I could tell from the first note of the Barcarolle that this was something different, something special. What a gorgeous pianist that I feel lucky to have discovered tonight.
In case you want to know more about Alicia de Larrocha (1923-2009), you can find a lot of information in this website: www.aliciadelarrocha.com and also in facebook: facebook.com/AliciadeLarrochaOficial/
Absolutely sublime, without the present day theatrics (Wang, Buniatishvili). Such finesse and musicality, no arrogance, no showing off, pure joy! Thank you, Ms de Larrocha!
Seeing this lovely little lady play Chopin brings tears to my eyes... she is probably one of a few artists who I would have given anything to have met. Her command of the keyboard, her complete grasp of the technical and artistic demands of the music, her humanity and beauty are absolute. Beneath her soft, delicate, gentle voice and mannerisms resided a titanic genius and depth of feeling and musical understanding that few artists since have been able to summon. Thank you for this wonderful footage.
I completely agree and could not have stated my appreciation for her artistry any better. The two performances of hers I experienced have never been surpassed.
Dear David - You speak with a "depth of feeling and musical understanding". Thank you for expressing so eloquently what I've not been able to describe.
For me, she was the female counterpart of Claudio Arrau. Intensely musical and musicianly, scrupulous in her faithfilness to the wishes of the composers, never any false virtuosity. Above all an intense humility stamped everything she did.
I mostly agree with you. I think there are better recordings for Chopin than Arrau (like Moravec for example) but his etudes were pretty good. He is the one who really got me into Debussy and Liszt btw. I probably listen to his Debussy and Liszt at least once a week. Who else do you like for Debussy and Liszt?@@dorfmanjones
Qué ilusión me hace encontrar a alguien de los que estaba sentado en los incómodos cubos! ¿Estuviste en todos los programas que se grabaron de Alicia de Larrocha? Fueron unos 4... Yo estuve en 2 de ellos pero no en este. Soy hija de AdL. En aquel entonces yo era una niña de unos 10 años... También estaba mi hermano (12 años). Qué recuerdos!! Saludos cordiales
@@lisilisin que honor, que privilegio haber tenido una madre tan grande como pianista, que calidad de artista, que con sólo verla, da la sensación de ser un alma cálida. Siempre escuché que tenía una mano muy pequeña, pero no parece por las imágenes, al menos sus dedos no parecen tan cortos.Que nos queda para los que no tenemos ni por cerca un talento semejante, incluso siendo hombres.Un gran saludo desde Argentina y el recuerdo por siempre a esta gigante de la música.
Even though the video is old and the sound quality is not too good, once she puts her hands on the piano and starts to play you get hipnotized right away. She was a wizardess of the keyboard and such a lovely human being. I'll never get tired of listening to her recordings, mostly her interpretations of Spanish composers. God bless her. She will always be in our hearts ... Bravo Maestra Alicia!!!
My God nobody comes close to the interpretive powers of De Larrocha. All pianists living should listen and learn. No teachers are needed. It's all here.
And you, dear Mr. Volodos, ought to know!!! Bless both of you intensely great musical artists. She indeed had a supreme musical understanding...and you sure ain't far from her, sir.
Who can deny that Alicia de Larrocha was a work of art in her spirit and devotion to the piano and to music itself. There is so much to learn from this performance. Thank you so much for these important moments in musical history.
What a treat! Gorgeous Barcarolle - exquisite sound, wonderful phrasing and rubato - and what an elegant Third Ballade, with a gripping buildup to the coda! I heard Mme. de Larrocha play in person the Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise a few months prior to this video, in December 1969, in Carnegie Hall, an unforgettable experience. I wish Mme. de Larrocha had played a lot more Chopin - would have loved to hear her Fourth Ballade or Third Scherzo. She made a fine recording of the F Minor Concerto. But what didn't she play well? She was a treasure. Long may she continue to live in all her many fabulous recordings.
I can't believe she played op.22 on camera for all eternity ! Horowitz and Bolet were still living . Nothing daunted this woman - not Rach 3 or Brahms 2. The Barcarolle is full of so many voicing and texture riddles . Such a musician always first but pianists know she had all the command .I'd love to see her with Novaes . She and Madame Gina Bachauer were filmed for television !
