Bizet/Horowitz - Carmen Fantasy (Valentina Lisitsa piano)

[@arpeggiomikey]

So, Valentina creates a hybrid here of several versions ('47, '68) and throws in a few of her own licks for good measure. Ultimately, she makes the piece her own, and if it does not exactly go completely according to plan, she deserves credit for putting her own imprimatur on a glorious encore that has, over time, become virtually a staple of top pianists the world over. I always refer back to THE master -- Volodya himself -- as the ultimate benchmark for ALL the disparate elements curated into an organic entity for this piece (and many, many others in his repertoire), but congratulations are in order for the young Lisitsa, who is amazing, with a quickly recognizable style that makes for distinctive artistry. Brava!

[@darwincm]

I'm not qualify commenting her performance. She is herself. I enjoy every moment of her performance, so as Valentina. It is important the pianist need to be selfish. When a pianist busy to entertain audience, themselves play music like a jukebox. I am looking forward for Carmen Valentina variations on KZbin!

[@pffortes]

Next to Horowitz', which is the benchmark for this piece, this is the most electrifying version that I have heard. PLUS, her interpretation is so original. She has created an amazing and unique performance without falling into the trap of becoming a second rate copy of Horowitz.

[@Avery_Piano]

For all you cry babies who can't suck it up, a pianist ( or literally ANY MUSICIAN ) can play a piece how THEY WANT, it's up to them and them alone how they want to play any piece of music, for some it feels better or more natural to play something differently, you will live, half of the people complaining about this couldn't play this if they were born with ten hands. So get over it, if you don't like it then dont watch or listen to it, stop finding excuses in your sad life to complain and bicker about something petty. Valentina Lisitsa is one of THE top pianists alive this day and that have ever been. Everyone makes mistakes and everyone plays differently, that's called being human and that's what seperates everyone from each other. Music should not be played the same each time because yknow how boring that would get to hear it always played the same? You aren't going to die because of it. Have a good day and I hope you change your view on things like this instead of crying about it.

[@gjeacocke]

They don’t need to perform the same piece they dould play something that noone has heard.

[@marcychristoff219]

Bravo!! Another incredible performance. 👏🎹

[@pascoesvale]

She did a bit of impro, and the microphone also was a cheap one(sound saturated) What she did was simply great. Its the best interpretation of Carmen fantesy I heard ever.

[@MoreThanMidi]

2P PRODUCTIONS The video quality is bad, not the microphone.

[@Eztoez]

Valentina is my favourite pianist without a doubt. Her talent is prodigous. Her touch and intonation are sublime. Her Rachmaninoff is something very special. Listen to her play the Second Movement from the Rach 3. Staggeringly brilliant.

[@TELarson58]

As much as I love Valentina's playing I have to give this one to Horowitz. I give the nod to Horowitz mostly because he achieves greater clarity in the left hand figures.

[@ronwilsontringue6574]

LISITSA MAKES HER LIVING AS A PIANIST - I ALSO MAKE MY LIVING AS A PIANIST - SHE IS IN THE CATEGORY OF THE FINEST CLASSICAL PIANISTS OF ALL TIME - NOT ME - I HAVE NEVER CRITICIZED HER BECAUSE SHE (IN MY OPINION) IN A CATEGORY ABOVE CRITICISM AND YOU COULD ONLY COMPARE HOW HER INTERPRETATION STRIKES YOU OR HOW IT COMPARES WITH ANOTHER CLASSICAL PLAYER IN THAT ELITE AND ULTIMATE AREA. I WAS, HOWEVER , ASTOUNDED WHEN I HEARD HER ENTER THE FINAL SECTION (3:11) AT THAT KIND OF TEMPO - SHE DID MAKE AT LEAST ONE NOTE MISTAKE AND MORE TELLING, HAD TO BACK OFF THE TEMPO TWICE AND THEN RESUME - NOTHING ON THE PLANET IS 100% PERFECT - SHE IS MY HERO.

[@pianoxpert]

As a pianist myself, I think she is brilliant. This is an older version of the Carmen Variaitons she is playing. Horowitz changed and revised this transcription several times over the years. She is an excellent pianist.

[@arturlindstrom653]

pianoxpert Do you know which version this is? the 1927, 47, 57, 68 or 78?

[@legamature]

At 1:10 I think she set a new record for fast scales.

[@Burntshmallow]

From a lisitsa fan, this really fucking sucked.

[@mio8092]

Wow~~~~This video back again

[@sztruce]

Totally fantastic! Spasibo Vam Valentina

[@frvl]

very bad record!

