I always thought the ghosts of Horowitz and Rachmaninoff reside in Valentina, after seeing this performance I'm sure she has the spirit of Liszt (and all of his relatives) also.
Stunning! I love watching her fingers fly so smoothly and accurately over great leaps so effortlessly.
@DasIstFurGott honestly the sheet music itself isn't even that frightening.. it's when you TRY playing it.. especially at 2:00 and towards the end. it looks really easy when she plays at 2:00, but it's RIDICULOUSLY hard getting your fingers on your right hand to reach and move that way without getting tangled that part took me hours a day to get down. plus, your forearms just become EXHAUSTED and cramp as you get into the second part with the repetitive C#. i'm still working on the 2nd part :P
I keep coming back to listen to this. Every performance is different but the technical skill that Valentina demonstrates in some of the more difficult passages is truly astounding. Those who criticise might find it educational to listen to one or two of the now considered 'great' pianists at a similar age - where they dared to record. Valentina is without doubt ahead of the pack and a delightful and extremely talented international musician. Bravo Valentina !
I take that back - Hamelin and others make Lasitsa look absolutely pathetic in comparison. This is downright sloppy. It's easy to splice together different takes from different camera angles to create an impressive performance as you can see on her official channel. Live however? Very subpar for a professional.
LANG lANG EJECUTA SEGÚN COMO SIENTE; Y ESO TIENE SU MÉRITO; SÓLO SE PUEDE LLEGAR A ELLO DESPUÉS DE HABERSE ABURRIDO DE TOCAR APEGADO A LA PARTITURA; EN MI OPINIÓN. Si yo poseyese la técnica de estos eximios, también tocaría con el alma.
@miguelitotaletin Usted habla sobre Lang Lang no? No piense que el toca con el alma. Yo pienso que él toca solamente para entretener el auditorio. No estoy diciendo que este es malo, pero el hace tantos movimientos y expresiiones con su cara, no puedo concentrar en la música. Pero, todos tienen sus propios opiniónes. Y finalmente, mi español no es bueno, todavía estoy aprendiendo la lengua.
Playing like this can not be taught. I may not be an authority on music, but I know what beauty is. Her playing was a thing of beauty to both the ears and the eyes.
@noizebeast Miss Wang is not at the level of Valentina Lisitsa, and mistakes are immaterial in a live concert (unless there are too many), just look at Horowitz who said if you want no mistakes listen to a machine play :-)
Suggest you listen to Jung Lin's live HR2 that is extraordinary, one of three best ever, along with Rachmaninoff's and Moiseiwitsch's interpretations :-)
"Mistakes" that so many refer to, aren't.performers often change little things about the piece; interpretation is not only with tempo and dynamics. i.e Rubinstein was known to add or subtract notes from many Chopin trills because he preferred the sound. Does that mean all of us should try to change what Liszt or Chopin wrote? No. But there comes a point in which the performer is distinguished enough to have an interpretation different than the standard because they have the merit to do so.
This brilliance is almost inhuman. The feeling evident in every note is simply stunning, and yet she plays with so much passion, so much power. Wonderful performance :)
- looking back at yourself from all the eyes and minds in the room, and imagining all the criticism burning into your useless, humiliated soul. By this point you realise
ur playing on auto-pilot alone, the adrenaline shocks u back in2 ur fingers & ur brain - & u slowly arive back in ur body, and in2 the piece. Aftershocks thereafter can b frighteningly common but, well that is the life of the performer and; the opposite - a fantastic performance (especially an unexpected 1) soon fixes the ego :)
she falls apart like every musician does during one public performance or another. Its often inexplicable (more often its lack of preparation), however, when it occurs you are left fighting two battles then, rather than just the focusing on the piece itself. First off, the incredulity of your own private incompetence, makes you furious (out comes the fortisimo as well as the increased tempo), before you descend into a hotchpotch of multi-dimensional paranoia -
It's like even if she plays not 100% exactly at one time, its then, when you REALLY don't need this kind of precision. She just know how to do it right, to prove as my favourite pianist!
Oh My GOD. I'm blown away every single time I watch this. So perfect. I doubt there is another pianist alive today that knows the piano that well. I think that's why she's so brilliant - her technical precision isn't even an issue for her, she must just be that comfortable with the instrument that it's automatic. Amazing.
