Seoul Philharmonic/James Judd/Valentina Lisitsa
Just an outstanding performance. I doubt whether there is any piece of music, that she could not turn into a 5 star performance in a seemingly effortless way.
This was my dear late father's favourite concerto and mine !!
She packs every bit of Nordic emotion and drive into the 1st movement, the 2nd is just sublime and the 3rd is just a joy to watch and she obviously thoroughly enjoys the whole thing !!..... just watch her facial expressions esp. during the last movement - just a treat to watch...... and it takes a Ukrainian to play an absolutely knockout performance !!
The only downsides to this recording it is not HD and was broken up into 3 pieces which I've joined together. The thoroughly deserved crowd applause at end as it's cut off in last segment!! ...arrrrgh.
Surely there must be a good quality version out there somewhere..... hoping !! Valentina can you help !!