Valentina Lisitsa, BEETHOVEN, "Appassionata", Piano sonata No. 23, F-minor, op 57 on Bösendorfer 

She's definitely a bonified bad ass pianist, and no doubt, one the best. However, she's still just like the rest of us...human. She made some mistakes which I was surprised to hear bc she's usually flawless, or so it seems. Well, I guess that proves that she is human lol. I don't put people on pedestals. She worked extremely hard to get where she is and I respect that even more than her extraordinary talent. I'm a talented sometiming piano player lol and I want her discipline and dedication more than her skill.

Let's just say I am jealous of you.

Ditto👌

You are very fortunate.

@@chrisbrown8351 and we have to remember that what matters the most is musicality, she can sometimes play wrong notes but she brings the pieces she plays to life. Music is not only playing the right notes.

my favorite pianist to watch! She's wonderful.

@@mmcd3182 "pianist to watch" 🙉

Lunita Musica well i mean watching her fingers move isn’t irrelevant lol

@Konstantin Ridaya 🖕😂😂😂😂🖕

only "Fine" piece? What do you mean It's a superb piece composed by the best composer of all time played by a superb performer..

no one could care less, she is so passionate and those mistakes were approved by Beethoven :) he said that

Haters gonna hate..

I Can see she practised it to it got to an amazing level, but I have also been into music in many years, so a mistake, I will quickly spot and she did make them, but it’s normal. I don’t care that much abt the mistake, but I don’t thing she is playing it with that much feeling. I always had the problem with Valentina, that she makes some interesting choices in the pieces. Especially Chopins pieces. The etudes, she’s playing well, but the nocturnes has lost the feeling a bit. But to say it I love her when she’s playing Rachmaninoff, Liszt and Beethoven, because the feelings in their pieces are a bit stronger to play, with not that much feeling needed their pieces will sound amazing

World class pianists are top notch so you'd expect to hear flawless performance i.e. Lang Lang's 3rd mov of Appassionata. Frankly speaking, asking anyone "can you do better" is ignorant and somewhat pitiful. I don't think anyone claims she plays bad, it's just that the standard for such pianists is ridiculously high so every little mistake counts. Not that it ruins the performance, but being provided with an oppoturnity to listen a perfect, flawless recording is simply a huge bonus over this.

No one singing so it is not a song sorry :)

Here here Johannes!

I was fortunate to see Claudio Arrau do an all Beethoven program in the late 60's at Carnegie Hall when I was a teenager. The Appasionata was my favorite of his brilliant concert. I'd love to see Valentina live!

Liz Klosowski fodac

If 40's is old, then I must be Ancient! Even though the bones might hurt, Age is still in the mind!

I guess I'm at that age where 40 is still considered rather young. LOL Actually, I felt my personal best in my 40s.

I remember in conservatory school we had a debate about the prime age for a musician. My professor concluded 40's to mid 50's considering emotional maturity. Physical playing can be kept up if you take care of yourself.

Me too

His pieces were played quite a bit during his lifetime, so it's not like he didn't get any recognition.

Yeah but it's 200+ years later...if he came back his ego would be a little inflated, and rightly so. Can't we clone shit these days. Let's bring him back, and Mozart while we're at it.

@@HunterBelkiran The piano sonatas, not so much. In fact, solo recitals didn't even become a "thing" until Liszt pioneered them, many years after Beethoven was dead.

@DankMemeKid That's a good point! I think the best chance of getting Beethoven back is time travel. lol

@DankMemeKid I know, because of entropy right? I hope whoever made that prediction is wrong. Because it would not only be awesome to go back to see Beethoven, but can you imagine being able to witness any moment in history or even pre-history like the dinosaurs? Maybe an advanced intelligence has figured it out.

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Of course there is no #1, but classical musicians are incomplete musicians. Jazz musicians compose and perform in simultaneity. Keith Jarrett is great at both.

