Argerich plays Chopin

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She was only 18 at the time, yet this belongs with other great interpretations for its mixture of poetry and virtuosity. At once shy and passionate, the performance is atmospheric in clean mono... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 5th Apr 2010
Catalogue No: 4777557
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Length: 64 minutes

Record Review

December 2010

Critics' Disc of the Year

Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23

Work length8:28

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Martha Argerich (piano)
Recorded: 1959-01-26
Recording Venue: RIAS Studio No.7, Berlin

Excerpt, Chopin: Études (12), Op. 10

Work length1:52

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Martha Argerich (piano)
Recorded: 1967-12-03
Recording Venue: Studio Lankwitz, Berlin

No. 4 In C Sharp Minor

Track length1:52

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Chopin: Mazurka No. 26 In C Sharp Minor Op. 41 No. 4

Work length2:59

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Martha Argerich (piano)
Recorded: 1967-12-03
Recording Venue: Studio Lankwitz, Berlin

Chopin: Mazurka No. 27 In E Minor Op. 41 No. 1

Work length1:54

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Martha Argerich (piano)
Recorded: 1967-12-03
Recording Venue: Studio Lankwitz, Berlin

Chopin: Mazurka No. 15 In C Op. 24 No. 2

Work length1:52

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Martha Argerich (piano)
Recorded: 1967-12-03
Recording Venue: Studio Lankwitz, Berlin

Chopin: Mazurka No. 40 In F Minor Op. 63 No. 2

Work length1:32

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Martha Argerich (piano)
Recorded: 1967-12-03
Recording Venue: Studio Lankwitz, Berlin

Chopin: Mazurka No. 23 In D Op. 33 No. 2

Work length2:04

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Martha Argerich (piano)
Recorded: 1967-12-03
Recording Venue: Studio Lankwitz, Berlin

Chopin: Nocturne No. 4 in F major, Op. 15 No. 1

Work length3:43

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Martha Argerich (piano)
Recorded: 1967-12-03
Recording Venue: Studio Lankwitz, Berlin

Chopin: Nocturne No. 16 in E flat major, Op. 55 No. 2

Work length4:14

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Martha Argerich (piano)
Recorded: 1967-12-03
Recording Venue: Studio Lankwitz, Berlin

Chopin: Mazurka No. 36 in A minor, Op. 59 No. 1

Work length3:40

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Martha Argerich (piano)
Recorded: 1967-10-31
Recording Venue: Unknown

Chopin: Mazurka No. 37 In A Flat Op. 59 No. 2

Work length2:28

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Martha Argerich (piano)
Recorded: 1967-10-31
Recording Venue: Unknown

Chopin: Mazurka No. 38 in F sharp minor, Op. 59 No. 3

Work length2:55

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Martha Argerich (piano)
Recorded: 1967-10-31
Recording Venue: Unknown

Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58

Work length26:49

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Martha Argerich (piano)
Recorded: 1967-03-15
Recording Venue: Hochschule für Musik, Berlin

I. Allegro maestoso

Track length10:47

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II. Scherzo. Molto vivace

Track length2:16

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III. Largo

Track length9:16

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IV. Finale. Presto non tanto

Track length4:30

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“Not only one of the most talented virtuosi of her generation, she can do what at most only a dozen pianists in the world are capable of.” Joachim Kaiser (Süddeutsche Zeitung, 1967)

A sensational solo Chopin recital for Chopin Year 2010 – previously unreleased radio recordings from 1959 / 1967

Includes works new to the Argerich discography (Ballade no.1, 4 Mazurkas, C# minor Etude)

Taken from radio recordings made in Berlin and Cologne in 1959 and (mainly) 1967, here is over an hour of newly-discovered Martha Argerich solo recordings of Chopin, all released for the first time and including works otherwise not recorded by her (Ballade no. 1, Mazurkas opp. 24/2, 33 /2,41/1&2, C# minor Etude).

From her epic First Ballade to the overpowering live Third Sonata — with exquisite performances of Mazurkas and Nocturnes in between — the recital demonstrates what a force of nature she already was in her first decade on the international music scene — “a veritable powerhouse of the emotions”, as Jürgen Otten writes in his liner notes.

Reviews

July 2010

She was only 18 at the time, yet this belongs with other great interpretations for its mixture of poetry and virtuosity. At once shy and passionate, the performance is atmospheric in clean mono sound...Essential listening for anyone interested in Argerich, Chopin, or indeed the art of the piano.

29th March 2010

it captures the Argentine workhorse at her most powerful and alluring...Argerich, clearly focused, coaxes incredible narrative-led performances from these works...Exhausting, truthful and invigorating.

July 2010

Of the playing here, I shall just say it's no wonder she won the Chopin Competition. Likewise in the three Mazurkas Op. 59...she captures their intimacy and lightning changes of mood to perfection....In the [concerto's] finale (for once truly agitato) she sweeps all before her with breathless exhilaration.

18th March 2010

Most notable of them all is a performance of the First Ballade, from 1959, when Argerich was 18, full of youthful fire and astonishing technical brilliance, while an account of the C sharp minor Etude, Op 10 No 4 from 1967 is equally dazzling.

9th April 2010

...imbued with a youthful energy, particularly the dazzling, industrious Etude in C sharp minor which seems to encompass entire worlds within two minutes...a bravura display of technique in the service of emotion.

Argerich plays Chopin

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