Okay. To all of you that keep, pointing out things that you think she did wrong:
I have yet to see any of you posting a video of yourself playing this piece better-or even of similar quality-on youtube. So until you do, stick to counting your pubic hairs and watching bad soap operas.
Mistakes? Valentina is 10 times more pro than me and I've been playing 8-master grade pieces for 12 years, including this one. Good piece to play though.
I'd like to see all of you people complaining about the few mistakes to play this piece as well as she does at the same tempo and not make any mistakes....
WTF does that mean? Were you present when Liszt first played this piece so that you know it so intimately?
Here is a young woman of extraordinary talent playing passionately without the benefit of the written page and yet so many comments nit-pick some imagined mistakes. Get over yourselves already!
@monkeygraborange I do completely agree with you, if people knew how hard it is to do this without the music in front of them, I would like to see all the people who nit-pick at this play it this well or even play it at all!
@monkeygraborange : No "mistakes" at all. Who would talk about mistakes at this level? But listen, to be tolerant, to Alfred Brendel's interpretation.
@twooffour Maybe you're overreacting, dude. As far as I understand, when he says "Were you present... ?" he talks to the ones that criticize Valentina for playing a whole own version of this Masterpiece. And I would be upset too, peoplo who don't know how to push a button talking bullshoot...
And the "written page" thing... c'mon, it's Hungarian Rhapsody, not Twinkle Little Star.
It really seems it hurts you his comment, but if it's not for something personal, then I think you've got no argument
You won't find many things that are as beautiful as a woman playing piano. If you think thats not true then you truly have a distorted vision of life.
@garygary978 i am gay and I love women at the piano, that's on top of all aesthetics.
Saw Lang Langs Version half a minute ago... well, I didn´t finish it, just too crazy... everyone complains about him, but somehow there were lots of audiencers... still I like Valentina better, for she plays, what is written in the sheets, so I can follow the sound^^ I like reading as she plays...
@Camexplode I think that you might just be jealous that you could never impress 'em! They certainly know how to impress men! This vid proves that they know how to impress everybody.
Valentina Lisita interprets this piece so wonderful... I love the way she plays the really technically demanding parts - she plays with such a simple and modest way - and does not exaggerate like lang lang (who is simply a showmaster)
WOWWOWWOW!!!!! When you get tired of listening to the "traditional" renditions of this piece, this is the one that is going to make you say..."My goodness! So that is what Listz intended!!"
For those of you who so lavishly dish out negative comments, can you play the piano? If you can, are you able to play at this level? I suggest you keep quiet if you can't, because you don't even have the faintest idea what it takes to play the piano like this! It takes many years of dedication, discipline, hard work and patience to get to this level! Valentina, I would give anything to be able to play like you! I'm still a long way off though, but I understand what goes into it!
Ooh! I love it! It's been so long since Valentina's last post here. I hope she continues to share her lovely videos. What an inspiration she is to all who love piano. I'm glad we can finally hear her play this lovely warhorse (which she certainly gives a fresh, impassioned, and powerful interpretation)...
What an outstanding performance!! This is the best I have ever heard of this piece, and I can see you had lots of fun playing it. I have played piano all my life, but I must say I would pale in comparison to Valentina. She is truely the Liberace of classical music.
Not surprising she gets tired. She practices so many hours in a day it's ridiculous. She stated 12-14 hrs. at one time. So much so that her eyes start to blurr after a while. I really think she needs to lighten up a little. As for whether she made any mistakes? Most of us hear the overall tempo, rhythm, the dynamic waves, the articulation more than 1 note in the midst of a cluster of 20, especially at high speed.
Considering all her difficult repertoire, she deserves serious congratulations.
Wow this is some of the most amazing playing I've ever seen.
I'm no classical music master, but to me this song has some inherent humor. It's like a crazed composer furiously playing the same lines over and over to get them right. Does anyone else get that feeling?
I loved this performance! I cannot understand what was so terrible about it - I was mesmerized by Val's playing as always, perhaps even more that usual. This was so good! =)
Well ive never seen this ever played better. The mistakes have absolutely no value when you compare it to the pure emotion put into this piece. Anyone saying this performance is bad is a sad pathetic being.
Jaaa Yo digo: cada quien tiene su estilo... Valentina Toca hermosisismo... Y su forma de tocar el piano es incomparable... los q la critiquen es por pura envidia... estoy mas q seguro q ni a los talones le llegan a Valentina...
