Chopin - Valentina Igoshina - Nocturne in C Minor

[Elsenrail29]

Folks I have found an even more profound version than this one. Check Perlemuter's version on Youtube...

[MsEsther2004]

Awesome,How old is she and where is Her homeland?

[baida1989]

Beautiful. 

[yaypianoyay]

Why is everyone commenting on her technique, her one mistake, and her body movements. she plays this this piece better than anybody else in the world- including all you. When any of you can play half as well as she can, then comment on her technique, but don't expect anybody to agree.

Valentina--amazing job. Such a great piece of music and you play it phenomenally.

[sulatlalaki]

@yaypianoyay You are SO correct. Seriously, would anyone who could actually even play alongside Vanentina Igoshina come to YouTube to make comments???? Not likely. Therefore, those who criticize her technique are surely jealous or insecure...well...both, since the two go hand in hand.

[mahler151]

@yaypianoyay

Don't oversell her ability out of contempt for her critics. She plays it well, but to outright call it better than anyone else's seriously undermines a lot of other great interpretations.

[jasonevans3]

Passionate.

[hk4672]

she looks stunning at the end

[CamelotRecords]

This beautiful woman fits perfectly, playing this Nocturne.

[mathsprofessional]

I'm halfway through completion in learning this song.

[612curtis]

This is great to listen to when you can't sleep. It's a very emotional piece, well played too!

[mario303076]

kocham Cie Valentinaaaaaaaaaaaa

[HermanBelly]

How can someone dislike this?

[justletmefuckinwatch]

she looks exactly like my piano teacher

[tekilatree]

@justletmefuckinwatch.... you lucky bastard!! >_<

[diesechspfade]

great music, great woman,

I AM IN HEAVEN

[JORGESE007]

Valentina Lisitza, for example. Other great and amazing pianist!

[ycooreman]

It's ok, but listen to Claudio Arrau's recording of this and you will understand the emotion and energy that is lacking in this performance.

[ycooreman]

@ycooreman Arrau's version is 3gw9wafY9GY

[astaa514]

love this version.

[carolwaltenberg]

this is real music.

[ledylanclair]

What an incredible being.

[Yaffapsalm]

Sooooooooooooooooooo beautiful! Thank you : - )

wow!! ♫♪♪♪

[Yaffapsalm]

Sooooooooooooooooooo beautiful! Thank you : - )

wow!!

[Exponentielle2x]

4:12 One of the most beautiful Nocturnes' moment. And that bewitching look...

[MrDavidkharatyan]

In contrary to Roubinstein Valentina plays more emotionally, but both of them play really slow this peace of piano. Listen to Valentina Lisitsa, I think she is more accurate.

[towheenee]

Normally I hear this piece and I feel like I'm doing the dishes with a ball and chain weighting me down.. she actually makes this song thoughtfull and beautiful.

[janeyanna]

I want to marry her o.o <3<3<3

[manolinhadogueto]

You're amaring, girl, just this.

[arm10shadow]

why care about the girl. there are millions of beautiful females in this world. she happens to be playing Chopin. this piece was one of the last in his life. not to mention ITS CHOPIN! Chopin in a true romantic, he is considered the poet of the piano. his music is the simplest form of feelings and emotion stripped of all its complexities.

[laurenkd89]

so beautiful and SO AMAZINGLY talented. I admire her :)

[Sercan687]

53 people doesn't know what the music is.

[broadwood1830]

It's a very romatical kond to play this nocturne. It's quite o.k., to do so. But I think it was not on Chopins mind, playing in such slowly and deep emotional art.

Because of playing so, the piece looses his melodious way. It changes like a cake which is cuttet in several pieces. They all smells very fine but the whole composition gonna be lost. Disturbing is Valentinas kind to move her body. For this read what Chopin wrote down, that a pinaist hae to to all his movement only in fingers & hands

[janeyanna]

@broadwood1830 And Chopin died young and miserable - coincidence? I don't think so :D

[broadwood1830]

@janeyanna are you still drunken? I don't understand your message. Maybe your translater of my comment doesn't work right.

