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Martha Argerich - The Collection, Vol.1: The Solo Recordings (8CD BoxSet) (2008)

Martha Argerich - The Collection, Vol.1: The Solo Recordings (8CD BoxSet) (2008)

BAND/ARTIST: Martha Argerich

  • Title: The Collection, Vol.1: The Solo Recordings
  • Year Of Release: 2008
  • Label: Deutsche Grammophon
  • Genre: Classical
  • Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue,log,scans)
  • Total Time: 06:16:10
  • Total Size: 1,58 Gb
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Tracklist:

CD 1:
Frédéric Chopin
1. Scherzo for piano no. 3 in C sharp minor, op. 39

Johannes Brahms
Rapsodies, op 79
2. No. 1 in B minor
3. No. 2 in G minor

Serge Prokofiev
4. Toccata, op. 11

Maurice Ravel
5. Jeux d'eau

Frédéric Chopin
6. Barcarolle in F sharp major, op. 60

Franz Liszt
7. Hungarian Rhapsody, no. 6
Recording: Hannover, Beethoven-Saal, 7/1960

CD 2:
Frédéric Chopin
Piano Sonata no. 3 in B minor, op. 58
1. I. Allegro maestoso
2. II. Scherzo: Molto vivace
3. III. Largo
4. IV. Presto ma non tanto

5. Polonaise-Fantaisie in A flat major, op. 61

6. Polonaise for piano No. 6 in A flat major ('Héroique'), Op. 53

3 Mazurkas, op 59
7. No. 1 in A minor
8. No. 2 in A flat minor
9. No. 3 in F sharp minor

Recording: Munich, Residenz, Plenar-Saal der Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1/1967

CD 3:
Franz Liszt
Piano Sonata in B minor
1. Lento assai. Allegro energico
2. Grandioso
3. Cantando espressivo
4. Pesante. Recitativo
5. Andante sostenuto
6. Quasi Adagio
7. Allegro energico
8. Più mosso
9. Cantando espressivo senza slentare
10. Stretta quasi Presto. Presto. Prestissimo
11. Andante sostenuto. Allegro moderato. Lento assai

Robert Schumann
Piano Sonata No. 2 in G minor, op. 2
12. I. So rasch wie möglich
13. II. Andantino. Getragen
14. III. Scherzo: Sehr rasch und markiert. attacca:
15. IV. Rondo: Presto. Prestissimo. Quasi Cadenza

Recording: Munich, Residenz, Plenar-Saal der Akademie der Wissenschaften, 6/1971

CD 4:
Frédéric Chopin
Piano Sonata no. 2 in B flat minor, op. 35
1. 1. Grave. Doppio movimento
2. 2. Scherzo
3. 3. Marche funèbre: Lento
4. 4. Finale: Presto

5. Grande Polonaise précédée d'un Andante spianato, op. 22

6. Scherzo no. 2 in B flat minor, op. 31

Recording: Munich, Residenz, Herkules-Saal, 7/1974

CD 5:
Maurice Ravel
Gaspard de la nuit, 3 poèmes pour piano
1. Ondine
2. Le Gibet
3. Scarbo

Sonatine
4. Modéré
5. Mouvement de Menuet
6. Animé

Valses nobles et sentimentales
7. 1. Modéré. très franc
8. 2. Assez lent. avec une expression intense
9. 3. Modéré
10. 4. Assez animé
11. 5. Presque lent. dans un sentiment intime
12. 6. Vif
13. 7. Moins vif
14. 8. Epilogue: Lent

