Documentary: Valentina Lisitsa's Rachmaninoff Project 1/3

First part of my three part documentary on Valentina Lisitsa's stunning recordings of Rachmaninoff's piano concerti. Impressions of the recording sessions combined with interviews with Valentina Lisitsa, conductor Michael Francis and producer Michael Fine.

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[willemvdr12]

De geschiedenis kent veel grote pianisten, die stuk voor stuk een ongekend talent hadden. Valentina is de hedendaagse pianist die een nieuwe mijlpaal neerzet in de geschiedenis van beste pianisten in de wereld. Ongelofelijke combinatie van alle aspecten die het vak met zich mee brengt.

[PieterdeRooijHolland]

@willemvdr12 : Inderdaad! Overigens: ik heb gisteren deze driedelige reportage, met af en toe kleine veranderingen in de montage, opnieuw geupload, dit keer in High Definition (gelukkig had ik m'n bronmateriaal in HD geschoten). Met een veel betere beeldkwaliteit brengt dat ons Valentina nog dichterbij!

[BareKnuckledPianist]

WHAT A COINCIDENCE THAT I RAN INTO THIS VIDEO!!! I just met Valentina recently (really nice lady btw), and I just performed the Rach 2nd last Thursday (definitely not as good as hers lol). If any of you guys are interested, it's the featured video on my channel :)

[PieterdeRooijHolland]

@BareKnuckledPianist : by coincidence is always most fun, probably you'll also like other videos with Valentina on my channel. I watched your 2nd Rach-video, impressive! Are you also going for Rach PC3 ? :)

[58pianos]

Pieter, thank you thank you for posting this. This documentary is musical history in the making. Valentina will definately go down as one of greatest pianist of our time.

[classicalmusic29]

I've been a fan of Valentina Lisitsa for a little while now and love her playing. She deserves to be better known.

[789armstrong]

put both Rachmaninoff Concertoes 1 & 2 on a single DVD and I promise it will be a hot seller.She has the technique and feeling without sentimentality which is exactly what Rachmaninoff wanted.

[Abraeumer83]

which competitions did she take part in?

[boeblingen]

This sounds like a unique recording for mankind. Thank you for sharing this video!

[rickideemus]

TWO wrong notes in two days?? Valentina, how COULD you? I could understand one, but TWO???

All right, we'll let it go this time. Just watch yourself, young lady. ;-}

[artcalight13]

@candicezhong So how's your Ukrainian?

[artcalight13]

@RamenoodIes What the musicians look like is irrelevant. As they are accompanying her, they should be physically emoting as little as possible so as not to draw attention away from her. Their music is superb and they blend with her music. That's all that matters.

[candicezhong]

good music, terrible english