Martha Argerich Edition - Chamber Music 8CD Box Set (2011)

This 8 CD boxed set is another in a series to commemorate the art of Martha Argerich in her 70 th birthday year. How lucky we all are as music-lovers to have the chance - where we don’t already own them - of obtaining these fantastic performances by a true artist. The title of one of the articles in the accompanying booklet is “The spirit of collaboration”. That sums up this set, for Argerich has, for many years, eschewed solo performances in favour of the collaborative process where she shares the platform with a whole range of world class colleagues, some very well known and some less so. You can be sure that if she wants to play with them they are at the very top of their musical game. I recently reviewed her solo and duos set which I described as “an embarrassment of riches”; this is an even greater one: 8 CDs of performances of the works of 9 composers in which she is accompanied by a total of 23 different musicians! The choice of repertoire cannot be faulted, involves plenty of variety and shows Argerich as a perfect fellow musician whether in duos, trios, quartets, quintets or septet.

Tracklist
Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata for Piano & Violin No. 9 in A major, Op. 47 'Kreutzer'
1. I. Adagio sostenuto - Presto
2. II. Andante con variazioni
3. III. Finale: Presto

Cesar Franck
Violin Sonata in A major
4. I. Allegretto ben moderato
5. II. Allegro
6. III. Recitativo - Fantasia: ben moderato - molto lento
7. IV. Allegretto poco mosso
Itzhak Perlman, violin
Recorded in concert as part of Music from Saratoga: 30.VII.1998, Saratoga Performing Arts, USA








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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Quartet in C Wo036 No.3
1. I. Allegro vivace
2. II. Adagio con espressione
3. III. Finale: Allegro
Renaud Capucon, violin
Lida Chen, viola
Gautier Capucon, cello
Recorded in concert : 14.VI.2005, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano

Clarinet Trio in B flat Op.11
4. I. Allegro con brio
5. II. Adagio con espressione
6. III. Tema con variazioni
Marek Denemark, clarinet
Mark Drobinsky, cello
Recorded in concert : 28.VI.2002, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano

Piano Trio in D Op.70 No.1 'Ghost'
7. I. Allegro vivace e con brio
8. II. Largo assai ed espressivo
9. III. Presto
Renaud Capucon, violin
Mischa Maisky, cello
Recorded in concert : 13.VI.2007, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano

Frederic Chopin
Introduction and Polonaise brillante in C Op.3
10. I. Introduction
11. II. Alla polacca - Allegro con spirito
Gautier Capucon, cello
Recorded in concert : 23.VI.2009, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano









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Robert Schumann
Violin Sonata No.1 in A minor Op.105
1. I. Mit leidenschaftlichen Ausdruck
2. II. Allegretto
3. III. Lebhaft
Geza Hosszu-Legocky, violin
Recorded in concert : 23.VI.2004, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano

Violin Sonata No.2 in D minor Op.121
4. I. Ziemlich langsam - Lebhaft
5. II. Sehr lebhaft
6. III. Leise, einfach
7. IV. Bewegt
Renaud Capucon, violin
Recorded in concert : 20.VI.2008, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano

Fantasiestucke Op.73 for flugelhorn and piano
8. I. Zart und mit Ausdruck
9. II. Lebhaft, leicht
10. III. Rasch und mit Feuer
Sergei Nakariakov, flugelhorn
Recorded in concert : 19.VI.2006, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano

Marchenbilder, Op.113 for viola and piano
11. I. Nicht Schnell
12. II. Lebhaft
13. III. Rasch
14. IV. Langsam, mit melancholischem Ausdruck
Nobuko Imai, viola
Recorded in concert : 18.IX.1994, Concertgebouw, Nijmegen, Netherlands









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Robert Schumann
Piano Quintet in E flat Op.44
1. I. Allegro brillante
2. II. In modo d'una marcia - Un poco largamente
3. III. Scherzo: Molto vivace
4. IV. Allegro ma non troppo
Dora Schwarzberg & Renaud Capucon, violins
Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg , viola
Mark Drobinsky, cello
Recorded in concert : 27.VI.2002, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano

Piano Quartet in E flat Op.47
5. I. Sostenuto assai - Allegro ma non troppo
6. II. Scherzo: Molto vivace
7. III. Andante cantabile
8. IV. Finale: Vivace
Renaud Capucon, violin
Lida Chen, viola
Gautier Capucon, cello
Recorded in concert : 26.VI.2006, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano

