The Warner Classics Edition (CD46)

Marta Argerich

CD1

  1. CHOPIN - Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58; Mazurkas, Op. 59, No. 1-3; Nocturne No. 4 in F Major, Op. 15, No. 1; Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp minor, Op. 3; Polonaise No. 6 in A-flat Major, Op. 53

CD 2

  1. BACH - Partita, BWV 826; Bourrées I & II from English Suite, BWV 807 / CHOPIN - Nocturne No. 13; Scherzo No. 3 / BARTOK - Piano Sonata / GINASTERA - Danzas argentinas, Op. 2 / PROKOFIEV - Piano Sonata No. 7 / D. SCARLATTI - Keyboard Sonata, K. 422

CD3

  1. SCHUMANN - Fantasiestücke, Op. 12 / RAVEL - Sonatine; Gaspard de la Nuit

CD4

  1. MOZART - Piano Concerto No. 25 / BEETHOVEN - Piano Concerto No. 1

CD5

  1. FRANCK - Cello Sonata in A Major / DEBUSSY - Cello Sonata in D minor; La plus que lente for Cello & Piano; Prelude Book 1 No. 12 “Minstrels” for Cello & Piano

CD6

  1. FALLA - Nights in the Gardens of Spain for Piano & Orchestra / Isaac Albeniz: Iberia arranged for Orchestra (excerpts)

CD7

  1. MESSIAEN - Visions de l’Amen

CD8

  1. RACHMANINOV - Suites No. 1 & 2 for 2 Pianos; Symphonic Dances, Op. 45, No. 1-3 (Version for 2 Pianos)

CD9

  1. MOZART - Sonata in D Major, K. 448 for 2 Pianos; Sonatas in D Major, K. 381 & C Major, K. 521 for Piano 4-hands; Andante & Variations in G Major, K. 501 for Piano 4-hands

CD10

  1. SCHUMANN - Piano Concerto, Op. 54; Violin Concerto in D minor, WoO 23

CD11

  1. BRAHMS - Haydn-Variations, Op. 56a for 2 Pianos; Sonata in F minor, Op. 34b for 2 Pianos (after the Piano Quintet, Op. 34); Waltzes, Op. 39, No. 1-5 for 2 Pianos

CD12

  1. SCHUMANN - Piano Quintet, Op. 44; Andante & Variations in B-flat Major, Op. 46; Fantasiestücke, Op. 73; Märchenbilder, Op. 113

CD13

  1. MOZART - Piano Concertos No. 10, 19, 20 (No. 10 for 2 Pianos)

CD14

  1. DUKAS - The Sorcerer’s Apprentice for 2 Pianos / R. STRAUSS - Sinfonia domestica, Op. 53 for 2 Pianos / Maurice Ravel: La Valse for 2 Pianos

CD15 

  1. PROKOFIEFF - Piano Concertos No. 1 & 3 / Bela Bartok: Piano Concerto No. 3

CD16

  1. BEETHOVEN - Violin Sonata No. 9 “Kreutzer” / FRANCK - Violin Sonata in A Major / Zoltan Kodaly: Duo for Violin & Cello, Op. 7

CD17

  1. BARTOK - Contrasts / LIZST - Concerto pathétique

CD18

  1. CHOPIN - Piano Concertos No. 1 & 2

CD19

  1. SCHUMANN - Violin Sonata No. 2

CD20

  1. SCHUMANN - Kinderszenen, Op. 15 / BARTOK - Sonata for Solo Violin; Violin Sonata No. 1 / Fritz Kreisler: Liebesleid; Schön Rosmarin

CD21

  1. SCHUMANN - Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105; Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 for Violin & Piano / BRAHMS - Scherzo in C minor from the F.A.E. Sonata, WoO 2 / BACH - Sonata in C minor, BWV 1017 for Violin & Piano

CD22 

  1. SAINT-SAËNS - Symphony No. 3 “Organ Symphony”; Carnival of the Animals

CD23

  1. RACHMANINOV - Piano Concerto No. 2; Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 for 2 Pianos

CD24

  1. BEETHOVEN - Symphony No. 6 for Piano 4-hands; Piano Sonata No. 17 “The Tempest”

CD25-27

  1. MOZART - Piano Concertos No. 20 & 25; Sonata for 2 Pianos, K. 448; Sonata for Piano 4-hands, K. 381 & 497; Variations, K. 501 for Piano 4-hands; / HAYDN - Piano Trio, H. 15, No. 25

