Watching Valentina's hands in the slow 2nd movement is like watching a very graceful ballet. So beautiful, the incredible touch and feel for every note she plays. This really is the definition of poetry in motion!
She is just simply fantastic as a player, so powerful and yet with a gentle lady-touch, fantastic interpretation, for me the best ever, together with the Pathetique....absolutely amazing....she is not brava she is BRAVISSIMA!!!!
I am so very impressed nobody actually commented "huuuh you should go check Evengy kissin" or "Yundi Li", "he's way better". People like that are so annoying
The first live classical concert I ever went to was Roger Woodward playing this at the Sydney Opera House in about 1976. I still remember that wonderful transition to the rondo - it brought tears to my eyes (admittedly helped by being with my date who was a student pianist I was madly in love with). That didn't happen again until I listened to this (about 15'50"). What a fabulous performance.
Absolutely fantastic - please please please don't ever retire or quit playing as your playing is an inspiration to me and all and hopefully yourself as well.
Valentina, your interpretation and performance of this great work are phenomenal!! What is most impressive is that you don't ever struggle to keep up....you anticipate each and every sound so carefully, always ahead of the curve....effortless play with a quick mind and nimble fingers and the best in our world today. Your mastery and beautiful passion cannot be touched in my humble opinion. You don't just play the music....you FEEL the music, too. BRAVO!! ~Jackie
Awesome! Valentina's stunning legato, touch, and restrained use of the sustaining pedal is transcendental musicianship of the highest kind. Right up there with Gilels and Rubinstein. Bravo!
Очень чувственное, романтичное, женственное, что ли, исполнение. Не смог оторваться до конца исполнения (язык не поворачивается назвать роликом). Спасибо огромное!
Brava Valentina! I've just missed seeing your beautiful face and the beautiful expressions you make when you play. that is also part of the pleasure of listening you.
I Never had anything to do with classic Music and just wanted to let you Know Valentina that you just made me obsessed with it. I Love your play style, the pieces you pick to play and everything else. I even went to a concert of yours here in Berlin this Year. Im literally obsessed with you >.< Thanks for bringing me Into that beautiful new Genre!
It's hard for me to imagine a greater love of music than that, which you so generously share with us. Watching you play reminds me of an extraordinary beautiful and gifted ballerina...able to dance upon the keyboard.
Val .. You played the Octaves passage ( right and left hands) in the finale of the third movement incredibly simply( as it is written, piano legato and swiftly, which represents extreme difficulty to all pianists), in fact I've never seen it played like that before (all great pianists had played it Glissando octaves),, you're unique and matchless my lady,, God bless you. and keep you sound for us ever.
Back in the 70's i went out and bought a load of Beethoven. My first excursion into clasical. It went in one.ear and out the other. I left the Waldstein on repeat on the turntable and laid down and fell asleep. Somehow the last bars of the grave section woke me up and the arpegios at the beginning of the final movement gave me goosebumps. I have been a Classical fan ever since. Thank God for Beethoven, Vladimer Ashkenasy, And, the then, modern day technology.
It’s amazing that the human brain is capable of playing such a long piece by memory alone. I am no musician, don’t typically listen to classical, but this was wonderful. She has been gifted with a wonderful artistic talent.
I love playing the piano, Fortunately taught myself at the age of 15yrs old, valentina plays the waldstein amazing, I am currently teaching myself the waldstein, I love playing Beethoven sonatas like the moonlight pathetique and various other pieces, but in all honesty I give the credit to the one that made this possible in the first place, the creator of our awesome brain and fingers, and that is the ALMIGHTY GOD JEHOVAH,
Это потрясающее выступление превосходного пианиста, расходующего музыканта и изысканного художника. Брава, брависсима! This is a fabulous performance by a superb pianist, consumate musician and exquisite artist. Brava, bravissima!
Dear Valentina-- There is so much recorded music in our age of internet and we take a lot of it for granted. Sometimes it just fades into the background. But your piano pieces always cuts the pieces of the backdrop and gives me goosebumps. There is just something about how you interpret the music that speaks to me. There are so many artists on UA-cam all over the world from many different time periods, but you are the very best. Also I love your Chopin, please more Chopin!
