Those ov you who love chopins op 10 . 1

[zheer]

  Here is a fairly cool interpretation.What are your thoughts.

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLBN2ZKnVo8

[gerry]

I like it--accurate, effective dynamic range for an etude, steady tempo at a rate that keeps it from begin choppy, base octaves are powerful but not banged and overemphasized--and it's played a Bosie

[zheer]

  Well then you will love her interpretation of the etude in thirds, so effortless .

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM4pXNYwQjA

[gerry]

Thanks for sharing those. The ease with which she plays the 3rds at that speed is astonishing! Now I get to return to my practicing and klunk away at about 2/3rd her speed and convince myself I'm doing pretty well.

[ramseytheii]

*Shrugz*

Walter Ramsey

[invictious]

Wow...I wish she wasn't wearing that dress either.





*slaps self*




Yes, that's thirds is just..it's so natural, she makes it look so easy..

That op.10 no.1 too..wow...her hand is just..so free and natural..makes it look amazingly easy too..

Just imagine what she can do with those hands..






*slaps self harder*

[zheer]

Yes, that's thirds is just..it's so natural, she makes it look so easy..

  True, it's music .

[liszt-essence]

To be honest I don't like her op 10 no 1 - it lacks passion, fire

Her playing is much more fit for the thirds (op 25 no 6), because it's a more elegant piece

[cloches_de_geneve]

When I saw the video of her thirds-etude a few months ago (the one in which she wears a red dress not the green one), I was simply speechless. I had to watch it 3 times to believe it. To my knowledge, no other hands "fly" over this piece with such effortless elegance.

For some reason (maybe memories of pictures) her narrow hands with the long fingers remind me of Liszt's hands.

[zheer]

For some reason (maybe memories of pictures) her narrow hands with the long fingers remind me of Liszt's hands.
 

   Nothing manly about those hands.

[desordre]

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 http://www.valentinalisitsa.com/
 There are tons of video and audio, as well as some info. Enjoy!
 Best wishes!

[zheer]

  We cant all be genius.

[pianistimo]

she must be really bright - because that etude is difficult to memorize let alone not let a finger slip in the entire thing.  she's really solid.  and elegant.  it's exactly the way i would want to play this if i could learn the entire thing from memory.  not too bashing. 

[zheer]

- because that etude is difficult to memorize let alone not let a finger slip in the entire thing. 

  You do realize, that a lot of these pianists memorize and perform all 24 Etudes by Chopin.

[cloches_de_geneve]

it's exactly the way i would want to play this if i could learn the entire thing from memory.  not too bashing. 

I agree, she has indeed the dynamics right. Looking at the score, one realizes that 2/3 of this etude has range going from mp to f. Considering that Chopin tended to play softly due to a personal preference and the pianos of the time -- today this range would easily translate into a p-to-mf range. It is only in the very last part of the etude that Chopin writes a few ff.

And yet, countless pianists hammer this piece down on metallic sounding Steinways (or worse) as if it was written ff from A to Z. Not only wrong but also bad for the hand.

[nocturnelover]

Holy hell are they actually thirds huh huh huh huh *cries*
I wouldn't have believed it if I didn't see it with my own eyes! Yeah I think the op10 1 etude looks easy but I reckon there really needs to be more dynamic contrast

[thalberg]

*Shrugz*

Walter Ramsey

I totally agree, Walter. 

[cmg]

I totally agree, Walter. 

I'm with both of you.  What's the big fuss?  That op.10/1 sounds as if she phoned it in.