you know what's annoying? her playing this so flawlessly and even smiling quirkly during the performance. I am currently practicing this piece and can barely play it at 2/3 of this speed. Valentina, how can you play this well??? Especially without having your wrist hurt after all those right hand arpeggios...
PS: To all the haters: from this video it appears she plays ALL op. 10 Etudes in a consecutive fashion, non-stop (!!). Don't know too many pianists that can do that, this well.
Can anybody read the name of the instrument she is playing on? I wonder, if the clarity of her play is due not only to her excellence, but also to some part to the instrument.
@VikingFfm Bosendorfer. She's always playing on these Imperials. They're amazing pianos, the most expensive in the world - I'd take one over a Steinway any day.
what is wrong whit you?.. everybody here is free to comment what they want.. i haven't said she's an awful pianist, i said she's a extraordinary performer, but I fell she's not fulfilling the emotions.. anyway you're nobody to shut me up, or insult me.. but of course, your brain can't manage another type of behavior.. have a good day and don't bother in reply you ignorant (in case you don't know that means "lack of knowledge", so it's not an insult. Go learn some manners)
@cabipiano91 I was going to say look at the emotion in the performance. But because you can't stop me, I will; look at the emotion in the performance. Also, there's something wrong here. You just insulted us by calling us ignorant, and then said it wasn't an insult. What drug are you on? I want some. And ignorant doesn't always mean 'lack of knowledge', in this sense, it means 'lack of realisation to a truth'. Ah, internet arguments. They're the best when you're right. Buh-bai for now.
@Ariavariata95 in case u haven't read.. i wasn't calling everybody ignorant, just some guy that start with some low vocabulary, i don't know, guess he/she didn't have another way to communicate, anyways, youtube videos are supposed to be free to comment, i haven't said anything bad about her, she's great, just didn't like her in Chopin, why ppl take another person words before starting a figth?.. chill!
This piece takes virtuosic effort to play but that is only the start of making music out of it! Alfred Cortot , the foremost interpreter here, shows what happens when you make real art out of it. I found this impressive but raw and in need of a period of ripening musical understanding.Would like to hear this gifted pianist again in 10 years!
The last four chords are written in forte/fortissimo, but I think it makes much more sense, after the long, agitated runs mere seconds ago, to play the chords as a quiet drops of water, complimenting the sunshine, rather than exclaimed finales. Horowitz, in my opinion, does this the best...
Also the runs in the right hand from 1:51 to 1:57 should, I think, be even more dry and light; clear but insignificant at the same time... Here too I think Horowitz trumps this otherwise excellent recording.
@museandmuse obviously you are an uneducated person, i just made a comment. Too bad one never knows when you are going to find one pretty ignorant person. And still think she sounds like the Finale program..
@cabipiano91 When you can (someday) probably never play like here come back here and shit out your comments your worthless cunt. Close your fucking eyes and listen to the music you tool
@broadwood1830 What are you talking about? She's plenty expressive! And this is at the correct tempo as well. Also, there's no reason to hate on Asians just because there are many of them with impressive technical ability on the piano...
@thisguyheisaguy Asian players are mostly good technicans, but what Chopin needs is impression and the knowing of old european pianistic virtue. Valentina sound origninally like our midi if finale plays chopin.
This is why everybody laughs about Lang-Lang and others .... For knowing what we mean, please listen to Pugno, Risler, Alfred Cortot, Emil von Sauer, Moritz Rosenthal, Raoul Koczalski, Francis Planté, Valdimir de Pachman and so on..... They all are able to play Chopin in a livley kind.
@broadwood1830 thats pretty sweeping too.. im an asian and im not impressed by Lang Lang but that doesn't mean Asians can't play Chopin's music the way Chopin would. Please, don't judge people. It's musicality that matters, not whether you're European or anything.
This piece reminds me so much of my own personality. Thank you valentina, your perfection made me listen to it over and over again. I RAPED THE LIKE BUTTON .
her LH needs more melody... and i kinda think that a lot of it is forced. but there's no way i could play it that fluidly especially in the RH so i still think its pretty good.
1.i hate it cause its too hard, 2.i love it cause she can play it perfectly~ what one should i choose. i think ill go with 2 so people don't eat me hehe.
