I just finished slowly reading through the Beethoven sonatas, and listening to most afterwards. I’ve concluded that this is my favorite Beethoven sonata.
Wherever you are, Valentina, stay safe. I'm 80 so it doesn't matter much for me, but for you and the younger ones, including my family, it matters a lot.
In spite of the fact that I never played the piano , but for fifty years while I am listening to music I never heard such miraculous playing as of Valentina. The smoth running on fingers on the key , the posture and the playful smile on the pretty face . Thank you my dear you are the light for the people now and forever .
I have never heard Beethoven played like this before. Valentina has just created a whole stable of also-rans. This is a whole new depth of understanding and interpretation of his music. Wow!
One of my favorite Beethoven Sonata. Not one of Beethovens ‘greatest hits’ but an incedible beautiful sonata full of emotions and beautiful moments. Thanks Valentina
Ronny Muller When listening to Beethoven’s sonatas in order, I get the impression that Beethoven was fulfilling a fundamental need to compose this one just after the Moonlight not because he was experimenting with sounds that would turn up later in the Sixth Symphony, but because he needed a sonata with as little eccentricity as possible after Opp. 26 and 27. He didn’t know that it would prove to be a world too pristine for virtually all his remaining piano sonatas. It certainly has its importance in the cycle as a beautiful moment of reassurance.
Bravo. I love this sonata. I went for many years paying little attention to it and suddenly discovered it about twenty years ago and worked on it myself for a while. It's always great to hear it played by someone who really knows how.
Sitting in a lockdown for the Covid 19 virus I love listening to your interpretation of Beethoven, today it is Easter, a day of Hope that once this virus will be gone. I pray for it.
I think your videos are literally the only ones I could watch without sound and still have a blast. Alone visually they are so calming, pleasant and dazzling.
Love every one of Lou's sonatas, and laud the supreme depth of interpretation you put into each piece you play. Hope you are staying well, safe and sane! Thank you for this 23-minute holiday from scary pandemic. : )
Valentina I love witnessing a true professional dedicated to her lifes work. I feel that you show us greatness through the spirit of the human being. Through your work.. . .
Je suis littéralement hypnotisé par les mains de Valentina lorsqu'elle joue. Elles sont un spectacle à elles toutes seules. Un miracle que de les voir évoluer sur le clavier et pour sortir un nuancier musical incroyable. C'est vraiment magnifique et cette pastorale est absolument sublime. De là-haut, Beethoven doit se régaler de la façon Valentina dont met en lumière toute la poésie et la musicalité de ces chef-d'oeuvre que sont toutes ses sonates.
Wonderful, Val, as always. Many years ago, my brother arranged this for oboe (which I played then) with piano accompaniment (he played the piano - he was taking music classes in college then). It works pretty good for that; probably would for violin too. The 1st mvmt has kind of a back & forth dialog that works well for a dual instrument sonata. I have very fond memories of playing that with my brother for our parents, family and guests. As well as listening to my brother play this and other B's sonatas by himself (serene). That was SO many, many years ago! What wonderful times; sad that I can't go back to really appreciate them as much as I should have (didn't know how fleeting such wonderment & beauty is). ... Your impeccable & wonderful playing helps me re-live all of that again. Thanks Val for bringing back that wonderful memory.
Valentina Lisitsa is helping us rediscover the genius of Beethoven in these Sonatas, more so, she's actually bringing Beethoven back to life, only a great pianist like her can do that!
Valentina tiene unas manos fuertes como Martha. El tópico de la pianista con manos delicadas tocando sensible,piezas delicadas, no deja de ser, un tópico más. Gracias por tu interpretación ❤️
Valentina, thank you for playing all of beethoven sonatas you are fulfilling my dream. But I have another dream that you play liszt Transcriptions of beethoven symphonys.
Brava !! 👏🏼 Artist !! What a transition piece between sitting in the classical and more romantic period. I adore your wonderful phrasing and classical touches in the second movement. And this is such a gem of a Beethoven sonata. So lyrical and "pastoral" with wonderful moments of virtuosity, like that firecracker closing! 🎆
I learned this myself before hearing any professional pianists play it, and it was one of my favourites. I had no idea of how a gifted pianist could play it, like someone who'd purchased a top end car but never learned how it could handle the turnpikes.
I absolutely adore your passion for the piano. I completely understand the time, effort and sacrifice that you have put in to it. I to am a pianist, but I am also a person that plays multiple instruments. I serve many masters and can't commit to one. You do the world justice in what you do.
