Proms 08 - Lang Lang - Liszts's Hungarian Rhapsody No2

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Proms 08 - Lang Lang - Liszts's Hungarian Rhapsody No2
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Lang Lang performs Lizts's Hungarian Rhapsody No2 at the Royal Albert Hall during the Proms 2008 season.
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Hang Zhao
Hang Zhao
2 months ago
Fun fact: Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 has a very special meaning to Lang Lang, he is inspired to play piano after seeing Tom and Jerry episode The Cat Concerto

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Joe O'Hara
Joe O'Hara
4 months ago
Horowitz: but the arrangement is supposed to be impossible.

Lang Lang: not impossible, necessary.

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rip in pepperonies
rip in pepperonies
2 years ago
This is the Horowitz arrangement.
This is the Horowitz arrangement.
This is the Horowitz arrangement.
This is the Horowitz arrangement.
This is the Horowitz arrangement.
This is the Horowitz arrangement.
This is the Horowitz arrangement.
This is the Horowitz arrangement.

(Just want to make it clear)

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Aramis Boillot
Aramis Boillot
1 year ago
This is Lang Lang showing off. That’s the point of the Horowitz arrangement, it’s really to let a true virtuoso have a skill ceiling on a piece that’s absurd for anyone normal.

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J M
J M
9 years ago
If you dilettantes and snobs had more than an eye drop's worth of musical knowledge, you would realize that Liszt likely performed this piece differently every time. That's the nature of a rhapsody... we're not talking about a Bach partita or a Beethoven sonata. It's meant to be fun, flashy and even frivolous. Some of you need to relax and smile :)

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Yubin Lee
Yubin Lee
2 years ago
This is not Liszt's version, but Horowitz's one.

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drummerdude3691
drummerdude3691
7 years ago
I think this is great!
It seems like he loves his interpretation, makes me love it just as much.
Who cares if you don't think it's the best interpretation, Lang Lang owned this piece. It is his because of his interpretation. When you started to stigmatize the interpretation, it strips the music of it's magic. Let's celebrate his achievement, not stigmatize ! respectfully. 

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Mohammad Hisyam
Mohammad Hisyam
2 years ago
He uses the Horrowitz arrangement

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Καλλίμαχος
Καλλίμαχος
2 years ago
It's perfect. If I could ever play it, that's exactly how I would play it. It's full of energy and craziness. Playing a piece like this so freely shows another level of mastery that I have never seen before

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Ba Cota
Ba Cota
1 year ago
If Liszt would been on crystal meth it would sound like this.  Not for everybody and definitely not for the ones that hoped to hear the original score, but my god what a great performer this guy is! 
The original is one of the most difficult (popular) pieces to play.  He plays it as it’s too easy.
Again, not for everybody, I love the original but this guy is a real boss.

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Simon Paxon
Simon Paxon
3 months ago
Horowitz arrangement is extremely difficult to play. Lang Lang interpretation on this piece was brilliant, and technically he is absolutely top level.

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Kevin Xin
Kevin Xin
2 years ago
Because Langlang is so much more mechanically skilled, he could play it in a way where some other pianists might think of but can't get to because of skill limitations. He's a freaking beast!

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meta _ing
meta _ing
3 months ago
3:11- 3:25 Lang Lang: Can't believe I'm actually playing this

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Hernan Romero
Hernan Romero
8 years ago
This IS Liszt, passion and virtuosity. Nothing more to say.

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WECSLEY WAGNER VIDAL WWVIDAL
WECSLEY WAGNER VIDAL WWVIDAL
7 months ago
" - there autority not gerent!" Lang, Lang, by Listz

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Kacem Mephisto
Kacem Mephisto
2 years ago
Horowitz+lang lang=💥💥💥💥

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Jack Griffiths
Jack Griffiths
2 years ago
4:36 omfg how so even....

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Mourad EL AMRANI
Mourad EL AMRANI
7 years ago
This is my favorite version! I think even aliens would be moved to tears listening to this 

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Eirik Knævelsrud
Eirik Knævelsrud
8 years ago
Ok, not what a regular pianist thinks about this piece. But i think Liszt would be proud. A real virtuous. Funny and majestic!

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William Bracken
William Bracken
7 years ago
honestly how can you say that is a dishonest interpretation

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slerk9
slerk9
9 years ago
For those of you asking about dissimilarities, this is not the original Liszt version but the Liszt-Horowitz version.  It makes the easy parts harder and the hardest part easier.

