A concert by Martha Argerich is always sensational, sometimes grandiose, and occasionally the audience experiences a truly stellar event. Going through the archives of Bavarian Broadcasting, the feeling was unanimous, and many “ear witnesses” themselves remembered the concerts: on these evenings Argerich was in top form, collaborating with two congenial conductors, inspiring the orchestra and drawing inspiration from it. In short: these live recordings should, indeed must, be heard!

For the Mozart Concerto, Eugen Jochum mounted the podium of the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks. He had a special relationship with the orchestra, having been the first chief conductor of the newly founded ensemble since 1949, a position he held until 1960.

Seiji Ozawa was, and still is, regularly heard as a guest conductor in Munich. After the concert evening in June of 1983, the audience and reviewers were unanimous in their enthusiasm, as attested by the Abendzeitung: “Martha Argerich, currently in the form of her life, played (…) with inimitable fire without forgetting intimacy, sensitivity and expression.”

Contents:
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.1
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Seiji Ozawa
Mozart: Piano Concerto No.18
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Eugen Jochum

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