Live from the Lugano Festival 2007 : Martha Argerich and friends (3CD)

Martha Argerich and friends
Live from the Lugano Festival 2007

Martha Argerich's annual festival in Lugano provides a reliable feast of both well-established and unfamiliar repertoire played by well-known and less familiar artists, many of them young, all of them compelling. The 2007 festival certainly ran true to form - with composers as diverse as Mozart, Glinka, Messiaen, Schumann, Lutosławski, Ravel, Bartók and Beethoven - variety and discovery were as abundant as ever.
No other pianist in the musical world nurtures and promotes emerging talent with the same level of personal commitment and belief as Martha Argerich. The results of the chamber music partnerships displayed on this release demonstrate the magic that is made when these professional friends are brought together by her unique artistic personality.
This year’s recording also boasts a substantial solo spot from Martha herself, playing Schumann's Kinderszenen Op. 15.

CD 1
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Trio in D major Op. 70 No 1 for piano , violin and cello "Geister-Trio"
Martha Argerich - pianoforte, Renaud Capuçon - violino, Mischa Maisky - violoncello

Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Fantasie für eine Orgelwalze
Martha Argerich, Lilya Zilberstein - piano

Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
Andante and Variation for two pianos Op. 46
Martha Argerich, Gabriela Montero - piano

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Kinderszenen Op. 15
Martha Argerich - piano

CD2
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Quartet in D major, WoO 36, No. 2 for violin, viola, violoncello and piano
Karin Lechner - piano, Alissa Margulis - violin, Lida Chen - viola, Mark Dobrinsk - cello

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Ma mère l’oye, suite for piano four hands
Martha Argerich, Alexander Mogilevsky - piano

Mikhail I. Glinka (1804-1857)
Grand Sextet for piano, two violins, viola, cello and double bass
Alexander Mogilevsky - piano, Lucy Hall - violin, Alissa Margulis - violin, Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg - viola, Mark Drobinsky - cello, Enrico Fagone - doublebass

Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
Thème et variations pour Violon et Piano (1932)
Alissa Margulis - violin, Francesdco Piemontese - piano

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2 (transcribed for two pianos by Lucien Garban)
Sergio Tiempo, Karin Lechner - piano

CD 3
Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
Sonata No 1 Sz 75 for violin and piano
Renaud Capuçon - violin, Martha Argerich - piano

Ernst von Dohnányi (1877-1960 ??)
Quintet No. 1 in C minor for piano, two violins, viola and violoncello, Op.1
Nicholas Angelich - piano, Dora Schwarzberg - violin, Lucy Hall - violin, Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg - viola, Jorge Bosso - cello

Witold Lutoslawski (1913-1994)
Variations on a theme of Paganini
Martha Argerich, Mauricio Vallina, piano