Les mots me manquent pour parler de cette artiste qui a toujours fait de la musique comme si la vie, et pas seulement la sienne pouvaient en dépendre, pourvu qu'on fasse l'effort au moins de prêter l'oreille. Une artiste qui trouvait toujours l'équilibre entre ce qu'il fallait dire et ce qu'il fallait laisser l'auditeur comprendre.
Ayer, escuchando un pequeño homenaje de Radio 3 a Alicia de la Rocha, mi viaje de vuelta a casa fue delicioso. Hoy, tarde de trabajo igualmente agradable gracias a su piano.
Entirely deliberate. No superfluousness. Appropriate speeding without disrespecting tue music. 27:40 as a rough time to go to and listen for a few minutes to get a sense of what i mean
Hace 20 años un amigo me habló de Alicia Larrocha. Hoy 20 años después me acordé de aquella conversación y gracias a la magia de Internet me puedo deleitar
The Barcarolle is absolutely sublime! From the first note to the last, it GLOWS from within -- it never overpowers. How could she POSSIBLY make that first low octave glow and persist for so LONG without banging on it, like William Kapell and many others? I guess partly just the piano she chose, and maybe she used the middle pedal. Hard to be sure. Middle pedal PLUS the sustaining pedal? I have to see if I can duplicate that! ;-)
Thanks a lot Rodney Mobley for your most valuable comments! I've always admired de Larrocha greatly. I supposed that hard work was the answer to her accomplishments, but you enlight us a little more about how: every note, frase, geography and choreography, those can be both heard and seen in her videos.
Wonderful! Beautiful tone and poetry throughout. The Bacarolle is on the same level as any other rendition one could care to name. I heard her in 1980, Gaspard was on the program and also Schumann's seldom-played Allegro in B Minor, Op.8.
Wonderful video - thank you for uploading. I think Alicia was the greatest female pianist ever, and one of the greatest pianists of all time. RIP Alicia - you are remembered and loved!
When I saw her in recital or concerto I always had the picture of an little lady driving a mack trunk like it was nothing.... she was wonderful.......... I sat close to her on stage at Carnegie and heard her play the 3 ballade..... wonder why she never attacked the 4th but maybe she did....
YOU CAN do it, sir. I've heard you. You are as humble as her. Continue giving a great deal of pleasure to your devoted listeners and cease being tortured. God has given you your own gift, and gave her her own. Love❤️
Te amamos, Arcady Volodos, desde Argentina te envío un gran abrazo, te conocí por medio de un gran pianista que vive en Italia y que es fanático admirador de vuestra exelencia.
Hola, tengo una grabación de ella en pizarra 78 rpm, la primera y única que hizo en ese formato. Tenia 8 años. Imposible de encontrar, tiene el disco 91 años.
Vaya repertorio tan brutal que escogió para esta transmisión, todas estas obras son dificilísimas y ella las toca como si fuesen lo más sencillo. Yo compararía su sonido característico tan apasionado y musical con Maria Callas en ópera, nunca te deja indiferente.
Tienes gusto por la musica es lo mejor de Chopan la balada y las rapsodias ,las oi cada año en las audiciones las alumnas mayores ,siempre las ttocaban..Nadie sabia que audicionabamos de verdad ,para el Concervatorio y me eligio a mi desde el pricipiio (no me lo diijo) hasta que toqjue La Campanela (sueños robados ,por ser mujer )creian que careciamos de cerebro ) en mi epoca asi generabilizaban a la mujer ,menos mi esposo
+Rodney Mobley My teacher, Beatriz Pilapil, studied with her for years. I was introduced to her as a teenager and she was a mentor to me for over 20 years. She would spend endless hours working on every single note and phrase until she got it perfect. Then she would practice....
