What did we do to deserve this treat! Wow! From the opening chords onwards, absolutely majestic. This might be the recording that finally upends Horowitz 1968's recording of this sonata for me. Same intensity, power and playfulness. I'm so happy this video is released! Thanks Valentina!
Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 36 in B♭ minor 00:00 - I. Allegro agitato (B♭ minor) 08:53 - II. Non allegro-Lento (E minor-E major) 16:14 - III. Allegro molto (B♭ major)
Actually I'm pretty sure the third movement begins at 15:39 with L'istesso tempo. That's because it also states attacca subito, which means that there is no pause between the previous movement and the next movement. But I understand the difference in views, because L'istesso tempo is still slow, which you don't expect to be the case for a 3rd movement. As for the performance: bravo Valentina! Exciting and very original and inspiring interpretation, congratulations!
I have seen Valentina playing live in the Netherlands 5 years ago. She was great then already, but for the first time I recognise pianists are like wine, the more they mature the better it is. Valentina is getting better each year. ❤❤❤
Playing is not a matter of memorizing the score, but of reflecting on life. I explain. Those who play and also those who listen, do so according to the life story of each one. Every time you play, you play under the influence of what you live and lived in real life. That is, the only memory that the interpreter uses is the memory of his own life story to interpret the music. The memorized scores practically cease to exist, it's as if the pianist doesn't even know how he is able to play such music, because the music itself has become a living substance in the pianist's soul and time. Likewise, for those who listen too. Only we will understand this. To those who listen to Lady Gaga, never. BUT, of course, I agree with you. I just wanted to philosophize. hahaha
@@rodrigo.magalhaes , хорошо отписался,- про гагУ: для некоторых мучительно. Я не знаток( сказать более: даже в начальном уровне) но мне представляется,- что Лисица- лучшая пианистка, современности.
Usted es mi pianista favorita, toca el piano asombrosamente, felicidades y éxitos en todo lo que emprenda. Gracias por subirlo a youtube.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Remids me of that unkown (in Spain, at least) Lisitsa that shocked us youtube viewers with little red riding hood prelude by Rachmaninov, too. Same strenght, same lyrism in your hands and body language. TY so much
Καλησπέρα Βαλεντίνα.. είναι πάρα πολύ ωραίο.σε ευχαριστώ που ομορφαίνεις την ψυχή μου.με την μουσική σου.μεσα στα προβλήματα που έχω ξεχνάω να ακούσω.κλασικη μουσική.να είσαι καλά που μου το θυμίζεισ.και μου φτιάχνεις την διάθεση.να είσαι καλά.καλο Σαββατοκύριακο.ΧΜΚ...
50 year old cant imagine you've reached the half century but until today you've been the greatest pianist in my opinion. we all age and what does matters to keep up with the good things we had learned in life!! and here i see you have proved it, one touch on the keys making all us go crazy love you soo much ❤❤God bless you.
Wunderschön die Performance.. Congratulations Frauleine Valentina Lisitsa.. Souza Filho. Serra Sede ES Brazil in 2023.03.24 at 12.00 p.m. -3 Greenwisch
This musical offering is fresh and alive! It's a treat to hear Rachmaninoff's original version of this sonata. It seems there are more complex, contrapuntal interactions in parts. The final movement, especially the ending, is electrifying, as if anticipating the most enthusiastic applause imaginable.
After experiencing a performance of hers, I'm always left with an a grin stretching from ear to ear, as my usually tense face just gradually melts away. Thanks for blessing us, we are grateful.
Magnificent, both the composition and the performance. Love the whole piece but the last few minutes are supremely beautiful. As if it’s from another world.
Валентина, с Днем Рождения! Много-много бодрых лет впереди, много-мнгого творчества, и благоприятных условий для реализации твореских идей! ...Жаль, работаю 1-го апреля. Услышать в Вашем исполнении все прелюдии СергейВасилича - мечта ((( Ждем новых анонсов концертов!
Your notes on this piece are outstanding. I’m not a musician in any sense but I’m enthralled by the contents and overwhelmed by your musical intellect.