@PublicLibraryx : Every piece, whether we like or dislike it, it always going to be difficult no matter how easy for us it can be. I believe you can play this Chopin Etude Op.10 No.8. Remember, always begin playing slowly hands separate or together. :)
this has always been my favorite etude, maybe even my favorite Chopin piece. No one seems to agree with me on that; but I think this etude is highly underrated because it is rarely played in good taste. Even many of the big names play it choppy and loud. Played well, it is one of the most magical things the composer ever penned. Listitsa does a fine job IMO in this particular etude, though it could use more contrast. What a joy to finally see it played! The mid section looks terribly hard!
The speed of your fingers simply amazes me. The lightness. The delicate tone of every note. Your playing has very nice technique, you can hear contrast. Played Beautifully. Nothing more to be said. Simply Amazing. :)
But you have to play it first to even begin to comprehend Chopin, so the arrogant fucks who do claim they can learn it in a day are better off than most of us here including myself.
After watching her hands and listening to the great sound that came out of the piano i am just sitting here and keep telling myself : absolutely amazing.
Can't help It, as I continue my studies of this etude, I just keep coming back to this performance.
The 1st ascending arpegio (particulary the C's played by the thumb) tells you way much about the interpreter's technique. It's perfect here. So many pianists don't play it properly as it's so damn hard to keep it sound and still light when employing a honest thumb under aproach (and all fluid with no pedal faking) Miss Lisitsa, your hand is so light I just can't believe it! Thank you for this.
I practice this etude for 5 months now. I've heard all the recordings on youtube, many from other sources and ofcourse all from this year's Chopin international competition. Read numerous analyses and comments (Cortot's ftw) and talked it many times with my conservatory teacher. Initially I did not really like your recording that much but now I begin to think that it is among the finest !
@marinaleeinnyc Because it's so different from what you have usually heard. I've heard many weird sounding recordings and afterwards they are slowly making sense, or in some cases, less sense. Also she is playing on bosendörfer, which have quite different sound than yamaha or steinway.
I want to write something here. But I don't know what. Her playing is amazing. Her wrist looks as relaxed as if she was waving farewell to a friend. Her fingers move effortlessly through the keys. And everything sounds clear, clean and immaculate. There is not a single key wrongly pressed in these performances. I think she can not be human. I'm still baffled.
I thought that the left hand could of been more vocal, but overally it is great, the overall clearness is really amusing, gives it the correct "light" feel.
Chopianist3 thinks he/she is the only one who understands chopin and good music. Hey relax, other know a thing or two about music. I agree with DuhuKaralius. She's good but she's playing this a bit too fast.
One lesson Chopianist3 should learn for sure is to watch his language and not call people names.
Although I'll never be able to play this piece as fast as she does, in my opinion she has to decrease the power in her right hand a lot -- left plays melody!
"Look at her smile. Shes just simply lost in her piece. Mind body and soul." ??? I dont think so. I'm playing this piece too, there is so much space to improve. like already said, right hand is much too dominant, she has great technics but there isnt much feeling in her playing
In my personal opinion she is not even interested in music. It should sound simple, bright, but it's not about nothing. It's not a poor peace. Sounds like it is. Fingers running perfectly, but notes have no meaning. Very cold girl.
How can you even suggest that she wouldn't be interested in music? I mean, she has dedicated her ENTIRE life to playing piano, she uses most of her time to practice new pieces and she has a very busy concert schedule. So I ask you to explain this to me: why on EARTH would she go through all that trouble if she didn't love music from the bottom of her heart?
Valentina Lisitsa is one the greatest pianists today, with a unique style combing flawless playing and feeling.
@orlando2130 What are you implying? That someone is holding a gun to her head and forcing her to practice the piano everyday for hours beyond hours? Or do you think she is doing this for money? There are better ways to get rich!! The Chopin etudes are extremely difficult; only someone with dedication and passion would be able to master these pieces like she does. Her notes DO have meaning; your just unable to comprehend them. She truly is a passionate artist; she even married a fellow musician!
Oh give me a break! Of course she is interested in music. For some people, the interpretation is comprehensible to people and they know that she is passionate about this piece. For other people, this interpretation is incomprehensible and has no meaning to them. I comprehend this interpretation and it's the best I have ever heard, to get this good, they'll have to practice 6-7 hours a day, if not more. Someone who isn't interested in music would never practice that long.
@PointAndPurpose its all the hair and her facial expression. thats been haunting me for a while i've been screaming in my mind: "who does she look like!?!?!?!" :D
everything is clear, there is nothing uncontrolled everything is precisely in time and sound. and the big flow is there at any time the best phrasing I ever heard....
