they make a thread about a piece they like people will come in and poop all over it?

There's nothing wrong with sh*tting on a pile of sh*t.

I just don't get why people would ever embrace a work that is so blatantly geared towards being an anti-individual piece of 'democratic art', especially after years of being taught to enjoy the works of highly individualistic talents like Bach, Beethoven, Liszt, Scriabin, etc....When music sounds like it's out to please the government (like this) or popular tastes (like that dreaded Beatles concerto), it's usually musical diarrhea, and this is no exception.

[n00bhippy]

shrug. the original poster seemed to like this piece, i'm sure they're not the only one. its all subjective as far as taste goes.

[communist]

Unfortunately I listened to it and; well, the only thing that is comparably as bad is Andre Mathieu.