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Martha Argerich - Edition Solos & Duos (2011)

Martha Argerich - Edition Solos & Duos (2011)

BAND/ARTIST: Martha Argerich

  • Title: Edition Solos & Duos
  • Year Of Release: 2011
  • Label: EMI Classics
  • Genre: Classical
  • Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
  • Total Time: 7 hours 17 min
  • Total Size: 1.6 GB
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Martha Argerich was born on 5th June 1941 in Buenos Aires. Her interest in the piano showed itself when she was three. Vincenzo Scaramuzza, her teacher, impressed on her the importance of feeling and the singing lyrical line - a facet of her playing which remains immediately recognisable. At the age of eight she made her debut concert playing Beethoven's first concerto and the following year she gave Mozart's Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466 and Bach's French Suite in G, BWV 816.

In 1955 her family moved to Europe so that Martha could study with Friedrich Gulda in Austria; in this she was supported by the Argentine government who gave her parents diplomatic posts in their Embassy in Vienna. She won both the Geneva Music and Ferruccio Busoni International Competitions in 1957, but it was her winning the seventh Chopin Piano competition in Warsaw that confirmed her as a major talent at the age of 24.

Her formidable technique has often been compared to that of Horowitz. She is reputed to have learnt Ravel's Gaspard de la nuit in three days having been told it was extremely difficult. Her solo career lasted for a quarter of a century during which her talent for interpreting the romantic classics, notably Chopin and Liszt, were matched by her brilliance in the 20th century masters Ravel, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev and Messiaen. Her decision to limit her performances to chamber music and concerto was taken, as she admitted in interviews, to her feeling of loneliness on stage alone. This has been her career path for the last 30 years and she retains the aura of one of the most brilliant of all pianists of modern generations.

She has been particularly generous in supporting the next generation of artists.

She appears regularly as a jury member at important competitions and her friends and protégées captivate audiences with exquisite performances of chamber music at her festival at Lugano. Now at the age of 70 we can salute her as the phenomenon she undoubtedly is and wish her continued success in all aspects of her life.


Tracklist:

CD1 - Frederic Chopin - Piano Sonata No.3, Mazurkas, Nocturne, Scherzo, Polonaise heroïque; Robert Schumann - Kinderszenen
Frederic Chopin
Piano Sonata No.3
1. I. Allegro maestoso
2. II. Scherzo: Molto vivace
3. III. Largo
4. IV. Finale: Presto, non tanto
5. Mazurka in A minor op.59 No.1
6. Mazurka in A flat op.59 No.2
7. Mazurka in F sharp minor, op.59 No.3
8. Nocturne in F op.15 No.1
9. Scherzo No.3 in C sharp minor op.39
10. Polonaise heroïque in A flat op.53
Recorded: 23,24,27.VI.1965, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Robert Schumann
Kinderszenen Op.15
11. I. Von fremden Ländchen und Menschen
12. II. Kuriose Geschiste
13. III. Hasche-Mann
14. IV. Bittendes Kind
15. V. Glückes genug
16. VI. Wichtige Begebenheit
17. VII. Träumerei
18. VIII. Am Kamin
19. IX. Ritter vom Steckenpferd
20. X. Fast zu ernst
21. XI. Fürchtenmachen
22. XII. Kind und Einschlummern
23. XIII. Der Dichter spricht
Recorded in concert : 24.VI.2007, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano

CD2 - Schumann - Andante and Variations; Mozart - Andante and Variations, Piano Sonata; Bussoni - Fantasie für eine Orgelwalze; Liszt - Reminiscences de Don Juan, Concerto pathétique
Robert Schumann
1. Andante and Variations op.46 for two pianos
Gabriela Montero, piano
Recorded in concert : 21.VI.2007, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
2. Andante and Variations in G K.501 for piano four hands
Stephen Kovacevich, piano
Recorded in concert : 21.VI.2008, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano
Piano Sonata in C K.545
with a freely added arrangement for a second piano by Edvard Grieg
3. I. Allegro
4. II. Andante
5. III. Rondo: Allegretto
Piotr Anderszewski, piano
Recorded in concert : 16.VI.2005, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano
Ferruccio Bussoni
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
6. Fantasie für eine Orgelwalze
Lilya Zilberstein, piano
Recorded in concert : 18.VI.2007, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano
Franz Liszt
Reminiscences de Don Juan for two pianos S656
7. I. Grave
8. I.I Duetto: Andantino
9. III. Allegretto
10. IV. Presto
Mauricio Vallina, piano
Recorded in concert : 29.VI.2009, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano
11. Concerto pathétique in E minor S258
Nelson Freire, piano
Recorded in concert as part of Music from Saratoga: VII.&VIII.1998, Little Theatre

