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Exit Lugano! Willkommen in Hamburg! Following the end of her festival in Lugano, Martha Argerich found refuge in Hamburg and a new musical effort, undertaken between friends, which was a new opportunity to foreground some talents from the new generation, such s the pianists Evgeni Bozhanov, Anton Gerzenberg, Akane Sakai and Kasparas Uinskas, cellist Alisa Weilerstein, clarinettist Pablo Barragán and violinist Alexandra Conunova.
This new edition of "Martha Argerich & Friends" brings us a Violin Sonata by Debussy with an uncharacteristic and thoroughly Gypsy treatment, (Hosszu-Legocky / Bozhanov), to which we could also add, in the same vein, the Cello Sonata with Maisky and his gorgeous glissandos. But there is also a beautiful Cinderella Suite by Prokofiev, arranged by Mikhail Pletnev (which the latter has previously recorded with Argerich for Deutsche Grammophon) shared by two couples, Alexander Mogilevsky and Akane Sakai first, and then Evgeni Bozhanov with Kasparas Uinskas, the latter two being more inventive and exciting thanks to their respective madnesses. The lion is unleashed in Shostakovich's First Concerto, with some very marked contrasts, before we move onto a curiosity: a transcription of Mendelssohn for flute, cello and piano! A strange effect.
No-one would want to miss the Dichterliebe by Schumann (the 1840 version) by Martha Argerich and Thomas Hampson, with a declamatory engagement which is not without its surprises; neither would they pass up Lecuona's Danzas Cubanas, performed by the venerable Mauricio Vallina, who decided to turn his piano into a theatre. Disc 7 opens on a version with narration (and orchestra) of Carnival of the Animals by Saint-Saëns.
Clearly, in Hamburg, Martha Argerich doesn't have access to acoustics that equal those in Lugano (Auditorio Stelio Molo), which are among the best in the world for piano and chamber music. One need only compare the radiant 2016 version of Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune by Debussy with the one presented here (track 5). Let us hope that the next edition can be recorded in the Friedrich-Ebert-Halle. © Pierre-Yves Lascar/Qobuz
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Claude Debussy, Composer - Martha Argerich, MainArtist - Anton Gerzenberg, MainArtist
(C) 2019 Avanticlassic (P) 2019 avanticlassic
Claude Debussy, Composer - Geza Hosszu-Legocky, MainArtist - Evgeni Bozhanov, MainArtist
(C) 2019 Avanticlassic (P) 2019 avanticlassic
Claude Debussy, Composer - Geza Hosszu-Legocky, MainArtist - Evgeni Bozhanov, MainArtist
(C) 2019 Avanticlassic (P) 2019 avanticlassic
Claude Debussy, Composer - Geza Hosszu-Legocky, MainArtist - Evgeni Bozhanov, MainArtist
(C) 2019 Avanticlassic (P) 2019 avanticlassic
Claude Debussy, Composer - Stephen Kovacevich, MainArtist - Martha Argerich, MainArtist
(C) 2019 Avanticlassic (P) 2019 avanticlassic
Claude Debussy, Composer - Martha Argerich, MainArtist - Mischa Maisky, MainArtist
(C) 2019 Avanticlassic (P) 2019 avanticlassic
Claude Debussy, Composer - Martha Argerich, MainArtist - Mischa Maisky, MainArtist
(C) 2019 Avanticlassic (P) 2019 avanticlassic
Claude Debussy, Composer - Martha Argerich, MainArtist - Mischa Maisky, MainArtist
(C) 2019 Avanticlassic (P) 2019 avanticlassic
Claude Debussy, Composer - Martha Argerich, MainArtist - Nicholas Angelich, MainArtist
(C) 2019 Avanticlassic (P) 2019 avanticlassic
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Edgar Moreau, MainArtist - Alexandra Conunova, MainArtist
(C) 2019 Avanticlassic (P) 2019 avanticlassic
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Edgar Moreau, MainArtist - Alexandra Conunova, MainArtist
(C) 2019 Avanticlassic (P) 2019 avanticlassic
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Edgar Moreau, MainArtist - Alexandra Conunova, MainArtist
(C) 2019 Avanticlassic (P) 2019 avanticlassic
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Edgar Moreau, MainArtist - Alexandra Conunova, MainArtist
(C) 2019 Avanticlassic (P) 2019 avanticlassic
DISC 2
Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Evgeni Bozhanov, MainArtist - Akane Sakai, MainArtist - Sikorski, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 Avanticlassic (P) 2019 avanticlassic
Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Evgeni Bozhanov, MainArtist - Akane Sakai, MainArtist - Sikorski, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 Avanticlassic (P) 2019 avanticlassic
Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Evgeni Bozhanov, MainArtist - Akane Sakai, MainArtist - Sikorski, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 Avanticlassic (P) 2019 avanticlassic
Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Evgeni Bozhanov, MainArtist - Akane Sakai, MainArtist - Sikorski, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 Avanticlassic (P) 2019 avanticlassic
Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Martha Argerich, MainArtist - Lyda Chen, MainArtist - Akiko Suwanai, MainArtist - Sikorski, MusicPublisher - Edgar Moreau, MainArtist - Alexandra Conunova, MainArtist - Pablo Barragán, MainArtist
(C) 2019 Avanticlassic (P) 2019 avanticlassic
Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Alexander Mogilevsky, MainArtist - Akane Sakai, MainArtist - Sikorski, MusicPublisher - Michael Pletnev, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 Avanticlassic (P) 2019 avanticlassic
Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Alexander Mogilevsky, MainArtist - Akane Sakai, MainArtist - Sikorski, MusicPublisher - Michael Pletnev, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 Avanticlassic (P) 2019 avanticlassic
Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Alexander Mogilevsky, MainArtist - Akane Sakai, MainArtist - Sikorski, MusicPublisher - Michael Pletnev, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 Avanticlassic (P) 2019 avanticlassic
Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Alexander Mogilevsky, MainArtist - Akane Sakai, MainArtist - Sikorski, MusicPublisher - Michael Pletnev, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 Avanticlassic (P) 2019 avanticlassic
Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Alexander Mogilevsky, MainArtist - Akane Sakai, MainArtist - Sikorski, MusicPublisher - Michael Pletnev, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 Avanticlassic (P) 2019 avanticlassic
Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Evgeni Bozhanov, MainArtist - Kasparas Uinskas, MainArtist - Sikorski, MusicPublisher - Michael Pletnev, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 Avanticlassic (P) 2019 avanticlassic
Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Evgeni Bozhanov, MainArtist - Kasparas Uinskas, MainArtist - Sikorski, MusicPublisher - Michael Pletnev, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 Avanticlassic (P) 2019 avanticlassic
Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Evgeni Bozhanov, MainArtist - Kasparas Uinskas, MainArtist - Sikorski, MusicPublisher - Michael Pletnev, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 Avanticlassic (P) 2019 avanticlassic
Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Evgeni Bozhanov, MainArtist - Kasparas Uinskas, MainArtist - Sikorski, MusicPublisher - Michael Pletnev, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 Avanticlassic (P) 2019 avanticlassic
Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Akiko Suwanai, MainArtist - Tedi Papavrami, MainArtist - Sikorski, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 Avanticlassic (P) 2019 avanticlassic
Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Akiko Suwanai, MainArtist - Tedi Papavrami, MainArtist - Sikorski, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 Avanticlassic (P) 2019 avanticlassic
Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Akiko Suwanai, MainArtist - Tedi Papavrami, MainArtist - Sikorski, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 Avanticlassic (P) 2019 avanticlassic
Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Akiko Suwanai, MainArtist - Tedi Papavrami, MainArtist - Sikorski, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 Avanticlassic (P) 2019 avanticlassic
DISC 3
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer - Martha Argerich, MainArtist - Sergei Nakariakov, MainArtist - Sikorski, MusicPublisher - Symphoniker Hamburg, Orchestra
(C) 2019 Avanticlassic (P) 2019 avanticlassic
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer - Martha Argerich, MainArtist - Sergei Nakariakov, MainArtist - Sikorski, MusicPublisher - Symphoniker Hamburg, Orchestra
(C) 2019 Avanticlassic (P) 2019 avanticlassic
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer - Martha Argerich, MainArtist - Sergei Nakariakov, MainArtist - Sikorski, MusicPublisher - Symphoniker Hamburg, Orchestra
(C) 2019 Avanticlassic (P) 2019 avanticlassic
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer - Martha Argerich, MainArtist - Sergei Nakariakov, MainArtist - Sikorski, MusicPublisher - Symphoniker Hamburg, Orchestra
(C) 2019 Avanticlassic (P) 2019 avanticlassic
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer - Martha Argerich, MainArtist - Guy Braunstein, MainArtist - Alisa Weilerstein, MainArtist - Sikorski, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 Avanticlassic (P) 2019 avanticlassic
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer - Martha Argerich, MainArtist - Guy Braunstein, MainArtist - Alisa Weilerstein, MainArtist - Sikorski, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 Avanticlassic (P) 2019 avanticlassic
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer - Martha Argerich, MainArtist - Guy Braunstein, MainArtist - Alisa Weilerstein, MainArtist - Sikorski, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 Avanticlassic (P) 2019 avanticlassic
