There's an important aspect of her interpretation: she respects exactly what Beethoven said about Appassionata, that is to play it with a dramaturgic intention. That's the end of a tragedy. Without blood, or screams..Just a story! I think that her performance is this. Nothing but music itself. Just Beethoven's world :) Great, great, great!
I believe the ghosts of Horowitz and Rachmaninoff live on inside of Lisitsa. Her playing style is uncannily like theirs. Never thought I'd hear a performance of this 3rd movement that electrified me more than Horowitz' but here it is. Words can't describe how great this is from start to finish. And those beautiful fingers, similar to Horowitz', which were described as sleek and fast as thoroughbred racehorses
Creo con bastante seguridad que le falta bastante a Valentina y no es que desmerezca su trabajo pero el tiempo y el fiato para esta interpretación no la tiene, hay que esperarla unos años más, me sigo quedando con el gran maestro Claudio Arrau y su maravillosa e insuperable interpretación en el concierto en donde se celebraba su cumpleaños número 80, saludos a todos.
@fapestar What the hell do you mean slower? In 1961 he played this piece in 6 minutes and 58 seconds with the repeat that is the fastest i've ever heard that is not slow at all it's faster than this woman to say the least.
@mikethetallguy I'm talking about the first movement mainly. He played the whole thing really slow. But he probably has several recordings of it, so I don't know which one you heard, but the one I heard was no bueno to me. But that is just opinion.
I play piano myself but all I can say I enjoyed Richter's version a lot more. Richter's aggression really made me feel the power of this piece. This seems weak but it's still better than Horowitz's atrocious attempt. I'm not saying i'm better than her she plays a 100X better than I can, but all I'm saying is Richter's performance of this piece is the finest I've ever heard no one even comes close. Tell me someone who does.
@mikethetallguy Whats funny is Richter performance is the 2nd worse i've heard after Glenn Gould's interpretation. Dude played it was slower than anybody, (except gould) whose performance by the way i view as disrespectful. If he didn't like the piece he should have played it. But Richter, turned me off all his performances just from that piece. I just started listening to him, after hearing him play some Rachmaninoff.
love you, Valentina...and I am a Viennese, living in England though, but I certainly have not forgotten the quality of culture we get in Vienna...miss it a lot!
Hihetetlen virtuozitás- és üres lélek. Sírni tudnék, ahogy némelyek előadják ezt a darabot: önmagukat előretolva, a művészetet meg az ágy alá söpörve. Nem nyomok ,,nem tetszik" gombot, mert annál szomorúbb vagyok.
@kamkost1 Браво, "професоре"! Изтъпани се пред всички да покажеш, колко разбираш от музика. Точно толкова, колкото Валентина е "мома" - тя е омъжена и има син. А през юни идната година ще дебютира в Роял Алберт Хол - Лондон. Сигурно, защото са забравили да те питатат тебе.
@kamkost1 тогава какво си тръгнал да обикаляш по нейните видеа и да ги загрозяваш с вещите си коментари? като не ти изнася нейното свирене имаш цял ютуб, даже цял интернет да си търсиш други занимания
Your comment is extremely idiotic. Classical videos have the best comments, since people listening classical music are smarter on average, and many of them are better educated too.
Just look at the grammar! Compare to some random video like 'Party in the US - Miley Cyrus' for instance
@Kinjutsuu well, it's dissapointing when a person who listens to classical music goes in dumb and snobby conversations which mostly talk about jealousy because no one knows them and yet valentina lisitsa is famous. many people say smart and normal things, but idiots on classical videos are far more dissapointing than idiots on miley cyrus because this is art.
There is no point to argue with kreutzersonata37. He got no authority to judge who is a good pianist or bad. He can have his own opinion and everyone else too. Most importantly, there is no point arguing who is better? I dont think Kempf will care, so why do we care? If that's the way you are satisfied,by proving who is better or not, then you should be a judge in TV show. Or worse, if you are satisfied only by degrading someone, who might be better than you, then you should see a psychiatrist.
I second Fupper16. I'd consider myself a good amateur pianist (I am a professional organist). I do play about half the Mozart sonatas and a few of the Beethoven. This lady is playing a piece I have long looked at as the one step beyond what I can do. So all respect to her. Add to that, she looks a whole lot better than I.
This preformance of Beethoven's Sonata op.57 ''Appasionata''(3rd movement) is the best one(in my opinion) I have found on YouTube and YOU should be very proud of you self because of being such a great pianist and one of my idols. Thank you for existing! :))
Her excellent technique seems very much like Horowitz-spare but good use of pedal, great clarity of each note, and flat-fingered approach; excellent phrasing and tempo variation.. Great sound!!
i'm not an expert but....this gets A++ from me and my ears.Great technique,her hands moving so ...i can't explain... so natural to the piano,she touches the piano so softly,she's one with it and what an emotion, really..WOW!!! Valentina you're really one of the greatest pianists of all time!!!
