Danse rituelle du feu de Manuel de Falla

[MATIASMEILIH]

Que pianista extraordinaria!!!!!!!!!!!!! Realmente increible!

[asbanawazza]

i guess @ d end ...she came ... ;-)

[metalothers]

sencillamente impresionante...hace justicia perfectamente (mas que de sobra) a la gran obra de nuestro queridisimo Don Manuel de Falla..

[alexcondejazz]

this is wild ! Alicia forever !

[cybroxis]

Seems a bit fast. :P

I'm probably only saying that because I can't play it that fast without making mistakes XD

[cooperalia]

ALICIA DE LARROCHA, one of the greates musicians ever!!!!!!!!!

Bravisssimaaaaaaa!!!!!!

[scaadmks]

ya xocu eti noti

i want this not

help me

i cant speak english

[Viyemelle]

That fiery temperament....perfect.

[bowsfixer]

Alicia de Larrocha y de la Calle (23 May 1923 – 25 September 2009)

[putzilutzi]

Absolutely GREAT

[simbanobel]

Indeed, top performance, one of the best I' ve ever heard....

[killmazeppa]

mesmerizing meraviglia.

someone kill the speaker!!!!

[cooperalia]

Official Web Site (Biografy, Performances , Repertoire, Discography, Anecdotes, Photos) : aliciadelarrocha dat com

[victorvei]

Que biern hace los tiempos y un algo que todos lo grandes musicos tienen

[narumi8tensai]

これまで聴いた色々なピアニストの中で、一番好きな弾き方の「火­祭りの踊り」です。



[bigbearleeds]

I only ever liked Jose Iturbi playing this fiery piece ... but then I saw this ... oh my gosh.

[plumbeosky]

Youtube nos permite ver y escuchar cosas que, de otra manera, no tendríamos oportunidad de disfrutar. Creo que será difícil ver y escuchar a alguien que mejore esta interpretación. Un honor haberte visto y escuchado, Alicia.

[uhartchristian]

Personally I prefer Rubinstein s interpretation of this. But its a good version too here although not that convincing.

[joab321]

No need for an orchestra here!!!!!

[joab321]

that is just fucking unreal... I have no other way to describe this!!!! It even sounds much better than many duos!!!!

What this woman does with her left hand just blows me away!!!!

[buddydog1956]

Incomparable!

[AlainMagnan]

Excellentissime interprétation !

[ga199337]

Unbelievable that trill on the left hand, top class performance of that piece !

[shubus]

This is the perfect performance of this! Only Alica is able to not only play the extra notes, but achieve such an incredible balance--which is a hallmark of her performances.

[123must]

eccelente!

[flurmflam]

Awesome.

[gabrielct54]

magnifique extra compositeur

[MarcheseCadmio88]

Ma come faceva la Larrocha a mantenere così puliti i tremoli?? Voglio il segreto. (Beh, forse so già qual'è: il mazzo tanto!)

[JFman00]

I think Barenboim was inspired by this recording in his own interpretation with teh CSO.

[pianoport]

La mejor interprete de la musica espanola, la Reina!

[relsonline]

La mejor !!! increíble !!!

[65attila]

Stunning - thank you to ust84 for posting and paulostroff99 for sharing.

Regards-John

[paulostroff99]

Brilliant!

[ivoryoboe]

My absolute favorite recording :)

[StringBoi]

Wonderful RIP Alicia!! You will truly live on.....

[wsp67326]

this is simply amazing; the trills at the beginning in the left hand with the bass continuing. Incredible! She was truly a treasure.

[scesserge]

Une pure merveille

[SeraphicSpirit]

ボクこの曲弾いた事あるんですけど

どうしても1:59のときのような左手から右手につなぐテクニッ­クがうまくできないんです・・・

・・・にしてもこの人ケタ違いにうまいな～

アクセントのつけ方も曲にぴったりあっていて

サイコーです!!!!!

[cely132]

Magia...Pura magia en esas manos.

Cely

[bltmz23]

So vital! And powerful!

Brilliant!

[xxMusicxColorxLovexx]

breathtaking!

[proactiv971]

Magnifique !!!!