That was one of the MOST beautiful things I have EVER seen happen in front of a piano, I have been playing the piano since childhood, that was pleasing to watch Thank You!
Beethoven is a famous composer in the world including Japan. Your sound of playing piano’s performance influences to our hearts and conveys your intention into our souls. We cannot take our ears off of yours❣️
The technique and interpretation are simply WONDERFUL! Thank you Valentina, you never fail to do the impossible which is to actually improve on perfection!!!
Possibly the best thing she has uploaded and that is saying a lot as all of her playing is superlative. But this is beyond. Completely mature brilliant interpretation. Fire Beethoven would have been proud of when it is called for and perfect tender lyricism to balance it out. And such clarity. No hiding with the pedal here. Just pure unadulterated incredible technique. I can tell she must have a special affinity for this piece. And also may I say her choice of clothing is refreshing. Suits the piece in a classy way. Sometimes I wonder these days what some females pianists (no names mentioned) want to you pay attention too!
I have been fortunate to see her live on Amelia Island a couple of times. Truly original in conception, and the left hand playing is unsurpassed, in my opinion.
What an incredible Sonata Beethoven wrote when the Waldstein came out of his heart! That first movement alone is just so miraculously happy and beautiful. Waldstein and Appassionata are perhaps my top 2 favorites of all 32! Oh, to be you Valentina!!! You play EVERYTHING so beautifully! Maybe in the next life, I will play like you!!! You are a gift and a blessing to this world we live in, even in the midst of all the trials and chaos throughout the world! Your playing melts my heart and conquers the wild beast within me!
Well...that's a stretch. She loves Putin a bit more than Beethoven would have been comfortable with. He had a problem with totalitarian types, after all. Great pianist, though.
C'è qualcosa di veramente indecifrabile nella capacità di questa donna di suonare come se non fosse umana tirando fuori tutto quello c'è di più umano in ogni brano che esegue. 💙 LA ADORO 💙
Beethoven lädt uns mit einem beharrlichen Klopfen in seine grandiose Sonate ein. Hervorragend, diese Pianistin! Mit ihrer unwahrscheinlichen Geläufigkeit der Finger lässt sie voll Gefühl und Dramatik Beethovens Werk erklingen.
She has the perfect technique, I love her Apassionata interpretation, about this one I think Gilels has the best performance. I love u, Lisitsa you are a wanderful performer.
This woman, this beautiful woman, is the most amazing pianist I have ever heard in my 71 years. I discovered her a few months ago, and I have never heard anyone, including Horowitz, Rubinstein, Gilels, Barenboim, Marta Argerich , and certainly not Lang Lang or Yuja Wang and many others who can play with such passion and virtuosity as Valentina!!!
The beginning of the third movement is like the promise of Spring, the hope of life, I don't know what else but it frees the heart, always worrying about things as it does.
Siempre que oigo el Waldstein lo oigo interpretado por Claudio Arrau para mi el mejor intérprete de las obras de Beethoven.sin embargo debo reconocer que Valentina Lisitsala interpretó con verdadero espíritu Beethoviano..Brava Valentina
Oh my gosh, one of my favourite pianists playing one of my favourite pieces, awesome. I really like your touch and your excellent technique. I really know how hard this sonata is (though only from the first movement), and to get it at your level... wow! I wish I could subscribe more than once.
Perfect time to upload- I was here deciding which Beethoven sonata to prepare for an audition. I was contemplating if I should do the Waldstein or another one....but you just decided for me! Thank you Valentina Lisitsa!! :-)
That was absolutely marvelous! Valentina, your interpretation and skill have completely swayed me. This was the most compelling performance of the Waldstein I’ve ever heard. The sheer clarity and range in contrast you achieve through your technique and virtuosity deserves the greatest commendation. Thank you for being here on UA-cam, and for allowing me to imagine Beethoven himself performing his piece, but realizing that even he may not have been as good on the piano as you are, he just relied on his ability to hear it in his mind. Although it’s hard to say for sure, as he was renowned for his ability to play and improvise. I digress. Much respect and admiration, - Cole
I adore Valentina! but this is not my favorite performance of this piece... STILL ... she's DROP DEAD sensational!!!! WHAT a gift to the music world!!!
