Shostakovich Sonata No. 2 Mov 3 Finale. Valentina Lisitsa
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- ...continues from 1st and 2nd movement video.
The last movement, a finale. Those words have more meaning here than in many other sonatas, with Chopin B Flat minor a n only possible similarity.
This movement is a set of variations , written on a very simple, folk-song like theme. This opening theme is for one hand only - an ultimate expression of loneliness and desolation in music. A set of variations follows the theme, some -maniacally busy and high-strung , some -- solemn and grave. Few last ones are worth our particular attention to listen to . Just like in other movements -- everything is in minor key and ANY sign of major( usually a symbol of something nicer, happier , gentler in music ) pierces the music like a ray of a bloodied sunrise on an eve of a storm. We get more and more "major" - @ 5':20" when octaves in left hand are decidedly major, then @ 6':00".... Then, @ 7:00" we enter the final agony in the drama of life. This variation is hauntingly similar to "dotted" variation from Schumann's Symphonic Etudes. This repeated dotted rhythm is like a heartbeat , heavy , boomy...halting, weakening.
This variation is probably most powerful and graphic depiction of death , of actual dying and death . Eventually everything transforms into vibrant, shining major key ( @ 10':19") and comes to a complete, final, stop . Death comes in scillinating major here -- but it doesn't sound nearly as a promise of paradise awaiting, rather a complete resignation and making peace with everybody and everything, complete cessation of life passion and struggle. The only thing left for onlookers is a brief prayer ( @ 10':30") and one final act of kindness to what was once a leaving , breathing human -- closing one's eyes ( a truly chilling moment at 10':57"). Then there is a gaping silence .... And , life returns back to its daily, almost banal pace -- for everybody else of course , while we bury our dead ( 12':30").
The end.
Many say that Mahler's symphonies are the deepest expression of human suffering, despair, feelings, and philosophical thought - humbug! Shostakovich lived through far worse and his music is far more expressive of the horrors millions of people had to live through. Valentina brings to the music of Shostakovich a soul, intellect, talent and passion obviously in tune with Shostakovich.
Having lost both my mother and my father in law to cancer last year and having seen life flow away from someone you love....This piece exactly resembles the feeling and despair I felt at the moment and the panic I saw in their eyes at the final end. I was't really ready for the impact of this piano piece I see now. I'm actually crying. I cannot explain how good Valentina has captured the drama of death in her performance....I am greatful, this makes me feel close to them again in some strange and still sad way. How beautiful music can be...
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I can´t understand why only ~120 000 views ???? In my opinion this whole Shostakovich sonata is the most underrated of all Valentina´s uploads.
+Gabriel Ranarivelo Totally agreed, and the fact that she is the only top pianist to even play champion this work in decades. It may not be happy or instant gratification, but it sure is one of the deepest and most profound sonatas of the 20th century and it shows her guts to take this on while so many artists would prefer easier to please repertoire.
Stop saying "underrated", this is not "underrated", how would you rate it? Maybe it is underestimated / little known.
My dear, it is a pity that your and your ear does not realize the genealogy of dodecaphonic music. It is comparable to abstract art in fine arts, beautiful!
Aw, only 100k views? Not a single piece of my favourite composer Medtner has that many views on any recording (Ponochevny's Night Wind is closest at 90k), and I can name quite a few capable composers that are even less known... have you heard of Bortkiewicz, Feinberg, or Revutzky?
Maybe stop complaining about popularity and just enjoy this hidden world with all those who have found it
Dear Valentina, your Performance makes this Piece of Music to breath and live. It's just exactly the right way! Shostakovich would love it.
Utterly brilliant composition, exquisite taste, and breathtaking playing, thank you Valentina.
This is wonderful. I hope you do an entire album of his work. I love you playing Shostakovich. 🖤
The best piano video.
Beautiful and deep music, thank you Valentina.
Thank you very much. This is the best performance I have heard of one of my favourite pieces of music ever composed for the piano!
Valentina Lisitsa a atteint un sommet avec cette oeuvre paradoxale du grand compositeur Shostakovitch. Celui que l'on peut qualifier aujourd'hui comme un homme résistant à l'absolutisme et à la violence de la vie a donné dans cette oeuvre majeure tout ce qu'il n'avait pu exprimer dans sa 7ème symphonie. L'interprétation est humainement admirable, sobre et forte.
Merci Valentina!!
"🎹❤🌹So Beautifully Played. I think Your Hands are the Most suited on this Planet to Play the Concert Piano"
I am currently playing this right now, and I am falling in love with it... It has such a demented beauty, words cannot even describe.