I appreciate that the artist mostly shows his hands. This is how music should be valued. The musical intensity is amplified by the intensity of the connection between the artist and his instrument. Do this with all the videos you create and you will create a historical brand!
I am delighted to see a new video posted. Ive been really sad about everything thats happened in the last few years. An injustice! Bravo Valentina! Shes the best of our generation in my mind, and i wish her good fortune in the near future. Not all westerners are blind.
Becoming an artist is not easy at all but staying as an artist is the hardest one to accomplish!! And you are few of the people in the world who manages to stay as a true artist! Love you Val 💙💙💙
This particular expression is coming from the expressor of the human: the soul's heart, but sounds like there's some peace missing from the expression. I've played in like expression before (not the skill, just the numbing pain) and wished I had recorded it if only to remember that time. So, in light of this my somewhat presumptive observation, I would hear this again, but loudly, at midnight, on a Monday, on my stereo and not on my phone 😊. Thank you Valentina for this (forgive me) raw and bloody steak that is, if I may be quietly bold, waiting for some heat. I could "hear" the rendition I was thirsting for within it...but it was, to me, dimly obscured in the deeps, within a heart that would be most welcome in many ways.
Beautifully played as ever, even though you look so unhappy, as thousands of us around the world share your unhappiness. Thank you for all you have given us😘
Sophie Menter, Anna Essipova, Theresa Carreno, Wang, Buniatishvili, Darré, Bruchollerie, Marguerite Long, Annie Fischer abd so on. Lisitsa is very good too, I adore her!
Valentina Lisitsa, I have to thank you for your generous way to play and show us your amazing skills! You´re the best person at piano EVER!!! I Love You Deeply!!!
Woo, glad to see a new video from Valentina in repertory she pretty much *owns!* I'll be listening to this *carefully* tonight.... probably several times.
I'm so excited just got another CD. With You Live at Albert Hall... It Will be Delivered July 3rd. Full Moon... What Divine Timing for My Favorite Pianist in the Universe... 💞💞💞🙏🙏🙏🌺🐝
I am an American , but I so respect you Valentina! You are, to me, not only the very best Pianist, but also a remarkable person for standing by your convictions. The world is loosing beautiful music if they turn away from you because you are Russian. I respect all people and understand the political, religious, etc. difference that surround humanity. I don’t believe in this cancel culture. It promotes stagnation and lack of peaceful and intellectual and compassionate growth. I hope for the rest of my time on this planet, I can hear you play and hear you speak of you beliefs and convictions. It’s a powerful message of truth and self respect the world needs to hear to begin to grow again. ❤
She is Ukranian. And as much as I admire her I think she (or pretty much any other living pianist) will never match the level of Vladimir Horowitz, Sviatoslav Richter, Glenn Gould, Cziffra, Alexei Sultanov and other great pianists of the 20th century.
@@bekhruzniyazov6600 She was born in Kyiv, Ukraine, yes, but since the war started she has moved and lives alone in Moscow after getting her citizenship (her husband is here in America driving taxi cab according to her interview recently) She considers the history of Ukraine , during the time it belonged to Russia, as making her Russian, if I understand the interviews I have heard and read translations of in media. Because of her voicing her convictions about her citizenship and heritage, most of the world won’t have her play in their countries because of the current state of political upheaval between Putin and Zelinsky. That is very disheartening to me that music should be subject to such discrimination. As to your taste for others over her music, I say enjoy any and all of whatever your preferences are, as it is simply human perspectives that label all of our judgements. They all make beautiful sounding art from the depths of their souls. For me, I resonate the most with her talent, style, and unique musical flair of arrangements the most. She will always be the best in my ❤️
@@evergreendreamer6425 Valentina Lіsіtsa is the art ambassador of the murderous country of russia. I urge you to ignore Valentina Lіsitsa, because she is an accomplice in crimes, supporting putin's regime.
Valentina is an American, too (as well as both Ukrainian and Russian, the latter via her citizenship of the never-existing DPR which was "annexed" by Russia).
Lisitsa toca Rachmaninoff com tanta intensidade e intimidade 🤯 é lindo de se ver! ❤ (Lisitsa plays Rach with such intensity and intimacy 🤯 it's beautiful to see it!)... Brasil ❤ (from Brazil)...
Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! Stay strong Valentina. You deserve to have concerts again in every country that is boycotting you. What a loss for audiences. You came back stronger than ever. What a rendition of that version of the 2nd Rachmaninov sonata you played. Bravo! You deserve a monument in Heaven.
Valentina is playing the original 1913 version (most people play the later version edited by Rachmaninoff himself; Horowitz plays his own version where he plays some of the later edits and some of the original material, which is my favorite “version”) However Valentina’s is my favorite interpretation of the original version I’ve yet heard, she is amazing!! 😊😊
@@yuvalcomposer Do you know which version is played on Ashish Xiangyi Kumar's channel? I thought that maybe that was the original version, but then I looked at the sheet music on IMSLP and that seems to be closer to what Valentina plays. And the differences that I noticed between this performance and the sheet music are very subtle and unimportant. For example, she plays the tied 16th notes at 0:56 as if they aren't tied. And at 21:52 I can't tell if she's playing the 8th note chord in the right hand twice or not because she plays it so quickly. And at 22:00 she seems to be playing one 8th note chord in the left hand instead of two as written in the sheet music. I'm not trying to be critical, I'm just wondering if I'm misreading the sheet music or if these are intentional changes. I'm not a musician.
Wonderful music and wonderful playing, Valentina! And thank you for the introduction.
Валентина,Творческих Успехов Вам и в дальнейшем нас радовать своей виртуозной и неповторимой игрой!
What did we do to deserve this treat! Wow! From the opening chords onwards, absolutely majestic. This might be the recording that finally upends Horowitz 1968's recording of this sonata for me. Same intensity, power and playfulness. I'm so happy this video is released! Thanks Valentina!
Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 36 in B♭ minor
00:00 - I. Allegro agitato (B♭ minor)
08:53 - II. Non allegro-Lento (E minor-E major)
16:14 - III. Allegro molto (B♭ major)
I made it into the video description! 🙏 Thanks for the great video, Val
Actually I'm pretty sure the third movement begins at 15:39 with L'istesso tempo. That's because it also states attacca subito, which means that there is no pause between the previous movement and the next movement. But I understand the difference in views, because L'istesso tempo is still slow, which you don't expect to be the case for a 3rd movement. As for the performance: bravo Valentina! Exciting and very original and inspiring interpretation, congratulations!
15:39 is the third movement as the other guy have said, i bought the actual disc itself and yes 3rd movement starts there
wait im wrong lol 16:14 is the actual third movement after looking at kocsis's disc and horowitz too
I have seen Valentina playing live in the Netherlands 5 years ago. She was great then already, but for the first time I recognise pianists are like wine, the more they mature the better it is. Valentina is getting better each year. ❤❤❤
I am not sure what's crazier.. that somebody composed this or that she can not only memorize this but also play it to perfection.
Playing is not a matter of memorizing the score, but of reflecting on life. I explain. Those who play and also those who listen, do so according to the life story of each one. Every time you play, you play under the influence of what you live and lived in real life. That is, the only memory that the interpreter uses is the memory of his own life story to interpret the music. The memorized scores practically cease to exist, it's as if the pianist doesn't even know how he is able to play such music, because the music itself has become a living substance in the pianist's soul and time. Likewise, for those who listen too. Only we will understand this. To those who listen to Lady Gaga, never. BUT, of course, I agree with you. I just wanted to philosophize. hahaha
@@rodrigo.magalhaes , хорошо отписался,- про гагУ: для некоторых мучительно.
Я не знаток( сказать более: даже в начальном уровне) но мне представляется,- что Лисица- лучшая пианистка, современности.
I love both😅Valentina Lisitsa and Lady Gaga... I could watch them for hours
I’m not sure what crazier bombing kids in another country or supporting it
she is not human. human cannot do it. that is why.
Te echaba de menos por aquí. Gracias!!! Luego te veo y te escucho tranquilamente, pero los primeros segundos de tu Rachmaninov son impresionantes. 👏👏👏
Usted es mi pianista favorita, toca el piano asombrosamente, felicidades y éxitos en todo lo que emprenda. Gracias por subirlo a youtube.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Remids me of that unkown (in Spain, at least) Lisitsa that shocked us youtube viewers with little red riding hood prelude by Rachmaninov, too. Same strenght, same lyrism in your hands and body language. TY so much
Valentina, your music is song and poetry! The best!
