Beethoven Sonata #17 d minor Op.31 No.2 Valentina Lisitsa

[@Emma-ob5oj]

1st movement: 0:00 2nd movement: 8:28 3rd movement: 14:54

[@Rosangela161]

Thank you Valentina. Shocking performance. Unrestrained tears.

[@Rosangela161]

@@ValentinaLisitsaQOR ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🏆

[@ともやまは]

I agree. 🌹🌹my tears.

[@Lulu-jl5zd]

This is your piece Valentina. I feel that this performance is the definitive performance. Every note you played spoke. Beautiful, loaded with sadness and an unspoken courage. Thank you so much.

[@tbarrelier]

Thank God for Beethoven. This sonata is a marvel, beyond comprehension. Valentina Lisitsa brings out nuances I've never heard before, and it's been many years since I first heard this work. Thank you Valentina!

[@osmhrk3543]

２楽章まで左手を雄弁に振る舞わせ、走りたくなるところをぐっとこらえて、終楽章のNobleで詩的な右手のダンスに繋げる構成が見事だ。全曲のダイナミクスを意図的に抑えていることも楽想に奥行を与えている。

[@pmtrieve2065]

This is one of my favorite Beethoven sonatas. Nobody has played it better. Not Ashkenazy. Not Brendel. Not Arrau. Congratulations Val on a fabulous performance! You are at the top of the class.

[@ericbruyn]

Friedrich Gulda

[@joelmacinnes2391]

Not heard Gulda's, but Annie Fischer's is another wonderful performance, I don't like to compare artists but Lisitsa is right up there with the best

[@sandrap7408]

Your PASSIONATE playing brings out what Beethoven had in mind...reaching the heavens..... thank you so much! You are an angel to bring this music to us....

[@prenomnom7301]

Souvent les meilleurs pianistes font souffler la «Tempête » avec brio et c’est tout… Mais avec vous elle gronde et court vraiment dans le vent beethovénien !!! Bravo !

[@alanblackwood1]

Valentina gets as close to my conception of this glorious music as any pianist I've heard. Wonderful!

[@cynthiacampbell7277]

Oh, that third movement is breathtaking. Lovely performance, thank you!

[@gorandobrenovic3325]

One of Beethoven's favorite sonatas, from a favorite pianist ...

[@Wolfgang262]

Beethoven was a marvelous musical story teller and you excel in bringing that out in this sonata . The voices are clear, distinct and truthful . This is music at its finest .

[@Еленапанфилова-б8п]

Der Storm!!! Es regnet in Strömen! Es donnert! Und die Sonne!!!! Durch Strömen! Meine Lieblingspianistin!

[@IvanIvanov-hz7dy]

Одна из моих самых любимых бетховенских сонат. Слушал ее в разных исполнениях очень много раз. Спасибо огромное за эту запись, очень трогательно получилось.

[@traceysedlakova4383]

Beautiful. I have goosebumps. I can’t wait to show my 9 yr old son. You’re his piano idol :)

[@tomlin4179]

M2. 8:28 ; M3. 14:54 末樂章好像是變奏曲式,要注意其轉折方式與帶出的氣氛 ! 個人覺得本錄音,琴音清脆,十分好聽 ! 最後我要說 I love Valentina like everyone ! thank you !

[@JosephLupoli]

Thank you, Valentina, for giving us yet another sterling Beethoven Sonata performance. As usual, you're not afraid to play even the most technically difficult pieces in a beautiful and spirited fashion!

[@mauricepitman]

miss Valentina ..what an incredible interpretation ...many thanks...i marvel to think how Beethoven conceived this in his mind ..its so awesome ,powerful and timeless ...

[@cezarfreysleben5911]

You and the piano become one entity. Your Beethoven transcends! It is absolutely breathtaking. Thank you for such magnificent interpretation!

