My goodness ... this is like good cheesecake. Listen to 5:55 ... this would have sounded like banging with most pianists. With Alicia ... there's such a richness. She clearly understands dynamics like no other pianist. And her Spanish roots DEFINITELY give her an edge with melodies of this sort. Southern Spain, known for their flamenco melodies is right along these lines. And he plays it with the right amount of delay ... she knows when to draw out the melody and when to fly forward. She's exquisite. A true jewel.
Never does she sacrifice tone quality, musicality, or technique for theatrics. One of the most musically fulfilling interpretations of this piece I have heard.
She was the grand Spanish lady of the piano in every sense, great refinement in her playing and flawless technique in spite of her small hands!!!!!!!!!!!
Alicia superior como siempre. Nunca tendrá el merecido y suficiente reconocimiento por parte de todo el mundo, aunque pensándolo bien, tampoco lo necesita. Qué grande eres.
I intend to listen to EVERY upload on this channel, starting with the earliest uploads, and working towards the present time. I'm so thrilled to have found a You Tube channel devoted to this wonderful lady. This piece makes me homesick for Hungary...and I was born in England. She's so good I would think SHE was born in Hungary, not Spain.
Always elegant, musical, never a show-off, she was perfect. For me, the greatest interpreters of music are women; I find that women display an understanding of phrasing and a sensitivity to the feelings of the music that few men achieve. De Larrocha and Guiomar Novaes are my two favorites, and their interpretations are the ones I always return to. They both play the most virtuosic passages with such unostentatious elegance that you are never aware of the difficulty, but only hear the music.
Alicia de la Rocha, ícone de honra na cultura ocidental. Precisão e sentimento humano brindado amorosamente. Sou hungaro de nascença, pianista, conheço as interpretações de muitos pianistas húngaros excelentes desta obra e a que me comove mais, desde a medula dos meus ossos, é esta especialista em música de autores espanhois, e me faz sentir " em casa" de verdade. Teria gostado de dizer isso a ela mesma. Vale um suspiro de admiração , como consuelo ?
Fabulous! Technically flawless; although i miss her firm basses, which she displayed in so many other works. Maybe it's the quality of this old recording from 1964. Probably she would have played it differently in later years. But still it is unbeliev able how AdL plays Liszt.
My goodness ... this is like good cheesecake. Listen to 5:55 ... this would have sounded like banging with most pianists. With Alicia ... there's such a richness. She clearly understands dynamics like no other pianist. And her Spanish roots DEFINITELY give her an edge with melodies of this sort. Southern Spain, known for their flamenco melodies is right along these lines. And he plays it with the right amount of delay ... she knows when to draw out the melody and when to fly forward. She's exquisite. A true jewel.
YES!!!!!
Very good and truethfool comment
Never does she sacrifice tone quality, musicality, or technique for theatrics. One of the most musically fulfilling interpretations of this piece I have heard.
You are so right!
Concur. Just clear. You can fully hear the Hungarian folk rhythms
She was the grand Spanish lady of the piano in every sense, great refinement in her playing and flawless technique in spite of her small hands!!!!!!!!!!!
I don’t know why this performance is so underrated
The best! Thank you, Ms Larrocha for the joy you still give us!
The crispy and agile way of clear touch on the notes is my favorite for de Larrocha
J'aime cette musique très contrastée, pleine de passion, de virtuosité,mais aussi de langueur, de
nonchalance, puis de brusques emballements.
Alicia superior como siempre. Nunca tendrá el merecido y suficiente reconocimiento por parte de todo el mundo, aunque pensándolo bien, tampoco lo necesita. Qué grande eres.
What an incredible tour de force from one of the world's greatest pianists!
OUTSTANDING!! Here is what a great artist does with an old warhorse we've all heard a zillion times! This enchanting and thrilling
I wish I could see her playing this! I'm imagining her fingers were a blur on the keyboard. Magnificent!
Absolutely perfect, Master de Larrocha! Heavenly made hands!! thanks for posting!
Finally...a version that satisfies me !!!
What a fantastic sounding piano from such an old recording!
She's Incomparable!!!!I think Franz would be very proud! :)
Pasan los años y los recuerdos siempre estàn . Gracias bella ALICIA, con tùs bellos recuerdos musicales . GRACIAS .
LA MAS HERMOSA DE LAS RAPSODIAS DE LISZT, E INTERPRETADA POR ESTA MAGNÍFICA PIANISTA, A LA JAMÀS OLVIDAREMOS, LOS QUE LA HEMOS ESCUCHADO---
Horowitz's transcription / performance of this is one for the ages, but de Larrocha is right up there with him!
MARAVILLOSA. No te cansas de oírla y ver esta carita de niña, con manos de ANGEL .En el cielo están contentos .
I intend to listen to EVERY upload on this channel, starting with the earliest uploads, and working towards the present time. I'm so thrilled to have found a You Tube channel devoted to this wonderful lady. This piece makes me homesick for Hungary...and I was born in England. She's so good I would think SHE was born in Hungary, not Spain.
It’s the best!!!
Always elegant, musical, never a show-off, she was perfect. For me, the greatest interpreters of music are women; I find that women display an understanding of phrasing and a sensitivity to the feelings of the music that few men achieve. De Larrocha and Guiomar Novaes are my two favorites, and their interpretations are the ones I always return to. They both play the most virtuosic passages with such unostentatious elegance that you are never aware of the difficulty, but only hear the music.
Shahrdad I agree loudly! The music itself, not the ego is what counts!
Shahrdad ...and, oh yes I forgot to mention, she cares about every note, takes her time. The effect is the most carefull pianist.
Shahrdad something that all those pianistic pianists of these days should learn: take your time and you will express yourself nevertheless.
No hay palabras para definir esta maravilla de müsica y pianista mundial Alicia de Larrocha !!!
Alicia de la Rocha, ícone de honra na cultura ocidental. Precisão e sentimento humano brindado amorosamente. Sou hungaro de nascença, pianista, conheço as interpretações de muitos pianistas húngaros excelentes desta obra e a que me comove mais, desde a medula dos meus ossos, é esta especialista em música de autores espanhois, e me faz sentir " em casa" de verdade. Teria gostado de dizer isso a ela mesma.
Vale um suspiro de admiração , como consuelo ?
De las mejores pianistas que he oído en mi vida.Su fraseo, técnica y touché son inigualables!!!
Absolutely the best!!
Fabulous! Technically flawless; although i miss her firm basses, which she displayed in so many other works. Maybe it's the quality of this old recording from 1964. Probably she would have played it differently in later years. But still it is unbeliev
able how AdL plays Liszt.
So beautiful. Thank you.
Brilliant
Wczorajszej nocy ten utwór w wykonaniu Alicii śnił mi się
Um gênio
¡Hermosa interpretación para esta hermosa obra!
einfach wunderbar :-))
Pięknie, łzy ciekną
France Clidat ASSOLUTAMENTE E' UN SOGNO REALIZZATO DI COME DEVE ESSERE LISZT.
Ta Pani lepiej rozumiała Liszta niż on sam siebie
Brilliant