W.A. MOZART
A Mozart concert [incls 'Piano Concerto No. 20'] (Recorded live in Tokyo on 27 January 2005) Martha Argerich (piano) with Renaud Capucon (violin) & Gautier Capucon (cello) / New Japan Philharmonic [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "This magnificent live concert, taped in Tokyo in 2005, provides a fine opportunity to see and hear the performer some of us regard as the finest female classical pianist and perhaps even the finest living pianist period." (Five Stars AudAud.com) |
CHOPIN / BRAHMS / PROKOFIEV / RAVEL / SCHUMANN / LISZT / etc
Martha Argerich Collection 1: The Solo Piano Recordings Martha Argerich (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / 8 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2008 ] 'The greatest living pianist' Gramophone |
J.S. BACH
Cello Sonatas (BWV 1027-1029) Mischa Maisky (cello) Martha Argerich (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 28/Jun/2004 ] "Mischa Maisky is a highly expressive cellist and he opts for the piano - successfully, for Martha Argerich is a Bach player of the first order. In fact the sorority of the cello and the modern piano seems a happ(y) marriage." (Penguin Stereo Guide... |
CHOPIN / DEBUSSY / FRANCK
Mischa Maisky & Martha Argerich - Live in Japan Mischa Maisky (cello) Martha Argerich (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 2/Sep/2001 ] legendary musical partnership of Mischa Maisky and Martha Argerich |
SCHUMANN
Cello Concerto Op 129; Fantasiestacke op. 73; Adagio und Allegro op. 70; etc Mischa Maisky (cello) Martha Argerich (piano) / Orpheus Chamber Orchestra [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 28/Jun/2004 ] Ia romantic programme of late Schumann, Mischa Maisky has magnificent partners in Martha Argerich and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. |
STRAVINSKY / PROKOFIEV / SHOSTAKOVICH
In Concert Mischa Maisky (violoncello) Martha Argerich (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 20/Jan/2009 ] "An amazing recital, the ultimate demonstration of how two artists with individual ideas and the technical wherewithal to realise them in practice can tease, cajole, pull or push the line, toy with dynamics, experiment with rubato, in a word (all... |
LISZT / ZEMLINSKY / RAVEL / RACHMANINOV / MUSSORGSKY / etc
Nicholas Angelich: Hommage Nicholas Angelich (piano), with Martha Argerich, Quatuor Ebène, and others [ Warner Classics / Erato / 7 CD Box Set - released 29/Sep/2023 ] A musician as loved as he was admired, the pianist Nicholas Angelich died in Paris in April 2022 at the age of 51. Angelich was a modest, thoughtful man who brought tremendous integrity, depth and insight to the most demanding repertoire. His... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Seiji Ozawa at the Matsumoto Festival: Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 2 & 7 / Choral Fantasy Martha Argerich (piano), Saito Kinen Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa [ EuroArts Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 29/Sep/2017 ] Seiji Ozawa is not only a world-famous Japanese conductor, but also a founder and director of the Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto, home of the Saito Kinen Orchestra, which in 2015 was renamed the Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival (OMF). |
BEETHOVEN / CHOPIN / DVORAK / BRAHMS / MOZART / BARTOK / etc
Stephen Kovacevich: The Complete Philips Recordings [25 CD set] Stephen Kovacevich (piano) with Jack Brymer (clarinet) Martha Argerich (piano) & the London Jazz Ensemble [ Decca / 25 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/2016 ] Pianist Stephen Kovacevich is known as one of the most prominent Beethoven interpreters among living pianists. His concerto recordings for Philips, including Beethoven, Schumann and Bartók, never fail to astonish even the most demanding piano... |