"Unquestionably one of the greatest pianists of all time" is how Gramophone magazine has described Martha Argerich. Her relationship with the label goes back to 1965 and her victory at the International Chopin Competition in Warsaw. Over several decades it has produced a rich catalogue of live and studio recordings, embracing a repertoire that spans three centuries, a diversity of genres, and collaborations with such figures as Charles Dutoit, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Gidon Kremer, Mischa Maisky and Itzhak Perlman. The complete recordings for EMI Classics, Teldec, Erato and Warner Classics are featured in this box. Martha Argerich is a pianist of transcendent gifts and her special joy in musical collaboration is the key to the second part of this collection: the complete live recordings made at Switzerland's Lugano Festival between 2002 and 2016 and released by EMI Classics and Warner Classics. Argerich is heard in solo works and concertos, but above all in intimate partnership with fellow instrumentalists, performers she sees as her musical "family". This new boxset puts together in 46CDs all the recordings made by Martha Argerich for EMI Classics, Teldec, Erato and Warner Classics, from 1965 to 2020.
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The new box is divided into two parts.
The first part (24 CDs) comprises all the recordings from the EMI Classics, Teldec, Erato and Warner Classics catalogues (except those from the Lugano Festival). It includes both live and studio recordings and a variety of genres: solo piano music, music for piano duo, chamber works and concertos. All are presented with their original coupling and cover artwork. These are all listed in the works on the right hand side of this page.
The second part (22 CDs) comprises all live recordings made by Martha Argerich at the Lugano Festival, from 2002 to the last edition in 2016, and released by EMI Classics and Warner Classics. It features a wide variety of genres: solo piano music, lots of music for piano duo and among them many arrangements, chamber works and concertos. These Lugano recordings were mostly originally released as an annual 3CD boxset – with Martha performing only a part of them – representing the highlights of the previous year’s festival concerts.
Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58
Chopin: Mazurkas (3), Op. 59
Chopin: Nocturne No. 4 in F major, Op. 15 No. 1
Chopin: Scherzo No. 3 in C sharp minor, Op. 39
Chopin: Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major, Op. 53 'Héroïque'
Bach, J S: Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV826
Chopin: Nocturne No. 13 in C minor, Op. 48 No. 1
Chopin: Scherzo No. 3 in C sharp minor, Op. 39
Bartók: Piano Sonata, BB 88, Sz. 80
Ginastera: Danzas Argentinas
Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat major, Op. 83
Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K141 in D minor
Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 12
Ravel: Sonatine
Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K503
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
Franck, C: Cello Sonata in A major
Debussy: Cello Sonata
Debussy: La plus que lente
Debussy: Minstrels (from Préludes - Book 1)
Falla: Noches en los jardines de España
Albéniz: Suite Iberia (excerpts)
Messiaen: Visions de l'Amen for 2 pianos
Rachmaninoff: Suite Nos. 1 & 2 for two pianos
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
Mozart: Sonata for 2 pianos in D major, K448
Mozart: Sonata for Piano duet in C major, K521
Mozart: Sonata for Piano duet in D major, K381
Mozart: Andante and Variations in G for Piano Duet, K501
Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
Brahms: Variations on a theme by Haydn for two pianos, Op. 56b 'St Anthony Variations'
Brahms: Sonata for 2 pianos in F minor, Op. 34b
Brahms: Waltzes Op. 39 Nos. 1-5
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44
Schumann: Andante and Variations for two pianos, Op. 46
Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 73
Schumann: Märchenbilder (4), Op. 113
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K466
Mozart: Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orchestra No. 10 in E flat, K365
Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Strauss, R: Symphonia Domestica, Op. 53
Ravel: La Valse
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D flat major, Op. 10
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3, BB 127, Sz. 119
Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47 ‘Kreutzer'
Franck, C: Violin Sonata in A major
Bartók: Contrasts for violin, clarinet & piano, BB 116, Sz. 111
Liszt: Concerto Pathétique
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21
Schumann: Violin Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 121
Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15
Bartók: Violin Sonata No. 1, BB 84, Sz. 75
Kreisler: Liebesleid
Kreisler: Schön Rosmarin
Schumann: Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105
Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 73
Brahms: Scherzo in C minor for violin and piano, WoO 2
Bach, J S: Sonata for Violin & Harpsichord No. 4 in C minor, BWV1017
Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des animaux
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 'Pastoral'
Piano Four Hands