[PauloGCS]

Dançando com o fogo

Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) foi um dos mais importantes compositores de música erudita da Espanha. E a "Danza Ritual del Fuego (Dança Ritual do Fogo)", composta por ele em 1925 e que faz parte de "El Amor Brujo", tem sido executado por orquestras sinfônicas e corpos de baile do mundo inteiro.

Neste vídeo, "Danza Ritual del Fuego" é executada por Alicia de Larrocha, uma consagrada pianista espanhola recentemente falecida.

Paulo Gurgel, EntreMentes

[Archangeld]

May she RIP :\

I got to know and love her from this fantastic performance...

[Blasazo]

DEP :(

[kempff95]

THE TRAILS !!!!

[dantsos]

Incredible, amazing, remarkable, beautiful, cerebral, passionate, correct: perfect!

[lisilisin]

Only one word: UNBEATABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!

[Shabannie]

Very beautiful music. Thank you for posting this.

[philippesoler]

como ya se sabe que el ser humano solo muere cuando le olvidan...hasta siempre Maestra

descanze en paz

[KaliOm]

Wow, this is so great! Love it! Good-bye Alicia. We will remember you well.

[saturne46]

Adieu madame Alicia de Larrocha ! Votre musique remplit mon coeur et nous ne vous oublierons pas.

[fqfdr]

Rest In Peace, Alicia. We'll all miss you! Thanks for everything.

[csusmen]

impressionant...

Larrocha descansa en pau....aqui et continuarem escoltant!

[luisalbertocipriano]

Let´s hope that the future generations get your lessons on music! Thanks, Alicia!

[marlonguitarist]

Artista monumental, descansa ahora en paz

[searcherboy]

Fantastic. RIP to this wonderful pianist. I didn't know of her until I heard her playing Mompou's 'Canciones y Danzas'. So quiet, subtle, and yet filled with intense feeling. I saw her perform in Vancouver several years ago. She was wonderful.

[cembalo2007]

she will be missed. what an inspiration!

[raulpjc]

This is by far the best interpretentaion of this piece. Notice that she keeps the tremolo even when the melody starts. This is extremely diffccult and I have not heard that in any other recording, including Rubinstein. In fact not even Falla wrote that in the original score. The balance in the chords is perfect and the staccato does not hide the melodies. Simply sublime. La mejor pianista española de todos los tiempos DEP.

[TheKeenanBoy]

@raulpjc

She also adds in octaves in the one note melody sometimes.

[Frozentoes1]

@raulpjc I am very familiar with this piece. Heard it played by several world class pianists. None have ever come close to this interpretation.

[pghagen]

@raulpjc

Indeed, it is unbelievable what she does here. I noticed before that she does something different than what was written down in the score by De Falla. She indeed keeps the remolo's in the left hand when the melody start, but later in the 2nd half of the piece she also plays the tremolo one octave higher, and changes left and right hand very quickly. What a technician she was! Rubinstein: It's fun to see him lifting his arms up very high, but it has a sloppy end using glissandi..

[gowrishan]

@raulpjc it is played as Falla intended.

[blitzebill]

RIP fair lady of the keys...she was a fantastico pianist!

[MrSammyConcepcion]

Just becasue she and the composer are both Spaniards does not mean she is the best interpreter for this piece. IDIOTS!

[pedroellobito1]

You are so stupid...she was the best player of Falla, Albeniz and Granados...Bobo

[kinoyama84]

この方の弾く「火祭りの踊り」は、どうしてこんなに沢山の音が聴­こえるんだろう。

感動的。

[fqfdr]

The best interpretation ever!

[amoxtlacatl]

Amen.

[qsolkew01]

Sorry Meastro Rubenstein. This has got to be the finest rendition of the piece I've ever heard and indeed these things have to be conceeded no matter how your general genius is. Alas my hero Julian Bream cannot give the finest renditions of every thing either. Alicia I love it! C'etais vraiment fantastique! Olez!

[SamuelConcepcion]

No, lang-lang is the best.

[alseg3]

C'était fantastique! Quel talent et quelle fougueuse pianiste!

[koliatima]

Merveilleuse pianiste!!

[tedly10027]

the greatness of de Larrocha is in the way she creates such RICH texture and tone without EVER making "brilliance" a mere shallow "performance" . her pianism is ORCHESTRAL in its coloration. so beautiful to experience her playing. the tiny lady was a giant in piano playing.

