Chopin Etude Op 10 No.12 HQ

[Tindel10]

Maksim can play this WAY better!

[444Gothmog]

omg, I'm playing piano now for ten years and I dream of playing this, just so great and so difficoult

[sugarbomb187]

I'M LEARNING THIS PIECE AND ITS SO TRICKY. IT'S ALMOST A PAIN IN THE ASS. I still like it lol :)

[bobomber]

I watched one of your old interviews.. "White knight falls in love with black queen" lol...you had to quit chess because you were looking for "the most beautiful move instead of the winning move." Needless to say I laughed hysterically and fell in love!

[DMVOfficial]

WOW. you are my hero. this is amazing. without a doubt. I listen to other piano players and it's never the same. you ruined that for me... but nothing good ever came without a price. JESUS YOU ARE AMAZING

[gianMar015]

wow que hermoso tocas me encanto

n_n

[cyril0697]

@ddeaton0556 A teacher is probably elementary because you can't play the piece of music with enough music if you understand, i fno one tells you how you have to hold your fingers and how to use your full arms and how you have to move. Its just important to have someone to start with. Yes, you can learn some pieces by yourself, but you will neevr play as good as others and probably you learn very slow.

[nailpolishlover99]

When its played well, it goes all through peoples heart and soul... Emotional piece!

[jpianod]

Very very nice. My friend sent me this recording to listen to since I studied this etude 2 years ago. I have never seen anyone perform it so well. The drama she creates is incredible with the way she lets certain notes linger. Thank you for posting

[Mast3rP3t3r]

goddess

[vladpavlov]

Be still my heart.

[ondrouskova]

I have goose bumps all over my body. Great technique and such a lightness in all the hand movements. And, moreover, I like her feeling of the music. Amazing.

[PlanetHell92]

That's nice and all, but why isn't she in the kitchen?

[YOUNGTALENT2010]

@PlanetHell92 silly man , im a dude but i know this womens to good for any kitchen , and man should make her food XD

[Mast3rP3t3r]

@PlanetHell92 omg, you nailed it. you really got me LOLin'

[iamatumor]

She plays the piano the speed i type on my key board..

[tcubed420]

now to think that this is my nyssma piece...

[roxyocasta]

hey, yo sabia que habia escuchado algo parecido, es en la cancion gan gan y gon gon de richie ray y bobby cruz jejeje

[mrosen3030]

Beautiful!

[Post4JM]

This is one of the best versions I`ve seen!

[AcePro]

Why is she skipping a note in the right hand melody? She's not going to the C minor chord at 0:20 and 0:38, and it makes the melody sound strange.

[2pacAmazesSuperman]

@AcePro no

[AcePro]

@2pacAmazesSuperman Then it might be my speakers

[irvineworld]

@AcePro she did play it, although i couldn't hear either lol

[portentousjames]

@AcePro maybe she's reading a different edition than you? Stop being ignorant and naive and enjoy.

[AcePro]

@portentousjames I'm not ignorant and naive. I'm a teacher and have been playing piano for years. I know how it's supposed to sound, and there's very important notes missing.

[portentousjames]

@AcePro ok i give you credit for that, although i have the Viennese Urtext edition of the etudes and have read that there are some variations from edition to edition. Perhaps it may be a different variation of notes at that particular section.

[FloRproductions]

@AcePro You're right. Although you can see her playing the chords, you can't hear them...

[SarahandEmma13]

@AcePro I thought the same myself but if you watch you can see her pressing the notes

[Zuukarimoto]

This is the only performance of this song that has any sort of rubato.

[legendarypwnerv2]

Anyone notice her eyes are closed most of the time?...

