Rachmaninoff G minor Prelude Op. 23, No. 5, Dora Jakovina

[LorenaJane]

Nice to hear this played "Militantly" not all bullet-a-gate. Yes terrible acoustics and refining could be done but great job!

[mrhemuli91]

The piano soungs weird, great playing tough :D

[tejaachebrole]

they are all Russian or Ukraine or something...

[skyd171]

isnt this valentina lisitsa?

[gpgdb1]

@skyd171 now, valentina lisitsa is playing more faster than she does

[Haamidpianoman]

bad reverb in the room

[YaPinkSunshine]

very well done!

[claudioxpena]

Looks like Valentina Lisitsa ! Ha!

[mysteristor]

The microphone is too far away from the piano - that's the only problem here.

[aeropianogrl]

its so blurry and the rubato is terrible its in the wrong places

[WLboss15]

i actually prefer the excessive pedal, it adds to the might of rachmaninoff's style. 

[JC08HP]

Very nice job... Too bad the acoustics of the room kinda spoiled the clarity of some parts..... And probably the quality of the recording device too... I think it would sound way better if I was sitting next to you ;D

[JonesNervosa]

crappy acoustics spoil possibly grand keys

[Feilhert2]

Grandiosso fio lantres di horsus. Thanks!

[Lhv19]

even with the bad acoustics, the talent is incredible and proves still beautiful

[ALLENJRIVERA2010]

You all are just jealous because she has three, what appear to be very expensive pianos and she has good tempo yet speed at her action to the keys!

[Techmaninoff]

i saw gilel's and lugansky's playing, but i think she has a special accent at her left hand melodies. It makes me fun. brilliant!

[Virginia1606]

Прекрасно! Свой стиль исполнения.

[kopynd]

PLENTY OF AXMINSTER CARPETS ON THE FLOOR

[mybane01]

The room has a very bad accoustics. Sound waves are bouncing all over causing too much overtones...

[piano0011]

I am trying to play Rachmaninoff's prelude op 23 no 5 in g minor. It is a lovely piece but please feel free to listen and comment.

[cornycogwheels]

Wow, girl has a lot off flare in her playing style =D

Passages starting in 1:25 are very beautiful, I could just listen forever~

[bh49498]

elle joue tres bien le tempo est presque régulier sinon tout est parfait

[wellrandomness12]

lol sounds repettive

[dangerjae]

Good job. Still better than I could ever even try, but Valentina Lisitsa performs this piece much better.

[gilbert007arenas]

i guess it's just the recorder.

[StHandgrenades]

i dont like it... to fast or something ...

[busashka]

If anyone can judje the royal is out of tune from this recording - please share. I don't observe this to any significant extent.

[Dusty754]

@busashka I don't think it is out of tune. Seems that the major problem is the room. It appears that there is no sound absorbtion and there is a slight echo. Perhaps if the top of the piano were not open it might help in muffling, but it appears tha Dora is playing in a small warehouse as opposed to an auditorium. Still I enjoy her playing. I think that she plays Rachmaninov very well.

[lilianne12345]

So heavy...

[utki17]

Classy sound ! which piano is that ?

[kettellive]

fuck these people, something fresh to the table is always good. And I think your interpretation is more grand then any i've heard.

[StardollCheater]

Sounds messy.

[ar556man]

You're good. Thanks for sharing.

[randomabby24]

I have been playing sence I was 5 and I'm 13 but I know well anought that she used way too much pedal but she did very but mushed the notes all together it takes a true master to do that so don't be discouraged by all theese ppl saying bad on pedal or slow don't or crap u r good and I really like ur style

[BJamesThompson]

omg there's a big fly on her arm!

oh wait....could it be a chocolate smudge?

[Dusty754]

@BJamesThompson Could also be a simple birth mark

[oscarconroy14]

She has the will to do it well, and at times it is played very well. :)

Just a little more practice and it will be great! :D

[MegaTomco]

terrible work with pedal!!!!!!!!!!!! but good.