Yes I am in sympathy with you,my intro to this sonata was in St Pancras Station London plated by an 11 yr old boy who I must thank for his amazing performance enabling me to appreciate Valentina's exceptional Talent
She is preforming live all over Western Europe and also Singapore this year, 2018. I hope she comes to the US in 2019. Eventually I will see her even if I have to travel far. It would be worth it to me........
Интересно, а с чего бы «наши» играли лучше произведения «не нашего» композитора? Я никоем образом не умаляю техники и мастерства исполнителя, но это не имеет ничего общего с национальностью 😉
Watching Valentina's hands in the slow 2nd movement is like watching a very graceful ballet. So beautiful, the incredible touch and feel for every note she plays. This really is the definition of poetry in motion!
Fantastic performance. Beethoven’s Waldstein is an incredible piece of music, never performed better with more feeling. Bravo!
I'm mesmerized by her sound and the absolute clarity of her playing... I can hear EVERYTHING... She is really something else.
She is just simply fantastic as a player, so powerful and yet with a gentle lady-touch, fantastic interpretation, for me the best ever, together with the Pathetique....absolutely amazing....she is not brava she is BRAVISSIMA!!!!
Just awesome. It’s not easy to find a pianist who can balance and intertwine technique and emotions like Ms Lisitsa.
,❤
Thank you Valentina! Simply the best!
she is one of the greatest pianists of our generation
Ela é vadeo
Agreed
She's great!!! I'd like to meet her ASAP. Can't wait for.
The GREATEST!
I am so very impressed nobody actually commented "huuuh you should go check Evengy kissin" or "Yundi Li", "he's way better". People like that are so annoying
She is one of the best pianists out there, really.
Ze Ro i completely agree and....kurapika! Love the pic X3
yea she is like michaelangeli
@@nothisiskas wydm kurapika as in HXH????????????
@@samaritan29 that was ages ago but yeah i think
Eliana Gardner
Might’ve been Kurapika but rn it’s L
The first live classical concert I ever went to was Roger Woodward playing this at the Sydney Opera House in about 1976. I still remember that wonderful transition to the rondo - it brought tears to my eyes (admittedly helped by being with my date who was a student pianist I was madly in love with). That didn't happen again until I listened to this (about 15'50"). What a fabulous performance.
I Love Her! La Divina Valentina! I follow her daily! She's the most GIFTED pianist on this Century!
I love the way Valentina pays such attention to the details of this piece! Very very nice!
I just happened to find her on UA-cam and I've forwarded her videos to everyone I know. She is extraordinary -- words fail me.
Absolutely fantastic - please please please don't ever retire or quit playing as your playing is an inspiration to me and all and hopefully yourself as well.
I'm amazed how some musicians can perform such difficult music with such great technique and beauty consistently...
Valentina, your interpretation and performance of this great work are phenomenal!! What is most impressive is that you don't ever struggle to keep up....you anticipate each and every sound so carefully, always ahead of the curve....effortless play with a quick mind and nimble fingers and the best in our world today. Your mastery and beautiful passion cannot be touched in my humble opinion. You don't just play the music....you FEEL the music, too. BRAVO!! ~Jackie
Wonderful !!! Beethoven played with passion !
Awesome! Valentina's stunning legato, touch, and restrained use of the sustaining pedal is transcendental musicianship of the highest kind. Right up there with Gilels and Rubinstein. Bravo!
One of the greatest performance of this masterpeice I´ve ever heard. The best of all in my opinion. ¡Brava, Valentina Lisitsa!
Нет слов... Просто сижу и наслаждаюсь очередной работой Валентины.
Очень чувственное, романтичное, женственное, что ли, исполнение. Не смог оторваться до конца исполнения (язык не поворачивается назвать роликом). Спасибо огромное!
Brava Valentina! I've just missed seeing your beautiful face and the beautiful expressions you make when you play. that is also part of the pleasure of listening you.
An utterly mesmerizing performance - sent chills down my spine. Thank you!
Your playing heals my soul, I shed tears at the beauty of this...thank you.
I Never had anything to do with classic Music and just wanted to let you Know Valentina that you just made me obsessed with it. I Love your play style, the pieces you pick to play and everything else. I even went to a concert of yours here in Berlin this Year. Im literally obsessed with you >.< Thanks for bringing me Into that beautiful new Genre!