[tedly10027]

and i really recommend listening to her Gaspar de la Nuit of ravel...so magical and hypnotic and a true essay in psychological tension in using the piano with such attention to how detail builds up towards the larger picture of every piece in the trilogy.

[ghbarnes]

This is just so amazing.

[israelmustrise]

oh man....i just don't know what to say...this piece is made for her

[paulostroff99]

Superb! Allicia was the finest female pianist of our day! Brava! TY.

[CurzonRoad]

((((((((((((  Excellent ! )))))))))))

[paulostroff99]

CurzonRoad-So glad you enjoyed this IMHO-best recorded.performance. I had meant to say one of the two best female pianists. I lost my head and forgot about Martha.

[bach19nn]

Excelente, como española que es, da el matiz que necesita Falla. Y no los machaques de los demás.

[TikiFury]

alicia is wonderfull: she managed to capture the spirit one whole orchstra can capture having the smallest hands and just one piano bravo bravo y bravo!!

[blubryscone]

Forget Rubinstien! THIS IS INCREDIBLE!!!!!

[Cyrloud]

absolument genial

[mickmarks]

How does she manage to make the first trill continue while playing the theme exposure? A piano master.

[theminx01]

this is one of the best piano performances EVER!!!!!!

[999799979]

Incroyable !!!

[TACHTIN3]

amazing!!!

[zakchristopher]

excellent , top class performance

[soellencina]

El fuego de falla esta en susu manos,es espectacular además teniendo en cuenta lo pequeñas que son sus manitas

[kakashisonico]

Asombroso!

[goldberg72]

megliodi rubistein

[sergeidave]

Easily, the best performance of this work on piano...

[lixir]

The thing that makes this vid the best interpretation, is the feeling and incredible left hand tech, she managed to keep the trill part the whole song, while playing at the same time Bass and theme.

[saturne46]

Miraculeux de justesse et de fougue. Insurpassé. Bravo Alicia

[TACHTIN]

excellent!!

[xenogar]

Out of all the interpretations I've heard of this piece, I like this one the best.

[cooperalia]

Dear Tallsraeli, faster doesn't means better!!

[siglinde86]

maravillosa exelente version!

[minetto2]

very excellent! i love this interpretation!

[ramonnaquid]

Me he quedado sin palabras. Que hermosa interpretación y que técnica.

[TehHansell]

I'm in love with this recording. It's amazing. I prefer it over Rubinstein's too :O

Dunno how she pulls off that speed :O

[aldebussy]

OMG! Her trills are astounding! They ALL suit the phrasing!

And what a passion! So vigorous!

[vanessapianista90]

wow !!! io la sto imparando...! cmq alicia rimane sempre la migliore interprete dei pezzi spagnoli

[otterhouse]

I have never seen this laroccha clip before... Cherish her Decca SXL lp's.

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[lizaraerlanz]

Increíble en todos los aspectos... MAGNÍFICO

[PhillipLWilcher]

I attended her recital here in Sydney many years ago - one of the most memorable experiences of my musical life. The lady and the legend - a combination of elegance and artistry hard to match. I love her!

[RFanatic730]

She has such beautiful technique!!  Bravo!!

[truculento]

Impresionante esta interpretación. Cómo se puede seguir haciendo el trino con la mano izquierda y a la vez la melodía del oboe. No tengo palabras a parte que es la versión que mejor transmite ese aire flamenco por derecho que tenía Falla.

[kraftaqui]

estupenda. una pasad, puro sentimiento, creo que seria felicitada por el mismísimo Falla si oyese esta interpretación.

bravo por esta interprete.

[ArthurusPhilippus]

Magnifica!!! Magnifica!!! Magnifica interpretacion!!!

[theminx01]

We love you Alicia!! You are the best!!

[topofsm]

God, I just learned this on the piano and I thought I nailed it, but then I found out I've been playing it incredibly slow...

[pentium1000]

Rubinstein's recording is faster still

[cooperalia]

Dear Pentium1000, faster doesn't means better!!

[MikeInBeantown]

many performers play this with great virtuosity, but, to me, no one's HEART burns with the LOVE of this Spanish FIRE like Larrocha's ...