[Aner327]

:) The player really seemed to understand the inspiration of this piece. Here's how a lowly 10 year piano student who did a paper on chopin and loves to play this piece would put it: "I'm upset I'm really upset I'm mad! They're going to war I have to stay here They're going to war I can't go fight I'm sick of just sitting around and waiting here an invalid Repeat If only I was well I could and fight for Poland too (to be continued)

[Aner327]

0:52 They're off to die, for glory and our land. Hit 'em hard, show no mercy, win our freedom. FIght for our beautiful land. those Russian dogs! (I'm upset)

I'm really upset! I'm MAD!

They're going off to fight

I cannot help them

They're going to fight them off

My body's weak

Frailty is such a dreaded curse

For those too weak for revolution

[Aner327]

(Repeat) 2:00 Each man has his own part

I am a musician

I hope and pray we win our freedom

But all I can do is pray

Make them bleed

Make them pay

AND I'm Still very angry,

That's all I have to say about it"

[kuzenkovladimir383]

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[TheGabriel738]

Es-tu gauchère ou droitière xD

[fermengueche]

ahi viene richi viene virao como bestia tocando un tumbao.....

[Gnrlbile]

wonderfull, she looks a bit like him though.. especially the nose.. just sayin'

[Extinctzs]

Wonderful. Love it! <3

[ericksalask]

she is possesed by the melody

[Bojangulz87]

Wow, this sounds just.....revolutionary :D

[SislerPianoPlaya]

She used a pedal, it's supposed to be really good legato instead.....

[ynni]

@SislerPianoPlaya Just checked my copy of the score (Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics) and there are a lot of pedal marks in the piece.

[DevonDua]

great

[orqsilva]

way too much pedal. This version gives me a headache.

[MrEdwarddamon]

She's beautiful and talented

[talkaboutownage]

@MrEdwarddamon I agree with the talented part

[chryssanthemum]

BRAVO!

[Zorguel]

best ending chords ever!

[faceless123100]

Would it be considered disrespectful if I added an f minor chord to the very end?

[NataliaSpark]

@faceless123100 The very point of the piece is its absence. ;-)

[faceless123100]

@NataliaSpark Haha but I don't like it's absence!

[spidermancj]

does a good pianist really need a good teacher? ):

coz im intending to self-learn piano without a teacher (i played piano before like 4 years ago and stopped at grade 5 so i forgot lotsa stuff). but im giving it a shot again cos I got really inspired after listening to Chopin.. but im not sure if i can do it alone after listening to all these Etudes

[relentlessinferno]

@spidermancj you won't learn this without a teacher

chopin is hard

maybe if you got to like, grade 7/8 and tried to re-learn

[ddeaton0556]

@spidermancj I've never had a teacher and I'm telling you you can get far, I can play a few choppin pieces now. just make sure to be your own critic though, tell yourself to learn things you don't want to (proper fingering, music theory, sight reading), always challenge yourself and you'll continue to improve, maybe one day you'll need a teacher but I'm still not there and it's been years, you can do it if you're passionate dude!

[spidermancj]

@ddeaton0556 thanks for the encouragement man, i also think the most important aspect is passion for the music (:

[FlyForITG]

@ddeaton0556 The problem is it's hard to tell the proper technique without a teacher. Go to a teach one day and they'll probably point out quite a number of flaws in your playing. I used to learn hard songs by myself, but when I picked up lessons I learned that everything I had learned before playing those songs was wrong and I had/have to re-learn/replay them with new technique.

[TheMehryar]

@ddeaton0556 I was the same until a year ago and I got a piano teacher who studied in russia then I realized I didn't know looooots of things.

from then I felt a lot more improved :)

I guess everyone needs a teacher at some point as you mentioned!

[nasderth]

@TheMehryar Yes! And that can also be youtube, talking to people and watching masters closely ...