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I have some friends which can play as good as this... and yes they can do this in one day. But its because of the talente and alot of work before that. I play alot of chopin etudes and must agree - there is alot to learn from them all the time.
Beautiful, relaxed playing. It's fascinating to see how absolutely "clean" performances of the same piece can differ so widely - compare this with the same piece on YouTube by Horowitz, Gorlatch and Ashkenazy.
To me, this is an archetypal feminine performance - no, quiet, you feminists out there, I'm NOT knocking it, just saying that it's a very feminine interpretation - much less powerful left hand, more emphasis on a very flowing right hand.
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'Whilst' I never said I played it in one day, I just mentioned I played the left and right hand apart, 'sir'. Only said it would take a month to play it as good as her, not to understand chopin... Is it that hard to imagine that some people can obtain those skills within a fuckin' month? And I didn't say it would take a month to become as good as her, just to play the peace as well, christ...
I agree, there ARE people who can do this in one month. Not the average, that is for sure. But I know some of them. There's no need to get angry or to give negative just because he said this. It's a true fact, that's all.
You sir are an absolute idiot. Whilst only few can play Chopin, almost none understand him, even the best of the best after playing a single Chopin etude for 10 years straight will admit that from that single etude there is still more to learn. Whilst you may boastfully say "Oh I can play this etude after a single day" (Which is the STUPIDIST statement I've heard so far on youtube) I can assuredly say you couldn't EVER play like Lisitsa, let alone grasp the complexities of Chopin.
@Chopianist3 I don't think anyone understands Chopin. I doubt whether he ever really understood himself however this lady's playing is absolutely wonderful.
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but why 'two dozen years and 12 hours practice man?' I played both right and left hand fluint in 1 day, and played it sloppy together, but that all in 1 day man. I mean, a week should do the trick, a month to play it as good as her.
I played this etude perfectly, then I woke up.
NachoVPMusic 1 day ago
This is the only Chopin Etude I can play....OMG I'm jealous...
HySipher 1 month ago in playlist More videos from ValentinaLisitsa
you know what's annoying? her playing this so flawlessly and even smiling quirkly during the performance. I am currently practicing this piece and can barely play it at 2/3 of this speed. Valentina, how can you play this well??? Especially without having your wrist hurt after all those right hand arpeggios...
PS: To all the haters: from this video it appears she plays ALL op. 10 Etudes in a consecutive fashion, non-stop (!!). Don't know too many pianists that can do that, this well.
bontempo01 1 month ago
Can anybody read the name of the instrument she is playing on? I wonder, if the clarity of her play is due not only to her excellence, but also to some part to the instrument.
VikingFfm 1 month ago
@VikingFfm Bosendorfer. She's always playing on these Imperials. They're amazing pianos, the most expensive in the world - I'd take one over a Steinway any day.
ConorMcClure 1 month ago
26 n'aiment pas? c'est pourtant parfait
sunweb7 2 months ago
Admirable
imsohornynwet 2 months ago
Bla Bla
Togniaka 2 months ago
what is wrong whit you?.. everybody here is free to comment what they want.. i haven't said she's an awful pianist, i said she's a extraordinary performer, but I fell she's not fulfilling the emotions.. anyway you're nobody to shut me up, or insult me.. but of course, your brain can't manage another type of behavior.. have a good day and don't bother in reply you ignorant (in case you don't know that means "lack of knowledge", so it's not an insult. Go learn some manners)
cabipiano91 3 months ago
@cabipiano91 I was going to say look at the emotion in the performance. But because you can't stop me, I will; look at the emotion in the performance. Also, there's something wrong here. You just insulted us by calling us ignorant, and then said it wasn't an insult. What drug are you on? I want some. And ignorant doesn't always mean 'lack of knowledge', in this sense, it means 'lack of realisation to a truth'. Ah, internet arguments. They're the best when you're right. Buh-bai for now.
Ariavariata95 2 months ago
@Ariavariata95 in case u haven't read.. i wasn't calling everybody ignorant, just some guy that start with some low vocabulary, i don't know, guess he/she didn't have another way to communicate, anyways, youtube videos are supposed to be free to comment, i haven't said anything bad about her, she's great, just didn't like her in Chopin, why ppl take another person words before starting a figth?.. chill!
cabipiano91 2 months ago
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cabipiano91 3 months ago
This piece takes virtuosic effort to play but that is only the start of making music out of it! Alfred Cortot , the foremost interpreter here, shows what happens when you make real art out of it. I found this impressive but raw and in need of a period of ripening musical understanding.Would like to hear this gifted pianist again in 10 years!
georgiannanyman 4 months ago
The last four chords are written in forte/fortissimo, but I think it makes much more sense, after the long, agitated runs mere seconds ago, to play the chords as a quiet drops of water, complimenting the sunshine, rather than exclaimed finales. Horowitz, in my opinion, does this the best...
