I honestly thought she couldnt pull this piece off, given I had seen her play really fast and virtuosic before. However this truly captures the somber nature of the piece. I love it! I feel embarrassed that I felt otherwise
she is a master in the interpretation of all classical pieces in my opinion.. I swear she could even be possessed by each of the composers when ever she plays their pieces.. You are an amazing pianist!!!!
op 55 was absolutely mesmerizing! At first I thought the tempo was slower than I am used to hearing however the second section drew a sharp contrast making the complete interpretation yours and yours only .. wonderful Mrs Lisistsa!!
For me, she is the best pianist I have ever heard....someone eventually comes along and its just a perfect fit....I wish I could pinpoint my love for her playing, all I can say is it just sounds "right".....BEAUTIFUL
I've heard so many versions of this piece where the performer rushes through it and plays it a bit too fast, I absolutely love this rendition, she takes her time and really brings out the emotion and beauty of it.
Sorry, I'm a spanish speaker and I don't know how to translate it exactly. Anyway, it would be when some basses are shifted backwards in tempo, so the bass actually sounds before the corresponding note in the singing line. I like this resource, but I think it is rather overused here...it kind of annoy me a little bit :)
While I can appreciate she is a very refined and skillful pianist, I actually find this rendition too personalized as she is reinventing Chopin. The "limping" tempo is unnatural to me as trying to find a deeper meaning which is actually given already by the music itself. In other words, I feel she is in the way. Rubinstein and Arrau are so far my favourite interpreters of this piece
Such a beautiful piece, so emotional to the point of tears, and played so beautifully and differently than others by Valentina Lisitsa! My favourite interpretation.
even at 35 seconds you know there's something very special going on and you're in for a transcending experience (not that you won't know that from the first notes of a Valentina concert!)
Beautiful, like a dream. I loved your interpretation, it's incredible! By the way, the sound of that piano,...wow! I love my Schimmel but I would like to have a Bösendorfer someday.
Heard her play this 2 months ago at Koerner Hall. My ears are still ringing since that day. She was truly an incredible pianist. Also got to meet her and take a pic with her after. I love how she still reaches out to her fans no matter how busy her life is. True humility and she is truly INSPIRING! K
In the top 3 pianist of this genre...she is ... absolutely prestigious technique...she pockets most..trills, rubatos, and accuracy with fast fast temp she is the best..also strong controlled emotion is her aura ...a great smile ..I also think there is this competitiveness about her....these are my opinions of Valintina Lisitsa.
No pianist could ever top this. Valentina will always be the greatest. She's literally one with the piano. If she with the piano isn't the voice of god then I don't know what is.
Très belle partition, jouée de façon magnifique. La prise de vue est sublime comme l'interprète. Je ne cesse d'admirer votre talent. Merci Valentina, continuez à nous faire rêver.
I dunno, but am I the only one who feels she's playing to slowly, I feel as if she's breaking important pieces of the song which go together create beautiful sounds.. It feels as if the full effect of these beautiful sounds is not really working with the tempo.
If you're talking about the f minor, then It's not just you. I think that her tempo is a little slow, but the bigger problem, for me, was her excessive use of rubato. She often changed the tempo from one musical phrase to another, and sometimes even within the phrase. I thought her f major was nice though.
Chopin wrote so many wonderful pieces. Is it any wonder that he is so loved by musicians around the world. The one ingredient that brings his music to life is an artist at the keyboard and you are simply one of the best! Congratulations on your dedication and devotion to the classics!....Will
I hope you're right but the thing i observe is that there is a same chaotic movement in music that we have in all kind of arts... The things that beacame important are concepts, maths and so on which have no links whith feelings an emotions...
