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Martha Argerich's early recordings are still being unearthed, to the great delight of her hardcore fans. Treatment like this, normally reserved for musicians after their death, here serves shows off the fabulous artistry that she still possesses: the Argentine pianist is still performing at full tilt, racking up concerts and recordings, seeming to thumb her nose at the passing years, which have done nothing to slow her impetuous, virtuoso playing.
This album, recorded between 1955 (even before the Geneva Competition which made her name) and 1961, by the Hamburg and Cologne Radio Orchestras, presents a varied repertoire but not many surprises, taking in as it does the composers she would play all her life: Ravel, Chopin, Mozart, Prokofiev and Bartók. But what's confounding about this recording is the technical insolence, the imagination, and the radiant virtuosity which are all constants of her long and magnificent career. With an excellent accompaniment from Ernest Bour heading up the Baden-Baden Sudwestfunk Orchestra (and superbly recorded, which is to say, recorded by a German radio team of the 1950s), Ravel's Concerto in G a hobby-horse of hers, is a touchstone moment, thanks to the poetry (such tenderness in the Adagio!) and the joy it produces. Another big surprise is the Concerto in C Major by Mozart (n° 21, K. 467) accompanied by the great Swiss Mozartian Peter Maag. Their perfect partnership brings us a vision shot through with youth, with lively tempos and fabulous elocution from a pianist who is always "saying" something with miraculous freshness and strength.
We find Martha Argerich playing chamber music in Beethoven's Seventh Sonata with the great violinist Ruggiero Ricci who was one of the first partners she had in her youth in Europe. The rest of the record contains other rare pearls like sonatas by Mozart, Schumann's Toccata, the two Rhapsodies Op. 79 by Brahms, the Toccata and the Third Sonata by Prokofiev and Franz Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodies with an exaggerated Romany accent. Absolutely one to discover! © François Hudry/Qobuz
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Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83 (Maurice Ravel)
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Martha Argerich, Artist, MainArtist - Ernest Bour, Conductor - Sudwestfunkorchester Baden-Baden, Orchestra
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Maurice Ravel, Composer - Martha Argerich, Artist, MainArtist - Ernest Bour, Conductor - Sudwestfunkorchester Baden-Baden, Orchestra
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Maurice Ravel, Composer - Martha Argerich, Artist, MainArtist - Ernest Bour, Conductor - Sudwestfunkorchester Baden-Baden, Orchestra
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Gaspard de la Nuit, M. 55 (Maurice Ravel)
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Martha Argerich, Artist, MainArtist
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Maurice Ravel, Composer - Martha Argerich, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Martha Argerich, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Piano Sonatine in F-Sharp Minor, M. 40 (Maurice Ravel)
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Martha Argerich, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Martha Argerich, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Martha Argerich, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Jeux d'eau, M. 30 (Maurice Ravel)
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Martha Argerich, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Violin Sonatina, Sz. 55, BB 102a (Arr. A. Gertler) (André Gertler)
Bela Bartok, Composer - Martha Argerich, Artist - Ruggiero Ricci, Artist, MainArtist - Andre Gertler, Composer
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Bela Bartok, Composer - Martha Argerich, Artist - Ruggiero Ricci, Artist, MainArtist - Andre Gertler, Composer
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Bela Bartok, Composer - Martha Argerich, Artist - Ruggiero Ricci, Artist, MainArtist - Andre Gertler, Composer
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Introduction & Tarantella, Op. 43 (Live) (Pablo de Sarasate)
Martha Argerich, Artist - Pablo de Sarasate, Composer - Ruggiero Ricci, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
DISC 2
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Martha Argerich, Artist, MainArtist - WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Orchestra - Peter Maag, Conductor
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Martha Argerich, Artist, MainArtist - WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Orchestra - Peter Maag, Conductor
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Martha Argerich, Artist, MainArtist - WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Orchestra - Peter Maag, Conductor
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Piano Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10 No. 3 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Martha Argerich, Artist, MainArtist
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Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Martha Argerich, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Martha Argerich, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Martha Argerich, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Violin Sonata No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 12 No. 3 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Martha Argerich, Artist - Ruggiero Ricci, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Martha Argerich, Artist - Ruggiero Ricci, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Martha Argerich, Artist - Ruggiero Ricci, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