+thepianist126 It is her approach that creates her flawless technique. She would study every single note and phrase meticulously before practicing anything. This gave her clear insight in how to work her small hands around the difficulties without sacrificing phrasing or musicality. Then she practiced every single finger stroke and touch repeatedly. She also took great care in practicing the hand position changes(keyboard geography), and hand/wrist/arm motions(keyboard choreography) until her ideas were cemented in order to create predictable note accuracy and musical consistency. This gave her a deep, inner confidence when tackling obscenely difficult, large-handed repertoire in public. (Examples: Ravel Concerto for Lt. hand, Brahms Piano Concerto #2, and Rachmaninoff Piano Concertos #2 & #3 come to mind.) She was so very prepared in every aspect of whatever she played that she was able to facilitate some of the finest Schumann and Mozart ever performed by a pianist. Even though I have heard her play Hanon & Czerny exercises, I mostly witnessed her detailed and pain-staking work on whatever she was preparing to play in an upcoming concert. Tedious work and intense focus, and dedication were her hallmarks. She explained to me that the secret to her touch, technique, and sound was HARD WORK!! I was so fortunate to have had a number of meetings with her over the years and can truly say that she was one of the greatest pianists to have graced this planet.
She was my teacher i Barcelona and Santiago de Compostela i 1967-68. A fantastic teacher.
Beata te....
How lucky you are! I wish I could have studied with her.
I wish she would have recorded the "Goldberg Variations".
There will never be another Alicia de Larrocha
I could tell from the first note of the Barcarolle that this was something different, something special. What a gorgeous pianist that I feel lucky to have discovered tonight.
In case you want to know more about Alicia de Larrocha (1923-2009), you can find a lot of information in this website: www.aliciadelarrocha.com and also in facebook: facebook.com/AliciadeLarrochaOficial/
The most beautiful hands among all pianists, second to none.
take a look at sara daneshpours hands
Absolutely sublime, without the present day theatrics (Wang, Buniatishvili). Such finesse and musicality, no arrogance, no showing off, pure joy! Thank you, Ms de Larrocha!
Seeing this lovely little lady play Chopin brings tears to my eyes... she is probably one of a few artists who I would have given anything to have met. Her command of the keyboard, her complete grasp of the technical and artistic demands of the music, her humanity and beauty are absolute. Beneath her soft, delicate, gentle voice and mannerisms resided a titanic genius and depth of feeling and musical understanding that few artists since have been able to summon. Thank you for this wonderful footage.
I completely agree and could not have stated my appreciation for her artistry any better. The two performances of hers I experienced have never been surpassed.
Great words thanks
Dear David - You speak with a "depth of feeling and musical understanding". Thank you for expressing so eloquently what I've not been able to describe.
I totally agree - such pathos, such insight, such beauty
I sure agree with you!
For me, she was the female counterpart of Claudio Arrau. Intensely musical and musicianly, scrupulous in her faithfilness to the wishes of the composers, never any false virtuosity. Above all an intense humility stamped everything she did.
To be honest, I always found her to be infinitely more musical than Arrau. His musicianship never resonated with me.
Claudio Arrau himself was a great fan of Allicia.
@@lotoffortune Did you listen to his early recordings? They were amazing. Listen to his Chopin nocturnes and etudes.
Arrau had his moments for sure: Liszt, and Debussy. The Brahms concertos. I don't find his Chopin particularly convincing. @@TwelfthRoot2
I mostly agree with you. I think there are better recordings for Chopin than Arrau (like Moravec for example) but his etudes were pretty good. He is the one who really got me into Debussy and Liszt btw. I probably listen to his Debussy and Liszt at least once a week. Who else do you like for Debussy and Liszt?@@dorfmanjones
yo tuve el privilegio de estar en el plató
Qué ilusión me hace encontrar a alguien de los que estaba sentado en los incómodos cubos! ¿Estuviste en todos los programas que se grabaron de Alicia de Larrocha? Fueron unos 4... Yo estuve en 2 de ellos pero no en este. Soy hija de AdL. En aquel entonces yo era una niña de unos 10 años... También estaba mi hermano (12 años). Qué recuerdos!! Saludos cordiales
@@lisilisin que honor, que privilegio haber tenido una madre tan grande como pianista, que calidad de artista, que con sólo verla, da la sensación de ser un alma cálida. Siempre escuché que tenía una mano muy pequeña, pero no parece por las imágenes, al menos sus dedos no parecen tan cortos.Que nos queda para los que no tenemos ni por cerca un talento semejante, incluso siendo hombres.Un gran saludo desde Argentina y el recuerdo por siempre a esta gigante de la música.
@geijutsuka Geo hace nuchos ..., muchos..., años, era uno de los chicos de brazos cruzados, nos pagaron un caché, han pasado tantos años!!
Que es el plato ?
