Scriabin Sonata Fantasy No.2 Op 19 Valentina Lisitsa

[@leongatha6]

For many years I've marveled at Val's playing and her prodigious memory for the most intricate pieces, making them sound so beautiful.

[@gerardocoluccini1751]

Scriabin is a very underrated composer, Valentina a high level professional. I've listened to her in a live performance in Avellino, a small town in Southern Italy, a couple of years ago. Simply perfect, although in front of a few dozens people audience. Thanks, Valentina.

[@NINOABSNABSN]

My dear, Scriabin's life and work make him the most enigmatic composer I have ever heard. What we know about him at the piano is that he was a Chopinian, but very involved in mystique. Perhaps this explains the low visibility of his work, something that changes every decade.

[@tharkun21280]

No matter the piece, Valentina Lisitsa never ceases to caress the piano into submission. I'm so completely in love with her playing. My heart swells.

[@gustavmahler5534]

Какие прекрасные движения руками, и музыка просто магия, словно романтический ветер уносящий куда то в далекие розовые края.

[@СветланаДавыдова-з5з]

Scriabin Sonata Fantasy - шедевр композитора, который исполняли многие пианисты разного уровня. Но Valentina Lisitsa своей интерпретацией перевернула мои прежние представления об этом произведении. Скажу сразу - она меня потрясла, убедила, покорила, заставила забыть других исполнителей и слушать как бы впервые. На мой взгляд, именно так нужно понимать и играть Scriabin. Сколько нервной утонченности, изменчивости, тревожного вслушивания в первых тактах музыки, как неожиданно следует взрыв эмоций, приводящий к кульминации первого раздела, завершающегося тревожным успокоением , затишьем перед бурей. Последующее Presto - лавина меняющихся чувств - сыграна так виртуозно, с таким неистовым порывом к свету, преодолением отчаяния устремленностью в иные миры, что невозможно не погрузиться вместе с исполнительницей в эту стихию экстаза, вдохновенного порыва, испытать чувство головокружительного полета. Scriabin обрел в Valentina Lisitsa гениального интерпретатора его необыкновенно прекрасной музыки. Благодарю!!! Светлана Давыдова

[@СветланаДавыдова-з5з]

+Tetyana Chorma! Я очень рада, что Вы согласны с моей оценкой искусства пианистки Valentina Lisitsa в глубокой и тонкой интерпретации музыки Scriabin!!!

[@GBAusmeierAussie]

Few deserve to play the king of all Instruments: Bösendorfer Valentina plays like a goddess

[@CA-es2pf]

couldnt agree more

[@adastra1623]

The beautiful things are difficult, the difficult things are beautiful. Jesus, dear Teacher, my soul trembles: these are moments of pure beauty. I am immensely grateful for watching and listening your interpretation.

[@olgakviatkovskaia4587]

Блестящее исполнение, душа радуется и поёт! Сердечное спасибо, любимая Валентина!

[@antoninov]

j ai ecoute d autres grands pianistes jouer ce morceaux , mais seulement VALENTINA LISITSA fais pleurer mon coeur de joie

[@jim9756]

I never get bored with (early) Scriabin, always refreshing.

[@paulogazola553]

Yes, the first four sonatas are unique. Almost classical, almost Beethoven...

[@Alix777.]

The fourth is already something else.

[@francofrancescobettiol7928]

Penso che questa sia l'interpretazione più bella che abbia sentito della Sonata n. 2: dolcezza (carezze), potenza, agilità, colori, meraviglioso suono! I think this is the most beautiful interpretation of Sonata n. 2 that I have ever heard: sweetness (caresses), power, agility, wonderful sound!

[@zorrogrism]

Far away the best performance I have heard of this sonata. You give it a kind of hipnotic touch which combinated with the images created by the composer creates a magical moment for the listener. Congrats Valentina

[@terrylee6904]

This recital was so beautifully executed. .I'm highly appreciative of it, especially in mood I was in... Thanks Valentin

[@789armstrong]

I love early Scriabin.Valentina has this music in her bones.A CD or DVD with the complete Scriabin Etudes would be priceless, There is also a gorgeous Fantasy in B minor I believe its opus 22.

[@zoink5484]

spotted

[@Khloeevanspiano]

I love the way your hands caress the piano producing a beautiful sound, you have such great dynamics! I aspire to be like you one day!

[@mikaelkenner]

i remember decades ago in the 70's when ruth laredo, who studied at curtis around the corner from where i lived, released on DG a 2 lp set of the sonatas, preludes, etudes. we had never heard before since were rarely performed in public. this is one of my favorite scriabin piano works. this performance is like something from my dreams. unreal. and i thought, who is this (playing)??!! the bösendorfer has a very resonance and richness to the sound perfect for this piece. thank you!

