Alicia de Larrocha

[OrangeSodaKing]

One of the best pianists to ever exist, and in my opinion, the best female pianist ever.

[BeUrself0897]

Oh my gosh she reminds me of my grandmother. I wish my grandmother was THAT awesome. 

[claudialevin]

Alicia, que delicia!!! just magnificent! thanks for posting.

[JRaab311]

you would think arthritis would have kicked in by now

[brianmcd28]

I think out of all pianists, she is my fave, especially playing any Ravel work

[JFman00]

Holy crap. She is 74 in this recording. Absolutely astounding.

[1MPL3BVAERSTHP]

Que gran interpretación la de Alicia

[boilleiro]

impressionante!!!

[pabloj08]

Increible Tecnica, expresividad, humor, pasión, tiene todo esta mujer!!

Un grande del siglo XX

[abajour]

Just a few people can live forever. Ms. De Larrocha will live endlessly in her music.

I feel sad for this loss, but happy for such a brilliant and productive life she had, giving humanity such a beautiful contribution.

Thank you so much!

[ambrosiode]

MARAVILLOSA, para siempre ALicia de Larrocha!!!!

[Edmundsirdi]

Legendary

[macree01]

Im sorry to hear that she passed away, she was indeed one of the greatest.

[brandonnary]

RIP! Alicia!

[orannisthedestroyer]

Salut, Mselle. de Larrocha! You are greatly missed.

[mikeinkc]

The great lady died yesterday. I heard her perform the Ravel left Hand a few years ago..AWESOME..what a great life in music, she will be missed!

[berlinzerberus]

oh really.that´s truly terrible,what a great loss!!

i am bowing to mme. larrocha and her great art playing the piano.

i appreciated her very much!

again one of the big ones had to go,i feel very sorry about that. :((

[cellocritic]

She is so cute! Love her!!

[ivanaxxxa]

The world has lost a passionate pianist. She will now live on in her recordings

[berlinzerberus]

superb technique,

yes,alicia de larrocha is really great.although she has small hands there are no difficulties playing the ravel concerto,amazing!

[macree01]

Tony Chipburn on principal trombone! My personal favorite orchestral trombonist.

[SamuelConcepcion]

Who gives a shit about trombonists?

[macree01]

This trombonist is known as one of the best that ever lived so why dont you shut your fucking mouth, fucking thousands of people worship this guy.

[barbthedarb]

apparently one person does

[Albertoflauta]

Sin duda creo que es la mejor pianista del mundo, ya que con esa edad tocar a este gran nivel nos dice que posee un gran espíritu de superación gracias Alicia por tus grandes momentos musicales.

[billyguns2]

Where's the Second Movement?

[organboi]

i hate this conductor. like we really need his pointing to musicians to give cues...as if they need his cues. i'm so sick of all conductors...

[dariusxantus]

how about "semi-conductors?"

[OneisneO]

Me too, but where the conductor really matters is on the rehearsals where the piece comes together, by giving his/her own flavour to the music.

Also some musicians really need one person there to assure them that they are entering on the next bar you know ...

[cooperalia]

What a great artist she is!!!Alicia de Larrocha is very well known for her superb interpretations of spanish music, but I think that she is much more than that. Mozart, Beethoven, Scarlatti, Grieg, Bach, Chopin, Liszt, Ravel, 2nd of Brahms, Shumann, Shubert, etc, etc, etc. I had the chance to be in many of her live concerts and, believe me, she has been one of the best pianist of our time. God bless you, Alicia!!!!!!!!

[KevinFromSD]

OMG, I did not know that Dr. Ruth Westheimer plays the piano this well!

[billyraybar]

Arguably

the greatest pianist in the world.

[acadusle]

I second that

[arturon111]

@billyraybar --- yes indeed, and best musician, togheter with Arrau they were the greatest of them all....

[Centrotoma]

I really really love it! Alicia is lovely as an old woman! I´d like to see her on my own eyes.

[DoctorGradus]

her playing might not be as energetic as it would be a couple decades ago,but from 06:18 on she reveals her caliber and great artistry...she looks small,but she is gigantic...

[gymnasticsgrl12]

I love the way she plays this. Interesting-the harpist glides over the strings as the pianist glides over the keys. So much emotion evoked.

[stringinst]

Her granados is tops!

[antinoo72]

She' s not  wonderful at all. Michelangeli and Argerich are much better. Other world. At all

[acadusle]

who are you to judge? what r ur arguments?

[pingkai]

She was 74 by then. And it is still a very impressive performance.

[mercianomad]

She is so wonderful. Without question my favorite living pianist.

[davepipe]

I am sorry that we don't have the rest of the concerto. Alicia is a close friend of mine and unfortunately has given up performing. David Bachman, Washington, D.C.

[ellandelachapelle]

Heja Alicia! Go go! Ravel speaks through her or what? Please greet her from me! (and tell her to read my comments on part 2 of the discussion/rehearsal with Dudley Moore and MTT, too.)I wrote this dancing...

[DrummerEH]

I saw the CSO on the 06 band trip for school, they were great. This work is also great, I love Ravel. Thanks for posting.

[halegic]

Great performance! I think, however, that Larrocha's masterpiece is Falla's "Noches en los Jardines de España".

[qwertyproulx]

I love her playing, and she looks adorable here. I still prefer Argerich's, hers feels more...luminous. Of course, Argerich was younger then.

[pianoenthusiast11]

marvellous! thank you so much for putting this on...

it is simply wonderful to see this wonderful lady in this concerto which she plays so well!!