Ironically, this is exactly how I feel: hypnotized by the evenness of performance. This is one of the most beautiful and evocative recordings of any of Shostakovich's works I have heard over the decades. As one of my favourite composers, it makes it the more special. Truly brilliant!
You have such a deep understanding of this piece. A commanding performance as usual. Thank for the historical insights. 👏🎹
So we must keep apart,
You there, I here,
With just the door ajar
That oceans are,
And prayer,
And that pale svustenance,
Despair!
The variation that begins at 9:07 is BONE CHILLING!!!! Beautiful, dramatic, moving, and just an incredible piece of music all around.
Me produjo un nudo en el estómago pero no pude mas que escuchar absorto.
Después de leer el contexto de esta composición me queda mas claro aún el por qué de ese sentimiento de angustia y tristeza .
La interpretación de Valentina tiene una incomparable fuerza, expresividad y bellleza.
Блестяще! Валентина умеет только так!
Can this never stop, please.
what wonderful resonance and depth of tone you get out of the piano, Dear Lisitsa!
The ending reminds me of the last part of the 4th mvmt of his 8th string quartet. The cello a line that is almost like a glimer of hope, a moment of solace before the fall and then... well u should just listen to it!
Qué belleza! Impresionante ❤
So amazing - what a performance...
Thank so much for that description, I loved the piece but this historic background adds another dimension.
wow. wonderful description also. a complex portrayal of a triviality? wonderful.
Dear Valentina, Your notes are simply so moving, brilliant and illuminating. Your playing is so, well, indescribably heart-rending, it is as if you and Shostakovick were one. I had a similiar sense listening to Richter play Chopin. Uncanny. Thanks. We are all grateful just to be here listening to you enriching our lives. Best always, Al Kuhn
Thankyou you are rely one of the best concert pianists in the world I was going to see you in Leicester but covid came and ruined my plans i hope to see you one day all the best hugh
It sounds so tender. I did not expect this quolity in Shostakovich works.
This is breathtaking. Thank you again for your generosity in sharing your grace with those of us who can only marvel at your touch. You are a wonderful person and an unequaled pianist.
First, Valentina you are Magical!
Surprised to hear that no one plays this because although I'm completely unfamiliar with this piece, I recognized that iconic melody instantly and now I know what it was. Now I wonder where I heard it. Perhaps a movie?
Recently I became infatuated with Prokofiev and it looks like I'll have to add Shostakovitch to the list along with Stravinsky. To Novices and The Untalented: if you've played "ordinary piano" like Bach, Beethoven, and Chopin and perhaps have lost your passion for this music over the decades, this stuff will make it burn brightly again.
Stunning and very moving...thank you!
Dmitri and Valentina at their best.
This piece has so much mystery in it, it seems as though the commotion in World War 2 was this piece in actuality. I recently read Edward Keonojians book "Survived to Tell," as a school project, I wanted to see the contrast between how I see World War 2 in Russia (myself being Russian) and how a survivor views Russia after the war. The result was HUGE, he HATED Russia, reffering back to the piece, he described the times as though this was the background music, such a stunning truth.
omg SO GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Лучшее исполнение. Perfect! Bravo!
The music brought me close to tears, the description pushed me over.
Valentina, if you ever get the chance to reupload this playing on Bosy Imperial, please do. Those extra low notes will be chilling enough to almost conjure the poor dread souls of their time. I mean this in respects to the innocent who must roam even the afterlife lost, confused and forever in pain.
This is truly one of my favorite pieces on your channel
@ValentinaLisitsa Thx a lot for playing this sonate, a great pleasure to hear you
The symphony I play in has done most of the Mahler symphonies and one cannot help but be affected by moments of sublime beauty, moments of storm and moments of heart rending pathos. He also tends to wander a fair amount. But we know its personal and while we can extrapolate to a transcendent experience Shostakovich takes us right to humanities heart and soul and thusly expresses in a more intimate way our common bonds of tragedy and love. Like Anna Akmatova.
Uploading these videos is an impossibly precious gift to the world. Thank you.
" This sonata only certain people can fully digest it's sublime & profound substance. A definitive articulative performanz. "
beautiful. you are a very good pianist. it is a pleasure for me to listen to your music.
Hey Valentina glad to have you back here :) I was wondering will you ever come in greece?Would love to hear you live :)
the genealogy of dodecaphonic music. It is comparable to abstract art in fine arts, beautiful!
stunning!!
MVT 3 is my favorite !! not a musician, but get the sense that this is a very interesting piece from a theoretical standpoint. thanks for uploading this totally different music
@ValentinaLisitsa Thx a lot for answer and yes you must be right, bach compsition should be very different. May i add that if shostakovitch didin't believe in god he kept to make music in his way instead of regime pressure (if i remeber well) , i wanted to denounce the horror of his regime,. He lived in fear but he kept going, maybe the did'nt have the faith on god but the faith on justice and freedom of human kind.