[@ТетянаЛевіна]

Валечка! Наконец-то я дождалась свою «родную» сонату!!!-с ней поступала в то лето в консу....-на консультацию к первому попала к ИгрМхРяб..-(ну ты поняла...)-он прозвал меня тогда внучкой Нильсена...( должна была поступать в Ленинград )-кажется это всё было только вчера......-сейчас слушаю тебя ..-даже прослезилась...вспомнилось все...-тот первый экзамен по специальности- три «5-ки»-Лисица , Юрченко, Янченко..... Ты -такая же молодчина!! Как всегда лучшая!! Крепко обнимаем!!! Пока PS платье -супер!! Ну просто-красотка!!!

[@crewelocoman5b161]

I've always enjoyed your performances of this Sonata on KZbin (especially the GoPro version a couple of years ago) but nothing compares to the live performance you gave a couple of months ago at Monkton Combe which I was fortunate to witness. The way you played that opening Arpeggio Mysterioso was unforgetable. It hung there resonating in the stillness and total silence of the recital room and everybody was left wondering what is coming next. It is moments like these that makes you appreciate the profundity and the wonder of great music. Thank you for giving us this insight. Your performance was truly magnificent.

[@lepicjakub]

That third movement is my favorite Beethoven, I listened to every interpretation I could get my ears on and I like yours best. Really, thank you, thank you, this is absolutely beautiful.

[@olivierdrouin2701]

I don t liké iit very much , except by pogorelich

[@luciantambo1911]

You play that No 17 Sonata like it's magic.

[@uzm.dr.1789]

Everybody can play piano, but you are making love with it. Huge respect!

[@arnaudnilwik]

Уважаемая Валентина, спасибо, что радостно наслаждались твоим удивительным талантом в эти темные и грустные дни. Большое спасибо, это очень много значит для меня. Теплое приветствие из Нидерландов.

[@petermcaleercomposer]

Such passion. I've known and played this work for decades but never got under its skin like this

[@not2tees]

I remember, as an intense teenager, admiring the intensity of this sonata. This is a tell it the way it is sonata.

[@gabrieleruffini4884]

one of the most impressive and moving performances of this wonderful sonata

[@johannesdenee6007]

Not only do you create music, you create life while you are doing it. Without you my life wouldn't be worth living.

[@saravanbichi]

Beautiful! I love the clarity with which you bring out the inner voices and the ornamentation, especially in the third movement.

[@umbrellacorp1344]

Ich liebe es, wie Sie Klavier spielen ! Vielen herzlichen Dank

[@robtanner4898]

I have always loved Beethoven's works and now I can add this piece as well. I think you are the finest pianist on the internet or anywhere!!

[@Spscc23998]

Thank you for a most wonderful performance, Valentina. Listening to this beautiful music helped me to forget my worries about what is happening all over the world!

[@Kollenda1]

Heavenly music - heavenly interpretation!

[@EmbraceWithin]

This sonata is so full of emotion, wonderful performance!

[@jojate100]

Dear Valentina! I don't know whether it is the Beethoven sonata or your truly perfect interpretation, in any case, both make me deeply overjoyed when I listen to it, if not addicted, I have to listen to it listen to it again and again. Thank you a thousand times over for performing it here on KZbin. You are truly brilliant! Sorry for my bad english.

[@Luutzen007]

A passionate Valentina for Beethoven... Nice ending.

[@Professor694]

Бетховен в Вашем исполнении шикарен ! Вы прекрасно передаёте дух той эпохи!

[@michailkotin6964]

Не понял, при чём здесь дух эпохи. Бетховен во многом этот дух меняет и ему противится. Он СОЗДАЁТ свой собственный дух, для всех эпох! Но с оценкой исполнения полностью согласен.

[@Professor694]

@@michailkotin6964 дух эпохи в смысле революционное настроение как самого Бетховена так и целых народов,т.к.на стыке 18 и 19 столетия произошла великая французская революция, Бетховен даже написал 3 симфонию ,в память о Наполеоне,в последствии,переименовав её "В память о великом человеке"

[@michailkotin6964]

@@Professor694 Всё не так просто, как это описывалось в советских "пособиях". Бетховен был противником революции, потому что она привела к якобинской диктатуре. Он принимал её более или менее хорошо до 1791 г. На Наполеона он возлагал надежды, пока тот не объявил себя императором. А во время войны с Наполеоном был ярым его противником. Но дело не в этом. 17-я соната вообще не про это, а, так сказать, "про Шекспира", как и сам Бетховен писал.

