Martha Argerich & Friends: Live from the Lugano Festival 2013

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Martha Argerich & Friends: Live from the Lugano Festival 2013

The festival has class written all over it and exudes more joy - and humour - than any comparable event known to me. Argerich herself leads off here, in Beethoven's First Piano Concerto, displaying... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2014, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 19th May 2014
Catalogue No: 2564631220
Label: Warner Classics
Series: Martha Argerich Lugano Festival
Length: 3 hours 6 minutes

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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15

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Martha Argerich (piano)
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
Hubert Soudant

I. Allegro con brio

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II. Largo

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III. Rondo - Allegro scherzando

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Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 5 No. 2

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Martha Argerich (piano), Mischa Maisky (cello)

I. Adagio sostenuto ed espressivo

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II. Allegro molto, più tosto presto

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III. Rondo - Allegro

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Respighi: Violin Sonata in B minor

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Martha Argerich, Renaud Capuçon (violin), Francesco Piemontesi (piano)

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II. Andante espressivo

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III. Passacaglia - Allegro moderato, ma energico

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Liszt: La lugubre gondola, S. 134

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Martha Argerich, Alissa Margulis (violin), Jura Margulis (piano)

Shostakovich: Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40

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Martha Argerich, Gabriela Montero (piano), Gautier Capuçon (cello)

I. Allegro non troppo

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II. Allegro

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III. Largo

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IV. Allegro

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Ravel: Violin Sonata in A minor 'Sonate posthume'

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Martha Argerich, Jura Margulis (piano), Andrey Baranov (violin)

Debussy: Petite Suite

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Martha Argerich (piano), Cristina Marton (piano)

I. En bateau

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II. Cortège

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III. Menuet

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IV. Ballet

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Offenbach: Offenbach / Arr. Rosenthal & Griguoli

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Martha Argerich, Giorgia Tomassi (piano), Carlo Maria Griguoli (piano), Alessandro Stella (piano)

Gaîté parisienne: I. Ouverture

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Gaîté parisienne: II. Galop

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Gaîté parisienne: III. Barcarolle

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Gaîté parisienne: IV. Cancan

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Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des animaux

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Martha Argerich (piano), Lilya Zilberstein (piano), Andrey Baranov (violin), Michael Guttman (violin), Lyda Chen (viola), Alexandre Debrus (cello), Enrico Fagone (double bass), Alfred Rutz (flute), Corrado Giuffredi (clarinet), Gregorio Di Trapani (percussion)

I. Marche royale du lion

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II. Poules et coqs

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III. Hémiones

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IV. Tortues

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V. L'éléphant

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VI. Kangourous

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VII. Aquarium

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VIII. Personnages à longues oreilles

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IX. Le coucou au fond des bois

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X. Volière

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XI. Pianistes

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XII. Fossilles

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XIII. Le cygne

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XIV. Finale

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Favourites, Camille Saint-Saëns

James explores the music of French composer Camille Saint-Saëns and chooses some of his favourite recordings.

The latest instalment of highlights from the Martha Argerich Project at the Lugano Festival. This is the 11th annual 3CD set celebrating the musical fruits of a project in which young artists join seasoned performers, including Martha Argerich herself, to explore wide-ranging chamber music and orchestral repertoire, both well-known and rarely heard.

Artists

Martha Argerich (piano), Mischa Maisky (cello) & Martha Argerich (piano), Renaud Capuçon (violin) & Francesco Piemontesi (piano), Alissa Margulis (violin) & Jura Margulis (piano), Gautier Capuçon (cello) & Gabriela Montero (piano), Andrey Baranov (violin) & Jura Margulis (piano), Martha Argerich (piano) & Cristina Marton (piano), Giorgia Tomassi (piano), Carlo Maria Griguoli (piano) & Alessandro Stella (piano), Lilya Zilberstein (piano), Andrey Baranov (violin), Michael Guttman (violin), Lyda Chen (viola), Alexandre Debrus (cello)

Enrico Fagone, double bass - Alfred Rutz, flute - Corrado Giuffredi, clarinet – Gregorio Di Trapani, percussion

Orchestra della Svizzera italiana, Hubert Soudant

Reviews

September 2014

The festival has class written all over it and exudes more joy - and humour - than any comparable event known to me. Argerich herself leads off here, in Beethoven's First Piano Concerto, displaying suppleness, rhythmic power, structural majesty and intimacy of inflection...Zilberstein's inspired caricature of incompetent pianists (in the Saint-Saens) is hilarious.

31st May 2014

Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto finds Argerich as explosively improvisatory as ever, but overall there’s a hint of brusqueness that threatens to muddy the picture. For the first time in this annual series, I preferred the non-Argerich performances.

August 2014

To listen to these two close friends [Maisky and Argerich] firing off each other in the helter-skelter high spirits of the Rondo [of the Beethoven Cello Sonata] is pure delight.

I lost count of the number of times I laughed out loud during this fabulously witty performance. Pianists Martha Argerich and Lilya Zilberstein lead an ensemble that brings a marvellous character to each of the animals portrayed, from the Tortoises who keep getting slower and slower and yet somehow still manage to struggle on, to the Pianists who really need to spend a bit more time practising their scales, and an eloquent account of The Swan from cellist Alexandre Debrus. You can just feel the enjoyment exuding from all of the musicians in every bar of this delightful performance.

12th June 2014

Argerich herself heads the venture in a characteristically vital, lucid, poised account of Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto...This set is a showcase for superlative musicianship, crowned at the end by Argerich and a host of friends coming together for a Saint-Saëns Carnival of the Animals of irresistible zoomorphic wit and charm.

16th May 2014

With Martha at the keys, Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto sparkles and winks, with friendly assistance from the Dutch conductor Hubert Soudant and the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana...But as usual the special treats come in the lighter items, when hair is let down and feet stomp.

Martha Argerich & Friends: Live from the Lugano Festival 2013

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