I like to think that, we will have a great composer, or many like that in our time. In that, we will get passed the super-dissonant (but still charming!) ways of fennesey and others, and learn to cultivate both modernism and romanticism in our compositions. It may be a few years, but I think that we shall have some great composers in our time.
si, yo se exactamente que estas diciendo. ?Como - ambos manos tocando a mismo tiempo, izqierda y dercha -mismo tiempo?...si?, ella toca asi mucho cuando tocando canciones de chopin ... creo que si ... vale , no hablar espanol perfectaente pero, yo he estando hablando espanol como diez an~os , mas o menos...gracias por me contestes.
These compositions, this avant style, the works of cage, schoenberg, boulez, etc. They did what musicians had been struggling to do for centuries, in that they completely abolished all set constructs of what could be considered music. Now, we, the generation of musicians that survived this, can use whatever style we want to compose. That in itself makes those men geniuses.
I beg your pardon , Mrs. Lisitsa have you in program to play Saint Saens 5th piano concerto , Dvorak piano concerto or Tchajkowksy 2nd piano concerto ? I'd be very very curious to listen to you playing these scores. Wonderful piano concertos played by a fantastic pianist .
Although I am a big fan of Ms. Lisitsa, I feel that her tempo was a bit sluggish in the F minor nocturne. I think Chopin would have preferred less rubato and a more even flow. He was a stickler for using a metronome. I do respect her interpretation though. It was more emotional than technical and she conveyed a sense of loneliness and longing.
i thought the same thing. its incredibly hard to find that right amount of minimalistic rubato that is needed to get that magic balance between emotion and slightly distanced nobility that is needed for the nocturnes. to me, even after all these years, rubinstein remains the benchmark as far as that perfect balance is concerned. just came here from his recording of the same nocturne, and in comparison this just feels a bit overacted. which of course is nitpicking at an absurdly high level when talking about the almost alien level piano player that is Mrs. Lisitsa. but id say, the sheer fact that youre in the league where people find it appropriate to compare your performances to rubinstein is all thats needed to say about what level Lisitsa is at.
Well, Val, your detractors say that you're all technique and no feeling. I do believe this piece - one of my favourite Chopin nocturnes - proves them completely wrong! :-)
Awesome. I see that you have it as your profile picture. Also, I met her in Portland last December and I stayed until the hall cleared out so I got to talk with her for about 5 mins. (one of the best 5 minutes of my life) I asked her a few questions and got my picture with her and got my Royal Albert Hall DVD signed. My profile pic is also of Lisitsa and I.
Of all the Chopin interpretations I ever heared -and i heared a lot-, Valentina's are the ones played with more feeling, but a fantastic technique. We love you, Valentina! I told my piano teacher about you and when she saw your videos she said "If I'm a good teacher, I'm sure you'll play like her someday and my work will be done."
I'd love for you to play nothing but Chopin's nocturnes and preludes for 6 months, with no live stream, instant messaging or other distractions. You are so gifted.
Valentina, you have a divine talent. At some time in your life you have definitely been touched by an Angel. Love the purple dress and the gentle ringlets in your hair
Chère Valentina, venez à Berlin! Malheureusement je n'ai que des relations concernant le théâtre.... Mais je suis sûre que vous ayez un auditoire encharmé, enthousiasmé!
I honestly thought she couldnt pull this piece off, given I had seen her play really fast and virtuosic before. However this truly captures the somber nature of the piece. I love it! I feel embarrassed that I felt otherwise
she is a master in the interpretation of all classical pieces in my opinion.. I swear she could even be possessed by each of the composers when ever she plays their pieces.. You are an amazing pianist!!!!
I personally believe that she must be possessed by two (I'm positively sure .!), Rachmaninoff & Liszt.
Lol i thought she was possessed by Beethoven..i guess its all of them then xD
Rubestein does this piece better imo, but yeah she is awesome in every piece she plays
I feel exactly the same way I have always said this, she is THE master of interpretation
@@samynohff Liszt for sure !