Bravo! Très joli! C'est très beau à entendre et à voir jouer. On voit la passion et en complémentarité d'une belle musique comme ça, c'est le paradis! Merci Madame! Bravo! Very nice! It's beautiful to hear and watch. You can see the passion and complementarity of beautiful music like that, it's heaven! Thank you madame!
Ugh. This was too fast, just like everything she plays. I'd rather hear a slow or sloppy appassionata where the pianist is moved to tears than this mechanical rendition of what should be an emotionally overwhelming piece. Lisitsa lacks that fundamental characteristic of the true artist--restraint.
@sarastro1111 You can say you don't like it, but you can't say she is not an artist. Could you play the piano like her? I bet not. I really love the fast tempos (like when Gould get mad at Bach and play really, really fast) and I do love Lisitsa playing Beethoven. Besides, it is tremendously difficult to do such thing.
Thank you so much! I agree with Flupper16, if it wasnt for people like you, music would be dead by now. I had my 2nd proper piano class today, and I wanted you to know that your videos inspired me. :D
No voy a ser mezquino en no reconocer que la rusa toca como el demonio, pero quizás su juventud aún le impide un poquito mostrar un poco más de corazón que virtuosismo. Esta pieza es Appassionata y no velocitata. Mi muy humilde opinión.
NOT a single error including an error that virtuoisi commit by going too fast on Allegro ma non troppo, which I know Valentina Lisitsa CAN play faster. Pedaling is remarkable. Her music is remarkable. We are lucky! She is in a class of Sviatoslav Richter at youth (47) and at mature 71. Of course I love other great virtuosi.
I can't believe that people are even attempting to compare themselves to a professional pianist. No respect at all. I've memorized ONE song on piano (Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata) which is a relatively easy song, and it took me hours and hours of practice. What this women does is nothing short of phenomenal. I can only imagine the years she has spent in front of a piano on a Sunday afternoon practicing her heart out while you guys surf YouTube. Give respect where it's due.
@recipoldinasty creo que poco tiempo... beethoven era un genio y la música para los genios es un lenguaje mas... por tanto componer era para beethoven como hablar lo es para el común de los mortales como nosotros... ;-)
@Fupper16 I agree completely. To play like this you need talent and also practicing 15 years - minimum. Each day. Also weekends. Also on holidays. Rain or shine. From 6 to 8 hours a day. This is a lot of your lifetime. Deepest respect for them.
@Fupper16 Haha, I just learned the Moonlight Sonata too, it's the only one I know and can't imagine playing a piece like this one. Just one thing you mentioned surprised me - "Sunday afternoon practicing..." watch some interview with Valentina, here on youtube, she says she spends much, much more than just that practicing.
@Fupper16 what the fuck are you saying? you don't know anything about playing piano. It doesn't matter if you study 24 hour or 30 minutes each day, that's not what you have to think listen to a pianist. This "professional pianist" has no earth at all. Listen to fucking horowitz, richter, michelangeli, kempff etc. Valentina Lisitsa is not a pianist, is a machine that does the right notes and doing this takes advantage of the ignorance of people like you. This is not art
@Kreutzersonata37 I guess insults against "fake artistry" help you cope with your inabilities. Art cannot be defined, only created. If fast pieces (or playing to fast as intended by the composer) are not "earthy" enough for you, that is your own closed minded problem. She enjoys fast playing, that doesn't mean she is passionless. Open up, or shut up.
P.S. I was never amazed at the speed, the music itself is entrancing.
@snapdi1986 oh my god. Did I say "fast"? Do you think that the velocity is what I mean for not having earth? First point, this is not fast, is pretty slow for this third tempo. Second point, she can do this at the tempo she prefer, I don't care, but she doesn't know the word "interpretation", she just plays the right notes in the (too) precise tempo, and this is not beethoven, and this is bad. Pogorelich since the wife died takes crazy tempo, but he has earth so nobody cares
@Kreutzersonata37 I'm one of those guys, a normal people, who can respect a true talent and enjoy the music. I didn't speak about the speed of play at all. I'm one of those people, who don't try to thrust his own partialities to everybody and own at least a minimum tolerance. BTW I don't like Kempff's manner of play of Appassionata, but I say nothing as I do respect his point of view. Song? It's a sonata, but there's sonatas which sound like a song.(Path, mov.2) Just saying.
@Hobott In classical music, the "song" (or better, the "lied") is a specific form of composition. A sonata is always composed following the forma-sonata "pattern" (I'm not english, sorry). You can dislike kempff's manner of playing, but under his manner there's a life of study, not only in the music sheet. Believe me, you have no idea (and me neither, of course). I am tolerant, I'm not saying "kill her", I'm saying don't put her in the same category of pianists like kempff. She's an entertainer
@Kreutzersonata37 You think you're tolerant just because you don't want to kill her... Excellent! You don't even know what are you talking about... You're not tolerant, as you has assumed the right to put some pianists in some categories - you don't have this right at all. You even claimed she's not a pianist! That's madness and rudeness. She's a ROLE MODEL FOR A EXCELLENT, PERFECT PIANIST. Lied is exactly the same as song, only in German. Talk with you is pure waste of time, sorry.