CD27-29

  1. BEETHOVEN - Violin Sonata No. 8; Clarinet Trio, Op. 11; Mozart Variations, WoO. 46 for Cello & Piano; Piano Concerto No. 1; Piano Quartet in C Major, WoO. 36 No. 3; Piano Trio No. 5 “Ghost Trio”; Triple Concerto, Op. 56; Cello Sonata No. 2; Choral Fantasy, Op. 80

CD30

  1. BACH - Violin Sonata, BWV 1017 / SCHUBERT - Variations, D. 813 for Piano 4-hands / MENDELSSOHN - Overture & Scherzo for 2 Pianos from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61; Piano Trio No. 1 

CD31-35

  1. CHOPIN - Piano Concerto No. 1; Introduction & Polonaise brillante, Op. 3 / LIZST - Les Preludes for 2 Pianos; Reminiscences de Don Juan for 2 Pianos; Concerto pathétique for 2 Pianos / SCHUMANN - Kinderszenen, Op. 15; Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 & 88; Violin Sonatas No. 1 & 2; Piano Concerto, Op. 54; Piano Quartet, Op. 47; Andante & Variations, Op. 46 for 2 Pianos; Piano Quintet, Op. 44; 5 Pieces in Folk Style, Op. 102; Adagio & Allegro, Op. 70; 6 Studies in Canon Form, Op. 56; Phantasiestücke, Op. 73 for Flugelhorn & Piano 

CD35-36

  1. BRAHMS - Haydn Variations, Op. 56b for 2 Pianos (in two recordings); Sonata for 2 Pianos, Op. 34b 

CD37

  1. TCHAIKOVSKY - Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a for 2 Pianos / SMETANA - Sonata for 2 Pianos 8-hands; Youth Rondo for 2 Pianos 8-hands / ZAREBSKI - Piano Quintet, Op. 34 

CD38-39

  1. SAINT-SAËNS - Carnival of the Animals / DEBUSSY - Petite Suite for Piano 4-hands; En blanc et noir for Piano 4-hands; Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun for 2 Pianos / REVEL - Piano Concerto in G Major; Gaspard de la nuit; La Valse for 2 Pianos; Ma mere l’Oye for Piano 4-hands 

CD40-41

  1. RACHMANINOV - Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 for 2 Pianos; Suites No. 1 & 2 for 2 Pianos; Morceaux, Op. 11 for Piano 4-hands / PROKOFIEV - Symphony No. 1 “Classical” for 2 Pianos; Violin Sonata No. 2 

CD42

  1. BARTOK - Romanian Folk Dances for Violin & Piano; Sonata for 2 Pianos & Percussion; Violin Sonata No. 1 

CD43-44

  1. SHOSTAKOVICH - Piano Concerto No. 1; Concertino in A minor, Op. 94 for 2 Pianos; Piano Quintet, Op. 57; Piano Trio No. 2

CD44-46

  1. POULENC - Sonata for Piano 4-hands / JANAČEK - Concertino / LUTOSLAWSKI - Paganini Variations for 2 Pianos / WEINBERG - Violin Sonata No. 5 / FALLA - Nights in the Gardens of Spain / PLETNEV - Fantasia elvetica / MORES - Taquito militar for 2 Pianos / BACALOV - Portena for 2 Pianos / Carlos Guastavino: 3 Romances argentinos / PIAZZOLLA - 3 Tangos for 2 Pianos

 

Martha Argerich, born in Buenos Aires in 1941, has been described by Gramophone as “unquestionably one of the greatest pianists of all time, her legendary pianism, liquid-fire virtuosity and imaginative vitality unique in the annals of piano playing”. Her relationship with Warner Classics and all its past and present labels has lasted more than 50 years, and began with the legendary 1965 Chopin recording.

Pianist magazine has written that: “Few other musicians spark such adoration among peers and juniors alike as does Martha Argerich.” Fellow Warner Classics pianist Stephen Kovacevich, who has been close to her for decades, says: “Her sound is wonderful. She has a gift and she must enjoy showing her gift – and that’s infectious.”

Argerich’s career has been unconventional and this adds to her charisma and mystique. Though her artistic range is wide, she has focused on a relatively small, though diverse repertoire. She gives only a limited number of performances a year and in the past was notorious for cancelling concerts at short notice if she felt she was not in peak form.

She is a generous mentor to young artists, notably through her former Progetto Martha Argerich at the Lugano Festival in Switzerland.

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