Rendez-Vous with Martha Argerich vol.1 (24/96 FLAC)

Performer: Martha Argerich
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Avanti
Catalogue: 541470610572
Release: 2019
Size: 6.41 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover

CD 01
01. Debussy: Nocturnes: Fêtes

Debussy: Violin Sonata in G minor
02. I. Allegro vivo
03. II. Intermède: fantasque et léger
04. III. Finale: très animé

05. Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune

Debussy: Cello Sonata
06. I. Prologue
07. II. Sérénade
08. III. Final

09. Ravel: La Valse

Ravel: Sonata for Violin & Cello
10. I. Allegro
11. II. Très Vif
12. III. Lent
13. IV. Vif

CD 02
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 ‘Classical’
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Larghetto
03. III. Gavotta
04. IV. Finale

05. Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34

Prokofiev: Suite from ‘Cinderella’, Op. 87
06. Introduction. Andante dolce
07. Quarrel. Allegretto
08. Winter. Adagio
09. Spring. Vivace con brio
10. Cinderella’s Valse. Andante – Allegretto
11. Gavotte. Allegretto
12. Gallop. Presto
13. Valse lente. Adagio
14. Finale. Allegro moderato

Prokofiev: Sonata for Two Violins in C Major, Op. 56
15. I. Andante Cantabile
16. II. Allegro
17. III. Commodo
18. IV. Allegro con brio

CD 03
Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor for piano, trumpet & strings, Op. 35
01. I. Allegro moderato
02. II. Lento
03. III. Moderato
04. IV. Allegro con brio

Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67
05. I. Andante
06. II. Allegro con brio
07. III. Largo
08. IV. Allegretto

Kodály: Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7
09. I. Allegro serioso, non troppo
10. II. Adagio – Andante
11. III. Maestoso e largamente, ma non troppo lento – Presto

CD 04
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49
01. I. Molto allegro ed agitato
02. II. Andante espressivo
03. III. Scherzo
04. IV. Finale

Beethoven: Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin, and Cello in C major, Op. 56
05. I. Allegro
06. II. Largo
07. III. Rondo alla polacca

CD 05
Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 73
01. I. Zart und mit Ausdruck
02. II. Lebhaft, leicht
03. III. Rasch und mit Feuer

Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48
04. I. Im wunderschönen Monat Mai
05. II. Aus meinen Tränen sprießen
06. III. Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube, die Sonne
07. IV. Wenn ich in deine Augen seh
08. V. Dein Angesicht so lieb und schön
09. VI. Lehn’ deine Wang’ an meine Wang’
10. VII. Ich will meine Seele tauchen
11. VIII. Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome
12. IX. Ich grolle nicht
13. X. Und wüßten’s die Blumen, die kleinen
14. XI. Das ist ein Flöten und Geigen
15. XII. Hör’ ich das Liedchen klingen
16. XIII. Ein Jüngling liebt ein Mädchen
17. XIV. Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen
18. XV. Es leuchtet meine Liebe in ihrer dunkeln Pracht
19. XVI. Meine Wagen rollet langsam durch lustiges Waldesgrün
20. XVII. Ich hab’ im Traum geweinet
21. XVIII. Allnächtlich im Traume
22. XIX. Aus alten Märchen winkt es
23. XX. Die alten, bösen Lieder

CD 06
Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100
01. I. Allegro amabile
02. II. Andante tranquillo
03. III. Allegretto grazioso

Rachmaninov: Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19
04. I. Lento – Allegro moderato
05. II. Allegro scherzando
06. III. Andante
07. IV. Allegro mosso