Just different kinds of musicians. Improvising is a lot like finger-painting. Composing is like painting with a fine brush. Learning to trace the musical idea of someone else's fine-brush painting with exquisite exactitude and penetrating insight is equivalent to sculpture. Of course, the visual mediums don't demand the added challenge of performance pressure.

@@alexrichards2968 Improvisation is spontaneous thematic composition.

whar about lang lang

@@thaliarice3891 I meant that so-called "Classical" musicians are what's incomplete, not the music itself. "Classical" simply means that the music has survived its "popular" phase; true for both what you consider "Classical" and Jazz which, in fact, is America's "Classical" music. What is "popular" today is, of course, "pop" music and rap (which is not actually music at all, since it lacks melody). I've played music since the month before Woodstock, and I play all sorts of music, including "Classical" music, Jazz, Rock, etc. Try this: Question: "how do you get a Rock guitar player to stop playing"? Answer: "put some sheet music in front of him." Question: "how do you get a Classical violinist to stop playing"? Answer: "take away her sheet music." Question: "how do you get a Jazz saxophonist to stop playing"? Answer: "play a song in only one key." Most things that are funny are so because they contain an element of truth. Rock musicians are incomplete musicians, because (most of them) can't read music. Classical musicians are incomplete musicians because (most of them) cannot improvise. Jazz musicians are complete musicians, they can do both of these things. As to "sounds like crap," to YOU, I have no doubt that this is true, but the reason is that YOUR EARS are faulty. There's nothing wrong with Jazz. People who don't understand or "get' art (any kind of art) inevitably blame THE ART, instead of laying blame where it properly belongs: on their ability to rise up to the art and be elevated by it. Can YOU take the "Jazz challenge"? For some people, Jazz is an "acquired taste." They don't "hear" it, primarily because their ears are conditioned to ONLY hear (and like) other things. In your case, your ears are conditioned to ONLY "hear" "Classical" harmonies and rhythms which, in fact are generally MUCH SIMPLER than Jazz ones. 300 year old harmony (e.g., Mozart) uses simple harmonic concepts. Beethoven introduced flat 13ths, etc., and Charlie Parker (who listened to all sorts of "Classical" music) introduced these to Jazz 80 years ago now. Now, you tell me that THIS is "exhausting crap": ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-G2stYKZF-d4.html BTW, "Classical" musicians used to improvise, but the (then nascent) publishing industry put a stop to it. There is a movement today to get them up to speed.

Say the greatest genius in Western classical. Music has many genre...

Yeah

I didn't know this was before the 5th. I would have guessed way after the 5th.

yeah, it's got the ///------, in a manner of speak.

Just Right! She's The ONE!

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Que legal ver que ainda tem brasileiro que ouve MÚSICA.

I do agree. Too much analysis prevents from enjoying.

That’s not true, people who just smile and pretend like they’re enjoying music, do not understand the amount of effort being put into it. Solemnity and thinking is a way to show respect for the musician

Done :-)

Same here! The third movement is sensational and falls so nicely under the fingers 👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻🍻

Too bad she's a nazi, pro-war, supporting war crimes, doesn't recognize Ukraine, brainwashed woman.

От болгарских тоже!

На мой взгляд , в первой части было допущено не менее 3 -х ,,ляпсусоа " . Но валентина , бесспорно , талант и у нее еще все впереди . Начало хорошее .

Every note can be heard, beautiful.

Hobott nobody cares, you dont need to point it out

@@alexgu177 i care. wasnt expecting so many mistakes in a famous Bethoven piece from Valentina! i guess she wasnt really feeling this piece, or she had other things on her mind. but it is a shame and hard to listen to.

@Lox TYRRELL [11S1] lol... eat my shorts kid.

@@CT2507 I agree...plenty of them. In my opinion, Lang Lang's interpretation is far more superior.

@@saptaksoctave8068 I love Brendel´s version