It's a bit of an exaggeration to say that she could make the piano sound like a guitar...no she couldn't...a piano is a piano...a guitar is a guitar...but she was beyond phenomenal...
With most "Andalucian" music (Southern/Moorish Spain), the pianist must know how to make the "pianoforte" sound like a "guitar"...Very few pianists are able to project this unique sound. Alicia de Larrocha - out of the "Enrique Granados" piano school tradition, was the best exponent of this technique in modern times. Granados as well emphasized the advantages of using the pedal properly.
This woman was simply wonderful, a brilliant pianist with the most deft of touches. I have just "discovered" her a couple of days ago (where have I been??) and am completely mesmerised by her.
Don't feel so bad...I just discovered her, and I am from Spain...I now have to wonder if I have been asleep all this time...hehehehe...Greetings from the USA
La obra pianística de Albeniz es muy difícil de interpretar, tanto técnica como estilísticamente. Por eso son muy pocos los que se atreven con ella. Y Nadie lo hizo mejor que Alicia.
Perhaps the finest pianist of the 1950s - 1990s. I had the pleasure of hearing her in concert several times. Her touch and body of sound were unique. And she was not only a great musician of Spanish music, but also Bach, Haydn, Schumann, Chopin ans so on. Thanks to Fans of Alicia de Larrocha for this. Do you have more for us, please.
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Compositor de mucho talento para describir la música popular española en especial la ndaluza.Tene muchas obras menores para piano.,piezas orquestales.,una rapsodi, Catalonia.,l2 canciones.,Iberia.,recuerdos de viaje.