[@Professor694]

@@michailkotin6964 благодарю за информацию)

[@jordan88keys]

Thanks for sharing the video! Love seeing the whole studio, too. You play it exactly how I hear it in my head! The tone quality you have on the first theme is marvelous. This piece rages with such stormy energy! Excellent rendition.

[@alvarito45]

Grandissima Valentina. Love your performance. Thank you!!

[@Barcollo69]

I'm really surprised, excellent your performance of one of my favorite Beethoven sonatas. My congratulations

[@giuliacantelli]

GRAZIE INFINITE ❣❣ VALENTINA meravigliosa 💖💖 Sei Super eccellente 🌹🌹 La mia preferita sempre 🍀🍀

[@murdo_mck]

At 20:26 in the live chat Emmanuel asked 'Why do you name yourself “queen of rachmaninoff”'. Valentina answered in the 5 minute run-out (hidden on replay). So for anyone like me who always wondered: "ValentinaLisitsa @ Emmanuel Nicolaides It came from a young girl in Indonesia, and she even spelled ot wrong "da quin" I thought it was very cute". Perhaps "da quin" might be correct spelling in a local pidgin english or creole?

[@ЕкатеринаМелодичная]

Каждый звук, как пазл в удивительную картину... Спасибо!

[@michailkotin6964]

С замиранием сердца жду 31-ю и 32-ю (последнюю особенно из-за второй части, после Мацуева и целого ряда других молодых хотелось бы услышать что-то от "новых", что снова вернёт веру в то, что Бетховен - это Бетховен).

[@jojate100]

Liebe Valentina! Ich weiß jetzt nicht, ob es die Sonate von Beethoven ist, oder deine, wirklich perfekte Interpretation, beides macht mich auf jeden Fall zutiefst überglücklich beim Hören, wenn nicht gar süchtig, ich muss es immer wieder hören. Ich danke dir tausendmal, dass du es hier auf KZbin vorgetragen hast. Du bist echt genial!

[@giuliacantelli]

Splendida ❣❣ BRAVISSIMA 💎 Bellissima ⚘ Incantevole 🏆

[@Andersdenkende]

Never heard so many details in this sonata... Not a surprise but nevertheless... Surprisingly beautifull combination valentina & beethoven... Thank you Valentina

[@anakarinapianist]

Dear Valentina, you've been my piano idol since I found your videos when I was 10 years old. It gives me goosebumps everytime I hear you play. Thank you for so much music!

[@TheOneStoneAngell]

Enjoying your love of music from South Carolina, thank you so much!!!

[@TJMalana]

I'm excited for Beethoven: Sonata No.26 in E-flat Major, "Les Adieux" hopefully that's on you list Val.

[@JosephLupoli]

That's okay, Valentina. We're willing to wait patiently for your always exciting and riveting "Les Adieux".

[@TJMalana]

@@ValentinaLisitsaQOR No problem Val I still enjoy the version you made on April Fools when you had a bad hair day. Remember that video? LOL 😁

[@SILAS-cb9xl]

I am excited to hear her Interpretation of the Hammerklaviersonata and the 32th Sonata.

[@StuartSimon]

How far have you gotten so far?

[@SILAS-cb9xl]

@@StuartSimon what do you exactly mean?

[@ericboero]

Splendida,come sempre.Grazie Valentina!

[@gladiolaulqinaku]

Dear Valentina, Every time you post a new piece on KZbin I never finish it through the end the first time as I rush to send it to my piano teacher who is Russian and certainly adores you! Thank you for filling up our rooms with your extraordinary Grace. God bless!

