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FREDERIC CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Martha Argerich - The Legendary 1965 Recording Martha Argerich (piano) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 4/Jun/1999 ] Martha Argerich has been described as "unquestionably one of the greatest pianists of all time". She recorded this recital in 1965, shortly after her victory in the prestigious Chopin Competition, but it only became available in 1999. |
SCHUMANN / BEETHOVEN / MOZART / MUSSORGSKY / BRAHMS / etc
Piano Encores (Incls Liebestraum No 3 & Rondo 'Alla Turca') Martha Argerich, Alexis Weissenberg, Emil Gilels, Christoph Eschenbach, Wilhelm Kempff, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon Virtuoso / CD - released 27/Oct/2011 ] An inexpensive introduction to the world's most favourite piano pieces. |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 10, 19 & 20 Martha Argerich (piano) / Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn, Jörg Faerber, with Alexandre Rabinovitch (piano) [ Warner Classics Original Jacket Reissues / CD - released 20/May/2015 ] Martha Argerich - as ever, irresistibly brilliant and charismatic - is the soloist in Mozart's Piano Concerto No 20, K466 and pairs up with fellow-pianist Alexandre Rabinovitch for the delightful Concerto No 10 for two pianos, K365. Rabinovitch... |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
Martha Argerich - The Legendary 1965 Recording [remastered] Martha Argerich (piano) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 4/Jun/2021 ] A recording that is indeed legendary, and now fully newly remastered in HD 192kHz/24-bit from original tapes. |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Piano Concertos 1 & 2 Martha Argerich (piano) / Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal / Charles Dutoit [ Warner Classics / CD - released 14/Oct/2007 ] "In Martha Argerich's newest coupling her pianism remains as mercurial and her virtuosity as incadendescent as ever; indeed she has rarely sounded as captivating or characterful. Admirers of Argerich need not hesitate." (3 Stars Penguin Stereo Guide |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Piano Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3 Martha Argerich (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon Galleria / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] "Few recordings of these works have such a perfect combination of virtuosity and compelling artistic insight as these. Argerich shows her remarkable grasp of Chopin's music." Gramophone |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 3 / Suite No 2 Martha Argerich & Nelson Freire (pianos) / Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Riccardo Chailly [ Philips 50 / CD - released 5/May/2001 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - One of the most electrifying "live" recordings of a concerto ever made and a constant best-seller. |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saëns: Organ Symphony / Carnival of the Animals Martha Argerich (piano) Antonio Pappano (piano) Daniele Rossi (organ) / Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia [ Warner Classics / CD - released 25/Sep/2017 ] Martha Argerich and Antonio Pappano (as pianist rather than conductor) lead the fun in Saint-Saëns' Carnival of the Animals with Members of the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Prokofiev: Violin Sonatas Nos 1 & 2 / 5 Melodien Martha Argerich (piano) Gidon Kremer (violin) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] "these performances are mercurial and provocative. Kremer and Argerich find expectedly dark resonances in the lyrical Second Sonata whilst projecting a radiant beauty in the Five Melodies." BBC Music Magazine, August 2008 ***** |
SCHUMANN / TCHAIKOVSKY / BMOZART / PROKOFIEV / CHOPIN / BACH / RACHMANINOV / etc
Martha Argerich: The Piano Legend Martha Argerich (piano) with Piotr Anderszewski, Yefim Bronfman, Gautier Capucon, Renaud Capucon, Mikhail Pletnev, etc [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 15/Nov/2018 ] The term 'living legend' is genuinely apt to Martha Argerich, whose dazzling amalgam of virtuosity, insight, eclecticism, generosity and mystery makes her a pianist of unrivalled fascination. Argentinian-born, Viennese-trained, and winner of the 1965... |
50 BEST PIANO CLASSICS
50 Best Piano Classics: Includes Mozart 'Rondo in D', Albeniz 'Tango' & Liszt 'Consolation No.3' Mikhail Pletnev, Stephen Kovacevich, Martha Argerich, Cecile Ousset, Aldo Ciccolini, Andre Watts, etc [ Warner Classics / 3 CD - released 20/Apr/2010 ] The world's most popular piano pieces performed by the world's top pianists. |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: 24 Preludes / Piano Sonata No 2 Op 25 Martha Argerich (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / CD - released 1/Apr/2002 ] "In this complete version of the Preludes, recorded twenty seven years ago, the tigress of the keyboard laid down one of her finest Chopin performances. A great Chopin disc" (MusicWeb, 2002) |
LISZT / RAVEL / PROKOFIEV / BRAHMS / CHOPIN
Martha Argerich - Debut Album Martha Argerich (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / CD - released 1/Jan/2006 ] "This is a staggering first recording by any reckoning. Mercurial and marvellous." (Gramophone) |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Toccata / Partita No 2 / English Suite No 2 Martha Argerich (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / CD - released 18/Mar/2000 ] "Nothing I have heard from her on disc has ever impressed me more, either from the viewpoint of fine pianism or perceptive musicianship. Besides controlled fingerwork and vivid characterization, achieved through judicious contrasts of tempo and... |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto no 3 (coupled with Ravel-Piano Concerto in G) Martha Argerich (piano) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / CD - released 5/May/2000 ] "all done with the most engaging reckless abandon." (Gramophone) |
PROKOFIEV / RAVEL
Cinderella, Op.87-Suite from the Ballet: Transcribed for 2 Pianos / Ma mere l'oye-for Piano Duet Martha Argerich, Mikhail Pletnev (pianos) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 12/Aug/2004 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - 2005 Grammy Winner: Best Chamber Music Performance |
STRAVINSKY / PROKOFIEV / SHOSTAKOVICH
In Concert Mischa Maisky (violoncello) Martha Argerich (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 20/Jan/2009 ] "An amazing recital, the ultimate demonstration of how two artists with individual ideas and the technical wherewithal to realise them in practice can tease, cajole, pull or push the line, toy with dynamics, experiment with rubato, in a word (all... |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2 / Symphonic Dances Dong Hyek Lim (piano), Martha Argerich (piano) BBC Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Vedernikov [ Warner Classics / CD - released 15/Oct/2019 ] "It scores highly on physical brilliance and Lim follows Argerich's lead in the improvisatory way they set the scene out of which the first movement's dreamy melody emerges." Gramophone |
SCHUMANN / BACH / BRAHMS
Schumann / Bach / Brahms: Violin Sonatas Itzhak Perlman (violin) Martha Argerich (piano) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 20/Oct/2016 ] "Argerich's piano playing is supremely alive, moving under Perlman's muscular melody in ebbing, tugging waves...Perlman's tone may be fractionally less sweet than it was nearly two decades ago, but the sense of line in his playing remains supreme." |
SCHUMANN / DEBUSSY / BARTOK
Live From Buenos Aires Martha Argerich, Daniel Barenboim (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 18/Mar/2016 ] "this concert...is clearly an emotional homecoming...If there's less youthful elan and rhythmic incisiveness in her playing with Barenboim [compared to earlier recordings with Kovacevich], their easy rapport in this music comes across with astonishin |
