The Berlin Recital

"Argerich alongside Kremer is challenged to be at her most keenly alert. Hearing these two build their interpretations together and apart is like watching two great Shakespearean actors, each pushing the other to greater heights." (Recording of the Month Gramophone June 2009)

EMI Classics is pleased to announce the release of a joint recital by the legendary pianist Martha Argerich and Gidon Kremer, one of today's most original and compelling violinists. The concert was recorded live at Berlin's Philharmonie in December 2006. The repertoire features Schumann's Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in D minor and Kinderszenen, as well as Bartók's Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 and Sonata for Solo Violin. Two encores, Fritz Kreisler's Liebesleid and Schön Rosmarin round out the release.

"A summit of two musical giants," wrote the Abendzeitung München, reviewing the concert. "They are chamber music's dream couple […] The way they communicate musically cannot be surpassed by any other current duo" said the Münchner Merkur. The Neue Zürcher Zeitung summed up the concert with the words "chamber music is alive."