[@melvynmsobel210]

Actually, Mikael, it was an LP set released by Nonesuch, not DGG. She also released numerous Scriabin works on Connoisseur Society LPs. Cheers!

[@alexanderscriabin3747]

I approve.

[@jumperstartful]

I learned of Scriabin because of Valentina. Beautiful.

[@alamin-fr8rc]

This is to let your fan from Vancouver fan remains in awe of your talent. Great piece!

[@TJMusic2021]

i keep on coming back to listen to this piece. You have such a beautiful touch and really capable to bring out the piano's full capability. Your performance is phenomenal Valentina!

[@stephenmessick6619]

Valentina please keep the uploads coming. They are a great pleasure for all of your fans.

[@brycebull1924]

I've always admired Scriabin and his sound but found it difficult to get into or understand his music. I've never really ventured much into his work outside of his preludes but this was a pleasure to listen to and from one of my favourite pianists too, Bravo Lisitsa.

[@arriengajdamowicz7430]

Maybe try the 5th sonata it’s more romantic than the other sonatas I would say

[@chutdigadut]

Such an incredible interpreter of Scriabin.

[@L.M1792]

You know what you know when you can play at this understanding. It is a different interpretation from the other interpretation I heard earlier today but beautiful and melodic and a great mirror of the sea. Thank you for giving these headphones and ears in the them the pleasure. x

[@alessandrovic70]

grande scriabin....meravigliosa musica.....eccellente pianista!!!!!

[@davidegaramella2873]

I've listened to many version of this sonata and this is the best, great Valentina!

[@henrygray-davies5393]

From 8:49 is my favourite. Simply indescribable emotions and talent from the pianist...

[@jammanW]

You are absolutely amazing Valentina!

[@ivanlucio1204]

I see this as such a hopeful statement! It reminds us the very essence of life is the effort to grab the chance of evolving that every new day brings us. Thank you!

[@CA-es2pf]

^ Very touching and empathetic statement. i couldnt agree more. Also, thank you for restoring some humanity today. This piece, the internet, the electricity..its really incredible that we, simply people, have come so far. Frankly, for me, its amazing we even figured out how to make records..and not only that, made em sound goddamn great. i dont know much..but im certain who wrote this music, was nothing short of genius...and for me, it simply goes to show, if you are lucky enough to have a dream, follow it. afterall, some people, and this is blunt.,but some are cheated out of their rudimentary mental faculties at birth, or some later.. if you have a mind, Consider using it. i guess, even if its to be a dick if thats what makes you feel good. Im not endorsing any one thing or other. Ofcourse, like any single other person, this is just MY outlook. But i suppose i would like to remind you the reader. You are alive right now. You might have a funeral next week, the world and people isnt just total shit. It's true that...we are all in this together. well and death and taxes...Ill end my little rant with this message. Food for thought.... Do as thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. Love is the law. Love under will. and Every man and woman is a star.

[@juliakmars]

Wow, this is magic! Thank you, Valentina.

[@lorenzohuamanchay7390]

Ohh Valentina ... qué hermosura de escucharte en el piano. ¡Bravo mijita!.

[@tangyi-code]

😊😊😊 Hello... thank you for your beautiful performance. Have a cool summer. What I felt in this performance is that the person who is at the age of twilight is singing the emotions flowing in his mind, thinking about the journey of his life in a warm sunny nature cottage.,And the life left behind is like a young man, and I feel like I have to live happily and happily. Thank you again for playing beautifully 😊😊😊

[@luky46]

When I get up in the morning and I listen this beautiful music plaid so beautifully I feel myself happy and everything around me shine. Thank to Scriabin and Lisitsa

[@themoroccanpianist8953]

What a musical work !

[@samynohff]

She is an incomparable piano interpreter .. for a variety of composers I've listened to her,, Really she's fantastic.. Moreover, she possesses a vigor power on dominating the piano.. So unique ..!!

[@harshaabeyaratne1799]

lovely relaxed style of playing! What a beautiful sound!

[@slava13]

Oh Lord, I've been waiting for your performance of this sonata! Thank you so much!

[@PrzemeQ_XY]

Ruth Laredo is (was) unparalleled at this piece. She makes it just... sing. And the arpeggio parts at the end of 1st mvt. in her execution... Ahh... always leave me agape. And with blissful thoughts... Wherease this rendition sounds to me like a totally different piece

[@lookerona]

Высокая ИГРА высокой музыки ВЫСОЧАЙШИМ мастером, королевой рояля!