@Hobott "you think you're tolerant just because you don't want to kill her" Seriously, are you idiot? She's such a good pianist. Every director and orchestra would be glad to play with her. Oh, wait. She didn't ever play with any great orchestra or director. mmh.. that's crazy. She's such a role model for a excellent perfect pianist. Abbado, Mehta, Barenboim etc, they don't know ANYTHING about piano. They're idiots. Internet people (where she's famous), they know
@Kreutzersonata37 You're an idiot. If she wasn't a pianist why then they ask her to play in Royal Albert Hall - London next year? Why then the likes here are 5,126 and dislikes only 152: 33 times less. She's the most popular pianist on YouTube with 35,258,281 visits! According to you only you on eart get the music and the piano playing. That's the right way of thinking of demented people. If you can't feel the emotions in her performance it doesn't mean at all they miss. STFU.
@Kreutzersonata37 You're clearly a bitter person who doesn't like music, nor know much about it. I mean, for a start you're judging someone's pianism according to what you can hear on a rehearsal on YouTube. I've actually seen her in a salon concert, and I say she is a marvel of musicianship, pianism, artistry and humanity. Moreover, I speak as someone who has played the piano for nearly 50 years.
@Rotwatcher Wow. 50 years? That's incredible. You must be a prodigy, or something. 50 years? I'm astonished. But seriously, that sentence speaks for you, you answered yourself
@Karatiannadiante I assume you have snappable arms..... That's what a real woman's arms look like, you don't like it then gtfo and continue picking at your lettuce leaf.
@recipoldinasty he is. personally I feel that Beethoven and Chopin are in different leagues. Chopin wrote music after Beethoven and both have their unique styles. I believe both are genuinely the talents of their time, so no comparison is needed.
Beethoven,,, Is The Maestro At Work Here!, Everyone One Else, Including Her, Is Jus tA Wannabe, As In,, "I'd Like To Be As Incredable As She Is!" As An Artist! Ludwig Von Beethoven, That's The Real Master At Work Here... From His Grave To Our Ears!
@ArtisanCymbals If there weren't musicians to carry on Beethoven's legacy after his death, this beautiful music wouldn't be played to our ears at this very moment. So I believe you should at least give the pianists credit where it's due while acknowledging the fact that they're playing Beethoven's genius compositions the way they think he would have.
Such beautiful play. If you want to produce the same music as hers, look and observe the effort and hard work she has put into it while she's playing it and compare it to yours.
ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE
zucchini2007 2 hours ago
She is a genius. Ignore the yobs, they don't count.
This is perfection!
rufinoman 3 hours ago
You are loooovely! Would love to see your perform live! Does anyone know her website?
MrDonluismario 1 day ago
3:52 is intense
Expresseon 1 day ago
A perfect performance. It's the ultimate "I wish I could play that in front of my admiring peers" fantasy that makes for so many repeated viewings.
hayfield43 2 days ago
she's so gooood :o
ChloeDumoulin 4 days ago
Nice job , power play on piano and use your <3
I love it !!
Just a littel word from Denmark
AWP081166 4 days ago
Magic!!!
iglibcn 4 days ago
There's an important aspect of her interpretation: she respects exactly what Beethoven said about Appassionata, that is to play it with a dramaturgic intention. That's the end of a tragedy. Without blood, or screams..Just a story! I think that her performance is this. Nothing but music itself. Just Beethoven's world :) Great, great, great!
Phantapia 4 days ago
she's a goddess! <3
whatsername091 6 days ago
Love the eye shadow
Electron64 6 days ago
Yeah we clashicdl guys comment gooder than anyone else we are so smart! We rule you drool! Yeah
catchersmitt0 6 days ago
I can not believe AppassionaTa is Once born in body to play herself Once for Ever!!!
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duke1931 1 week ago
I would give anything to play as beautifully as this.
lunaangel56 1 week ago 3
very nice
franknhonest 1 week ago
technically, valentina lisitsa is absoloutely a monster...
SebailCestista 2 weeks ago
@SebailCestista I totally agree with you. Her technique it's AMAZING.
teresa2610 1 week ago
perfect
LudwigSeth 2 weeks ago
Wonderful.
MrDUBMANIAC 2 weeks ago
she gave me the impression of be crying, but is completely AMAZING.
danyelacm 2 weeks ago
Why does she sit like a zombie? :p
msnikitachong 2 weeks ago
@msnikitachong Why comment like a zombie?
handsfree1000 2 weeks ago 6
*pauses in his search for fresh brains, to listen to Bethoven he never knew existed, . . . . handsfree1000 :p
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I believe the ghosts of Horowitz and Rachmaninoff live on inside of Lisitsa. Her playing style is uncannily like theirs. Never thought I'd hear a performance of this 3rd movement that electrified me more than Horowitz' but here it is. Words can't describe how great this is from start to finish. And those beautiful fingers, similar to Horowitz', which were described as sleek and fast as thoroughbred racehorses
leongatha6 2 weeks ago
I LOVE YOU!!
