Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331 - 1e. Variation 5
Alicia de Larrocha y de la Calle (23 May 1923 – 25 September 2009) was a Sp… Read Full Bio ↴Alicia de Larrocha y de la Calle (23 May 1923 – 25 September 2009) was a Spanish pianist, widely considered to be one of the greatest of her generation
She was born in Barcelona, and began studying piano with Frank Marshall in Spain at age three. She performed her first concert at the age of six at the World's Fair in Seville in 1929, and had her orchestral debut at the age of 11. She began touring internationally in 1947, and in 1954 toured North America with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
De Larrocha has made numerous recordings of solo piano repertoire and she is generally seen as an advocate of Spanish works. She is best known for her recordings of the music of Enrique Granados and Isaac Albéniz, as well as her 1967 recordings of Antonio Soler's piano sonatas. She won her first Grammy Award in 1975 and again, as recently as 1992, at the age of almost seventy.
As De Larrocha aged, she began to play a different style of music. She was originally a Mozart player, but she wanted to spread Latin and Spanish music to the world. This is one reason why she is now best known for her recordings of Granados and Albeniz.
As of 1995, she was still active as a pianist, but conceded having to make adjustments with age. For a pianist her hands are small, her height is under 150 centimetres, but she has grown even smaller with age. This led to her having to quit playing Rachmaninoff.
She received the Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts in 1994.
Alicia de Larrocha died on 25 September 2009 in Quiron Hospital, Barcelona, aged 86. Culture Minister Angeles Gonzalez-Sinde said: "She was an extraordinary ambassador for Spain".
She was born in Barcelona, and began studying piano with Frank Marshall in Spain at age three. She performed her first concert at the age of six at the World's Fair in Seville in 1929, and had her orchestral debut at the age of 11. She began touring internationally in 1947, and in 1954 toured North America with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
De Larrocha has made numerous recordings of solo piano repertoire and she is generally seen as an advocate of Spanish works. She is best known for her recordings of the music of Enrique Granados and Isaac Albéniz, as well as her 1967 recordings of Antonio Soler's piano sonatas. She won her first Grammy Award in 1975 and again, as recently as 1992, at the age of almost seventy.
As De Larrocha aged, she began to play a different style of music. She was originally a Mozart player, but she wanted to spread Latin and Spanish music to the world. This is one reason why she is now best known for her recordings of Granados and Albeniz.
As of 1995, she was still active as a pianist, but conceded having to make adjustments with age. For a pianist her hands are small, her height is under 150 centimetres, but she has grown even smaller with age. This led to her having to quit playing Rachmaninoff.
She received the Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts in 1994.
Alicia de Larrocha died on 25 September 2009 in Quiron Hospital, Barcelona, aged 86. Culture Minister Angeles Gonzalez-Sinde said: "She was an extraordinary ambassador for Spain".
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Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major K. 331
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Shigeki Iwamoto
So quiet, honestly, quite unpretentiously sound just like Mozart is in his spirit. Beautiful !
Jonathan Affatato
Love this interpretation! Too many artists play his sonatas mechanically like clockwork. They must be played with tenderness!
noemi baki
Finally a performance of the rondo which is not rushed and is full of different colors! I've only heard that movement from virtuoso wannabe-s and I had concerns about listening to this piece again. I think Pires' interpretations of the Mozart sonatas are among the finest.
Manu2
Tan humana! Tan celestial! Tan honesta y clara, tan pacífica y equilibrada.... tan... perfecta
EMPIRE ENTERTAINMENT & EVENTS
How I wished We can hear Mozart play this. Then we will know exactly how Mozart would want this Masterpiece to be expressed. It is sad that recording was not invented during his days.
Aaron Jorge Fridman
Una verdadera joyita musical en una brilante interpretación
B D
The slow parts come out most beautiful under her soft still firm fingers. Full of feeling. The piano sounds perfect.👍🙏
Brian Capstick
Interesting to compare this performance with that of Olga Jegunova, also on Youtube. Both are wonderful, but the phrasing, attack and level of adrenalin are quite different. Way above my pay grade to express a preference, but I would say they are equal in terms of the cleverness and delight each player draws out of the piece. They say God dictated the music of Bach but listens to the music of Mozart. Well, I hope Wolfgang Amadeus is up there with Him to appreciate how these two genius musicians interpret his work.
Sabrina Rood
This Mozart sonata is a gift to play and to listen to; this must be my favorite recording of the sonata, but the advertisings = eeek! I studied this Mozart sonata with the great pianist Zadel Skolovsky at Indiana University and have vivid memories of our lessons together that summer.
Adrian Thomas
I agree, wonderfull sonata, and Maria plays this beautifully, iam learning to play this Sonata myself, managed today yo sight the theme and 6 variations and also the Rondo Alla turca, the other day I also sight read the menueto, a few mistakes and a bit patchy, but iam humbly speaking very pleased with my progress, considering iam a self taught pianist, greetings from wales uk. 😀