With all the years you've been playing and all the master pieces youv'e learned, you still enjoy those "easy" sonatas. In the end, it's all about music, nothing else...
After all it's still a Beethoven sonata, not a Czerny etude. ;) I find it fascinating how I can still find new inspiration in these performances although I've probably played these more than anything else and can still remember them after a decade of not touching them.
That’s exactly how my version sounds in my head when I’m playing! Unfortunately, the recording says otherwise. Thank you Valentina for such a majesterial performance. Off to listen to it again….
Janos Starker used to tell his students that one has to be utterly secure technically, so that nothing one would be called upon to do on one's instrument required any effort at all, and could be accomplished with complete relaxation; not until then would one be free to be a musician. If there is a better example than Lisitsa of effortless and total technical security on the piano, I haven't seen it. And with such freedom at her disposal, what a great musician she has become.
Miss valentina, it is always a pleasure to hear your performance and to be able to see your fingers fly like butterflies over piano keys! Thank you so much for sharing.
I have to thank you, because after watching a video of you practicing, I started playing again after many years of stopping after gratuating in piano in an italian accademy. You gave me the right energy to study after a deep depressive crisis. What's better than music to start living again? I owe you and I hope I can listen to you soon here in Italy. God bless you.
Back when I was a kid learning the "easy" sonatas, all I had was Kempff's recording as reference because there was no internet and all I had was my father's record collection (and since he adored Kempff, he allowed no other sonata recordings). Great to hear different interpretations these days.
Valentina è la più grande. La sua interpretazione, la sua velocità di esecuzione è sempre eccezionale e le sensazioni che lascia durano a lungo anche dopo la fine delle sue esecuzioni.
Интерес к Вашим интерпретациям неизменно сочетается с воскрешением непередаваемого чувства детского восторга, наблюдая за тем как Вы получаете неподдельное удовольствие от соприкосновения с исполняемой музыкой. Уникальные восхитительные ощущения. Спасибо.
This woman inspired me to start learning piano. I've watched all of her other videos (including the insanely fast ones). I'm 24 and I finally decided to buy that 88 key keyboard and got started playing and learning to read music about 6 months ago. Glad I did. Piano is a beautiful instrument and I hope to play it maybe 1/4 as good as her one day. Great videos.
Valentina, it is such a pleasure watching you play. I would enjoy your playing even if it were only audio, but the obvious joy on your face as you play makes me enjoy your performance even more.
Of all the performances I have watched. This is one of the best. I am studying this sonata right now and it is such a fun piece. You see the happy playful five year old at the piano such a joy to see that in a musician. You are so happy playing this sonata it is wonderful.
@Shenandoah Berghuis i practise 1 - 4 hours in a day i started learning piano 1 years ago but now i can play lizst chopins grand valse brillante , beethovens first sonata , i work too hard to be a famous pianist and conposer , i really love it it is my passion i m growing up too fast but i'm so perfectionist and that makes issues weird. , thank you for motivation by the way !
This is the only Beethoven sonata I have played complete, it's so funny to play I will learn one movement of one of the Beethoven sonatas, I don't know which one, because I have an audition soon. Valentina's interpretations of the sonatas will help me to have an idea and improve my interpretation. Thank you to share these wonderfull interpretations with us. I am very excited to hear the next sonata :D
A wonderful piece wonderfully played. It seems to be an old and intimate acquaintance of you, maybe from childhood, maybe from your youth. My sincere thanks.
OMG!! This was my first sonata I played and it brings me back memories:) Whenever I hear this, it reminds me of Mozart sonatas. Thank you always for your amazing music!
@T.B. Schaefer YESSSS Haydn, another genius! It is very Haydnish but I still think it feels more closer to Mozart than Haydn. But yes! It also reminds me of Haydn too!
@@ganghyunsung5412 There’s very little of either Mozart or Haydn in this ‘sonate facile’ that Beethoven threw off with barely a thought. Beethoven did not consider Opus 49 worthy of his name, nor did he want the two sonatas published (his brother sold them behind his back).