Also the runs in the right hand from 1:51 to 1:57 should, I think, be even more dry and light; clear but insignificant at the same time... Here too I think Horowitz trumps this otherwise excellent recording.
BjornHegstad 4 months ago
this is my dreyfoos audition. i cant play it as fast as she can but, i'm going to try my best.
godstheatreking12 4 months ago in playlist godstheatreking12's favorites
Dear Valentina,
Which edition do you use to practice these etudes?
tehyoster 5 months ago
just notes.. no emotion..
cabipiano91 5 months ago
@cabipiano91 WHAT? there's plenty
Daftbananana 4 months ago
@cabipiano91 thre's an incredible virtuosisim but -at least for me- there's no sound of chopin.. listen to the old school pianists..
cabipiano91 4 months ago 2
@cabipiano91 idiot...
museandmuse 3 months ago in playlist Valentina Lisitsa Chopin 24 etudes op. 10 + 25
@museandmuse obviously you are an uneducated person, i just made a comment. Too bad one never knows when you are going to find one pretty ignorant person. And still think she sounds like the Finale program..
cabipiano91 3 months ago
@cabipiano91 When you can (someday) probably never play like here come back here and shit out your comments your worthless cunt. Close your fucking eyes and listen to the music you tool
museandmuse 3 months ago
@cabipiano91 the only uneducated person seems to be you for making such a ignorant comment
museandmuse 3 months ago
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whneo97 2 months ago
@cabipiano91 you must be lang lang.
whneo97 2 months ago 4
This one was challenging to learn. Fun to play. I wish I still remembered how to play this : (
cedricrlongreen 5 months ago in playlist More videos from ValentinaLisitsa
This is a very hard exercise for her fingers but this is realy not what Chopin means to play. It's the so hatet Asian-Style: to play like a machine!
broadwood1830 5 months ago
@broadwood1830 What are you talking about? She's plenty expressive! And this is at the correct tempo as well. Also, there's no reason to hate on Asians just because there are many of them with impressive technical ability on the piano...
thisguyheisaguy 5 months ago in playlist Valentina Lisitsa Chopin 24 etudes op. 10 + 25
@thisguyheisaguy Asian players are mostly good technicans, but what Chopin needs is impression and the knowing of old european pianistic virtue. Valentina sound origninally like our midi if finale plays chopin.
This is why everybody laughs about Lang-Lang and others .... For knowing what we mean, please listen to Pugno, Risler, Alfred Cortot, Emil von Sauer, Moritz Rosenthal, Raoul Koczalski, Francis Planté, Valdimir de Pachman and so on..... They all are able to play Chopin in a livley kind.
broadwood1830 5 months ago
@broadwood1830 thats pretty sweeping too.. im an asian and im not impressed by Lang Lang but that doesn't mean Asians can't play Chopin's music the way Chopin would. Please, don't judge people. It's musicality that matters, not whether you're European or anything.
spidermancj 3 months ago
SOUNDS like the RUNESCAPE song
SingaporeA300 5 months ago
@SingaporeA300 Do you mean it's catchy stuck-in-your-headness? XD
thebrainnugget 4 months ago
我讓我女兒看了你的影片，鼓勵她，美女也可以把琴彈得很好！！
謝謝妳！
work365days 6 months ago
This piece reminds me so much of my own personality. Thank you valentina, your perfection made me listen to it over and over again. I RAPED THE LIKE BUTTON .
colorfulssmile 6 months ago in playlist 24 chopin 2
Wouldn't mind hearing a bit more of the melody on the left hand, but very technically polished.
andyng85 6 months ago
@andyng85 I couldn't agree more !
MonsieurRafi 5 months ago
Val plays this like she's picking dandelions. Damn she's good.
TwelfthRoot2 7 months ago
I love her treble in this piece. She plays it perfectly!
612curtis 7 months ago
her LH needs more melody... and i kinda think that a lot of it is forced. but there's no way i could play it that fluidly especially in the RH so i still think its pretty good.
