Lang Lang -- Gershwin, Prelude No. 3

Lang Lang, piano

George Gershwin, Prelude No. 3, Allegro ben ritmato e deciso

The Piano By Lang Lang, filmed at the Cité de la Musique in Paris on March 30, 2011

[meuh_long]

I'm genuinely impressed on how you interpreted this piece

[zatchbeltguy]

If everybody played Gershwin exactly like Gershwin not only the audience would get bored but so would the pianist and Gershwin himself I suspect.

[XDSakuraBlossomXD]

I dont understand why everybody keeps hating LangLang! Sure this wasnt his best but really people do you really have to keep posting these hating comments? I personally think he is amazing, it would take an enourmous amount of work to get to where he is today!

[Bowandarrow]

Love his interpretation. Very creative. :)

[Methylglyoxal]

Lol looks like I'm the only one who enjoys this performance, I like the jazzy tone. Very modern

[Twilzita]

He skipped approximately four measures and I'm slightly horrified

[AlexisRen]

gosh people! why do hate LangLang so much? it doesnt sound to robotic and he did NOT destroy the piano! and in the piece, there is a random Eflat! it wasnt his best performance but that doesnt mean it was bad! he probably played it better than you couldve!

[gearyg]

The d-flat at the beginning lmao I’m weak

[pear]

Woooow!!LangLang plays VERY wow! I love this performance!

[hongyuhsien]

he forgot to play 8 bars in this piece lol 😂😂

[Xiaddo]

Very good performance. Gershwin can be interpreted in so many ways, and all will be beautiful.

[TheJMusicNow]

For Christ sake people! You wouldn't be satisfied if Gershwin himself played this!

[ebpianodude]

@nuggetowow I can't speak for the "haters" out there, but I think Lang Lang is a great pianist. He just doesn't quite play what is written in the score enough. He skips parts, and adds extra ritards that weren't in there. The point is, it's just a semi-unreasonable interpretation in my opinion. If Lang Lang had played through the piece as written, his own personality and interpretation would have shined brighter than it did in this performance. Again this is just my opinion.

[francoisrodewald]

I don't like it, but I like seeing him having fun:)

[eirikstave]

Like if you heard the extra note at 1:05.

[anatudor]

I don't understand why everyone is hating on this performance... The style isn't exactly what's written, but that's the point of an interpretation.

[RhythmAddictedState]

Why so many dislikes, are you all out of your mind? Can't you detach yourselves from the original and enjoy the playfulness of this?

[coolcooja]

He's not jazz trained, he's classically trained. He's probably not used to swinging notes

[chuleiwang]

I am not farmilliar with jazz. His sound is very light and happy. I just like this point.

[BJAProductions]

Fine until about 0:07 lol.. just crazy after that.