CD3 - Felix Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night's Dream; Johannes Brahms - Sonata in F minor, Variations on a theme by Joseph Haydn
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream Op.21
1. Overture
2. Scherzo
Cristina Marton, piano
Recorded in concert : 27.VI.2009, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano
Johannes Brahms
Sonata in F minor Op.34b for two pianos
(Transcription of Piano Quintet Op.34)
3. I. Allegro non troppo
4. II. Anadante, un poco adagio
5. III. Scherzo: Allegro
6. IV. Finale: Poco sostenuto - Allegro non troppo - Presto non troppo
Lilya Zilberstein, piano
Recorded in concert : 24.VI.2002, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano
Variations on a theme by Joseph Haydn Op.56b for two pianos
7. Chorale
8. Variation I: Andante con moto
9. Variation II: Vivace
10. Variation III: Con moto
11. Variation IV: Andante
12. Variation V: Poco Presto
13. Variation VI: Vivace
14. Variation VII: Grazioso
15. Variation VIII: Poco Presto
16. Finale: Andante
Polina Leschenko, piano
Recorded in concert : 23.VI.2005, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano

CD4 - Sergei Rachmaninov - Suite No.1 op.5, Suite No.2 op.17, Six morceaux op.11
Sergei Rachmaninov
Suite No.1 op.5 for two pianos
1. I. Barcarole
2. II. La Nuit... l'Amour
3. III. Les Larmes
4. IV. Pâques
Lilya Zilberstein, piano
Recorded in concert : 11.VI.2008, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano
Suite No.2 op.17 for two pianos
5. I. Introduction
6. II. Valse
7. III. Romance
8. IV. Tarantelle
Gabriela Montero, piano
Recorded in concert : 22.VI.2003, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano
Six morceaux op.11
9. I. Barcarolle
10. II. Scherzo
11. III. Thème russe
12. IV. Valse
13. V. Romance
14. VI. Slava
Lilya Zilberstein, piano
Recorded in concert : 22.VI.2003, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano

CD5 - Prokofiev - Symphony No.1; Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker Suite; Shostakovich - Concertino; Maurice Ravel - Ma Mère l'Oye; Lutosławski - Variations on a Theme by Paganini
Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No.1 in D Op.25 'Classical'
Trancr. Rikuya Terashina
1. I. Allegro
2. II. Larghetto
3. III. Gavotte: Non troppo allegro
4. IV. Finale: Molto vivace
Yefim Bronfman, piano
Recorded in concert : 21.VI.2004, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker Suite Op.71a
Transcr. Nicolas Economou
5. I. Overture miniature, II. Danse caractéristique
6. a. Marche: Tempode marcia viva
7. b. Danse de la fée Dragée: andante non troppo
8. c. Danse russe: Trépak: Tempo di Trepak, molto vivace
9. d. Danse arabe: Allegretto
10. e. Danse chinoise: Allegro moderato
11. f. Danse des mirlitons: Moderato assai
12. III. Valse des fleurs
Mirabela Dina, piano
Recorded in concert : 22.VI.2003, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano
Dmitri Shostakovich
13. Concertino in A op.94
Lilya Zilberstein, piano
Recorded in concert : 25.VI.2006, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano
Maurice Ravel
Ma Mère l'Oye - Suite
14. I. Pavane de la Belle au Bois dormant: Lent
15. II. Petit Poucet
16. III. Laideronette, imperatrice des pagodes: Mouvement de marche
17. IV. Les entretiens de la Belle et la Bête: Mouvement de valse modéré
18. V. Jardin féerique: Lent et grave
Alexandre Mogilevsky, piano
Recorded in concert : 15.VI.2007, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano
Witold Lutosławski
19. Variations on a Theme by Paganini
Giorgia Tomassi, piano
Recorded in concert : 22.VI.2003, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano
20. Variations on a Theme by Paganini
Mauricio Vallina, piano
Recorded in concert : 15.VI.2007, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano

CD6 - Olivier Messiaen - Visions de l'Amen; Carlos Gustavino -Tres Romances argentinos; Astor Piazzolla - Three Tangos
Olivier Messiaen
Visions de l'Amen
1. I. Amen de la Création
2. II. Amen des étoiles, de la planète à l'anneau
3. III. Amen de l'Agonie de Jésus
4. IV. Amen du Désir
5. V. Amen des Anges, des Saints, du chant des oiseaux
6. VI. Amen du Jugement
7. VII. Amen de la Consommation
Alexandre Rabinovitch, piano
Recorded : 2-3.XII.1989, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Carlos Gustavino
Tres Romances argentinos
8. I. Las niñas de Santa Fe
9. II. Muchacho Jujeño
10. III. Baile en Cuyo
Mauricio Vallina, piano
Recorded in concert : 14.VI.2005, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano
Astor Piazzolla
Three Tangos
Transc. Eduardo Hubert
11. 1. Tres minutos con la realidad
12. 2. Oblivion
13. 3. Libertango
Eduardo Hubert, piano
Recorded in concert : 24.VI.2008, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano

Martha Argerich - Edition Solos & Duos (2011)


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