[rulezz264]

@ddeaton0556 Exactly, I've been without a teacher for 3 years now and I can play Chopin's Fantasie Impromptu, Nocturne op9 no2, Beethoven's 3rd movement Moonlight Sonata, will soon start to study some of these etudes, because they were made as a challenge, I'd happily accept :)

[XxbambambxX]

@ddeaton0556 interesting opinion. I agree that you can get far.. you just have to define far =D i think 4 eyes hear more than 2 and 4 eyes see more than 2 and they have even another perspective and the ears are well educated. So i think if just once a week someone corrects you who knows how to do it will make you better.. the rest of the week you are your own teacher and you have to challenge yourself aso ;)

[fcGroup]

@ddeaton0556: At first my situation is very similar to yours (I tried to play some of Beethoven's works without having a teacher). But after getting a teacher, I found it COMPLETELY necessary: With a teacher, you can improve at a speed you can't imagine before, and your standard of "good playing" will become much higher.

[sugarbomb187]

@ddeaton0556 Learning piano since I was 6, I believe that you need a teacher. Of course you can start off without a teacher but you certainly won't progress as fast and you might get a few things wrong without even knowing it. A music teacher will not only correct your technical flaws he will also tell you what books/internet don't tell you! Music can be very tricky, especially when you get into more difficult pieces and techniques and the help of a teacher's knowledge is more than welcome.

[lilstunnawbp]

@spidermancj that's a good question and the answer is yes, in order to master something like this piece you'll need professional help, it may not be the notes that are challenging (even though the tempo is rather quick) it is the delivery that any untrained or taught pianist will be lacking, but it is always good to take up learning how to play as well self-taught or not

[pianistinblues]

37 people are very gelous because cant play like she!

[Snymandible]

Time to befriend a left-handed blonde...thanks Valentina ;)

[PolitykaPolska]

chopin wasa freaky genius ...

cheers

[katie66080]

Although I can't stand that piece that is still a huge talent to be able to play it

[musicandsharpies]

I hate it when, in some videos, she smiles... She must enjoy the pain! Or maybe it's when she gets a nice bit and doesn't play a bum note <3

[NILBOG13]

This is like....I..I just...wow!

[thexproxnoob]

Although it was played amazingly, she still made quite a handful of mistakes...

[Sword1479]

@thexproxnoob At least she didn't play like a robot.

[ifailatediting]

@thexproxnoob not

[JustSomeRandomNewb]

@ifailatediting

hes right, but i must say, i prefer a mistake now and then, and playd musicaly, than played perfectly, with a soul of stone...

[felikika]

@JustSomeRandomNewb ha,ha I totally agree!

[emopz13]

I have a question. Which of the 24 etudes is your favourite?

[The007lambo]

woo I started learning this 2 months ago and it is so f*cking difficult to play it as great as she my respect ;)))!!

[doikhat]

to talk your hand. my god, chopin !

[adriangstern]

she's just not real! phew

[paulgnc24]

she gave me the goosebumps..

[mundorganic]

Are you really just closing your eyes the whole song?????

[55mayakeren55]

the most amazing etude by chopin played so beautifully by you!

[adssss]

Poor C..... Love the way she hammers it!

[work365days]

聽起來好像沒有什麼該有的氣勢。

[XxbambambxX]

simply amazing...

this piece and Valentina = <3

[ivan89705]

good running arpeggio

[aleaquatarkus]

che cosa hai creato friedrick..............



[stuffclusters]

ok i listen to whole etudes playlist of lisitsa, now i can go to burn down my piano, i don't need it anymore

[dizet11]

I listen better interpretation, but this is woman ;P

[musicfanBRA]

Not to mention the sound of her Bosendorfer... Magnificent!

[SH8ON]

really good



[robertslistening]

I think her dynamic accents are excellent. I've heard it played faster, a little more frenzy, but this is nice. I like the way she varies the feeling throughout the piece...sometimes a feeling of despair...sometimes anger...and the end... definitely frustration from a losing revolution. She's an excellent interpreter.

[ternitamas]

it sounds like an appoggiatura though. I like it ;)

[ternitamas]

What a pity she hit a g at the end with the left hand

[ChristianDavisKY]

Hmm I play this quite a bit faster than she does. I like hers a bit better. Maybe just a little more speed though.

