Martha Argerich Archive
SCHUMANN: Cello Concerto and Chamber Works – Gautier Capucon – Erato
Gautier Capucon, with Martha Argerich, Bernard Haitink, Rene Capucon, present Robert Schumann’s major works for cello
Martha Argerich and Ruggiero Ricci: Leningrad Recital II, 1961 = Works for Violin w Piano by BACH; BEETHOVEN; FRANCK; BARTOK; PAGANINI; TARTINI – Ruggiero Ricci, violin/ Martha Argerich, piano – Doremi
In this second installment of the Ricci/Argerich Leningrad recitals, they can do no musical wrong. Martha Argerich and Ruggiero Ricci: Leningrad Recital II, 1961 = BACH: Chaconne from Partita No 2 in d minor, BWV 1004; BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata in D Major, Op. 12, No. 1; FRANCK: Violin Sonata in A Major; BARTOK: 6 Romanian Folk Dances for Violin and Piano; PAGANINI: Introduction and Variations on Paisiello’s “Nel cor piu non mi sento, Op. 38; TARTINI: Violin Sonata in g minor “Devil’s Trill” – Ruggiero Ricci, violin/ Martha Argerich, piano – Doremi DHR-8053, 81:55 (1/15/18) [Distr. by Naxos] *****: The second album dedicated to the 1961 Leningrad appearances by violinist Ruggiero Ricci (1918-2012) and pianist Martha Argerich captures their individual intensities (on April 22) while demonstrating how seamlessly their personalities blend in the common cause of musical realization. Ricci opens solo, with a monumental performance of the 1720 Chaconne from the Second Partita, a testament as much to physical stamina as it remains an awesome tribute to Bach’s inventive genius, with its 64 variations on a ground bass theme. Ricci manages to traverse its musical periods and shifts of mood with a clear sense of linear direction without a moment […]
Martha Argerich: Live Broadcasts, Vol. 5 – Works of MOZART, BACH, SCHUMANN & CHOPIN – Doremi
The Argerich legend continues in potent and sometimes manic performances from 1966. Martha Argerich: Live Broadcasts, Vol. 5 – MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 20 in d minor, K. 466; BACH: Toccata in c minor, BWV 911; SCHUMANN: Fantasy in C Major, Op. 17; CHOPIN: 3 Mazurkas, Op. 59 – Martha Argerich, p./ Sym. Orch. of the North German Radio/ Reinhard Peters – Doremi DHR-8048, 78:27 (11/18/16) [www.doremi.com] ****: The Doremi label continues to release previously unpublished sound documents from the volcanic performance career of Martha Argerich: here we have two 1966 concerts, from Hamburg and Milan, respectively. These interpretations testify to the then-twenty-five-year-old Argentinian’s fiery approach to her repertory, although the Schumann no less reveals the dangers of a temperament’s having become manic. The Mozart concerto (16 June 1966) displays Argerich at her best: she has a true sense of the Mozart style, attested to here and also in her collaboration with Eugen Jochum in the Concerto No. 18 in B-flat Major, K. 456 from Bavaria. Her fluidity and grace bespeak careful coaching from both Friedrich Gulda and Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, “classicists” in their own right. I did not know conductor Reinhard Peters (1926-2008), who had a significant career […]
Martha Argerich Early Recordings (Works of MOZART, BEETHOVEN, PROKOFIEV, RAVEL – DGG (2 discs)
Youthful studio recordings by Martha Argerich provide admirers with several important works added to her discography. Martha Argerich – Early Recordings = MOZART: Piano Sonata No. 18 in D Major, K. 576; BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10, No. 3; PROKOFIEV: Toccata, Op. 11; Piano Sonata No. 3 in a minor, Op. 29; Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-flat Major, Op. 83; RAVEL: Gaspard de la Nuit; Sonatine – Martha Argerich, p. – DGG 479 5978 (2 CDs) 36:00, 54:50 (5/20/16) [Distr. by Universal] ****: Assembled from German studio recordings made in Cologne and Hamburg, 1960 and 1967, these performances by Argentine virtuoso Martha Argerich (b. 1941) complement her commercial records with works that tend to reveal a more intellectual string in her multicolored harp. Having studied with German virtuoso-pedagogue Friedrich Gulda, Argerich reveals a personality that eschews mere imitation of a respected master. The first movement of Mozart’s 1789 D Major Sonata (23 January 1960) – which Argerich had prepared for the 1957 Busoni Competition in Balzano – enjoys a lusty energy that imparts notable buoyancy to its canonic devices, its “trumpet” fanfares, and penchant for two-part imitation. The intimacy of the occasion lights […]
“Martha Argerich & Friends Live from Lugano 2015” – Emphasis on piano works incl. 3 pianos – Warner (3 discs)
