Alicia De Larrocha: Complete Decca Recordings
Alicia De Larrocha
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US$110.99
- Release Date 27 July 2018
- Sorry Sold Out
- Product code
- 4834120
- Format
- CD Box Set
- Label
- Decca
- Limited Edition 41-CDs set presenting Alicia de Larrocha’s complete Decca & American Decca recordings
- Including previously unreleased recordings of Grieg and Albéniz
- Includes discs of bonus material: 2 CDs of de Larrocha’s early Hispavox (EMI/Warner) Madrid recordings of piano encores
- Includes recordings with Pilar Lorengar, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, André Previn, Sir Georg Solti, Riccardo Chailly, Zubin Mehta and David Zinman
- 120pp perfect bound book:
- Introductions from Alicia Torra (daughter) and André Previn
- A new essay by Jed Distler: Vitality, Generosity and Joy: The Art of Alicia de Larrocha
- An excerpt from new and only available biography of Ms Larrocha by Mònica Pagès
- Many unseen photographs and facsimiles from Alicia’s private collection and Decca’s archives
Greatly respected by her peers, not least Arthur Rubinstein, Gina Bachauer, Van Cliburn, Claudio Arrau and Vladimir Horowitz, if you wanted to witness a Who’s Who of New York City-based keyboard luminaries gathered in one place, you simply had to purchase a ticket for an Alicia de Larrocha recital.. Slight of frame, de Larrocha’s physical stature belied her considerable accomplishments, not least in key corners of the French repertoire and the Russian Romantics where she positively flourished and we marvel at the pianist’s tiny hands effortlessly traversing huge leaps on the keyboard and summoning colossal sonorities that never splinter.
Born in Barcelona on May 23, 1923. Alicia de Larrocha came from a musical family. Both her mother and her aunt were disciples of the composer and pianist Enrique Granados. Alicia began lessons at the age of three with Granados’ student and teaching assistant, Frank Marshall who insisted that his gifted student gain a solid foundation in Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin, which, in turn, helped to inform what would become her standard-setting interpretations of Spanish music. She explained in a 1973 Gramophone interview “if you can't play Bach correctly, you can't play Spanish music.”
Her first American recitals in 1954 and 1955 coincided with her first major label recordings, made in New York for American Decca, all reissued as part of the present collection. Though she broached the recording process reluctantly, she nonetheless recorded a large discography and it was her association with British Decca between 1970 and 1988 that was to be her longest and most fruitful major label relationship.
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1 | CD1 Recital of Spanish Music | |
2 | CD2 GRIEG & MENDELSSOHN Recital - L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande; Sergiu Comissiona (Grieg Sonata – previously unreleased) | |
3 | CD3 FALLA: Nights in the Gardens of Spain · CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 2 | |
4 | CD4 J.S. BACH: Concerto in the Italian Style; French Suite No. 6; English Suite No. 2; Fantasia in C Minor | |
5 | CD5 SCHUMANN: Fantasie; Faschingsschwank aus Wien · Allegro in B Minor | |
6 | CD6 SCHUMANN: Carnaval; Kreisleriana | |
7 | CD7 SCHUMANN: Carnaval; Allegro in B Minor; Piano Concerto - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit | |
8 | CD8 KHACHATURIAN: Piano Concerto* · FRANCK: Symphonic Variations* · LISZT: Sonata in B Minor - *London Philharmonic Orchestra; Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos | |
9 | CD9 RAVEL: Concertos* · FAURÉ: Fantasie - *London Philharmonic Orchestra; Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos | |
10 | CD10 ALBÉNIZ: Iberia | |
11 | CD11 ALBÉNIZ: Navarra; Cantos de Espana · Favourite Spanish Encores (Catnos de Espana – previously unreleased complete recording) | |
12 | CD12 MOZART: Piano Sonatas Nos. 9-11; Fantasia in C Minor; Fantasia in D Minor; Rondo in D Major | |
13 | CD13 MOZART: Piano Sonatas Nos. 4, 8, 12, 16 & 18 | |
14 | CD14 MOZART: Piano Sonata No. 14; Fantasia in C Minor · HAYDN: Piano Concerto in D Major; Andante con variazioni | |
15 | CD15 FALLA: Piano Music | |
16 | CD16 CHOPIN: 24 Préludes, Op. 28; Berceuse | |
17 | CD17 RACHMANINOV: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3* London Symphony Orchestra; André Previn · *Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Charles Dutoit | |
18 | CD18 MONTSALVATGE: Concerto Breve · SURINACH: Piano Concerto - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos | |
19 | CD19 GRANADOS: Goyescas | |
20 | CD20 GRANADOS: Tonadillas; Canciónes Amatorias - Pilar Lorengar | |
21 | CD21 MOZART: Piano Concertos Nos. 25 & 27 - London Philharmonic Orchestra; Sir Georg Solti | |
22 | CD22 MOZART: Piano Concertos Nos. 24 & 26 "Coronation" - Chamber Orchestra Of Europe; Sir Georg Solti | |
23 | CD23 BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"*; Bagatelles - *Los Angeles Philharmonic; Zubin Mehta | |
24 | CD24 MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 12 · J.S BACH: Keyboard Concerto No. 5 - *London Sinfonietta; David Zinman | |
25 | CD25 GRANADOS: Danzas Españolas | |
26 | CD26 SCARLATTI: Piano Sonatas · SOLER: Piano Sonatas · HANDEL: Suite No. 5 "The Harmonious Blacksmith" · J.S. BACH-BUSONI: Chaconne in D minor | |
27 | CD27 MOZART: Piano Concertos Nos. 19 & 22 - Wiener Symphoniker; Uri Segal | |
28 | CD28 SCHUBERT: Piano Sonatas Nos. 13 & 21 | |
29 | CD29 BEETHOVEN: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 - Orchestra Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin; Riccardo Chailly | |
30 | CD30 BEETHOVEN: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4 - Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin; Riccardo Chailly | |
31 | CD31 BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"; Choral Fantasia - Orchestra Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin; Riccardo Chailly | |
32 | CD32 MOMPOU: Impresiones intimas; Cançons i dansas | |
33 | CD33 GRANADOS: Seis piezas sobre cantos populares espanolas; Escenas Romanticas; Allegro de Concierto | |
34 | CD34 FALLA: Nights in the Gardens of Spain · ALBÉNIZ: Rapsodia Española · TURINA: Rapsodia sinfonica - Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra; Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos | |
35 | CD35 ALBÉNIZ: Ibéria | |
36 | CD36 ALBÉNIZ: Ibéria; Navarra; Suite Española | |
37 | CD37 ESPLÁ: Sonata Espanola, Op. 53 · RODRIGO: Danzas de Espana · GRANADOS: Danzas Espagnolas | |
38 | CD38 TURINA: Danzas Fantásticas; Ciclo pianistico VII & II; Recuerdos de la antigua España · GRANADOS: Escenas Romanticas | |
39 | CD39 GRANADOS: Goyescas; Impresiones intimas | |
40 | CD40-41 Early Hispavox recordings including: Chopin, Couperin, Debussy, Fauré, Paderewski, Tchaikovsky and Weber |