[berguy12312]

@TortitudoProbo hey youre the gayest person i've ever seen shut up

and you @NinjaYoshi150 youre gay too because youre no fan of this piece but not as gay as tortitudo

[A7XRules4life]

I have a MIDI and once wrote MIDI drums to go with it. Pure awesome. Dunno what happened to it.

[WTforeverable]

oops, posted my previous message on the wrong video..

It's nr.9 and not 12 I can play

[WTforeverable]

@luvscomedy111 yeah, czerny is indeed very good. I used to hate it when I started playing the piano (about 11 years ago; I'm 16 now), but now I realise it really helped me. Cramer and Heller are quite good too.

I'm thinking of going to the conservatory next year and might play this piece for my admission test. I've been playing it for 2-3 days now and it's almost finished!

Anyone have good ideas for other pieces?

[Apocalypsis2012]

She is sooo talented.. She is one of those great women that show us men that women can be good at many stuff. I stand and clap for Valentina :D

[diemarbe]

Sabia que quando você dá tempo entre as notas, o som torna-se mais intenso, profundo, toca-nos de forma mais arrepiadora? Não sei se esse tempo você mesma foi quem deu ou a gravação do áudio é boa demais ou você resolver bater mais forte o marteloo, ou você sabia que íamos perceber... mas que está incrível está. Está rápido onde tem que ser rápido e intenso onde tem que ser intenso, está inigualável, esta performance está no ápice da musical do planeta.

[LTS1287]

Wow. She's so incredibly beautiful and talented. My jaw dropped when I saw her and then when I heard her playing the piano...oh my, I'm in love!

[chrissylixoxo]

omg, its amazing!

I could never perform that well. :S

[zewenwu]

How much time need a average pianist to learn this piece do you think?

[willemvdr12]

@zewenwu

I think if it's a pianist who has a conservatory licence (diplom? I don't know how to say it in english), this piece will take maximum 1 day to study, if he has never played this piece before. The tricks are in the left hand, but they don't feel very unusual or strange for the left hand. A conservatory graduated pianist has studied all of these techniques, and is able to read music very well.

If I work very hard, it will take me at least 2 weeks to study this piece right.

[luvscomedy111]

@zewenwu an "average pianist" would never be able to play this before they've worked hard to push themselves to be an "exceptional pianist."

[zewenwu]

@luvscomedy111 I'm able to play nocturne 9 no 2, fur elise, turkisch march completely and other pieces of Yiruma in about 2 years. All learned by sheet. So what level am I and can I become. I learned by myself.

[luvscomedy111]

@zewenwu it sounds like you've worked really hard! and by the sounds of it, you're taking a more classical route to learning piano which is a lot better than if you wasted your time with the current mainstream music. The most important things for a pianist are practice, practice, and more practice. Keep playing etudes and i recommend getting a czerny practice book cause they really help sharpen your skills and make you a much better pianist. =D

[zewenwu]

@luvscomedy111 I'm sorry, I don't know what "aczerny practice" book is. Care to explain it... It is like a sheetbook or something. Possible you can give me a link about it. :D Thanks for your time though.

[luvscomedy111]

@zewenwu the czerny books are basically a series of books filled with songs that practice different technical skills and as you move through each book, you'll really notice improvement.

[zewenwu]

So what does a good pianist need?

[dennis0mus]

@zewenwu

patience, self-discipline, a bit of talent, too much will-power, real emotions and a piano!

(in my humble opinion)

[zewenwu]

@dennis0mus How much time need a average pianist to learn this piece do you think?

[dennis0mus]

@zewenwu oh yeah, I forgot to mention "time"! :P

hmm.. if you have a method of learning pieces, and you can provide yourself an hour every day, in about 3-4 months you'll have an almost perfect solo to play! (if you are average of course...if you are close to this level, you can learn it much quicker.. its not an easy piece.. too tiring!!)