It seems like a lot of people like to criticize others to make themselves seem smart, and I see ALOT of those kinds of comments on Valentina Lisitsa's videos. I bet half of those people are trolls.
@izzyjamm4 Normally - the internet IS full of trolls...
But in this one case, I have to agree with them. Considering that whatever Valentina Lisitsa usually uploads is nothing short of absolute divine perfection, this one video to me just lacked the care and attention she gives to all of her other pieces. Take a look at her playing the Liszt Totentanz (which is just IMMACULATE), and then compare it to this piece.
I don't think they're saying she's a bad performer, just that this piece was bad
I have read many comments saying there are wrong notes and all. I have also listened to Hamelin's and Lin's performance. I prefer Valentina's - it has a certain electricity to it. A thing of perfection need not be a thing of beauty - perfection could be defined wrongly.
@desp2007 You hit the nail on the head, perfection does not equate beauty. However, Jung Lin's performance is a thing of beauty and a thing of perfection. It's all in our perceptions and it is subjective. Valentina's interpretation has much in common with Hamelin's, great interpretations but not my preference.
I have read many comments saying there are wrong notes and all. I have also listened to Hamelin's and Lin's performance. I prefer Valentina's - it has a certain electricity to it. A thing of perfection need not be a thing of beauty - perfection could be defined wrongly.
I am in love with this divine woman's playing!! I love how elegantly she builds intensity. The clarity and speed of that harmonic minor run in the beginning was amazing! I cannot conceive the dexterity she has to do what she was doing at 2:05. And that unconventional way of trilling for speed is just......orgasmic >.<!!
5:06 second part. just helping if u wanna hear it in particular.
fsxraptor 2 days ago
Insane...
AdderTaisen9000 5 days ago
6:30 Who would/could cough at a time like this? Most of the audience can't even breathe at this point
guitarguru186 1 week ago
I always thought the ghosts of Horowitz and Rachmaninoff reside in Valentina, after seeing this performance I'm sure she has the spirit of Liszt (and all of his relatives) also.
Stunning! I love watching her fingers fly so smoothly and accurately over great leaps so effortlessly.
leongatha6 1 week ago 3
What a dynamic and powerful playing...great!
hungariaquetzalcoatl 2 weeks ago
WoowWW..
FreeTaz 2 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
just enjoy the music
don't check the sheet
you will be frightened...
DasIstFurGott 2 weeks ago
@DasIstFurGott i second that, i saw it, and it was more frightening than 2girls1cup
00Mj000 2 weeks ago
@DasIstFurGott honestly the sheet music itself isn't even that frightening.. it's when you TRY playing it.. especially at 2:00 and towards the end. it looks really easy when she plays at 2:00, but it's RIDICULOUSLY hard getting your fingers on your right hand to reach and move that way without getting tangled that part took me hours a day to get down. plus, your forearms just become EXHAUSTED and cramp as you get into the second part with the repetitive C#. i'm still working on the 2nd part :P
Sony90210 9 hours ago
Valentina Liszita :D becoz she looks like soul's Liszt while she's playing any songs him.
VondeLuke 3 weeks ago
I hate comparing but this is in the level of Hamelin's Hungarian Rhapsody #2, and both are crazy ... seriously.
jeyendeoso 3 weeks ago
Strange esecution..maybe she was drunk.
MsGibbone 3 weeks ago
This playing is so sick. My own piano skills feel totally crap now
snipertje123 3 weeks ago 2
like 08:35 to 08:42 dont know why
VondeLuke 3 weeks ago
she feels happy becoz Tom & Jerry played..........and she too .
VondeLuke 3 weeks ago
Where's the rush?
thoughtyoulikedme 4 weeks ago
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JeffGrolemund 4 weeks ago
I keep coming back to listen to this. Every performance is different but the technical skill that Valentina demonstrates in some of the more difficult passages is truly astounding. Those who criticise might find it educational to listen to one or two of the now considered 'great' pianists at a similar age - where they dared to record. Valentina is without doubt ahead of the pack and a delightful and extremely talented international musician. Bravo Valentina !
noteworthy99 1 month ago
Do you know what does have Valentina in common with Steve Vai besides being God?
THE SHRED FACE!!! 5:52
DarkHound9999 1 month ago
There is a human being palying the piano! Right there!!!
