classical music: Martha Argerich

classical music: Martha Argerich

classical music:

Martha Argerich

Martha Argerich, Riccardo Rossi

Ideale Audience Intl, 2008

Superlative
Guchot's documentary is about Martha Argerich's oneness with the music she plays. We knew it existed already from hearing her performances. Here she articulates it in ways that are candid, joyful, earthy, and most eloquent in her charming manner. She is never ...

Brahms, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov: Music for Two Pianos
Johannes Brahms, Witold Lutoslawski, ...

EMI Classics, 2008

Brahms: Sonata for 2 pianos in F minor, Op. 34b Martha Argerich (piano) & Lilya Zilbertstein (piano) Variations on a theme by Haydn, Op. 56b for 2 Pianos Martha Argerich (piano) & Polina Leschenko (piano) Lutoslawski: Variations on a Theme of Paganini for 2 Pianos Martha Argerich (piano) & Giorgia Tomassi (piano) Prokofiev: Symphony ...

Debut Recital / Martha Argerich

Johannes Brahms, Frederic Chopin, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 1996

WOW! Absolutely stunning!
I just bought this disc and was blown away by it. It was everything I thought it would be and then some. It has to be one of the great piano recital CDs of all time. I can't imagine anyone being disappointed with this.

Collection 1: The Solo Piano Recordings (Box)
Martha Argerich

MINISTRY OF SOUND US, 2008

For over 40 years Martha Argerich's recordings on Deutsche Grammophon have remained in the catalog and many are still best sellers. This 8-CD collection presents re-issues of eight solo LP recitals made between 1960 and 1983. The recordings have been remastered and are presented in chronological order, as originally programmed, with the original ...

J.S. Bach: Toccata, Partita, English Suite 2/ Martha Argerich

Johann Sebastian Bach, Martha Argerich

Deutsche Grammophon, 2000

INEFFABLE!
Do you like Glenn Gould's Bach? So listen to what Martha can do baby... Ms. Argerich, you rule!

Chopin, Liszt: Piano Concertos / Martha Argerich, London Symphony Orchestra

Frederic Chopin, Franz Liszt, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 1996

Readings that combine imagination, charisma, and incredible technique
Is the ever comical David Hurwitz doing Argerich any good by saying that a more exciting pianist has never existed (has he heard Liszt in person)? Or that every one of her recordings is a prime recommendation (come now)? We get the idea that he likes the layd. These ...

Prokofiev, Ravel: Piano Concertos, etc / Martha Argerich

Sergey Prokofiev, Maurice Ravel, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 1996

The young Argerich--fresh and completely without affectation
The few complainers about this famous recording have slipped fra down the list here at Amazon, and what's striking is that the things they hate about Argerich (mannered phrasing, overly aggressive attack, rushing, banging) are the very things we don't get here. Ms. ...

Martha Argerich Plays Chopin: The Legendary 1965 Recording

Frederic Chopin

EMI Classics, 1999

Staggering virtuosity
These Chopin recordings of Martha Argerich from 1965 are an example of staggering virtuosity of the highest order. She is one of the few pianists I've heard that could rival Michelangeli for technical ability(though both could be erractic at times, with the Italian ...

Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1; Concertino; Piano Quintet

Mischa Maisky, Dmitry Shostakovich, ...

Emi Classics, 2007

The great thing here is the Piano Quintet
Although EMI gives top billing to the vivacious Piano Concerto #1, that youthful riff must bow to the Piano Quintet, arguably the composer's single greatest chamber work along with the Piano Trio #2. It's powerful, richly melodic, and instantly grabs the listener's ...

Rachmaninoff: Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 / Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23

Sergei Rachmaninov

Philips, 1995

Great music - but it's a *Copy-protected disc*
I don't have anything to add to the other (positive) reviews of the music contained on this disc. Even if it is not the best recording of the Rach 3 (I suspect it is) it is still an absolutely must-hear performance. The only problem is that this disc uses copy ...

Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen/Kreisleriana

Robert Schumann, Martha Argerich

Deutsche Grammophon, 1990

Argerich According to Taste
Last Summer I finally had the opportunity to hear Argerich live in concert (Prokoviev, not Schumann -- but it hardly mattered). I felt my musical appreciation life was complete. As recent New York Times articles have said, Argerich in concert inspires something very ...

Martha Argerich: Live from the Concertgebouw, 1978 & 1992

Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, ...

EMI Classics, 2000

"classical" style?
What is the classical style? What can be objectively defined as the "proper" or "correct" way of playing Mozart and Beethoven? It's all too fashionable these days to dismiss Argerich's interpretation of these composers as "stylistically wrong." I believe it all comes ...

A Piano Evening with Martha Argerich [DVD Video]

Tdk DVD Video, 2007

Another Outstanding Argerich Performance
While I agree with the previous reviewer (M.G.) that this is a marvelous DVD, I had some trouble getting past all his hagiographic gushing about Martha Argerich, larded as it is with superlatives. Admittedly she is an amazingly talented pianist, certainly among the ...

Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto/Violin Concerto

Robert Schumann, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, ...

Teldec, 1994

unknown but unbelievable
What an unexpected joy it was to discover this relatively unknown violin concerto. As a concert pianist I purchased this disc in order to hear Argerich's approach to the piano concerto (one of my favorites). It was the violin concerto, however, which has struck me to ...

Panorama: Maurice Ravel

Maurice Ravel, Claudio Abbado, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 2000

Taste-ful!!
This is a very tasteful collection of performances of Ravel's music, and that's perhaps the greatest compliment I can give it. Ravel's fastidiousness was legendary, and no matter where his music goes, the taste that one applies to how it gets there is the key element ...