Every pianist express and make the performance their own. Doesn't mean one is necessarily better than the other, as individual relation to a piece is what makes preferences.That is the beauty of Classical music, it is timeless, and each performance can convey something new, different, depending on the moment...

@Jessicapun97 And don't forget, this is a LIVE performance, the recordings you hear on your Ipod or other recordings on youtube are recordings for records, CD's & etc. They don't allow those to have any mistakes and keep recording and redoing until it's perfect. Live performances you will hear mistakes even from the most renowned pianists of the old, the sound quality of recordings are also recorded at a MUCH higher quality than this video, which this video is via web stream.

信じられない程素晴らしい演奏でした！！！世界一だ～。

4:40 Anyone noticed how he uses his left hand to describe his feelings towards his right hand's work?? Fascinating little insight in Yundi's mind!

First video I've seen where the last note doesn't end with a shot of the pianist, but whatever. Yundi Li is amazing. All pianists are. It takes every quality to be a performer.

This version shows more details of Yundi's hand technique which is wonderful. Yundi felt more comfortable in his homeland and played better.

A masterful story being told via music. I'm totally amazed!!

one of the best pianists i've ever heard!

saw this guy on a public channel during their arts programming, performing Liszt. I was blown away!!

@Jessicapun97 the fact is that people who come to music performances just to listen to and point out wrong notes, is not getting what music is about. Anybody can play a piece and hit all the right notes and perform it horribly, but that isn't what music is about, the expression of the human art. There were hardly any wrong notes, and even if there were (which there isn't), it doesn't take away from the artists expression and energy portrayed into the music.

To the nay-sayers who think this is too technical and not emotive. Think about Liszt for a second. This is

@Jessicapun97 As well, since this is a concerto, the main drive of the tempo of the music is through the conductor, different conductors have different ways of pushing their musicians into shaping the concerto to what they feel it should be. Of course people will have different opinions of ALL music around the world, the world is made of different opinions anyway. but it is disrespectful to just go to a video and downplay on anyone's efforts or a collective group effort.

I see comments in all sorts of things about how rude it is to clap between movements, but honestly, performers never mind. Unless it were between mvts. 2 and 3 of Beethoven 4th concerto. And in the liszt especially, its actually kind of fitting. Fantastic performance, anyways.

That's what i call a good and sharp martellato

He was A. MAZE. ING!! Thanks for posting! I never heard this piece before.

Yundi Li = Piano Skills !!

....che meraviglia!!! Musica Super!!!

I think the audience never heard of this piece, usually when this end there is an immediate applause but the audience actually hastitated, and when the conducter said it's finished then they applaused. Oh my god.....

Maestro Yundi, you are magnificent, always give 200% in your performance, SUBLINE!!

OMG..I love Yundi Li....