MARTHA ARGERICH & FRIENDS

Live from the Lugano Festival 2007

 

CD 1

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Trio in D major Op. 70 No 1 for piano , violin and cello "Geister-Trio"

[1] I. Allegro vivace con brio

[2] II. Largo assai ed espressivo

[3] III. Presto

 

Martha Argerich - pianoforte, Renaud Capuçon - violino, Mischa Maisky - violoncello

 

Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

[4] Fantasie für eine Orgelwalze

 

Martha Argerich, Lilya Zilberstein - piano

 

Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)

[5] Andante and Variation for two pianos Op. 46

 

Martha Argerich, Gabriela Montero - piano

 

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

Kinderszenen Op. 15

[6] 1. Von fremden Ländern und Menschen

[7] 2. Kuriose Geschichte

[8] 3. Hasche-Mann

[9] 4. Bittendes Kind

[10] 5. Glückes genug

[11] 6. Wichtige Begebenheit

[12] 7. Träumerei

[13] 8. Am Kamin

[14] 9. Ritter vom Steckenpferd

[15] 10. Fast zu ernst

[16] 11. Fürchtenmachen

[17] 12. Kind und Einschlummern

[18] 13. Der Dichter spricht

 

Martha Argerich - piano

 

CD2

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)

Quartet in D major, WoO 36, No. 2 for violin, viola, violoncello and piano

[1] 1. Allegro moderato

[2] 2. Andante con moto

[3] 3. Rondo. Allegro

 

Karin Lechner - piano, Alissa Margulis - violin, Lida Chen - viola, Mark Dobrinsk - cello

 

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Ma mère l’oye, suite for piano four hands

[4] 1. Pavane de la Belle au bois dormante (Lent)

[5] 2. Petit Poucet (Très modéré)

[6] 3. Laideronnette, Impératrice des pagodes

(Mouvement de marche)

[7] 4. Les entretiens de la Belle et de la Bête

(Mouvement de valse modéré)

[8] 5. Le jardin féerique (Lent et grave).

 

Martha Argerich, Alexander Mogilevsky - piano

 

Mikhail I. Glinka (1804-1857)

Grand Sextet for piano, two violins, viola, cello and double bass

[9] 1. Larghetto - Moderato – Allegretto

[10] 2. Andante cantabile

[11] 3. Vivace

 

Alexander Mogilevsky - piano, Lucy Hall - violin, Alissa Margulis - violin, Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg - viola, Mark Drobinsky - cello, Enrico Fagone - doublebass

 

Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)

[12] Thème et variations pour Violon et Piano (1932)

 

Alissa Margulis - violin, Francesdco Piemontese - piano

 

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2 (transcribed for two pianos by Lucien Garban)

[13] 1. Lever du jour (Lent)

[14] 2. Pantomime (Lent – Très lent – Vif – Très lent)

[15] 3. Danse générale (Lent – Animé)

 

Sergio Tiempo, Karin Lechner - piano

 

CD 3

Béla Bartók (1881-1945)

Sonata No 1 Sz 75 for violin and piano

[1] 1. Allegro appassionato

[2] 2. Adagio

[3] 3. Allegro

 

Renaud Capuçon - violin, Martha Argerich - piano

 

Ernst von Dohnányi (1877-1960 ??)

Quintet No. 1 in C minor for piano, two violins, viola and violoncello, Op.1

[4] 1. Allegro

[5] 2. Scherzo

[6] 3. Adagio, quasi Andante

[7] 4. Finale. Allegro animato

 

Nicholas Angelich - piano, Dora Schwarzberg - violin, Lucy Hall - violin, Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg - viola, Jorge Bosso - cello

 

Witold Lutoslawski (1913-1994)

[8] Variations on a theme of Paganini

 

Martha Argerich, Mauricio Vallina, piano

           

Martha Argerich's annual festival in Lugano provides a reliable feast of both well-established and unfamiliar repertoire played by well-known and less familiar artists, many of them young, all of them compelling. The 2007 festival certainly ran true to form - with composers as diverse as Mozart, Glinka, Messiaen, Schumann, Lutosławski, Ravel, Bartók and Beethoven - variety and discovery were as abundant as ever.

 

No other pianist in the musical world nurtures and promotes emerging talent with the same level of personal commitment and belief as Martha Argerich. The results of the chamber music partnerships displayed on this release demonstrate the magic that is made when these professional friends are brought together by her unique artistic personality.

 

This year’s recording also boasts a substantial solo spot from Martha herself, playing Schumann's Kinderszenen Op. 15.

 

Amongst many other artists, this year’s set features EMI Classics-signed pianists Gabriela Montero and Sergio Tiempo and Virgin Classics inimitable cellist Renaud Capuçon.

 

Press Acclaim for the festival recordings:

 

"These annual live sets from the Lugano festival are one of the delights of the year." - The Observer

 

Praise for ‘Live From Lugano 2005’ (0094635847222), released June 2006:

 

“The Lugano festival is community music-making on a deluxe scale, with performers and listeners mutually uplifted by music’s wonders.” The Times, June 2006

 

“…at a time when new music is more and more marginalised, modernity is expressed through the interpretation of past works by inspired performers. Lugano is a vibrant tribute to the concept.”

Financial Times, June 2006

 

“These coyly named discs from one of the world's finest pianists, recorded live in concert at the Lugano Festival, I now await each summer with the certainty of heart-lifting delight” Guardian, June 2006

 

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