En México Yucatán es popular. 👏👏👏👏
Even though the video is old and the sound quality is not too good, once she puts her hands on the piano and starts to play you get hipnotized right away. She was a wizardess of the keyboard and such a lovely human being. I'll never get tired of listening to her recordings, mostly her interpretations of Spanish composers. God bless her. She will always be in our hearts ... Bravo Maestra Alicia!!!
Very great rendering with very much feeeling.
My God nobody comes close to the interpretive powers of De Larrocha. All pianists living should listen and learn. No teachers are needed. It's all here.
Yes
Correct, such deep intelligence and understanding, unsurpassed.
you should listen to some of her recordings as a child... MIND blowing... !
And you, dear Mr. Volodos, ought to know!!! Bless both of you intensely great musical artists. She indeed had a supreme musical understanding...and you sure ain't far from her, sir.
Profound beauty of sound that springs from an intellect warmed by a deep human spirituality.
The last time I saw Alicia De Larrocha alive was on April 17, 1993. She was very kind and gracious.
Who can deny that Alicia de Larrocha was a work of art in her spirit and devotion to the piano and to music itself. There is so much to learn from this performance. Thank you so much for these important moments in musical history.
You have expressed this so well.❤️
Rarely did a piano sound as well. This is great music making.
What a treat! Gorgeous Barcarolle - exquisite sound, wonderful phrasing and rubato - and what an elegant Third Ballade, with a gripping buildup to the coda! I heard Mme. de Larrocha play in person the Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise a few months prior to this video, in December 1969, in Carnegie Hall, an unforgettable experience. I wish Mme. de Larrocha had played a lot more Chopin - would have loved to hear her Fourth Ballade or Third Scherzo. She made a fine recording of the F Minor Concerto. But what didn't she play well? She was a treasure. Long may she continue to live in all her many fabulous recordings.
Magnifique..............
breathtaking!
I can't believe she played op.22 on camera for all eternity ! Horowitz and Bolet were still living . Nothing daunted this woman - not Rach 3 or Brahms 2. The Barcarolle is full of so many voicing and texture riddles . Such a musician always first but pianists know she had all the command .I'd love to see her with Novaes . She and Madame Gina Bachauer were filmed for television !
Superb! I saw her at the Hollywood Bowl in the eighties. Unmatched touch and variety of tonal colors!
One of the best versions of this masterpiece (Barcarolle), no doubt!
¡Madre mía, que nivelazo!
I never appreciated what an artist of such deep dimension she is; until now.
Happy to know this! Better late than never! In case it is of your interest: www.aliciadelarrocha.com
Beautiful, very lovely soft touch. And everything played from memory, without score, perfect.
Such a thoroughly ADMIRABLE player!
Well put. Not showy, not using the music to show off her virtuosity (which is OK sometimes), not seeking effects, not... and yet never uninteresting.
Maravillosa pianista ! Un gran orgullo para todos nosotros !
Gracias querida señora.
Una mujer increíblemente humilde con magia en las manos y el corazón que te podía hacer volar y volar..
Una de las grandes pianistas de todos los tiempos! Genial!
Les mots me manquent pour parler de cette artiste qui a toujours fait de la musique comme si la vie, et pas seulement la sienne pouvaient en dépendre, pourvu qu'on fasse l'effort au moins de prêter l'oreille. Une artiste qui trouvait toujours l'équilibre entre ce qu'il fallait dire et ce qu'il fallait laisser l'auditeur comprendre.
Thank you for this delightful testimony of what wonderful pianist she was!
Beautiful
Ayer, escuchando un pequeño homenaje de Radio 3 a Alicia de la Rocha, mi viaje de vuelta a casa fue delicioso. Hoy, tarde de trabajo igualmente agradable gracias a su piano.
Absolutely flawless!
Unforgettable, brilliant, Unique Master Alicia de Larrocha!! Thanks for sharing it!!
Entirely deliberate. No superfluousness. Appropriate speeding without disrespecting tue music. 27:40 as a rough time to go to and listen for a few minutes to get a sense of what i mean
Not a fraction of a second wasted in communicating the ideas in the piece
Hace 20 años un amigo me habló de Alicia Larrocha. Hoy 20 años después me acordé de aquella conversación y gracias a la magia de Internet me puedo deleitar
what an absolutely amazing pianist !!
