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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Martha Argerich live at Verbier FestivalRecorded live at during the Verbier Festival, Switzerland, 22 July 2009 (Beethoven, Scarlatti) and 17 July 2010 (Shostakovich, Bizet).
Martha Argerich proves once again her great pianistic technique in a wave of virtuosity, performing emblematic works of the greatest composers ever. Martha Argerich has long been hailed as one of the greatest and most uniquely imaginative pianists. She is most admired for the pure joy of her music-making and her individual approach to each work, each situation and each audience. The Verbier Festival, held each summer in the Swiss Alps, has developed over eighteen years into one of the most important classical music festivals in Europe, bringing together great musical talent and dedicated music lovers alike from across the globe. Martha Argerich celebrates her 70th birthday on the 5 June 2011. Picture format DVD: NTSC 16:9 Sounds formats DVD: PCM Stereo Region code: 0 Booklet notes: English, German, French Running time: 87 min FSK: 0 “Both directors capture [Argerich's] unique artistry...she sets about the down-to-earth matter of sublime music-making, pulling all her colleagues into her spell...Takacs-Nagy partners Argerich sensitively. Using no baton - just the occasional pencil - he never loses sight of the landscape in a quest for its fruits, and his way of shaping long phrases and building paragraphs is as special as his airy rhythms and attention to inner voices.” BBC Music Magazine, October 2011 ***** “Most pianists a quarter of her age would struggle to match her. One can only marvel at the depth of expression, spontaneity, sense of discovery and playfulness she brings to [the Beethoven]...Just when you think everyone is in top gear, the whole ensemble shifts up another notch - and then goes into overdrive. Thrilling stuff.” Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2011 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Recorded 1962, digitally restored and re-mastered.
PICTURE FORMAT: 4:3
LENGTH: 84 Mins
SOUND: LPCM MONO
SUBTITLES: N/A
“…Beethoven's last piano sonata, Op. 111 in C minor. It is an astonishing performance… The second movement, of increasingly sublime variations, is played with a detachment which paradoxically adds to its intensity - that is one of Michelangeli's secrets. it reaches a calm and ecstatic resolution which alone would make this disc worth buying.” BBC Music Magazine, February 2006 *** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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“In 1986 Horowitz returned to his native Russia for the first time in more than half a century. He's seen here performing, being interviewed and chatting with old family members. Touching and with some extraordinary playing.” BBC Music Magazine, July 2006 **** “The return to his homeland in 1986 by the world's most famous living instrumentalist after an absence of 61 years caught the public imagination. …the 83-year old Horowitz's arrival in Moscow prompted the kind of reception reserved usually for pop stars. Brian Large's Emmy Award-winning film captures all this well... Few have conjured from a piano such a palette of tonal colours with such convincing imagery and musical imagination as Horowitz does in this recital. The audience listens with rapt concentration. A man sits motionless with tears streaming down his face in Träumerei. Unforgettable.” Gramophone Magazine, February 2006 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Masters of the Keyboard, Vol. 2
This documentary, like its companion, "Masters of the Keyboard, The Next Generation Vol. I", combines conversation and brilliant solo performances by promising artists featured at the Miami International Piano Festival. | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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Chopin: | Rondo in E flat major, Op. 16 | Liszt: | Fantasia and Fugue 'Ad nos, ad salutarem undam' (arr. Busoni) | Rachmaninov: | Serenade, Op. 3 No. 5 Daisies, Op. 38 No. 3 Lied (Romance) in F minor Prelude Op. 32 No. 3 in E major Melodie in E Major, Op. 3 No. 3 Étude-Tableau, Op. 33 No. 3 in C minor Melody, Op. 21 No. 9 Oriental Sketch (1917) The Islet (Ostrovok) Op. 14 No. 2, 1896 (Bal'mont/Shelley) Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19 - Andante Polka italienne | Scarlatti, D: | Keyboard Sonata K162 in E major Keyboard Sonata K197 in B minor |
Misha Dacic has already established himself as a world-class pianist. In 2003, he performed at the "Martha Argerich Project Festival" in 2003 in Lugano, Switzerland, and made his American debut in the same at the Discovery Series of the Sixth Miami International Piano Festival. This program of performances from live recitals includes works by Rachmaninoff, Liszt/Busoni, Scarlatti, Chopin, and Bach. | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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