[Anada94]

Gilels is better

[youarestupider1]

The 10 year old is a liar.

[passeddy]

per carità.....che pessima interpretazione! fa veramente schifo

[mwall444]

Excellent deffinition in the left hand.

[StardollCheater]

I'm a ten year old learning this piece, no joke. I printed out the notes, and I find it difficult, too. Instead of playing 4 notes at a time, sometimes, I gotta play 3 notes at a time. So don't expect people to play this perfectly, no one can. Cos, your hands have to go bouncing everywhere.

[StardollCheater]

I'm a ten year old learning this piece, no joke. I printed out the notes, and I find it difficult, too. Instead of playing 4 notes at a time, sometimes, I gotta play 3 notes at a time. So don't expect people to play this perfectly, no one can. Cos, your hands have to go bouncing everywhere.

[asdfagadgadfasdfag]

i think she should buy a metronome

[rodrigomg25]

the pedal is totaly wrong

[kdav91]

i think its the room that makes it harder to hear not the pedal. But she puts alot of emotion in compared to others Good Job!

[veeken77]

really good, but there are parts which at least to me need "consolidation". it's a difficult piece to play for many reasons...many thanks

[maximumx5]

wow really good =]

[esaurito30]

*****

[letycraig]

nice! very nice! i ndeed

[rodasabrao]

aff muito acelerado e menos forla nisso ai em aff...

[JuyoNi]

this piece is defenitely hard on your hands lol i dont really like this interpretation, i mean yes she can play but its like sh doesnt care about it...

[1980NewWave]

This piece will kill your hands (unless they are jumbo-sized, like those of Rachmaninoff himself).

[AsturiasGuitar]

Too much pedal.....and the piano is out of tune.

[0369Smile9630]

@AsturiasGuitar No, piano is correct. :)

[scottjop656]

@AsturiasGuitar uhh.... its not out of tune. the room is a box.

[abucunezzer101]

the tempo is just how i like it. Slower than Gilels, and she's got the phrasing so well!

[elpapaya94]

the room is fine... ITS A WOMAN! lol no im kidding, but yeah i agree the acoustics in the room are kind of wierd.

[312546beto]

Excelente el balance entre la melodìa y el acompañamiento, algo descuidado, me parece, por muchos grandes pianistas.ALF(Rìo Gallegos, Argentina)

[vkorehov]

woman

[rolkill]

Nice playing but tooooo much pedal !!! Unless its only the room that amplify

[dotyrs]

Holy Crap! I can't believe that Ann Coulter can play the piano like that!

[Berkeloid]

it´s terrible to listen to this track, but not because of the pianist.

it´s a TERRBILE acustic for playing piano :( :(

5/5 for the skills, 0/5 for this damn room :(

too bad -.-

[BloodyxWishes]

@Berkeloid I don't think it's the room so much; she's using the pedal alot.

[Dusty754]

Look at the room at the very beginning. Loads of open space and nothing to absorb sound. Maybe if they had left the top down, if would muffle things a bit, but that room looks more like a warehouse than an auditorium.

[vanessapianista90]

someone of yu have the partiture of this pieceee??? thankssss I  wanna play it !!!!

[billilinka]

@vanessapianista90 yep

[ibookandrew]

wonderful job! :)

[Chakiejan]

It's not the piano out of tune. The room is horrendous to play piano in. Look at it, it's practically a cave. No sound absorbtion whatsoever. What do you expect? I bet it wouldn't sound that much worse if it was in a 10x10x10 concrete cube.

[ragtimest]

@Chakiejan Actually a cave provides the best reverb then the best concert halls, there is a famous one in Slovenia which musicians perform in, I'm serious. (Not that I disagree that the room is no good)

[sasho54]

Yes, obviously either the piano is slightly out of tune, either the room resonates. But the performance is correct. And is pleasant to hear.

[hellomate639]

What a horrible, ringy, out of tune piano...