It's hard for me to imagine a greater love of music than that, which you so generously share with us. Watching you play reminds me of an extraordinary beautiful and gifted ballerina...able to dance upon the keyboard.
Val .. You played the Octaves passage ( right and left hands) in the finale of the third movement incredibly simply( as it is written, piano legato and swiftly, which represents extreme difficulty to all pianists), in fact I've never seen it played like that before (all great pianists had played it Glissando octaves),, you're unique and matchless my lady,, God bless you. and keep you sound for us ever.
I saw Rubinstein do it that way. The way she did it.
Back in the 70's i went out and
bought a load of Beethoven.
My first excursion into clasical.
It went in one.ear and out the other.
I left the Waldstein on repeat
on the turntable and laid down
and fell asleep.
Somehow the last bars of the
grave section woke me up
and the arpegios at the beginning
of the final movement gave me
goosebumps.
I have been a Classical fan
ever since.
Thank God for Beethoven,
Vladimer Ashkenasy,
And, the then, modern day
technology.
It’s amazing that the human brain is capable of playing such a long piece by memory alone. I am no musician, don’t typically listen to classical, but this was wonderful. She has been gifted with a wonderful artistic talent.
you should watch how pianists practice. The repeat passages for over and over hours and days on end.
XHitsugaX and that's why memorizing long pieces actually is easier than most people think. It usually happens subconsciously.
I love playing the piano, Fortunately taught myself at the age of 15yrs old, valentina plays the waldstein amazing, I am currently teaching myself the waldstein, I love playing Beethoven sonatas like the moonlight pathetique and various other pieces, but in all honesty I give the credit to the one that made this possible in the first place, the creator of our awesome brain and fingers, and that is the ALMIGHTY GOD JEHOVAH,
Чудо Вы, Лисица! Слов нет, как здорово!
Valentina, I think Beethoven would be happy to listen to you, I'm your fan!
Это потрясающее выступление превосходного пианиста, расходующего музыканта и изысканного художника. Брава, брависсима!
This is a fabulous performance by a superb pianist, consumate musician and exquisite artist. Brava, bravissima!
Maravillosa música del genio , y bella interpretación de Valentina ❤️😍
Dear Valentina-- There is so much recorded music in our age of internet and we take a lot of it for granted. Sometimes it just fades into the background. But your piano pieces always cuts the pieces of the backdrop and gives me goosebumps. There is just something about how you interpret the music that speaks to me. There are so many artists on UA-cam all over the world from many different time periods, but you are the very best. Also I love your Chopin, please more Chopin!
That was one of the MOST beautiful things I have EVER seen happen in front of a piano, I have been playing the piano since childhood, that was pleasing to watch Thank You!
And then comes the glorious Waldstein 3rd Mvt!!! Oh so beautifully played, I could cry!!!
David Marcum
There IS a God !
David Marcum
There IS a God !
Excelente interpretación. Grandiosa Lisitsa. Beethoven, mi compositor favorito. Una muy buena combinación entre autor y ejecutante.
A highly skilled and emotionally charged performance of a very difficult piece.
You are so fun to watch and listen to, Valentina!
Beethoven is a famous composer in the world including Japan. Your sound of playing piano’s performance influences to our hearts and conveys your intention into our souls. We cannot take our ears off of yours❣️
Your fingers moves very quickly and attract our eyes. Moreover the performance is splendid.
What a great way to start a Saturday morning...listening to well-played Beethoven.
The technique and interpretation are simply WONDERFUL! Thank you Valentina, you never fail to do the impossible which is to actually improve on perfection!!!
Movement 2: 11:35
Movement 3: 15:53
Movement 1: 0:00
IM DYING
Stunning!
LOL
You Don't SAy??!!??!?
A moment, I thought the Movement that from 0:00 is the 4 :D :P =P =) :) =D
One of my favorite Beethoven sonatas, amazing performance!!!, greetings from Mexico! :)
Possibly the best thing she has uploaded and that is saying a lot as all of her playing is superlative. But this is beyond. Completely mature brilliant interpretation. Fire Beethoven would have been proud of when it is called for and perfect tender lyricism to balance it out. And such clarity. No hiding with the pedal here. Just pure unadulterated incredible technique. I can tell she must have a special affinity for this piece. And also may I say her choice of clothing is refreshing. Suits the piece in a classy way. Sometimes I wonder these days what some females pianists (no names mentioned) want to you pay attention too!
