Just 10 months ago we released the first volume in the new Martha Argerich Collection (the solo recodings). Over 10,000 boxes of the 8-CD set have been sold since then.

Here now is Volume 2 – the Concerto Recordings, on 7 CDs, comprising all of her concerto recordings with Deutsche Grammophon, from her scintillating début playing Prokofiev and Ravel under Claudio Abbado in 1967 to her most recent collaboration with the same conductor in 2004. In between come classic recordings of Chopin, Liszt, Tchaikovsky and Beethoven with Charles Dutoit, Mstislav Rostropovich and Giuseppe Sinopoli, as well as a memorable collaboration with Gidon Kremer (in Mendelssohn) and dazzling virtuosity in Haydn and Shostakovich.

The cover is still more alluring, the contents equally fascinating, and the packaging just as attractive – with original LP-cover artwork, new liner notes (by Jed Distler again) and rare photos. The recordings have been newly mastered for this release.

This box will be followed up by one more to include Martha Argerich’s complete Chamber Ensemble recordings for Deutsche Grammophon (2010).

Artists

Martha Argerich (piano), Gidon Kremer (violin), Guy Touvron

Berliner Philharmoniker, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra Washington, Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra & Philharmonia Hungarica, Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado, Charles Dutoit, Mstislav Rostropovich, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Jörg Faerber