FREDERIC CHOPIN
Martha Argerich: Complete Chopin Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon Martha Argerich (piano) with Mischa Maisky (cello) Mstislav Rostropovich (cello & conductor) / London Symphony & National Symphony Orchestras [ Deutsche Grammophon / 5 CD Box Set - released 5/Jun/2016 ] This 5 CD set brings together Martha Argerich's complete studio, live and radio recordings on Deutsche Grammophon, and documents her special, intuitive and passionate relationship with Chopin's music. |
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. |
BACH / BARTOK / CHOPIN / GINASTERA / PROKOFIEV / SCARLATTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Martha Argerich recorded live at the Concertgebouw Martha Argerich (piano) [ EMI Music / CD - released 25/May/2000 ] "rare live recital from one of today's greatest pianists on top form in a wide-ranging programme that easily puts her on a par with Richter." (Gramophone) |
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. |
SCHUMANN / TANEYEV / DEBUSSY / GULDA / SCHNITTKE / MENDELSSOHN / etc
Lugano Festival of Chamber Music 2006 Martha Argerich (piano) and friends, Nicholas Angelich, Jorge Basso, Dora Schwarzberg, Renaud and Gautier Capucon [ EMI Music / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Aug/2007 ] "4 stars(...) the performances have a fresh-minted quality. There's extreordinary piano playing from Gabriela Montero with cellist Gautier Capuçon in Mendelssohn's D major Cello Sonata, and a thoughtful account of Schumann's D minor Piano Trio from... |
W. A. MOZART / SCHUBERT / STRAVINSKY / BEETHOVEN / RAVEL / CHOPIN / etc
Martha Argerich Martha Argerich (piano) / Berlin Philharmonic, London Symphony, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, with Daniel Barenboim, Guy Braunstein, etc [ EuroArts DVD / 6 DVD Box Set - released 18/Jun/2021 ] This special edition, released for the occasion of Martha Argerich's 80th birthday, combines some of her most impressive recordings. At the same time, it is testimony to the enormous musical and creative versatility with which she has succeeded in... |
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) |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Prokofiev: Violin Sonatas Nos 1 & 2 / 5 Melodien Martha Argerich (piano) Gidon Kremer (violin) [ Deutsche Grammophon Grand Prix / 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 ***** |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / FELIX MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Martha Argerich Live from the Lugano Festival (Brahms & Mendelssohn) Martha Argerich (piano) Lilya Zilberstein (piano) Renaud Capucon (violin) Gautier Capucon (cello) [ EMI Music / CD - released 12/May/2003 ] The legendary pianist doing what she loves most: performing chamber music in intimate surroundings with select musical friends and proteges. |
BEETHOVEN / PROKOFIEV / RAVEL / CHOPIN / MOZART / etc
Martha Argerich & Claudio Abbado: The Complete Concerto Recordings Martha Argerich (piano) / Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra Mozart, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / 5 CD Box Set - released 15/Jan/2015 ] "Lightning strikes as Argerich's Beethoven 3 is finally heard on disc" Recording of the Month Gramophone Magazine January 2005 |
J.S. BACH / BEETHOVEN / PROKOFIEV / CHOPIN / SCHUMANN
The Complete Duo Recordings Martha Argerich (piano) Mischa Maisky (cello) Gidon Kremer (violin) [ Deutsche Grammophon / 13 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2012 ] "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 ***** Prokofiev) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Grieg: Holberg Suite Martha Argerich (piano), Mito Chamber Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa [ Decca / CD - released 15/May/2020 ] "bubbles over with that ever-youthful sense of improvisation, of molten creativity taking place absolutely in the moment that always characterises this unique pianist's performances." Gramophone |
BACH / CHOPIN / PROKOFIEV / RAVEL / MOZART / BEETHOVEN / etc
Martha Argerich - Live at the Concertgebouw (LP) Martha Argerich (piano) / Nederlands Kamerorkest, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra [ Warner Classics / 4 LP - released 19/Nov/2021 ] "The difficulty in writing about the piano playing of Martha Argerich is that it is now, and always has been, so relentlessly good." Gramophone "She is still generally regarded as the greatest pianist alive today." The Guardian |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / ROBERT SCHUMANN / CESAR FRANCK
Renaud Capuçon - Martha Argerich Martha Argerich (piano) Renaud Capuçon (violin) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Sep/2023 ] "What's fascinating is the way these two musicians create performances of such charismatic individuality without seeming to do very much - other than play magnificently, of course." Gramophone Editor's Choice December 2022 |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 1 in B flat minor (LP) Martha Argerich (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit [ Deutsche Grammophon / LP - released 16/Apr/2021 ] Original recording from 1971 |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Seiji Ozawa at the Matsumoto Festival - Beethoven Martha Argerich (piano) / Saito Kinen Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa [ EuroArts Music DVD / DVD - released 1/Oct/2017 ] Seiji Ozawa is not only a world-famous Japanese conductor, but also a founder and director of the Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto, home of the Saito Kinen Orchestra, which in 2015 was renamed the Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival (OMF). |
SHOSTAKOVICH / BEETHOVEN / BIZET
Martha Argerich Martha Argerich (piano) with David Guerrier (trumpet) / Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, Gabor Takacs-Nagy [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 1/Apr/2018 ] Martha Argerich is widely regarded as one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Martha Argerich: The Lugano Recordings 2002 - 2016 Martha Argerich (piano), with, Nicholas Angelich, Renaud and Gautier Capucon, Maria João Pires, Stephen Kovacevich, etc [ Warner Classics / 22 CD Box Set - released 18/Sep/2018 ] "Every June [Argerich] and a clutch of friends and protégés make music in a style that reflects her free spirit and total dedication. Even when Argerich is not playing, she seems to inspire the performance." Financial Times |
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... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Triple Concerto / Schumann: Piano Concerto Martha Argerich, Renaud Capucon, Mischa Maisky / Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana / Alexandre Rabinovich-Barakovksy [ EMI Music / CD - released 18/May/2004 ] "Argerich, Capucon and Maisky are occasionally prone to exaggerated point-making, but their music-making has an intensity and spontaneity of a kind that only a live performance can bring..this finely recorded newcomer should not be missed." BBC... |