The piano dominates the 2015 Lugano Festival, the convocation of fine chamber music performances. “Martha Argerich & Friends Live from Lugano 2015” = BRAHMS: Horn Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 40 (arr. Viola); Scherzo from F.A.E. Sonata; Clarinet Trio in a minor, Op. 114; SCHUMANN: Six Canonic Studies (arr. Debussy), Op. 56; SCHUBERT: Variations for 2 Pianos, D. 813; RIES: Piano Quintet in b minor, Op. 74; TURINA: Piano Trio No. 2 in b minor, Op. 76; BARTOK: Rumanian Folk Dances; DEBUSSY: En blanc et noir; BACALOV: Portena for Two Pianos and Orchestra; POULENC: Sonata for Two Pianos; GLASS: Suite from Les enfants terrible (arr. for 3 pianos); GINASTERA: Dances from Estancia – Martha Argerich, p./ Lilya Zilberstein, p./ Nathan Braude, viola/ Ilya Gringolts, v./ Alexander Mogilevsky, p./ Mayu Kisima, v./ Akane Sakai, p./ Paul Meyer, clar./ Gautier Capucon, v./ Nicholas Argerich, p./ Andrey Baranov & Lyda Chen, v./ Jing Zhao, cello/ Enrico Fagone, doublebass/ Alissa Margulis, v./ Natalia Margulis, cello/ Jura Margulis, p./ Geza Hosszu-Legucky, v./ Stephen Kovacevich, p./ Eduardo Hubert, p./ Sergio Tiempo, p./ Karin Lechner, p./ Giorgia Tomassi, Carlo Maria Gringuoli and Alessandro Stella, pianos (Ginastera)/ Orch. della Svizzera Italiana/ Alexander Vedernikov – Warner Classics 08256646285495 […]
CHOPIN: Piano Sonata No. 3; Mazurka Nos. 36, 37 & 38; Nocturne No. 4; Scherzo No. 3; Polonaise No. 6 “Heroic” – Martha Argerich, p. – Parlophone/ Warner Classics
A magnificent format for an amazing piano performer. CHOPIN: Piano Sonata No. 3; Mazurka Nos. 36, 37 & 38; Nocturne No. 4; Scherzo No. 3; Polonaise No. 6 “Heroic” – Martha Argerich, piano – Parlophone/ Warner Classics 0825646372867 stereo vinyl (6/3/16) *****: This is the first release on LP, the format for which the recording session was originally aimed. It became available on CD in 1999, but this legendary 1965 recording for first time makes it possible to enjoy a more natural piano sound, and none of the usual technical difficulties of pressing vinyl albums seem to affect this one. There is not a single instance of pops or ticks (and I was listening on Grado headphones), not is there any noticeable diminution of the high end as the grooves approach the center label on each side. And no rumble whatsoever. The liner notes concerning how taken aback producer Suvi Raj Grubb was the first time he heard Argerich are fascinating. He felt she “was quite the most formidable player we had ever come across.” This is a performance of the Chopin Piano Sonata that leaves even Horowitz in the lurch. The technical level of the whole thing, and especially […]
Carte Blanche – Martha Argerich = Works of BEETHOVEN, SCHUMANN, SCHUBERT, RAVEL etc. – DGG (2 CDs)
The concert from Verbier from 27 July 2007 will endure as a classic moment on all counts. Carte Blanche – Martha Argerich = BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio in D Major, Op. 70, No. 1 “Ghost”; SCHUMANN: Kinderszenen, Op. 15; SCHUBERT: Rondo in A Major, D. 951 “Grand Rondeau”; RAVEL: Ma Mere l’Oye; SCHUBERT: Sonata for Arpeggione and Piano in a minor, D. 821; BARTOK: Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano; LUTOSLAWSKI: Variations on a Theme of Paganini; Encore: Improvisation on “Happy Birthday” (for Lily Maisky) – Martha Argerich, p./ Lang Lang, p./ Julian Rachlin, v./ Mischa Maisky, cello/ Yuri Bashmet, viola/ Renaud Capucon, v./ Gabriela Montero, p. – DGG 479 5096, (2 CDs) (7/31/15) 72:46; 64:44 (Distr. by Universal] ****: These live performances from the 2007 Verbier Festival (27 July) exist as a direct result of Martin Tison Engstroem’s invitation to Martha Argerich – whom the Founder and Director of the Festival had known since 1969 – for her to collaborate with her musician friends, preferably youthful, to make music in whatever repertory they chose. Argerich, who predominantly invests her energies into chamber music, does appear solo in the Schumann Kinderszenen Suite. Her rendition of the Schumann preserves its precious […]
Martha Argerich & Friends: Live from Lugano 2014 = MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 20; BEETHOVEN: Variations in E-flat Major; MILHAUD: La Creation du Monde; MENDELSSOHN (arr. Busoni): Symphony No. 1 in c minor; BORODIN: Piano Quintet in c minor; BRIDGE: Cello Sonata in d minor; POULENC: Piano Sonata; Cello Sonata; SCRIABIN: Fantasy in a minor; WEINBERG: Violin Sonata No. 5 – Martha Argerich, piano/Gidon Kremer, v./ Mischa Maisky, cello/ assisting artists/ Orch. della Svizzera Italiana/ Jacek Kaspszyk – Warner Classics (3 CDs)
Some ten days of music-making at Lugano 2014 have their founder Martha Argerich and her musical friends in top form.
