Martha Argerich
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Martha Argerich & Daniel Barenboim: Piano Duos
RecommendedMozart, Schubert & Stravinsky
Martha Argerich & Daniel Barenboim (piano duo)
Stravinsky's Rite of Spring prompts several adjectives: brutal, revolutionary, relentless, terrifying...But elegant? Urbane, seductive, sensuous? This astonishing performance is all that and... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th October 2014
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2014
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Debussy: Fantaisie, Violin Sonata, Cello Sonata, La Mer
RecommendedDaniel Barenboim (piano), Michael Barenboim (violin), Kian Soltani (cello), Martha Argerich (piano), Staatskapelle Berlin
Michael Barenboim and Kian Soltani are the concertmaster and principal cellist of the Barenboim-founded West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, so the stellar quality of their playing is no more a surprise... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th June 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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What’s fascinating is the way these two musicians create performances of such charismatic individuality without seeming to do very much – other than play magnificently, of course. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2022, Editor's Choice
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Record Review, 10th December 2022, Record of the Week
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Prokofiev for Two
RecommendedAll works transcribed for two pianos by Sergei Babayan.
Martha Argerich (piano) & Sergei Babayan (piano)
Argerich and Babayan excel at the hard-hitting stuff, which also includes the opening and closing of Babayan’s idiosyncratic Romo and Juliet sequence. The percussive chords at the beginning... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2018
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Chamber Music Recording (20th/21st-Century Music)
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Diapason d’Or, May 2018, Nouveauté
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Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1, Piano Quintet & Concertino RecommendedMartha Argerich (piano), Sergei Nakariarov (trumpet), Renaud Capucon (violin), Mischa Maisky (cello), Lilya Zilberstein (piano), Alissa Margulis (violin) & Lyda Chen (viola)
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Alexander Verdernikov
Here's an excellent, multi-faceted programme which reflects both Shostakovich's madcap humour and his more "private", expressive side. A truly charismatic and exhilarating experience. — More…
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Record Review, December 2007, Critics Disc of the Year
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2008, Orchestral Award Winner
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Building a Library, March 2019, Recommended Recording
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The Complete Chopin Edition
RecommendedKrystian Zimerman (piano), Claudio Arrau (piano), Anatol Ugorski (piano), Maurizio Pollini (piano), Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano), Maria João Pires (piano), Martha Argerich (piano), Rafal Blechacz (piano), Yundi Li (piano), Lilya Zilberstein (piano), Mikhail Pletnev (piano), Kurt Bauer, Heidi Bung (pianos),...
The quality, both of DG's chosen recordings and the set's general presentation, is just about as good as it gets. To have in one box such wonders as Zimmerman's Ballades, Pollini's Etudes,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th April 2010
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Building a Library, November 2010, First Choice
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Beethoven: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1-5 and variations
RecommendedMischa Maisky (cello), Martha Argerich (piano)
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Building A Library, December 2021, Also Recommended
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Schumann: Cello Concerto & Chamber Works
Gautier Capuçon (cello), Martha Argerich (piano), Renaud Capuçon (violin)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Bernard Haitink
Capuçon provides the best of both worlds, creating a profound sense of a lone figure lost in his thoughts during the first two movements, before suggesting an emotional rejuvenation in the finale…Bernard... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, January 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Assorted Program
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Les Vents Français: French Music for Winds & 20th Century Wind Quintets RecommendedLes Vents Français (Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Paul Meyer (clarinet), Francois Leleux (oboe), Gilbert Audin (bassoon), Radovan Vlatkovic (horn)
individually, they play with attractive timbre and immaculate intonation and articulation. Collectively, they blend their colours with great finesse, within dynamics ranging from cushioned pianissimo... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th January 2014
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major & La Valse RecommendedMartha Argerich (piano), Alexander Mogilevsky (piano), Sergio Tiempo (piano), Karin Lechner (piano)
Orchestra della Svizzera italiana, Jacek Kaspszyk
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Building a Library, February 2015, First Choice
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