God, how much I needed to watch this today. This channel is gold.
L'arte di Valentina vola sopra tutto. È sempre meraviglioso ascoltarla.❤
Beautiful and talented!!!🌹🌹🌹👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
So incredible. No one comes can rival your amazing interpretation of Rachmaninov ❤
Καλησπέρα Βαλεντίνα.. είναι πάρα πολύ ωραίο.σε ευχαριστώ που ομορφαίνεις την ψυχή μου.με την μουσική σου.μεσα στα προβλήματα που έχω ξεχνάω να ακούσω.κλασικη μουσική.να είσαι καλά που μου το θυμίζεισ.και μου φτιάχνεις την διάθεση.να είσαι καλά.καλο Σαββατοκύριακο.ΧΜΚ...
50 year old cant imagine you've reached the half century but until today you've been the greatest pianist in my opinion. we all age and what does matters to keep up with the good things we had learned in life!! and here i see you have proved it, one touch on the keys making all us go crazy love you soo much ❤❤God bless you.
Why, 50 years is not much, just enough to understand something that is not clear for everyone.
Rude old man
@@gdkabsbdkwkwm4187 im not old I'm just 18 ok and I'm trying yo express my feeling for bec i like her a lot.. And sorry if this was just a joke. 😊
The nessesary maturity to take the extra steps...
Incredible! This is my first time hearing this piece and I'm forever impressed by your skill! Gorgeous! Thank you!
凄い演奏！魅了されます😊
from your fan in Japan
Ok this is now my favourite interpretation of this piece, wow.
A technique as outrageously excellent as the sound it produces.
Thank you so much for posting :)
Amazing performance!
So many emotions with each note and the movement of hands themselves👏👏👏 you can hear (and see) this is something really difficult to play
Amazing performance! I've listened to you for many years. Keep it up, and don't worry too much about what people say
Wunderschön die Performance.. Congratulations Frauleine Valentina Lisitsa.. Souza Filho. Serra Sede ES Brazil in 2023.03.24 at 12.00 p.m. -3 Greenwisch
This musical offering is fresh and alive! It's a treat to hear Rachmaninoff's original version of this sonata. It seems there are more complex, contrapuntal interactions in parts. The final movement, especially the ending, is electrifying, as if anticipating the most enthusiastic applause imaginable.
Браво! Преклоняюсь! Обожаю!!! СПАСИБО!!!
After experiencing a performance of hers, I'm always left with an a grin stretching from ear to ear, as my usually tense face just gradually melts away. Thanks for blessing us, we are grateful.
Emotional and technically perfect rendition of this masterpiece. Congratulations, miss Valentina.❤
Thank you Valentina! You are great!
Unbelievable,Fantastic. Thank you.
Magnificent, both the composition and the performance. Love the whole piece but the last few minutes are supremely beautiful. As if it’s from another world.
Вы просто великолепны. Нет слов. Браво 👏
Валентина, с Днем Рождения! Много-много бодрых лет впереди, много-мнгого творчества, и благоприятных условий для реализации твореских идей!
...Жаль, работаю 1-го апреля. Услышать в Вашем исполнении все прелюдии СергейВасилича - мечта (((
Ждем новых анонсов концертов!
It's so incredible it's tough to put words to. The video angles, editing, and lighting were great, too. Also thanks for the detailed summary.
Interprétation hors-pair comme toujours avec Valentina ! De plus la présentation de l'œuvre est très précise et passionante.🌹
Your notes on this piece are outstanding. I’m not a musician in any sense but I’m enthralled by the contents and overwhelmed by your musical intellect.
This performance is amazing.
I appreciate that the artist mostly shows his hands. This is how music should be valued. The musical intensity is amplified by the intensity of the connection between the artist and his instrument. Do this with all the videos you create and you will create a historical brand!
I am in awe of you. And it’s the 1913 version! Couldn’t have asked for a better gift today!!