I mean, that Chopin was a fresh young man. And he played as a fresh young man and not like Valentina is practising.

[janeyanna]

@broadwood1830 It's fresh to sit at a piano with a stick up your ass and only move your fingers and hands?

Granted, some pianists overdo it and put on a show, but music is something you feel; how can you feel music and not move?

[broadwood1830]

@janeyanna We are really stonished, waht a lot of heavy aggressive friends Valentina has. There must be some wrong. So have a look at janeyanna's channel. We are shure, ost of the good comments on Valentina are buyed, because no one of her "fans" has somebody to do with classical music......

[janeyanna]

@broadwood1830 What other conspiracy theories do you believe in?

[Parishrut2]

She rocks! I mean, literally

[ClassicAndModern1]

there were two mistakes.

[ClassicAndModern1]

daniel barenboim's played it better ;/

[Elsenrail29]

@ClassicAndModern1 No he has not... Barenboim is one of the masters, sure but just like Rubinstein his playing is very very dry.

[ClassicAndModern1]

@Elsenrail29 I think that Barenboim's interpretation was more emotional than this. sure, it wasn't perfect, but i haven't heard better version yet. I'm sure that Blechacz would play it in the best way, but he hasn't recorded it yet ;/

[cymagen]

good lord what a blessing this song is.

[VoiDukkha]

3:58 mistake <.<

Very good interpretation, i like :)

though some might say a bit immature, but who knows if chopin didnt intend it this way when he composed it...

last part a bit too fast and too straight for my liking, bit like she focused too much on technique and lost the piece a bit?

big thanks for uploading this video! :D

[TheBenj2011]

Yes, you are absolutely right TheSpiderHand...it is a romantic masterpiece...my apologies. I would still call it a classical/romantic because it is an old "classic" masterpiece regardless of time-period it was composed. Thank you for uploading this video.

[hfleung100]

Wow, she's almost TOO pretty. And where does she get all her awesome dresses???? I love the way she's done her hair too...

[kelceejofarra]

Her dress is absolutely gorgeous, and her playing is positively flawless. I keep pressing the 'like' button...

[TheBenj2011]

When you listen to a classical masterpiece you can't help closing your eyes and absorb the feelings coming out of the melody. But, in this case, while Valentina is the one performing, you let your eyes open wide and stare at her all the time and delight in her beauty as it radiates.

[TheSpiderHand]

@TheBenj2011 This isn't a classical masterpiece... it's a romantic masterpiece.

[Mysiblingsasuke]

god, nature,  she is the only best for this song.

[Elsenrail29]

All other versions of this piece (maybe except for Arrau's); from Hoffman's to Yundi Li's are complete jokes to me...

[Caju10jose]

There are excelent pianists on Youtube. Each one is better than the other in something. And it is possible to assist the best technical performances in the world. But I was looking for not only the best technic. I was looking for someone that had made me stop to listen and to listen again. So is Valentina Igoshina.

[Hungrygirl0601]

I love the moments when you can see the eargasms she's having on her face

[musenrike]

i love her..

[darthjoey13]

She looks and plays like an angel.

[ludvan67]

@TheHanoverguy I took this from a Documentary on Tolstoy called The Harvest of Sorrow. It says so under the clip. nothing to do with Chopin. But if it is from a film, please give me its name.

[lesliefoy49]

compared to WHERE she started got a high level /i think of your having not lived in tha soviet union?/

[bennyboobii]

Valentina is such a wonderful pianist! her hands are so light.

[patrickgiovanny]

O que seria da minha vida sem você Valentina Igoshina...

[dragontooth81]

Damn she looks hot in these vids with the long hair. uh..er.. not to mention her talent.. LoL.. She has normal eyebrows too! Whats with that these days, chicks plucking out their brows to a high arch. Everyone wants to be Ooopsy the fucking clown! Her natural beauty its whats so sexy. .. uh.. er... not to mention her talent...

[hunkyung1215]

모든것이 아름답다!!

[shireengol]

she lives this music!!!!

[legocamilochopin]

Realllllllyyyyy delicate

[sjjasando1]

Lovely interpretation, bravo Valentina! Chopin is my favorite romantic composer.