This sonata came like a fresh cool mountain breeze while the aircon was valiantly trying to overpower 38 deg C temperature and 80% humidity where i am. Your playing was so delicate, with such a sure touch that I forgot all about the bodily discomforts and was submerged in the glorious music. Thank you. Might I hope that one day you'll play all the Beethoven Bagatelles and all the Schubert Laendler? I know these are quite short pieces of moderate difficulty but sometimes the most profound ideas are expressed very simply by the great masters , giving us divine melodies. All the best from Sakuntala Basu, listening from India
This is just lovely. First: raise your hand if this is the first Beethoven Sonata you learned from start to finish 🙋🏻♂️ Second: The few sets of all 32 Sonatas I've listened to often rush through this Sonata as an inconvenience before getting to the Waldstein. Here I appreciate Valentina's taking her time and actually letting this "simple" sonata breathe. (Don't mistake me, I also can't wait for the Waldstein and the meaty sonatas to follow !! Op 101 and Op 111 🥰)
Did this piece not make it's debut in an original Warner Brothers Cartoon? Like Wagners' Valkarye, w/Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fud? Puts a rare smile on my face. 👍🎶
This sonata reminds me of Mozart's pieces... don't know if Beethoven had his influence as a composer, but listening to this I'd assume so Thank you for the beautiful performance 😊😊
@@ValentinaLisitsaQOR Wow, that's actually pretty interesting, thanks so much for the information! I'm a beginner in this whole world of classic music and at playing piano! Hope that one day I become able to play as beautiful as you!! Greetings from Brazil!
Absolutely nothing of Mozart - nor Haydn - in this trivial little sonate facile; perhaps at best a little in common with the sonatinas of Clementi or Kuhlau intended for beginners.
Oh shoot I recognize this Piano Sonata. The sheet music makes it look so easy. In your words Val “It looks very innocent” but once you hear it it’s deceiving. LOL 🤩
It seems to me that I have literally heard like every Beethoven song ever at some point in time. Never heard of this song, but here I am knowing what each part will sound like 😂. But still, I love your playing Valentina, and I have been watching you for many years. Thank you ❤️❤️❤️
Ratty Woof thanks for letting me know! I’ve only been playing piano for a decade. I know that. I just usually use them interchangeably when generalizing. But thanks anyway....
Great job as always! What do you think you’ll do next when you’re finished with this Beethoven marathon? Perhaps the Mirrors by Ravel or the Harmonies Poetiques et Religieuses by Liszt?
With all the years you've been playing and all the master pieces youv'e learned, you still enjoy those "easy" sonatas. In the end, it's all about music, nothing else...
After all it's still a Beethoven sonata, not a Czerny etude. ;)
I find it fascinating how I can still find new inspiration in these performances although I've probably played these more than anything else and can still remember them after a decade of not touching them.
@@magicmulder 😂 I hope the same for me in 10 years because I've only started this year and am in grade 7 after 6 months
I love how when playing you seem to sing along and just delight in the sound. True music making
What attracted me in the first place you can see the joy she feels in her play.
Vladimir Ashkenazy sang along too.
I wonder. Is Valentina a good singer too??!
@@andersgranmo7650 i think she can quite sing because imagine playing so much piano and can't sing
And I love how you are surprised by it!
That’s exactly how my version sounds in my head when I’m playing! Unfortunately, the recording says otherwise. Thank you Valentina for such a majesterial performance. Off to listen to it again….
This was the first Beethoven sonata I ever learned! Such a delightful surprise to see it performed by my biggest hero 🙏😃
0:00 - I. Allegro ma non troppo
4:15 - II. Tempo di Menuetto
Thank you soooooooo much
Janos Starker used to tell his students that one has to be utterly secure technically, so that nothing one would be called upon to do on one's instrument required any effort at all, and could be accomplished with complete relaxation; not until then would one be free to be a musician. If there is a better example than Lisitsa of effortless and total technical security on the piano, I haven't seen it. And with such freedom at her disposal, what a great musician she has become.