1jwhiz 8 months ago
I quit.
monobrow638 8 months ago
This 1:57 - 2:13 makes me fly over the moon.
Dnunestanner 8 months ago
Better than Freddie Kemp. Horowitz still has the best version of this etude. She has great hands, very fluid.
orqsilva 8 months ago
damn!!!!!
bill4long 9 months ago
I love how this isn't a "VEVO" channel; she actually is amazing enough to post these amazing videos herself.
MOGULMANv 10 months ago 10
Valentina, you are just ...
AMAZING!!!!
XyelleX 10 months ago
A great etude for the 2nd scherzo
SoliGrand 11 months ago
Amazing playing!
maxwel411411411 11 months ago
She makes that look easy.
Hitherto90 11 months ago 2
I love her
PabloDelRococo 11 months ago
Love that arpeggio at 2:06
abdnumber4 11 months ago
Oh my goodness those last 4 arpeggios are played astonishingly! My favorite part of the performance :P
g3org33r3 1 year ago
If I practiced this long and hard for a few years, I could probably play a few lines of this at about 1/100 of the speed. Maybe.
Beautiful :DD
MsThisNameIsTaken 1 year ago 30
@MsThisNameIsTaken Don't let that stop you! Keep practicing, you will get it!
g3org33r3 1 year ago
did anyone fantasize about getting a handjob from those fingers? anyone?
crazycool1128 1 year ago
Magnificent!
TheMerlioness 1 year ago
I really like the end of these etude
Choltik 1 year ago
MOJA ULUBIONA ETIUDA. W SKALI TRUDNOŚCI 1-10 WŚRÓD ETIUD CHOPINA TO JAKIEŚ 5-6
meilg390 1 year ago
I am going through these Etudes and I am totally completely amazed by your performances. Bravo.
Faeanne 1 year ago
she has really lovely and slender arms.
1004cupcake 1 year ago 2
The trills are almost constantly played throughout the peice. Craziness
JoshdaROCKSTAR9999VS 1 year ago
wow i like her hair just as much
Tubztele 1 year ago
She plays the end so elegant, i love it.
MetalAge19 1 year ago
@MetalAge19 The end is really nice. I love it.
Choltik 1 year ago
1.i hate it cause its too hard, 2.i love it cause she can play it perfectly~ what one should i choose. i think ill go with 2 so people don't eat me hehe.
PublicLibraryx 1 year ago 57
@PublicLibraryx i think i would just be mad... eat not so much
PlatyMoos 11 months ago
@PublicLibraryx its one of the easy chopin etudes
BlazeKenny 9 months ago
@BlazeKenny yeah? we are waiting for your video response...
theluk246 8 months ago
@PublicLibraryx : Every piece, whether we like or dislike it, it always going to be difficult no matter how easy for us it can be. I believe you can play this Chopin Etude Op.10 No.8. Remember, always begin playing slowly hands separate or together. :)
lienmoysam 6 months ago
@lienmoysam Lol i can play it now xD slightly
PublicLibraryx 6 months ago
@PublicLibraryx But like an amateur
PublicLibraryx 6 months ago
@PublicLibraryx funny
Aerovistae 5 months ago
this has always been my favorite etude, maybe even my favorite Chopin piece. No one seems to agree with me on that; but I think this etude is highly underrated because it is rarely played in good taste. Even many of the big names play it choppy and loud. Played well, it is one of the most magical things the composer ever penned. Listitsa does a fine job IMO in this particular etude, though it could use more contrast. What a joy to finally see it played! The mid section looks terribly hard!
hymntonight 1 year ago
The speed of your fingers simply amazes me. The lightness. The delicate tone of every note. Your playing has very nice technique, you can hear contrast. Played Beautifully. Nothing more to be said. Simply Amazing. :)
Requilition 1 year ago
Just hyperventilated there..dexterity and lightness and fun skipping and joy and so good
Kenentigern7 1 year ago
Sounds like a badass bösendorfer ;)
Sanitoeter666 1 year ago
But you have to play it first to even begin to comprehend Chopin, so the arrogant fucks who do claim they can learn it in a day are better off than most of us here including myself.
LordPlagus777 1 year ago
After watching her hands and listening to the great sound that came out of the piano i am just sitting here and keep telling myself : absolutely amazing.
S14V1KPV 1 year ago
Can't help It, as I continue my studies of this etude, I just keep coming back to this performance.
