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Martha Argerich (piano), Bartłomiej Nizioł (violin I) Agata Szymczewska (violin II) Lyda Chen (viola) Alexander Neustroev (cello) This is a DVD of the special chamber concert of the 7th International Music Festival ‘Chopin and his Europe’ , performed at the Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall in August 2011. The principle aim of the Chopin and his Europe festival is to seek Chopin’s influence and celebrate this in the musical culture of Poland and Europe, and to present these works. The Quintet in G Minor by Juliusz Zarebeski, his Op. 34, is a work to be celebrated in this context. He was all but forgotten as a composer throughout the twentieth century, but rediscovered in the twenty-first and the delight in his work seems to be justified judging by this Quintet. He was born in 1854, a gifted pianist, and went onto study at the Vienna Conservatoire, ending up in Rome to become a pupil of Liszt. (He was said to be one of Liszt’s favourite pupils!). The Quintet was not premiered until a performance in 2011 in Lugano, and Marta Argerich and this team of musicians here recreate that performance, played last year in Warsaw. “The star draw is the normally elusive Martha Argerich, bringing her volcanic pianism to bear on a work she had just added to her repertoire...This outstanding line-up of musicians - including Argerich's daughter Lyda Chen on viola - delivers an intensely committed performance of the Piano Quintet, full of freedom and flexibility. Superbly filmed but simply presented, there are no extras here: nothing more is needed given the impact of this music.” BBC Music Magazine, April 2013 ***** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Martha Argerich plays Prokofiev & Tchaikovsky
Lovingly restored, using the finest state-of-the-art technology, Classic Archive features great performances from legendary artists, offering a unique historical glimpse into our classical music heritage. This DVD presents two unreleased performances filmed by BBC television in 1977: celebrated pianist Martha Argerich plays the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1, and Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3. Both pieces are technically demanding and prove to be an ideal vehicle for Argerich’s musical inspiration, demonstrating why she is hailed as one of the world’s leading pianists. She is joined by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves, and André Previn. Picture format DVD: NTSC 4:3 Sounds format DVD: PCM Stereo Region code: 0 Original Languages: English Subtitles: English, German, French Booklet notes: English, German, French Running time: 62 mins “Classic live 1977 performances, throughout which Argerich's lightning reflexes create pianistic whirls of virtuosity - and somehow she still manages to hit all the right notes.” BBC Music Magazine, November 2012 ***** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Piano Extravaganza10 Years of Verbier Festival
Bach, J S: | Concerto for Four Keyboards in A minor (after Vivaldi), BWV1065 Martha Argerich, Evgeny Kissin, James Levine & Mikhail Pletnev | Benjamin, A: | Jamaican Rumba Evgeny Kissin | Gottschalk, L: | The Union, Op. 48 Evgeny Kissin | Gould, M: | Stars And Stripes Forever Evgeny Kissin | Heidrich: | Happy Birthday Variations (excerpts) Birthday Festival Orchestra | Mozart: | Sonata for Piano duet in C major, K521 Evgeny Kissin & Martha Argerich | Rimsky Korsakov: | Flight of the Bumble Bee Evgeny Kissin | Rossini: | Semiramide Overture Leif Ove Andsnes, Martha Argerich, Emanuel Ax, Evgeny Kissin, Lang Lang, James Levine, Mikhail Pletnev & Staffan Scheja | Smetana: | Sonata movement for 2 pianos, 8 hands in E minor Leif Ove Andsnes, Emanuel Ax, Evgeny Kissin & James Levine | trad.: | Happy Birthday sung by Barbara Hendricks | Wagner: | Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries Leif Ove Andsnes, Martha Argerich, Emanuel Ax, Evgeny Kissin, Lang Lang, James Levine, Mikhail Pletnev & Staffan Scheja |
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| |  | A Piano Evening with Martha ArgerichLive Recording from The La Roque d’Anthéron Piano Festival, 2005
Beethoven: | Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin, and Cello in C major, Op. 56 Martha Argerich (piano), Renaud Capuçon (violin) & Gautier Capuçon (violoncello) Flanders Symphony Orchestra, Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky | Prokofiev: | Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 'Classical' Flanders Symphony Orchestra, Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in D flat major, Op. 10 Martha Argerich (piano) Flanders Symphony Orchestra, Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky | Schumann: | Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105 Martha Argerich (piano) & Renaud Capuçon (violin) |
