Martha Argerich Edition: Chamber Music
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Label: EMI
Cat No: 0940142
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 8
Genre: Chamber
Release Date: 9th May 2011
Contents
Works
Contrasts, Sz111 BB116Violin Sonata no.1, Sz75 BB84, op.21
Piano Quartets (3), WoO36
Piano Trio no.5 in D major, op.70 no.1 'Ghost'
Violin Sonata no.9 in A major, op.47 'Kreutzer'
Introduction and Polonaise brillante, op.3
Violin Sonata in A major (arr. Jules Delsart for cello)
Piano Trio no.39 in G major, Hob.XV:25 'Gypsy'
Concertino, JWVII/11
Piano Trio in D minor, op.49
Andante and Variations in B flat major, op.46
Fantasiestucke (3), op.73
Fantasiestucke in A minor for piano trio, op.88
Marchenbilder, op.113
Piano Quartet in E flat major, op.47
Piano Quintet in E flat major, op.44
Violin Sonata no.1 in A minor, op.105
Violin Sonata no.2 in D minor, op.121
Piano Quintet in G minor, op.57
Piano Trio no.2 in E minor, op.67
Artists
Martha Argerich (piano)Itzhak Perlman
Marek Denemark
Sergei Nakariakov
Mark Dobrinskji
Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky
Gautier Capucon
Chantal Juillet
Michael Collins
Renaud Capucon
Lyda Chen
Alissa Margulis
Lucia Hall
Corrado Giuffredi
Zora Slokar
Vincent Godel
Nobuko Imai
Mischa Maisky
Dora Schwarzberg
Natalia Gutman
Works
Contrasts, Sz111 BB116Violin Sonata no.1, Sz75 BB84, op.21
Piano Quartets (3), WoO36
Piano Trio no.5 in D major, op.70 no.1 'Ghost'
Violin Sonata no.9 in A major, op.47 'Kreutzer'
Introduction and Polonaise brillante, op.3
Violin Sonata in A major (arr. Jules Delsart for cello)
Piano Trio no.39 in G major, Hob.XV:25 'Gypsy'
Concertino, JWVII/11
Piano Trio in D minor, op.49
Andante and Variations in B flat major, op.46
Fantasiestucke (3), op.73
Fantasiestucke in A minor for piano trio, op.88
Marchenbilder, op.113
Piano Quartet in E flat major, op.47
Piano Quintet in E flat major, op.44
Violin Sonata no.1 in A minor, op.105
Violin Sonata no.2 in D minor, op.121
Piano Quintet in G minor, op.57
Piano Trio no.2 in E minor, op.67
Artists
Martha Argerich (piano)Itzhak Perlman
Marek Denemark
Sergei Nakariakov
Mark Dobrinskji
Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky
Gautier Capucon
Chantal Juillet
Michael Collins
Renaud Capucon
Lyda Chen
Alissa Margulis
Lucia Hall
Corrado Giuffredi
Zora Slokar
Vincent Godel
Nobuko Imai
Mischa Maisky
Dora Schwarzberg
Natalia Gutman
About
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 the winning of 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.
Contents:
CD 1
- Beethoven: Violin Sonata No.9 in A, 'Kreutzer' Op.47
- Franck: Violin Sonata in A
Itzhak Perlman / Martha Argerich
CD 2
- Beethoven: Piano Quartet No.3 in C Major, WoO 36
Martha Argerich / Renaud Capuçon / Lida Chen / Gautier Capuçon
- Beethoven: Clarinet Trio in B flat major Op.11
Martha Argerich / Marek Denemark / Mark Dobrinskji
- Beethoven: Piano Trio No.5 in D Major, Op.70 No.1 "Ghost"
Martha Argerich / Renaud Capuçon / Mischa Maisky
- Chopin: Introduction and Polonaise brillante in C, Op.3
Martha Argerich / Gautier Capuçon
CD 3
- Schumann: Violin Sonata No.1 in A Minor, Op.105
Geza Hosszu-Legocky / Martha Argerich
- Schumann: Violin Sonata No.2 in D Minor, Op.121
Martha Argerich / Renaud Capuçon
- Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op.73
Martha Argerich / Sergei Nakariakov
- Schumann: Märchenbilder, Op.113
Nobuko Imai / Martha Argerich
CD 4
- Schumann: Piano Quintet in Eb Major, Op.44
Martha Argerich / Dora Schwarzberg / Renaud Capuçon / Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg / Mark Dobrinskji
- Schumann: Piano Quartet in E Flat Major, Op.47
Martha Argerich / Renaud Capuçon / Lida Chen / Gautier Capuçon
- Schumann: Andante and Variations in B Flat Major, Op.46
Martha Argerich / Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky
CD 5
- Haydn: Piano Trio in G Major, Hob.XV:25
Martha Argerich / Renaud Capuçon / Gautier Capuçon
- Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No.1 in D Minor, Op.49
Martha Argerich / Renaud Capuçon / Gautier Capuçon
- Schumann: Phantasiestücke, Op.88
Martha Argerich / Renaud Capuçon / Gautier Capuçon
- Debussy: Cello Sonata
Mischa Maisky / Martha Argerich
- Debussy: La Plus que lente (arr. Maisky: cello & piano)
Mischa Maisky / Martha Argerich
- Debussy: Préludes (arr. Maisky: cello & piano): No.12 Minstrels
Mischa Maisky / Martha Argerich
CD 6
- Franck: Cello Sonata in A major
Mischa Maisky / Martha Argerich
- Bartok: Violin Sonata No.1, Sz.75
Renaud Capuçon / Martha Argerich
- Bartok: Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet & Piano
Chantal Juillet / Martha Argerich / Michael Collins
CD 7
- Shostakovich: Quintet for Piano & Strings in G Minor, Op.57
Martha Argerich / Renaud Capuçon / Alissa Margulis / Lyda Chen / Mischa Maisky
- Shostakovich: Trio for Piano, Violin & Cello, No.2 in E Minor, Op.67
Martha Argerich / Lyda Chen / Mischa Maisky
- Janácek: Concertino for Piano, 2 Violins, Viola, Clarinet, Horn and Bassoon
Martha Argerich / Lucia Hall / Alissa Margulis / Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg / Corrado Giuffredi / Zora Slokar / Vincent Godel
CD 8
- Schumann: Piano Quintet in E Flat Major, Op.44
Martha Argerich / Dora Schwarzberg / Lucy Hall / Nobuko Imai / Mischa Maisky
- Schumann: Violin Sonata No.2 in D minor Op.121
Dora Schwarzberg / Martha Argerich
- Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op.73
Natalia Gutman / Martha Argerich
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