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SCHUMANN
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 / Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120 (recorded in 2006) BLU-RAY Martha Argerich (piano) / Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Riccardo Chailly (conductor) [ EuroArts Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Sep/2011 ] Martha Argerich has long been hailed as one of the greatest and most uniquely imaginative pianists. |
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BARTOK / SCHUMANN / KREISLER
The Berlin Recital Martha Argerich (piano) Gidon Kremer (violin) [ EMI Music / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "Argerich alongside Kremer is challenged to be at her most keenly alert. Hearing these two build their interpretations together and apart is like watching two great Shakespearean actors, each pushing the other to greater heights." (Recording of the... |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN / SERGEI PROKOFIEV / CESAR FRANCK
A Romantic Take: Live From The Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin 2020 BLU-RAY Martha Argerich (piano) Guy Braunstein (violin) [ EuroArts Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 5/Feb/2021 ] Martha Argerich & Guy Braunstein's first duo evening. Both complement each other in the most dreamlike way. Music in perfection. Lucky are those who have experienced this. (RBB Kultur) |
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SHCHEDRIN
Double Concerto for piano, violoncello and orchestra 'Romantic Offering' (with Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9) Martha Argerich (piano) / Mischa Maisky (cello) / Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Neeme Järvi [ Accentus Music DVD / DVD - released 25/Aug/2011 ] "There's plenty of contrast [in the Shchedrin]: the misalliance of the two soloists, who only really come together in the climbing apotheosis...Argerich is superb in every nuance." (BBC Music Magazine) |
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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 |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No.1 In C / Piano Concerto 1 Martha Argerich (piano), Mito Chamber Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa [ Decca / CD - released 2/Jun/2018 ] "Argerich and Ozawa spark off each other, and energy bubbles in the orchestra. As so often with her performances, her phrasing and articulation constantly surprise and illuminate." BBC Music |
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BERLIOZ / POULENC / SAINT-SAENS
Chung, Argerich, Angelich: Live at the Theatre Antique d'Orange Martha Argerich (piano), Nicholas Angelich (piano) & Myung-Whun Chung (piano & conductor), Christophe Henry (organ) [ Bel Air / DVD - released 8/Jul/2016 ] Martha Argerich and Nicholas Angelich alongside Myung-Whun Chung for a concert homage by the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France to its conductor in the magical setting of the Théâtre Antique in Orange. The concert begins with Berlioz's Roman... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 25 Martha Argerich (piano) / Orchestra Mozart, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 7/Mar/2014 ] "the tidy sheen of the Orchestra Mozart's young professionals tells us plenty about his genius as an orchestral trainer. And his rapport with the mercurial Argerich...is audible in every bar" The Times, 24th January 2014 |
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PROKOFIEV / BARTOK
Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 3 (with Bartok-Piano Concerto No 3) Martha Argerich (piano) / Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal / Charles Dutoit [ Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Oct/2008 ] "This disc can be recommended, then, particularly for the Prokofiev and for all Argerich fans. I have never heard her give less than a sterling performance. Indeed, she does not disappoint here. Julian Haylock's notes in the accompanying booklet are... |
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BARTOK / BEETHOVEN / BERLIOZ / BRAHMS / DVORAK / BRUCKNER / etc
Masters of Classical Music: 20 documentaries on 4 Blu-ray Discs Martha Argerich (piano) Gil Shaham (violin) / Pierre Boulez, Claudio Abbado, Daniel Barenboim, Riccardo Chailly, Kurt Masur, Bernard Haitink [ Euroarts Blu-ray / 4 Blu-ray Box Set - released 29/Sep/2017 ] Masters of Classical Music is an informative and captivating guide to twenty of the most important works in music history. Outtakes from the original scores within the documentaries, assist the viewer by making it easier to follow the music and to... |