For a significant number of people, she is simply the greatest pianist of our time. No matter what repertoire she plays, she sounds, as they say, “in her element”. Indeed, her playing is entirely lacking in vanity, yet never remotely anonymous. Nor can one even speak of “Argerich’s Beethoven” – or “Argerich’s anything else”, for that matter, since her playing of every work – of every theme or section within a work – is conceived so intensely from within that it doggedly resists categorization. Interestingly, though not perhaps surprisingly, the same variety of approach is evident in the way she plays the piano. To speak of “Argerich’s technique” is again to oversimplify. She has this technique and that technique and any number in between. What they all have in common is their naturalness, their visible “fitness for function”. Her interpretations are united by the effortlessness and pure joy of her music making and her individual approach to each work, each situation and each audience. Sound Format: PCM Stereo,DD 5.1, DTS 5.1 Picture Format: 16:9 DVD Format: DVD 9, NTSC Running Time: 87 mins FSK: 0 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | 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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| |  | Martha Argerich & Mischa Maisky
At one of her rare appearances with orchestra, Martha Argerich, the grande dame of the piano, joined forces with world-famous cellist Mischa Maisky and the fabulous Lucerne Symphony Orchestra for the world premiere of a newly commissioned work by Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin – “Romantic Offering”, a double concerto for piano, cello and orchestra dedicated to its very first soloists. “I’ve attempted to depict and highlight the most distinctive individual qualities of these two musicians … Romantic Offering should inspire new thoughts and experiences. Music isn’t only the product of experiment. It should move your soul and touch your heart.” Rodion Shchedrin The programme was rounded off by late-Romantic masterpieces by César Franck, Antonín Dvořák and Dmitri Shostakovich’s Ninth Symphony under the baton of renowned maestro Neeme Järvi. BONUS: Behind the Scenes of a WORLD PREMIERE with Rodion Shchedrin, Martha Argerich and Mischa Maisky. Picture Format DVD: NTSC 16:9 Sound Formats DVD: Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1, PCM Stereo Region Code: 0 (worldwide) Running Time: 111:36 min Running Time Bonus: 16:20 min Disc Format: DVD 9 FSK: 0 “There's plenty of contrast [in the Shchedrin]: the misalliance of the two soloists, who only really come together in the climbing apotheosis; the cello in extreme registers; the piano's toccata mania; and all of it done with the highest artistry. Argerich is superb in every nuance.” BBC Music Magazine, September 2011 ***** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Nobel Prize Concert 2009Recorded at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 8 December 2009
As part of the official Nobel Week, the world’s most renowned artists are gathering each year to pay tribute to the Nobel Laureates. An event of world class stature and performances of highest international standard. Members of the Swedish Royal Family as well as guests of the Nobel Foundation are attending the highly acclaimed event, which gathers internationally renowned artists and conductors each year. Very special highlight was this year’s soloist Martha Argerich, one of the very charismatic and brilliant pianists, performing Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G Major under Yuri Temirkanov leading the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. The program also includes Prokofiev’s Suite from Romeo and Juliet. Born in Buenos Aires in 1941, Martha Argerich had her performing debut at the age of eight. Her breakthrough came in 1965, when she won the prestigious Chopin Competitionin Warsaw. Working with most of the world’s leading conductors Argerich is passionate about supporting young talents. In 1999 the first International Martha Argerich Piano Contest was held in Buenos Aires, a competition that she founded and of which she is now the chief judge. Picture format DVD: NTSC 16:9 Sounds formats DVD: PCM Stereo, DD 5.1, DTS 5.1 Region code: 0 Booklet notes: English, German, French Running time: 79 mins FSK: 0 “Argerich plays with a remarkable combination of freedom and control...[Temirkanov] draws an impressive sound from the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.” BBC Music Magazine, September 2010 *** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Martha Argerich – Evening Talksa film by Georges Gachot
