Since you are interested in Lugano Festival of Chamber Music 2006, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 3 / Suite No 2 Martha Argerich & Nelson Freire (pianos) / Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Riccardo Chailly [ Philips 50 / CD - released 5/May/2001 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - One of the most electrifying "live" recordings of a concerto ever made and a constant best-seller. |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schumann: Chamber Music (Incls Piano Quintet, String Quartets, Piano Trios) Christian Zacharias, Mikhail Rudy, Martha Argerich, Nobuko Imai, Gerard Causse / Cherubini Quartet / Grieg Trio [ EMI Budget Boxes / 5 CD Box Set - released 15/Oct/2010 ] Celebrating Robert Schumann's 200th Anniversary, this is one of four new CD sets from EMI's catalogue performed by many of the world's leading artists, orchestras and conductors. |
LISZT / RAVEL / PROKOFIEV / BRAHMS / CHOPIN
Martha Argerich - Debut Album Martha Argerich (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / CD - released 1/Jan/2006 ] "This is a staggering first recording by any reckoning. Mercurial and marvellous." (Gramophone) |
BACH / BARTOK / CHOPIN / GINASTERA / PROKOFIEV / SCARLATTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Martha Argerich recorded live at the Concertgebouw Martha Argerich (piano) [ EMI Music / CD - released 25/May/2000 ] "rare live recital from one of today's greatest pianists on top form in a wide-ranging programme that easily puts her on a par with Richter." (Gramophone) |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV / SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Rachmaninov / Prokofiev: Cello Sonatas Gautier Capucon (cello) Gabriela Montero (piano) [ Erato Classics / CD - released 26/Jan/2008 ] "Capuçon's elegant, singing tone responds especially well to the Andante, with gentle exchanges between the instruments." Gramophone Magazine |
ITZHAK PERLMAN
Itzhak Perlman - A Portrait [2 CD set] Itzhak Perlman (violin) with Andre Previn, Samuel Sanders, John Toll, Daniel Barenboim & Bernard Haitinkl [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2012 ] Itzhak Perlman radiates a generosity of spirit that is reflected as much in the richness of his interpretations as in the irresistible exuberance of his virtuosity. This survey of his supreme achievement as a violinist embraces complete concertos by... |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 / etc Nelson Freire (piano), Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Lionel Bringuier [ Decca / CD - released 20/Feb/2015 ] "The recording is at its best wherever Nelson Freire is ravishing the ear with showers of notes that glisten with precision." (Financial Times) |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: 24 Preludes / Piano Sonata No 2 Op 25 Martha Argerich (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / CD - released 1/Apr/2002 ] "In this complete version of the Preludes, recorded twenty seven years ago, the tigress of the keyboard laid down one of her finest Chopin performances. A great Chopin disc" (MusicWeb, 2002) |
BRAHMS / SCHUMANN
Piano quartet No 1 Op 25 / Fantasiestucke Op 88 Gidon Kremer (violin) Yuri Bashmet (viola) Mischa Maisky (cello) Martha Argerich (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 10/Sep/2002 ] "In a quartet of stars, it's the phenomenal Argerich whose playing is the bedrock" - Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine (April 2004) |
BRAHMS / SCHUBERT / RAVEL / RACHMANINOV
Salzburg Concert Martha Argerich, Nelson Freire (pianos) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 17/Dec/2009 ] "This gorgeously engineered release reveals Argerich and Freire on staggering pianistic, musical, and ensemble form, from the impeccable chord balances in the Haydn Variations theme to La Valse's furious yet breathtakingly controlled... |