Yes, mostly because he was one of those elite few. In fact, many times he had to rewrite pieces because he had accidentally made them too difficult to play for anyone but himself
Shes the only pianist that can play that Clean and with proper fast speed. The others who claim faster than her are dumb and obviously not played live but hers its live
Comment surpasser une telle vélocité alliée à un tel talent? C'est merveilleux, extraordinaire. Bravo! bravo Valentina Lisitsa. Liszt doit pleurer de joie dans sa tombe devant une telle interprétation.
@DÜT DÜÜÜT MÖMEÑT WÎTH CRÖCÖDILE Hey i entirely agree, Okada is my favorite recording of this piece i know of. It's just that while i agree she tend to lose form because she like the crank the fast runs, she's still a incredibly skilled pianist. People tend to shit on her over her being too technical or fast, after all it is what she's most famous for, but it's just a matter of taste at this level. She does convey emotion well on a lotta pieces too.
@@naTure-vs2ef We're in deep shit. I live in France and work in Switzerland. It was just decided that gatherings of 10+ people are not allowed. So basically, we won't be coming to work tomorrow. The end of the world is near. I am also suprised to hear another lebanese also listens to this music. This piece is one of my favourites and I hope to start Learning it this summer. Because for now I have to finish some other pieces for June
@@Georgeknn ma3k 7a2 George, by the way ana esme George kamen... W good luck with learning the music...lakan enta bteshte8el w 3ndk Piano btet3alam 3ale la 7alak right?
@@huseyincigdem9427 Not at all ! The piece should normally not exceed 14 minutes. Lisitsa's performance is one of the closest to the exact length and manner in which it was performed during Liszt's time. In general, the tempis of the time were much faster than those of today. I suggest you watch this video if you are not convinced : ua-cam.com/video/qFPW9ENtNKA/v-deo.html, or listen to the recordings of pianists of the time such as Emil Von Sauer or Ferruccio Busoni (direct students of Liszt) to realize at what tempo this piece is supposed to be playing.
That was very impressive, indeed. I personally prefer Enrico Pace's Performance. It seems that In some sections, she rushs and can't maintain the balance, which Pace deals with them perfecrly.
@@ifmondayhadaface9490 yup, i usually don't really like his playing but i really enjoyed his interpretation of Don Juan fantasy tho however Lisitsa kinda ruined the piece IMO
Not a very good rendition of this piece- massive respect for being able to play it but it's so flat and lifeless at parts, especially where speed takes over everything else.
Wonderful music and performance. Terrible camera work. The camera man seems to have ants in his pants. I want to see the wonderful full sweep of the arpeggios, not 'look how versatile I am on the camera'.
Exactly right. Someone should make a list (not a Liszt) of possible moves for a camera during a performance and make all camera operators follow it. That was the worst camera work I've seen, yet. And the performance!!!Lisitsa is the only one who gives Busoni's (Welte) version a run for its money. Brava!!!She's really great: virtuoso and poetic at the same time!
I like Lang Lang's performance for its musical content and spark. Anyone playing this piece needs a huge technique - that's a given. I think Lang Lang really brings it to life. But then Tiffany Poon gave it in concert at age 14. Amazing all of them, including Valentina.
