Piano genius Valentina Lisitsa playing Rachmaninoff Prelude in g minor, Op.23 no.5, filmed & recorded by me at the Guildhall School of Music in London, 2 April 2009. She played this and four other pieces completely unprepared in the middle of an interview I had with her. So this performance was very spontaneous. Valentina decided on the spot to play Rachmaninoff and Schumann, she did all the pieces 'in one go/in one take'. The interview and the musicrecordings were done while she was in the middle of her 2009-tour with Hilary Hahn, so in this period she literally had her hands all day on rehearsing the recital-material (Ysaye, Ives, Brahms, Bartok) she was doing with Hilary Hahn. Considering this I even more enjoy and admire Valentina's fabulous playing here. I think she truly delivers a wonderful interpretation in a unique and powerful performance.
See also my video-portrait of Valentina, [ Ссылка ] and many other videos I produced of her elsewhere on my YT-channel. For more info on the interview I did in London, April 2009, see the following page on my weblog: [ Ссылка ]
Hope you'll enjoy the video and once more I look out for your response.
