“One of the very best pianists to have come out of Spain. … Unlike many names who have offered themselves in this nationalist repertoire, she has an impeccably clean technique, considerable strength verve and temperament, but a level enough head to keep her from exaggerating effects to win applause, plus a delicate poetic sense without sentimentalising. … Granados founded the Barcelona conservatory which now bears the name of his most dedicated pupil, Frank Marshall, who in turn, passed on to a new generation – principal among them Alicia de Larrocha.”
– Gramophone
Alicia de Larrocha’s early recordings of music by composers from her native Spain brought her to international attention in the early 1960s. Alto is pleased to release the best of her early recordings of music by Manuel de Falla – solo piano works and Falla’s tone-poem “concerto” Nights in the Gardens of Spain. Newly remastered from excellent analog source and now correctly pitched, these landmark recordings have never sounded better!