Thank you Val for spending many hours perfecting this so we might glimpse heaven for 22 minutes. All the best from Sakuntala Basu, listening from India
Валентина, Здравствуйте. А есть ли у Вас в планах посетить с концертами и среднюю Азию, Ташкент Узбекистан, в частности. Было бы здорово послушать Вас в живую и в нашем регионе. Будьте здоровы и Благодарю Вас за сонаты Бетховена!
This woman is performing an Olympic level athletic feat. Intense, isolated, muscular control for the length of an entire television episode! Beyond badass.
Приходится повторить то, что я уже написал по поводу исполнения 3-й сонаты. Удивительное эстетическое целомудрие и техника не сама по себе, а на службе смыслов. Ноль "рисовки" и поверхностной "эффектности". С первых тактов Лисица идёт "вглубь". И - как всегда - всё на контрастах. Интеллект - рука об руку с экспрессией. Не могу найти сопоставимых интерпретаций. Совершенно особенный музыкальный рисунок. Вторая часть вообще - открытие. Глубочайший синтез красоты и трагизма жизни. Лисица - уникальное явление в современной культуре.
“The principal task of a conductor is not to put himself in evidence but to disappear behind his functions as much as possible. We are pilots, not servants.” -- Franz Liszt
I wonder if Valentina listened to Andreas Schiff’s lectures on Beethoven piano sonatas before recording them. The lectures are magnificient and help to better understand Beethoven, and Valentina plays them exactly as they should be played! You can see her love for the composer present! Fabulous job!
Dear Valentina, Thank you for this dream-come-true project and for all these years you simply share the best performances with us. I would like to ask, if it is possible for you to give us very small description for some sonatas which have particular meaning and are named in different ways. It would be great to understand insights better. Thank you very much.
I just finished slowly reading through the Beethoven sonatas, and listening to most afterwards. I’ve concluded that this is my favorite Beethoven sonata.
Wherever you are, Valentina, stay safe. I'm 80 so it doesn't matter much for me, but for you and the younger ones, including my family, it matters a lot.
😮 Thank you, Valentina!
I am working in Salt Lake City listening to the most beautiful music ever, thank you!!
First mvt: 0:00
Second mvt: 9:50
Third mvt: 16:17
Fourth mvt: 18:31
Alex Croton you’re welcome
Thank You ♥
@@lantusinfluencer no worries
Thank you. How do you tell the differences between different movements?
Yaotian Zhang there are two main options. The first is orally. And second is being familiar with the piece.
In spite of the fact that I never played the piano , but for fifty years while I am listening to music I never heard such miraculous playing as of Valentina. The smoth running on fingers on the key , the posture and the playful smile on the pretty face . Thank you my dear you are the light for the people now and forever .
I have never heard Beethoven played like this before. Valentina has just created a whole stable of also-rans. This is a whole new depth of understanding and interpretation of his music. Wow!
Another day, but a great blessing from Miss. Lisitsa allows it to be less grim. Thank you.
One of my favorite Beethoven Sonata. Not one of Beethovens ‘greatest hits’ but an incedible beautiful sonata full of emotions and beautiful moments. Thanks Valentina
Ronny Muller When listening to Beethoven’s sonatas in order, I get the impression that Beethoven was fulfilling a fundamental need to compose this one just after the Moonlight not because he was experimenting with sounds that would turn up later in the Sixth Symphony, but because he needed a sonata with as little eccentricity as possible after Opp. 26 and 27. He didn’t know that it would prove to be a world too pristine for virtually all his remaining piano sonatas. It certainly has its importance in the cycle as a beautiful moment of reassurance.
One of my favorites too of Beethoven’s. The first theme in the first movement is the classical version of Eric Clapton’s Layla.
This is the way I want to wake up to Beautiful Music
Valentina: as usual the really perfect "tempo" in all movements. You are my queen playing what ever and this pastoral as I were in Heaven!!!
God bless you Valentina. We need your artistry to help lift our spirits these days. Thanks so much.
Valentina, you're an angel! The maestro must be proud! Be strong my darling.
Bravo. I love this sonata. I went for many years paying little attention to it and suddenly discovered it about twenty years ago and worked on it myself for a while. It's always great to hear it played by someone who really knows how.
Sitting in a lockdown for the Covid 19 virus I love listening to your interpretation of Beethoven, today it is Easter, a day of Hope that once this virus will be gone. I pray for it.
Are you still there? 😊
Resounding sound. +BLACK, Is your "signature color." Beautiful!
The first bars of this sonata reminds me of a beautiful morning in a countryside.
