Ernesto Lecuona Malaguena from the Suite Andalucia Thomas Tirino, Pianist Recorded live November 14, 2003 at the University of Miami, Gusman Concert Hall
This is an awesome piece of music and beautifully played. My18-year-old nephew played this piece last month in a Utah state high competition and won a Sterling Scholar. The highest honor awarded in any Utah high school competition. Way to play Dave!
Malagueñas are the one flamenco form that everyone in the world thinks they know. However, the piece that everyone thinks of as the Malagueñas is the sixth movement of the Suite Andalucía by Cuban pianist and composer, Ernesto Lecuona (1895-1963) - Lecuona's Malagueñas.
@@sonsolescruchaga8553it literally is. Andalusia is one of Spain's provinces and one of the cities in that province is Seville, which is considered to be the birthplace of Flamenco. So considering he wrote a Suite in homage to the Andalusian province it's pretty easy to see it is in fact a flamenco song given the history of the region and the music referring to that region in general.
El pianista se llama Thomas Tirino según aparece en la descripción del vídeo. Ernesto Lecuona es el compositor de la pieza (Malagüeña), es cubano nacido en 1895 y exiliado en España, murió a comienzos de los 60. Si te interesa te recomiendo que busques más cosas de él, por ejemplo "La Comparsa" y "Siboney"... espero que te gusten... Saludos!
This has become my favorite music since my fiancee told me she used to play this astoundingly hard music herself when she was in daily conditioning. Well these renditions by Lecuona and Liberace may become our song to share as we grow older.
Loved Malaguena from the time I was a young child. Lecuona is always a favorite when it comes to Spanish/Cuban classics. I remember when Mr. Trevino came to UM to perform -- it was a special treat! Go Canes!
So much feeling! Wonderful! Thanks for sharing! This is a fiery song and he definitely caught the fire! Me and this song as a favorite go way way back to the early 1960s when I first heard it and fell in love. I was maybe 6 or 7 at the time. I also fell in love with Mariachi music and Flamenco. This is such a famous piece and honors the man who wrote it. 😊
whew! amazing, amazing! the control...dynamics, i love the sounds of the bass towards the end that he hammers out...i wish i had the money to buy myself a steinway grand...
Malaguena's music will remain the sad voice coming from the depths of tortured hearts, then it will continue to scream in order to declare its wounds over the years that it will continue to receive the pain of wounds and forever....🌍
Excellent, more pleasant Cuban music that will always be the representation of an era, a wonderful composer Ernesto Lecuona, and a people .................Excelente, la musica mas agradable Cubana que siempre sera la representacion de una epoca ,un magnifico compositor Ernesto Lecuona, y un Pueblo.................
How wonderful it is to hear the composer play his own composition. His performance is beautiful and exceptionally fine. I noticed that he added a few notes that are not in my edition of Malaguena.
a guy from my High School just learned this song for Solo Ensamble, and he's 16! He performed it for our concert and got a standing O. I love this song!
Such beauty. Such power. Delicate yet emotional. I'm going to try and duplicate his style the next time i sit down at the piano. Yes, played w/ such love and compassion. LOVE IT. I can still hear it. BRAVO111111111111
On this day exactly seventy years ago {November 14th, 1948} Ernesto Lecuona performed his 1928 composition, "Malaguena", on the CBS-TV network's Sunday-night variety program, 'The Toast of the Town', hosted by Ed Sullivan... Seven years later on January 30th, 1955 Caterina Valente's covered version of the song peaked at #42 on the Cash Box Top 100 chart... In 1960 Connie Francis also covered the song, and her version also peaked at #42, but on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart, the record's A-side, "My Heart Has A Mind of Its Own", reached #1 {for 2 weeks}... Ernesto Lecuona Casado passed away on November 29th, 1963 at the age of 68... May he R.I.P.
+Amha Ademasu , May have donated those books... I had two one was 7 danzas cubanas the other was the waltzes. Donated them when we moved from portland area, I see you might be from Seattle judging by the profile pic.
My sister played Malaguena. Her fingers would bleed after she finished. I miss her!! She could have been a good pianist but wouldn't settle for good, so she became a feckin accountant. She would have been happier with her music and art. Don't settle!
@bienporteno Muy buena su descripcin , me encanta su comentario, pero su interprete Es Cubano,me jor dicho la musica fue escrita, si que su musica algunas son muy Españolas, Pero tambien llas composiciones de La comparsita Syboney y muchas mas son el magifico legado de la musica Cubana conocida Internacionalmente , gracias un saludo,
oh my goodness!! I can't believe I found it! I heard my friend play this once before jazz band class started, and I was simply in awe, but I kept forgetting to ask him what the song was. This piece is just... jaw dropping.....
Gran interpretación. Me encantó ....sobre todo porque es reflejo de la partitura original . Excelente pianista !!! Desde argentina, Felicitaciones !!!!
Stands well played side-by-side with Montoya's guitar version. He renders reaquedo like a guitarist, which I suppose was his intent, while maintaining the authority of his instrument. Bravo, señor maestro!
I loved playing this in High School...more mature now, more expression, less bravura. This performance is the perfect rendering of Flamenco on the keyboard!!
Bravo! I love this song and you performed it brilliantly. You have inspired me to play it with my husband, virtuoso guitarist, Jeff Linsky. Smiles and Thank you! Lisa Linsky
Masterful performance! Bravo! Having studied classical piano and being a huge fan of Lecuona's music, and "Malaguena" in particular, this was wonderful to watch and hear. Thomas Tirino's virtuoso performance is the best Malaguena I've heard on RU-vid (other than that of Lecuona himself, which is a poor quality recording)! It is obvious that Mr. Tirino understands well Lecuona's music and his interpretation is true to the character and beauty of the Cuban composer's music. I regret that I haven't seen and heard Mr. Tirino live in concert. Maybe next time he's in the Miami area? Thank you for sharing!
i have this exact piece! this was my first piano recital piece. i was still in grade 3 then, about 9 or 10 years old. after a year or so i've forgotten how to play it. :D
Listen to Lecuona himself playing his own composition. Very different- rough, full of passion. I’m sure he likes Tirino’s wonderful and refined interpretation as well.
