Granados: Spanish Dance nr. 5 - Claudio Carbó, piano

[hanpasado]

Best version on YouTube, best version I have ever heard, period. Impeccably clear, great dynamics, perfect!

In comparison to this, all other versions on YouTube seem to be played by hamfisted beginners who try to mask their clumsiness with a lot of pedal...

[muzikeromarcus]

Wow! nice! im will play this on my recital :-D

[whatani]

I have to agree with previous comments, this is the finest piano performance of this piece on U Tube - you have a 'Spanishness' which most of the others don't seem to have. To simply play the notes as written just isn't enough for music like this. Added to my favourites, thanks.

[gunken166]

he plays it very wonderfully, i'm just starting to learn this piece i didn't realize it could be so beautiful : )

[toddheltonfan17]

Very nice! Much faster than how I play it, but beautiful none the less! I will upload my version on my channel in a few days, come check it out! I say it again, very, very nice:)

[Curatica]

Wonderful. Congratulations!!!

[vcupiano]

what else can you say but....grenados

[orianatio]

Very good ....... i like your perform ..... beautiful

[andreaispiano]

beautiful dynamics, very lively and sweet at the same time. Great work!

[andreaispiano]

Very Very good! Clear and great dynamics...sweet.

[Asamusic69]

bravo!

[jgbushrod]

tone is so sweet and beautiful... thanks!

[smileymobster]

i also played it, love it<♥

[Maximemusique]

Very goog!!

[lindalouwho54]

You play this beautifully. I am just learning this piece. You have set the standard I shall try to meet.

[earthninja9065]

ditto

[Annananas]

Your way of playing is so lovable,I enjoy listening to your music :)

[ombry]

very nice version! Not too fast, not too slow, with rubato at right moments, great.

Now let's see what i'll be able to do instead :(

[14all41]

How lovely to hear this beautiful and passionate piece played so well; `in such contrast to the rather-typical 'sledge-hammer' playing, common to many YouTube recordings of this technical and challenging Granados composition.

[xoxoheart00]

oh daaang

i'm supposed to play that on the piano too

and i'm 12 >:(

[60moo]

Probably the best piano version of Spanish Dance #5 I've heard.

An earlier comment suggested listening to the guitar version by John Williams. I can't remember if it was Granados or Albeniz who said he preferred the guitar transcriptions of his works to the piano originals. After listening to the guitar performance of this piece by Stefano Grondona (on YouTube), it's easy to understand why.

[docmaurizio]

look at alicia de larocha and ,if still available, Jose Iturbi

also don't forget the great Aldo Cicolini

[60moo]

docmaurizio - Thankyou for these names. If de Larocha's playing of Granados is anything like her playing of de Falla, then it would be well worth listening to.

[docmaurizio]

Dear 60moo

larocha : what i'd mentionned was an italian recording in concert for "ermitage label" unfortunatelly the company in no more in activity but sometimes records may be found in library or booksellers.

[60moo]

docmaurizio, Hopefully I'll come across it sometime. Much appreciated.

[vysehrad]

Michelangeli

[Curatica]

@60moo It was Albeniz. This is indeed a very good piano rendition.

[cropa100]

@60moo In total agreement, he plays this like a second to none

[IvanaN91]

@60moo I agree, I prefer this piece on guitar and I like Grondona's performance very much!

[Afromoose4189]

very good...one of the few good performances of it that ive heard

[jagayaba]

i agree. before seeing this, and looking at other performances, i lacked inspiration for working on this piece myself. but this performance really makes the piece beautiful.

[inthePequod]

Alguien podría subir a youtube la octava danza española de Granados?

[musictranscription]

I can write for you any sheet music

[xwildfire]

Flawless!

[crazyspaz247]

haha, im playing this :)

[Lance814999]

me too but this guy like owns me ^^

[byAGM]

danza? esta interpretación no es bailable...

[metalzone1987]

TODO ES BAILABLE CARACULO

[byAGM]

desprendes madurez en todo tu coloquio. Tu palabra aporta gran sabiduría a la humanidad, la cual sería poco sin tí........

[xsilentxXxregretsx]

hey...I'm playing this right now...

wow. If other people played this when they were 11, then I feel seriously deficient as a pianist, considering I'm not even playing it well yet and I'm a frosh already.

[periwinkleroxx]

lolz. same here... ^^"

[FINOROMA]

8ko0iio0 kh

[periwinkleroxx]

...?

[Pushkin62]

What a lovely interpretation! The best after Alicia de Laroccha's.

[twelve2001]

yeah right if u played when u were 11 either ure a genious or else it was an easier version (if that exists)

[llamasownyou]

Shut up guys. Quit claiming to have skills when you are quite obviously mentally retarded. Nice proper use of the English language.

[Lance814999]

i played thins when i was 11....

[chocolatekrazed]

me too xD

[AsianSabon]

i am 11 right now but i suck at itXDDDDDDDd

[ulysse069]

love it!

[dresden26doll]

I like this version. simple, yet elegant! Bravo!

[delpor1]

Sencillamente: Excelente. Buena ejecución y mejor interpretación.

[simplypiano]

im guessing he is Spanish, so far the most spanish sounding interpretation here, i think Granados propably meant it to be this way, the Russian pianists might have over expressed it?one has to be a spanish or hve been exposed to a lot of spanish culture and music over a long period of time to have sensitivity of the piece like this...

[Zanconil]

Great song!

[gokhanay1]

perfectt!!!!

[liatin]

good job, i love this song

[crob647gtx]

sounds good. I learned this in High School, and can play it really fast now. I think it sounds hot on the piano at an allegro tempo

[EilisErina]

It is Andaluza,á Alfredo G.Faria Playera ,Spanish Dance no 5 :)

[EilisErina]

It is Andaluza,Spanish dance no 5

[danmessias]

Bravo!

[insertnicknamehere]

sorry speedy but it's andaluza.

[soniameh]

check the version on guitar by john williams it's too good

[Elsaglory]

I fall in love with this song!

[Speedy2k42]

I believe this is "Playera" and not "Andaluza"

[geobeemississippi]

I might try this piece