That's precisely my personal gripe with Lang Lang. He's so great technically but doesn't use this freedom to make the pieces sing or cry or thunder.
Miss valentina, it is always a pleasure to hear your performance and to be able to see your fingers fly like butterflies over piano keys! Thank you so much for sharing.
I have to thank you, because after watching a video of you practicing, I started playing again after many years of stopping after gratuating in piano in an italian accademy. You gave me the right energy to study after a deep depressive crisis. What's better than music to start living again? I owe you and I hope I can listen to you soon here in Italy. God bless you.
Back when I was a kid learning the "easy" sonatas, all I had was Kempff's recording as reference because there was no internet and all I had was my father's record collection (and since he adored Kempff, he allowed no other sonata recordings). Great to hear different interpretations these days.
Speaking nonsense once again..
@@lesteveman4462 what
@@changan2942 I don’t remember writing that comment and even I don’t know 😂
@@lesteveman4462 oh lol
Beautiful smile, as mesmerizing as the playing 🌹💐❤️💗 legacy of the great Glenn Gould
Волшебница Валентина, какое удовольствие слушать Вас!
Просто очаровательно. Легко воздушно необычно . Слушаю и наслаждаюсь. Спасибо большое ❤
Valentina è la più grande. La sua interpretazione, la sua velocità di esecuzione è sempre eccezionale e le sensazioni che lascia durano a lungo anche dopo la fine delle sue esecuzioni.
È come se il pezzo avesse un eco nel tuo cervello
I played this piece as a child and this performance brought back so many happy memories. Beautiful tone on every note. Thank you Valentina :D
Two sonatas this week
I love how happy she looks while playing.
Страсть и нежность сочетаются одновременно!Спасибо,Валентина !
А страсть где? И зачем она в этой сонате? ))):
What a great performance! ❤️❤️❤️ I really enjoyed your playing. Thank you 😊
Интерес к Вашим интерпретациям неизменно сочетается с воскрешением непередаваемого чувства детского восторга, наблюдая за тем как Вы получаете неподдельное удовольствие от соприкосновения с исполняемой музыкой. Уникальные восхитительные ощущения. Спасибо.
I've been waiting for this! I'm learning this sonata currently. This is a lovely performance.
I'm very grateful that you enjoy playing Beethoven, Love all his Sonatas ❣️ Thank you Valentina ❤️
extraordinary, wonderful music, I admire it
Loveliest Interpretation! Happy Sunday! 🌺🌸🌹💐🌷💃🌟🕊🎶🍰🎂🥧🧡
Für mich die beste Klavierspielerin
Hinhören und Augen schliessen
oder dazu frei tanzen
von Herzen Danke
Valentina, the clarity in all your performances is absolutely overwhelming. Thank you.
This woman inspired me to start learning piano. I've watched all of her other videos (including the insanely fast ones). I'm 24 and I finally decided to buy that 88 key keyboard and got started playing and learning to read music about 6 months ago. Glad I did. Piano is a beautiful instrument and I hope to play it maybe 1/4 as good as her one day. Great videos.
Valentina, it is such a pleasure watching you play. I would enjoy your playing even if it were only audio, but the obvious joy on your face as you play makes me enjoy your performance even more.
これまでに聴いた中で最もベートーヴェンらしい演奏だと感じました。
この曲にベートーヴェンの個性を感じないという意見もあるけれど、実際にはものすごくベートーヴェン！この演奏なら特に！！
シェアしてくれありがとう！😍
Thank you Valentina nice to see you happy. Great listening.xx :)
Of all the performances I have watched. This is one of the best. I am studying this sonata right now and it is such a fun piece. You see the happy playful five year old at the piano such a joy to see that in a musician. You are so happy playing this sonata it is wonderful.
I'm studying it too. Why are studying it?
@@nicolaspachecoarango well it is part of the rcm repertoire, I am obsessed with Beethoven, and I am working on becoming a piano teacher.
