Black and Pink

Black and Pink
by ValalProductions

Black and Pink
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Actor: Valentina Lisitsa
Director: ValalProductions
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: HiFi Sound, NTSC, Widescreen
Running Time: 75 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-01-15
Studio: ValalProductions

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Movie Review: Another great Valentina Lisitsa DVD!
Summary: 5 Stars

To me, this DVD presents a concert program which, logically, starts with the classical intricacies of Chopin's Op. 2 Variations, continues with four deeply-felt and exquisitely performed Rachmaninoff Preludes, and then ends with dazzling performances of two of Liszt's shorter works and the mammoth "Don Juan" paraphrase of highlights from Mozart's opera (including variations on the same aria utilized by Chopin in his Op.2 Variations). Ravel's Gaspard then functions as a glittering "encore".
The Chopin is an early and rarely heard work for piano and orchestra, played here as a piano solo. Ms. Lisitsa's delightful performance makes a strong case for doing so, since many (including me) would have missed hearing this charming work otherwise. The Rachmaninoff Preludes are presented as artful and eloquent paintings in sound of the composer's inner world. Ms. Lisitsa then rides to victory in Liszt's Grand Galop, not only by easily surmounting the difficult challenges the piece offers, but the easy ones as well. She is the only performer of this work I have heard who accepts Liszt's obvious invitation to make the repeated notes announcing the theme sound like a galloping horse. This element of great fun wins by a nose against some otherwise very formidable competition. The adjective "brilliant" also applies to her performances of La Campanella and Don Juan, the latter involving some extreme tempi that are not arbitrary, but flow from a firm conception of the larger work.
Here are some suggestions for a future Valentina Lisitsa DVD. Beethoven: Op. 106; Liszt: Fountains at the Villa d'Este; Ballade No. 2 (with Liszt's original "big" ending, of course, not the toned-down revised version). Judging from this DVD and her previous Chopin Etudes and Schwanengesang, it would be wonderful.

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