Mrzaft1 3 weeks ago
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!
freethrowchamp212 3 weeks ago
PERFECT Body and Soul as this piece should be. shiro
matsuokashiro 3 weeks ago
i think 157 persons are just jaleous or something like that...
aNelixir 3 weeks ago 4
Creo con bastante seguridad que le falta bastante a Valentina y no es que desmerezca su trabajo pero el tiempo y el fiato para esta interpretación no la tiene, hay que esperarla unos años más, me sigo quedando con el gran maestro Claudio Arrau y su maravillosa e insuperable interpretación en el concierto en donde se celebraba su cumpleaños número 80, saludos a todos.
TheCristianwagner 3 weeks ago
this is awesome
fsujci 3 weeks ago
Excellent !!! Quelles mains ! quelle technique et quelle poésie ! Valentina, vous étes géniale !
gordonmartin11 3 weeks ago 2
I can play this better! I just slect 720p and Full Screen and it plays much better! Thsi is awesome!
RiverImage 3 weeks ago 2
When I was 13 and I heard this I said fuck it, I have to hear everything Beethoven ever wrote now. Great job Valentina Lisitsa
fapestar 3 weeks ago
@fapestar What the hell do you mean slower? In 1961 he played this piece in 6 minutes and 58 seconds with the repeat that is the fastest i've ever heard that is not slow at all it's faster than this woman to say the least.
mikethetallguy 3 weeks ago
@mikethetallguy I'm talking about the first movement mainly. He played the whole thing really slow. But he probably has several recordings of it, so I don't know which one you heard, but the one I heard was no bueno to me. But that is just opinion.
fapestar 3 weeks ago
I can't believe so many people are criticising this. WHY?
This is amazing. It's music so just shut up and listen.
axeoh 3 weeks ago 2
I play piano myself but all I can say I enjoyed Richter's version a lot more. Richter's aggression really made me feel the power of this piece. This seems weak but it's still better than Horowitz's atrocious attempt. I'm not saying i'm better than her she plays a 100X better than I can, but all I'm saying is Richter's performance of this piece is the finest I've ever heard no one even comes close. Tell me someone who does.
mikethetallguy 3 weeks ago
@mikethetallguy Whats funny is Richter performance is the 2nd worse i've heard after Glenn Gould's interpretation. Dude played it was slower than anybody, (except gould) whose performance by the way i view as disrespectful. If he didn't like the piece he should have played it. But Richter, turned me off all his performances just from that piece. I just started listening to him, after hearing him play some Rachmaninoff.
fapestar 3 weeks ago
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goodchessactor 1 week ago
@mikethetallguy
Although I adore Richter too, I'd say, try Friedrich Gulda and Alfred Brendel.
silverbud 3 weeks ago
That was incredible! :D Happy New Year!
SuperDee1978 4 weeks ago
One of my favorites.. Great job!
Jwid7 4 weeks ago
the end is just epic!!
anuarnx93 1 month ago
WOW: Woman Of Wizardry, lol
Dachion 1 month ago
Valentina, I look forward to hearing your Beethoven "project".
truBador2 1 month ago
chuck norris can play this backwards....using one hand...of someone else...
chilibilly18 1 month ago
Bravo Golden Hands!
DzekiDzzzz 1 month ago
love you, Valentina...and I am a Viennese, living in England though, but I certainly have not forgotten the quality of culture we get in Vienna...miss it a lot!
christian1000bla 1 month ago
Hihetetlen virtuozitás- és üres lélek. Sírni tudnék, ahogy némelyek előadják ezt a darabot: önmagukat előretolva, a művészetet meg az ágy alá söpörve. Nem nyomok ,,nem tetszik" gombot, mert annál szomorúbb vagyok.
Hercsulina 1 month ago
Wow. absolutely breathtaking. It's like the music, her fingers, and the piano are one. She is sooo talanted, it's amazing.
LaurenRMann7 1 month ago
farrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrk that's cool!!!
deadmanwalking1981 1 month ago
God, she's Sybelle? Just like in "The Vampire Armand"!
swonsd 1 month ago 2
Момата малко (б)лъска клавишите, но го прави впечатляващо... а за естетика ще си говорим друг път
kamkost1 1 month ago
@kamkost1 Браво, "професоре"! Изтъпани се пред всички да покажеш, колко разбираш от музика. Точно толкова, колкото Валентина е "мома" - тя е омъжена и има син. А през юни идната година ще дебютира в Роял Алберт Хол - Лондон. Сигурно, защото са забравили да те питатат тебе.
Hobott 1 month ago
@kamkost1 тогава какво си тръгнал да обикаляш по нейните видеа и да ги загрозяваш с вещите си коментари? като не ти изнася нейното свирене имаш цял ютуб, даже цял интернет да си търсиш други занимания
ellenaor 1 month ago
wow, sehr schön gespielt und auch noch alles auswendig...