[@ronnie180398]

I believe Lisitsa is an amazing pianist with virtuoso skills...However, she is no comparison to the legend Horowitz was and completely undermined the concept of this piece. What is happening at 3:11? Wrong tones, horrible touch and sound quality, plus variations in tempo. Literally, this was shit. But well, she is a great pianist and if anyone want to see her true abilities go check out her interpretation of Liszt's Hungarian rhapsodies.

[@Varelaman85]

+Ronnie Stone - Would be ridiculous to compare to Gorovits any gentle lady, even if and in the 21st century... Gorovits is level slightly lower Rachmaninov and Benno Moiseevich! Nevertheless, Valentina Lisitsa's level is perfectly audible in her performance of the Rhapsody on Paganini of Rachmaninov, with youth Baltik-orkestrа: here where really real level of the tremendous pianist and musician!

[@janmarimba]

unbelievable! The best recording I have heard. Thank you

[@lsbrother]

@TemperedWell glad we agree!

[@dlgrim0621]

@TheHankster30 That is a very good way to say this. Just terrific Valentina!

[@Spiritakis]

@ytschlittk Did she tell you to make this comment? No, she didn't tell me anything. It is obvious. Of course I can show you a better performance: Horowitz himself, either his TV concert from 1968 (not available on KZbin) or his live performance from the White House (1978, available on KZbin). Nobody wants you to agree, but what makes you eager to inflict your opinion on people who disagree with you?

[@asdfhuliashduflasihf]

Yujia is a bit boring and monotonous for my liking... As far as clean sound goes, I think the recording quality of this video is not really good... that's why you get the fuzzy sound when valentina hits the lower notes. Valentina does a few flubs here though, not denying that, but this was when she was pretty young and this was probably just after she decided to take piano seriously. Still, she manages to give the piece a lot of colour and her left hand as always is

[@Gutad23]

Amazing!!!

[@gr8lsnr]

Kudos to whomever is cleaning up the sound on this video. Remembered reading complaints about her playing when this was first published. At that time, I could see what she was playing on the video didn't match the sound I was hearing; unless she kept her foot on the peddle the whole time.

[@hotbebimauz]

thats sooo unbelievable!!!!!! no matter what piece she plays, her hands always look so relaxed! it is like thay are flying! i havent seen this at other pianists...shes really brilliant

[@asdfhuliashduflasihf]

fantastique!

[@Dimivim]

The second video I watched her playing!

[@dlgrim0621]

Hi Valentina! I think this was terrific,but You know I have a thing about The peddle!I just think sometimes it turnes things into sorta mushy.Maybe thats the waay it is suposed to sound-Nuts!I still would like it a lot more with less peddle at end.I don't know if I told Hilaary or notbut I think Tigger took a vacation and jumped into Houskas piano!Boing-D-Boing-D-Boing!Differant stuff I hope enough people like it to make it worthwhile for Her work!Lv&Prayer

[@uhartchristian]

Valentina Lisitsa is incontestable one of the very leading pianists at the moment. She has a solid technical background with ability to relax at any moment and she has a natural born musicality which comes with a good understanding of structure . There is no doubt that her career can be compared to Martha Argerich or similar....

[@JeremyRaden]

Is that a Boosendorfer?

[@tomgiles1484]

Man, this has got to be the worst version of "Body and Soul" I've ever heard.

[@lepredator189]

Body and what the fuck?

[@nimthedib]

Tom Giles agreed

[@legamature]

If Angelina Jolie played piano, this is how she would play.

[@lepredator189]

Just stop it.

[@okba9304]

3:10 ???

[@TJMalana]

@3:11 I don't know what part is harder the Left Hand or the Right Hand? But both go absolutely insane all over the piano.

[@uhartchristian]

She plays it better than Horowitz.... which is incredible but true.... She makes a miracle hear.

[@ThePianoguy89]

@MadamDoolally She's not even Asian and she's an extremely gifted pianist.

[@lecheparavaka]

horowitz and valentina are my favorite musicians, i seen valentina, i missed horowitz...

[@legamature]

OK The ending was not the best part.

[@hghan]

You should see the horowitz at the white house.

[@GBN_01]

This is not, however, the same version Horowitz played in...(whatever the place is you all know which video i'm talking about haha). This is one of the hundreds of versions that Horowitz did from his variations. Seriously he had lots of them. If you watch the cadenza right at the end you'll see that it differs from one video to the other. This one is considerably more complicated and Valentina managed to play it wonderfully.

