"La Campanella" played by Alicia de Larrocha

How is that for Clean!!! Part of a series of recitals and recordings of Virtuoso works from the 1960's

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• Alicia
• de
• Larrocha
• Liszt
• La
• Campanella

[OrangeSodaKing]

6 people are just plain STUPID.

[CecilySebastian]

What's particularly amazing to me is how she delivers such a clear, precise interpretation with hands as small as they were. For a lady under five feet tall and teency hands, her technique was off the charts.

[barbaragoldsmith]

@OrangeSodaKing 7

[autohckr]

@PianoDude1011 ?? I don't quite follow. Yundi must be the most manly woman I have ever seen lol. Unless of course, you are referring to someone else?

[PianoDude1011]

@autohckr correction: its a SHE, not a he

[autohckr]

@Makenor13 I noticed that, especially on that version if La Campanella that you showed me. Great showmanship also. His performances are actually pretty awesome.

[Makenor13]

@autohckr Do you know what's the thing I most like of Yundi Li? The touch. He's amazing light when he press on the keys and his hands... fly on the keyboard *-*

[autohckr]

@Makenor13 I still can't figure our how Larrocha stretches her hands to play the octaves, one of my old instructors, Amy Tan, could not do it no matter how she tried. Incredible. By the way. Just to let you know on 4:16. Well actually at 4:12 a treble clef goof (right hand) at 4:15 another treble clef goof, at 4:16 a treble clef goof and really loud wrong note bass clef then the last half of 4:16 a "mush" of notes. But then he recovers very well like a true professional.

[autohckr]

@Makenor13 That was nice rendition, much better than the other. He seems to have a slight problem with that one section for some reason but I am not going to beat up on him, he is a great pianist. I do like his versions of Chopin, my favorite composer actually, but I sure would like to hear him play something other than Chopin or Brahms etc. Maybe Bach's Concerto in D Minor for harpsichord strings and continuo. Would love to hear him on a Harpsichord, that would be something no? :-))

[autohckr]

@Makenor13 I am not really here to argue with anyone. My point is only this, pianists of today seem to use a lot more pedal than those of old. The older musicians also seem to be more concerned with "clean" playing than an over expression of "emotion" or speed. I like all of the people you mentioned and I have nothing against them at all. It is just a "sound" difference for me personally. They also played more variety, for example I have yet to hear Yundi play Bach or Beethoven.

[Makenor13]

@autohckr On 4:16 in that video he hittes a wrong note, I heard... but I didn't listen that version of the Campanella... type in "Liszt La Campanella Yundi Li", the user who posted it is named "HDVideoCollections3". In that version he doesn't make mistakes and he plays the last part a bit slower, at the same tempo of Alicia.