I love your Chopin's performances. They inspire me to hard work every day.
op 55 was absolutely mesmerizing! At first I thought the tempo was slower than I am used to hearing however the second section drew a sharp contrast making the complete interpretation yours and yours only .. wonderful Mrs Lisistsa!!
For me, she is the best pianist I have ever heard....someone eventually comes along and its just a perfect fit....I wish I could pinpoint my love for her playing, all I can say is it just sounds "right".....BEAUTIFUL
I've heard so many versions of this piece where the performer rushes through it and plays it a bit too fast, I absolutely love this rendition, she takes her time and really brings out the emotion and beauty of it.
an angel crosses the sky looks ... and listen ....
Man, if you think about the compositional skills that go into this... it's so amazing.
Absolutely.. something I thought about.
Yes!
In my opinion, without a doubt, Valentina is the best performer of Chopin pieces.
La DIVINA Valentina!!!
Jesus, who sits on the front row of such an intimate performance of two beautiful pieces like this just to be on their phone?
They might be recording it.
Jesus, what a performance...
i always wake up to a nocturne by Chopin with a coffee :) amazing
You listen to nocturnes in the morning, fascinating.
I wouldn't say I'd listen to them as soon as I woke up, but I can also enjoy it in the morning.
Like it makes thing clearer.
Sorry, I'm a spanish speaker and I don't know how to translate it exactly. Anyway, it would be when some basses are shifted backwards in tempo, so the bass actually sounds before the corresponding note in the singing line. I like this resource, but I think it is rather overused here...it kind of annoy me a little bit :)
bass players usually also like to point out that they prefer to be the laid back one, relative to the leading melody ;-)
Valentina loves always art!!!!!!! Valentina is beautiful because she believe in emotions.
0 vanne, c'est une des plus belles interprétations que j'ai pu entendre jusqu'à aujourd'hui. Elle sait comment peser ses notes
Con anima.. Nice portrait of her skills... Her hands are like a calm ocean flow..
While I can appreciate she is a very refined and skillful pianist, I actually find this rendition too personalized as she is reinventing Chopin. The "limping" tempo is unnatural to me as trying to find a deeper meaning which is actually given already by the music itself. In other words, I feel she is in the way. Rubinstein and Arrau are so far my favourite interpreters of this piece
4:20 What, I always do the hand gestures too when I'm doing that part. Crazy...
The ending of this Nocturne op 55 with ascending and descending runs on the piano..are choreographed perfect
Such a beautiful piece, so emotional to the point of tears, and played so beautifully and differently than others by Valentina Lisitsa! My favourite interpretation.
Loved the 15 1 nocturne.. But let me be honest about the other, both my personal taste and all great recordings I've listened to are at walking pace..
Incroyable performance…
Il n'y a pas de mots…
Les Anges sont avec vous Madame.
C'est vrai!
This girls knows how to milk it. Very inspirational phrasing. Been playing this for 50 years and I have heard something new. Spaciba
Beautiful sound! Would like to hear you playing Ballades:)
Oh, so beautiful!!!! This is my favorite nocturne by Chopin. This was very excellent playing! I also really like the venue!!!
Изумительное исполнение! Спасибо, дорогая Валентина Евгеньевна! Будьте здоровы и счастливы!
But Chopin hasn't written it like that, sorry. Where is the real rythm? It's too slowly, it's bad to hear
👏👏🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹👌👌👌👌
She would be a wonderful harpist too. I think it by her phrasing. :)
Valentina channeling Chopin.
even at 35 seconds you know there's something very special going on and you're in for a transcending experience (not that you won't know that from the first notes of a Valentina concert!)
You're my only idol .... I hope to be like you! I love you!
C'est très beau, difficile de dire autre chose ....
jamesp34 oui! ! vrm
Beautiful, like a dream. I loved your interpretation, it's incredible! By the way, the sound of that piano,...wow! I love my Schimmel but I would like to have a Bösendorfer someday.