Don't ever remember being a fan of this Sonata years ago. But the way she rendered it here, I am now! Will listen again...
I am delighted to see a new video posted. Ive been really sad about everything thats happened in the last few years. An injustice! Bravo Valentina! Shes the best of our generation in my mind, and i wish her good fortune in the near future. Not all westerners are blind.
Very beautiful, very well done - thank you!
Becoming an artist is not easy at all but staying as an artist is the hardest one to accomplish!! And you are few of the people in the world who manages to stay as a true artist! Love you Val 💙💙💙
BRAVISSIMO
Sounds clear and dynamic and beautiful🎉💐🎉
This particular expression is coming from the expressor of the human: the soul's heart, but sounds like there's some peace missing from the expression. I've played in like expression before (not the skill, just the numbing pain) and wished I had recorded it if only to remember that time. So, in light of this my somewhat presumptive observation, I would hear this again, but loudly, at midnight, on a Monday, on my stereo and not on my phone 😊. Thank you Valentina for this (forgive me) raw and bloody steak that is, if I may be quietly bold, waiting for some heat. I could "hear" the rendition I was thirsting for within it...but it was, to me, dimly obscured in the deeps, within a heart that would be most welcome in many ways.
thank you
Beautifully played as ever, even though you look so unhappy, as thousands of us around the world share your unhappiness. Thank you for all you have given us😘
You see with your ears and hear with your eyes!
Magnificent! Thank you for uploading. 💐
That was incredible Valentina 😮😮😮❤❤❤❤
EXCELSA! VALENTINA you're The most Talented Pianist in the whole history!!!
Sophie Menter, Anna Essipova, Theresa Carreno, Wang, Buniatishvili, Darré, Bruchollerie, Marguerite Long, Annie Fischer abd so on. Lisitsa is very good too, I adore her!
Большое спасибо! Учитель Валентина!! ❤❤❤
no words. beyond words completely.
The way those hands caress and tackle those keys ... Wow, insane talent
gracias Vale!
Просто Божественно! Спасибо!
Amazing performance and the camera amd sound work is wonderful
I admire your fabulous technique and your ability to look serene while alternately caressing and punishing the keys.
Thank you Valentina!! ❤❤❤
Brava!!!!!
Valentina Lisitsa, I have to thank you for your generous way to play and show us your amazing skills! You´re the best person at piano EVER!!! I Love You Deeply!!!
Спасибо Вам за столь чудесный подарок!
Thank you for uploading this recording! Nice start for the weekend. =)
Stupendous
thank you!
I think the piano probably refused to open its door for a while out of a need for rest after this. So much passion and very Rachmaninoff.
I would have been hungry for more.
Sublime... como siempre. Gracias!
Wonderful pianist…
Bravo
MERAVIGLIOSA
Great job!
Blows my mind 😅wow
beautiful!!!
Woo, glad to see a new video from Valentina in repertory she pretty much *owns!* I'll be listening to this *carefully* tonight.... probably several times.
I'm so excited just got another CD. With You Live at Albert Hall... It Will be Delivered July 3rd. Full Moon... What Divine Timing for My Favorite Pianist in the Universe... 💞💞💞🙏🙏🙏🌺🐝
I am an American , but I so respect you Valentina! You are, to me, not only the very best Pianist, but also a remarkable person for standing by your convictions. The world is loosing beautiful music if they turn away from you because you are Russian. I respect all people and understand the political, religious, etc. difference that surround humanity. I don’t believe in this cancel culture. It promotes stagnation and lack of peaceful and intellectual and compassionate growth. I hope for the rest of my time on this planet, I can hear you play and hear you speak of you beliefs and convictions. It’s a powerful message of truth and self respect the world needs to hear to begin to grow again. ❤
She is Ukranian. And as much as I admire her I think she (or pretty much any other living pianist) will never match the level of Vladimir Horowitz, Sviatoslav Richter, Glenn Gould, Cziffra, Alexei Sultanov and other great pianists of the 20th century.