Ruggiero Ricci & Martha Argerich = BEETHOVEN: Sonata in E-flat Major for Violin and Piano; PROKOFIEV: Solo Sonata for Violin in D Major; BARTOK: Sonatina for Violin and Piano (arr. Gertler); Sonata for Violin Solo; SARASATE: Introduction and Tarantella; RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G – Martha Argerich, p./ Ruggiero Ricci, v./ Southwest German Radio Orch./ Ernest Bour – Doremi
A pair of talents combine for a dazzling, intellectually exciting recital from Soviet Russia, complemented by the young Argerich in blistering Ravel.
Martha Argerich & Daniel Barenboim, pianists, in MOZART, SCHUBERT & STRAVINSKY, Blu-ray (2015)
A magnificent, though expensive, two-piano recital to experience.
Martha Argerich & Claudio Abbado: The Complete Concerto Recordings (PROKOFIEV, CHOPIN, RAVEL, LISZT, TCHAIKOVSKY, BEETHOVEN, MOZART – Martha Argerich, p. / Claudio Abbado cond. – DGG (5 CDs)
DGG compiles the musical testament, achieved in forty-five years, of the beginning and ending of a beautiful friendship.
Martha Argerich Vol. 4 (1955-65) = All CHOPIN works – Doremi
Doremi extends the legacy of the youthful Martha Argerich with excerpts of her Chopin Competition efforts, and a firestorm of talent they witness.
Martha Argerich – Evening Talks, Blu-ray (2002/2014)
A mesmerizing documentary on one of the greatest living pianists.
Martha Argerich Vol. 3 = BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 7 in D Major; SCHUMANN: Kinderszenen; Toccata in C Major; LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 in D-flat Major; PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major – Martha Argerich, p./ Cologne Radio Sym. Orch./ Carl Melles – Doremi
Doremi celebrates the youthful Argentinian piano virtuoso Martha Argerich with a third installment of unissued radio and studio recordings of significant repertory.
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major; Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor – Martha Argerich, p./ Orch. Mozart/ Claudio Abbado – DGG
In their final collaboration, Argerich and Abbado perform two noble Mozart concertos from the Lucerne Festival, 2013.
Martha Argerich, Vol. 2 = LISZT: La Leggierezza in F Minor; PROKOFIEV: Piano Sonata No. 3; Toccata; Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-Flat Major; RAVEL: Gaspard de la Nuit; Sonatine – Martha Argerich, p. – Doremi
The Argentine Martha Argerich in youthful recital, 1957 and 1960, in works both colorful and virtuosic.
Martha Argerich, Vol. I = Vintage Mozart from the youthful firebrand Argerich – Doremi
Vintage Mozart from the youthful firebrand Argerich, here dazzling in one of the Mozart concertos she never recorded commercially.
Bloody Daughter, documentary & concert, Blu-ray (2013)
A close-up documentary on one of the greatest living pianists, plus a concert performance.
Martha Argerich Edition: Concertos = Works of CHOPIN, PROKOFIEV, BARTOK, BEETHOVEN, SCHUMANN etc.- EMI (4 CDs)
The EMI collection traverses Martha Argerich’s work in concertos 1997-2007, an often brilliant and poetic series of displays by an honest virtuoso.
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
Cedille
