My dad loved this, and wanted so much to learn it, but he was not a pianist and never did, but he would sit at the piano for hours playing the parts that he knew. Now every time i hear it, I listen and think of him.

This has to be one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written! And this arrangement with the Proms and Valentina Lasitsa is just spectacular! Gorgeous in every way! Brings out every emotion, sadness, great happiness, a bitter sweet feeling and finally that of triumph! No piece of music has this same effect!

A testament to the heroism of the Polish people. Against all odds they fought for what was right. We could all learn something todayl from their deep conviction and belief. Bravo!!

what a beautiful woman! what a talent!

Superlativa Valentina, tu rendi tutte le tue interpretazioni qualcosa di straordinario ed indimenticabile.

Valentina, you are God’s gift to mankind. Thank the Lord.

I watch and listen to this and I have no doubt this is the pinnacle of mankind. There are no greater achievements than this.

I Love "La Divina VALENTINA" Every one single rendition of those BEAUTIFUL and GIFTED Hands!!! She's THE ONE!!! Valentina FOREVER!!!

I enjoy the piano sheet music much better for this masterpiece without an orchestra. Probably because my mother was a concert pianist and she played this SO beautifully at home, I was always crying at the end even if I was studying. I miss her beyond words.😢

Whoever allowed a commercial to interrupt this incredible display of human excellence should be forced to endure 12 uninterrupted hours of Barry Manilow.

She has ancestry that includes Polish. No wonder she plays this work with so much understanding ! I was in the Warsaw ghetto in 1959, before it was restored, I can see those images when I listen to Valentina !

Whatever Valentina plays and where she plays it is always done with absolute perfection and emotion. She is brilliant . I could listen to her play without end and I basically do!! 💕

How can people dare dislike this ?

Nice to see the finished product after watching her Addinsell practice video. Great job!👏🎹

Very beautiful Valentina, I love this theme alot!...

This is a beautiful piece played superbly by a gifted pianist. Absolutely faultless.

Since I was a child I have enjoyed Classical Music, specially Rachmaninoff, this so called concerto, (which is not really a formal concerto), has always facinated me, I had no idea why; until I learned that Addinsell was requested to write some music for a movie, (Dangerous Moonlight), "in the style of Rachmaninoff". I cannot stop listening to it.

Much better. A masterpiece.

Magnifique!!!j'ai eu toutes les sensations pour finir au sommet.

Wow, that just blew me away. What a wonderful set of emotional melodies woven together. Just pure emotion. Amazing how subtle some sections are, and how powerful others are. 👏 Big applause for this lovely performance. Brings a tear to my eye that we can't see this now, with Covid going on. I'd give over $500 to sit in that audience for an hour and a half, to hear music like this tonight.

Excellent all round.

Every time I listen to it, I chuckle. This is a truly good imitation of Rachmaninoff style, hands down, Addinsell knew his business.

So haunting to my soul. I shall love it always 💞🥰

Brava!

Tht music blows me away…and wonderful Valentina adds magic to the magic, so absolutely involving!

Precioso e impecable interpretación. Felicidades.!!!

Many would say that this was music for its time. I don't say that - just think of those times and control the lump in your throat.

Listen to this wonderful rendition at least once a week. Just superb!

Stunning, beautiful.

This lady to my ear plays this most beautful piece I have folled for over 50 yrs...noboty to my ear has interpreted appropriately but she I feell Addisels true interpreter,he tone,ryhham, finger work..immaculate,her poise of orchestra lead..pure wondrous...Valentina is a most ovious Maesto...unsurpassrd her interperation of every note & mode...inspiring..all seems as She wrote it herself...a Monserrat Cabille of my beloved piano...genious..Warm wishes & huge Musical rrspect Valentine...Wow,wow,wow! John Tipperary Iteland..Fashion is fleeytng, but your most certainly will endure...Maesto..such a pleasure to hear & watch your fingers move like magic...Unbeliveable..* your interpretation of a beloved peace..Anderse's ..Prodigy!..brings tears!! John

Superb rendition of the piece. Beautifully performed!

❤ I’ve watched this video performance at least once a day for about three months.........absolutely love it !!!

This has been one of my favourite pieces of music since I first heard it in the movie Dangerous Moonlight.

One of the most beautiful classic music ever

stupendous!

Valentina 👏👏👏

Sure is a great piece!!!!

Es war das Lieblingsstück meines verstorbenen Vaters.

Bravissima

Magnifique interprétation...!..pour moi ça a toujours été un rêve de jouer ça...l'hyper-romantisme!...fougue, passion, intensité de l'émotion, quelle partition de génie inspiré !...

Cualquiera que venga a escuchar a Valentina, es referencia de su Buen Gusto!!! Ella es lo Máximo en la historia del PIANO!!!

Love this... Concerto de Addinsell Lisitsa is the best...

One of best piece of classic music by Addinsel i love it give me goosebumps.