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VolumeFN
VolumeFN
5 months ago
2:01 O my that's really fast for that arpeggio

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Brett Bentley
Brett Bentley
11 months ago
4:38 is my favourite part were lang Lang shows how skilfully how can spam the C sharp

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CodeDawei
CodeDawei
7 years ago
I agree with you completely.  I honestly don't care what Lang Lang does but how he plays.  This is still my favorite interpretation of HR2, just so much energy.

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Johney Smith
Johney Smith
8 months ago (edited)
Lang Lang has "something original" in his playing! He is 1 of the "twin princes of piano" of China, the other being Yundi Li !  China is so lucky to have them both at the same time!  Cheer, Lang Lang!

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Charlee Xiong
Charlee Xiong
3 days ago
I bet his fingers are scared to be on his hands.



Davis Robinson
Davis Robinson
11 months ago
Possibly the best interpretation of this piece I've ever heard.

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Andyman3k
Andyman3k
10 years ago
So classical music is supposed to only have one single interpretation, and be a stoic, emotionless piece of art work?

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Darren Williams
Darren Williams
1 month ago
01:08 He does this so beautifully.

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MarioSonic4life
MarioSonic4life
2 months ago (edited)
2:48 i thought my pc froze

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Shirley Meyer Blankenship
Shirley Meyer Blankenship
10 months ago
I 100% love this guy! OMG

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八雲紫
八雲紫
10 months ago
8:19 legends say that you can hear Rousseau crying among all the cheering if you listen hard enough.

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Juan Pablo Garcia Marulanda
Juan Pablo Garcia Marulanda
9 months ago
Holy crap! You've got to be an absolutely crazy genius to play, and even more so, to compose something so astonishingly difficult.........I´ts total madeness...!!

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Vk
Vk
4 days ago (edited)
3:05 years of hard work for that tone



Ronnie Fernandez
Ronnie Fernandez
1 year ago (edited)
i was watching from 4:35 in 1.5x speed

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Aditya Tiwari
Aditya Tiwari
2 months ago
Hungarian rhapsody no2 with EXTRA THUNDER

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Teresa M
Teresa M
8 years ago
I was there!!!

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FARthePianist
FARthePianist
9 years ago
This is simply amazing... Only Lang Lang to play something like this with so much virtuosity, especialy the Friska! Simply awesome! :)

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tubbietubby
tubbietubby
2 months ago
Lang Lang has mastered the piano like it's his toy!



Joene Moreira
Joene Moreira
3 months ago
Estilo personalíssimo ! Excêntrico !



tubbietubby
tubbietubby
2 months ago
Thank you for this video!  Thank you, Lang Lang!!  This is the most flamboyant, festive, and joyous rendition!  The most brilliant & playful Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 ever!



Yansen De La Cuesta
Yansen De La Cuesta
8 months ago (edited)
THE FRISKA PART IS ROUGHLY 30-40% IMPROVISED BY HOROWITZ ,CANT IMAGINE HOW LISZT PLAY THE CADENZA , HE WOULD BE MUCH MORE AMAZING.O,BTW CREDIT TO LANG LANG, AMAZINGLY ENTERTAINING

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tchen1706
tchen1706
6 months ago
I love horowitz...so when i listen to Lang...erm..the deepness of horowitz miss.also the colours...it is goid but indont know..i cant be riveting..sorry...



Naraku
Naraku
1 month ago
2:12 Is Jerry inside this piano?

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Szilárd Balog
Szilárd Balog
1 month ago
6:49 no, no, no, play it louder please!



侯思宇
侯思宇
2 weeks ago
I'd been seen alots video of this song played by him,Abosolutely for sure this is the best play I ever seen!



wedemeyerr
wedemeyerr
4 years ago
One of my favourite interpretations of the Hungarian Rhapsody

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George Nevrela
George Nevrela
1 year ago (edited)
this is totaly deformed version of Lang Lang.
When you will hear the HR2 played by Hamelin, you will almoust not recognize this played by Lang Lang
This one  is for my taste the best: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Su2lLZRMQ9w (especial from 9.19 min).
Nobody plays this part as Hamelin does.
Lang Lang has  surely very good  technik, but his interpretation is like a clounery.
I do not like this.



kevin m
kevin m
9 years ago
This guy is truly the best when playing pieces like these,.He's a Chinese Liszt!

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Lili Fox
Lili Fox
6 months ago
As if I heard Franz Liszt playing the passion out of his heart



Jonas Chen
Jonas Chen
9 years ago
The version of the ending he is playing is the easiest professional version for the song, try listening to Horowitz or Yundi Li, the ending is MUCH harder than the version he is playing. The guy was talking total shit, that version wasn't arranged by Horowitz, and Horowitz didn't make the song impossible, he made the easier parts harder and the ending, which is the hardest part of the piece, easier.