[@swhoward23]

Valentina - I fell in love with your work a couple years ago because your taste is so much like my own. Now you've introduced me to something new, beautiful, and moving. Thank you. Always.

[@codyho5607]

Heavenly moments started at 2:42

[@matthias4522]

It's too beautiful

[@melvynmsobel210]

Nearly painfully beautiful! The eyes simply fill with tears!

[@lmagee1948]

I swear I can see colors.

[@Magnet12]

Lawrence Magee sorry synaesthesia is something you have to be born with you can’t just pretend to have it

[@thorsten8790]

@@Magnet12 It's a joke because scriabin was obsessed with using colors to resemble his music.

[@Magnet12]

Maximus no that’s clearly not a joke unless he is pretending to be Scriabin himself

[@thorsten8790]

@@Magnet12 whatever, william Aspergers the second

[@nunyanunya6398]

@@Magnet12 drop 6 hits of good acid and call me in the morning prick.

[@ilwmb]

love the wide spectrum of those tone colors.. nicely played valentina, my favorit scriabin sonata!

[@lmgaulin]

So beautiful and contemplative music, even in the «stormy agitation» of the second movement, to use the composer's own words. Your splendid interpretation really reflects Scriabin's description of his own music, Ms Lisitsa.

[@marcychristoff219]

Beautiful piece and so lovingly performed.

[@seancronin9365]

Thank you for sharing this. Your playing is magnificent. And thanks for the encouragement to try and play it.

[@hiZarki]

Best interpretation I've heard. Bravo valentina

[@luciagaldino5692]

Que empolgação maravilhosa! Bravos, Valentina!

[@synival]

This is gorgeous. To happy to see you posting some Scriabin :)

[@AngeloDeAngelis748]

...che meraaviglia il Bôsendorfer...suonato da una Grande Pianista....

[@massimiliano-oronzo]

Thank you Valentina for this choice, Scriabin is my favorite russian composer.

[@MertezAad]

This sonata is very close to my heart. Thanks for posting this.

[@DragosDomnara]

9:44 that build up to the main theme is exquisitely menacing!

[@Capfka]

Val, you're getting better and better as time goes on. That was your BEST performance of La Campanella on KZbin!

[@meriadocbrandebouc]

Wow ! The performance was stupendous ! Somehow very scriabinesque… I'm sure this was the spirit, these were the colours Scriabin was looking for (and at) when he wrote the piece. And the sound is so crystalline and rich. I want that piano *_*

[@Davidpianist-ge5et]

This was superb, Valentina! I also liked her choice of instruments, a Bosendorfer. I do not understand the commenter who said this piece was like "bad Schubert"!!

[@erictheprune]

I do. For most composers being called "bad Schubert" would be high praise. The poem is very much in the style of Schubert's impromptus. Only a *lot* shorter and with highly chromatic harmonies. The piece reminds me most of the slow movement of Beethoven's Pathetique. The most telling criticism of Scriabin's music is the way he wedded his music to classical forms. So while he was a revolutionary as regards tonality, he was very much a traditionalist when it came to musical structures. As for the comment, Scriabin's chromatic style and intentionally brittle harmonies aren't to everyone's taste. Oh yes, and I want me a Bosendorfer. To go with my Pleyel (I wish).

[@pantoleonantonio9653]

excellent performance, flows very nicely from one idea to the next!

[@S.Lander]

Beautiful (Skryabn), beautiful (Lisitsa), beautiful (Bo"sendorfer). Caviar and catnip.

[@gipehache]

Enfin, du Scriabine ! Il y a longtemps que je vous avais priée de mettre du Scriabine à votre répertoire, merci. Accepterez-vous de nous présenter le Scriabine de ses débuts, si merveilleusement romantique (p. ex. le Concerto pour piano. J.-P. H.

[@123eldest]

Such a captivating performance!

[@Eristhenes]

My favorite performance of this piece is Yvgeny Sudbin, who takes the first movement a bit slower, which seems to offer a bit more elegance and sentiment. Listening to Valentina, I miss some nuances and some of the elegance because of the tempo. Not that her performance is inelegant. I love her performances but sometimes she reminds me of Martha Argerich. I must confess, though, I wanted to hear the piece on the Bosendorfer ;) I am utterly smitten with the sound.

[@intervalkid]

I see no resemblance to Martha Agerich whatsoever. Listen to both of their versions of Ravel. It is what I use as an example of probably the most performance differences in composition music.