CD 07
Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des animaux
01. Texte I
02. Introduction
03. Texte II
04. I. Marche Royale Du Lion
05. Texte III
06. II. Poules Et Coqs
07. Texte IV
08. III. Hémiones (Ou Animaux Véloces)
09. Texte V
10. IV. Tortues
11. Texte VI
12. V. L’Éléphant
13. Texte VII
14. VI. Kangourous
15. Texte VIII
16. VII. Aquarium
17. Texte IX
18. VIII. Personnages À Longues Oreilles
19. Texte X
20. IX. Le Coucou Au Fond Des Bois
21. Texte XI
22. X. Volière
23. Texte XII
24. XI. Pianistes
25. Texte XIII
26. XII. Fossiles
27. Texte XIV
28. XIII. Le Cygne
29. Texte XV
30. XIV. Final

Lecuona: Danzas Cubanas
31. A la antigua
32. Al fin te ví
33. No hables más!
34. En tres por cuatro

Lecuona: Danzas Afro-Cubanas
35. La Conga de Medianoche
36. La Comparsa
37. Danza de los Ñáñigos

38. Albéniz: Tango
39. Villoldo: El choclo
40. Rovira: A Evaristo Carriego
41. Piazzólla: Triunfal
42. Piazzólla: Adios Noninos
43. Mozart: Musiquita Nocturna

Legendary pianist Martha Argerich initiated a new musical Rendez-Vous end of June 2018 at the wonderful Laeiszhalle of Hamburg (DE). From Beethoven to Debussy, from Brahms to Prokofiev, Martha Argerich performed in duo, trio and in concerto with musical friends like Mischa Maisky, Nicholas Angelich and Stephen Kovacevich, and started new collaborations with artists such as Akiko Suwanai, Alisa Weilerstein, Guy Braunstein or Edgar Moreau. She also accompanied for the first-time world renowned baritone Thomas Hampson in Schumann’s Dichterliebe, a role she rarely endorsed during her career.

A unique musical celebration in which the piano legend performs new repertoire like Prokofiev’s Overture on Jewish Themes. A total of 7 well-filled CD Boxset that will also allow you to rediscover some of her war-horses such as Beethoven’s Triple or Shostakovich’s first concerto in new state of the art recordings.

Exit Lugano! Willkommen in Hamburg! Following the end of her festival in Lugano, Martha Argerich found refuge in Hamburg and a new musical effort, undertaken between friends, which was a new opportunity to foreground some talents from the new generation, such s the pianists Evgeni Bozhanov, Anton Gerzenberg, Akane Sakai and Kasparas Uinskas, cellist Alisa Weilerstein, clarinettist Pablo Barragán and violinist Alexandra Conunova.

This new edition of “Martha Argerich & Friends” brings us a Violin Sonata by Debussy with an uncharacteristic and thoroughly Gypsy treatment, (Hosszu-Legocky / Bozhanov), to which we could also add, in the same vein, the Cello Sonata with Maisky and his gorgeous glissandos. But there is also a beautiful Cinderella Suite by Prokofiev, arranged by Mikhail Pletnev (which the latter has previously recorded with Argerich for Deutsche Grammophon) shared by two couples, Alexander Mogilevsky and Akane Sakai first, and then Evgeni Bozhanov with Kasparas Uinskas, the latter two being more inventive and exciting thanks to their respective madnesses. The lion is unleashed in Shostakovich’s First Concerto, with some very marked contrasts, before we move onto a curiosity: a transcription of Mendelssohn for flute, cello and piano! A strange effect.

No-one would want to miss the Dichterliebe by Schumann (the 1840 version) by Martha Argerich and Thomas Hampson, with a declamatory engagement which is not without its surprises; neither would they pass up Lecuona’s Danzas Cubanas, performed by the venerable Mauricio Vallina, who decided to turn his piano into a theatre. Disc 7 opens on a version with narration (and orchestra) of Carnival of the Animals by Saint-Saëns.

Clearly, in Hamburg, Martha Argerich doesn’t have access to acoustics that equal those in Lugano (Auditorio Stelio Molo), which are among the best in the world for piano and chamber music. One need only compare the radiant 2016 version of Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune by Debussy with the one presented here (track 5). Let us hope that the next edition can be recorded in the Friedrich-Ebert-Halle.