What a beatiful playing i wish that i can play like you one day!
@Shenandoah Berghuis i practise 1 - 4 hours in a day i started learning piano 1 years ago but now i can play lizst chopins grand valse brillante , beethovens first sonata , i work too hard to be a famous pianist and conposer , i really love it it is my passion i m growing up too fast but i'm so perfectionist and that makes issues weird. , thank you for motivation by the way !
You can't, she is unique.
@@olivleonardo sheis nice but shes making show u know fazıl say is better
Our beautiful Lady making more beauty in an ugly world that needs so much more. Thank you val!
Valentina just keeps on giving. Thank you, Valentina, we all appreciate you! 🌹🌹🌹
This is the only Beethoven sonata I have played complete, it's so funny to play
I will learn one movement of one of the Beethoven sonatas, I don't know which one, because I have an audition soon. Valentina's interpretations of the sonatas will help me to have an idea and improve my interpretation. Thank you to share these wonderfull interpretations with us.
I am very excited to hear the next sonata :D
Happy interpreting
Sir
A wonderful piece wonderfully played. It seems to be an old and intimate acquaintance of you, maybe from childhood, maybe from your youth. My sincere thanks.
Thank you again for sharing your beautiful music.
Vous jouez toujours aussi bien !
OMG!! This was my first sonata I played and it brings me back memories:) Whenever I hear this, it reminds me of Mozart sonatas. Thank you always for your amazing music!
@T.B. Schaefer YESSSS Haydn, another genius! It is very Haydnish but I still think it feels more closer to Mozart than Haydn. But yes! It also reminds me of Haydn too!
Yes, and Haydn! I love playing these!
@@ganghyunsung5412
There’s very little of either Mozart or Haydn in this ‘sonate facile’ that Beethoven threw off with barely a thought.
Beethoven did not consider Opus 49 worthy of his name, nor did he want the two sonatas published (his brother sold them behind his back).
This sonata came like a fresh cool mountain breeze while the aircon was valiantly trying to overpower 38 deg C temperature and 80% humidity where i am. Your playing was so delicate, with such a sure touch that I forgot all about the bodily discomforts and was submerged in the glorious music. Thank you.
Might I hope that one day you'll play all the Beethoven Bagatelles and all the Schubert Laendler? I know these are quite short pieces of moderate difficulty but sometimes the most profound ideas are expressed very simply by the great masters , giving us divine melodies. All the best from Sakuntala Basu, listening from India
She plays with such a sophisticated sound
Such joy and pleasure - Thank you Valentina and LvB!
Once again, excellent phrasing and voicing; your facial expressions indicate that you enjoy playing this piece.
This sonata was my piano teacher favourite. But none plays it as perfect as Valentina. 🎹🎹🎹♥️
Playing like the happiest little girl. Love it. :)
Amazing!
One more till Waldstein...
Always a joy to hear your music!
Sei la mia preferita! Un caro saluto da Milano 🇮🇹 Italia.
Amazing
She is so amazing....
Wonderful, truly amazing.
Beautiful ❤️
A great piece of music and extremely well executed. Thanks!
Tempo is precise as is the expression. Keep feeding us the Beethoven please. Thank you for sharing with us. Please tour the U.S.
I have played this movement... Just never this well. Brava!
Henry Shikles which one?
The first movement. And now that I think about it, I had played the second as well but it has been so long I can’t remember most of it.
@@henryshikles Recently I picked this up again after years and realized I totally forgot the 2nd was part of this sonata and not another. :D
Absolutely phenomenal!! I love watching your postures and expressiveness
Great performance! You are truly amazing! I also played this sonata❤️ 😊
I love your work. I’m 12 and I am inspired by the way you play. I just finished learning this song and I am trying to record it and then post it.
🙂
Amazing as always!
