Martha Argerich
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Martha Argerich & Daniel Barenboim: Piano Duos
RecommendedMozart, Schubert & Stravinsky
Martha Argerich & Daniel Barenboim (piano duo)
Stravinsky's Rite of Spring prompts several adjectives: brutal, revolutionary, relentless, terrifying...But elegant? Urbane, seductive, sensuous? This astonishing performance is all that and... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th October 2014
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2014
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Chopin - Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 RecommendedMartha Argerich (piano)
Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit
Martha Argerich's first commercially released recordings of the Chopin concertos were for DG; No 1 in 1968, No 2 in 1978. Here she revisits both concertos and offers an act of re-creative daring,... — More…
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Building a Library, October 2000, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 1999, Winner - Concerto
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Building a Library, September 2016, First Choice
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Building a Library, March 2023, Recommended Recording
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Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 & Nutcracker Suite
RecommendedMartha Argerich (piano), Nicolas Economou (piano)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
Tchaikovsky's First Concerto has already appeared twice on disc from Martha Argerich in complementary performances: live and helterskelter on Philips with Kondrashin (reviewed under Rachmaninov),... — More…
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Building a Library, May 2014, First Choice
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Building a Library, November 2022, Recommended Recording
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Martha Argerich Plays Beethoven & Ravel
Martha Argerich (piano), Lahav Shani
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Shani and the Israel Philharmonic create a finely detailed sound in both these concertos, allowing Argerich to duet gracefully with them in the Beethoven. Her touch is pearlised in the Allegro... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2023, Concerto Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Concerto
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2023
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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 25
RecommendedMartha Argerich (piano)
Orchestra Mozart, Claudio Abbado
Thi is a really fine performance [of K503], with impeccably judged tempos in all three movements, and great playing from the Orchestra Mozart...[in the D minor Concerto] Argerich's playing is... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2014, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Building A Library, January 2022, Recommended Recording - K466
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What’s fascinating is the way these two musicians create performances of such charismatic individuality without seeming to do very much – other than play magnificently, of course. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2022, Editor's Choice
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Record Review, 10th December 2022, Record of the Week
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Here, on this richly filled CD, is a positive cornucopia of musical genius.
Martha Argerich's 1961 disc remains among the most spectacular of all recorded débuts, an impression reinforced by... — More…Awards:
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Building a Library, July 2005, Mid-Price Choice
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Building A Library, July 2021, Recommended Recording
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Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1, Piano Quintet & Concertino RecommendedMartha Argerich (piano), Sergei Nakariarov (trumpet), Renaud Capucon (violin), Mischa Maisky (cello), Lilya Zilberstein (piano), Alissa Margulis (violin) & Lyda Chen (viola)
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Alexander Verdernikov
Here's an excellent, multi-faceted programme which reflects both Shostakovich's madcap humour and his more "private", expressive side. A truly charismatic and exhilarating experience. — More…
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Record Review, December 2007, Critics Disc of the Year
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2008, Orchestral Award Winner
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Building a Library, March 2019, Recommended Recording
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Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 & Ravel: Piano Concerto
Martha Argerich (piano)
Berlin Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado
Argerich at her most charismatically brilliant. — More…
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Prokofiev for Two
RecommendedAll works transcribed for two pianos by Sergei Babayan.
Martha Argerich (piano) & Sergei Babayan (piano)
Argerich and Babayan excel at the hard-hitting stuff, which also includes the opening and closing of Babayan’s idiosyncratic Romo and Juliet sequence. The percussive chords at the beginning... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2018
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Chamber Music Recording (20th/21st-Century Music)
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Diapason d’Or, May 2018, Nouveauté
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