[albathebest1234]

por qué no se encuentra nada sobre ella en internet?? =S

[xDtheendOo]

wow

[omgoadwtf]

is she angry?O_O

5/5 for the awesome music :)

[heirihunziker]

in the beginning she kinda reminds me of the girl in the horror movie 'The Ring', too cramped and forceful.

but in the middle part from 1:30 to 2:30 she plays wonderful!

[iwant2sleep]

somewhat heavy and trailing..

[88jerome]

I agree, sounds cramped somehow. With Gilels it just flows, but then again that's Gilels

[lesterdiamond5]

very beautiful!!

[NodameSpecial]

lol young valentina lisitsa?

[gouloum2222]

lol same hair . unfortunatly (or fortunatly i don't know) , it's the only thing they have in common

[xAnotherNolex]

Sweet, I grew up in Croatia. i love this song, it is done really well here.

[theolympicsof2008]

I wish I could play this and be as good as her! :)

[ArchieWW]

Absolutely wonderful!!! Superbly played - the most perfect rendition of this beautiful piece that I have ever heard. Greetings from Scotland.

[lst9162]

Despite all the mean/sexist comments here, it's still MUSIC!

[jetibest]

what a weird interpretation, and strange rythm variations..

hmm i like the one of Gilels better:) this is nothing compared to the one of gilels or richter:P

its a hard piece though

[jeffloomis123]

i agree here, she slips up and uses odd spurts of Rubato.

[Cillitpeng]

perfect!

[PatonicProgramming]

Is she holding the una chorda pedal in the middle section? It seems a bit to loud to me. Or is it the echo?

[BorisTrousers]

I couldn't trust a woman who could do things like that with her fingers.

[aloofistpain]

woman pianist always sucks

[dilibau]

your ignorance surpasses the common sense, however I would like to remind you that Clara Haskil is a woman and was one of Cortot's favorite (along with her Romanian fellow pianist and genius Chopin interpreter Dinu Lipatti)

[MaritaValdez]

I could out-play you any day.

[ragtimest]

ignorant creep

[OhMyAlyona]

sexist

[heidiqi]

no dude, u stink and suck

[carolincarolim]

Hey, what an ignorant!! Comments like yours should be removed. They are stupid and destructive.

You could check Valentina Lisitsa, for example. If you knew something about music (or life) you wouldn't say things like that.

[carolincarolim]

Oh! there you go! you must be a frustrated piano player!!!

[LetTheMusicFlow1]

excuuuuuseee me? what about Alicia de Larrocha? Martha Argerich? Valentina Lisitsa? you DEFINITELY cannot say they suck. Listen to them before making comments you sexist a-hole

[asmanyaspossible]

Wow! Showed some great moments as Valentina Lisitsa. She does look like her, right? I think you played it beautifly. The best pianist that is not a concert one that has played this to their maximum ability and showed what this piece was meant to be shown, the great melodic scene.

[FlyingDutchman65]

loose the pedal! was toooo much

[darrenvile]

I think she's playing it fine, it's just the resonance from the hall she's playing in plus the less than perfect audio mushing the echo with the playing.

[amandaaccardi]

I can only reach a ninth interval with my hands but i played this a few years ago and while it hurt in the beginning, i got used to it and i defeated the pain. it was definitely achievable

[heythurr879]

This is a piece only for big hands right?

[mah6786]

If you can reach an octave with fingers 1 and 4, you'll be fine. It is easier to play with big hands though; stretching your hands wide inevitably adds tension to your arm. Those lucky big-handed bastards...

[ro0ske]

i have tiny hands and play this piece, you just have to know when to break and be fast doing it

[mirwilheim]

Aunque sí es más fácil tocar si tienes una mano grande, no hay piezas exclusivas que alguien con las manos pequeñas no pueda tocar. Hay pequeños trucos que hacen sonar el piano igual.

[Achtelnote]

no,wrong.not more than octaves.