Martha Argerich is the last remaining pianist of legend. A wild child and a rebel at heart, this legendary Argentinean musician is surrounded by an aura of mystery: some find her too uncompromising, others generous and beautiful, yet to all she is without doubt incredibly talented. Martha Argerich has long been hailed as one of the greatest and most uniquely imaginative pianists. Thanks to these "evening talks", Georges Gachot lifts a corner of the veil: Martha Argerich shares with us her memories, confides in us her doubts, and transmits to us her incredible appetite for music making. Images of Argentina, rehearsals in the concert hall or at home, excerpts of recent concerts and archival clips complete this unique film on one of the most secretive and endearing artists of our time. This outstanding documentation received several awards: Prix Italia 2002, A Honorable Mention, 36th NY Expo of short film and video, 2002 and Czech Crystal for Best Documentary - Golden Prague 2002. “Argerich, simply and assuredly, is one of the most magisterial talents in the history of piano playing.”The Gramophone Magazine Picture format DVD: NTSC 16:9 Sounds formats DVD: PCM Stereo, DD 5.1 Region code: 0 Subtitles: French, English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese Booklet notes: English + international press articles in original languages (French, Spanish, English, German), Running time: 63 mins + Extras: 38 mins FSK: 0 “…any lover of great pianism will find enormous pleasure here. The longest sequence is a rehearsal of the Schumann Piano Concerto, which she plays with ecstatic involvement, bringing the orchestra to glowing life with her absorption and dedication.” BBC Music Magazine, August 2008 **** “The resulting 63-minute film-portrait offers valuable insight into her musical intuition and charisma. The one-time Latin beauty has turned into a sexagenarian of dignity, warmth and wisdom, qualities she now
gladly imparts to a younger generation.” Financial Times, 16th August 2008 “Argerich, simply and assuredly, is one of the most magisterial talents in the history of piano playing.” Gramophone Magazine “Pin down Martha Argerich's genius and she walks away with the pin. Most magisterially gifted of all pianists, her quixotic personality flashes in and out of the Medici Arts film 'Evening Talks', at once confiding and capricious as she reflects on the nature of her fraught and zigzag career. Camera-shy ('I'm not an exhibitionist like those people on Big Brother; they actually enjoy being filmed!'), she admits that if (heaven forbid) she was 'a Martha Argerich fan, she would love to see this movie'. Above all there is a sense of healing or recovery, a coming-toterms with her gifts. For years, she confesses, her face clouding with memories, she felt like someone hurled into a swimming pool, unable to swim and with an increasing sense that her instinctive ability was not counterbalanced by reason or understanding. Catapulted into stardom, she travelled incessantly, met few people of her own age and became confused and depressed. And after reading a sizeable amount of Gide and Dostoyevsky (both obsessed with the idea of the outlaw) she decided to 'transgress', to tell her agent that she had injured her hand before cutting her finger to avoid further public appearances.
Happily such harrowing talk is balanced by a growing sense of realism and confidence as depression shades into whimsy and, finally, stability.
She confesses to a heavy debt to Friedrich Gulda, with whom she studied and who she idealised ('I never knew anyone so gifted or extraordinary'). From him she learnt about humour in early Beethoven while confessing that the trills in the central outburst of the slow movement of the Fourth Concerto unnerved her ('I could never play that piece'). Under his stern but often playful guidance she achieved a lighter view of life ('In Argentina we only did 'feelings' and bel canto'). Gradually forgetting a time when she thought that one wrong note spelt the end of her career, she relished a jazz critic's comment – 'your Bach swings' – and Erroll Garner's response when he was told his jazz was influenced by Debussy ('Who was that dude?'). She accidentally learnt Prokofiev's Third Concerto while asleep, absorbing a neighbour's performance complete with inaccuracies.