[@solbriller1]

!!! :):):) !!! The best

[@Spiritakis]

@ytschlittk OK, obviously we are both missing the point. As expected, since we obviously have very different opinions of pretty much everything. For my part, there is no such thing as ''definitive'' performance. Otherwise, some pieces by Rachamaninov should never have been played by other pianists. I am glad this is not the case. And when I said what Valentina thinks, I of course meant that this is what I think, based on what I hear. I thought this is obvious.

[@NOSEhow2LIV]

Very sub-standard playing, with her own variants sounding like she's lost her way,(even if she hasn't!). Labored in style & pace, the piano quickly out-of-tune,(as always with VL),this shows her limits even more than in standard repertoire,(where you expect her to be clueless&boring).Horowitz himself,(young or aged),beats this hollow in virtuosity, or try young Yuja,(backstage on practice piano!)for true devilry!

[@tpiskor]

@lsbrother you guy's have to be gay..not that there's nothing wrong with that. I look at her playing and fall in love.You and TemperedWell want to catfight with her.Too funny.

[@alexandrupipe]

Hello Valentina, you're the biggest world music pianist. I hope that some day come to play like you. You are amazing, the best. I'm from Romania but living in Spain. When you come to Barcelona for a concert or a few lectures? You gotta come. Here you have many admirers. Greetings and hope they may one day come to Barcelona you can see. See you soon. Alex.

[@josehenrique4274]

Thank you, man!

[@allthenamesrtook]

this variation is no harder than all of the others and there is only 12 variations composed by horrowitz the others are what other professionals have done. but valentina is one of the greatest pianists and she smiles all the way through :) i love her plays chopin op 10 no 4

[@TheHankster30]

My apologies to all of you Horowitz worshippers, but I think her performance of this piece is better. And I'm not just saying that because I'm in love with her. Along with her fabulous technique, she has what Horowitz himself used to refer to as "jeu perle", which he describes as a certain ease and elegance in playing. Impossible to define, but you know it when you hear

[@ronwilsontringue6574]

AN ADDENDA TO ANOTHER COMMENT : THE ORIENTALS PLAY NOTES - THE RUSSIANS PLAY MUSIC

[@classiquai]

Her playing style is uniquely jumpy. That's how she plays, I'm sorry, but tbh, every pianist will have their own shadow in the music, that's why if you want to judge, you cannot be subjective by just based it on your own preferences, but rather, be technical.

[@steveaulie]

Well, I think Valentina is superb in this performance. She's sprinkled her own subtleties throughout, adding even more interest (and difficulty) to the already-exciting piece, and she's heaped on more demanding effects and vicious tempos adding up to a startling ending. (I think she borrowed a little from another Horowitz version in the final octave cascade.) She's a gift. Bravo!

[@uhartchristian]

it seems as if she would come out directly ferom the good budapest liszt conservatory. its the similar way in technique. combined with intelligence..... a better career than Argerich I think.... a really interesting leading pianist.

[@236483]

Kid's pretty good.

[@daniels7052]

She ain’t a kid 🤣

[@davidsusu]

Her technical and coordination capacity is very serious, but this is almost meaningless as musical present.

[@Krlozehs]

hahahaha, and surely you should love lang lang, and you think that is better than Gilels and Richter together ... the "lol" are you. This interpretation of valentina is great!

[@JessavGamer]

I tried to uload this video in 2008 and it was removed... what the hell? So it is ok now? Well whatever haha thanks for uploading it

[@AstroEspacial]

Am I wrong, or did she take all sort of mistakes in this performance? The original piece time doesn't fits to this one!

[@Steinwaytoday]

This is really an excellent performance. God, I would like to see her play this now. Her technique seems to be much better now, and I like her colors better, too.

[@LAnonHubbard]

Absolutely incredible!

[@moxigeren50gabe23]

Bravo bravisimo

[@thenameisgsarci]

what version is this?

[@vitalwords]

@Hengrid Hey Dude its not called MESSIN UP .... that u can name as HER VERSION ........

[@42621946]

Diese lockeren, spielerischen Finger...unglaublich!! Ich liebe sie, die Frau, ihr Spiel, diese stupende Technik, ihr Gefühl für die musikalische Sprache!! Ihre Wildheit bei vollster Kontrolle und diese klangliche Transparenz, von der Interpretation, den intelligent geführten musikalischen Übergängen nicht zu reden!! Einfach Phantastisch!!!

[@AlexanderArsov]

I'm sorry, Valentina, but this is a travesty.

[@telenatan]

Валечка,если я даже не скажу,что Вы лидируете в десятке самых Великих Пианистов всех времён,то Вы сами должны это твёрдо знать,-столько восторга рождается при исполнении любого произведения Вами и,главное,что в это время создаётся впечатление,что Вы являетесь Автором играемого произведения!!!! Вечной Вам жизни на Земле с Великой Музыкой!!!!