+J Gamez Agree entirely with you. I have just "discovered" this exceptional pianist, and she really is good!
J Gamez
Espectacular!
Exelente, finisimo y con mucho sentimiento!!! No hay palabras...!!!
The Barcarolle is absolutely sublime! From the first note to the last, it GLOWS from within -- it never overpowers. How could she POSSIBLY make that first low octave glow and persist for so LONG without banging on it, like William Kapell and many others? I guess partly just the piano she chose, and maybe she used the middle pedal. Hard to be sure. Middle pedal PLUS the sustaining pedal? I have to see if I can duplicate that! ;-)
Chopin is the king of piano.
Thanks a lot Rodney Mobley for your most valuable comments! I've always admired de Larrocha greatly. I supposed that hard work was the answer to her accomplishments, but you enlight us a little more about how: every note, frase, geography and choreography, those can be both heard and seen in her videos.
Seriously talented pianist...
Great Performance and also the piano has great sound!
I totally agree with the previus comment, what a sensitive playing and aimable lady, thank you for sharing!🌺
Wow, this is quite some document!
Bellissimo. Bravissima.
thank you so much for this
Bravo I say again thank you from all my heart!!!!
Fantástico documento, la gran Alicia de Larrocha interpretando al genio de Chopin
Wonderful! Beautiful tone and poetry throughout. The Bacarolle is on the same level as any other rendition one could care to name. I heard her in 1980, Gaspard was on the program and also Schumann's seldom-played Allegro in B Minor, Op.8.
Thanks for posting this video. I love this woman! Undoubtedly, one of the greatest.
Bravo Mrs. De Larocha! (wherever you're now)
Wonderful video - thank you for uploading. I think Alicia was the greatest female pianist ever, and one of the greatest pianists of all time. RIP Alicia - you are remembered and loved!
Hola, tenvo una grabación de ella en 78 rpm cuando tenia 8 años. Es la única grabación que existe en disco de pizarra, tiene el disco 91 años.
Mil gracias por hacer accesible esta maravilla. De todo corazón!
Chopin Ballade so evocative and beautifully realized! Thank you for todos, seniora, Gracias!
Excelente interprete; excelente compositor.
Fantastic!
Wow! Wonderful!!!
All of this is soo fine! Thank you!
How fine this is!
Bravo !!
When I saw her in recital or concerto I always had the picture of an little lady driving a mack trunk like it was nothing.... she was wonderful.......... I sat close to her on stage at Carnegie and heard her play the 3 ballade..... wonder why she never attacked the 4th but maybe she did....
Thank you for this extraordinary time document !
You're wellcome!! :)
i didn't know her...that a elegance and that sound!
Alsolutely Wonderful !!! Thanks love it !
just omg she is awesome
I'm tortured by such beautiful playing that I cannot even do. I miss her
YOU CAN do it, sir. I've heard you. You are as humble as her. Continue giving a great deal of pleasure to your devoted listeners and cease being tortured. God has given you your own gift, and gave her her own. Love❤️
Te amamos, Arcady Volodos, desde Argentina te envío un gran abrazo, te conocí por medio de un gran pianista que vive en Italia y que es fanático admirador de vuestra exelencia.
@@tishhill9561 I'm sorry to tell you that you are not answering the real Arcadi Volodos. He is another person who uses his name.
@@crp5898 Siento decirle que vos no respondió al verdadero Acadi Volodos. Es otra persona que usa su nombre.
@@lisilisin Thank you for letting me know
What a great artist. Her performances of Chopin are on a par with Dinu Lipatti's.Individual and Poetic!
Raridade! um tesouro ao vivo.
Hola, tengo una grabación de ella en pizarra 78 rpm, la primera y única que hizo en ese formato. Tenia 8 años. Imposible de encontrar, tiene el disco 91 años.
@@elilopezlopez8584 uma 💎 jóia de intérprete.
My desert island pianist :)
((Music starts after 1:30))
Resulta curioso , fue la profesora del padre de una persona que conozco, maravillosa interprete
I suppose everyone here knows her rendition of "Goyescas". Talk about a piece the pianist was BORN to play!
Vaya repertorio tan brutal que escogió para esta transmisión, todas estas obras son dificilísimas y ella las toca como si fuesen lo más sencillo. Yo compararía su sonido característico tan apasionado y musical con Maria Callas en ópera, nunca te deja indiferente.
