In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day.
Argerich is now approaching her 70th birthday – on the 5th of June this year. One of the releases marking this occasion is a further instalment in the very successful Martha Argerich Collection (already available: Solo Recordings, Concerto Recordings, Chamber Ensemble Recordings) with a set devoted to her complete recordings for the Philips label.
Here we find her in partnership with Stephen Kovacevich and Nelson Freire, with discs of two-piano and piano duet works. Then there are the classic live recordings of the Tchaikovsky First and, above all, the Rachmaninov Third Concertos, with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra under Riccardo Chailly; as well as an inimitable Carnival of the Animals (with Freire, Kremer, Maisky and others).
Schubert and Schumann works for cello and piano feature Mischa Maisky.
A 32-page full colour booklet contains photographs and new liner notes by Jed Distler.
Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, Op.30
1. Allegro ma non tanto
2. Intermezzo (Adagio)
3. Finale (Alla breve)
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor, Op.23
1. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spirito
2. Andantino semplice - Prestissimo - Tempo I
3. Allegro con fuoco
Camille Saint-Saëns: Le Carnaval des Animaux
Introduction et Marche royale du Lion
Poules et Coqs
Hémiones (Animaux véloces)
Tortues
L'Eléphant
Kangourous
Aquarium
Personnages à longues oreilles
Le coucou au fond des bois
Volières
Pianistes
Fossiles
Le Cygne
Finale
Frieder Meschwitz: Tier-Gebete, for Speaker and Piano
1. Gebet des Ochsen
2. Gebet der Maus
3. Gebet der Katze
4. Gebet des Hundes
5. Gebet der Ameise
6. Gebet der Elefanten
7. Gebet der Schildkröte
8. Gebet der Giraffe
9. Gebet des Affen
10. Gebet des Hahnes
11. Gebet des alten Gaules
12. Gebet des Schmetterlings
Alan Ridout: Ferdinand, for Speaker and Solo Violin
Ferdinand, for Speaker and Solo Violin
Alan Ridout: Little Sad Sound, a Melodrama for Speaker and Double-bass
Little Sad Sound, a Melodrama for Speaker and Double-bass
Franz Schubert: Sonata for Arpeggione and Piano in A minor, D.821
1. Allegro moderato
2. Adagio
3. Allegretto
Robert Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op.73
1. Zart und mit Ausdruck
2. Lebhaft, leicht
3. Rasch und mit Feuer
Robert Schumann: 5 Stücke im Volkston, Op.102
1. Vanitas vanitatum (Mit Humor)
2. Langsam
3. Nicht schnell, mit viel Ton zu spielen
4. Nicht zu rasch
5. Stark und markiert
Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov: Suite No.2 for 2 Pianos, Op.17
Introduction (Alla marcia)
Waltz (Presto)
Romance (Andantino)
Tarantella (Presto)
Maurice Ravel: La Valse
La Valse
Witold Lutoslawski: Variations on a theme by Paganini for 2 pianos
Variations on a theme by Paganini for 2 pianos
Béla Bartók: Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percussion
Assai lento - Allegro molto
Lento ma non troppo
Allegro non troppo
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Andante and Five Variations for Piano duet in G, K.501
Thema (Andante)
Variation 1
Variation 2
Variation 3
Variation 4
Variation 5
Claude Debussy: En blanc et noir - for 2 pianos
1. Avec emportement
2. Lent. Sombre
3. Scherzando
Béla Bartók: Concerto for 2 Pianos, Percussion, and Orchestra, Sz.115
Assai lento - Allegro molto
Lento ma non troppo
Allegro ma non troppo
Zoltán Kodály: Galántai táncok (Dances of Galánta)
Galántai táncok (Dances of Galánta)
December 2011
“[the Tchaikovsky is] truly extraordinary; it's worth it for that alone”
Click on any of the works listed above for alternative recordings.
1. Allegro ma non tanto