777mrpiano777 1 month ago
Que perfeccion ! , me facina su forma de tocar el piano ! :)
DavidVBPiano 1 month ago
I never believed in miracles until I saw Valentina playing the piano.
i4ill 1 month ago
it gets looney-tooney at 5:57/5:58
walnut737 1 month ago
FROM TOM ANG JERRY ))))
MrSeynurr 1 month ago 3
I take that back - Hamelin and others make Lasitsa look absolutely pathetic in comparison. This is downright sloppy. It's easy to splice together different takes from different camera angles to create an impressive performance as you can see on her official channel. Live however? Very subpar for a professional.
maulcs 1 month ago
Hamelin makes Lasitsa look rather pathetic in comparison.
maulcs 1 month ago
i hate the way that she plays piano
jrmz1917 1 month ago
I love the part from 05:42 to 05:58 very very much and I don't know why!!
ahonda55 1 month ago
thumbs up if u know this piece from tom and jerry :P
theelectricmsh 1 month ago 2
LANG lANG EJECUTA SEGÚN COMO SIENTE; Y ESO TIENE SU MÉRITO; SÓLO SE PUEDE LLEGAR A ELLO DESPUÉS DE HABERSE ABURRIDO DE TOCAR APEGADO A LA PARTITURA; EN MI OPINIÓN. Si yo poseyese la técnica de estos eximios, también tocaría con el alma.
miguelitotaletin 1 month ago
@miguelitotaletin Usted habla sobre Lang Lang no? No piense que el toca con el alma. Yo pienso que él toca solamente para entretener el auditorio. No estoy diciendo que este es malo, pero el hace tantos movimientos y expresiiones con su cara, no puedo concentrar en la música. Pero, todos tienen sus propios opiniónes. Y finalmente, mi español no es bueno, todavía estoy aprendiendo la lengua.
DLee594 1 month ago
¿Por qué ya no hay compositores como Liszt o Chopin?
miguelitotaletin 1 month ago
Playing like this can not be taught. I may not be an authority on music, but I know what beauty is. Her playing was a thing of beauty to both the ears and the eyes.
mltnr290 1 month ago
Valentina LISZTita
MihaiTheFirst 2 months ago 3
Absolutely brilliant.
Now top that, Miss Wang! =P
noizebeast 2 months ago
@noizebeast Miss Wang is not at the level of Valentina Lisitsa, and mistakes are immaterial in a live concert (unless there are too many), just look at Horowitz who said if you want no mistakes listen to a machine play :-)
Suggest you listen to Jung Lin's live HR2 that is extraordinary, one of three best ever, along with Rachmaninoff's and Moiseiwitsch's interpretations :-)
Bret6464 1 month ago
@Bret6464 I hate all these guys who say Wang = Best because fast.
I know, that Mistakes are naturally and human.
The impressions at a live performance can't be compared with recorded ones anyway.
I didn't see much live performances besides DVD. :(
I only saw Yundi Li (wonderful Pictures of an exhibition!!!) once, but I'm looking forward to Valentina Lisitsas Concert in Dortmund, Germany. =)
noizebeast 1 month ago
@noizebeast I too much prefer live concerts and recordings of live concerts. Enjoy the concert of Valentina :-)
Bret6464 1 month ago
excelente....es una pianista genial....de mis favoritas
kiskiniteamo 2 months ago
have you see the mouse?????
09081989daniel 2 months ago
Bugs Bunny would be proud!!!!!!!!!!!!
nikon052952 2 months ago 19
@nikon052952 even tom and jerry would be :P am i the only one who watched both versions? :P
00Mj000 2 weeks ago
@00Mj000 definitely not. everyone has seen the tom and jerry version
Sony90210 9 hours ago
"Mistakes" that so many refer to, aren't.performers often change little things about the piece; interpretation is not only with tempo and dynamics. i.e Rubinstein was known to add or subtract notes from many Chopin trills because he preferred the sound. Does that mean all of us should try to change what Liszt or Chopin wrote? No. But there comes a point in which the performer is distinguished enough to have an interpretation different than the standard because they have the merit to do so.
briandeespana 2 months ago
goosebumps..
FalconEyez51 2 months ago
valentina, a mistake, lol, whatever!!!@!!!
markmarshall39 2 months ago
This brilliance is almost inhuman. The feeling evident in every note is simply stunning, and yet she plays with so much passion, so much power. Wonderful performance :)
ThePianistOS 2 months ago
...on a more personal note i rather thought anyway that Liszt was a bit pissed when he rote thist.