[diegobepo]

que buena que estass



[andres1111ify]

Este nocturno de Chopin , me encanta y quien la ejecuta se nota que lo hace con el alma. Felicitaciones.

Andrés FLores Tobella

[vonteflon]

@slibbing123 well that's one way of putting it I suppose!

[vonteflon]

@slibbing123 If that's the case, then 4:50 to 5:30 must be where you get to repay the favour.

[Konstance001]

@slibbing123 lol that's what u feel listening how she plays THIS song? :)))

[GeneralSnatch]

4:14 is my favorite part of any piano piece I've ever heard

[claudsxnadakins]

Your piano :OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO You = :OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­O indescribeable.

[pelucherabbit]

4:12 My heart stopped for a moment.

[DarthDrizzt]

AWE, RESPECT, TEARS, EMPOWERMENT, this IS what humanity IS, all of us with that undeveloped spark of utter enigmatic genius. Please be only thankful to the humanity that this is and nothing more.

[carlangaz007]

Veryyyyy so beautifuld!!!!

[Flutt3rshy]

What is it about people named Valentina and their being horrifically prodigious?

[RicAbapo]

@Flutt3rshy well, this would be a hint of naming our future daughter Valentina! she might be the next! wink :)

[chevychase]

This gives all new meaning to the word "gorgeous"! C'EST MAGNIFIQUE!!!!

[gapoc459]

How the h*** does she bring out the top voice so clearly in the part starting from 4:16; I'm playing this piece right now, and it's SO HARD to bring out the top voice in full tempo...

[Keytaster]

mistake in bar 16, common in Breitkopf&Härtel editions and others. It's not an octave "G" in the left hand at the end of bar 16, it's an octave "B". Check out urtext editions, e.g. by Henle.

[loienichebas]

this look at 4:56 scared me !!

[wawa314159]

The opening scene looks so poetic!

[RicAbapo]

@wawa314159 i thought u said "pathetic!" and i was like "HEY!!!!WTF??" but oops, my eyes..haaha.. it's 1 39 in the A.M so apologies.. haahaha cheers! :))

[asianmusic99]

somehow...... something in the video, somewhat lets the listener feel that they're in the 18th century.!

[9081ronda]

Ahh! My friend S3RXI0 should look again, for it is she that is making love to Chopin. What I would give to have a woman make love to me with such PASSION!! Kingdoms have been ransomed for less.

[1herbiekritzer]

not that good

[vinyerd516]

I've been stuck on the doppio movement (Last section) for months and months. So dagum frustrating. Is there a certain fingering in the left hand that makes this section possible?

[ImmortalSpecies]

I'm feeling Chopin's ZAL in this intepretation.

[S3RXI0]

chopan is making love with her! xDDDDDDDDDD chopan will never be alone with her 

[korlock3000]

What grade would you consider this piece?

[calivianya]

@korlock3000 I would call this piece an advanced one because of the timing issues. Triplets over eighth notes took me forever to master, but the sixteenth notes over triplets in the last section still trip me up. For people who don't have horrible issues with timing when the hands play different rhythms like I do, this would probably just be moderate difficulty. I don't know what it is, but the rhythms are something I really have trouble wrapping my brain around.

[Jakk325]

I am only 14, And I can only play Chopins nocturne in c sharp minor, After I watched the pianist when I was very young I promised myself that I would learn how to play Ncturne in C sharp minor. I cant read music, But whenever I play or hear chopin I forget the world and am absorbed into a harmonic inspirational world I would one day like to call home

[TheHistorianx3]

@Jakk325 you should take lessons, anybody that can play Chopin is truly gifted. Like you I never took lessons and can barely play Fur Elise so yeah lol.

[ImmortalSpecies]

@TheHistorianx3 I'd say playing Chopin isn't always hard, even his most beautiful pieces are the simple small ones - rather then playing chopin; wanting to play Chopin is what I appreciate!