This is such an emotional piece for me as it was film music for a World War II movie, Dangerous Moonlight . To listen to Miss Lisitsa is a gift. To watch her face validates all my feelings! Thank you so much for sharing this. And of all things: Keith Lockhart is conducting! I’m a Boston fan.

Warsaw most likely the most beautiful Concerto ever written played by Valentina Lisitsa one of the most talented Pianists in the World . It just doesn't get much better than this. It's just such a disappointment Martha Argerich or Yuja Wang have never played this , that would be spectacular .

My Dad told me once this was played on Polish radio in the early days of World War Two. Once the Nazis took over this music vanished from the airwaves.

I DO love her... damn! :)

Lisitsa is brilliant as always here. Just a pity the applause were cut from this performance.

I realy like Warsaw Concerto for piano solo

Una musica inolvidable y una maravillosa interpretacion.

Mind blowing

One of best concerts in the world for piano. I love it

awesome loved it

If you listen to this great performance and watch photos of Warsaw after the Nazi attacks, a dramatic contrast appears....musical beauty and destruction.

Clarinet squeak at 6:08

ما اجملك وما اروعك يا فالنتينا يا ملكة الإحساس

Красивая музык а, красивая игра

UAUUU!!!

I heard this piece for the first time ever on the radio this morning. I didn't know what it was or who wrote it. Initially I thought it just HAD to be by Gershwin (there are some VERY Gershwin-esque moments in there!). What an amazing concerto. Fell in love with it immediately!... and then to find this version played by Valentina!!!! ❤

I think we all remember when she recorded herself starting to learn this.

🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

Paper music doesn't change that's why the repros sound so original!!

bravo

Superbe; !

🌹🌹🌹😘

One of the first classical pieces I heard, and loved, as a kid. Sure it's lightweight and schmaltzy, but it's still beautiful. I love Valentina. She has a KZfaq segment where she is learning/sight-reading the work. Unfortunately, to my ears, she and this conductor were not in sync in this performance.

I wonder (rhetorically) if an actual concerto exists behind this movie score?

JOLANDA TI AMO SEMPRE. ...

Even if it was a Russian who made this monumental concerto (my folks came from Poland) it is my favorite and a magnificent interpretation ce n'est pas?

Un hermoso reconocimiento al heroísmo del Ghetto de Varsovia que debe ser recordado por toda la eternidad...

Faux Rach but still very good faux Rach. Valentina of course plays this with her usual spectacular fashion, lovingly lingering over each note allowing each one to develop into a gorgeous melody. Although this was composed as a movie music accompaniment, Addinsell knew enough Rach to prepare a beautifully composed pastiche evoking the themes from Rach's 2nd.

The score was written to imitate Rachmaninoff and she/the conductor and orchestra pull it off! It kind of is a “fluff” piece but fun to play and has been a favorite in our popular culture. Glad she has made a career for herself….well deserved

very nice sound probably in clarinets in 6:08 :)

That is how the rest of the World knew Polish freedom was no more.

She reminds me of Cecil Licad.

Anyone else get The Godfather theme vibe here in particular from the second film.

It's awkward to see wondershare stuck in the center of the screen. Is it a right display?

Uma de minhas frustrações é ter deixado de tocar piano

흑백영화의 인상적인 장면이 떠오르는 작품

Re Spikes wartime reminiscing the " bloody awful Warsaw Concerto"

8:47 minutes of kitsch, perfect for cinema audiences who'd never heard a real piano concerto before.

My version is better quality, unfortunately the logo has remained so to download the video I used a demo version = (

Guess my ears didnt fail me....SQUEAK!!!

One can really feel the beauty of this Russian city.

No Sound!!!! Why?

no sound

I have nothing top say

No sound and who is responsible ?

cto pour silence ????

A wonderful performance, indeed. It’s just a pity about the offensive and in-your-face wndershare logo in the middle of the screen. I won’t download the video because of it.

Como pueden cortar el video antes que se termine de escuchar el eco de la última nota, y sobre todo, la ovación que seguramente siguió. ??? Una vergüenza

I think her better performance is: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sMqgm82c07iUeIk.html The best currently living World pianist.

My heart goes out to Ukraine

Fantástico todo, menos el vestido de Valentina,....parece un paquete de velas

I'd still watch this over your awful quality video.

Great anti-fascist music. A tribute to Polish heroism.

They wanted Rachmaninov to write this for the movie but he refused. So they wrote a knockoff.

Don't misunderstand me, I enjoy listening to the Warsaw Concerto. However, I have always felt this was the poor man's Rachmaninoff.

Love this piece, but sorry she plays it to slow, sloppy and indestinct.

This upload is a DISGRACE to Addinsell AND Lisitsa. If this is what Wondershare does to music then I will pass, thanks. The sound quality is truly awful. Do yourself a favour, KZfaqrs and watch the BBC version