The 1st ascending arpegio (particulary the C's played by the thumb) tells you way much about the interpreter's technique. It's perfect here. So many pianists don't play it properly as it's so damn hard to keep it sound and still light when employing a honest thumb under aproach (and all fluid with no pedal faking) Miss Lisitsa, your hand is so light I just can't believe it! Thank you for this.
Perelea 1 year ago
she is wonderful in each note!
santithoven 1 year ago
this reminds me of a pedantic squirrel, but a nice pedantic squirrel.
valentina, you are amazing at Chopin!
maxyroo 1 year ago
Okay now I am just tired of being blown away. Does this woman have any limits??????
bobthwart1 1 year ago
I practice this etude for 5 months now. I've heard all the recordings on youtube, many from other sources and ofcourse all from this year's Chopin international competition. Read numerous analyses and comments (Cortot's ftw) and talked it many times with my conservatory teacher. Initially I did not really like your recording that much but now I begin to think that it is among the finest !
Perelea 1 year ago
the melody in the left hand takes a backseat i suppose
BecuzIt 1 year ago
this is why my teacher always said:
practice scales, practice scales, PRACTICE SCALES!!!
I hated scales -_-
chrism216 1 year ago 2
watch zimerman, you'll know the difference right the way:)
MCjai1991 1 year ago
watch zimerman, even when he's young she's eating dust:)
MCjai1991 1 year ago
Wow. That was quick.
TheBigGuppy 1 year ago
perfect technique. but too fast to feel music though. it's flawless, but how come it doesn't touch me?
marinaleeinnyc 1 year ago
@marinaleeinnyc Because it's so different from what you have usually heard. I've heard many weird sounding recordings and afterwards they are slowly making sense, or in some cases, less sense. Also she is playing on bosendörfer, which have quite different sound than yamaha or steinway.
Aul1kki 1 year ago
she's incredible !
nklongyut 1 year ago
she looks so.. relaxed!!!whereas my arms hurt already halfway through the piece ):
animemachinex3 1 year ago
Oh, what a treat!
Thank you! Now I'll go to number 9!
atpanula 1 year ago
素晴らしい!!!
kitama02 1 year ago
Yet another virtuoso performance!!!
shishirth 1 year ago
Slow it down sweetie...
majav15mg 1 year ago
@majav15mg why
thejazztenor 1 year ago
GREAT job!! which etude should i learn 1st? the Ocean or this 1?? help!
CorelliChopin08 1 year ago
@CorelliChopin08 Neither
just502 1 year ago
@just502 y?
CorelliChopin08 1 year ago
@CorelliChopin08
Most students start off with the Op. 10 no. 5 to master the light touch required in the RH for the subsequent etudes.
ThovenLiszt 1 year ago
Beauiifull played and on a perfect Boesendorfer
12345qazx1 1 year ago
I want to write something here. But I don't know what. Her playing is amazing. Her wrist looks as relaxed as if she was waving farewell to a friend. Her fingers move effortlessly through the keys. And everything sounds clear, clean and immaculate. There is not a single key wrongly pressed in these performances. I think she can not be human. I'm still baffled.
bontempo01 1 year ago 6
@bontempo01 inhuman, and with enough run throughs for a life time.
musicfanof 1 year ago
Goddamn hard etude, man.
toneeeeeee 1 year ago
one of my favorite etudes
extremelyfatchicken 1 year ago
shopping is great
jabbadarth 1 year ago
I thought that the left hand could of been more vocal, but overally it is great, the overall clearness is really amusing, gives it the correct "light" feel.
Perelea 1 year ago
Chopianist3 thinks he/she is the only one who understands chopin and good music. Hey relax, other know a thing or two about music. I agree with DuhuKaralius. She's good but she's playing this a bit too fast.
One lesson Chopianist3 should learn for sure is to watch his language and not call people names.
orafshin 1 year ago 2
@orafshin yeah, the dickhead
mattbastardsen 1 year ago
she's playing good i tell ya that, but still. In my humble opinion it's too fast :/
DuhuKaralius 1 year ago
This is probably the most easiest Chopin étude for everyone who plays it.
AlexPianoPwns 1 year ago
le tue mani al pianoforte sono meravigliose...
danydeb88 1 year ago
Valentina es genial! Toca bárbaro. Además en este video se peinó :oP
minimrl1 1 year ago
PLAIN..No Shaping
mrchopin89 1 year ago
Lovely piece and playing!
paopaomanalansan 1 year ago
fun to listen to!
brucegbean 1 year ago
Although I'll never be able to play this piece as fast as she does, in my opinion she has to decrease the power in her right hand a lot -- left plays melody!