[ArchieWW]

Wonderful!! A beautiful piece superbly played! Greetings from Scotland.

[BenjyTehJet]

It's like she doesn't know what to do with the timing.

[ro0ske]

yeah not the best performance i've heard, also she uses the pedal (dunno if that's the english word for it, sorry) way too much

[SolZocalo]

One of my all time favorite pieces. I love the nationalistic themes and the chaos that Rachmaninoff provides here and there, then suddenly sweetly soothing rolls with the melody posing questions for the listener. Awesome. I don't care where the player is, or the quality of it, if I can hear tidbits of the underlying motives. It gives me shivers to hear, as much as his Piano Concerto #3 which I also love. Thanks!

[TimmyIsNice]

try the second piano concert. especially the third movement provides exactly what you describe.

[omgwtfwhoami]

An amazing song like this deserves better treatment than an on-camera mic.

[wiktor99321]

hey guys,do you know where i can download THIS prelude,please give link or sth:P

[hanspellegrims]

final few seconds are played too loud, but apart from that, she's really good!

[cirro1]

Haha... This piece is just awesome!!

[Kleine0maus]

Very good ;)

but i think the middle part is better than the beginning, because their isnt so much echo and so on ;)

[shelbybird332]

I LOVE her playing, I just do NOT like the hall she's playing in, too much reverb, it doesn't flatter her. But, she's amazing, nonetheless.

[zxcvb249]

so many problems!!! the lady is brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! xxxxxxxx thanks Dora.......j"laime..xxxxx

[bambr107]

excellent!!!

you play all of my favorite pieces, and you do it better then anyone else!

love it. so much passion. and its not fake like other pianists make do it

[TheVandella]

I think your interpretation would be better if you didn't play with Rachmaninov's markings as much. Your tendency to linger over notes and chords takes away from the movement and excitement of the piece - and I don't think you're doing this because of technical difficulties. Your transition from the lyrical section to the last section is thrilling, as I think your entire performance would be with some modifications.

[engal221188]

meraviglioso!

[lee132435]

Hi to all reading my comment!

I'm a kid who is 12 years and trying to play this piece!

It is very VERY VERY HARD!

I have been playing since I was maybe about 4, 5, or 6.

But I have learned the most in my last 5 years of piano lessons.

Anyway to me, Dora Jakovina is very talented and is about 1000 times better than me and probably practices about 70 times how much I practice. (I practice about 3 hours a week sometime more)

Thanks for reading. I dub thee 5 golden stars

[LibbyDeters]

you've been playing since maybe about 4,5, or 6? which is it? really, u could specify... and this is a relatively difficult piece, i'm learning it now... and i'm fourteen.

[WhynotMiha]

great playing.

[88jerome]

I like how she marks the bass line ( i love the bass line) but i find it overall too loud and lacking dynamics (or maybe it's just the room that ruins it)

[pietalpha2]

I think that it is the rooms accoustics that let her down. The sound engineer needs more training!

[moonstaff1234]

yes, the beginning should be much softer. It basically played forte throughout it either moved from forte to triple forte. Even the soft part was played pretty loud.

[miliona1re]

E' anche l'acustica della sala che fa rimbombare tutto.

[webguy21]

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

[webguy21]

wow! a babe plays Rachmaninoff! she is pretty amazing though, something magic about her hands on those ivory keys. Actually, I like her version even more so than Gilels or Horowitz!

[SolarJakee]

dont sound so surprised - some of the greatest pianists of all time are women.

[hapicheri]

BRAVO!!!

[ailecec]

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

[cccJamba15]

2:37 on is entertaining... I really wish YouTube had better sound quality though. She's pretty phenomenal

[WhynotMiha]

youtube is fine, the room its recorded in isnt appropriate. too much echo..

[webguy21]

that's some nice pedal work and she's perddy (pretty) too!

[jasonextreme]

Is it normal for your hands to feel sore after practicing this piece for 3 hours straight?

