Alicia De Larrocha Recital, part 5

[yuyoyuya1]

Esteban Sánchez y Alicia de Larrocha sin duda los mejores intérpretes de Iberia y de la música española, entre si, dos estilos incomparables,dos estilos únicos,dos estilos diferentes que muestran el sentimiento español hacia esta música, ni pianistas chinos,ni japoneses,ni alemanes etc... la gran mayoría no son capaces de comprender ni de interpretar esta música por no haber vivido este sentimiento, el sentimiento español.

[ninetymilesaway]

BELLISIMO!!!!



[Malcolm64]

She's equally as wonderful to watch as much as listen to...none of the grand and pompous facial gestures that are the trademark of lesser pianists (i.e., Lang Lang, the musical clown among pianists)...

[DICACIO1]

@Malcolm64 then you should also include Wolfie Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven and Federic Chopin, because i'm more than certain they each would had annoyed you if they had played for your birthday.... LOL

enough about Lang's expressions...he's a gawddamn genius! you can't play like him, can you?

[Malcolm64]

@DICACIO1...artistic standards would have to be drummed down several notches for Lang-Lang to ever be considered a "genius"...he's talented I'll grant you that, but there are MANY, many other pianist who easily outclass him, both technically and musically.

[jamiebyrne77]

the queen of Spanish piano music.

[DOBORBEN]

grandísima Alicia !!

[PianoCussoSFHA]

How could this tiny woman play like this? So wonderful

[sazawaza]

What year was this played???

[mercurio725]

Sublime !

[mynameismred]

This is so beautiful!

[swfuj]

RIP Alicia. :(

[janicezany]

There will not soon be her equal in the Spanish reportory,

[Barpoint212]

Irreplaceable.

[flphea14]

How precious is this video to go along with themany wonderful recordings this great artist has left us. Rest in peace, great Lady. You brought so much pleasure to the world.

[ilargiarensoinua]

Descansa Alicia...

[driemaaldrommels]

so THIS is wat perfection sounds like!! :-o

[koliatima]

J'adore écouter cette magnifique pianiste!

[rsf1017]

No one plays Albeniz, or any Spanish piano music, better than she does. Perfection!!

[TikiFury]

it's a pity albeniz isn't better known, people would be amazed of how virtuous is his music and how harmonically rich it was even though all his works had that spanish taste... thank god alicia made albeniz's reputation grow more... thank you alicia and albeniz, we spaniards owe you so much...

[mossfitz]

@TikiFury When i first heard Albeniz i thought he was a follower of Debussy who had brought that composer´s amazing musical `colour´ some steps ahead. I was amazed to find that Albeniz was the influence on Debussy rather than the other way round. The sound-worlds he creates go beyond being Spanish - the national style is just a starting point for his greatest music.

[vihuela1]

This is killer!!!!!!

[PhillipLWilcher]

Such an evocative and poetic performance.

Beautiful!

[shubus]

Her performance is still as fresh and exciting as when I first heard her perform in our school some 40 (!) years ago. it is pure perfection.

[sagalat]

BRAVA, MAESTRA! from Florida EEUU

[soami2u]

Peerless. De Larrocha may have had small hands, but she shows you that good technique and good playing has more to do with musicality and knowing how to move rather than having a big stretch that can take in a 10th or more. I had a wonderful teacher from Argentina who taught me almost everything I know about technique, and she would say that De Larrocha was the model for what she was teaching her students.

[DJbonedog]

I wonder if small hands are actually an advantage for pieces like this (and Triana) where the hands are playing on top of one another.

[Grubenpony12]

Wonderful!

[billyguns2]

This is a textbook lesson on how to allow music to flow through the physical body. She had such tiny hands, but one would never know it from the way she plays. Gorgeous tone and understanding of style!

[Elena0210]

Such magical playing.

[crazytx1978]

I am speechless! Her playing is perfection!

[joekav8]

She is sooo good! Such a beautiful piece! thanks for posting.

[pianopera]

Many thanks for posting this, even it's a little "out of synch"!

[michelmans]

Aún me estremezco al oirla. Un trabajo que se guardará eternamente en la memoria. Insuperable!