I know that i couldn't have his bravour. He was a great man.
Valentina this was so wonderful..
You are so gifted..
just perfect...and the red light in the background....terrific :)
Valentina, your description of this sonata is as revealing as your playing! Having a Russian wife from St Petersburg, I am well aware of the drama this city lived (and died) through in WWII. 30 million dead in the Great Patriotic War!
This sonata reminds me of the beginning of a trio by the same Shostakovitch that begins with the highest notes on the cello. He was the composer of the XXth century, that of death and human suffering.
Incredibly well played!! Thank you, Valentina.
C'est magnifique. Merci mille fois …
💜🎹 genial, linda lisitsa.
@ValentinaLisitsa Ok thanks, i'll check the dates on your website. The louver would be a terrific place, they have a wonderful concert hall with awesome acoustic. Looking forward to hear you there =)
I love you, Valentina Lisitsa ♥
@ValentinaLisitsa I went very well, actually, thank you. And you are right, Valentina, what I'm going to say is really true, it's a hint to everybody. This exam week I'm listening 15 minutes of classical music before I give the exams and I'm going really well. I'm studying harder also this time LOL but music really helps.
Please come to france soon =) I desperately want to see you play live
prayvit valentina. i read your summary of the musical and themes from the pieces you post and this shosta. piece. thank you so much. my people are from/in the "old country". this how people like me from eastern europe origin think/experience about things. it might be a shock to the "americans" they try to pretend like death has no existence. but yet it is as natural as birth. not everything is a joyous adventure ride at disney world. but in the USA this seems to be a deficit or delusion in the population. so how could they understand what you are communicating with the piano and from your heart? i have no answer.
Maybe that's why i feel so alone as an american. this kind of music holds the greatest kind of emotion for me.I try to drown out the shallow excuses for "genuine emotion" with Eastern European music. Your people give me a better way to feel. Thank you
Morgan Angus
you are more than welcome! i do not have any real identy the so-called american in the USA! my people are from eastern europe. and only, forunately, (if i can ever learn english) about only 4 emmigrate in the usa. i have hundreds of relatives in europe, eastern europa.. etc... you are not alone... please contact me anytime.... valentina is from a long line of fantastik piano-esten from that part of world. and i understand how you feel. really i do. like i said, contact me anytime! and i have have a channel on youtube "mikael kenner" and a new one "TransDeluxe" that is for paradoy of 50's sci-fi movie stuff. thank you again for your kind and heartfelt words!
4:50 to 6:11 is nice! =D
まだ、コメントが少ないようです。今から寝ますので、明日ゆっくり聴いてみましょう！ショスタコービチは、初めてなのですね。よーく聴いてからコメントまたします。
Come to Mexico Please! D: haha seriuosly...i would like to see you live some time :)
I should be studying for a exam tomorrow, but I don't dare to close youtube page. I'm hypnotized by your performance. LOL.
The Danish composer Carl Nielsen changed after WWI, you can hear the change from 3. symphony to the 4. He became very desillusioned.
Shostakovitch and Schnitke both "describe" what wars do to humans and the whole world in their music - they never let me unaffected.
just love the progression of this piece :D
Genius... you're a genius!!!
absolutely stunning!
@Dachion " This sonata only certain people can fully digest it's sublime & profound substance. A definitive articulative performanz. "
Obviously you're right, because I love so much both - Mussorgsky (all) and Mahler (Das Lied von der Erde, Symfonie 2, 4...etc.). Well, maybe it's impending me to reach that way for Shostakovich too. All three great composers belonged to their native soil, to its lot, they could not escape, run away.
@ValentinaLisitsa Thank you soo much Valentina, i'll be there :)
There are a few ppl who valentina commented.... Lucky :) Anyway your playing is always awesome.
For some reason, I would love to see what she does with a really playful piece!
please OH PLEASE make Shostakovich next after Liszt!!
Hi Valentina! When are you going to treat us to the 24 Preludes and Fugues? Keith Jarrett needs the competition! The piece fits you like a glove.
Try some Tatiana Nikolayeva, and you won't be able to go back to Jarrett.
the beginning was haunting.
So good
В этой части Шостакович как бы беседует с Шопеном, который написал сходную по ужасу Вторую сонату. Шопен, увидевший конец всего - человека, мира, истории - кончает сонату крахом. Шостакович останавливается перед этим мрачным предчувствием и, так как он настолько сильно любит человечество, что не может занести над ним руку - кончает горьким предупреждением.
