These recordings made by Deutsche Grammophon of Martha Argerich performing the works of Chopin do much to highlight the pianist's status among the greatest of her generation. The solo works display Argerich's interpretations in close, vivid sound, offering a glimpse of what one might have enjoyed at her solo concerts before she mostly abandoned them for chamber and orchestral performances. The variety of Chopin's solo works can pose challenges to pianists, but Argerich performs the many styles masterfully. The chamber music ...
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These recordings made by Deutsche Grammophon of Martha Argerich performing the works of Chopin do much to highlight the pianist's status among the greatest of her generation. The solo works display Argerich's interpretations in close, vivid sound, offering a glimpse of what one might have enjoyed at her solo concerts before she mostly abandoned them for chamber and orchestral performances. The variety of Chopin's solo works can pose challenges to pianists, but Argerich performs the many styles masterfully. The chamber music and concerto recordings offered here illuminate her strength in these settings. On the CD version of this collection, the listener is provided two separate recordings of Chopin's major works for the cello and piano, the Introduction and Polonaise brillante in C major, Op. 3, and the Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, Op. 65. Argerich recorded these both with top-flight cellists, Mischa Maisky and Mstislav Rostropovich, and the listener is afforded the chance to hear how the...
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