[AlecegonceTV]

@TheHistorianx3 I recommend talking lessons just for learning how to read and theory. After that go your own way. Because your teacher will tell you to play it with her style. Music should be played by the heart and not by the heart of others. But its just an idea. :D

[cometomyreality]

an angel has fallen before me

[luijpo]

Favorite Chopin nocturne. I always feel strong emotions when i hear this piece, and reminds me of the passion I feel when I play the piano, even though I'm only 16

[kelceejofarra]

Such a beautiful piece, played on such a beautiful piano, by such a beautiful young lady.

[IanL762]

So many comments on the beauty of the performer herself, but I want to take a moment to marvel at her interpretive and technical control. One mark of incredible musicianship is the ability to hold back and apply an effect subtly and gradually. She does this remarkably in the middle of the relative major passage while gently urging on that crescendo and feathering those left hand octaves until she finally rises to the thundering trills coming towards the end... astounded.

[THORSEN907]

She is classy, stunning, beautiful.

[arlongan]

51 girls or gay boys.

[JMVOX]

@arlongan What a stupid thing to say.

[kelceejofarra]

@arlongan

What the hell? That doesn't even make sense...

[WhynotMiha]

@arlongan 1. You're not original. Not at all. An absolutely pathetic way to get thumbs up, this is. 2. Y U NO make sense?

[mrektor]

Can you upload this in HD?

[BINLASH123]

silky (-:

[frankensersh]

I have never seen someone look so beautiful as she does when she plays this piece.

I could watch this woman play piano forever, if only to be able to see the passion in her features as she looses herself in the music.

[mortonbaychestnut]

Guilty, as charged.. 5:45, 5:56, 6:08

[wilmotofrochester]

She looked at me at the end of the video and said with the eyes: "Just love me." hehehe. And I love her!

[ef58jnr]

This is beautiful! Congratulations to Valentina!



[Elsenrail29]

There can be no other video on the entire Youtube that audio-visually satisfies me to this extent. An angel playing a composition from heaven...

[HaiiroXSilver0]

this song is ao eerily wonderful it amazes me

[Skysurfersim]

Yes, I see you! (goosebumps at 6:07)

[Apollo1011]

I've never heard Chopin played so beautifully.

[Buttmonkeylol]

i wish there was a 'love' button haha

[sexorcista]

@Buttmonkeylol epic Comment!

[georgiy88uiuc2013]

I have listened to many versions of this nocturne and even learned it myself because I am in love with this. Yet, I find this performance closest to my heart. I keep coming back here again and again. The way Valentina plays is hard to describe, it's so beautiful!

[denbal87]

such cheesy face expressions lol



[jazz9pianski]

@denbal87 Are you serious? Its not like she was doing it for show. She was playing with passion, and thats what happens.

[denbal87]

@jazz9pianski Yes she was! She is Russian, I am too. I know what my kind does to fool the audience. Russians are pretty cheesy.

[Eugen987654321]

What I wouldn't give just to hear a piano like that in real life...

[mrjkdeyoung]

Talking about putting your heart into a song.

[TheMrcarlosMD]

I really like her performance, this is music, this is Chopin played with the perfect tempo, feelings and more than this, I can listen each note with excellent quality and very very clean.

[gueded]

She is beautyfull.... and the music too!!!

[gueded]

Seus bandos de viados... não tocam nem 1/3 e ficam falando merda!!

[mikhailaquinn]

That was really amazing, (don't get me wrong, there is absolutely no way I could have done better.. and I favourited it because I love watching her hands) but the very last chord threw me off, I don't think she brought out the right note :S

[alterego2288]

i  wish to hear chopin all my life, and wish to see valentina all my life

[pAcO42146]

@alterego2288 I wish there were more humans sensible to the soul of someone playing a Chopin's Nocturne, unfortunately we're not that much. Hope there's a piano up there..

[MelankoliaDE]

I Heard this as a Sample in a "Sagopa Kajmer" song and i must say, everytime i hear this, i get very far away from Everything... Beautiful.

[HoldenPiano]

The first time I watched this, I was too busy reading the comments to pay attention to the beautiful music. I'm not going to even waste my time talking about the astonishing levels of arrogance on Youtube, but what I can tell you is that when I played the video over again and didn't scroll down to look at the comments, I was able to enjoy myself, and the music mind you, much more.

