Martha Argerich and Friends is drawn from recitals given during the first three years of the Martha Argerich Project Lugano Festival. Chamber music and mentoring young musicians have been two constants in Argerich's career, and the two are the reasons behind the project. The festival gives more experienced or well-known performers and those who are less so a chance to work together and learn from each other, covering a wider variety of chamber music than most festivals. So on these three discs there's everything from piano ...
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Martha Argerich and Friends is drawn from recitals given during the first three years of the Martha Argerich Project Lugano Festival. Chamber music and mentoring young musicians have been two constants in Argerich's career, and the two are the reasons behind the project. The festival gives more experienced or well-known performers and those who are less so a chance to work together and learn from each other, covering a wider variety of chamber music than most festivals. So on these three discs there's everything from piano duos to violin sonatas to a piano quintet, and Argerich herself isn't always the pianist. The discs begin with a transcription of Prokofiev's "Classical" Symphony for piano duo performed by Argerich and Yefim Bronfman. Bronfman and Emanuel Ax have made some problematic recordings in the past, and compared to those, his musicality and expert ensemble work with Argerich are surprising and thoroughly enjoyable. Most of what is here is expertly done and quite pleasing. The first disc...
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