Lang Lang plays Chopin Etude Op.10 No.3 in E Major at The Berlin Philharmonic.

Lang Lang plays Chopin Etude Op.10 No.3 in E Major at The Berlin Philharmonic.

[deconry]

This was my Aunt's favorite Chopin piece. She paid for my piano lessons and I still play today at 79. It is wonderfully and exquisitely presented here.

[openmusic]

I have always absolutely adored this Chopin Etude from the very first time I started to learn to play piano. There is something so beautifully haunting and poignant about it. I find it very hard to describe what i feel when I listen to this piece. It is like looking up to a night sky full of stars, reflecting on all the joy and sorrow you have experienced in your life and being at peace with sorrow and relishing in the joy and being ever hopeful. The piece does have a definite sense of sorrow about it but also has an incomparable sense of triumph over adversity which really adds to it's expressive power. In short it is an absolutely stunning piece of music!

Sorry for waffling on so much but this piece of music means so much to me!

[ChineseDeli]

I’m a 26 year old man and I am crying alone on my couch on a Friday night over how beautiful this is

[pianofortestudios]

I realize there's a huge amount of artistic license taken here but this is my absolute favorite recording of a solo piano performance and Lang Lang's entranced facial expressions are just precious.  He's so connected to the instrument he's not even looking at the keys.  It's just sublime.

[heyjianjing]

To me, this is a perfect performance, I don't remember how many other versions I have encountered, live or recorded, in the past 10+ years, this is such a sublime performance by Lang Lang, thank you so much!

[sarahliu]

I feel Lang Lang has put his entire soul into the music. Truly emotional.

[youtubesangryopinionramble]

"Tristesse" - The piece expresses the blending of joy, sorrow, and nostalgia, and demonstrates how we can find strength in them. Sometimes we must accept that it's okay to feel sad.

[FoziCoD]

Why so many dislikes.. It's one of the best version of this etude i've heard.

[jamesghani]

I fail to see how this could ever be more perfectly interpeted and performed. What a divine jewel this etude is.

[gotriceandshrimp]

Most people can't even do this with their eyes open and faces glued to the music sheet. Chopin himself would applaud at Lang's performance.

[MrBluegrass]

I've heard this piece hundreds of times and my appreciation of it has evolved into strange places.  I thought Lang was too slow and hammy with the introduction, but I've never heard a better rendition of the crazy, violent middle part. 

What I love about this piece is its extremes.  It's almost two pieces-- the beginning and end, and that ferocious, difficult middle.  Much praise for Lang for bringing feeling and confidence to the middle.     

[MrBrown-fh]

Lang Lang's slow rendition perfectly conveys the light sorrow / sadness, I had to concentrate to capture each note. Beautiful.

[vivianidelacerda]

And I am watching this amazing solo 13 years after it was posted. Thank you so much!

[jzmdqti]

I think the reason that many people are uncomfortable with watching Lang Lang perform is because they are uncomfortable with his (over-exaggerated, to some) show of emotions. Our society is still uncomfortable with very blatantly open emotions, especially to see it on a stranger's face.... Nonetheless, this is a brilliant performance, and I give Lang Lang full applause for it.

[Idylliac]

The music is so unbelievable soft that made my heart skip beats, and so static as if my blood had coagulated somehow. Magical.

[LucasKingPiano]

100% agree. Lang Lang's proven the youtube critics wrong here.

[etudeando]

This performance is absolutely unique in the vast majority. Soft transitions, clarity and the climax is amazing . Awesome!

[nezkeys]

wow! this piece is in my opinion the most beautiful piece of music chopin has ever written and lang lang interpreted it the best possible way for my ears. who cares if he makes faces? I'd rather that than some robot with no visible emotion via facial expression. In fact his expressions add to the magic for me. If you dont like his facial expressions just scroll the page down and just listen while you read the comments section or something.

[riayorro]

Lang Lang really has expressed himself and played this piece meaningfully. So grateful to have watched this, and Chopin for sure would be so proud of him too.

[supersonicdrawer]

in my opinion... the whole song represents life. the cantabile section represents life's wonders, love and/or also self pity, sadness or sorrow. the section after comes in with a lively dance representing all the thrills of life and perhaps a ballroom dance and then suddenly a giant crescendo to anger, rage and despair! and finally, in your later years; sitting on that deathbed just accepting death in a respectable manner.