@@AKJY I understand how you don't like his clown face, so my solution is to just turn around or close our eyes and not look at the video. If we only focus on the sound, Lang Lang completely wins in terms of clarity, dynamic range, articulation, tempo, articulations, phrasing and overall interpretation in this piece. Just compare the trills at the beginning of the piece and see how exciting and intriguing Lang Lang makes them sound. Lisitsa's interpretation, imo, is rather the erratic interpretation here. At 3:19, she ignores a lot of musical notations such as the rests, slurs and staccato (phrasing) that is written on the score and plays all chords/double stops in legato, linking them all up with pedal. From 6:46 to 6:54, the contrast in dynamic is too small, it sounds like mf vs ff while it's supposed to be p vs ff. Half way through at 6:55, she decides to rush through the rest of the piece all to the end, and don't forget that at this moment the section is marked "elegantemente", meaning elegantly, which cannot be expressed through rushing. At 9:43, the score marks "animato", but her playing, from my *subjective* perspective (I need to stress that this point is entirely subjective), her playing sounds weak and not very energetic. It's like I am tired and I don't even have the energy to press the keys but I still want to practice. At 10:37 to 10:45, she, once again, completely ignores all the markings on the score. The dynamic marking p at the beginning of the phrase, rinforzando at the chromatic scales, diminuendo at the end of the sequence, all these that are done by Lang Lang disappears in her performance. She doesn't even try to phrase the sequences differently to make it sound interesting and show her own interpretation. And at one of the very climaxes of the piece 11:35 to 11:40, she decides to play it in roughly mp. Those octaves are even softer and weaker than the section that builds up to this climax. Heck, it's even softer than the very first chord of the piece. It sounds like Don Giovanni dies because of a chronic respiratory disease rather than falling into the hell. And meanwhile, the score uses the marking "Grave" and ff. I might be able to point out more but to sum up Lisitsa simply rushes through the whole piece and lack the expression required as a pianist while Lang Lang does show his expression and personal interpretation in his performance of this piece. I am personally not a big fan of both of them but when it comes to this piece Lang Lang's performance is much superior to her performance imo. Her interpretation of this whole piece is literally the opposite of what it's meant to be. Not to mention her chromatic scales are sloppy and the rhythm is uneven because she attempts to play fast (and it's not rubato because it's like a few notes sticking together to form unregular groups of notes) and some of her staccatos/staccatissimos are somehow slightly lengthened and doesn't sound like staccato/sstaccatissimo, such as the quiet part in 6:46 to 6:54 (but that's just what I hear and I might be wrong). Here is the comparison of the above moments I mentioned: Valentina Lisitsa (V) 3:19 vs Lang Lang (L) ua-cam.com/video/azo0g3ESENY/v-deo.html V 6:46 vs L ua-cam.com/video/azo0g3ESENY/v-deo.html V 6:55 vs L ua-cam.com/video/azo0g3ESENY/v-deo.html V 9:43 vs L ua-cam.com/video/azo0g3ESENY/v-deo.html V 10:37 vs L ua-cam.com/video/azo0g3ESENY/v-deo.html V 11:35 vs L ua-cam.com/video/azo0g3ESENY/v-deo.html Obviously I could be wrong on so many things because after all I'm not very good at music and I don't really have a music degree. So if you think there's anything wrong with my comment or there are anything Lisitsa does better than Lang Lang in this piece (except not making clown face because we all know that) please feel free to tell or disagree with me. If you really dislike Lang Lang's clown face you can check out Okada's rendition ua-cam.com/video/JI6JfJXcUjU/v-deo.html or Tiffany Poon's one ua-cam.com/video/chGWf80fSAc/v-deo.html though Poon's one doesn't give you the feeling as strong as Okada's and Lang Lang's because she was just 14 when she performed this. But it's still much more lively than Lisitsa's.
Ok, I wonder if Liszt deliberately composed seemingly impossible to play pieces, except for an elite few, like Valentina. Holy cow!! 👏👏🎹
Yes, mostly because he was one of those elite few. In fact, many times he had to rewrite pieces because he had accidentally made them too difficult to play for anyone but himself
6:55 Kinda crazy to see both Liszt and Chopins variations on the same theme.
Crazy thing is Chopin wrote his themes around the age of 17!
Where Chopin make this theme?
Daniel Sirimarco variations on la ci Darem la mano op.2
@@jacobsimonson9040 i will listen to It, thank you
Btw, Beethoven also wrote some variations. ua-cam.com/video/o-sHMG8MVzA/v-deo.html
It's So PERFEEEEEECTTTTTTT , the SPEEEED, Accuracy and the Emotions and the FUN AND LOVE.....LOVE HER SO MUUUUCH
Shes the only pianist that can play that Clean and with proper fast speed. The others who claim faster than her are dumb and obviously not played live but hers its live
@@TeacherMattVlog I think this is a recording, not sure - but have you seen lang lang play this piece so cleanly
I heard it. It was completely slowly boring
@@igo.spekkyjarvonvreich
@@igo.spekkyjarvonvreich ive seen Langlang play it like a SLUG thats why it was clean
Comment surpasser une telle vélocité alliée à un tel talent? C'est merveilleux, extraordinaire. Bravo! bravo Valentina Lisitsa. Liszt doit pleurer de joie dans sa tombe devant une telle interprétation.