Sie hat meinen vollsten Respekt!
Lediglich ihre Haltung macht halt leider das professionelle Bild zunichte.
luiselfuego 1 month ago
LIKE!!! EXELENTE...
borsogus 1 month ago
Why would anybody put a thumbs down on this video..
pixelperf3ct 1 month ago
You live in music. It's a nice place to be.
TilveranNavarre 1 month ago
unbeschreiblich! wirklich sehr präzise und schön!!
hardy1000gs 1 month ago
Unbeliveble !!! sie ist so konzentriert auf das stück !! Schön !!
NaturalBuild 1 month ago
Finger up if you think this video has 1000000 visitors because it is a beautiful blonde
MrBetovenforever 1 month ago
Can you imagine Beethoven having accidentally died at a young age?? We would have never known such brilliance....!
Serachfan 1 month ago
this could have only been better if she played it naked
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how much do i want a hand job off you! :)
TheOmniscientAtheist 1 month ago
@TheOmniscientAtheist Fahr zur Hölle, Dummkopf
0RPH3U5the666r3ml1n 1 month ago
Please, PLEASE do the 3rd mov of Tempest Sonata. This video, it's wonderful in all senses.
RuggieroPiano 1 month ago
believe me or not thats my FIRST time listening some piano playing and now im like...DAMN thats ... can find a good inaf word
alrinamy 1 month ago
Everyone knows if Miss Lisitsa played Tempest Sonata Mvt. 3?
xXEisteeholikerXx 1 month ago
the most idiotic conversations can be seen on classical videos.
skutratufahija 1 month ago 50
@skutratufahija i think niveau of music multiplied by niveau of conversation is constant xD
XxbambambxX 1 week ago
@skutratufahija
Your comment is extremely idiotic. Classical videos have the best comments, since people listening classical music are smarter on average, and many of them are better educated too.
Just look at the grammar! Compare to some random video like 'Party in the US - Miley Cyrus' for instance
Kinjutsuu 1 week ago
@Kinjutsuu Also we're better looking....
goodchessactor 6 days ago
@Kinjutsuu well, it's dissapointing when a person who listens to classical music goes in dumb and snobby conversations which mostly talk about jealousy because no one knows them and yet valentina lisitsa is famous. many people say smart and normal things, but idiots on classical videos are far more dissapointing than idiots on miley cyrus because this is art.
skutratufahija 5 days ago
There is no point to argue with kreutzersonata37. He got no authority to judge who is a good pianist or bad. He can have his own opinion and everyone else too. Most importantly, there is no point arguing who is better? I dont think Kempf will care, so why do we care? If that's the way you are satisfied,by proving who is better or not, then you should be a judge in TV show. Or worse, if you are satisfied only by degrading someone, who might be better than you, then you should see a psychiatrist.
cla0982 1 month ago
Amazing 0_o im not even that good !!
7171Unicorn 1 month ago
Gwyneth Paltrow lol
Darkyice02 1 month ago
Je voudrai bien être le piano, car avec un tel charme on ne peut que succomber, BEETHOVEN n'uaurait pas résisté
MrTIRILLY 1 month ago
she makes me remember my gf face when shes doing something with passion....
Jmx95 1 month ago
weird effect the one of the black dress against the black background. It seems as though she has no body.
00horowitz 1 month ago
I second Fupper16. I'd consider myself a good amateur pianist (I am a professional organist). I do play about half the Mozart sonatas and a few of the Beethoven. This lady is playing a piece I have long looked at as the one step beyond what I can do. So all respect to her. Add to that, she looks a whole lot better than I.
Ken1Lutheran 1 month ago
woooow the best :D
andrik86 1 month ago
Noisy neighbor, I welcome thee.
snapdi1986 1 month ago 15
@snapdi1986 If all they played was Beethoven i might not argue.
Bigbrian1919 1 month ago
I love how she plays a piece of music with those little 'swarzeneggers' of hers. LOL.
I hope she'll put a video of her playing fantasie Impromptu. I really want to see her interpretation of it. :D
callmemusiclover13me 1 month ago
damn the sound is so cleeaaann.
auron570 1 month ago
Amazing performance and great techniques. She plays from heart yet so controlled
Thank You
etudeno10 1 month ago
Это моя любимая соната,особенно финал.Исполнение понравилось виртуозностью, глубиной постижения авторского замысла.Музыка просто божественная!
MrNinel661 1 month ago
wow tu es mon idole
miracletony39 1 month ago
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Outstanding performance! Brilliant musicality, as well as technicality!
