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Live from the Lugano Festival 2016

Live from the Lugano Festival 2016

Martha Argerich
2017

Superstar pianist Martha Argerich is one of the finest musicians of her generation, or indeed any generation. Born in Buenos Aires in 1941 to non-musical parents who encouraged her talents, she counted fellow Argentinian pianist Daniel Barenboim among her childhood friends and continues to collaborate with him today. Due to the isolation she felt while onstage alone, she gave up performing recitals from the 1980s. As a result, she is best-known for her concerto performances, chamber music collaborations, and an extensive discography, but there is a solo treat here in Ravel’s Gaspard de la nuit.    Argerich has also enjoyed a long and illustrious association with the annual festival at Lugano in Switzerland, presiding over some truly special collaborative musical performances, many of which—fortunately for us not lucky enough to have been in attendance—have been captured for posterity. This critically acclaimed 2017 album sees her joined by Renaud Capuçon, Karin Lechner, and Stephen Kovacevich, among others, as they create some stellar performances of works by Brahms, Berg, Beethoven, and more. Argerich takes the solo spotlight for Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G Major and joins a host of musicians for the Beethoven Fantasy in C Minor.

Maurice Ravel
Gaspard de la nuit, M.  55
22:15
I. Ondine (Live)
Martha Argerich
6:28
II. Le gibet (Live)
Martha Argerich
5:36
III. Scarbo (Live)
Martha Argerich
10:10
Ferruccio Busoni
Violin Concerto in D Major, BV243, Op. 35a, K243
22:02
I. Allegro moderato - Animando (Live)
Alexander Vedernikov, Renaud Capuçon, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
7:12
II. Quasi andante - Poco agitato (Live)
Alexander Vedernikov, Renaud Capuçon, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
7:36
III. Allegro impetuoso - Più stretto - Quasi presto (Live)
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Alexander Vedernikov, Renaud Capuçon
7:13
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonata for 2 Pianos in D Major, K. 448, KV448, K. 375a, KV375a
25:39
I. Allegro con spirito (Live)
Sergey Babayan, Martha Argerich
8:11
II. Andante (Live)
Martha Argerich, Sergey Babayan
10:20
III. Molto allegro (Live)
Martha Argerich, Sergey Babayan
7:08
Manuel de Falla
La Vida breve, G. 39 · “The Brief Life”
7:43
Dance No. 1 (Live)
Karin Lechner, Sergio Tiempo
3:22
Dance No. 2 (Live)
Karin Lechner, Sergio Tiempo
4:20
Maurice Ravel
Piano Concerto in G Major, M.  83
21:47
I. Allegremente (Live)
Martha Argerich, Alexander Vedernikov, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
8:25
II. Adagio assai (Live)
Martha Argerich, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Alexander Vedernikov
8:53
III. Presto (Live)
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Alexander Vedernikov, Martha Argerich
4:27
Ludwig van Beethoven
Fantasia in C Minor, Op.  80 · “Choral Fantasy”
20:29
I. Adagio (Live)
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Elisabeth Gillming, Martha Fumagalli, Matteo Bellotto, Martha Argerich, Laura Antonaz, Diego Fasolis, Gerhard Nennemann, Coro della Radiotelevisione Svizzera, Martin Steffan, Alice Rossi
3:22
II. Finale (Allegro - Meno allegro - Allegro) [Live]
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Diego Fasolis, Martha Fumagalli, Martha Argerich, Matteo Bellotto, Laura Antonaz, Coro della Radiotelevisione Svizzera, Martin Steffan, Elisabeth Gillming, Alice Rossi, Gerhard Nennemann
17:06
Johannes Brahms
Horn Trio in E‑Flat Major, Op.  40
30:38
I. Andante (Live)
David Guerrier, Renaud Capuçon, Nicholas Angelich
8:25
II. Scherzo (Allegro) [Live]
Renaud Capuçon, Nicholas Angelich, David Guerrier
7:37
III. Adagio mesto (Live)
David Guerrier, Nicholas Angelich, Renaud Capuçon
7:59
IV. Finale (Allegro con brio) [Live]
Nicholas Angelich, Renaud Capuçon, David Guerrier
6:36
Alban Berg
Chamber Concerto
35:37
I. Thema scherzoso con variazioni (Live)
Ricardo Serrano, Stefano Semprini, Renaud Capuçon, Corrado Giuffredi, Paolo Beltramini, Floriano Rosini, Elena Schwarz, Marco Schiavon, Federico Cicoria, Bruno Grossi, Vittorio Ferrari, Maurizio Simeoli, Alberto Biano, Nicholas Angelich, Ivano Buat, Stefano Franceschini
9:08
II. Adagio (Live)
Ivano Buat, Stefano Semprini, Nicholas Angelich, Corrado Giuffredi, Paolo Beltramini, Federico Cicoria, Alberto Biano, Marco Schiavon, Vittorio Ferrari, Maurizio Simeoli, Bruno Grossi, Floriano Rosini, Elena Schwarz, Renaud Capuçon, Ricardo Serrano, Stefano Franceschini
14:20
III. Rondo ritmico con introduzione (Live)
Corrado Giuffredi, Paolo Beltramini, Vittorio Ferrari, Maurizio Simeoli, Stefano Semprini, Alberto Biano, Renaud Capuçon, Bruno Grossi, Nicholas Angelich, Federico Cicoria, Marco Schiavon, Ricardo Serrano, Floriano Rosini, Elena Schwarz, Ivano Buat, Stefano Franceschini
12:08
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Sonata No. 4 in C Minor, BWV 1017
16:08
I. Largo (Live)
Martha Argerich, Tedi Papavrami
3:55
II. Allegro (Live)
Martha Argerich, Tedi Papavrami
4:05
III. Adagio (Live)
Tedi Papavrami, Martha Argerich
3:15
IV. Allegro (Live)
Tedi Papavrami, Martha Argerich
4:51
Claude Debussy
Prélude à L'après-midi d'un faune, L. 86, CD87 · “Prelude to 'The Afternoon of a Faun'”
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, L. 86 (Arr. for Two Pianos) [Live]
Stephen Kovacevich, Martha Argerich
8:28
Marcelo Nisinman
Hombre Tango
Hombre Tango (Live)
Lida Chen, Eduardo Hubert, Enrico Fagone, Jorge Bosso, Ensemble ReEncuentros, Giorgia Tomassi, Anton Martynov
4:32

September 1, 2017 29 tracks, 3 hours 35 minutes ℗ 2017 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company

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