Heard her play this 2 months ago at Koerner Hall. My ears are still ringing since that day. She was truly an incredible pianist. Also got to meet her and take a pic with her after. I love how she still reaches out to her fans no matter how busy her life is. True humility and she is truly INSPIRING! K
Thank you for this ,Chopin is my favorite and you as a pianist of course.
In fast part, best voice-leading I've heard so far. But beginning a bit too sleepy for me.
It is exactly that difference that makes it so special. The slowness of the first parts make the middle so dramatic.
Yeah she must be a really slow walker.
I've heard you play on youtube many times!! And it's marvelous music! And a marvelous intimiste place and play. Thank you
In the top 3 pianist of this genre...she is ... absolutely prestigious technique...she pockets most..trills, rubatos, and accuracy with fast fast temp she is the best..also strong controlled emotion is her aura ...a great smile ..I also think there is this competitiveness about her....these are my opinions of Valintina Lisitsa.
No pianist could ever top this. Valentina will always be the greatest. She's literally one with the piano. If she with the piano isn't the voice of god then I don't know what is.
👏👏
chopin nocturnes are one more wonderful than the other! seriously!! Thank you Val for making my life to have a sense!
Can't sleep tonight? Search chopin op 55 wait a sec then... You made it.
Chopin, Lisitsa... The world is perfec
You And Chopin.....🥰🌹🌹🌹
This is one of the most underrated Nocturnes. I'm so glad you played it! :)
Très belle partition, jouée de façon magnifique. La prise de vue est sublime comme l'interprète. Je ne cesse d'admirer votre talent. Merci Valentina, continuez à nous faire rêver.
Preuve que virtuosité ne rime pas forcément avec précipitation. Emouvante interprétation !
And Chopin maximizing the polyphony of the piano!
Please stop adding that intro to your videos.
I really love you and your performances😍🥺👏❤
These are such beautiful pieces. You are so wonderful Valentina!
She is the ultimate pianist. I have yet to see a piece she performs that I don't love.
Гениально, как всегда, ну что ещё сказать
AHH! I'm so jealous you got to see that! It wasn't in the budget for me this time, but next time for sure. Nuts to rent!
我听过节奏最迷人 也是最神经质的Op 55 非常独特！
She's not a pianist. She's an artist.
A pianist *is* an artist
Wonderful !!!!!
Great Interpretation !!!!!
Thank you
I remember learning the first nocturne! It was really fun and it was my first one!
Now I feel soooo sorry that I didn't realize eralier that you're gonna be in Switzerland :(
The most empathetic pianist, most advanced technological level 3>
The recording volume is quite low
I dunno, but am I the only one who feels she's playing to slowly, I feel as if she's breaking important pieces of the song which go together create beautiful sounds.. It feels as if the full effect of these beautiful sounds is not really working with the tempo.
If you're talking about the f minor, then It's not just you. I think that her tempo is a little slow, but the bigger problem, for me, was her excessive use of rubato. She often changed the tempo from one musical phrase to another, and sometimes even within the phrase.
I thought her f major was nice though.
mcinshadley i agree
Wirklich unglaublich schön 😍
I like the syncopic accentuation on the left hand (:
Chopin wrote so many wonderful pieces. Is it any wonder that he is so loved by musicians around the world. The one ingredient that brings his music to life is an artist at the keyboard and you are simply one of the best! Congratulations on your dedication and devotion to the classics!....Will
I hope you're right but the thing i observe is that there is a same chaotic movement in music that we have in all kind of arts... The things that beacame important are concepts, maths and so on which have no links whith feelings an emotions...
I like to think that, we will have a great composer, or many like that in our time. In that, we will get passed the super-dissonant (but still charming!) ways of fennesey and others, and learn to cultivate both modernism and romanticism in our compositions. It may be a few years, but I think that we shall have some great composers in our time.
si, yo se exactamente que estas diciendo. ?Como - ambos manos tocando a mismo tiempo, izqierda y dercha -mismo tiempo?...si?, ella toca asi mucho cuando tocando canciones de chopin ... creo que si ... vale , no hablar espanol perfectaente pero, yo he estando hablando espanol como diez an~os , mas o menos...gracias por me contestes.
