Live at the Royal Albert Hall

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All Music Guide - Blair Sanderson
Having won a receptive audience by posting videos on YouTube, pianist Valentina Lisitsa has taken the next logical steps for a self-promoting star: booking the Royal Albert Hall for a solo recital of pieces by Rachmaninov, Liszt, Chopin, Beethoven, and Scriabin, and getting Decca to record it. Naturally, Rachmaninov''s "Etude-Tableau, Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf," is included, because Lisitsa''s video performance of this piece started her rise to fame, and it was a clever idea to make listeners associate a particularly flashy and fun piece with her style of playing. Lisitsa is a dynamic performer who plays with great speed and volatility, rather in the manner of...
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Editorial Reviews

All Music Guide - Blair Sanderson
Having won a receptive audience by posting videos on YouTube, pianist Valentina Lisitsa has taken the next logical steps for a self-promoting star: booking the Royal Albert Hall for a solo recital of pieces by Rachmaninov, Liszt, Chopin, Beethoven, and Scriabin, and getting Decca to record it. Naturally, Rachmaninov''s "Etude-Tableau, Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf," is included, because Lisitsa''s video performance of this piece started her rise to fame, and it was a clever idea to make listeners associate a particularly flashy and fun piece with her style of playing. Lisitsa is a dynamic performer who plays with great speed and volatility, rather in the manner of Martha Argerich, and her interpretations are full of teasing rubato, hectic attacks, and surging and diminishing dynamics, all characteristic of the Romantic individualism that is Lisitsa''s strong suit. She is at her best in short but loud character pieces that require a show of force, and less impressive in softer pieces where her lack of sublety is more apparent. The inclusion of Beethoven''s "Moonlight Sonata" was a mistake because it reveals her limitations in handling Classical style and a two-dimensional understanding of Beethoven''s expressions, resulting in a fairly mechanical performance. Even so, Lisitsa is an entertainer, rather than an aesthete, and her showmanship dominates this album so much that to expect anything else is pointless. Decca''s sound is big and expansive, so the piano isn''t lost in the Royal Albert Hall''s space, but its presence isn''t immediate.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 7/24/2012
  • Label: Decca
  • UPC: 028947845720
  • Catalog Number: 001709102
  • Sales rank: 7,126

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. 1 Prelude for piano No.6 in G minor, Op. 23/5 - Sergey Rachmaninov & Sergey Rachmaninov (3:29)
    Composed bySergey Rachmaninov, Sergey Rachmaninov
  2. 2 Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("Für Elise"), WoO 59 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (3:16)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
  3. 3 La Campanella II, etude for piano in G sharp minor (Grand Paganini Étude No. 3), S. 141/3 (LW A173/3) - Franz Liszt & Franz Liszt (4:11)
    Composed byFranz Liszt, Franz Liszt
  4. 4 Prelude for piano No.16 in G major, Op. 32/5 - Sergey Rachmaninov & Sergey Rachmaninov (3:27)
    Composed bySergey Rachmaninov, Sergey Rachmaninov
  5. 5 Nocturne for piano No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9/2, CT. 109 - Frédéric Chopin & Frédéric Chopin (4:09)
    Composed byFrédéric Chopin, Frédéric Chopin
  6. 6–7 Poèmes (2) for piano, Op. 32 - Alexander Scriabin & Alexander Scriabin (4:20)
    Composed byAlexander Scriabin, Alexander Scriabin
    1. 6 Andante cantabile
    2. 7 Allegro, con eleganza, con fiducia
  7. 8 Prelude for piano No.23 in G sharp minor, Op. 32/12 - Sergey Rachmaninov & Sergey Rachmaninov (2:17)
    Composed bySergey Rachmaninov, Sergey Rachmaninov
  8. 9–11 Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor ("Moonlight"), Op. 27/2 - Ludwig van Beethoven & Ludwig van Beethoven (14:50)
    Composed byLudwig van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
    1. 9 Adagio sostenuto
    2. 10 Allegretto
    3. 11 Presto agitato
  9. 12 Prelude for piano No.21 in B minor, Op. 32/10 - Sergey Rachmaninov & Sergey Rachmaninov (5:35)
    Composed bySergey Rachmaninov, Sergey Rachmaninov
  10. 13 Nocturne for piano No. 13 in C minor, Op. 48/1, CT. 120 - Frédéric Chopin & Frédéric Chopin (5:34)
    Composed byFrédéric Chopin, Frédéric Chopin
  11. 14 Un sospiro, for piano in D flat major (Grande études de concert No. 3), S. 144/3 (LW A118/3) - Franz Liszt & Franz Liszt (5:38)
    Composed byFranz Liszt, Franz Liszt
  12. 15 Etude for piano in F sharp major, Op. 42/3 - Alexander Scriabin & Alexander Scriabin (0:57)
    Composed byAlexander Scriabin, Alexander Scriabin
  13. 16 Liebesträume, notturno for piano No. 3 in A flat major ("O Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst"), S. 541/3 (LW A103/3) - Franz Liszt & Franz Liszt (4:40)
    Composed byFranz Liszt, Franz Liszt
  14. 17 Etudes-Tableaux, for piano, Op. 39: No. 6 in A minor "Little Red Riding Hood and the W - Sergey Rachmaninov & Valentina Lisitsa (2:27)
    Composed bySergey Rachmaninov
  15. 18 Nocturne for piano No. 8 in D flat major, Op. 27/2, CT. 115 - Frédéric Chopin & Frédéric Chopin (5:10)
    Composed byFrédéric Chopin, Frédéric Chopin
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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 19, 2013

    Beautiful, talented performer!

    Beautiful, talented performer!

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