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer - Martha Argerich, MainArtist - Guy Braunstein, MainArtist - Alisa Weilerstein, MainArtist - Sikorski, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 Avanticlassic (P) 2019 avanticlassic
Zoltan Kodály, Composer - Guy Braunstein, MainArtist - Alisa Weilerstein, MainArtist - Sikorski, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 Avanticlassic (P) 2019 avanticlassic
Zoltan Kodály, Composer - Guy Braunstein, MainArtist - Alisa Weilerstein, MainArtist - Sikorski, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 Avanticlassic (P) 2019 avanticlassic
Zoltan Kodály, Composer - Guy Braunstein, MainArtist - Alisa Weilerstein, MainArtist - Sikorski, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 Avanticlassic (P) 2019 avanticlassic
DISC 4
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Martha Argerich, MainArtist - Gabriele Geminiani, MainArtist - Susanne Barner, MainArtist
(C) 2019 Avanticlassic (P) 2019 avanticlassic
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Martha Argerich, MainArtist - Gabriele Geminiani, MainArtist - Susanne Barner, MainArtist
(C) 2019 Avanticlassic (P) 2019 avanticlassic
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Gabriele Geminiani, MainArtist - Susanne Barner, MainArtist - Martha Argerichi, MainArtist
(C) 2019 Avanticlassic (P) 2019 avanticlassic
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Martha Argerich, MainArtist - Gabriele Geminiani, MainArtist - Susanne Barner, MainArtist
(C) 2019 Avanticlassic (P) 2019 avanticlassic
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Martha Argerich, MainArtist - Mischa Maisky, MainArtist - Ion Marin, Conductor - Tedi Papavrami, MainArtist - Symphoniker Hamburg, Orchestra
(C) 2019 Avanticlassic (P) 2019 avanticlassic
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Martha Argerich, MainArtist - Mischa Maisky, MainArtist - Ion Marin, Conductor - Tedi Papavrami, MainArtist - Symphoniker Hamburg, Orchestra
(C) 2019 Avanticlassic (P) 2019 avanticlassic
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Martha Argerich, MainArtist - Mischa Maisky, MainArtist - Ion Marin, Conductor - Tedi Papavrami, MainArtist - Symphoniker Hamburg, Orchestra
(C) 2019 Avanticlassic (P) 2019 avanticlassic
DISC 5
Robert Schumann, Composer - Martha Argerich, MainArtist - Mischa Maisky, MainArtist
(C) 2019 Avanticlassic (P) 2019 avanticlassic
Album review
Exit Lugano! Willkommen in Hamburg! Following the end of her festival in Lugano, Martha Argerich found refuge in Hamburg and a new musical effort, undertaken between friends, which was a new opportunity to foreground some talents from the new generation, such s the pianists Evgeni Bozhanov, Anton Gerzenberg, Akane Sakai and Kasparas Uinskas, cellist Alisa Weilerstein, clarinettist Pablo Barragán and violinist Alexandra Conunova.
This new edition of "Martha Argerich & Friends" brings us a Violin Sonata by Debussy with an uncharacteristic and thoroughly Gypsy treatment, (Hosszu-Legocky / Bozhanov), to which we could also add, in the same vein, the Cello Sonata with Maisky and his gorgeous glissandos. But there is also a beautiful Cinderella Suite by Prokofiev, arranged by Mikhail Pletnev (which the latter has previously recorded with Argerich for Deutsche Grammophon) shared by two couples, Alexander Mogilevsky and Akane Sakai first, and then Evgeni Bozhanov with Kasparas Uinskas, the latter two being more inventive and exciting thanks to their respective madnesses. The lion is unleashed in Shostakovich's First Concerto, with some very marked contrasts, before we move onto a curiosity: a transcription of Mendelssohn for flute, cello and piano! A strange effect.
No-one would want to miss the Dichterliebe by Schumann (the 1840 version) by Martha Argerich and Thomas Hampson, with a declamatory engagement which is not without its surprises; neither would they pass up Lecuona's Danzas Cubanas, performed by the venerable Mauricio Vallina, who decided to turn his piano into a theatre. Disc 7 opens on a version with narration (and orchestra) of Carnival of the Animals by Saint-Saëns.
Clearly, in Hamburg, Martha Argerich doesn't have access to acoustics that equal those in Lugano (Auditorio Stelio Molo), which are among the best in the world for piano and chamber music. One need only compare the radiant 2016 version of Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune by Debussy with the one presented here (track 5). Let us hope that the next edition can be recorded in the Friedrich-Ebert-Halle. © Pierre-Yves Lascar/Qobuz
About the album
- 7 disc(s) - 122 track(s)
- Total length: 07:42:12
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artist: Various Composers
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: 2019 Avanticlassic
- Genre: Classical
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