Chamber, Duos, Piano Duos, Beethoven (composer)
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Martha Argerich & Friends: Live from Lugano 2016
RecommendedMartha Argerich (piano), Renaud Capuçon (violin), Sergey Babayan (piano), Sergio Tiempo (piano), Karin Lechner (piano), Nicholas Angelich (piano)
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David Guerrier, horn
violino, Tedi Papavrami (violin)
piano, Stephen Kovacevich (piano)
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana,...
This is the last of Warner’s annual gleanings from the Lugano Festival at which Martha Argerich presides - and definitely the most exciting. She may be 76, but her playing has lost none of... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Concerto Choice
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
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Building a Library, January 2021, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. Boundless: Beethoven Complete Works For Piano Four Hands
Artur Pizarro & Rinaldo Zhok (piano)
Artur Pizarro and Rinaldo Zhok are a fine partnership, bouncing ideas to and fro with zeal. —
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Lortie seems less interested in metaphysical profundity than in textural stylishness; spending enough time with this set to grasp Lortie's aims and insights is nevertheless genuinely rewarding —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2011, Editor's Choice
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The Great Danish Pianist Victor Schiøler, Vol. 6
Victor Schiøler, Ib Eriksson (soloist), Peter Westenholz (soloist), Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Albert Wolff, Erik Tuxen, Carl von Garaguly
The Brahms Concerto is what makes this set quite unmissable. The transfers are excellent. —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2023, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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Martha Argerich: Carte blanche
RecommendedJulian Rachlin (violin), Mischa Maisky (violoncello) & Martha Argerich (piano), Martha Argerich (piano), Lang Lang & Martha Argerich (piano), Yuri Bashmet (viola) & Martha Argerich (piano), Renaud Capuçon (violin) & Martha Argerich (piano), Gabriela Montero & Martha Argerich (pianos),...
As soloist, Argerich’s tender reading of Kinderszenen is almost beyond compare, displaying an astonishing ability to turn the piano into a singing instrument in every bar. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th July 2015
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Martha Argerich & Friends: Live from the Lugano Festival 2013
RecommendedMartha Argerich (piano), Mischa Maisky (cello) & Martha Argerich (piano), Renaud Capuçon (violin) & Francesco Piemontesi (piano), Alissa Margulis (violin) & Jura Margulis (piano), Gautier Capuçon (cello) & Gabriela Montero (piano), Andrey Baranov (violin) & Jura Margulis (piano),...
The festival has class written all over it and exudes more joy - and humour - than any comparable event known to me. Argerich herself leads off here, in Beethoven's First Piano Concerto, displaying... —
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Martha Argerich & Friends: Live from the Lugano Festival 2005
Martha Argerich, Renaud Capucon & Gautier Capucon, Renaud Capucon, Gautier Capucon & Chen, Martha Argerich & Piotr Anderszewski, Mischa Maisky & Sergio Tiempo, Martha Argerich & Gabriela Montero, Lechner & Sergio Tiempo, Martha Argerich & Leschenko, Zilberstein, Schwarzberg,...
A scintillating collection —
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BBC Music Magazine, Chamber Choice
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Martha Argerich: Lugano Concertos
RecommendedMartha Argerich (piano), with Alexander Gurning (piano), with Paul Gulda & Rico Gulda (piano), with Akane Sakai (piano), with Alexander Mogilevsky (piano), with Gabriela Montero (piano), Susan Roberts, Helene Schneidermann, Daniel Norman, Carsten Wittmoser, Yulia Zaichkina, Alexander Mogilevsky...
I would not deter anyone from duplicating because...there are many moments and passages of pure delight, often deriving from the frisson of a live performance (listen to the Poulenc!) One marvels... —
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Building a Library, May 2017, Also Recommended
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