Verdi Liszt La Danza Sacra Duetto Finale Aida Lisitsa

This is an awesome piece by a very very old Liszt. There is nothing flashy or "virtuoso" ( thank you ,Liszt, for not using a famous march or Celeste Aida for this paraphrase lol) but the colors Liszt evokes from the piano , those lush yet eerie colors anticipate what Impressionists were to discover later.
The story here is simple and you probably well know it . If not - here is a very short synopsis: the action takes place in exotic ancient Egypt. But the plot is like any modern soap opera - simple and unbelievable. A love triangle : Pharaoh's daughter falls in love with a promising military man , but he is in love with her slave girl. Everybody suspects everybody. Slave girl turns out ( hello, soap opera ) to be a daughter of Egypt arch-enemy, king of Ethiopia. Egypt is at war with Ethiopia and they seem to be winning , until our hero , blinded by love, tells military secret to his sweetheart. The end is brutal. Pharaoh's daughter offers to save him if he marries her and forgets the other girl. Upon refusal, in rage she orders her beloved to be buried alive in a temple as a sacrifice to angry gods. While the tomb closes over his head he sees that Aida, his beloved , joined him in the grave. What in real life would be a gruesome scene of death by asphyxiation turns by miracle of music into one of the most beautiful songs ever written. Our couple is together without need to hide , for a first time ever they can freely express their love - they bid farewell to mortal life where they suffered so much and look forward to heavens." O terra, addio..." - "Farewell, oh Earth, where we so suffered..."-Meanwhile jealous and rejected pharaoh's daughter keeps dancing on their grave in La Danza Sacra - sacrificial dance. She is the one who now has to hide her bitter tears....

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[Ps0fos]

I wonder how it feels to play so good on such a good Bosendorfer!

[sunamiassault]

sounds pretty flashy and virtuosic to me (yet so musical).

[1963mathetes]

@MusicStudyMan Actually, "Valentina 97" would be more apropos. =)

[panyawut2533]

I love the piano sounds

[dextoor]

Damn Impressive... And so is the piano playing... ;0 

[herol64700]

this my current #1 best favorite Val performance. it demonstrates the breadth of her talents.

[MusicStudyMan]

@MusicStudyMan in case that sounds a bit weird I was referring to the fact that Cosima has an Asteroid named after her...

[MusicStudyMan]

@ValentinaLisitsa maybe we should name an Asteroid after you.. "Valentina 88"?

[cmoreno12345]

I like the synopsis! That's a cool story that, well...I did NOT know. :)

[dlgrim0621]

is really funny. When I was a kid We used salmon eggs for fish bait,to catch fish with.Here is Your caviar(fish bait),I hope You enjoy it for lunch or whatever.Salmon eggs was very cheep!Thats "So Nice"(song by Diana krall. "Quiet Nights" by Diana Krall Is really nice,beautyful scenery.This is Her DVD "Live In Rio".Just found her last year.Nifty find.Gloria Estefan is a nifty person.Had to come from a bad buss wreck."Hotel National"Is fast & funny.R.U. ready to hoochie-coochie.Love&PrayerDan

[dlgrim0621]

tinued. I got to count the measures for the wind section.I thought it was fun so the conductor let Me take care of it.You know,count like 235 measures rest then come in just after the Clarints played such.The audience enjoyed it to.They didn't miss the funny spots because of the language.The Met in NY city.Do they go just for show?Oh well,they don't know what they are missing.I don't think I told You about caviar.The Sturgens are having problems with eggs,so the make it out of Salmon eggs. That