Liszt, Brahms, Lutoslawski, Rachmaninov – Paganini Variations – Tzimon Barto

CD 1:
Franz Liszt (1811-1886):
Grandes études de Paganini
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Paganini Variations
Witold Lutosławski (1913-1994):
Paganini Variations

CD 2:
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943):
Paganini Rhapsody *

Tzimon Barto - piano
Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra *
Christoph Eschenbach - conductor *

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Lutoslawski, Bartok, Helweg – Works for Percursion Duo and Piano – Safri Duo

Witold Lutosławski (1913-1994):
Paganini Variations (arr.Marta Ptasazynska)
Béla Bartók (1881-1945):
Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percursion Sz 110
Kim Helweg (b.1956):
American Fantasy - a tribute to Leonard Bernstein

Safri Duo - percursion
Slovak Piano Duo

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Martha Argerich and Friends 2007 – Chamber music

Martha Argerich and Friends - live from Lugano Festival 2007

CD1:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Piano Trio in D major "Ghost", Op. 70,1 *
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Fantasie für eine Orgelwalze, arrangement for 2 pianos in F minor (after Mozart, K. 608) +
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Andante and Variations for 2 pianos in B flat major, Op. 46 #
Kinderszenen, Op. 15 §

Martha Argerich - piano * + # §
Lilya Zilberstein - piano +
Gabriela Montero - piano #
Renaud Capuçon - violin *
Mischa Maisky - cello *


CD 2:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Piano Quartet No. 2 in D major, WoO 36,2 *
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Ma mère l'oye, suite for piano 4 hands +
Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857):
Grand Sextet for piano, two violins, viola, cello and double-bass #
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992):
Theme and Variations, for violin & piano §
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Daphnis et Chloé, suite No. 2 (transcr. 2 pianos Lucien Garban) ∆

Martha Argerich - piano +
Alexander Mogilevsky - piano + #
Karin Lechner - piano * ∆
Francesco Piemontesi - piano §
Sergio Tiempo - piano ∆
Lucia Hall - violin #
Alissa Margulis - violin * # §
Lida Chen - viola *
Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg - viola #
Mark Drobinsky - cello * #
Enrico Fagone - double bass #


CD 3:
Béla Bartók (1881-1945):
Violin Sonata No.1 Sz75 *
Ernő von Dohnányi (1877-1960):
Piano Quintet No.1 in C minor, op.1 +
Witold Lutosławski (1913-1994):
Variations on a Theme by Paganini for 2 pianos #

Martha Argerich - piano * #
Nicholas Angelich - piano +
Mauricio Vallina - piano #
Renaud Capuçon - violin *
Dora Schwarzerg - violin +
Lucia Hall - violin +
Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg - viola +
Jorge Bosso - cello +


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Martha Argerich and Friends 2003 – Chamber music

Martha Argerich and Friends - live from Lugano Festival 2003

CD1:
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809):
Piano Trio in G (Gypsy Rondo) *
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943):
Six Duets op.11 +
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907):
Cello Sonata in A minor, op.36 #

Martha Argerich - piano * +
Renaud Capuçon - violin *
Gautier Capuçon - cello * #
Lilya Zilberstein - piano +
Gabriela Montero - piano #


CD 2:
Anton Arensky (1861-1906):
Piano Trio No.1 in D Minor Op.32 *
Witold Lutosławski (1913-1994):
Variations on a Theme by Paganini for two pianos +
César Franck (1822-1890):
Piano Quintet in F minor #

Martha Argerich - piano +
Polina Leschenko - piano *
Renaud Capuçon - violin * #
Gautier Capuçon - cello * #
Giorgia Tomassi - piano +
Alexander Gurning - piano #
Dora Schwarzberg - violin #
Lida Chen - viola #


CD 3 (bonus):
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) - Tangos for two pianos:
Revirado *
Adiós Nonino *
Gabriela Montero (b.1970):
Improvisation on a Theme from Beethoven's First Piano Concerto +
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992):
Oblivion #
Gerardo Matos Rodríguez (1897-1948):
La Cumparsita (arr.Bosso) #
Music from the Gypsy, Hungarian and Romanian Traditions §

Karin Lechner - piano *
Sergio Tiempo - piano *
Gabriela Montero - piano +
Dora Schwarzberg - violin #
Jorge Andres Bosso - cello #
The Cello Concep(r)t #
Géza Hosszu-Legocky and The Five Devils §

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Lutosławski - Symphonies No. 3 & 4, Partita for Violon & Orchestra - Blasczcyk

Witold Lutosławski (1913-1994):
Symphony No.3
Partita for Violin and Orchestra *
Symphony No.4

Roman Lasoki - violin *
Antoni Brożek - piano *
Orkiestra Filharmonii Śląskiej
Mirosław Jacek Błaszczyk - conductor

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Martha Argerich Edition - Solo & Duos (cd 5 of 6) - Prokofiev; Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Ravel, Lutoslawski

"(...) with all its challenges, and the radiant, sunny freedom of the live recordings from the Martha Argerich Project in 21st-century Lugano. In the collegiate atmosphere of these shared concerts, Martha Argerich is once again able to feel free and happy, even when she is alone at the keyboard (...) But after all, for Martha Argerich is Lugano not principally like the dream of one big family?" 

[Jean-Jacques Hoffelé in the booklet]

(disc 5 of 6)

Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953): Symphony No.1 in D major, op.25 "Classical" (transcr. Rikuya Terashima) *
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893): The Nutcracker Suite, op.71a (transcr.Nicolas Economou)+
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975): Concertino in A minor, op.94 for two pianos #
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): Ma Mère l'Oye - Suite for two pianos §
Witold Lutosławski (1913-1994): Variations on a Theme by Paganini for two pianos ∆
Witold Lutosławski (1913-1994): Variations on a Theme by Paganini for two pianos ∂


Yefim Bronfman - piano *
Mirabela Dina - piano +
Lilya Zilberstein - piano #
Alexander Mogilevsky - piano §
Giorgia Tomassi - piano ∆
Mauricio Vallina - piano ∂
Martha Argerich - piano

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Copland: Clarinet Concerto; Lutoslawski: Dance Preludes; Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto

Aaron Copland (1900-1990):
Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra, with Harp and Piano
Witold Lutosławsi (1913-1994):
Dance Preludes, for Clarinet, Harp, Piano, Percursion and Strings
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931):
Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra, op.57

Janet Hilton - clarinet
Scottish National Orchestra
Matthias Bamert - conductor

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Lutoslawski - Cello Concerto, Dance Preludes, Concerto for oboe, harp and chamber orchestra

Witold Lutosławski (1913-1994):
Cello concerto *
Dance Preludes for clarinet solo, harp, piano and string orchestra +
Concerto for oboe, harp, and chamber orchestra #

Heinrich Schiff - cello *
Ursula Holliger - harp + #
Eduard Brunner - clarinet +
Heinz Holliger - oboe #

Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Witold Lutosławski - conductor

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Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Lutoslawski - Music for Two Pianos

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943): Suite No.2, op.17 for two pianos
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): La Valse - transcription for two pianos
Witold Lutosławski (1913-1994): Variations on a Theme by Paganini, for two pianos

Martha Argerich - piano
Nelson Freire - piano

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