Deutsche Grammophon Releases All-New Recordings from Pianist Martha Argerich, 10/30

Since 2002 Martha Argerich's Progetto at the Lugano Festival has brought together many notable artists for memorable concerts of chamber and orchestral music. This deluxe 4-CD set offers a rich selection of live (mostly) concerto recordings, all with Martha Argerich and all first-time releases. They include a number of works new to her Deutsche Grammophon discography (Mozart, Prokofiev, Bartók and Poulenc) in addition to scintillating performances of Schubert, Brahms and Milhaud – all CD premieres of pieces absolutely new to her repertoire.

For the concertos Argerich is joined by The Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana and a number of conductors including Charles Dutoit, Ion Marin and Alexandre Rabinovitch. Other musical collaborators include Paul Gulda, Rico Gulda, Gabriela Montero, Akane Sakai and others.

Repertoire:
CD1: Beethoven: Concerto no. 1, Poulenc: Double Concerto*, Mozart: Triple Concerto K.242*
CD2: Schumann: Concerto, Prokofiev Concertos nos. 1* & 3
CD3: Beethoven: Concerto no. 2, Liszt: Concerto no. 1, Bartók: Concerto no. 3*, Mozart: Andante & Variations K. 501
CD4: Schubert: Divertissement à la hongroise*, Brahms: Liebeslieder-Walzer*, Stravinsky: Les Noces, Milhaud: Scaramouche*

ALL LIVE RECORDINGS, ALL FIRST-TIME RELEASES
*New to Martha Argerich's discography on DG and/or new to Martha Argerich's discography

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