[felixkern]

If you're not used to practicing that much DON'T practice this for so long in a single day. I fucked up my hands with this, it's too much of a strain when your muscles aren't well-prepared.

[NGLennart]

Quite a good performance of this song. I like Emil Gilels interpretation the best, and you stay quite close to his (or the other way around =p). I'm learning this song as I speak btw, it's definately not easy, but it's doable.

[azfsiguy]

she is very good...and quite gorgeous also..

[Nofunia]

Круто. Тоже играл в своё время

[JayEffW]

You know...

The point when you realize... this is it, this is a skill I will *never* reach, a piece I will *never* be able to play ... when I watched this, reality hit me with the brute force of a sledge hammer to the face... It's a weird feeling. Wow.

[EJRocky]

Just keep practicing. I was rubbish at guitar about a year ago, and I thought "hell, I'll keep practicing" and - not to blow my own horn - I'm pretty good now.

Just work at it ;]

[JackieDeBurg]

If you are actually dedicated, then you can play this piece. Remember, EVERYONE starts somewhere. This talented woman was once a girl who learned like you.

But you're right, if you don't keep trying, then you'll *never* be able to play this song.

[tvbmovielover]

You can definitely play this piece,

maybe not as good as her, but still.

[NOLIFEONLYDEATH]

A great interpretation :)

Lisitsa is the best for me though. I suggest people should have a look through her videos, they will be awed, as i was.

[Sfaith777]

youuu are amazingg reallyy ! It was really well played KEEP UP

[123demaio]

i enjoy playing this

[miketiek1]

i loved that!

[killabilla]

excellent

[sugarcoatedfeces]

I agree with marleyzoo... chill the fuck out... the tempo she has chosen is actually quite popular, i have heard many interpretations of this song and they are usually at around this tempo or slower like taaraanee says. but honestly its rachmaninov! its some of the most technical music you could choose to play. this woman is fantastic. props for choosing rachmaninov. hes my favorite.

[marleyzoo]

That was fabulous. All you critics need to take a chill pill.  Beautiful!

[Taaranee]

you played it not bad, maybe a bit too fast for my taste, but the accoustic of the room is terrible!

[GiovanniDiPraga]

Too fast?? See Kissin!

[Dusty754]

I like it. Not exactly an easy piece of music to play. Dora did an excellent job of making it look easy.

[aminlikestits]

watch kissins version, it makes me think i have a shot at playing it.

[ACE29q]

and don´t forget watch Lisitsa´s Version is the best interpretation (for me)

[boyspuros]

dont like it sry

[magmagdy]

To all this Prelude's lovers....here are the top 4 versions...Gilels (best ever!), Richter, Horowitz, Rachmaninoff himself...search for these 4 and you'll get the different interpretations of this heavnly piece :)

[darkprinz87]

probably the best expression of this piece i've heard

[LUCA199922]

inserirei questo video 50 volte tra i preferiti XDDDD

[beatrispits]

this piece would sound really good on a pipe organ

[Eugen987654321]

this piece is forever beyond me, I do really like it though.

[grampinator]

Beautiful !!!! Anyone that does not like this performance does not have an ear or a brain.

[isaacjuarezflores]

marry me!

[ezeElPochoLoco]

cazzo è una dea !!! vojo scoparmela!!!

[ruthangelina]

sloppy

[callenishss]

this girls a real cutie though

[AncientProduction]

You can't even see her face...

[callenishss]

not fast light and crisp

i prefer something like hoffman

[sunshineindep]

im working on this piece currently

[xic1090]

I agree with ygtcan. the sound mix it and the sound is bad.

[FreddysHamster]

Cool as! Brilliant!

[remyhy]

Bravo! Very well done!

[ladyjes]

Beautiful!!

[derefis]

Not, she is not over-using pedal its just the acoustics of the room

[XY1229]

i once played this piece,it is hard to master,but i think she did a great job!!

[ali41771]

wooooooooooo that's tooo much