Composer: Béla Bartók, Ernest Bloch, Frédéric François Chopin, Manuel de Falla, Mikhail Glinka, Ferencz Liszt, Felix Mendelssohn, Sergey Rachmaninov, Maurice Ravel, Robert Schumann
Performer: Martha Argerich, Polina Leschenko, Alissa Margulis, Geza Hosszu-Legocky, Lida Chen, Mark Drobinsky, Enrico Fagone, Renaud Capuçon, Gautier Capuçon, Cristina Marton, Khatia Buniatishvili, Dora Schwarzberg, Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg, Jorge Bosso, Renard Capuçon, Mauricio Vallina, Daniel Gerzenberg, Anton Gerzenberg, Lilya Zilberstein, Alexander Mogilewsky, Sergio Tiempo, Karin Lechner, Lucia Hall, Mark Dobrinsky
Orchestra: Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
Conductor: Alexander Vedernikov
Number of Discs: 3
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Warner
Catalogue: 6073672
Release: 2010
Size: 980 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
CD 01
Schumann: Fantasiestücke in A minor for Piano Trio, Op. 88
01. I. Romanze. Nicht schnell, mit innigem Ausdruck
02. II. Humoreske. Lebhaft
03. III. Duett. Langsam und mit Ausdruck
04. IV. Finale. Im Marsch-Tempo
Mendelssohn: Ouverture e Scherzo da Ein Sommernachtstraum Op.21
05. Ouverture
Mendelssohn: Ein Sommernachtstraum, Op. 21
06. Scherzo
Chopin: Introduction and Polonaise Brillante in C, Op. 3
07. Introduction
08. Alla polacca – Allegro con spirito
Mendelssohn: Sestetto in re Magg. Op.110
09. Allegro Vivace
10. Adagio
11. Minuetto (Agitato)
12. Allegro Vivace
CD 02
Bartók: Violin Sonata No. 2, BB 85, Sz. 76
01. I. Molto moderato
02. II. Allegretto
Liszt: Réminiscences de Don Juan (W.A. Mozart) for two pianos, S. 656
03. I. Grave
04. II. Duetto (Andantino)
05. III. Allegretto
06. IV. Presto
Glinka: Sestetto in mi bem. magg.
07. Allegro
08. Andante
09. Finale (Allegro con spirito)
Rachmaninov: 2 Pieces
10. No. 2 Romance in A Major
11. No. 1 Waltz in A Major
Rachmaninov: Russian Rhapsody in E Minor
12. I. Moderato – Cadenza – Vivace – Meno mosso
13. II. Andante – con moto – Tempo I (meno mosso)
CD 03
Falla: Noches en los jardines de España
01. I. En la Generalife
02. II. Danza lejana
03. III. En los jardines de la Sierra de Córdoba
Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole
04. I. Prélude à la nuit
05. II. Malagueña
06. III. Habanera
07. IV. Feria
Bloch: Piano Quintet No. 1
08. I. Agitato
09. II. Andante mistico
10. III. Allegro energico
EMI Classics is pleased to release the latest instalment of highlights from the Martha Argerich Project at the Lugano Festival. This is the seventh annual 3-CD set celebrating the musical fruits of a project in which young artists join seasoned performers, including Ms. Argerich, to explore wide-ranging chamber music and orchestral repertoire, both well known and rarely heard. The CDs, recorded in the summer of 2009, are being released in anticipation of the Festival’s 2010 season in June.
As a chamber music event, this series has become a laboratory that gives guest artists a chance to prove themselves not only in well-known masterpieces but also in rarely performed repertoire. The piano stands at the centre of the programming, not only with works originally written for it but also with transcriptions, which played an important historic role in the diffusion of music in remote areas and within family circles.
The eighth season of the Martha Argerich Project takes place in June 2010. Many of the artists on these CDs will take part again this year.