It was chopin who raised the form above the sentimentality of john fields essays, filling his nocturnes with poetry, reflective intimacy and depth. Emi classics has signed the superlative young chinese pianist yundi, formerly known as yundi li, winner of the 14th international frederic chopin piano competition in warsaw. The new york times in his emi classics debut release, 25 yearold chinese pianist yundi formally known as yundi li releases the complete chopin nocturnes to commemorate the composers 200th birthday in 2010. Yundi li enthusiasts can add another disc to their yundi li recordings. But now he goes by just yundi, rendered in concert programs and press materials in. Chopin nocturnes, an album by frederic chopin, yundi on spotify. Schumann fantasie, the art of yundi, chopin prelude and chopin ballades berceuse mazurkas. Chopin nocturnes by yundi on amazon music unlimited. Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante in e flat, op. Growing up with these popular favourites of the romantic concerto repertoire yundi li has been. Yundi li has commented how rare it was to encounter western classical music in his homeland during his formative years and how he first heard liszts e flat concerto on 78 rpm records when he was nine and the chopin e minor concerto aged fourteen. Yundi lis 2015 release of chopins preludes on deutsche grammophon launches his chopin project, which consists of recordings and performances devoted to the works of the polish master. Our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination. Yundi li, ingrid fliter 14th international frederick.
Li yundi is a classical pianist born in chongqing, china on october 7, 1982. Yundi li is such a sensitive pianist, every live performance seems different, so just put the three interpretations togather. Appropriately, yundis first emi release will be the complete chopin nocturnes, released. Scherzi impromtus 20042015 official digital download 24bit96khz yundi li liszt 2003 official digital download 24bit44,1khz. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Yundi has devoted most his career almost exclusively to chopin.
Wolfgang amadeus mozart piano concerto in a major kv 488 richard strauss sinfonia domestica op. The uniqueness of this performance of chopins preludes comes from yundis choice to interpret it and play it as a single work. Yundi li once again proves he is a master of technical execution when it comes to the classical composition with this double cd of chopin nocturnes. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. Get a special offer and listen to over 60 million songs, anywhere with amazon music unlimited. The pianist formerly known as yundi li now reappears as yundi, and with a new label behind him. Yundis album is part of his ongoing chopin project, which has the appearance of being his lifes work, so closely is he associated with this music. Click on the button to go to the page where you can download the music. In doing so, he was able through his command of rich tone colors, wonderful phrasing, meticulous details, and clarity of playing to display the full canvas of emotions chopin must have had during the difficult period in his life when these preludes were written. His first emi release, the complete nocturnes was released in march 2010. Apr 16, 20 yundi li is such a sensitive pianist, every live performance seems different, so just put the three interpretations togather. Jan 01, 2001 listen to your favorite songs from chopin. Nov 02, 2015 i have known yundi li since he won the young artist bachauer competition in salt lake city. Chopin nocturnes yundi 2010 written by bluesever wednesday, 27 august 2014 15.
He is also popularly known as yundi and formerly yundi li. Chinese pianist yundi li has not only switched his label from deutsche grammophon to emi, but he has changed his name and become simply yundi. I notice though, that dg appears to have added seongjin cho from recent chopin competition, stunning chopin performances. He was named yundi li when, still a teenager, he won first prize at the chopin competition in warsaw in 2000.
See more ideas about classical music, music and piano music. Mar 25, 2016 he was named yundi li when, still a teenager, he won first prize at the chopin competition in warsaw in 2000. The pianist, now 22, discusses his enthusiasm for the 19thcentury polish composer. At the end of each line you find more information about the music of that specific performer. Pianists can perhaps get away with pulling them around too much when playing just one or two, but never when putting all 20 together and that is the test of complete recordings. This album will feature chopins complete preludes, a collection of beloved works for solo piano. With music streaming on deezer you can discover more than 56 million tracks, create your own playlists, and share your favourite tracks with your friends. On the basis of his strong, incisive chopin scherzi for dg, i had high hopes for his emi debut consisting of all 20 chopin nocturnes. For example 602 m128 means that this performer offers a mp3 file of 128kbps that takes 6. Born in chongqing, li is most well known for being the youngest pianist to win the international frederic chopin piano competition, in 2000, at the age of 18, and for judging it in 2015. Mar 10, 2005 at 18, yundi li became the youngest person ever to win the prestigious international chopin competition.
Chopin inherited the form from irish composer john field. Chopin warsaw philharmonic orchestra piano concerto in f minor, op. It might seem that yundis career has been dominated by chopins music since he won the first prize at the international fryderyk chopin competition in 2000, and he has periodically released recordings of. Camille pleyel, with whom several noted musicians of the day, including berlioz and liszt, fell in love, although even at. I have known yundi li since he won the young artist bachauer competition in salt lake city. Digital booklet pianist yundi returns to frederic chopin the composer he is most closely associated with. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. A brilliant interpretation of the chopin s 2nd nocturne by the famous pianist yundi li. I will never forget the performance of the chopin andante spianato. Listen to your favorite songs from chopin nocturnes by yundi now. It is material with which he is extremely familiar and comfortable. The uniqueness of this performance of chopin s preludes comes from yundi s choice to interpret it and play it as a single work. Primarily because it sounds like imprecise rhythmic note values from midi data had been used to make this and it was written to be played by an actual well trained piano playing musician whom if suitable enough would have been professional enough not to play the note rhythms incorrectly.
Fields influence is indeed palpable throughout chopins earliest published entries in the genre, the three nocturnes, op. Li yundi born october 7, 1982 is a chinese classical pianist. Sample yundi before you buy or download a track to test. Chongqing, chongqing grand theatre, chongqing, china. On the basis of his strong, incisive chopin scherzi for dg, i had high hopes for. At 18, yundi li became the youngest person ever to win the prestigious international chopin competition. Interesting and at points very pleasant in a tonal sense but for me its hard to call this good music. Yundi li, the brilliant chinese pianist has proved a technically astounding pianist who is by turns elegant and rambunctious, coolly expressive. Chopin, 4 ballades 1831, 1839, 1841, 1842 chopin, 24 preludes, op. Yundi was born in chongquing, peoples republic of china in 1982. To be sure, yundis technique is beyond cavil, and everything sounds uniformly pretty and tasteful.