@zerop97: Full agree!
disse249 1 year ago
@Disse249 I agree with you about the right hand :)
formie123 1 year ago
I love this Estude.
MyPrivateWay 1 year ago 2
This is wonderful.. very pretty
I like the way she lingers in the pace just slightly from time to time---it takes amazing control to do that so seamlessly.
BachToChopin 2 years ago
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"Look at her smile. Shes just simply lost in her piece. Mind body and soul." ??? I dont think so. I'm playing this piece too, there is so much space to improve. like already said, right hand is much too dominant, she has great technics but there isnt much feeling in her playing
zerop97 2 years ago
Very good! I like your performance! :D
keatsaenea 2 years ago
In my personal opinion she is not even interested in music. It should sound simple, bright, but it's not about nothing. It's not a poor peace. Sounds like it is. Fingers running perfectly, but notes have no meaning. Very cold girl.
orlando2130 2 years ago
@orlando2130 If you were interested in music you wouldn't judge anyone for his way of playing a piece.
MalformedMalice 1 year ago
@orlando2130 Oh PLEASE!
How can you even suggest that she wouldn't be interested in music? I mean, she has dedicated her ENTIRE life to playing piano, she uses most of her time to practice new pieces and she has a very busy concert schedule. So I ask you to explain this to me: why on EARTH would she go through all that trouble if she didn't love music from the bottom of her heart?
Valentina Lisitsa is one the greatest pianists today, with a unique style combing flawless playing and feeling.
belegSJ 1 year ago
@orlando2130 What are you implying? That someone is holding a gun to her head and forcing her to practice the piano everyday for hours beyond hours? Or do you think she is doing this for money? There are better ways to get rich!! The Chopin etudes are extremely difficult; only someone with dedication and passion would be able to master these pieces like she does. Her notes DO have meaning; your just unable to comprehend them. She truly is a passionate artist; she even married a fellow musician!
bhongusa 1 year ago
@orlando2130
Oh give me a break! Of course she is interested in music. For some people, the interpretation is comprehensible to people and they know that she is passionate about this piece. For other people, this interpretation is incomprehensible and has no meaning to them. I comprehend this interpretation and it's the best I have ever heard, to get this good, they'll have to practice 6-7 hours a day, if not more. Someone who isn't interested in music would never practice that long.
Lawrencelovespiano 1 year ago
Your smile really brightens my day!!!
889michael 2 years ago 3
@889michael
I dont know you, but from the "sound" of it, I think you have fallen in-love...
(me too ;) )
ramiraramira 2 years ago
aimbot...nuff sed
danedaworld 2 years ago
Why does this girl forcefully remind me of Luna Lovegood?
PointAndPurpose 2 years ago 141
because there's nargels in the paino strings =D
xcrunner111 2 years ago 4
@PointAndPurpose well, there's the possibilty of you being another crazy HP fan
richclayderman 2 years ago
@PointAndPurpose agreed
HannahShen12 1 year ago
@PointAndPurpose What an epic comment. XD
712Stephen 1 year ago
@PointAndPurpose Haha... and i think Fazil Say sort of reminds me of Severus Snape ...
jerrymiahyy 1 year ago
@PointAndPurpose
the wierd chick from harry potter?
she reminds me of her to... xD
pabcq 1 year ago
@PointAndPurpose lol she really does
whitemal2010 1 year ago
@PointAndPurpose lol
same thing happened to me
hahaha
DagonJugg 1 year ago
@PointAndPurpose its all the hair and her facial expression. thats been haunting me for a while i've been screaming in my mind: "who does she look like!?!?!?!" :D
hbmp88 1 year ago
@PointAndPurpose Because they're both magical.
Kuragestalt 1 year ago 2
@PointAndPurpose You're right, but she also remids me of Megumi Noda.
NeledIthil 11 months ago
@PointAndPurpose lmfao now that you mention it....
xFaIIenAngel 9 months ago
Really like this etude, I wish she brought out the LH more, which has the theme much of the time and the RH was softer though.
analka1 2 years ago 3
oh that SMILE again!! xDD!
RicAbapo 2 years ago 2
she's incredible
michelledvorsky 2 years ago
Look at her smile. Shes just simply lost in her piece. Mind body and soul.
funnybooboo8 2 years ago 4
So cool...
