30 July 2009

The hands of Valentina Lisitsa...



...playing Rachmaninoff's Etude Op. 39 No. 6 "Little Red Riding Hood." The video and audio seem to be a few milliseconds out of sync, but there's no CG involved here; she is a well-known professional pianist from Ukraine who has been playing piano since age three. You can view other performances on her YouTube channel.

Here she is playing Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto. I think it's impossible to listen to this piece without thinking of the movie "Brief Encounter."

5 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 30, 2009 at 5:04 PM

    It's not impossible for me, I've never heard of that movie.

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  2. MinnesotastanJuly 30, 2009 at 5:41 PM

    If you like this piece of music, I suggest you run - don't walk - to your library to check out the DVD of the movie. Or get it from Netflix. Whatever. One of the all-time great classic music movie soundtracks awaits you.

    Preview here -

    http://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2009/03/brief-encounter.html

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  3. TWForemanJuly 31, 2009 at 9:20 AM

    I'm not sure why you bothered to mention that there is no CG. That's what it looks like when a good player plays a fast piece...

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  4. MarkJuly 31, 2009 at 10:19 AM

    Does the fact that the music is difficult to play make it better?

    What if this had been a MIDI sequence? What if it had been CG, would it detract from the music?

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  5. UnknownAugust 5, 2009 at 11:55 AM

    If you want to see some crazy piano keywork, check out
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9-2jM5RNSs.

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