Martha Argerich - Live from the Concertgebouw 1978-1992 (180g) LP

• Mozart: Klavierkonzert Nr. 25
  +Beethoven: Klavierkonzert Nr. 1
  +Schumann: Fantasiestücke op. 12
  +Ravel: Sonatine; Gaspard de la nuit
  +Bach: Partita BWV 826; Bourrees I & II aus Englische Suite BWV 807
  +Bartok: Klaviersonate Sz. 80
  +Chopin: Nocturne Nr. 13; Scherzo Nr. 3
  +Ginastera: Danzas Argentinas op. 2
  +Prokofieff: Klaviersonate Nr. 7 B-Dur op. 83
  +Scarlatti: Klaviersonate K. 141

• Künstler: Martha Argerich, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Heinz Wallberg, Szymon Goldberg
• Label: Warner, 1978-1992

Martha Argerich - Live from Amsterdam!

Especially live recordings of the incomparable Martha Argerich are fascinating documents of the incomparable musical sensitivity and electrifying virtuosity of this charismatic pianist, who has been at the top of the world for decades. For this reason, EMI Classics has been deliberately presenting more live recordings from the "Martha Argerich Project" of the Swiss Lugano Festival in addition to studio recordings since 2002.
The legendary early live documents of the artist from the Amsterdam Concertgebouw from 1978, 1979 and 1992 (previously available on single CDs) are now presented by EMI Classics for the first time collected in a 3CD box set: Star moments with piano concertos by Mozart and Beethoven as well as solo works by Bach, Scarlatti, Chopin, Schumann, Ravel, Prokofieff and Bartók.

Reviews

FonoForum 7/00: "In the piano concertos the listener encounters a Listener encounters a free-spirited, equally apollonian Argerich great serenity, phenomenal passagework, and a gentle Passagework and a cautious thoughtfulness in the surprising minor the surprising minor-key cloudiness are her qualities, with which she gives Mozart's K. 503 an unmistakably individual Profile." FonoForum 7/00: "Where the synthesis is successful, interpreter and the work come together, delightful moments arise These live recordings offer such in abundance." stereoplay 4/01: "So agitated and inwardly torn, so painfully passionate and drastic I have never heard the the 'Fantasiestücke', they show us the abysses of the soul and the deep The abysses of the soul and the deep 'restlessness' of a mad, highly sensitive genius, of an insane, highly sensitive genius, against which the ingenious Effects and macabre ambiguities of Ravel like the calculated like the calculated magic tricks of a 'Swiss watchmaker' Watchmaker'. In both cases the Argerich meets the Argerich, with ancient primal instinct, strikes at the very core of the music's essence."