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1.1 Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19~Allegro con brio1.3 Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19~Rondo molto allegro1.5 Piano Concerto in G Major~Adagio assai |
 | | Description: | Plays Beethoven & Ravel is an album by Martha Argerich, released in 2023. The album is a classical CD. - Martha Argerich was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and began her first piano lessons at the age of five with Vincenzo Scaramuzza. Considered a child prodigy, she soon performed in public. In 1955, she moved to Europe and continued her studies in London, Vienna and in Switzerland with Bruno Seidlhofer, Friedrich Gulda, Nikita Magaloff, Mrs. Madeleine Lipatti and Stefan Askenase. In 1957, she won the Bolzano and Geneva Piano Competitions and in 1965 the Warsaw International Chopin Competition. Since then, she has become one of the most prominent pianists in the world. Her wide repertoire includes works by Bach and Bartok, Beethoven and Messiaen, as well as Chopin, Schumann, Liszt, Debussy, Ravel, Franck, Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky. Though regularly invited by the most prominent orchestras, conductors and music festivals in Europe, Japan and America, chamber music takes a significant part of her musical life. She regularly plays and records with Nelson Freire, Alexandre Rabinovitch, Mischa Maisky, Gidon Kremer and Daniel Barenboim. Her numerous recordings have garnered prestigious awards, including the Grammy, Gramophon, German Record Critics and BBC Music Magazine Award. Many of her performances were broadcast on television worldwide. Since 1998 she has served as Artistic Director of the Beppu Festival in Japan, in 1999 she created the International Piano Competition and Festival Martha Argerich in Buenos Aires, and in 2002 the Progetto Martha Argerich in Lugano. Martha Argerich has received numerous distinctions, among them Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (1996) and Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2004) by the French Government, Musician of the Year by Musical America (2001), The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette by the Japanese Emperor and the prestigious Praemium Imperiale by the Japan Art Association (2005) as well as the Kennedy Center Honors (2016)."Martha Argerich plays Beethoven and Ravel" on CD brings together one of the most charismatic pianists of our time with two of the great pillars of the piano repertoire. Martha Argerich's highly individual, mercurial style illuminates Beethoven's dramatic architecture and emotional depth, while revealing the crystalline colors and refined poetry of Ravel's music. Backed by conductor Lahav Shani and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, these performances balance fiery spontaneity with structural clarity, allowing the music's lyricism, rhythmic bite and orchestral detail to shine. Listeners can expect a compelling journey from Beethoven's classical gravitas and stormy intensity to Ravel's impressionistic sound world, with transparent textures, shimmering sonorities and subtle rhythmic nuance. The CD is aimed at discerning collectors as well as newcomers who want to discover why Argerich is regarded as a living legend of the piano.
Martha Argerich, born in Buenos Aires, is celebrated worldwide for her volcanic energy, fearlessly virtuosic technique and unmistakable musical personality. She rose to international fame after winning the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, and since then has left a lasting mark with benchmark recordings of Chopin, Prokofiev, Ravel, Rachmaninov and many others. Her collaborations with major orchestras and conductors, her legendary chamber music partnerships and numerous awards have cemented her status as one of the most influential pianists of the last decades.
The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, one of the leading orchestras in the world, contributes its full-bodied strings, noble brass and refined woodwind colors to this recording, providing a rich symphonic backdrop and an agile partner to Argerich's pianism.
The CD is released by Avanti, a label known for presenting high-quality classical productions with particular attention to artistic integrity and sound quality. Avanti focuses on carefully curated projects that bring together outstanding performers and thoughtfully chosen repertoire, offering recordings that appeal both to audiophiles and to music lovers who value interpretative depth and long-term listening enjoyment. | | | No. of tracks: |
5 |
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AVA10662 |
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