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BEETHOVEN / PROKOFIEV / SCHUMANN
A Piano Evening with Martha Argerich - Live Recordings from 2005 Martha Argerich (piano) / Renaud Capuçon (violin) / Gautier Capuçon (cello) / Flanders Symphony Orchestra / Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky [ ArtHaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 26/Oct/2011 ] For a significant number of people, she is simply the greatest pianist of our time. No matter what repertoire she plays, she sounds, as they say, "in her element". Indeed, her playing is entirely lacking in vanity, yet never remotely anonymous. |
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RAVEL / PROKOFIEV / SHOSTAKOVICH
Nobel Prize Concert 2009 [includes the Ravel Piano Concerto] Martha Argerich (piano) / Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra / Yuri Temirkanov [ Euroarts DVD / DVD - released 10/Oct/2010 ] "Temirkanov's antics make him hugely photogenic, while Argerich's fingers, if not her hair-do, are a revelation. As a musician she cuts a modest, humble figure, which she is." (Bargain of the Month MusicWeb Sept 2010) |
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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. |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
Martha Argerich: Complete Chopin Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon [CDs & Blu-ray audio] Martha Argerich (piano) with Mischa Maisky (cello) Mstislav Rostropovich (cello & conductor) / London Symphony & National Symphony Orchestras [ Deutsche Grammophon CDs + Blu-ray audio/Dolby Atmos / 6 CD Box Set - released 14/May/2016 ] 50 GREATEST RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME (No 19) - BBC MUSIC This 5 CD set brings together Martha Argerich's complete studio, live and radio recordings of Chopin on Deutsche Grammophon.. |
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W.A. MOZART
A Mozart concert [incls 'Piano Concerto No. 20'] (Recorded live in Tokyo on 27 January 2005) Martha Argerich (piano) with Renaud Capucon (violin) & Gautier Capucon (cello) / New Japan Philharmonic [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "This magnificent live concert, taped in Tokyo in 2005, provides a fine opportunity to see and hear the performer some of us regard as the finest female classical pianist and perhaps even the finest living pianist period." (Five Stars AudAud.com) |
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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... |
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BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / GRIEG / RACHMANINOV / TCHAIKOVSKY / etc
Piano Masters in Berlin [8 CD set] Maurizio Pollini, Emil Gilels, Daniel Barenboim, Andor Foldes, Katia Labèque, Marielle Labèque, Martha Argerich & more [ Deutsche Grammophon / 8 CD Box Set - released 20/Jun/2019 ] 8 CDs presenting outstanding performances from Deutsche Grammophon's unrivalled roster of pianists accompanied by the two pillars of German musical life: the Berlin Philharmonic and the Staatskapelle Berlin. |
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BEETHOVEN / SCHUBERT / GLUCK / MASSENET / KRIELER / MENDELSSOHN / FAURE / etc
Renaud Capucon - Le violon Roi Renaud Capucon (violin) with Gautier Capucon (cello) Frank Braley (piano) Martha Argerich (piano) Mischa Maisky (cello), etc [ Erato Classics / 3 CD - released 1/Oct/2014 ] Born in Chambéry in 1976, Renaud Capuçon studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris with Gérard Poulet and Veda Reynolds. He was awarded first prize for chamber music in 1992 and first prize for violin with a special... |
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W. A. MOZART / RACHMANINOV / BEETHOVEN / SCARLATTI / BACH / DVORAK / SCHUMANN / etc
Piano: Great Recordings Robert Casadesus, Vladimir Horowitz, Martha Argerich, Leon Fleisher, Yefin Bronfman, Byron Janis, Emil Gilels, etc [ Sony RCA Red Seal / 30 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2017 ] A special selection of the most outstanding and bestselling albums by leading pianists of the 20th and 21st century. Includes Rubinstein, Horowitz, Gould, Perhia, Kissin, Volodos, Richter, Serkin, Gilels and many more. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Seiji Ozawa at the Matsumoto Festival: Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 2 & 7 / Choral Fantasy Martha Argerich (piano), Saito Kinen Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa [ EuroArts Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 29/Sep/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). |