Alicia de Larrocha: Xavier Montsalvatge - Concierto Breve. Sinfónica de Madrid. García Navarro 1999.

Xavier Montsalvatge: Concierto Breve (1953)
I Enérgico
II Dolce
III Vivo
Dedicado por el compositor Xavier Montsalvatge i Bassols (1912 - 2002) a la pianista Alicia de Larrocha, quien extrenó la obra en 1953 con Louis de Froment y la Orquesta de Barcelona.
Alicia de Larrocha, piano.
Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid.
Luis Antonio García Navarro, director.
Teatro Real (14-15/II/1999) Madrid - España.

[@cubanm81]

Bravoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo por siempre ALICIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@miquelmateudeltoro7143]

Maravillosa musica

[@NataliaGonzalezFigueroa]

Maravillosa

[@henrigaziel2002]

This is just wonderful. Late period Larrocha, but with such humility and wisdom.

[@user-yz6nb2we3z]

Alicia de Larrocha (1923-2009) is 75/76 in this 1999 performance. Impressive at any age!

[@ChrisBreemer]

The finest Spanish piano concerto, in my opinion. Goes off with a bang and ends in high sprits, and the middle section is of rare beauty, reminding me of Rodrigo's famous slow movement from Concerto de Aranjuez. I have always cherished Alicia's LP recording, coupled with Surinach's concerto, but this live performance is hardly less impressive. Thanks for posting !!!

Maravilha! Gracias por compartilhar.

[@pghagen]

Again, amazing how AdL played this concerto. She must have been able to memorize modern works like this very easy. From childhood she had already this enormous talent I read in all the documentaries and video's. I did not hear this concerto before. Just looked into the EMI CD box, and is was there! I probably overlooked it...Montsalvatge is a very good composer, however outside Spain his works are not very well known. Hope young pianists like Volodos en Perianes will take over to perform these works all over the world, like AdL did!

[@mario99ize]

Vi ese concierto en vivo en el Teatro Real , fué por la mañana y lo recuerdo de manera muy entrañable.Lo grabó la 2 pero se acordó emitir el día que Montsalvage falleciera como homenaje

[@amcmc4641]

Que afortunado has sido. Haber visto a la sra Larrocha en directo!!!

[@steveegallo3384]

@mario99ize -- I heard Caballé & Weissenberg perform his 'Canciones"......BRAVA Maestra Alicia.....from Acapulco!

[@ernesthoven]

Grande Alicia!!!

[@AlexAlguacil]

Muchas gracias por compartir este video! Volvió a tocar el Concierto Breve en la inauguración del Auditorio de Barcelona, en 1999 y creo que este concierto fue ese mismo año. También lo grabó la TV. Saludos.

[@adamkent8368]

Como ponen "In Memoriam" al final, supongo que esta grabacion fue emitida en 2002, anio del fallecimiento del compositor....

[@AlexAlguacil]

@@adamkent8368 Hola Adam. Cierto. Y veo que cambiaron la fecha en la descripción, así que interpretado en 1999 y emitido en 2002. Saludos!

[@andrewpetersen5272]

Brilliant!

[@Janaceks_Dad]

I'm surprised that she played such a muscular piece as this as late as 1999...I heard a couple of technically precarious recitals from her during the 90's, which is when her playing started to become unreliable...completely forgivable, however, as aging affects the ability of all of us, even those those as supremely gifted as she was.

[@niniasemira2269]

This is a very good performance of this muscular piece...

[@henrigaziel2002]

Well she was still playing Iberia and Goyescas, La Vega, Turina Danzas Fantasticas, Falla Bætica and they’re all muscular.

[@MariaCanyigueral]

It's more important to have a 'muscular' brain rather than muscles..exceptional Alicia

[@Janaceks_Dad]

@40340312 she was indeed exceptional, no doubt...even a genius...all the more remarkable for being the self-effacing munchkin she was...Yuga Wang, Lang Lang, Katia Buniatashvilli and others should follow her example...it might even improve their playing