Alicia de Larrocha's 1969 Columbia Ravel Disc

The Piano Maven with Jed Distler · Apr 2, 2026 · 4m · transcript

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Alicia de Larrocha’s only recording produced especially for Columbia Masterworks featured three works of Maurice Ravel. It’s never been reissued on CD outside of Japan. Jed discusses this fascinating and hard-to-source release on this episode. Here’s a link to the music:

Alborada del grazioso - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2upEuqpqA6M

Valses nobles et…