Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Iberia Suite, for piano, B. 47: Evocacion
2. Iberia Suite, for piano, B. 47: El Puerto
3. Iberia Suite, for piano, B. 47: Corpus Christi En Sevilla
4. Iberia Suite, for piano, B. 47: Ronde�a
5. Iberia Suite, for piano, B. 47: Almer�a
6. Iberia Suite, for piano, B. 47: Triana
7. Iberia Suite, for piano, B. 47: El Albaic�n
8. Iberia Suite, for piano, B. 47: El Polo
9. Iberia Suite, for piano, B. 47: Lavapi�s

Disc 2:

1. Navarra, for piano in A flat major, B. 49
2. Suite espa�ola No. 1, for piano, Op. 47, B. 7: Granada
3. Suite espa�ola No. 1, for piano, Op. 47, B. 7: Catalu�a
4. Suite espa�ola No. 1, for piano, Op. 47, B. 7: Sevilla
5. Suite espa�ola No. 1, for piano, Op. 47, B. 7: C�diz
6. Suite espa�ola No. 1, for piano, Op. 47, B. 7: Arag�n
7. Pavana capricho, for piano in E minor (also arranged for 2 pianos), Op. 12, B. 1
8. Espa�a, album leaves (6) for piano, Op. 165, B. 37: Tango
9. Recuerdos de viaje, pieces (7) for piano, Op. 71, B. 18: No 8, Rumores De la Caleta
10. Recuerdos de viaje, pieces (7) for piano, Op. 71, B. 18: Puerta de Tierra

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #169675 in Music
• Released on: 1992-08-18
• Number of discs: 2
• Dimensions: .37 pounds

Customer Reviews

Distortion
I wish I could recommend this disc more highly, but I have tried 3 copies, all of which had serious distortion on disc 1 at medium to high volume. This performance was originally recorded for Spanish Hispavox and released in the US on Columbia. The LPs had problematic sound, but I hoped this would be cleaned up on the CD. I actually prefer this performance of Iberia to the later one on Decca, although that one is also up to DeLarrocha's high standard. Maybe I've just had bad luck with copies (though 3 bad ones seems pretty odd).

Top notch piano playing of beautiful Spanish music.
This recording is of truly top notch piano playing which undeniably surpasses either of Larrocha's other two recordings of Iberia because of it's supreame technical mastery, rhythmic vitality and corloristic wizardry and ease of these fiendishly difficult, yet beautiful works. Complaints about sound quality in this recording are irrelevant, especially since it is not that pronounced. Besides, one who listens to the great recordings of Cortot, Rachmaninov, Hoffman, etc. knows the value of the actual performance over the sound quality.

Great performance, poor mastering
I concur with the other review that this album has some serious sound quality problem. It is different from the problems of historical recordings. Some tracks sounds absolutely wonderful while some other tracks (first few in CD 1) have a very pronounced hissing noise, still more tracks have a shifted balance. EMI really could have done a better job remastering this recording for CD release, and I hope they do in the future for this is absolutely one of the best in terms of performance.