[@ashleybarrie5343]

Love this Sonata, third movement is incredible ❤️. Valentina your Awesome, hope to see you one day💐.

[@piersbh]

Dear god, what an extraordinary interpretation. Frightening, seductive, gentle and kind, and doom laden; you have found a range of emotions and passion in this piece that is simply riveting. I have listened to this repeatedly, hearing new depths to the music each time. Your performance is a huge challenge to the listener, exactly as Beethoven would have wanted.

[@marinarabini363]

Meravigliosa. Again I think " Oh this was the best one. ". Thank You !

[@Nobilangelo]

You do not play Beethoven's music on a piano, you express it with one. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@horoffra]

Black and white works always nicely for videos 😊🙏

[@josephinesetyadi9060]

Whenever she is not in a concert hall to play, and not out in the public at a station or something, where else is she playing at? Like this one and a few others like this? It looks like she is playing before or after a rehearsal, all by herself in the dark. Does anybody know? I love the fact that she plays in different venues, always very unique!! She can play any where on any piano (such street piano). Amazing pianist!!

[@15935741236985]

amazing pianist!

[@andreagriseri7656]

Valentina.....I thank your mother and your father........!!!! Yes unrestrained tears

[@calebzanker2445]

Didn't think I'd be in a live chat with the pianist herself! Hopefully I can be here for no.18!

[@thomasstambaugh5181]

Bravissimo. You show us that Beethoven did not "compose" this. In fact, he discovered something that was there all along, waiting to be revealed. I realize that it demeans you for me to say that you "channel Beethoven". You do something more profound -- you reveal aspects of this ineffable musical edifice that even Beethoven missed the first time around. Each of these is a living breathing being, imprisoned until now. You don't "play" these, or even "perform" them. You breathe life into them, so that they envelop and embrace us. I think this is what I most cherish about this entire Sonata cycle. These are so much more than individual pieces dreamed up, written down, and then repeated verbatim for centuries. You, Valentina, are one of a handful of explorers who delicately unearth these. You brush away the debris and cobwebs, you polish the surfaces until they gleam, then you bring them to life in all their glory for each of us. Please don't stop. Don't stop with Beethoven. Don't let the pandemic stop you. Thank you

[@sebart9321]

Thank you dearly for blessing us all with your art and skill. Videos like yours should always be viral and on TV. I'm mindblown everytime I hear you play!

[@wolfie1g]

Just started working on this sonata yesterday. First movement currently...can’t wait!

[@FerranLopezCarrasquerPianist]

Wonderful playing, thanks for sharing it , under these unfortunate circumstances, Cheers!

[@FloZitzelsberger]

Wonderful performance; most insightful and sensitive approach to the second movement I‘ve heard so far, especially in terms of pedaling!

[@ronmul99]

What a force of nature. Brilliant ! Thanks Valentina

[@RogerioAquino18jun]

🇧🇷 FANTÁSTICO! 🌹(Бразилия) 🇺🇲 FANTASTIC 👏👏👏

[@giuliacantelli]

Emozionante Fantastica La migliore

[@andreasvakirtzis1093]

Спасибо Валентина, Это удивительно!

[@wikemazowski6458]

Beautiful! Magnifique! Fantastic! You do it perfectly every time! Each and every detail is expressed without hesitation and with every ounce of profundity possible. Bravo, I say, Bravo!!!

[@ЮрийКуриленко-п1р]

Спасибо! Влюбился в Ваши руки!

[@mercedesmartinezrubio1428]

Me entusiasma escucharte admirada Valentina, me transportas a otra dimensión, eres fabulosa y magistral con tu maravilloso virtuosismo, bravo Valentina.

[@elenaiaroshenko7341]

Слушаю и тяготы бытия отходят на задний план.Спасибо.Грустно сейчас в Киеве -карантин,было задымление,но в праздник Пасхи воздух очистился.Радует более раннее ,чем обычно цветение вишен,груш...

[@하늘-t6v9n]

14:53 3rd mov.