Andante and Variations in B flat Op.46
9. Sostenuto. Andante espressivo. Un poco piu animato
10. Piu lento. Animato
11. Doppio movimento. Tempo primo. Piu adagio
Alexandre Rabinovitch, piano
Marie-Luise Neunecker, horn
Natalia Gutman & Mischa Maisky, cellos
Recorded in concert : 18.IX.1994, Concertgebouw, Nijmegen, Netherlands









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Joseph Haydn
Piano trio in G Hob.XV:25 (Gypsy Trio)
1. I. Andante
2. II. Poco adagio
3. III. Rondo all'ongarese: Presto
Renaud Capucon, violin
Gautier Capucon, cello
Recorded in concert : 10.VI.2003, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano

Felix Mendelssohn
Piano trio No.1 in D minor Op.49
4. I. Molto allegro. Agitato
5. II. Andante con moto, tranquillo
6. III. Scherzo: Leggiero e vivace
7. IV. Finale: Allegro assai appasionato
Renaud Capucon, violin
Gautier Capucon, cello
Recorded in concert : 25.VI.2002, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano

Robert Schumann
Fantasiestucke Op.88
8. I. Romanze: Nicht schnell, mit innigem Ausdruck
9. II. Humoreske: Lebhaft
10. III. Duet: Langsam und mit Ausdruck
11. IV. Finale: Im Marsch-Tempo
Renaud Capucon, violin
Gautier Capucon, cello
Recorded in concert : 21.VI.2009, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano

Claude Debussy
Cello Sonata
12. I. Prologue (Lent - Sostenuto e molto risoluto)
13. II. Serenade: Moderement anime - Finale: Anime, leger et nerveux

14. La plus que lente (arr. cello and piano)

15. Minstrels (arr. cello and piano)
Mischa Maisky, cello
Recorded: 29-31.XII.1981, Conservatorie, Geneva










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Cesar Franck
Cello Sonata in A
1. I. Allegretto ben moderato
2. II. Allegro
3. III. Recitativo - Fantasia: Ben moderato - Molto lento
4. IV. Allegretto poco mosso
Mischa Maisky, cello
Recorded: 29-31.XII.1981, Conservatorie, Geneva

Bela Bartok
Violin Sonata No.1 Sz75
5. I. Allegro appassionato
6. II. Adagio
7. III. Allegro
Renaud Capucon, violin
Recorded in concert : 11.VI.2007, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano

Contrasts Sz111
8. I. Verbunkos
9. II. Piheno
10. III. Sebes
Chantal Juillet, violin
Michael Collins, clarinet
Recorded in concert as part of Music from Saratoga: VII.&VIII.1998, Little Theatre, Saratoga









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Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano Quintet in G minor Op.57
1. I. Prelude: Lento - poco piu mosso - Lento
2. II. Fugue: Adagio
3. III. Scherzo: Allegretto
4. IV. Intermezzo: Lento
5. V. Finale: Allegretto
Renaud Capucon & Alissa Margulis, violins
Lida Chen, viola
Mischa Maisky, cello
Recorded in concert : 21.VI.2006, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano

Piano Trio No.2 in E minor Op.67
6. I. Andante - Moderato
7. II. Allegro non troppo
8. III. Largo
9. IV. Allegretto
Maxim Vengerov, violin
Gautier Capucon, cello
Recorded in concert : 14.VI.2004, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano

Leos Janacek
Concertino for piano, two violins, viola, clarinet, horn and bassoon
10. I. Moderato
11. II. Piu mosso
12. III. Con moto
13. IV. Allegro
Lucy Hall & Alissa Margulis, violins
Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg, viola
Corrado Giuffredi, clarinet
Zora Slokar, horn
Vincent Godel, bassoon
Recorded in concert : 17.VI.2008, Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano









Tracklist
Piano Quintet in E flat Op.44
1. I. Allegro brillante
2. II. In modo d'una marcia - Un poco largamente
3. III. Scherzo: Molto vivace
4. IV. Allegro ma non troppo
Dora Schwarzberg & Lucy Hall, violins
Nobuko Imai, viola
Mischa Maisky, cello

Violin Sonata No.2 in D minor Op.121
5. I. Ziemlich langsam - Lebhaft
6. II. Sehr lebhaft
7. III. Leise, einfach
8. IV. Bewegt
Dora Schwarzberg, violin

Fantasiestucke Op.73
9. I. Zart und mit Ausdruck
10. II. Lebhaft, leicht
11. III. Rasch und mit Feuer
Natalia Gutman, cello







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