[@7777Scion]

@Hengrid I don't see, and most importantly DON'T HEAR, anything of the sort. Video quality impacting your opinion? But I must say this - respectfully - do you actually believe that an artist of her caliber would put on a public performance that is a "mess"??? 95-98% great playing.

[@137uc14]

You didn´t hear Horowitz himself so!!!

[@Dertsm6795]

Сколько ж ей лет то тогда было?

[@KegPatcha]

She makes it look so SO easy. She enjoys playing so much!

[@MrStevenAbootman]

There's not the coherence Horrowitz's piece has.

[@cafity]

i was screaming at 3:11... I'M NOT KIDDING!!!

[@slowdog294]

You are the master...

[@legamature]

The Wonder Woman of pianists.

[@violeta054]

She's a great pianist but honestly she had some trouble with this piece, no one like the Great Horowitz :). But I really like her too

[@legamature]

This must be Bizet- Horowitz- Lisitsa. Does not sound exactly like the Horowitz. But I like it just as much, maybe more.

[@lepredator189]

It is Horowitz alright. Depends on which of the several arrangements he made of the same Carmen over the years. I happen to have the recordings and sheet music of all of them, Lisitsa didn't improvise this.

[@legamature]

Thanks Predator. Who plays it better? Horowitz or Lisitsa?

[@arturlindstrom653]

LePredator1 Which one is this? The 1947 one or 68? Or is there another one? Where can I find the sheet music to this one?

[@Spiritakis]

Another modern virtuoso who thinks that Horowitz's Carmen Variations are a mere technical exercise for your piano muscles. There is much more than that in this piece. Valentina is not even technically at Horowitz's level, let alone musically. At about 2:20 there is a true cacophony. The finale is all but inlistenable banging. Appalling performance!

[@atlantargh]

Great right-hand double-thirds at 2:41

[@renekey]

That's a mounster! fucK! amazing!

[@lagunagreg]

Now that is truly wonderful playing.

[@tpiskor]

@Liszt31 She's Wonderful!!!!

[@AngeloDeAngelis748]

Brava Valentina....eccezionale!!!!!

[@Thu3s3n]

beautiful girls plays piano :P

[@Desireyso58]

Valentina. Eres excelsa. !!!

[@kimthevirtuoso]

no..just no..

[@ander2365]

my god... o_o

[@mlaux72]

Not so bad ... but not Horowitz. Sometimes she suffers ... tempo is to be revised also in relation with techincal challenges ...

[@GlimpseInTheLife]

@folecar of your comment...

[@edtskyline]

I preffer Yuja Wang about this piece

[@Desireyso58]

ES MARAVILLOSA.

[@MATIAPI]

EXELENTE

[@chrisclr]

@pianostruggler never say never. If you put your mind to it, you can do it. PS change your user name.

[@folecar]

horowitz would have laughed..

[@atombomb31458]

she obviously has great talent---but gets a bit sloppy and loses focus.

[@MartinJamesBartlettPiano]

Im afraid to say this, but Mr Horowitz plays it better

[@BjornHegstad]

We meet again, 240p... As mentioned, Valentina plays great in the beginning, but messy in the end. While Horowitz certainly has unique qualities in his playing, I still think that Yuija Wang holds the best overall recording of this piece as of yet.

[@emmaw6461]

Bjørn Hegstad NOOOO. Yuja wang is great but certainly her interpretation of this piece is not that clean. Go check out Kristina Miller. So far, her interpretation of this piece is cleanest i have heard. I would be very impressed if somebody did better than her i mean technically better. It's very sad that she is very underrated pianist.

[@myoman1977]

As a drummer, that sloppy soulless fortissimo you guys speak of is full of emotion.. almost an more of agression... that we drummers can identify

[@lsbrother]

@TemperedWell Horowitz was a fine pianist but he was no LIsitsa

[@HAL9000THX1138]

Cacofonia!

[@ProteusX2]

meh :\

[@grigorpetrov5848]

Good Lord! I think I just lost my dinner. This should be pulled. Horrendous.

[@mickyhyk]

Horrible performance, horrible interpretation

[@penio78]

hmm, sorry. Lisitsa, for your own good better remove that video

[@autr727]

fuck off!!!

[@Electron64]

For your own good, shut the fuck up

[@moxigeren50gabe23]

A bad afternoon maybe? ??

[@ripinpepperonies9754]

I hope you realize that this isn’t on her own channel

[@josianecruveiller9551]

penio ivanov Right ! It's a shame... She must listen to Horowitz and to: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y2fLhquiZ6iZorM !!!!!