Gary Schmidt killed
And yet, you had to comment on the clothing anyway.
J'adore cette interprétation ! Bravo Valentina !
FINALLY !!! It is my favorite sonata, and I am really overwhelmed by your interpretation. Thank you so much, Valentina.
You obviously have not heard this played really well!
How wonderful! What a powerful third movement, although the whole performance was mesmerizing.
I have been fortunate to see her live on Amelia Island a couple of times. Truly original in conception, and the left hand playing is unsurpassed, in my opinion.
What an incredible Sonata Beethoven wrote when the Waldstein came out of his heart! That first movement alone is just so miraculously happy and beautiful. Waldstein and Appassionata are perhaps my top 2 favorites of all 32! Oh, to be you Valentina!!! You play EVERYTHING so beautifully! Maybe in the next life, I will play like you!!! You are a gift and a blessing to this world we live in, even in the midst of all the trials and chaos throughout the world! Your playing melts my heart and conquers the wild beast within me!
You obviously have not heard this played really well!
God gave us time, then He gave us Beethoven, then He gave us Valentina Lisitsa !
Exactly
Well...that's a stretch. She loves Putin a bit more than Beethoven would have been comfortable with. He had a problem with totalitarian types, after all.
Great pianist, though.
Прекрасное исполнение. Молодец. Много своего хорошего привнесла.
C'è qualcosa di veramente indecifrabile nella capacità di questa donna di suonare come se non fosse umana tirando fuori tutto quello c'è di più umano in ogni brano che esegue.
💙 LA ADORO 💙
Thank you very much Valentina! You are great!
The trills in the 3rd Mvt near the end were breathtaking! I'm going to go now and dream!!!
Sound produced as the continuity of a marvelous hand ballet. Goddess of piano!
Beethoven lädt uns mit einem beharrlichen Klopfen in seine grandiose Sonate ein.
Hervorragend, diese Pianistin!
Mit ihrer unwahrscheinlichen Geläufigkeit der Finger lässt sie voll Gefühl und Dramatik Beethovens Werk erklingen.
The finest performance of this work that I have ever heard!
You make this piece sound so easy and delightful - fantastic! Your interpretations are almost always my favourite :-)
She has the perfect technique, I love her Apassionata interpretation, about this one I think Gilels has the best performance.
I love u, Lisitsa you are a wanderful performer.
This woman, this beautiful woman, is the most amazing pianist I have ever heard in my 71 years. I discovered her a few months ago, and I have never heard anyone, including Horowitz, Rubinstein, Gilels, Barenboim, Marta Argerich , and certainly not Lang Lang or Yuja Wang and many others who can play with such passion and virtuosity as Valentina!!!
I love her incredible talent and musicianship so so much! Her husband is such a lucky man!!!
Yes he is!!!
Another brilliant rendition of Ludwig, Val. Keep it up!
The beginning of the third movement is like the promise of Spring, the hope of life, I don't know what else but it frees the heart, always worrying about things as it does.
sitting here in the dark, eyes closed, tears of joy.
at 22:47 extreme joy as only Beethoven (and Gilels, and Lisitsa) could express
Ludwig himself would be proud of such interpretation!
Дякую, Валентина! Слухання Валентини сприяє гарному дню!
Merci Valentina! Ecouter Valentina contribue à passe une bonne journée!
Great performance... As always!! You're such an inspiration for me! Coming to one of your recital is my dream! I'm big fan :)
I heard this last night before sleeping, and I have NEVER enjoyed a performance so much, of anything. Here I am, again.
Absolutely love the prestissimo interpretation. Fantastic job!
Timing
0:00 Movement 1
11:35 Movement 2
15:53. Movement 3
This is, again, INCREDIBLY good. Thank you very much for sharing your music with us :-)))
Absolutely the best interpretation I have heard. It speaks to the heart.