écoute la version de Lang lang... Mais je suis pas en train de dire que cette version est mauvaise.
Cette pièce est extraordinairement difficile
Simply Bravo~~~ One of the best ever since a long while ago !!!
7:41 and that's where Wagner got his groove, folks.
From Don Giovanni - Mozart... Beautifully done as usual... Brava
8:31!??!?
Yeah. That's not human!
Валечка, блеск! Покорили! Душевно Ваш Вадим Ильич
I love her big and relaxed hands. Like ballerina's legs. :-)
she won the piano genetic loterry
Plus studying 10 hours a day 🤯
40 HOURS A DAY
I doubt she can grab more than a 10th, which is about average for most concert pianists.
@@Daniel_Zalman she can.....🙂
Oh my god the run from 10:45 to 11:08 . She truly is an incredible virtuoso.
Pi the t no it’s so sloppy
No she’s not. She’s a robot.
@DÜT DÜÜÜT MÖMEÑT WÎTH CRÖCÖDILE Sure, can't wait to see your rendition posted online.
@DÜT DÜÜÜT MÖMEÑT WÎTH CRÖCÖDILE Hey i entirely agree, Okada is my favorite recording of this piece i know of. It's just that while i agree she tend to lose form because she like the crank the fast runs, she's still a incredibly skilled pianist.
People tend to shit on her over her being too technical or fast, after all it is what she's most famous for, but it's just a matter of taste at this level. She does convey emotion well on a lotta pieces too.
@Schuyler Bacn that has to be the most comprehensible comment you have ever posted
A breathtaking performance.
Nah it’s the complete opposite.
many performance of this piece i like, but she has the best "finger-dance" visually.
3:19- (listenable)
3:43- (theme)
I have played La Campanella and currently mastering the Hungarian Rhapsody no.6, but they seem like child play compared to this one. Legit!
Good George! You're Arabic?
naTure yes. Lebanese
@@Georgeknn shu wad3 hal corona 5aye :p ana lbnene kamen, wala feja2tne eno tele3 fi 3alam mtle beteb3 hek classical mtl Liszt w chopin w 8ayron :)
@@naTure-vs2ef We're in deep shit. I live in France and work in Switzerland. It was just decided that gatherings of 10+ people are not allowed. So basically, we won't be coming to work tomorrow. The end of the world is near.
I am also suprised to hear another lebanese also listens to this music. This piece is one of my favourites and I hope to start Learning it this summer. Because for now I have to finish some other pieces for June
@@Georgeknn ma3k 7a2 George, by the way ana esme George kamen...
W good luck with learning the music...lakan enta bteshte8el w 3ndk Piano btet3alam 3ale la 7alak right?
non vi è dubbio che il bosendorfer e la tecnica di Valentina si addicono a questo pezzo. Si percepisce bene tutta la drammaticità del Don Giovanni
12:05
Thanks man. Btw you got an amazing performance of this. Subbed
I think i heard this before
@@danielzindamat Champagne Aria from Don Giovanni, probably the most famous opera ever.
@@ValzainLumivix Magic Flute, Des Ring der Nibelungen, Tristan und Isolde...
@@yannaischrire7327 yeah
Valentina is one of the very best!
Not in this piece.
@@ilovemycatrussell9298 Why?
There is nothing but speed and rushing and no passion whatsoever.
@@ilovemycatrussell9298 i agree
How is that even possible? I hope i will reach her level one day
Don't hope, practice!
@@alhfgsp *40 hrs a day...
If you work hard you can do everything
Did u?
I believe that it is one of the hardest pieces to play on piano.
maybe, but there are liszt pieces that are technically more difficult
@@miguelsalgueiro1922 that’s why he/she said 'one of the' hardest
@@fredericchopin6445 yes it's true
@@miguelsalgueiro1922 that is pretty crazy that this is not even a top 5-10 Liszt piece in terms of difficulty
@@JramLisztfan yes, that's really insane
the passage at 13:53. There is fast scales with an octave leap at the top note, and then repeated up an octave. That sure looks hard.
Most refined performance indeed! Great pianist, lovely woman :)
i don't think so.