Thank you Valentina,for all those free concerts you are providing us over the years.
I think your videos are literally the only ones I could watch without sound and still have a blast. Alone visually they are so calming, pleasant and dazzling.
Magnifique ! Bravo Valentina. Encore !!!
Valentina, you just give and give like no other. Thank you so so much.
What a beautiful performance! Such tenderness in the first movement.
Thank you☆ コロナで鬱々した気分が晴れました。素敵な音色をありがとう。
Wonderful! You make the parts flow together so well. Thanks Valentina.
Love every one of Lou's sonatas, and laud the supreme depth of interpretation you put into each piece you play. Hope you are staying well, safe and sane! Thank you for this 23-minute holiday from scary pandemic. : )
Wonderful performance, great project, wish you lots of energy for the hole project, we’re looking forward to every sonata!
Valentina I love witnessing a true professional dedicated to her lifes work. I feel that you show us greatness through the spirit of the human being. Through your work..
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Je suis littéralement hypnotisé par les mains de Valentina lorsqu'elle joue. Elles sont un spectacle à elles toutes seules. Un miracle que de les voir évoluer sur le clavier et pour sortir un nuancier musical incroyable. C'est vraiment magnifique et cette pastorale est absolument sublime. De là-haut, Beethoven doit se régaler de la façon Valentina dont met en lumière toute la poésie et la musicalité de ces chef-d'oeuvre que sont toutes ses sonates.
What a beautiful experience, thank you ♥️
Why tf would anyone dislike this?
It's absolutely beautiful!😍
Valentina ... those left had staccato chords in the beginning of the song (2 minute range) are so thoughtfully placed !
I've been waiting for this one! Currently working on it... Thank you!
Wonderful, Val, as always. Many years ago, my brother arranged this for oboe (which I played then) with piano accompaniment (he played the piano - he was taking music classes in college then). It works pretty good for that; probably would for violin too. The 1st mvmt has kind of a back & forth dialog that works well for a dual instrument sonata. I have very fond memories of playing that with my brother for our parents, family and guests. As well as listening to my brother play this and other B's sonatas by himself (serene). That was SO many, many years ago! What wonderful times; sad that I can't go back to really appreciate them as much as I should have (didn't know how fleeting such wonderment & beauty is). ... Your impeccable & wonderful playing helps me re-live all of that again. Thanks Val for bringing back that wonderful memory.
Beautiful and inspiring!
Thank you very much for all the sonatas
I have absolutely enjoyed every single one . You are a superb pianist
Valentina Lisitsa is helping us rediscover the genius of Beethoven in these Sonatas, more so, she's actually bringing Beethoven back to life, only a great pianist like her can do that!
I have always loved this sonata...Now I have reason to love it more!
p.s. learning the first movement of this Sonata right now, so I will be watching you over and over again 🥰
Sunt atat de bucuroasa te admir foarte mult❤❤❤😎😎
Awesome 🎹 playing love it will watch it again and again bravo
How can I talk about her ....
She is absolutely fantastic. I love her piano.
Stunningly beautiful
Valentina tiene unas manos fuertes como Martha. El tópico de la pianista con manos delicadas tocando sensible,piezas delicadas, no deja de ser, un tópico más. Gracias por tu interpretación ❤️
I've always wanted to hear your interpretation of Pastoral. And as always with your music, I am not disappointed! Bravo 😀
wonderfully played with such ease, sit at home in quarantine (Corona Virus, Austria), this wonderful music, that makes things a little easier
Amazing!!! Bravo!!!
Love this Sonata, Beethoven loved nature and drew lots of inspiration from it! Thank you Valentina ❤️ be safe from a loyal 🇨🇦 fan!!!
The nickname for this sonata may not have come from Beethoven, it was most likely the publisher just giving it a name.
Valentina, thank you for playing all of beethoven sonatas you are fulfilling my dream.
But I have another dream that you play liszt Transcriptions of beethoven symphonys.
Amen!
While you wait, this performance is wonderful
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@@ValentinaLisitsaQOR Do you need to be rescued?
@@ValentinaLisitsaQOR what? Are you in an airport stuck? 😱
@@ValentinaLisitsaQOR i am so sorry valentina . i hope that are well
Brava !! 👏🏼 Artist !! What a transition piece between sitting in the classical and more romantic period. I adore your wonderful phrasing and classical touches in the second movement. And this is such a gem of a Beethoven sonata. So lyrical and "pastoral" with wonderful moments of virtuosity, like that firecracker closing! 🎆
Beautifully played!!!💛
Thank you Valentina, for that interpretation.
