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Chopin, Liszt: Piano Concertos / Martha Argerich, London Symphony Orchestra
from: Deutsche Grammophon
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0028944971927
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
MPN: 449719
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Deutsche Grammophon
Release Date: September 17, 1996
Studio: Deutsche Grammophon
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Editorial Review:
There has never been a more exciting pianist that Martha Argerich. Throughout her career, any appearance by her guarantees sellout crowds and an evening of memorable, not to say insane, music making. She has always drastically limited her repertoire--about a dozen concertos, a few more solo and chamber works--and will not perform or record solo recitals at all any more. But every single thing that she has recorded is a prime recommendation, plain and simple. She's one of the very few artists whose recordings one should collect just because of whom she is: unique and incomparable. These two concertos perfectly illustrate her gifts as an interpreter. Your ears will be glued to your speakers. --David Hurwitz
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - My favorite pianist
Lately, I've been listening to a lot of great pianists: Solomon, Horowitz, Pogerelich, Rubenstein, Van Cliburn, Lupu.
I love Martha Argerich. She is more passionate and flexible with tempi, volume, etc., without it feeling like she's doing it just to be different, which I sometimes feel is true of Pogorelich.
She's great at Chopin (although for some things I prefer Rubenstein and for Beethoven, gimme Solomon (although he does tend to rush a bit.) For Schubert, I love Radu ... Read More
Rating: - Amazing performance
Ms. Argerich plays with an energy and understanding of the music almost equal to that of Artur Rubinstein in his most captivating performances. She and the orchestra have a partnership that really give life and excitement to the music. If you do not have these performances, you will certainly have not experienced Ms. Argerich at her best.
Rating: - Martha Argerich, A Woman Born To Play The Piano!
Argerich went to Europe when she was fourteen and worked with the great Freiedrich Gulda, Nikita Magaloff and Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli. Her playing can be undisciplined but is always creative and musically interesting. Let us now turn to the Chopin Piano Concerto written just before his twentieth birthday. Argerich's approach is definite and is performed with an unmistakable distillation of style. The playing displays an element of refreshing confidence, an emerging individuality unique to Argerich ... Read More
Rating: - Readings that combine imagination, charisma, and incredible technique
Is the ever comical David Hurwitz doing Argerich any good by saying that a more exciting pianist has never existed (has he heard Liszt in person)? Or that every one of her recordings is a prime recommendation (come now)? We get the idea that he likes the layd. These relatively early recordings of the Chopin and Liszt First Concertos are a pendant to her Prokofiev and Ravel with Abbado, two other brilliant recordings.
What makes me admire them is that neither work is first-rate, and both have ... Read More
Rating: - Argerich - the finest
Everything Martha Argerich does is outstanding. She is the female equivalent of Horowitz
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