Today she rejoices in her appearances with a multitude of exceptionally talented musicians, cherishing their artistry and friendship.
Her repertoire may have shrunk but this enables her to recreate endlessly her favoured works, to take risks and live dangerously. For her nothing is set in stone and the Schumann Piano Concerto, for example, is 'forever warm and still to be enjoyed'. A portrait of this elusive artist at all stages of her career, 'Evening Talks' comes triumphantly close to revealing the very essence of Martha Argerich.” Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Martha Argerich - Verbier 2007-2008
Bach, J S: | Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV826 Martha Argerich (piano) | Bartók: | Violin Sonata in E minor, BB28 Martha Argerich (piano) & Renaud Capuçon (violin) | Grieg: | Cello Sonata in A minor, Op. 36 Martha Argerich (piano) & Mischa Maisky (cello) | Lutoslawski: | Variations on a Theme by Paganini, for two pianos Martha Argerich & Gabriela Montero (pianos) | Mozart: | Andante and Variations in G for Piano Duet, K501 Martha Argerich & Stephen Kovacevich (piano) | Shostakovich: | Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57 Martha Argerich (piano), Joshua Bell (violin), Henning Kraggerud (violin), Yuri Bashmet (viola) & Mischa Maisky (cello) |
A collection of the most wonderful performances given at the Verbier Festival (2007 and 2008) by the legendary pianist Martha Argerich, featuring some of the most talented musicians of today. Martha Argerich proves once again her great pianistic technique in a wave of virtuosity, performing emblematic works of the greatest composers ever. Moreover, she is accompanied by the best and most renowned cellists, pianists and violinists one can imagine: Stephen Kovacevich, Mischa Maisky, Renaud Capuçon… NTSC · 16:9, PCM Stereo Region Code: 0 Booklet notes: English Running time: 125 mins FSK: all audiences “…Argerich's matriarchal presence casts a benign glow over the proceedings, and her keyboard wizardry remains as abundant and remarkable as ever.” BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2009 **** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Verbier Festival - Highlights 2008
Beethoven: | Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47 ‘Kreutzer' - Finale Ilya Gringolts & Aleksandar Madzar Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 ‘Pastoral' - Allegro ma non troppo UBS Verbier Festival Orchestra, Manfred Honeck | Brahms: | Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60 (Andante) Menahem Pressler, Salvatore Accardo & Gautier Capuçon | Bruch: | Kol Nidrei, Op. 47 Mischa Maisky UBS Verbier Festival CO | Dohnányi: | Sextet in C major Op. 37 for piano, violin, viola, cello, clarinet & horn: Finale Nicholas Angelich & Julian Rachlin | Prokofiev: | Ten Pieces from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75 - excerpts Montagues and Capulets, Romeo and Juliet before parting Nikolai Lugansky | Ravel: | La Valse Yuja Wang | Rimsky Korsakov: | Flight of the Bumble Bee arrranged Cziffra Yuja Wang | Schubert: | String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D810 'Death and the Maiden' 2nd movement Ebène Quartet | Shostakovich: | Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57 Martha Argerich, Joshua Bell,Yuri Bashmet & Mischa Maisky |
NTSC · 16:9, PCM stereo Region code: 0, FSK: all audiences Booklet notes: English Running time: 100 mins For the 15th Verbier Festival, which took place from July to August 2008, Medici Arts filmed the majority of the concerts in the Salle Medran (2000 seats) and the Verbier Church (500 seats). Some of the best performers in the world of classical music came together including Martha Argerich, Nikolai Lugansky and rising star Yuja Wang in this 'best of' the 2008 festival. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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