[willemvdr12]

@zewenwu

Top 5 of things that a good pianist needs:

1. Musicality

2. 2 hands with 10 fingers

3. Lots of practise

4. A good teacher

5. Dicipline

[ingenieriacivil00]

@willemvdr12 THANSK A LOT FOR THIS COMMENT, if you dont have musicality, you will never be a musician.

[TheSpiderHand]

@willemvdr12 Numbers 3, 4, and 5 are the same to me, I am self taught. Which takes lots of discipline and practice.

[Jeece712]

@willemvdr12 You need strong finger too its very important for play the hard piece. Like moonlight sonata 3

[zzeroxxero]

@willemvdr12 I think you're forgetting one really important thing... access to a piano XD

[15615671]

let's check my playing of this etude.

[xkuruma]

2:08 - 2:35 best part of the song IMO :)

[auntiepicklebottom]

Wait! Does that piano have extra keys?

[hellmaniac666]

@auntiepicklebottom yep man, this is Boesendorfer 290 Imperial with extended keyboard. You can find info about it on official Boesendorfer website.

P.S. But personally I prefer Steinway&Sons =)

[lienmoysam]

@auntiepicklebottom Yes. This model 290 imperial has 97 keys . approx 8 full octaves according to the info from the bosendorfer website

[Tubztele]

Bb is so enchanting

[Haamids]

i personally think if u are very good at scales and arpeggios its very easy thats hwat i think when i pla it however i can never play at this sort of standard. i can play it but not half as good as this i mean she does with distinction along with all the pianists to go on youtube i personally think u have to be confident on how good are you are because everyone is a strict critic and i cant criticise this

[chrisclr]

@Haamids Not necessarily,I've been playing this Etude for 40 years now, and you can be very good at Scales and Arpeggios but it doesn't mean you can play this Etudereally great because your really good at Scales and Arpeggios. It takes years to get this perfect, so don't always rely on that because it's not always helpful.

[Haamids]

@chrisclr i understamd ur point but the power of scales and arpeggios is unique and trust me take a peek of the music sheet, it's a rapid fury chopin puts in this piece look at the left hand its almost like broken chromatic scales and and boiling arpeggios floating like mad, pros on piano are always practicing them, they give SUPPLENESS which is fact and chopin said to his students the secret to his pieces is supplness. scales and arpeggios make ur wrist fluent!

[The007lambo]

i started playing it today :))

[trp8155]

@1Jiller op. 25 no. 6.....

[przemaser2]

......wooooow......great performance.....woow

[apocalipsum]

Valentina you are the most skilled pianist actually living... the way yr playing express "feelings" is amazing.. everybody in the world should thank you for that

[OvidiuDanut7]

@apocalipsum

I totally agree... And i think that some of her interpretations are also the best ever made.

[anuka494]

BRAVO!!!! I'm veRY EXITEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD :*:*:* <3<3<3

[1Jiller]

What's the 'easiest' Chopin etude technically speaking.

I'm fairly good at memorization so i'm basing it off how hard my fingers work haha.

[thedoubledrummer]

@1Jiller This etude is one of the easiest because of how easily it fits under your fingers. And no matter how you play it, it sounds impressive. Focus on fingering before speed and you'll have it in no time. Also, go easy on the pedal.

[belegSJ]

@thedoubledrummer I would also add Op. 25 No. 2. Once one learns the fingering, the piece shouldn't be very difficult.

I also like to speculate which etude is the hardest. Though I only know how to play op. 10 no.1 (and not very well), I have tried all of them (namely, a few bars LOL). I'd say that op 25 no 6 is the most horrifyingly difficult out of these etudes -- those rapid descending third progressions are so random, thus extremely hard to memorize (and a big pain for the hands..)

[SislerPianoPlaya]

It seems like girls are more consistent than guys, but at the same time they have slower fingers than we do.

