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Valentina, I do not think that Wikipedia -which you copied- is right about Liszt never playing his Rondo fantastique. This sounded bizarre: Liszt composing music he could not play?? So I looked around a bit and found that he did indeed play this Rondo in 1837 in the "Salon de M. Erard". There is ...

@ValentinaLisitsa How I agree with your last sentence! However, interpretations by Richter, Cziffra, Arrau, Fiorentino are worth listening to (IMHO). I also heard last year Pierre Laurent Aimard play it in concert with late pieces such as "Nuages Gris" and "Unstern" . That was a wonderful evening...

Valentina, your description of this sonata is as revealing as your playing! Having a Russian wife from St Petersburg, I am well aware of the drama this city lived (and died) through in WWII. 30 million dead in the Great Patriotic War!

This sonata reminds me of the beginning of a trio by the same ...

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Igen. Szaz szazolik igoz!

Hello everyone! Don't forget. One month from now to the day, we flood DG with mails from Valentina's admirers (I prefer this word to fans) suggesting they sign the great Valentina Lisitsa on.

Valentina, when will you play for all who love you the Etudes d'exécution Transcendantes?

When will people realize you should be on Deutsche Gramophon?