[Sarahsomayah]

I love how she feels the music

[dennis0mus]

Unbeliavable...

Who can resist to this?

It is a stunning performance...

It goes without saying chopin is the most important romantic composer the earth has ever seen!

[TheKaduke]

I wish I was the piano, and her fingers were caressing my....

[vicious26]

the most beautiful nocturne ive ever heard

[poechopin]

Such illiterate and rude-to-the-extreme imbecils have invaded this beautiful site. Tke your stench elsewhere, please. We're listening to, and also watching, great beauty.

[oliverthecat666]

I have never heard of her before, but she is fantastic, one of the greatest Chopin players I have ever heard, right up there with Rubinstein. ps - great classical music, especially Chopin, seems to attract HATERS. Ignore the haters. If you wanna play tag, saying "I prefer so-and-so", go play tag with your sister.

[gehutch]

How Romantic! A beautiful woman in almost Victorian garb and hair playing so beautifully in some old dark building. What a feast for the senses. She plays very poetically and slightly dark. I wish someone would buy her a big Bosendorffer. I get chills just thinking about it.

[JSJCB]

4:00-4:14 yep that is what im not looking forward when i learn it

[ar142]

She plays so beautifully, you actually notice how beautiful she herself is only after a while...

[Sad0felix]

Very nice execution. IMHO she just lacks some power here and there, but hey, no one is perfect.

What really makes me upset, is the theater that she puts up for the camera.

To me it just looks fake as a 87$ coin.

It's in heavy contrast with the sincerity coming from the sound.

I hope she is pushed to do this by some director guy around there.

This kind of marketing is good just for posh noobs.

[sackwhacker]

@Sad0felix

hey everyone has their own interpretation- there is no such thing as the 'perfect performance' This is probably the best performance you'll see for many decades or even centuries

[Sad0felix]

@sackwhacker Woah, mate, I wouldn't bet on this.

In example, I still prefer Zimerman's execution, yet the younger Zimerman's more than the older (being the latter too brainy for my tastes; you can feel his own tastes changed).

However, I would never say that Zimerman's ones are the best we'd see for decades, not to speak about centuries. No one can say that.

Still I like Valentina's 2000 interpretation very much, yet I don't know how she plays Chopin after 10 years.

[Llawliet246]

@Sad0felix They tried to find a setting that reflected the sound and puts you in the right psychological mindset. It's impossible to find something physical that has the same elegance as this beautiful playing... but they did the best they could.

[017011961]

ето очень хорошо!!!!!!!чтото невироятное!!!

она так прелесно играет,что просто завораживает своей игрой...

[helenlinpiano]

nice!!

[MikmyRC]

Aside from the fact that she is beautiful! I love her performance! :)

[WackidWally2]

She's hot.

[paintcolorful]

She is going through every single note like the moon the night

We must breathe in order not to deplete the soul!

[oOYucielOo]

I've got gossebumps, when I looked at her at 9 seconds after the beginning of the video. Now I know what art is. Art is that picture you can see at that moment .. the beautiful piano and the shadow of it .. with her sitting and looking above .. nothing to see than her silhouette .. I could cry, because it's so beautiful ..

[jorjatopik]

i can stay here ... and look at you all night ... hoping that you were here playing for me .. waiting to the last note to make love to you with all that sounds in my head

[Eric1029res]

@jorjatopik ?

[jorjatopik]

@Eric1029res waaaaakjajkajkajkajkajkajka lol

[opartyokredens]

Genialna nuta

[LURKUMALL]

That look at the end was so hot lol.

[xarmil]

Fabulous. This is my favourite Chopin nocturne. And I do like this performance!

[niketmik]

chapeau!

[SuperSolaris]

Muy, muy buena versión.

[samzee27]

wow.... amazing....

four thumb for her!....

[arlongan]

@samzee27 only four thumb?

[samzee27]

@arlongan hey, i'm just have 4 thumb 2 in my hand and 2 in my foot

if i have 10 thumb in my hand, i'll give all to her....