Siempre que oigo el Waldstein lo oigo interpretado por Claudio Arrau para mi el mejor intérprete de las obras de Beethoven.sin embargo debo reconocer que Valentina Lisitsala interpretó con verdadero espíritu Beethoviano..Brava Valentina
This great sonata is like a written for you！！Thank you Lisitsa👍👍👍
Absolutely amazing performance!
Oh my gosh, one of my favourite pianists playing one of my favourite pieces, awesome. I really like your touch and your excellent technique. I really know how hard this sonata is (though only from the first movement), and to get it at your level... wow!
I wish I could subscribe more than once.
M1chael0311 You can.
1. log out of YT account
2. register a new account
3. subscribe with new account
4. repeat until you get bored
Lol, that's true! Let's see when UA-cam will react by admonishing me
because of spamming with subscriptions/spawning redundant channels DD
Oh Valentina, thank you for 25 minutes of enjoyment of: closed eyes + music, in the bed, ( which not means get sleep) :)
The bell tones at 6:00 are remarkable!
Perfect time to upload- I was here deciding which Beethoven sonata to prepare for an audition. I was contemplating if I should do the Waldstein or another one....but you just decided for me! Thank you Valentina Lisitsa!! :-)
That was absolutely marvelous! Valentina, your interpretation and skill have completely swayed me. This was the most compelling performance of the Waldstein I’ve ever heard. The sheer clarity and range in contrast you achieve through your technique and virtuosity deserves the greatest commendation. Thank you for being here on UA-cam, and for allowing me to imagine Beethoven himself performing his piece, but realizing that even he may not have been as good on the piano as you are, he just relied on his ability to hear it in his mind. Although it’s hard to say for sure, as he was renowned for his ability to play and improvise. I digress.
Much respect and admiration,
- Cole
Kempff was a 1000 times better! So is Brendel.
Quelle extraordinaire et captivante soirée Beethovénienne grâce à vous !!!
I adore Valentina! but this is not my favorite performance of this piece... STILL ... she's DROP DEAD sensational!!!! WHAT a gift to the music world!!!
Yes I am in sympathy with you,my intro to this sonata was in St Pancras Station London plated by an 11 yr old boy who I must thank for his amazing performance enabling me to appreciate Valentina's exceptional Talent
While I don't know if anything will ever beat Pletnev's performance of this work for me, this is still a superlative performance!
I´m your fan from Brasil! I agree with Mr Clamchucker you are Lisztsitsa!
Thank you very much for such great moments.
Listening to your performance was a perfect way to end my day! Thank you!
Incrível!!!! Como ela foi tão longe!!! Que expressividade, clareza.... Excelente!!!! Bravo!!!!
this piece is incredible and now one of my new favorites. thank you
Perfect for this Mornings Wake and bake.Classical and cannabis are such a great combo especially when played by an awesome Pianist.
OMG. Stop being on drugs! LOL
+Anne Kellen Carnizello Accarini lol vc eh linda
I agree.
I’m stoned right know and i’m in heaven listening to this 🤤
Man. Just wonderful. Thank you for sharing this.
Valentina, és uma pianista fabulosa!! É um prazer indescritível lhe ouvir!
This beautiful music perfectly played by a beautiful woman...a imagination of heaven.Thanks a lot!
Like 415 ! WONDERFUL Valentina ! You play Perfectly each note ! I love you for that ! JC
My fingers hurts listening to the music. The best time spend in my life. Unbelievable.
Great performance! She plays with more emotion and so reminiscent of Vladimir Horowiritz’ performance of this Sonata.
She is preforming live all over Western Europe and also Singapore this year, 2018. I hope she comes to the US in 2019. Eventually I will see her even if I have to travel far. It would be worth it to me........
VALENTINA, AMAZING AS ALWAYS!!!
Very Nice and ecstatic Valentina Lisitsa
Extraordinariamente magnífico e insuperable. Una Mujer perfecta.
А я то думаю что так играть могут только НАШИ) Валентина, вы великолепны! Вам большой привет из Санкт-Петербурга и Ленинграда. Так держать.)
あｓー
Интересно, а с чего бы «наши» играли лучше произведения «не нашего» композитора? Я никоем образом не умаляю техники и мастерства исполнителя, но это не имеет ничего общего с национальностью 😉
@@anatolyjansen2414 Я про школу, а не про этнику.
BRAVO! BRAVISSIMO!