LaHadaPequena 2 years ago
Valentina novamente atingindo os limites da natureza humana.
A melhor pianista do mundo.
Magnífica.
Perfeita.
VideosAlcides 2 years ago
SO HOT!
mindovermattjr 2 years ago
The only thing that separates us is practice.
bineblies 2 years ago
Hey! You can't hold quarters on top of those hands!
ranma763 2 years ago
However there is a very big difference to being ABLE to play pieces like this. . .
but being able to play like Valentina is where the problem begins haha :) as in my opinion no one can replicate such prowess and virtuosity.
Barnaldomort 2 years ago
i wonder how long it actually took chopin to write this lol
thatkid1011 2 years ago
Flawless!
And btw, took me more than 10 years of intense training to master the etudes.
If you can do this in one day, in 10 you could rebuild the world trade center itself! Praise the lightspeed hands!
Winterheart79 2 years ago 3
tout ce que peux dire, je reste bouche bee...
incredible great performance all the etudes.
everything is clear, there is nothing uncontrolled everything is precisely in time and sound. and the big flow is there at any time the best phrasing I ever heard....
uhartchristian 2 years ago
The look on her face shows this is one of her favorites. And she certainly champions it as if it were.
ExVash 2 years ago
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I have some friends which can play as good as this... and yes they can do this in one day. But its because of the talente and alot of work before that. I play alot of chopin etudes and must agree - there is alot to learn from them all the time.
elrondsch 2 years ago
Beautiful, relaxed playing. It's fascinating to see how absolutely "clean" performances of the same piece can differ so widely - compare this with the same piece on YouTube by Horowitz, Gorlatch and Ashkenazy.
To me, this is an archetypal feminine performance - no, quiet, you feminists out there, I'm NOT knocking it, just saying that it's a very feminine interpretation - much less powerful left hand, more emphasis on a very flowing right hand.
An interpretation from the heart.
Mittelbaum 2 years ago 4
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'Whilst' I never said I played it in one day, I just mentioned I played the left and right hand apart, 'sir'. Only said it would take a month to play it as good as her, not to understand chopin... Is it that hard to imagine that some people can obtain those skills within a fuckin' month? And I didn't say it would take a month to become as good as her, just to play the peace as well, christ...
ACDCAJnl 2 years ago
I agree, there ARE people who can do this in one month. Not the average, that is for sure. But I know some of them. There's no need to get angry or to give negative just because he said this. It's a true fact, that's all.
zerlina2203 2 years ago
it took me like 4 months to get it kinda down
mdenny19 2 years ago
Este estudio es hermoso=D!! y vean cómo Valentina lo disfruta=D!!!
This etude is beautiful=D!!! look at how she really enjoy it=D!!!
edtskyline 2 years ago
You sir are an absolute idiot. Whilst only few can play Chopin, almost none understand him, even the best of the best after playing a single Chopin etude for 10 years straight will admit that from that single etude there is still more to learn. Whilst you may boastfully say "Oh I can play this etude after a single day" (Which is the STUPIDIST statement I've heard so far on youtube) I can assuredly say you couldn't EVER play like Lisitsa, let alone grasp the complexities of Chopin.
Chopianist3 2 years ago 54
@Chopianist3 I don't think anyone understands Chopin. I doubt whether he ever really understood himself however this lady's playing is absolutely wonderful.
lewars1912 1 year ago
@Chopianist3 You spelled stupidest incorrectly, Master of Chopin Complexities.
SUPPLEANDFIRM 1 year ago
@Chopianist3 Oh i can play like her!!!!.......in my dreams!!! and i agree with you!!i play the same thing like her but she is TOO FAST!!!!!!!!!!!!
MsPerret 1 year ago
@Chopianist3 You sir may have my cookie.
PhantomPianist 1 year ago
@Chopianist3 You sir have made the PRETENSIOUSIST statement I've heard so far on youtube :P
dasklavierleben 1 year ago
@Chopianist3 I completely agree with you. Can you imagine George Sand standing behind Chopin listening to him play live? What a rush!
Peace & Love Paulina aka Italian for Patty
MsPatty1952 1 year ago
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but why 'two dozen years and 12 hours practice man?' I played both right and left hand fluint in 1 day, and played it sloppy together, but that all in 1 day man. I mean, a week should do the trick, a month to play it as good as her.
ACDCAJnl 2 years ago