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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH / PYTOR TCHAIKOVSKY
Shostakovich/Tchaikovsky: Piano Trios Martha Argerich (piano), Gidon Kremer (violin), & Mischa Maisky (cello) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 10/Aug/1999 ] " All three artists rank among the most inspirational and experienced chamber players of our time, and here they set the notes on fire in performances of shattering intensity, improvisational spontaneity, and Herculean grandeur." ClassicsToday 10/10 |
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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 |
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CHOPIN / SCRIABIN / GRIEG / BEETHOVEN / etc
Verbier Festival - Best of 2014 Evgeny Kissin, Sergei Babayan, Martha Argerich, Daniil Trifonov (piano), Ingela Brimberg (soprano), Daniel Hope (violin), etc / Verbier Festival Orche [ Erato / 2 CD - released 25/Jul/2015 ] Evgeny Kissin has recorded a captivating recital of Chopin Polonaises and Impromptus. The live performance was recorded at Switzerland's acclaimed Verbier Festival in July, 2004. |
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BACH / KODALY / DUTILLEUX / CAMPOS / BEETHOVEN / SCHUBERT / DVORAK / etc
Gautier Capucon - Souvenirs Gautier Capucon (cello) with Renaud Capucon (violin) Frank Braley (piano) Gabriela Montero (piano) Martha Argerich (piano) etc [ Erato Classics / 3 CD - released 1/Oct/2021 ] Cellist Gautier Capucon celebrates his fortieth birthday this year - thirty-five years of which have been spent with his cello. This release is a three disc album which reflects on his worldwide success over the past 20 years, celebrating the many... |
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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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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." |
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BEETHOVEN
Cello Sonatas Nos. 3, 4 & 5 Mischa Maisky (cello) & Martha Argerich (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Music for Two Pianos Martha Argerich (piano) with Gabriela Montero (piano), Nelson Goerner (piano), Lilya Zilberstein (piano), etc [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 4/Nov/2014 ] Martha Argerich's long career has taken in many outstanding solo performances, but she has often professed to feeling 'lonely' on stage. This CD showcases the area in which she feels truly at home: her extensive and fruitful collaborations with other... |
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MOZART / BEETHOVEN / PROKOFIEV / RAVEL
Early Recordings Martha Argerich (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 20/May/2016 ] Martha Argerich's exhilarating early recordings, released here for the first time, include sonatas by Mozart and Beethoven that appear nowhere else in her discography; Prokofiev's Third Sonata is also a recording première. |
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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) |
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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. |
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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) |
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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. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Martha Argerich & Friends: Live from Lugano 2013 Martha Argerich (piano) and friends [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2014 ] "With Martha at the keys, Beethoven's First Piano Concerto sparkles and winks, with friendly assistance from the Dutch conductor Hubert Soudant and the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana...But as usual the special treats come in the lighter items, whe |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Martha Argerich: Le piano ROI Martha Argerich (piano) and friends [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 12/Aug/2014 ] Who else in todays piano world could be associated with the concept of the master of piano? A definitive icon of contemporary piano performance, Martha Argerichs unique musical profile is illustrated by this 3-CD anthology that draws upon her 1965... |
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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) |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 1 / The Nutcracker (Ballet suite arranged for two pianos) Martha Argerich (piano) / Berliner Philharmoniker / Claudio Abbado (with Nicolas Economou, piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 10/Oct/2006 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - "Argerich has never sounded on better terms with the piano, more virtuoso yet engagingly human. Lyrical and insinuating, to a degree her performance seems to be made of the... |
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SCHUMANN / MOZART / BARTOK / PROKOFIEV / CHOPIN / BACH / RACHMANINOV / etc
Martha Argerich: The Warner Classics Recordings Martha Argerich (piano) with Daniel Barenboim, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Gidon Kremer, Itzhak Perlman, Nelson Freire, etc [ Warner Classics / 20 CD Box Set - released 10/Nov/2016 ] "Unquestionably one of the greatest pianists of all time" is how Gramophone magazine has described Martha Argerich. Her relationship with Warner Classics goes back to 1965 and her victory at the International Chopin Competition in Warsaw. Over... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 Martha Argerich (piano) / Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 13/Nov/2004 ] "Lightning strikes as Argerich's Beethoven 3 is finally heard on disc" Recording of the Month Gramophone Magazine January 2005 |