SealStudio 1 month ago
Maravillosa!!!!!
edogarujp 1 month ago
This preformance of Beethoven's Sonata op.57 ''Appasionata''(3rd movement) is the best one(in my opinion) I have found on YouTube and YOU should be very proud of you self because of being such a great pianist and one of my idols. Thank you for existing! :))
15grga 1 month ago
couldn't spot a difference between your performance and Jenő Jandó's, great work and keep it up!!!
flavouride 1 month ago
Her excellent technique seems very much like Horowitz-spare but good use of pedal, great clarity of each note, and flat-fingered approach; excellent phrasing and tempo variation.. Great sound!!
leongatha6 1 month ago 2
OMG!!!
rabbitblue5 2 months ago
Danke Dir für dieses Geschenk
tut meiner Seele gut
viele Grüße Friedhelm
Klaviermusik2010 2 months ago
Extra stark in der Ausführung großartig großes Kompliment
es grüßt Friedhelm
Klaviermusik2010 2 months ago
you are outstanding valentina!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i listen to you everyday!
adielz1 2 months ago 2
So many notes played so fast...
When I was hearing this song before,
I was sure there were at least 2 simultaneous pianists.
Amazing! and so nice to hear.
julguilbaud1 2 months ago
1:45 open mouth. 1:46 closed. immediatelly closed? no.
link1nparkEEEwarrock 2 months ago 2
@link1nparkEEEwarrock then you should also watch her hair. This is sometimes hanging straight down, back over her shoulder and so on
vanburikwouter 2 months ago
@vanburikwouter how and why does this happen?
link1nparkEEEwarrock 2 months ago
I'd love to hear you play this piece at your debut recital at Royal Albert Hall.
chulapat 2 months ago
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erm I'm 18 years schoolgirl
JewelSukc833 2 months ago
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Welcome to the 1st piano recital in Paris of the phenomenal Valentina Lisitsa next 28th November 2011 - 8.30pm at the Theatre des Bouffes du Nord.
Programme : Chopin Fantasie op.49, 12 Etudes op.25 / Liszt Rhapsody 12, Ballade 12, Aida, Totentanz.
arcadiamusica2007 2 months ago
i'm not an expert but....this gets A++ from me and my ears.Great technique,her hands moving so ...i can't explain... so natural to the piano,she touches the piano so softly,she's one with it and what an emotion, really..WOW!!! Valentina you're really one of the greatest pianists of all time!!!
ps:great piano too!
anmacable 2 months ago 2
She gets so into it and is so talented. I love this!
switzerland2usa 2 months ago
Bravo! Très joli! C'est très beau à entendre et à voir jouer. On voit la passion et en complémentarité d'une belle musique comme ça, c'est le paradis! Merci Madame! Bravo! Very nice! It's beautiful to hear and watch. You can see the passion and complementarity of beautiful music like that, it's heaven! Thank you madame!
zarevnotek 2 months ago 9
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I really think Beethoven would have married Lisitsa if he was still alive! Her performance is just...awesome!!!
Nganguenf 2 months ago
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Nganguenf 2 months ago
fuck the haters.
satpler34 2 months ago 3
Ugh. This was too fast, just like everything she plays. I'd rather hear a slow or sloppy appassionata where the pianist is moved to tears than this mechanical rendition of what should be an emotionally overwhelming piece. Lisitsa lacks that fundamental characteristic of the true artist--restraint.
sarastro1111 2 months ago
@sarastro1111 You can say you don't like it, but you can't say she is not an artist. Could you play the piano like her? I bet not. I really love the fast tempos (like when Gould get mad at Bach and play really, really fast) and I do love Lisitsa playing Beethoven. Besides, it is tremendously difficult to do such thing.
TheBarbaciano 2 months ago
@sarastro1111 Because "Appassionata" certainly implies restraint. Don't whine at other musician's interpretations, it only makes you look immature.
SealedSage 2 months ago
Thank you so much! I agree with Flupper16, if it wasnt for people like you, music would be dead by now. I had my 2nd proper piano class today, and I wanted you to know that your videos inspired me. :D
yasamanmusic 2 months ago
You are the best! Bravo.
eseskay99 2 months ago
i am so jealous of her!
AliceLee5910 2 months ago
No voy a ser mezquino en no reconocer que la rusa toca como el demonio, pero quizás su juventud aún le impide un poquito mostrar un poco más de corazón que virtuosismo. Esta pieza es Appassionata y no velocitata. Mi muy humilde opinión.
enaralva 2 months ago
@enaralva Es solo la práctica antes del concierto.
goodchessactor 2 months ago in playlist More videos from ValentinaLisitsa
marry me
marianomanto 2 months ago
NOT a single error including an error that virtuoisi commit by going too fast on Allegro ma non troppo, which I know Valentina Lisitsa CAN play faster. Pedaling is remarkable. Her music is remarkable. We are lucky! She is in a class of Sviatoslav Richter at youth (47) and at mature 71. Of course I love other great virtuosi.
matsuokashiro 2 months ago 8
I can't believe that people are even attempting to compare themselves to a professional pianist. No respect at all. I've memorized ONE song on piano (Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata) which is a relatively easy song, and it took me hours and hours of practice. What this women does is nothing short of phenomenal. I can only imagine the years she has spent in front of a piano on a Sunday afternoon practicing her heart out while you guys surf YouTube. Give respect where it's due.
