Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven, Frédéric François Chopin, Ferencz Liszt, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sergei Prokofiev, Maurice Ravel, Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Performer: Martha Argerich
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker, London Symphony Orchestra, Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Catalogue: 4794155
Release: 2015
Size: 1.09 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26
01. 1. Andante – Allegro
02. 2. Tema con variazioni
03. 3. Allegro ma non troppo
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major
04. 1. Allegramente
05. 2. Adagio assai
06. 3. Presto
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11
07. I. Allegro maestoso
08. II. Romance. Larghetto
09. III. Rondo. Vivace
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, S124
10. I. Allegro maestoso
11. II. Quasi adagio – Allegretto vivace – Allegro animato
12. III. Allegro marziale animato
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major
13. I. Allegramente
14. II. Adagio assai
15. III. Presto
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23
16. 1. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito
17. 2. Andantino semplice – Prestissimo – Tempo I
18. 3. Allegro con fuoco
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
19. 1. Allegro con brio
20. 2. Largo
21. 3. Rondo (Allegro)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19
22. 1. Allegro con brio
23. 2. Adagio
24. 3. Rondo (Molto allegro)
Mozart: Piano Concerto No.25 In C, K.503
25. 1. Allegro maestoso
26. 2. Andante
27. 3. Allegretto
Mozart: Piano Concerto No.20 In D Minor, K.466
28. 1. Allegro
29. 2. Romance
30. 3. Rondo (Allegro assai) – Cadenzas: Ludwig van Beethoven
With this special edition, DG pays tribute to an extraordinary musical partnership. The 5CD box set collects all the concerto recordings made by pianist Martha Argerich with conductor Claudio Abbado over more than 45 years.
Their final meeting on stage took place at the Lucerne Festival at Easter 2013, where they performed two Mozart concertos. This special occasion was recorded, and the release was not only highly praised but is also Deutsche Grammophon’s most successful release of 2014 so far, winning numerous awards.
Martha Argerich and Claudio Abbado got to know each other through Friedrich Gulda, with whom they both studied in the late 1950s. Their close collaboration in the studio began in 1967 with Argerich’s brilliant concerto-debut release of the Prokofiev Third and Ravel G major. Each recording since then has been a success, as much with the critics as on a commercial level.