@@bekhruzniyazov6600 She was born in Kyiv, Ukraine, yes, but since the war started she has moved and lives alone in Moscow after getting her citizenship (her husband is here in America driving taxi cab according to her interview recently) She considers the history of Ukraine , during the time it belonged to Russia, as making her Russian, if I understand the interviews I have heard and read translations of in media. Because of her voicing her convictions about her citizenship and heritage, most of the world won’t have her play in their countries because of the current state of political upheaval between Putin and Zelinsky. That is very disheartening to me that music should be subject to such discrimination.
As to your taste for others over her music, I say enjoy any and all of whatever your preferences are, as it is simply human perspectives that label all of our judgements. They all make beautiful sounding art from the depths of their souls. For me, I resonate the most with her talent, style, and unique musical flair of arrangements the most. She will always be the best in my ❤️
@@evergreendreamer6425 Valentina Lіsіtsa is the art ambassador of the murderous country of russia. I urge you to ignore Valentina Lіsitsa, because she is an accomplice in crimes, supporting putin's regime.
Valentina is an American, too (as well as both Ukrainian and Russian, the latter via her citizenship of the never-existing DPR which was "annexed" by Russia).
@@evergreendreamer6425performing in Mariupol in 2022 and accepting DPR "citizenship" in 2021 did not really help.
Fantastica!
always a welcome surprise
Truley Unrivaled....once again the two super powers unite and change recording history. Absolutely amazing ❤👌
My beautiful Valentina - mesmerizing and incredibly talented as always.
I signed. I cried. I loved!!!
BRAVO! Thank you dearly!
♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Lisitsa toca Rachmaninoff com tanta intensidade e intimidade 🤯 é lindo de se ver! ❤ (Lisitsa plays Rach with such intensity and intimacy 🤯 it's beautiful to see it!)... Brasil ❤ (from Brazil)...
My God, Val. Wtf? This is one of the most explosives interpretations of this Sonata. I was expecting the piano exploded in a million pieces 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
Your literally an icon oml.
Better interpreter ever
Oh my gosh yayyyy!!
I've been waiting for this for so long!!
Thank you Valentina!!😁
Edit: It was worth the wait!
Эти руки❤️🔥проводники божественного❤️🔥пламенная душа❤️🔥непокоренная вершина❤️🔥
Such a talent! Val, you are the best!
I am dumbfounded by what humans can accomplish
Как же я вас люблю.. Спасибо Валюша 😊❤❤❤👋👋👋👋👋
Bravo...
This is the greatest interpretation of the greatest piece by Rachmaninoff interpreted by the greatest interpreter of Rachmaninoff!!
Bravo!
Bravo!
Bravo!
Stay strong Valentina. You deserve to have concerts again in every country that is boycotting you.
What a loss for audiences. You came back stronger than ever. What a rendition of that version of the 2nd Rachmaninov sonata you played. Bravo! You deserve a monument in Heaven.
Изумительнейший музыкант и личность. Спасибо Валентина за чудо за роялем
Fantàstica!! 🥰🎹
I noticed a few differences between this performance and the sheet music, but it's a great interpretation! Thank you!
Valentina is playing the original 1913 version (most people play the later version edited by Rachmaninoff himself; Horowitz plays his own version where he plays some of the later edits and some of the original material, which is my favorite “version”)
However Valentina’s is my favorite interpretation of the original version I’ve yet heard, she is amazing!! 😊😊
@@yuvalcomposer Do you know which version is played on Ashish Xiangyi Kumar's channel? I thought that maybe that was the original version, but then I looked at the sheet music on IMSLP and that seems to be closer to what Valentina plays. And the differences that I noticed between this performance and the sheet music are very subtle and unimportant. For example, she plays the tied 16th notes at 0:56 as if they aren't tied. And at 21:52 I can't tell if she's playing the 8th note chord in the right hand twice or not because she plays it so quickly. And at 22:00 she seems to be playing one 8th note chord in the left hand instead of two as written in the sheet music. I'm not trying to be critical, I'm just wondering if I'm misreading the sheet music or if these are intentional changes. I'm not a musician.
By the way, the second movement is beautiful, isn't it? I can't get enough of it.
what can i really say ... stunning as always .. speachless ❤️❤️❤️🔥🔥🔥🌹🌹
Как долго я ждал услышать ее в вашем исполнении!
Wonderful !