[PBaober]

@SislerPianoPlaya that doesnt seem to be true in her case... . her other etudes are played at a tempo I never thought was possible.

[TheMao21]

Great

[RagtimeIrvin]

@TheMao21 Its not as hard as it looks

[jimmymoomoojimmy]

her left hand is Excellent!!

[smzmusic]

so relaxed and so much sound ...i love it! .. a bit heavy on the pedal for my tastes though....

[MrDerogative]

I lost my jaw

It's probably on the ground somewhere.

[artonepiano]

Love the powerful, yet inconclusive last set of chords... it gives you that feeling that there is more even though you're completely ear-satisfied.

[hectoreguiluz]

Valentina tocando el -Estudio Revolucionario- de Chopin. Una apoteosis del piano que se encuentra por completo como parte del soundtrack de "Eternal Sonata".

[MrBerguy123]

@TortitudoProbo in your mom's ass !

[A7XRules4life]

This is the most perfect playing of this song ever.

[TortitudoProbo]

Gay music, where is the electric guitar ?

[xHuntedGunzPCGx]

@TortitudoProbo This more amazing than any rock music..sorry...bye.

[shenkeey]

@xHuntedGunzPCGx Some progressive rock/metal songs have some amazing stuff in it too, but I guess I agree that this is more amazing ;3

[TheGeekArmory]

@xHuntedGunzPCGx not really...bye....

[xHuntedGunzPCGx]

@TheGeekArmory Lost...and sad...goodbye and enjoy your inferior music.

[TheGeekArmory]

@xHuntedGunzPCGx i will weak man...enjoy being stuck in your personal bubble and beiliving your opinions only...

[xHuntedGunzPCGx]

@TheGeekArmory I am not stuck in any bubble. I appreciate all forms of music...but we have to know, respect, and give credit where it is necessary....Go analyze classical and rock music and you will see the blatant inferiority...No, really.

[figocooldude]

@TortitudoProbo You fail at trolling.

[Stebanick]

@TortitudoProbo

seriously? LOL

[NinjaYoshi150]

@TortitudoProbo Where the hell is your brain?

[NinjaYoshi150]

@TortitudoProbo Hey, i'm no fan of this piece. ut there's no need to take a shit on it. I listen to Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Flamenco, Hip-Hop, Alternative Rock, Classical music, etc. I don't post shit comments on a video unless it is truely a piece of shit, like pop music. Pop = Pure shit.

[swtdecemberrain]

heyy im playing this song for my ARCT exam do you have any pointers? :)

[612curtis]

@swtdecemberrain I'd keep playing it in your own style or keep referring back to this recording and good luck with your exam =D

[qwerty1856x]

Although Valentina did deliver an AMAZING performance Chopin deserves most of the credit!

[MrPianosmurf]

It's soo beautiful! And it's soo hard to play! i'm practicing it now for 3 weeks and i can only play the first page.

[VasilisSocratous]

A majestic etude and obviously a great performance. Well done!

[Nizlopi2]

This piece - so the myth goes - inspired, or was inspired by, the Polish uprising of 1830 against the Russians.

109 years later it was the last piece played on Warsaw radio before the Nazis took the city.

What a tragic, beautiful history Poland has - this piece really puts that across, I think.

[LURKUMALL]

@Nizlopi2

I heard the last piece played was Chopin Nocturne no 20

[Knarf009]

This song makes me think of a dreadful thunderstorm.

[thanareto]

Congratulations!!!! The romanticism in all its glory!!!

[omguanyin]

still in love with samantha tan.

[gemballi]

Great perfomance - i love !

[emmanicolaides1]

I like the piece and the pianist Valentina Lisitsa!

[anonymous176932]

love this etude very much, but weird ending......

[SuperFlorkonings]

A Great piano piece and a great perfomance !

[taroabarbanel]

more cowbell