😊
This is really very good. I've been playing this for years and always rushed through the final page. A truly inspirational performance.
Sublime Valentina Lisitsa !.............
These compositions, this avant style, the works of cage, schoenberg, boulez, etc. They did what musicians had been struggling to do for centuries, in that they completely abolished all set constructs of what could be considered music. Now, we, the generation of musicians that survived this, can use whatever style we want to compose. That in itself makes those men geniuses.
Isn't this in F Minor?
Where are he Chopin and Liszt of our time? Don't you think the current movement in classical music is killing music itself?
fantastica.
I beg your pardon , Mrs. Lisitsa have you in program to play
Saint Saens 5th piano concerto , Dvorak piano concerto or Tchajkowksy 2nd piano concerto ? I'd be very very curious to listen to you playing these scores. Wonderful piano concertos played by a fantastic pianist .
Although I am a big fan of Ms. Lisitsa, I feel that her tempo was a bit sluggish in the F minor nocturne. I think Chopin would have preferred less rubato and a more even flow. He was a stickler for using a metronome. I do respect her interpretation though. It was more emotional than technical and she conveyed a sense of loneliness and longing.
i thought the same thing. its incredibly hard to find that right amount of minimalistic rubato that is needed to get that magic balance between emotion and slightly distanced nobility that is needed for the nocturnes.
to me, even after all these years, rubinstein remains the benchmark as far as that perfect balance is concerned. just came here from his recording of the same nocturne, and in comparison this just feels a bit overacted.
which of course is nitpicking at an absurdly high level when talking about the almost alien level piano player that is Mrs. Lisitsa. but id say, the sheer fact that youre in the league where people find it appropriate to compare your performances to rubinstein is all thats needed to say about what level Lisitsa is at.
I love you..
F Major Op 15 à 6'20"
Wonderful!!!
Well, Val, your detractors say that you're all technique and no feeling. I do believe this piece - one of my favourite Chopin nocturnes - proves them completely wrong! :-)
Wonderfull!
Great！！
Awesome. I see that you have it as your profile picture. Also, I met her in Portland last December and I stayed until the hall cleared out so I got to talk with her for about 5 mins. (one of the best 5 minutes of my life) I asked her a few questions and got my picture with her and got my Royal Albert Hall DVD signed. My profile pic is also of Lisitsa and I.
Sublime
Of all the Chopin interpretations I ever heared -and i heared a lot-, Valentina's are the ones played with more feeling, but a fantastic technique.
We love you, Valentina! I told my piano teacher about you and when she saw your videos she said "If I'm a good teacher, I'm sure you'll play like her someday and my work will be done."
I'd love for you to play nothing but Chopin's nocturnes and preludes for 6 months, with no live stream, instant messaging or other distractions. You are so gifted.
just what I needed to listen to right now, been so stressed out! thank you Valentina
Прекрасно. Спасибо вам, Валентина!
Valentina, you have a divine talent. At some time in your life you have definitely been touched by an Angel.
Love the purple dress and the gentle ringlets in your hair
Toute la sensibilité de Chopin chez Valentina. Quel bonheur de l'écouter...
Chère Valentina, venez à Berlin! Malheureusement je n'ai que des relations concernant le théâtre.... Mais je suis sûre que vous ayez un auditoire encharmé, enthousiasmé!
Hypnotizing
Grand playing. Mastered tonality with a tremendous subtlety. Valentina keeps on leaving her golden marks in the history of music.
so jealous of you!!! i also knew if the concert too late .. .sigh.
Incredible performance *__*
Please come here to play for my birthday! *____*
Beautiful performance, Valentina! I love Chopin's Nocturnes. You are very talented! :D