OrbvsTomarvm 2 months ago
- looking back at yourself from all the eyes and minds in the room, and imagining all the criticism burning into your useless, humiliated soul. By this point you realise
ur playing on auto-pilot alone, the adrenaline shocks u back in2 ur fingers & ur brain - & u slowly arive back in ur body, and in2 the piece. Aftershocks thereafter can b frighteningly common but, well that is the life of the performer and; the opposite - a fantastic performance (especially an unexpected 1) soon fixes the ego :)
OrbvsTomarvm 2 months ago
she falls apart like every musician does during one public performance or another. Its often inexplicable (more often its lack of preparation), however, when it occurs you are left fighting two battles then, rather than just the focusing on the piece itself. First off, the incredulity of your own private incompetence, makes you furious (out comes the fortisimo as well as the increased tempo), before you descend into a hotchpotch of multi-dimensional paranoia -
OrbvsTomarvm 2 months ago
I get depressed everytime I see these... im never gonna be this good :(
ItzTheFury 2 months ago
It's like even if she plays not 100% exactly at one time, its then, when you REALLY don't need this kind of precision. She just know how to do it right, to prove as my favourite pianist!
Nuighon 2 months ago
Oh My GOD. I'm blown away every single time I watch this. So perfect. I doubt there is another pianist alive today that knows the piano that well. I think that's why she's so brilliant - her technical precision isn't even an issue for her, she must just be that comfortable with the instrument that it's automatic. Amazing.
ericjaames 2 months ago
Thank you, Valentina.
unhit3 2 months ago
thank you for sharing
detroitvagabond 2 months ago
Did she ike modify this song or something? I'm hearing like extra notes.
mathsprofessional 2 months ago
can anyone tell me if i am able to play this song?? i can play moonlight sonata 3rd movement without problems. thanks :)
Handeltasche 2 months ago
Okay. To all of you that keep, pointing out things that you think she did wrong:
I have yet to see any of you posting a video of yourself playing this piece better-or even of similar quality-on youtube. So until you do, stick to counting your pubic hairs and watching bad soap operas.
Nuff said.
remotecontrolp51 2 months ago
Mistakes? Valentina is 10 times more pro than me and I've been playing 8-master grade pieces for 12 years, including this one. Good piece to play though.
mathsprofessional 3 months ago
God <3
fingerprint56 3 months ago
i love this song
Junkefood1 3 months ago
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Lang Lang is better ...
bpbartek0 3 months ago
@bpbartek0 Troll
PoisonToothX 3 months ago
5:40 is the moment, jazz was born...
mortalfrog0815 3 months ago
this was quite good, but im afraid tom plays it better.
uchiha938 3 months ago
@uchiha938 tha't was funny =))
andreea140794 1 month ago
That definitely takes your breath away!
TheGabyboop 3 months ago
Fantastic and Valentina obviously enjoyed playing it. What wonderful talent and what a warm personality.
noteworthy99 3 months ago
could be a soundtrack to some sort of eastern European Sergio Leone cowboy film. And the piano playing is good to say the least
bishopquack 3 months ago
it would be a shame if she would be fisting....
696mephisto 3 months ago
What mistakes?
ocping 3 months ago
Apart from starting a mother life at 5AM and practicing piano from 8PM to 3AM and playing like a goddess, is there anything Valentina can't do?.
JosephKrammer 4 months ago
I'd like to see all of you people complaining about the few mistakes to play this piece as well as she does at the same tempo and not make any mistakes....
trp8155 4 months ago
So many comments here refer to "mistakes"
WTF does that mean? Were you present when Liszt first played this piece so that you know it so intimately?
Here is a young woman of extraordinary talent playing passionately without the benefit of the written page and yet so many comments nit-pick some imagined mistakes. Get over yourselves already!
monkeygraborange 4 months ago 50
@monkeygraborange I do completely agree with you, if people knew how hard it is to do this without the music in front of them, I would like to see all the people who nit-pick at this play it this well or even play it at all!
JTCorlett 1 month ago 2
@monkeygraborange : No "mistakes" at all. Who would talk about mistakes at this level? But listen, to be tolerant, to Alfred Brendel's interpretation.
sdfgdsgfsdfs 1 month ago
@monkeygraborange
"Were you present when Liszt first played this piece so that you know it so intimately?"