Magnifica, come sempre, soave.
I cant stop playing your vids, u are awesome!
Prikrasno!
❤️ 🌹 🇹🇼
I am listening your music from so far away.
May the love of God be with you every time you play.
I learned this myself before hearing any professional pianists play it, and it was one of my favourites. I had no idea of how a gifted pianist could play it, like someone who'd purchased a top end car but never learned how it could handle the turnpikes.
Such an underrated work ❤️❤️
So beautiful❤️
Truly, thank you
Perfection.
Vraiment une magnifique pianiste, Bravo :)!
I absolutely adore your passion for the piano. I completely understand the time, effort and sacrifice that you have put in to it. I to am a pianist, but I am also a person that plays multiple instruments. I serve many masters and can't commit to one. You do the world justice in what you do.
Great performance: Thank you for posting
Браво! Благодарность волшебнице фортепиано!
Second movement is my favourite ♥🌷you are the virtuoso... I am your fan.
Your hands are everything Valentina ❤️ so passionate it is a pleasure watching you
Thank you Val for spending many hours perfecting this so we might glimpse heaven for 22 minutes. All the best from Sakuntala Basu, listening from India
Fabulosa Valentina.
Very sweet. Thank you for cheering me up. From New Zealand.
Валентина, Здравствуйте. А есть ли у Вас в планах посетить с концертами и среднюю Азию, Ташкент Узбекистан, в частности. Было бы здорово послушать Вас в живую и в нашем регионе. Будьте здоровы и Благодарю Вас за сонаты Бетховена!
What a beautiful interpretation!
Thank you for doing this.
Wonderful !
Grazie Valentina.
Me fascina este maratón Beethoveniano...
AMAZING!!!
This woman is performing an Olympic level athletic feat. Intense, isolated, muscular control for the length of an entire television episode! Beyond badass.
Oh, if you haven't seen her absolutely shred the Hungarian 2, look it up. It's truly insane.
thanks, fantastic
Yesssss well done❤❤😎😁
I am waiting again, your big fan
Приходится повторить то, что я уже написал по поводу исполнения 3-й сонаты. Удивительное эстетическое целомудрие и техника не сама по себе, а на службе смыслов. Ноль "рисовки" и поверхностной "эффектности". С первых тактов Лисица идёт "вглубь". И - как всегда - всё на контрастах. Интеллект - рука об руку с экспрессией. Не могу найти сопоставимых интерпретаций. Совершенно особенный музыкальный рисунок. Вторая часть вообще - открытие. Глубочайший синтез красоты и трагизма жизни. Лисица - уникальное явление в современной культуре.
Lovely.
Great performance. God bless you
She's made it a beautiful day for a walk.
Beautiful lady, beautiful music.😍😍
“The principal task of a conductor is not to put himself in evidence but to disappear behind his functions as much as possible. We are pilots, not servants.”
-- Franz Liszt
How I wish that Dudamel and Rattle and so on would read this and take note and stop their gurning.
I wonder if Valentina listened to Andreas Schiff’s lectures on Beethoven piano sonatas before recording them. The lectures are magnificient and help to better understand Beethoven, and Valentina plays them exactly as they should be played! You can see her love for the composer present!
Fabulous job!
Your piano is great no matter how many times you listen.
Thank you for a wonderful time.
Please come to Japan again.
Spectacular
Magistral
beautiful, both the piece and the person who plays it
Thank you
I LOVE THIS PIANIST.....
Love you so much valentinaa
相変わらず安定した技術で感心するが、彼女としては軽い曲を軽く弾いたと思う。もちろん良い意味で。一楽章で通奏低音のような書き方の左手に意味をもたせ過ぎない解釈が、弾き手によってはしつこさを感じさせる、あるいはそれもベートーヴェンの本質の一つとも言えるけれども、そういうこの曲の持つ重さを排してやってみて実際成功している。右手のスケールの処理に違和感を持つ人もいるかも知れないがアタッカで入る次の楽章ですぐ納得できる。
Bravo !
Чудесно!
Danke.
😍😘🥰💐💐💐🎉🎉Love valentina love.......
Belo 👏👏👏
bravo
Dear Valentina,
Thank you for this dream-come-true project and for all these years you simply share the best performances with us. I would like to ask, if it is possible for you to give us very small description for some sonatas which have particular meaning and are named in different ways. It would be great to understand insights better. Thank you very much.
the coda of mvmt 4 is the best part & fun to play😃