ALICIA de Larrocha:amazing pianist, just grandios...being Afro American I am absolutely d'accord with you....thank you for your wonderful thoughts and great Videos that inform and entertain😊😊
Wonderful Alicia..she came regularly every year back in the 80’s at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in the Vatican City and I had the opportunity to listen to her also in this repertoire!
Hello from Barcelona Having watched your video twice, I just had to buy Alicia de Larrocha's latest recording of Iberia. I can't explain how beautiful it is. At the same time, I got Iberia's orchestration by Francisco Guerrero, played by the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia, conducted by José Ramón Encinar in 2005 and released by Glossa label. It has pleased me very much. Your videos couldn't be more interesting, David. Thank you very much.
There was no doubt about this one. Also, thank you for pointing out Goerner’s *fabulous* recording from 2022 on here, not sure I would’ve come across it given the way the industry markets recordings these days. It’s my personal runner-up to the magic of Alicia.
Absolutely- this one is so obvious. I believe this is the recording chosen for the “Great Pianists of the 20th century” series, it’s the issue I have of her doing it. I have heard the earlier one as well, very good (and I really liked that Icon box)
Her Granados recordings (Danzas Españolas and Goyescas) are among my top ten favorites of all-time. I've often wondered why others don't feel as strongly about Granados as I do.
maybe because they don't know Granados. Goyescas is absolutely beautiful. Spanish music, in general, is a little bit despised; what Doktor Hurwitz says about the XIXth century in the Mediterranean countries can partially explain it. there is still something else: I live in Spain and we are the first not to value our legacy. here is much easier to attend a Mahler symphony than a Granados or de Falla concert.
I just got the Decca box in a record store in Amsterdam. The sonics are indeed subpar but it’s wonderful to listen to anyway. As to my favorite version - not the reference recording -, it is Rosa Sabater’s 1967 recording (Decca Spain, 2-LP Box set). Her Jérez in particular is a marvel.
Regarding "correct" scores- a few years ago Schott published 3 volumes of Iberia 1) an easy to read "Urtext" 2) a version suggesting fingerings and rearrangements ( no fun at all - the fun is figuring it out yourself!) and 3) most wonderfully, a facsimile if the composer's autogr, which is gorgeous and inspiring and indispensable!
A most embarrassing memory from a local classical CD shop was a German lady who asked if they had any CD of piano music by Albeniz. 'He was Spanish' came the reply, 'so he wrote guitar music'. So much for the value add from specialist shops. Even now I want to apologise to the Spanish people.
It had to be her! Question was, which of the three and now we know. I've only heard the last one, and a fine performance it is. I don't suppose there is a major difference between them (is there?).
ALICIA de
Larrocha:amazing pianist, just grandios...being Afro American I am absolutely d'accord with you....thank you for your wonderful thoughts and great Videos that inform and entertain😊😊
Wonderful Alicia..she came regularly every year back in the 80’s at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in the Vatican City and I had the opportunity to listen to her also in this repertoire!
Hello from Barcelona
Having watched your video twice, I just had to buy Alicia de Larrocha's latest recording of Iberia. I can't explain how beautiful it is.
At the same time, I got Iberia's orchestration by Francisco Guerrero, played by the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia, conducted by José Ramón Encinar in 2005 and released by Glossa label.
It has pleased me very much.
Your videos couldn't be more interesting, David. Thank you very much.
There was no doubt about this one. Also, thank you for pointing out Goerner’s *fabulous* recording from 2022 on here, not sure I would’ve come across it given the way the industry markets recordings these days. It’s my personal runner-up to the magic of Alicia.
Absolutely- this one is so obvious. I believe this is the recording chosen for the “Great Pianists of the 20th century” series, it’s the issue I have of her doing it. I have heard the earlier one as well, very good (and I really liked that Icon box)
Her Granados recordings (Danzas Españolas and Goyescas) are among my top ten favorites of all-time. I've often wondered why others don't feel as strongly about Granados as I do.
maybe because they don't know Granados. Goyescas is absolutely beautiful.
Spanish music, in general, is a little bit despised; what Doktor Hurwitz says about the XIXth century in the Mediterranean countries can partially explain it.
there is still something else: I live in Spain and we are the first not to value our legacy.
here is much easier to attend a Mahler symphony than a Granados or de Falla concert.
I just got the Decca box in a record store in Amsterdam. The sonics are indeed subpar but it’s wonderful to listen to anyway. As to my favorite version - not the reference recording -, it is Rosa Sabater’s 1967 recording (Decca Spain, 2-LP Box set). Her Jérez in particular is a marvel.
Regarding "correct" scores- a few years ago Schott published 3 volumes of Iberia 1) an easy to read "Urtext" 2) a version suggesting fingerings and rearrangements ( no fun at all - the fun is figuring it out yourself!) and 3) most wonderfully, a facsimile if the composer's autogr, which is gorgeous and inspiring and indispensable!
A most embarrassing memory from a local classical CD shop was a German lady who asked if they had any CD of piano music by Albeniz. 'He was Spanish' came the reply, 'so he wrote guitar music'. So much for the value add from specialist shops. Even now I want to apologise to the Spanish people.
I totally agree!
I would also like to add hamelin
Fine performance, but it doesn't fit DH's reference "rules." Anybody's Iberia is always compared to de Laroccha's.
Exactly.
In dire need for a survey of Schubert pieces like the octet.
It had to be her! Question was, which of the three and now we know. I've only heard the last one, and a fine performance it is. I don't suppose there is a major difference between them (is there?).
Not really.
I assume that orchestral arrangements of this work do not have reference recordings.
I do love the orchestra version. Reference, maybe none, but the Argenta might have been had he recorded it complete.
I love the Ormandy/Philly.
They do not.