[sh0kx0ut]

ThX @ me teacher for this song ;)

[rpbalme]

je ne pensais même pas que c'était possible de jouer ça à l'harmonica ! Remarquable !

[Oliver311087]

Excepcional interpretacion!! sin lugar una de las mejores, pero prefiero la de A.Rubinstein.

[ManuOviedo]

Sin palabras, a ver quien lo mejora... nadie pero bueno... Ya podía colgar alguien si la tiene en audio su versión de la sonata de liszt, Ondine de Ravel u otras..

[EcuaScot1]

The guy who wrote this comment has a very nice video of El Pelele by Granados on youtube.

(Me ha gustado tu interpretacion de Granados)

[Klaudash]

qué genial es esta mujer!!!!!!!!

[jimcascagnette]

my most favorite thing on YouTube....thank you for posting this!

[EcuaScot1]

It's incredulous to me that this video has four stars; there will NEVER be a better interpretation of this piece than this performance by a young Alicia de Larrocha, playing Falla on a Steinway in the middle of the Prado Museum in Madrid. Ms. Larrocha's interpretation is purely Spanish and in my humble opinion best represents this piano version of de Falla's dance. Five stars por favor.

[DoctorGradus]

i couldn't agree more,friend...

furthermore,she is the only one who keeps playing the fire dance trill along with the left hand accompaniment at the same time which is quite an achievement regarding the size of her hands....moreover she avoids the meaningless rubatos and glissandos that we hear from other respectable pianists(most notably Ciccolini)

[ghbarnes]

I agree! I think she plays it better than Rubenstein. Or indeed ANYONE...

[ghbarnes]

Mesmerising. I just wish there wasn't that voice over!

[Klavierkopf]

And what a brilliant composer Falla was! Spanish composers are so under-appreciated.

[Klavierkopf]

She's so wonderful -- a whole orchestra in those little hands!

[Andrew279144]

I agree with Arturon that Alicia de Larrocha is possibly the greatest living Spanish pianist. For years I have regarded her recoding of Iberia & Goyescas on Decca as the pinnacle of Spanish pianistic achievement. But listen also to Pedro Carbone playing Iberia live (also on Youtube) - he is a real contender.

[UngenioTarconi]

Alicica, te queremos!

[arturon111]

This is the best interpretation of the piece. Alicia de Larrocha is WITHOUT a peer when it comes to spanish music. Her Iberia and Goyescas suites and Falla pieces are the best in the world, in all respects !!! No one can come close to her intperpretations and renditions of these pieces, both technically speaking (virtuosity and clarity) and musically (spanish rhythms and feelings). VIVA ALICIA !!!

[pcsf1941]

Who is playng, please?

[zanelia]

Alicia de Larrocha

[DoctorGradus]

this is,in my opinion the best interpretation on youtube...i think she captured the exact feeling that the composer wanted to express...and as far as i 've seen,she is the only one who plays trills during the main theme.....

[ufp2001]

She's the great pianist in the world. And i can say more: she's a great person, but now those days his helth is not so good. I pray for you, Alicia.

[spanishpianist]

you can notice she's spanish. A great performance!

[VirginiaLuque]

Virtuosa, que pasión pone en sus interpretaciones!

[qwertyproulx]

Hypnotic playing of great concentration. What an incredible synthesis of fire and control.

[spanishyoruba]

viva la música española!

[clarinet1]

But the Rubinstein on YouTube plays at a sharper pitch! That is, it is (somehow) speeded up, so is bound to sound 'showy'. The same happens with the famous National Gallery wartime concert of Myra Hess, which plays a semitone sharp, with a non-expert (but well-known) presenter in awe at the speed she chooses.

[julination]

wow..super..not like that ridiculous japanese version i saw posted...what do they think? that just because they rush through it that they improve it or something?

[goobleglob]

what? fuck off

[mimfri]

Mesmerizing!

[luciferkybrd]

Totally with the music - she's great.

[demoniacz]

Bravo

[dsampa]

Thank you! i know this dvd - glorias de españa!!! wonderful!!!

[KareltjeKawai]

More please!!!

[busoniliszt]

Wonderful, with more interesting details and typical Spanish sentiment than the (sorry to say this) showy rendition of Rubinstein.

[vivek2006]

Her play is splendid! Thanks for sharing.