Partir, repartir, se poser quelques minutes, juste le temps de vérifier la prochaine destination....que fuyez-vous ? Vous-même ? Quant au passé, on le porte toujours en soi. C'est seulement à compter du moment où on l'accepte que l'on peut espérer en guérir s'il fait toujours mal. C'est ce que je fais en écrivant mes livres. Pas pour mes autres textes.

Ecouter une seule fois ce morceau de Franz Schubert, et vous vous en souviendrez toute votre vie. Il l'a composé peu de temps avant la mort.....

schubert was 30 when he composed the sonata and lang lang also about 30 when he played this in Prague

@@aristoteles2797 Look, I'm complimenting Lang Lang, not insulting him 😅. And, one may say that 30 years in 1820s aren't comparable to 30 years of nowadays. Don't you agree?

Wie kann man denn diese Sonate "vergessen". Würde mal vermuten, daß Sie egrade geschwindelt haben ...

I don't think it's jealousy necessarily. It's rather disappointment, because Lang Lang has proven how incredibly great he can play the piano and yet the still chooses to go down the commercial route and put showmanship over the essence of the music. His recording of Liszt's Réminiscences de Don Juan in Carnegie Hall from 2003 is my absolute favorite recording of that piece. I don't think it's been ever played as well before. That being said, I don't like a lot of his recordings because I think they cater to a less enthusiastic audience that puts on "Beethoven's greatest hits" during christmas dinner, which of course is perfectly fine, but they are different listeners than those who are almost compulsively obsessed and even snobbish when it comes to classical music. The ones that have the score in hand and really try to understand and actually listen, not just putting some tune on for the sole sake of it being on. Freaks, I guess you could call them. And those are probably the ones that dislike him.

Scott C Yes, Scott, it is exactly my feeling. Schubert's music goes straight to the heart and plays with it like one can play with the strings of a violin. I believe that Music is really the most spiritual Art and included a part of Divinity.

The Sonata in Bflat from SCHUBERT must not be played by Lang to be so great, it is one the best peace of Music ever been written.

Richter or Rubinstein would never play like that. For high-level concert piano players, no one questions virtuosity. Burying the depth of a masterpiece under your own ego, just to do something different that sets you apart from the rest... that's a choice that only speaks of the person, but Lang lang will never be a model like Richter or Rubinstein, for a genuine pianist.

Brendel is indeed the summits of D960. But for Ritcher, I don't think so. Ritcher's D960 is too slow which makes the music a bit tardy. For exam, Ritcher's presentation is not acceptable!

???? giggi erosion

borninparis After listening this sonata and D 959 by Krystian Zimerman yesterday (June 19, 2015) I have the impression that most pianists really didn't understand Schubert at all. Like in the late symphonies Zimerman had a wide range in dynamics, colors of sound combined with a rhythm (almost as good as Artur Rubinstein) and his tone! Of course it's not "mainstream Schubert" but for my taste better than everything I ever heard (including Brendel and Rubinstein)!

So, you know Schubert better than anybody in the world. Play this piece yourself and make a video on KZfaq and let the world know who Schubert is.

Naaah guys the real summit is Erdmann ;)

It definitely looks like you only know him.😄

The coda of 4rth movement avoid doubts

Me too! Not bad at all. Oh no. He's killing it now. Sorry, I take that back.

where exactly?

Not too far into it. I don't want to have to listen again.

what was wrong specifically?

There is nothing wrong.

what about you? ;-)

@@emilecek Of course i do and Bang Bang is far better than me BUT i don't sell anything to anyone and definitly not bad schubert

@@thesedreamsarefree true , totally agree ... Try Richter 960 . Have a nice day

Yeah, that's true. Like all of us. To be honest, there were some parts where I felt he bangs a little bit. Maybe it's the piano he's playing. But some parts don't sound that good. He breaks the melody at parts. And yet he does play it in quite a improvised and expressive way. And he has some very beautiful moments and be brings out some interesting parts of the piece which although I don't think is very tasteful is very fresh and interesting.

@@thesedreamsarefree I do not agree. One of the most criticized things about Lang Lang is that his ego is above work. Virtuosity and technique are not in doubt when it comes to high-level concert piano players, but being able to reach and transmit the deep essence of the work, without the ego protruding above... this is only reserved for a few few, and certainly Lang is not among them.

David Meyer

Great comment! I thought the same when I first started listening but then yes the showman arrived and that was the end of it.

oxyiscool He just can't control it isn't he, kind of wasting his gift

The recoding quality is too good to be Richter! It's certainly not Richter

chris edmunds The person should check the score is you sir. no offence.