Recording: Berlin, Studio Lankwitz, 11/1974

CD 6:
Frédéric Chopin
24 Préludes, op 28
1. No. 1 in C major Agitato
2. No. 2 in A minor Lento
3. No. 3 in G major Vivace
4. No. 4 E minor Largo
5. No. 5 D major Allegro molto
6. No. 6 in B minor Lento assai
7. No. 7 in A major Andantino
8. No. 8 in F sharp minor Molto agitato
9. No. 9 in E major Largo
10. No. 10 in C sharp minor Allegro molto
11. No. 11 in B major Vivace
12. No. 12 in G sharp minor Presto
13. No. 13 in F sharp major Lento
14. No. 14 in E flat minor Allegro
15. No. 15 in D flat major Sostenuto
16. No. 16 in B flat minor Presto con fuoco
17. No. 17 in A flat major Allegretto
18. No. 18 in F minor Allegro molto
19. No. 19 in E flat major Vivace
20. No. 20 in C minor Largo
21. No. 21 in B flat major Cantabile
22. No. 22 in G minor Molto agitato
23. No. 23 in F major Moderato
24. No. 24 in D minor Allegro apassionato

25. Prélude for piano No. 25 in C sharp minor, op. 45 Sostenuto

26. Prélude for piano No. 26 in A flat major, op. posth. Presto con leggerezza

Recording:
Munich, Residenz, Alter Herkules-Saal, 10/1975 (op. 28)
London, Watford Town Hall (op. 45, op. posth.)

CD 7:
Johann Sebastian Bach
1. Toccata in C minor, BWV 911

Partita for keyboard No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826
2. Sinfonia
3. Allemande
4. Courante
5. Sarabande
6. Rondeau
7. Capriccio

English Suite no. 2 in A minor, BWV 807
8. Prélude
9. Allemande
10. Courante
11. Sarabande
12. Bourée I/II
13. Gigue

Recording: Berlin, Studio Lankwitz, 2/1979

CD 8:
Robert Schumann
Kinderszenen op. 15
1. I. Vom fremden Ländern und Menschen
2. II. Kuriose Geschichte
3. III. Haschemann
4. IV. Bittendes Kind
5. V. Glückes genug
6. VI. Wichtige Begebenheit
7. VII. Träumerei
8. VIII. Am Kamin
9. IX. Ritter vom Steckenpferd
10. X. Fast zu ernst
11. XI. Fürchtenmachen
12. XII. Kind im Einschlummern
13. XIII. Der Dichter spricht

Kreisleriana, 8 fantasies for piano, op. 16
14. I. Äußerst bewegt. Agitatissimo
15. II. Sehr innig und nicht zu rasch. Con molta espressione,
16. III. Sehr aufgeregt. Molto agitato
17. IV. Sehr langsam. Lento assai
18. V. Sehr lebhaft. Vivace assai
19. VI. Sehr langsam. Lento assai
20. VII. Sehr rasch. Molto presto
21. VIII. Schnell und spielend. Vivace e scherzando

Recording: Munich, Residenz, Plenar-Saal der Akademie der Wissenschaften, 4/1983

Performers:
Martha Argerich, piano

If you don't already know these eight discs by Argentinean pianist Martha Argerich, you owe it to yourself to stop whatever you're doing and hear them because by common consent they represent a peak of postwar pianism. Argerich's technique knows no limits, and her personality as captured here knows no restraint. Thankfully these qualities are matched by Argerich's excellent taste, which prohibits her from lapsing into bathos or bombast. True, her Bach is extremely expressive, her Schumann wildly passionate, and her Liszt nearly explosive, but those qualities never topple from the razor's edge of balance or give in to self-aggrandizement. Whatever she brings out of the scores is intrinsic to the music, and there's nothing in her performances, no matter how extravagant or flamboyant, which cannot be justified. If you don't already know these recordings, try her 1960 reading of Prokofiev's Toccata and her 1975 account of Chopin's C sharp minor Prélude, Op. 45: the former's relentless drive and demonic energy are as overwhelmingly exciting as the latter's sustained phrasing and lyrical melancholy achieve an emotional summit. From 1960 to 1984 and from stereo to digital, Deutsche Grammophon's sound is as good as recorded sound gets: clear, clean, quiet, and immediate.




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