Martha Argerich - Lugano Concertos 2012 - 4cd mp3 320kb

Martha Argerich Lugano Concertos

Deutsche Grammophon

Live Recordings from 2002 - 2010

Released 2012

CD1: Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 1, Poulenc: Double Concerto*, Mozart: Triple Concerto K.242*

CD2: Schumann: Piano Concerto, Prokofiev Piano Concertos nos. 1* & 3

CD3: Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 2, Liszt: Piano Concerto no. 1, Bartók: Piano Concerto no. 3*, Mozart: Andante & Variations K. 501

CD4: Schubert: Divertissement à l’hongroise*, Brahms: Liebeslieder-Walzer*, Stravinsky: Les Noces, Milhaud: Scaramouche*

Since 2002 Martha Argerich’s Progetto at the Lugano Festival has brought together many notable artists for memorable concerts of chamber and orchestral music. This deluxe 4-CD set offers a rich selection of live concerto recordings, all with Martha Argerich and all first-time releases. They include a number of works new to her Deutsche Grammophon discography (Mozart, Prokofiev, Bartók and Poulenc) in addition to scintillating performances of Schubert, Brahms and Milhaud – all CD premieres of pieces absolutely new to her repertoire.

It’s a mixture of the familiar and the new; but even the familiar gets an extra frisson through the tension and edge of live performance atmosphere. The Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana is Ms. Argerich’s excellent partner under a variety of conductors including Charles Dutoit, Ion Marin and Alexandre Rabinovitch; piano colleagues such as Rico and Paul Gulda (Mozart Triple Concerto) also join her on stage