Yundi Li - Beethoven - Pathetique Sonata - 2nd Movement

Yundi Li - Beethoven - Pathetique Sonata - 2nd Movement

Few days ago, I posted Beethoven's Pathetique Sonata - 3rd Movement played by Soonhwon Kwon.

So, I want to contrast the same composer's song with two different player.

A song can be interpreted in different ways by player's intention, as I mentioned before, this contrast of Beethoven's song will be shown apparently.

Yundi Li is Chinese pianist most famous for his best play recently.

His note flowing is very sensitive even if he is a male player. His note touching and flowing is more emotional than women's have. He exaggerates the original tempo as following his emotional stream. However, Soonhwon Kwon's style is close to original classics. Playing regularly and rhythmically. Soonhwon keeps original score very tightly. But Yundi Li is more flexible than Soonhwon. This difference is well indicated in the Beethoven's song. Like this song, 2nd Movement, the 3rd movement can be played as a extreme sentimental song. Yundi Li expressed like that. But Soonhwon express the coldness rather than softness.

My entire feeling when I listen this song first is strolling in the deep forest with birds toward a lake where the deer and rabbit lives at late afternoon. Sun is falling down, temperature is going down. Peaceful moment is going away. I just feel like get to go back home immediately. The reason why I felt this emotion is... A part is peaceful, tempo is not too fast, but A' part is faster than A part and the low notes keep playing during the changes into C part. 

At last, c part has an evidence of going back to everyone's home just like an ending credit in movie.

I can feel the Soonhwon's play as a strong temperance, and Yundi's play as a free of expression.

Today's suggestion : Determine some feeling as a word.