How can anyone get away with comments this moronic, let alone receive 43 thumbs for it?? The SCORE, do you know what that is?
"without the benefit of the written page"
What the fuck does that even mean? That she plays from memory? You're really impressed by that?
There ARE minor mistakes here, but so are there in most other (live) performances.
twooffour 1 month ago
@twooffour so what the funk you complain about? xD
Valenqueen 3 weeks ago
@Valenqueen
His stupid vomment.
twooffour 3 weeks ago
@twooffour Maybe you're overreacting, dude. As far as I understand, when he says "Were you present... ?" he talks to the ones that criticize Valentina for playing a whole own version of this Masterpiece. And I would be upset too, peoplo who don't know how to push a button talking bullshoot...
And the "written page" thing... c'mon, it's Hungarian Rhapsody, not Twinkle Little Star.
It really seems it hurts you his comment, but if it's not for something personal, then I think you've got no argument
Valenqueen 3 weeks ago 2
Wonderful
BoschPianoMusic 4 months ago
I'm sweating after I play this piece! she makes it look so easy and yet puts so much emotion into it.
BenBenpianist 4 months ago
You won't find many things that are as beautiful as a woman playing piano. If you think thats not true then you truly have a distorted vision of life.
tastyy24 4 months ago 4
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sry, but idont like woman who play piano ;D
Camexplode 4 months ago
@Camexplode YOU sexist scum! you ARE SCUMMMMM! uncouth ill cultured yob, go back to the london riots!!!!
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jon44718 4 months ago
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garygary978 4 months ago
@garygary978 i am gay and I love women at the piano, that's on top of all aesthetics.
Saw Lang Langs Version half a minute ago... well, I didn´t finish it, just too crazy... everyone complains about him, but somehow there were lots of audiencers... still I like Valentina better, for she plays, what is written in the sheets, so I can follow the sound^^ I like reading as she plays...
PianoTarchen 3 months ago
@Camexplode I think that you might just be jealous that you could never impress 'em! They certainly know how to impress men! This vid proves that they know how to impress everybody.
ThePhantomneko 3 months ago
She plays great!!! Just simply and so full of emotions, ... just GREAT!!!!
MrChiefmv 4 months ago
is this being fast fowarded?!?!?!? XD
XxBellagio19xX 5 months ago
Valentina Lisita interprets this piece so wonderful... I love the way she plays the really technically demanding parts - she plays with such a simple and modest way - and does not exaggerate like lang lang (who is simply a showmaster)
CHRISTTREE 5 months ago 39
@CHRISTTREE LANG LANG IS THE BIGGEST ACTOR YOULL SEE OUT THERE.
mathsprofessional 3 months ago
@CHRISTTREE true, I tire of watching Lang Lang's ego taking over the performance. Valentina is a pleasure to watch!
ozag2 2 months ago 9
@CHRISTTREE I TOTALLY AGREE!!!!!!!!!! The truth has been told :))
andreea140794 1 month ago
awesome!!!
flutinet 5 months ago
5:07 Tetris!
veryMrFrancy 5 months ago in playlist I video preferiti di ValentinaLisitsa
Tom and Jerry!!
luise1000 5 months ago 6
WOWWOWWOW!!!!! When you get tired of listening to the "traditional" renditions of this piece, this is the one that is going to make you say..."My goodness! So that is what Listz intended!!"
!
dbeechko 5 months ago
what a beautiful HANDS !!!! marvelous, magnifique ! Tom and Jerry should be astonished!
Tarikibnoziade 5 months ago
great!! Amo como toca esta mujer!! talento de Dios!
josedavidc90 5 months ago
OMG Liszt got reincarnated into a beautiful woman from the Ukraine name Valentina Lisitsa. This is probably how it was to see Liszt play in person
spinnybobo 5 months ago 2
Beautiful !!! I love you.
unhit3 5 months ago
Impressive.
carlosanilber 5 months ago
Free notes of this piece you will find in : FREEMUSICBOOKS . COM (there many notes for free!!!)
JModestas 5 months ago
she study very czerny.!!!
andrefilho010 5 months ago
And I tought that only rabits could play that fast...
dannopper 5 months ago
@dannopper hahahahaHA #1 comment :))))
Makedonwow 5 months ago
Those hands.........
rinoulinaki 5 months ago
very very good played. I have never heart a better piano version.
valentinw1 5 months ago
Thumbs up if you hear this from tom and jerry
211naem 6 months ago 2
you are the best!!! I could listen to you playing the piano for the rest of my life!!! AMAZING VALENTINA!!!