[@An80285]

Спасибо вам огромное. Вы большая умничка

[@토끼-x9c]

I love both of your plays, in seoul art center and this recording.

[@MrLJeffery]

Yay !! Good show for the quarantine low

[@jorgeandrade20]

Such an amazing performance, thanks for sharing your talent during these challenging times! Be well and be safe!

[@ganghyunsung5412]

Omg I can't believe I missed this!! I was at studying till 11PM in the night and.. stupid studying ruined my day.. Oh great.. Haha.. Anyway, thank you a lot for another great performance on Tempest!! This is one of my favorite Beethoven sonata to listen to. Thank you very much for satisfying my ears like always :) If you read this long comment, thank you very much! Another comment from a fan from south korea~~!! 😄😄

[@maetes54]

You are still lucky, once I studied some minutes beyond 22h, when I heard a terrible crash in the direction of the entrance to my flat, only to see big hole in the middle of the door and the very red visage of my always drunk neighbor, holding a giant hammer in both hands...

[@ganghyunsung5412]

@@maetes54Oh I see.. Its still hard studying in Korea because they do a lot of work though... Thank you for your reply! It was nice seeing your short story.

[@MrFrapado]

Beautiful, Supreme & Magnificent Valentina! Thank you! 🎵🌺🐣🔥This current Tempest 👑🦠is required to make this world a better place 🕊🕊🕊Love the Russian doll dress 👏👏👏who knows...some more tiny Valentina’s might come out of it 😘🥰😊🌟🌟🌟🎶🎵🎶

[@mauriziobui4533]

Brava Valentina e grazie🇮🇹😘❤️

[@ronambergerphotoandvideo6263]

Love your Beethoven sonatas. Looking forward to more. Keeps me going while shut in.

[@guillaumepillaud7256]

so much colors in music, and Black and White on the screen.... ;)

[@ichbintupinikim]

Bravo! Bravo! Bravo!

[@christopherherman8994]

Thanks Valentina!

[@matthiasl.2020]

I love your play! And wonderful that you let us participate at your interpretation of this lovely Beethoven Sonata. I also want to recommend the version of Igor Levit who by the way did a wonderful podcast series about the 32 sonatas in German which is full of Esprit and interesting information about Beethoven‘s life.

[@coolchef64]

Classic B/W. Now THAT'S entertainment!!! Inspiring piece on this crass and dismal day. -Thank you. -s

[@sweetfangs1979]

Wonderful performance! Bravo!

[@adamsmith275]

...I like this version much... much better than the other one!... The one with the small camera whose image makes me dizzy!... And... this dress is much more elegant!...

[@adityabodhe3340]

so beautiful she is!

[@Emma-ob5oj]

I love this, thank you👏🏻😍

[@BobsArtGallery]

You are my favourite pianist...Love you

[@carolwilson9570]

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing! ❤️

[@VicenteSegura]

Oh! Dios mío. Muchas gracias por ésto, Valentina.

[@beethovensg]

So beautiful and new are the voices and independences each line throughout. Miricles to hear this in the 250 year of the Master.

[@jojate100]

Шановна Валентино, лише ними Бетховен живе по-справжньому! З повагою, Томас ❤

[@garfreed]

Your work is a delight!

[@michailkotin6964]

Дубль два! Совершенно иное исполнение. Максимально близкое в этой версии к моему любимому исполнителю этой сонаты Г.Г. Нейгаузу. Нет пределов совершенства для этой пианистки. После 3-й, 4-й, 23-й, 29-й и 30-й, казалось бы, трудно удивляться чему бы то ни было, однако... В исполнении год назад мне чуть-чуть мешала "буря" в третьей части, где ожидался бы скорее "Сон в летнюю ночь", там именно Нейгауз показал этот контраст. Но тут Лисица всё наверстала!!! Пасхальный подарок. Prachtvolle, tadellose Interpretation! Shakespeare. 1.Teil: "Der Sturm". 3. Part: "Sommernachtstraum". Ein Ostergeschenk.