She’s a racist and a fascist how is that being a good person? Plus her performance is rushed which is always a bad thing
@@DanyDoublebass yeah it should be at least 16 minutes
@@huseyincigdem9427 Not at all ! The piece should normally not exceed 14 minutes. Lisitsa's performance is one of the closest to the exact length and manner in which it was performed during Liszt's time. In general, the tempis of the time were much faster than those of today. I suggest you watch this video if you are not convinced : ua-cam.com/video/qFPW9ENtNKA/v-deo.html, or listen to the recordings of pianists of the time such as Emil Von Sauer or Ferruccio Busoni (direct students of Liszt) to realize at what tempo this piece is supposed to be playing.
@6:55 "watch this ;) "
6:55 holy shit
I’m currently learning this piece and it’s a pain in the ass
That’s the idea!
Good luck.🎉
4:05👍
Not to mention she left out a few bars, "Andante" , at the very end ?!
Its so fast waooo 👏👏
13:13 I haven't seen anybody perfect this, even she failed this
Can you give more detail to justify your comment?
@@joyrichards1419 There were like 3-5 notes incorrect notes pressed, it made that particular part sound weird, S. 417 better than S. 418
Its vray good
That was very impressive, indeed. I personally prefer Enrico Pace's Performance.
It seems that In some sections, she rushs and can't maintain the balance, which Pace deals with them perfecrly.
Valentina Lisztisa
hit percentage 99,99%
Greatest performance of this piece I’ve ever heard, and I’ve heard several!
This is by far the worst. I think Lisista is the worst at Liszt.
I think Okada is the best performer of this piece. Lisitsa is not playing that good
Lisitsa's playing here is almost boring
after this the piano needs a cigarette
holy shit......
what i watched for these 15 mins......
This is sick!!!
Listen to Okada’s version instead
agree
Agree, Lang Lang also plays this really well.
@@ifmondayhadaface9490 yup, i usually don't really like his playing but i really enjoyed his interpretation of Don Juan fantasy tho
however Lisitsa kinda ruined the piece IMO
@@Liszthesis Same here. I usually like Lisista’s playing more than Lang Lang but Lang Lang was the clear winner here.
Hard agree
Ohhh God
awsom
9:53 ... How?
8:26 its so harddddddddd
0:38 - 0:53 what a terrible cut away. The bird's eye view would have been much more effective for those right hand 16th note triplets.
True
Not a very good rendition of this piece- massive respect for being able to play it but it's so flat and lifeless at parts, especially where speed takes over everything else.
Okada much better
@Mathews196 Okada > Caleb > and then the rest. Lol
Agreed.
@@ValzainLumivix Hamelin pretty good too
@@xbadover2993 More than pretty good.
10:21
5:55
4:08 _Unser Rommel_?
Look at Cosima!
She is a nazi because her crazy mom, Marie!
@DÜT DÜÜÜT MÖMEÑT WÎTH CRÖCÖDILE a guy called me a nazi but deleted the comment
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@DÜT DÜÜÜT MÖMEÑT WÎTH CRÖCÖDILE I suffer from recent memory loss
3:55 I’m a Lumberjack and I’m ok
Wonderful music and performance. Terrible camera work. The camera man seems to have ants in his pants. I want to see the wonderful full sweep of the arpeggios, not 'look how versatile I am on the camera'.
Exactly right. Someone should make a list (not a Liszt) of possible moves for a camera during a performance and make all camera operators follow it. That was the worst camera work I've seen, yet. And the performance!!!Lisitsa is the only one who gives Busoni's (Welte) version a run for its money. Brava!!!She's really great: virtuoso and poetic at the same time!
Birds eye usually works
Its so fast its cray im no how hrad des its not pasbo to play so fast des pice
S
Very nice
No it’s terrible.
@@ilovemycatrussell9298 One of the worst interpretations, hits more notes than Enrico Pace but misses so much soul.
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Why was this re-uploaded? This is possibly the worst performance of Lisista. It’s nothing but speed and rushing with no feelings.
2/10
2/10*
I think Lang lang plays better than her on this piece
Absolutely right!
I don’t think so
@@okba9304 If you don't believe just search "Carnegie Hall Lang Lang" to distinguish by yourself.
I like Lang Lang's performance for its musical content and spark. Anyone playing this piece needs a huge technique - that's a given. I think Lang Lang really brings it to life. But then Tiffany Poon gave it in concert at age 14. Amazing all of them, including Valentina.