Fábio from BRAZIL
whiteiron2006 6 months ago
.- i like her left hand on 1:05
211naem 6 months ago
5:10 to 9:45 = OOMMGG!!!
andrefilho010 6 months ago
For those of you who so lavishly dish out negative comments, can you play the piano? If you can, are you able to play at this level? I suggest you keep quiet if you can't, because you don't even have the faintest idea what it takes to play the piano like this! It takes many years of dedication, discipline, hard work and patience to get to this level! Valentina, I would give anything to be able to play like you! I'm still a long way off though, but I understand what goes into it!
Coetzeeful 6 months ago 5
Even if this is really not her best video (!!) this is absolutely amazing... i think she is the most unrated pianist on earth...
Valentina I love you =)
XxbambambxX 6 months ago
Is that your own cadenza at the end?
Because, HOLY FUCK... I've had an idea for a little mini-cadenza (as a transition into Hamelin's :D) myself, and was about to write it down...
then I watched this video and the concept is the fucking same (the details are a bit different, though)!
Guess I've watched this video at some point earlier, but geez :D
twooffour 6 months ago
Oh my gosh, thank you for uploading this, I don't know why she never uploaded this on her channel :(
SertavisSaviPianist 6 months ago
I like her, although my sister as a music doctor told me her fingering is wrong.
jamesbearbear 6 months ago
@jamesbearbear There's no such thing as wrong fingering. What ever works best for you is what you should you.
stevey226 6 months ago
Tom & Jerry can play it better. XD
MorelloElvin 6 months ago
Extremely gifted!
organmichigan 6 months ago
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binkymagnus 6 months ago
Nonostante qualche errore di troppo, resta sempre la mia preferita. Interpretazione straordinaria.
roy72chi 6 months ago
Valentina <3 , always the best.
brunoni1994 6 months ago
Not bad. Not bad at all. Actually, you're impossible!
delyanganev 7 months ago
IMHO, she plays it exactly the way it was meant to be played. Awesome Performance!
mundi007 7 months ago
It's easy to criticize correctly, but it's a LOT harder to play mediocrely
cryptoranium 7 months ago 2
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YES!finally we get to hear this amazing piece by the equally amazing Valentina!!!!!!Well done!!!!it's absolutely fantastic!!!!
missheelslover 7 months ago
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missheelslover 7 months ago
Bravo Ms. Valentina LISZTsitsa! :)
CambridgeBoy777 7 months ago 2
Listz new there would be an angel, so hhe made this song for her, and here it is!
Electron64 7 months ago
Ooh! I love it! It's been so long since Valentina's last post here. I hope she continues to share her lovely videos. What an inspiration she is to all who love piano. I'm glad we can finally hear her play this lovely warhorse (which she certainly gives a fresh, impassioned, and powerful interpretation)...
chobeethaninov 7 months ago
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Many errors...but LOTS OF FUN!!!!!!! xD!!
edtskyline 7 months ago
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edtskyline 7 months ago
What an outstanding performance!! This is the best I have ever heard of this piece, and I can see you had lots of fun playing it. I have played piano all my life, but I must say I would pale in comparison to Valentina. She is truely the Liberace of classical music.
mrpianist 7 months ago
Not surprising she gets tired. She practices so many hours in a day it's ridiculous. She stated 12-14 hrs. at one time. So much so that her eyes start to blurr after a while. I really think she needs to lighten up a little. As for whether she made any mistakes? Most of us hear the overall tempo, rhythm, the dynamic waves, the articulation more than 1 note in the midst of a cluster of 20, especially at high speed.
Considering all her difficult repertoire, she deserves serious congratulations.
robertslistening 7 months ago 3
Bravo !!!
Dinamilson 7 months ago
This is so obviously a frolic for her. Just a lot of fun. She is so gifted!
woodlawn4623 7 months ago
As I usually say at the end of these videos: Wow.
malonbu 8 months ago
Wonderful...
jczglobal 8 months ago
You got one more fan .-. brazil is watching you *-*
GianeJoselito 8 months ago
я не понимаю, как она так быстро играет..
ohshitmatherfucker 8 months ago
@ohshitmatherfucker а что Вы хотите.... она с 3-х лет за инструментом
Wendarabi 8 months ago
This time I think she really didn't care for this piece. She is awesome but this time...
wasn't she tired though?
sjvcodbgek 8 months ago
God I love this woman!
italianstllion93 8 months ago
Wow this is some of the most amazing playing I've ever seen.