Fupper16 2 months ago 103
@Fupper16 lol just imagine the years beethoven spendt infront of a piano composing this.
recipoldinasty 2 months ago
@recipoldinasty creo que poco tiempo... beethoven era un genio y la música para los genios es un lenguaje mas... por tanto componer era para beethoven como hablar lo es para el común de los mortales como nosotros... ;-)
magnoonx 2 months ago
@magnoonx .p era un genio y aun asi le tomo sus buenas horas de trabajo creeme xd
recipoldinasty 2 months ago
@Fupper16 I agree completely. To play like this you need talent and also practicing 15 years - minimum. Each day. Also weekends. Also on holidays. Rain or shine. From 6 to 8 hours a day. This is a lot of your lifetime. Deepest respect for them.
TheBarbaciano 2 months ago
@Fupper16 ,,sorry, not 'song' but sonate
jevrej1977 2 months ago
@Fupper16 You memorized a piece, not a song. (Musician's pet peeve) Keep it up!
andilj 2 months ago
@Fupper16 well said
adielz1 2 months ago
@Fupper16 Haha, I just learned the Moonlight Sonata too, it's the only one I know and can't imagine playing a piece like this one. Just one thing you mentioned surprised me - "Sunday afternoon practicing..." watch some interview with Valentina, here on youtube, she says she spends much, much more than just that practicing.
Mast3rP3t3r 1 month ago
@Fupper16 what the fuck are you saying? you don't know anything about playing piano. It doesn't matter if you study 24 hour or 30 minutes each day, that's not what you have to think listen to a pianist. This "professional pianist" has no earth at all. Listen to fucking horowitz, richter, michelangeli, kempff etc. Valentina Lisitsa is not a pianist, is a machine that does the right notes and doing this takes advantage of the ignorance of people like you. This is not art
Kreutzersonata37 1 month ago
@Kreutzersonata37 I guess insults against "fake artistry" help you cope with your inabilities. Art cannot be defined, only created. If fast pieces (or playing to fast as intended by the composer) are not "earthy" enough for you, that is your own closed minded problem. She enjoys fast playing, that doesn't mean she is passionless. Open up, or shut up.
P.S. I was never amazed at the speed, the music itself is entrancing.
snapdi1986 1 month ago in playlist Liked videos
@snapdi1986 oh my god. Did I say "fast"? Do you think that the velocity is what I mean for not having earth? First point, this is not fast, is pretty slow for this third tempo. Second point, she can do this at the tempo she prefer, I don't care, but she doesn't know the word "interpretation", she just plays the right notes in the (too) precise tempo, and this is not beethoven, and this is bad. Pogorelich since the wife died takes crazy tempo, but he has earth so nobody cares
Kreutzersonata37 1 month ago
@snapdi1986 listen to "Kempff plays Beethoven Sonata Op. 57 Appassionata 2°and 3° Tempo (rec.1932)" then tell me if she's a pianist
Kreutzersonata37 1 month ago
@Kreutzersonata37 I see it now, disregard my earlier comments; although I'm NOT refuting her skills at playing the piano, no one can (obviously).
snapdi1986 1 month ago
@Kreutzersonata37 yes she is!!
bosseed 1 month ago
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Hobott 1 month ago
@Hobott yeah. I'm the idiot. I guess you're one of those guys that say things like "oh my god how fast are her hands?" and "I love this SONG". Right?
Kreutzersonata37 1 month ago
@Kreutzersonata37 I'm one of those guys, a normal people, who can respect a true talent and enjoy the music. I didn't speak about the speed of play at all. I'm one of those people, who don't try to thrust his own partialities to everybody and own at least a minimum tolerance. BTW I don't like Kempff's manner of play of Appassionata, but I say nothing as I do respect his point of view. Song? It's a sonata, but there's sonatas which sound like a song.(Path, mov.2) Just saying.
Hobott 1 month ago
@Hobott In classical music, the "song" (or better, the "lied") is a specific form of composition. A sonata is always composed following the forma-sonata "pattern" (I'm not english, sorry). You can dislike kempff's manner of playing, but under his manner there's a life of study, not only in the music sheet. Believe me, you have no idea (and me neither, of course). I am tolerant, I'm not saying "kill her", I'm saying don't put her in the same category of pianists like kempff. She's an entertainer
Kreutzersonata37 1 month ago
@Kreutzersonata37 You think you're tolerant just because you don't want to kill her... Excellent! You don't even know what are you talking about... You're not tolerant, as you has assumed the right to put some pianists in some categories - you don't have this right at all. You even claimed she's not a pianist! That's madness and rudeness. She's a ROLE MODEL FOR A EXCELLENT, PERFECT PIANIST. Lied is exactly the same as song, only in German. Talk with you is pure waste of time, sorry.
