Composer: Johannes Brahms, Sergey Rachmaninov, Maurice Ravel, Franz Peter Schubert
Performer: Martha Argerich, Nelson Freire
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Catalogue: 4778570
Release: 2009
Size: 255 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Brahms: Variations on a theme by Haydn for orchestra, Op. 56a ‘St Anthony Variations’
01. Chorale St. Antoni: Andante
02. Var. I: Andante Con Moto (Poco Più Animato)
03. Var. II: Più Vivace
04. Var. III: Con Moto
05. Var. IV: Andante Con Moto
06. Var. V: Poco Presto (Vivace)
07. Var. VI: Vivace
08. Var. VII: Grazioso
09. Var. VIII: Poco Presto
10. Finale: Andante
Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances, Op.45 – Two Pianos
11. 1. Non allegro
12. 2. Andante con moto (Tempo di Valse)
13. 3. Lento assai – allegro vivace
Schubert: Rondo for piano duet in A major, D951
14. Allegretto quasi Andantino
15. Ravel: La Valse
Two of the world’s legendary pianists join forces in a virtuoso recital program with Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, op. 56b, Sergey Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances, op. 45, Franz Schubert: Rondo in A, D 951–Grand Rondeau and Maurice Ravel: La Valse–Poème choréographique. The concert will be taped live at the Salzburg Festival and includes the Schubert Rondo in A, D951 which has never been recorded by the artists before.
“Martha Argerich is arguably the most mercurial of all great pianists today, capable of being compellingly inspiring” International record review “I’d say that Martha Argerich is the greatest living performer . . .” BBC Music Magazine
“An extraordinary pianist” New York Times