I'm no classical music master, but to me this song has some inherent humor. It's like a crazed composer furiously playing the same lines over and over to get them right. Does anyone else get that feeling?
Benz145 8 months ago
I loved this performance! I cannot understand what was so terrible about it - I was mesmerized by Val's playing as always, perhaps even more that usual. This was so good! =)
belegSJ 8 months ago
Well ive never seen this ever played better. The mistakes have absolutely no value when you compare it to the pure emotion put into this piece. Anyone saying this performance is bad is a sad pathetic being.
minifussy 8 months ago 19
@minifussy was there any mistakes at all??? lololzzzz i love it :-0
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brianquelal 8 months ago
Jaaa Yo digo: cada quien tiene su estilo... Valentina Toca hermosisismo... Y su forma de tocar el piano es incomparable... los q la critiquen es por pura envidia... estoy mas q seguro q ni a los talones le llegan a Valentina...
brianquelal 8 months ago
Pure musical enjoyement! Great art!! I love her interpretation... she loves life!!!
a131599 8 months ago
Good lord, this is terrible.
getlost0204 9 months ago
she is awesome. i really like her style. i am mesmerized by the elegance and master of her hand movements.
yolo22 9 months ago
It seems like a lot of people like to criticize others to make themselves seem smart, and I see ALOT of those kinds of comments on Valentina Lisitsa's videos. I bet half of those people are trolls.
izzyjamm4 9 months ago in playlist Classical Hits 41
@izzyjamm4 Normally - the internet IS full of trolls...
But in this one case, I have to agree with them. Considering that whatever Valentina Lisitsa usually uploads is nothing short of absolute divine perfection, this one video to me just lacked the care and attention she gives to all of her other pieces. Take a look at her playing the Liszt Totentanz (which is just IMMACULATE), and then compare it to this piece.
I don't think they're saying she's a bad performer, just that this piece was bad
MrPeterJohnston 8 months ago
@MrPeterJohnston That's very true too, very true...
izzyjamm4 8 months ago
@izzyjamm4 The other half have no ears.
dannopper 5 months ago
"The artist will not present himself on the podium like the defendant in front of his judges, but like the witness of beautiful, truth."
Franz Liszt
bartje11 9 months ago
WOAH!! whats with the speed?? 0_o i think she likes to play it fast because she hates slow music? :\
97edlin 9 months ago
Im learning this pieace, she plays way too fast. Keep to the tempo girl.
mathsprofessional 9 months ago
oh my god. If i play this piece at that speed, my hands get super fuckin sore after 30 seconds and i cant go on lol
Doika86 9 months ago
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The old Liszt to be proud of on this.
Greetengs from Hungary!
miki1900 9 months ago
So schön.Wonderful,really.
Greetings
Milena
milena6110 9 months ago
did you tied Hilary and her violin for this one? ;)
sawko972 10 months ago 3
I have read many comments saying there are wrong notes and all. I have also listened to Hamelin's and Lin's performance. I prefer Valentina's - it has a certain electricity to it. A thing of perfection need not be a thing of beauty - perfection could be defined wrongly.
desp2007 10 months ago
@desp2007 You hit the nail on the head, perfection does not equate beauty. However, Jung Lin's performance is a thing of beauty and a thing of perfection. It's all in our perceptions and it is subjective. Valentina's interpretation has much in common with Hamelin's, great interpretations but not my preference.
ldhmage 10 months ago
@ldhmage Yes it is very much subjective. People go on categorically stating that one is better than the other, unmindful of that fact.
desp2007 10 months ago
I have read many comments saying there are wrong notes and all. I have also listened to Hamelin's and Lin's performance. I prefer Valentina's - it has a certain electricity to it. A thing of perfection need not be a thing of beauty - perfection could be defined wrongly.
desp2007 10 months ago
I am in love with this divine woman's playing!! I love how elegantly she builds intensity. The clarity and speed of that harmonic minor run in the beginning was amazing! I cannot conceive the dexterity she has to do what she was doing at 2:05. And that unconventional way of trilling for speed is just......orgasmic >.<!!
Arrow9100kj 11 months ago 2