Exactamente de acuerdo... y las dos tendrían 100 años este año.
Beautiful. Sad all the pianists I have learned from whom I adore are no longer with us
Wow!
Brutal! Pell de gallina
Alicia de Larrocha on Facebook!!!
facebook.com/AliciadeLarrochaOficial/
28:14: come caaantaaaa... ❤😢❤
You are overly welcome!
N'importe que elle joue, son coeur est dedans...
my FAVORITE recording of the Rachmaninoff THIRD... is hers...
Muy. estimada en 🇮🇷❤️🥉 Yucatán.
Exelente ❤️🇮🇷 balada Yucataan
Analoga composizione potrebbe essere la BWV 548 per organo
oppure la 6 ° partita per
clavicembalo di J.S.Bach.
Sometime she reminds me of Horowitz sound and phrasing
Tiene un sonido peculiar,debido parece ser q pisa el pedal menos q los demás,un sonido mas etrecortado...Genio orgullo de todos los Españoles.
Love the Ballade! Does she have her shoulders really tensed, or is this just her typical posture? Thanks for posting. Wonderful!
damn cool
Notice please, pianists: Alicia does not swoon all over the piano stool, grimacing...
Braviiiiisimo. 🇮🇷
que rubinstein que horowitz que sziffra que gould que cuantos mas y quienes fueron por delante fueron larrocha y argerich
Totalmente de acuerdo
本当にそうです。
10:22 Ballade op47
18:14 op22
Tiene manos muy pequeñas pero su musica es tan grandote😊
Tienes gusto por la musica es lo mejor de Chopan la balada y las rapsodias ,las oi cada año en las audiciones las alumnas mayores ,siempre las ttocaban..Nadie sabia que audicionabamos de verdad ,para el Concervatorio y me eligio a mi desde el pricipiio (no me lo diijo) hasta que toqjue La Campanela (sueños robados ,por ser mujer )creian que careciamos de cerebro ) en mi epoca asi generabilizaban a la mujer ,menos mi esposo
Sadly, the image is out-of-synch with the sound...
Even the comments below about this wonderful posting are a bit special
When and where was this performance given? It's quite outstanding.
It is a TV show that was recorded in the TVE (Spanish Television) studios in Barcelona in 1970
Moltes gràcies
Alicia de Larrocha en granados
Amaging
Does anyone know her fingers exercise that she did?
+thepianist126 Yes
+Rodney Mobley My teacher, Beatriz Pilapil, studied with her for years. I was introduced to her as a teenager and she was a mentor to me for over 20 years. She would spend endless hours working on every single note and phrase until she got it perfect. Then she would practice....
Rodney Mobley where can i find it?
+Rodney Mobley May I ask you where and when did your teacher, Beatriz Pilapil, studied with Alicia de Larrocha?
+thepianist126 It is her approach that creates her flawless technique. She would study every single note and phrase meticulously before practicing anything. This gave her clear insight in how to work her small hands around the difficulties without sacrificing phrasing or musicality. Then she practiced every single finger stroke and touch repeatedly. She also took great care in practicing the hand position changes(keyboard geography), and hand/wrist/arm motions(keyboard choreography) until her ideas were cemented in order to create predictable note accuracy and musical consistency. This gave her a deep, inner confidence when tackling obscenely difficult, large-handed repertoire in public. (Examples: Ravel Concerto for Lt. hand, Brahms Piano Concerto #2, and Rachmaninoff Piano Concertos #2 & #3 come to mind.) She was so very prepared in every aspect of whatever she played that she was able to facilitate some of the finest Schumann and Mozart ever performed by a pianist. Even though I have heard her play Hanon & Czerny exercises, I mostly witnessed her detailed and pain-staking work on whatever she was preparing to play in an upcoming concert. Tedious work and intense focus, and dedication were her hallmarks. She explained to me that the secret to her touch, technique, and sound was HARD WORK!! I was so fortunate to have had a number of meetings with her over the years and can truly say that she was one of the greatest pianists to have graced this planet.
Buen dia
Thank you! It's just a pity that this entire planet has become a moral pigsty. Otherwise, we'd all be basking in the rays of one another's sunshine.