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Martha Argerich and Friends: Live from the Lugano Festival 2012 | EMI 7211192

Martha Argerich and Friends: Live from the Lugano Festival 2012

Label: EMI

Cat No: 7211192

Barcode: 5099972111925

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 3

Release Date: 13th May 2013

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Contents

Artists

Martha Argerich (piano)
Maria Joao Pires (piano)
Gautier Capucon (cello)
Lily Maisky (piano)
Sascha Maisky (violin)
Mischa Maisky (cello)
Nicholas Angelich (piano)
Polina Leschenko (piano)
Ilya Gringolts (violin)
Nathan Braude (viola)
Torleif Thedeen (cello)
Nelson Goerner (piano)
Rusudan Alavidze (piano)
Lilya Zilberstein (piano)
Anton Gerzenberg (piano)
Daniel Gerzenberg (piano)
Renaud Capucon (violin)
Giorgia Tomassi (piano)
Carlo Maria Griguoli (piano)
Alessandro Stella (piano)
Dora Schwarzberg (violin)
Lucia Hall (violin)
Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg (viola)
Jing Zhao (cello)
Ale Petrasso (piano)
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana

Conductor

Jacek Kaspszyk

Works

Brahms, Johannes

Variations on a theme by Haydn, op.56b 'St Anthony Variations' (two pianos)

Debussy, Claude

La Mer (transcribed for 3 pianos by Carlo M Griguoli)

Dvorak, Antonin

Piano Quartet no.2 in E flat major, op.87

Mahler, Gustav

Piano Quartet in A minor (single movement)

Martucci, Giuseppe

Theme and Variations for 2 pianos in E flat major, op.58

Medtner, Nikolai

Piano Quintet in C major, op.posth.

Mores, Mariano

Taquito militar (trans. for 2 pianos by Ale Petrasso)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Piano Concerto no.25 in C major, K503
Sonata for piano duet in D major, K381

Prokofiev, Sergei

Violin Sonata no.2 in D major, op.94a

Schumann, Robert

Stucke (5) im Volkston, op.102

Smetana, Bedrich

Rondo in C major for 2 pianos eight hands
Sonata in E minor for 2 pianos eight hands

Artists

Martha Argerich (piano)
Maria Joao Pires (piano)
Gautier Capucon (cello)
Lily Maisky (piano)
Sascha Maisky (violin)
Mischa Maisky (cello)
Nicholas Angelich (piano)
Polina Leschenko (piano)
Ilya Gringolts (violin)
Nathan Braude (viola)
Torleif Thedeen (cello)
Nelson Goerner (piano)
Rusudan Alavidze (piano)
Lilya Zilberstein (piano)
Anton Gerzenberg (piano)
Daniel Gerzenberg (piano)
Renaud Capucon (violin)
Giorgia Tomassi (piano)
Carlo Maria Griguoli (piano)
Alessandro Stella (piano)
Dora Schwarzberg (violin)
Lucia Hall (violin)
Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg (viola)
Jing Zhao (cello)
Ale Petrasso (piano)
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana

Conductor

Jacek Kaspszyk

About

The latest instalment of highlights from the Martha Argerich Project at the Lugano Festival. This is the 10th annual 3-CD set celebrating the musical fruits of a project in which young artists join seasoned performers, including Martha Argerich herself, to explore wide-ranging chamber music and orchestral repertoire, both well known and rarely heard.

As in previous years, the piano stands at the centre of the programming. This prestigious annual release is always very well received.

Contents:
CD 1

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonata for Piano Four Hands in D major K381

[1] I Allegro
[2] II Andante
[3] III Allegro molto
Maria João Pires (piano), Martha Argerich (piano)

Robert Schumann
Five Pieces in Popular Style Op.102
[4] I Mit humor: "Vanitas vanitatum"
[5] II Langsam
[6] III Nicht schnell, mit viel Ton zu spielen
[7] IV Nicht zu rasch
[8] V Stark and markirt
Gautier Capuçon (cello), Martha Argerich (piano)

Gustav Mahler
Piano Quartet in A minor
[9] Nicht zu schnell; Entschlossen
Lily Maisky (piano), Sascha Maisky (violin), Mischa Maisky (cello)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No.25 in C major K503
[10] I Allegro maestoso
[11] II Andante in F major
[12] III Allegretto
Martha Argerich (piano)
Orchestra della Svizzera italiana / Jacek Kaspszyk

CD 2
Johannes Brahms
[1] Variations on a Theme by Haydn for Two Pianos Op.56b
Theme: Andante
Variation I – Poco più animato (Andante con moto)
Variation II – Più vivace (Vivace)
Variation III – Con moto
Variation IV. – Andante con moto (Andante)
Variation V – Vivace (Poco presto)
Variation VI – Vivace
Variation VII – Grazioso
Variation VIII – Presto non troppo (Poco presto)
Finale: Andante
Martha Argerich (piano), Nicholas Angelich (piano)

Antonín Dvorák
Piano Quartet in E flat major Op.87
[2] I Allegro con fuoco
[3] II Lento
[4] III Allegro moderato, grazioso
[5] IV Finale. Allegro, ma non troppo
Polina Leschenko (piano),Ilya Gringolts (violin), Nathan Braude (viola), Torleif Thedéen (cello)

Giuseppe Martucci

[6] Theme with Variations for 2 pianos in E flat Major Op.58
Nelson Goerner (piano), Rusudan Alavidze (piano)

Bedrich Smetana
[7] Sonata in E minor for Two Pianos, Eight Hands
[8] Rondò in C major for Two Pianos, Eight Hands
Martha Argerich (piano), Lilya Zilberstein (piano), Anton Gerzenberg (piano), Daniel Gerzenberg (piano)

CD 3

Sergei Prokofiev
Sonata No.2 in D Major Op. 94bis
[1] I Moderato
[2] II Presto - Poco piu mosso del - Tempo I
[3] III Andante
[4] IV Allegro con brio - Poco meno mosso - Tempo I
Renaud Capuçon (violin), Martha Argerich (piano)

Claude Debussy
La Mer (trans. for three pianos by Carlo M. Griguoli)
[5] I De l'aube à midi sur la mer
[6] II Jeux de vagues
[7] III Dialogue du vent et de la mer
Giorgia Tomassi (piano), Carlo Maria Griguoli (piano), Alessandro Stella (piano)

Nikolai Medtner
Piano Quintet in C major Op.posth.
[8] I Molto placid
[9] II Andantino con moto
[10] III Finale.: Allegro vivace
Lilya Zilberstein (piano), Dora Schwarzberg (violin), Lucia Hall (violin), Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg (viola), Jing Zhao (cello)

Mariano Mores
[11] Taquito militar (trans. for two pianos by Ale Petrasso)
Martha Argerich (piano), Ale Petrasso (piano)

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