DISC 3
Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor, K. 310 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Martha Argerich, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Martha Argerich, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Martha Argerich, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Piano Sonata No. 13 in B-Flat Major, K. 333 "Linz" (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Martha Argerich, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Martha Argerich, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Martha Argerich, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Piano Sonata No. 18 in D Major, K. 576 "Trumpet" (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Martha Argerich, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Martha Argerich, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Martha Argerich, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Toccata in C Major, Op. 7 (Live) (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - Martha Argerich, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
2 Rhapsodies, op. 79 (Johannes Brahms)
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Martha Argerich, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Martha Argerich, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
DISC 4
19 Hungarian Rhapsodies, S. 244 (Franz Liszt)
Franz Liszt, Composer - Martha Argerich, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Barcarolle in F-Sharp Major, Op. 60 (Frédéric Chopin)
Martha Argerich, Artist, MainArtist - Frederic Chopin, Composer
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Scherzo No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 39 (Frédéric Chopin)
Martha Argerich, Artist, MainArtist - Frederic Chopin, Composer
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 (Frédéric Chopin)
Martha Argerich, Artist, MainArtist - Frederic Chopin, Composer
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Études, op. 10 (Frédéric Chopin)
Martha Argerich, Artist, MainArtist - Frederic Chopin, Composer
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Toccata in D Minor, Op. 11 (Live) (Sergei Prokofiev)
Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Martha Argerich, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Piano Sonata No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 28 (Live) (Sergei Prokofiev)
Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Martha Argerich, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
19 Hungarian Rhapsodies, S. 244 (Franz Liszt)
Franz Liszt, Composer - Martha Argerich, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Album review
Martha Argerich's early recordings are still being unearthed, to the great delight of her hardcore fans. Treatment like this, normally reserved for musicians after their death, here serves shows off the fabulous artistry that she still possesses: the Argentine pianist is still performing at full tilt, racking up concerts and recordings, seeming to thumb her nose at the passing years, which have done nothing to slow her impetuous, virtuoso playing.
This album, recorded between 1955 (even before the Geneva Competition which made her name) and 1961, by the Hamburg and Cologne Radio Orchestras, presents a varied repertoire but not many surprises, taking in as it does the composers she would play all her life: Ravel, Chopin, Mozart, Prokofiev and Bartók. But what's confounding about this recording is the technical insolence, the imagination, and the radiant virtuosity which are all constants of her long and magnificent career. With an excellent accompaniment from Ernest Bour heading up the Baden-Baden Sudwestfunk Orchestra (and superbly recorded, which is to say, recorded by a German radio team of the 1950s), Ravel's Concerto in G a hobby-horse of hers, is a touchstone moment, thanks to the poetry (such tenderness in the Adagio!) and the joy it produces. Another big surprise is the Concerto in C Major by Mozart (n° 21, K. 467) accompanied by the great Swiss Mozartian Peter Maag. Their perfect partnership brings us a vision shot through with youth, with lively tempos and fabulous elocution from a pianist who is always "saying" something with miraculous freshness and strength.
We find Martha Argerich playing chamber music in Beethoven's Seventh Sonata with the great violinist Ruggiero Ricci who was one of the first partners she had in her youth in Europe. The rest of the record contains other rare pearls like sonatas by Mozart, Schumann's Toccata, the two Rhapsodies Op. 79 by Brahms, the Toccata and the Third Sonata by Prokofiev and Franz Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodies with an exaggerated Romany accent. Absolutely one to discover! © François Hudry/Qobuz
About the album
- 4 disc(s) - 44 track(s)
- Total length: 04:04:46
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Martha Argerich Ruggiero Ricci Sudwestfunkorchester Baden-Baden WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln Ernest Bour Peter Maag
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Profil
- Genre: Classical
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