Beethoven Sonata Op 106 "Hammerklavier" Part2

[ivandamico93]

Very fluid and graceful,...expressive and aggressive when necessary.....with much appreciation and admiration from hollywood, california.

[carrietide]

MAGNIFICENT performance



[robby35us]

Is this a live performance?

[AudiABTr8]

That's a Steinway D, I presume? I've got an O.

[MrCapacitors]

Amazing.I was just checking Emil Gilels on youtube.He had I very fine tone and

is absolutely the master in many modern recordings.These recordings are still after 30 years the best you can find.And this is like Gilels the highest level.

Outstanding.

[pianistdesiree]

Valentina!!! You're the BEST!!!!!!

I'm sorry that the piano is super out of tune!!

[1770LUDWIG]

Thank you

[RICPOIRIER1]

Très sensible!!! Nuances extraordinaires et rythmes convainquants! Bravo!

2ème m. Jeu très doux, délicieux. Bien inspiré à tout moment! Je n'ai rien entendu d'aussi plaisant à entendre (jusqu'à la fin) de ce bef mouvement. Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! 5 *****

[VideosAlcides]

Magnífica! Mas o que terá atraído sua atenção, Valentina?

[mzr700pc]

Always that New York low quality Steinway pianos... Out of tune... Its a petty for a so unique pianist...

[LesWooten]

Jeez 4:19 to 4:40 is my favorite part of all of Hammerklaiver...

[BeNbO295]

@LesWooten

Do you know which movement that part is in?

[surfboy]

I heard that you and Hilary Hahn toured together. Can you post something from one of your performances? What kind of stuff did you play? I know you get a lot of emails and comments to respond to so if this one slips through it's OK. I know you have a lot of fans to talk to.

thanks.

[kyalamio]

As for playing Beethoven - or anything else for that matter - she gets right to the core!

[ledzed]

lol!

Love the fact that she's barefoot on the pedal!

Yep, me likes women's feet! =D

[pornstudsim]

you are awesome, I enjoy all your interpretations!!!!

[gouloum2222]

valentina is definitly my favourite pianist ! she's so amazing, so talented so ........ such a joy to listen to her music . i can't wait for seeing her in concert in paris ! hm... actually i don't even know if one day she'll do a concert here but even if she only does one in london i'll definitly pay for the travel !

[armpiano]

As for playing Beethoven, she did not get the point

[1fattyfatman]

...restores my faith in humanity

[gouloum2222]

lol 1fattyfatman actually i don't even know if she's human. musically definitly yes. technically i doubt of it . ^^ she's awesome. look at those hands especially at the very begining you can see that she can reach 2 notes after the octave without any problem ! for a woman it's rare.

[ibv56]

incantato da tale magnificenza

[Time0207]

Valentina you really deserve 5 stars in all your performances.

The piano wasn't really in tune.. didin't freak you out? especially that D5..

[Skygrapped]

Hi Valentina,

how many hours do you practice a day?

[DesAbends]

Hello Валентина! :-)

Just a very important question: you play an incredible amount of concerts with very challenging works - every pianist is wondering, if you sometimes have troubles with your hands? Pain, fatigue, tendonitis, etc?

Thank you very much if you'll find a minute to answer to this question.

Best regards!

:-)

[PieterdeRooijHolland]

I asked Valentina about this when I interviewed her in London, but I didn't include her answer to this in my youtube-video. She told me that her technique of playing has never caused her 'Schwarzeneggerian' hands any trouble of the kind you are mentioning. I think this also indicates once more that her playing technique is perfect.

[soundimage4ever]

btw: how strong technique, instinct and 'muscle memory' underpin Valentina's musicality and wonderful playing is perfectly illustrated in this clip. Watch how Valentina starts to look around her from 1:26 to 1:35 approx., [Valentina, what were you looking at? :)] It doesn't affect her magnificent playing at all... That's totally amazing! :)

[briank4251]

1:26 to 1:35 is pretty funny. Something caught her attention...

[pffffffff454]

part4

[musicishope15]

I love your playing! I hope I'm as good as you one day!

[matsta2k]

Oops sorry! When I watched it just after it was posted it didn't have the HD facility - it looks much better quality now though :-)

[shaermy]

That's so Amazing...I have no words to describe what I am listening to.

Outstanding!

[matsta2k]

Hi Valentina,

Do you have an HD version like the other Hammerklavier parts?

Also, I'm sure that on behalf of all your fans I can say thank you for continuing to post new (excellent) videos!

[ValentinaLisitsa]

This is in HD

[MusicMan20061210]

And it looks great in HD.

A really tough piece to play,I bet.

I still have a tough time associating this with Beethoven...but recognise him near the end of this clip.

[LukasS]

As Valentina said, this is in HD, but we have to wait a little more for the HD version to be available. It usually takes less than an hour. :-)

And I second what you say: Thank you so much Valentina for sharing these amazing videos with us! I enjoy every second of them.

[pookiehohn]

You can do "&fmt=22" at the end of the video to make it so.

[Industrialz]

@matsta2k

Ownd =D

[erroll9621]

@matsta2k click on the 360p icon and select 720 from the list.