@ValentinaLisitsa that's true. classical music is great for studying. I have studied many hours with your videos! (minimized... haha)
Hello Valentina. You probably won't see this comment, but I will write it anyway. You are one of my very favorite pianists. This third movement is sublime. Your playing is sublime and amazing and beautiful. But I would forego the commentary in the future, it's not one of your strongest assets. But I think you are great.
Wow!
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Come to Singapore! I'd like to see you play the Bach-Busoni Chaconne and Prokofiev 2nd concerto!
why does this have less wiews than part 1 and 2? i dont get it, this is my favorite part from the three.
I also have sheet music and am trying to play this. wish me luck :)
this was made during the war as the nazis where getting close shostakovich left the city this was composed at. ..he premiere this at Moscow.
Wow, fantastic performance! But I don't know what to be most impressed by - your playing, the fact that you're kind enough to film and freely share all these great videos with the world, or the fact that you actually take the time to reply to so many comments!
How do you feel about Prokofiev's piano sonatas? Also, will you be playing in London any time soon? I saw the wonderful recital you did at the Barbican with Hilary Hahn some years ago, and I'm eager to see more!
And when you gonna come to Argentina? You are getting a lot of fans here, that will love to see you :)
Valentina, have you met Maxim Shostakovich...or for that matter, the living descendants of any major past composer?
Шостакович - сложный композитор,
Валя,
Вы молодец!
Great !
I don't know well Shotakovitch but this makes me want to hear more. I especially love the first movement.
By the way Valentina, have you ever heard about Olivier Greif ? He was a French modern composer. Unfortunately he's quite unknown... I think his and Shostakovitch's (or at least here) styles are a bit similar .
And thank you for your uploads. =)
BRAVA!
No, the video is a guy sitting in the front row who had a SLR camera, but your music is so exciting that he could not hold the camera. I saw Alexei filming the concert, he is really high! Ok, I look forward to your own recordings of Tivoli!
Valentina I filmed with my mobile part of the second ballad of Liszt in Tivoli. It is not a high-quality video, but I could share it on youtube?
That dissonance at @9:16 !
why people watch/listen this incomplete!, at this point, the first part have 3717 views, and this one just 1870, WTF
Did you write the video descriptions? They're amazing.
I have to get to Shostakovitch better, much better. What an impressive movement this is, and the background information in the text frames so evocatively the beautiful and stimulating music. This is music to listen to again and again, and absorb, no?
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This is a very fine performance. When and where was it played?
Ο Σοστακόβιτς έκανε μέσα στο 1959 αρκετά ταξίδια στο εξωτερικό. Παρακολούθησε μια σύνοδο του Παγκόσμιου Συμβούλιου Ειρήνης στη Σουηδία, το Ανοιξιάτικο Φεστιβάλ της Πράγας και το φθινοπωρινό της Βαρσοβίας. Τον Οχτώβρη μαζί με τους Τίχον Χρένικοφ, Ντμίτρι Καπαλέφσκι, Φικρέτ Αμίροφ, Κονσταντίν Ντάνκεβιτς και Μπορίς Γιαρουστόφσκι έκαναν μια εκτεταμένη περιοδεία στις ΗΠΑ. Η αντιπροσωπεία των σοβιετικών μουσικών επισκέφτηκε την Ουάσιγκτον, το Σαν Φραντσίσκο, το Λός Άντζελες, το Λούισβιλ, τη Φιλαδέλφεια και τη Νέα Υόρκη. Στις 24 του Οχτώβρη η Εθνική Συμφωνική Ορχήστρα υπό τον Γκ. Μίτσελ έπαιξε τη Δέκατη Συμφωνία, παρουσία του συνθέτη, στο Κονστιτιούσιον Χολ της Ουάσιγκτον. Οι σοβιετικοί μουσικοί έδωσαν συνέντευξη τύπου στο ξενοδοχείο Σέρατον Πάρκ στην οποία ο Σοστακόβιτς απαντώντας σε ερώτηση δημοσιογράφου είπε τα παρακάτω: «Θεωρώ ΤΟ Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα της Σοβιετικής Ένωσης σαν την πιο προοδευτική δύναμη του κόσμου. Πάντοτε έπαιρνα υπόψη μου τις συμβουλές του και θα συνεχίσω να το κάνω ως το τέλος της ζωής μου». ΝΤΜΙΤΡΙ ΣΟΣΤΑΚΟΒΙΤΣ για τον ίδιο και την εποχή του σελ. 243-244 εκδ. ΣΥΓΧΡΟΝΗ ΕΠΟΧΗ
Where can I get the sheet music?