Hobott 1 month ago
@Hobott "you think you're tolerant just because you don't want to kill her" Seriously, are you idiot? She's such a good pianist. Every director and orchestra would be glad to play with her. Oh, wait. She didn't ever play with any great orchestra or director. mmh.. that's crazy. She's such a role model for a excellent perfect pianist. Abbado, Mehta, Barenboim etc, they don't know ANYTHING about piano. They're idiots. Internet people (where she's famous), they know
Kreutzersonata37 1 month ago
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@Kreutzersonata37 You're an idiot. If she wasn't a pianist why then they ask her to play in Royal Albert Hall - London next year? Why then the likes here are 5,126 and dislikes only 152: 33 times less. She's the most popular pianist on YouTube with 35,258,281 visits! According to you only you on eart get the music and the piano playing. That's the right way of thinking of demented people. If you can't feel the emotions in her performance it doesn't mean at all they miss. STFU.
Hobott 1 month ago
@Kreutzersonata37 You're clearly a bitter person who doesn't like music, nor know much about it. I mean, for a start you're judging someone's pianism according to what you can hear on a rehearsal on YouTube. I've actually seen her in a salon concert, and I say she is a marvel of musicianship, pianism, artistry and humanity. Moreover, I speak as someone who has played the piano for nearly 50 years.
Rotwatcher 1 month ago
@Rotwatcher Wow. 50 years? That's incredible. You must be a prodigy, or something. 50 years? I'm astonished. But seriously, that sentence speaks for you, you answered yourself
Kreutzersonata37 1 month ago
@Fupper16 You damn yourself to mediocrity, I do not.
Chefodeath 1 month ago
@Fupper16 Said it all bro. But please, do not commit a heresy by calling a classical composition of "song" ;)
LouieGee 1 month ago
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my gawd her arms, nasty!! they shouldn't show that, as great as the song is, that flap, umm.. wtf is that?
Karatiannadiante 2 months ago
@Karatiannadiante I assume you have snappable arms..... That's what a real woman's arms look like, you don't like it then gtfo and continue picking at your lettuce leaf.
lilsupaswima 2 months ago 10
@lilsupaswima hehehe I love your comment, you just gave that b*tch a slap in the face, thanks :D
EmbraceWithin 2 months ago
wow and i thought chopin was a good composer.
recipoldinasty 2 months ago
@recipoldinasty he is. personally I feel that Beethoven and Chopin are in different leagues. Chopin wrote music after Beethoven and both have their unique styles. I believe both are genuinely the talents of their time, so no comparison is needed.
spidermancj 2 months ago
@spidermancj i know i know i just love bboths
recipoldinasty 2 months ago
когда звучит такая музыка,даже ребёнок не плачет...он потрясён!
dobriyded1 2 months ago
Beethoven,,, Is The Maestro At Work Here!, Everyone One Else, Including Her, Is Jus tA Wannabe, As In,, "I'd Like To Be As Incredable As She Is!" As An Artist! Ludwig Von Beethoven, That's The Real Master At Work Here... From His Grave To Our Ears!
ArtisanCymbals 2 months ago
@ArtisanCymbals i dont understand ur coment...shes not tring to copy beethoven shes showing her dotes to him ,p
recipoldinasty 2 months ago
@ArtisanCymbals If there weren't musicians to carry on Beethoven's legacy after his death, this beautiful music wouldn't be played to our ears at this very moment. So I believe you should at least give the pianists credit where it's due while acknowledging the fact that they're playing Beethoven's genius compositions the way they think he would have.
spidermancj 2 months ago
@ArtisanCymbals Also, It's Ludwig VAN Beethoven. If you're going to be a prick, at least get the composer's name right.
teddybeargreasestain 2 months ago
Such beautiful play. If you want to produce the same music as hers, look and observe the effort and hard work she has put into it while she's playing it and compare it to yours.
insidiouzme 2 months ago
so many emotions
GroovyMango 2 months ago
Looks like a workout!
xxkittenlolitaxx 2 months ago
well I do everything for your satisfaction
tomchott 2 months ago
Congratulations!
tamirispaes15 2 months ago
I love Valentina,,this is my favorite version of appassionata!!!!!!
Pepobass1 2 months ago
WHY YOUTUBE... WHY ? WHY CAN I LIKE OR FAVORITE A VIDEO ONLY ONCE !?!?!?!?!?!?
bfeyalcin 2 months ago 3
omg...wow. I'm speechless.
chloropants 2 months ago
this is the first time I see tags in various languages.
Hidamned 2 months ago
Made me cry.... Love you !!!!
zborg1 3 months ago 3
I need to get my lower lip off the ground .
iLoveMeeeeOnlehh 3 months ago
MY queen!
Jelloxox 3 months ago
Wow! This is absolutely first class all the way. Beethoven would be fully happy with this, I'm sure!
GetMeThere1 3 months ago 3
amazing!!!! I love your performance:)
ryoclbl 3 months ago
Brilliant....BRAVO!
adalalo078 3 months ago 3
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this is why you don't let women near a piano.
amd9012 3 months ago
Amazing!!!True artist!!!
anmacable 3 months ago
wonderfull!
manuelegirolamo 3 months ago
Holy cow! I hope you come to Vancouver some day!
laptopsaysno 3 months ago 3