This is just lovely. First: raise your hand if this is the first Beethoven Sonata you learned from start to finish 🙋🏻♂️ Second: The few sets of all 32 Sonatas I've listened to often rush through this Sonata as an inconvenience before getting to the Waldstein. Here I appreciate Valentina's taking her time and actually letting this "simple" sonata breathe. (Don't mistake me, I also can't wait for the Waldstein and the meaty sonatas to follow !! Op 101 and Op 111 🥰)
Hello, Ms Valentina does have a video here on TH-cam posted of her playing the Waldstein. I listened this morning. Heavenly!
After all, your performance is very sophisticated. We are waiting for you to carry out a premium release.
Как же мне нравится смотреть на ваши руки.
Que placer escucharte Valentina !!!
Cariños desde Argentina
Valentina could you please play DEBUSSY ? I would love to hear it from your hands !!
th-cam.com/video/8DsqghqJwlUt/w-d-xo.htmlhis is what I wanted to hear from you, please
Wonderful Valentina !
Wonderful!!! Excellent!!!
Felicidades Maestra!!! Bravo!!
Marvelous!!
Dear Valentin, you are one of the reasons I chose to learn piano.
and I who thoughti could play soata tranlate. Brava Wanderfull pianist
Sounds perfect!
Takes me back to my college Piano 4 days. 😊😊😊
I want to hear your Prokofiev once
Seeing her slime, makes my day a lot better, greetings from Chile :)
What a beautiful piece, thank you!
played very nicely, thanks
Encore Merci i❤
Please stay on earth sometimes you seem flying away ...!
Валентина, умничка!!!...
Muchas gracias por deleitarnos con tu interpretación, esta vez ,de una sonata tan vivaz, tan animada y tan bella. ❤️
Thanks 🌹♥️🌹
Nicely played !
Очень интересная трактовка. Не помню похожих исполнений. Замечательно! Очень понравилось...
How is her touch powerful yet supple at the same time?
Ooh Val,it's as though I am there w/you,,,😆luvy luv xoxo,,Jane.
Did this piece not make it's debut in an original Warner Brothers Cartoon? Like Wagners' Valkarye, w/Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fud?
Puts a rare smile on my face. 👍🎶
Listening Beethoven Sonatas: Great!!
Playing Beehoven Sonatas:I am just Crying...
This sonata reminds me of Mozart's pieces... don't know if Beethoven had his influence as a composer, but listening to this I'd assume so
Thank you for the beautiful performance 😊😊
@@ValentinaLisitsaQOR Wow, that's actually pretty interesting, thanks so much for the information! I'm a beginner in this whole world of classic music and at playing piano! Hope that one day I become able to play as beautiful as you!!
Greetings from Brazil!
Absolutely nothing of Mozart - nor Haydn - in this trivial little sonate facile; perhaps at best a little in common with the sonatinas of Clementi or Kuhlau intended for beginners.
Oh shoot I recognize this Piano Sonata. The sheet music makes it look so easy. In your words Val “It looks very innocent” but once you hear it it’s deceiving. LOL 🤩
It seems to me that I have literally heard like every Beethoven song ever at some point in time. Never heard of this song, but here I am knowing what each part will sound like 😂. But still, I love your playing Valentina, and I have been watching you for many years. Thank you ❤️❤️❤️
They're not songs - there are no vocals - they're pieces, sonatas, works - anything but songs.
Ratty Woof thanks for letting me know! I’ve only been playing piano for a decade. I know that. I just usually use them interchangeably when generalizing. But thanks anyway....
Awsome! ❤️
merci ! Valentina
Amo essaaa!🎹❤😍
Inspirational
Thanks for your music. Спасибо!!
Wonderful as always!
Very impressed
Great my Diva!
Amazing how nothing seems to distract your playing
Great job as always! What do you think you’ll do next when you’re finished with this Beethoven marathon? Perhaps the Mirrors by Ravel or the Harmonies Poetiques et Religieuses by Liszt?
Ooh I would love to see Miroirs
Esta linda jovem não tem mão esquerda! Tem duas mãos direitas! No left hand! just two right hands!
Amaziiing
❤❤❤❤from Japan!
Красавица...😊😊😊