[@melvynmsobel210]

Interesting Sudbin performance, Eristhenes, thanks for noting; for me, though, Sudbin seems a tad too deliberate. Valentina is far more "flowing," far more beautiful. Cheers!

[@armenmkhitaryan543]

Fantastic performance!

[@ИсламЧ-ф7ц]

In your performance this sonata sound especially ❤

[@TJMusic2021]

i really like your interpretation Valentina! its always captivating and inspiring!

[@comeonpinky]

adorable piece ever I heard

[@albertosantos2050]

Scriabine dans toute sa beauté !magnifique interprète !

[@andante5133]

When I see you playing, I wonder how is it possible to play such a difficult piece with this lightness and delicateness, that's fantastic, a great performance and a new vision in Scriabin's music.

[@Barnaldomort]

Just WOW. So beautifully played Val :-)

[@333mrwill]

Spellbinding. Thank you for posting.

[@DEMIAN-NAIMED]

Valentina finally I can let myself love this sonata without any doubt!!!What beautiful and psychedelic arpegios in the first part....!!And this agitated ocean in the second is sooooo obvious in your hands!!Really thank you for this passionate performance! You re-invented all the first Scriabin period with his so romantic,almost Chopinesque sound...a dream that you never wanna wake up from!

[@antoninov]

quelle merveille !!! merci VALENTINA

[@alex-my8hp]

2nd mov 7:40

[@EdwinRywalt]

Thank you,Valentina. That was just beautiful; made my day....and the sound of that grand was superb.

[@sersio1]

Me llenas con tu sonido y me ayudas a notar el silencio interior. Te amo Valentina.

[@tetyanachorna8139]

Just terrific!! Thanks

[@moonfall_98]

I teleported to another world for 11 minutes..Thank you!

[@manuelojeda4865]

Valentina i am very enthusiastic to watch you play. I'm a piano teacher myself and very inspiring to see your explosive energy and passion when you play.

[@og189]

I am listening this piece for the first time, flowing very bewiching , i would like learn it. Thank you for this discovert , so so amazing .

[@GarglingMarblesMusic]

Scriabin is a genius.. and you, Valentina, are a genius by extention.. master of Liszt and now as it seems master of scriabin. Just beautiful!

[@antonvl7able]

Bravo Valentina!

[@dariodangelo8938]

Solo vederti suonare, senza volume, è uno spettacolo...poi col volume...😂😂👏👏😜

[@tetyanachorna8139]

❤️Здоровья Вам и новых достижений, обожаемая Валентина!

[@BalticXY]

Schön, zum Träumen :-)

[@JohnnyJBarrett]

So Beautiful

[@789armstrong]

I love early Scriabin.If Valentina would make a CD of the Complete Scriabin Etudes I am certain such a CD would win the Grammophone Award. Then with a Grammophone Award having been won, Decca should be happy to provide her at their expense, with a first rate conductor & orchestra. A CD with the Saent Saens Concerto #2 and the beautiful Scriabin Concerto or Rubinstein 4th in D minor would then be fabulous.

[@zoink5484]

spotted

[@Moskvon]

I just see passion, a strong passion.

[@sanyama9937]

ベーゼンの響き　スクリャービンの旋律に華を添えている。古のペトロフの音色か。。

[@whatgivesit]

thanks for the Scriabin...... it would be great to hear you play any or all of the other sonatas! thanks again.........

[@RitchieDiamond]

wow! a simply brilliant interpretation, Valentina never ceases to astonish me :o

[@SunslightAndSong]

ha. there does come a time when the body no longer cooperates with the mind or at least it slows things down--I am just learning things I wish I had known when I was 5 but that was 59yrs ago. Val. you keep getting better. Grand playing on a great piano. It sounds like an organ with the 64ft stops whispering! TY.

[@painpaul2024]

très agréable à écouter ,on ne s'en lasse jamais !

[@Superchokocat]

talent just oozes from your fingers

[@siksill]

Perfect play.

[@Pianist_24680]

Beautiful sonata.

[@carraze]

what an outstanding quality of recording !

[@danbo-x3d]

Kudos to the sound engineer too! Great recording

[@333mrwill]

This lady is superb.

[@Gaterapiano]

Thanks for the Lovely music.

[@rolfstraver]

It would be an honour to dedicate a work to you, it really would be in the best hands! Anyway, thank you very very much for uploading such high quality videos! Fantastic performances, great image quality, interesting text. You are a phenomenal musician! I am looking forward to hear your performance in Nijmegen in April!

[@Christos004]

Valentina paints as always on a bosendorfer canvas with the colors of the great master Scriabin.