Okada > Lang
Lang lang version much more jovial. This is so boring in comparison
don't enjoy clown face and erratic interpretation..
@@AKJY I understand how you don't like his clown face, so my solution is to just turn around or close our eyes and not look at the video. If we only focus on the sound, Lang Lang completely wins in terms of clarity, dynamic range, articulation, tempo, articulations, phrasing and overall interpretation in this piece. Just compare the trills at the beginning of the piece and see how exciting and intriguing Lang Lang makes them sound. Lisitsa's interpretation, imo, is rather the erratic interpretation here. At 3:19, she ignores a lot of musical notations such as the rests, slurs and staccato (phrasing) that is written on the score and plays all chords/double stops in legato, linking them all up with pedal. From 6:46 to 6:54, the contrast in dynamic is too small, it sounds like mf vs ff while it's supposed to be p vs ff. Half way through at 6:55, she decides to rush through the rest of the piece all to the end, and don't forget that at this moment the section is marked "elegantemente", meaning elegantly, which cannot be expressed through rushing. At 9:43, the score marks "animato", but her playing, from my *subjective* perspective (I need to stress that this point is entirely subjective), her playing sounds weak and not very energetic. It's like I am tired and I don't even have the energy to press the keys but I still want to practice. At 10:37 to 10:45, she, once again, completely ignores all the markings on the score. The dynamic marking p at the beginning of the phrase, rinforzando at the chromatic scales, diminuendo at the end of the sequence, all these that are done by Lang Lang disappears in her performance. She doesn't even try to phrase the sequences differently to make it sound interesting and show her own interpretation. And at one of the very climaxes of the piece 11:35 to 11:40, she decides to play it in roughly mp. Those octaves are even softer and weaker than the section that builds up to this climax. Heck, it's even softer than the very first chord of the piece. It sounds like Don Giovanni dies because of a chronic respiratory disease rather than falling into the hell. And meanwhile, the score uses the marking "Grave" and ff. I might be able to point out more but to sum up Lisitsa simply rushes through the whole piece and lack the expression required as a pianist while Lang Lang does show his expression and personal interpretation in his performance of this piece. I am personally not a big fan of both of them but when it comes to this piece Lang Lang's performance is much superior to her performance imo. Her interpretation of this whole piece is literally the opposite of what it's meant to be. Not to mention her chromatic scales are sloppy and the rhythm is uneven because she attempts to play fast (and it's not rubato because it's like a few notes sticking together to form unregular groups of notes) and some of her staccatos/staccatissimos are somehow slightly lengthened and doesn't sound like staccato/sstaccatissimo, such as the quiet part in 6:46 to 6:54 (but that's just what I hear and I might be wrong).
Here is the comparison of the above moments I mentioned:
Valentina Lisitsa (V) 3:19 vs Lang Lang (L) ua-cam.com/video/azo0g3ESENY/v-deo.html
V 6:46 vs L ua-cam.com/video/azo0g3ESENY/v-deo.html
V 6:55 vs L ua-cam.com/video/azo0g3ESENY/v-deo.html
V 9:43 vs L ua-cam.com/video/azo0g3ESENY/v-deo.html
V 10:37 vs L ua-cam.com/video/azo0g3ESENY/v-deo.html
V 11:35 vs L ua-cam.com/video/azo0g3ESENY/v-deo.html
Obviously I could be wrong on so many things because after all I'm not very good at music and I don't really have a music degree. So if you think there's anything wrong with my comment or there are anything Lisitsa does better than Lang Lang in this piece (except not making clown face because we all know that) please feel free to tell or disagree with me. If you really dislike Lang Lang's clown face you can check out Okada's rendition ua-cam.com/video/JI6JfJXcUjU/v-deo.html or Tiffany Poon's one ua-cam.com/video/chGWf80fSAc/v-deo.html though Poon's one doesn't give you the feeling as strong as Okada's and Lang Lang's because she was just 14 when she performed this. But it's still much more lively than Lisitsa's.
10:45
@Ling Ling Yes, that's why I timestamped it! Check out the same part on my recording, I feel like it's a bit better.
@Enescu Agreed, Mr. Hu's performance is inarguably superior to this.
7:39
13:28
12:28
8:46
10:07
12:10