Prokofiev, Ravel: Piano Concertos, etc / Martha Argerich
This is the original Prokofiev/Ravel concerto coupling as it appeared on LP; the Prokofiev has also been coupled with the Tchaikovsky First Concerto. I prefer this edition since superb performances of the Ravel are less common. The young (1967) Martha Argerich plays the Prokofiev for maximum brilliance but leavens the Ravel with the composer's ironic lyricism. It's very effective. The bonus is one of the greatest performances of the Ravel piano suite ever recorded, but it leaves me wondering what will happen to the remainder of the original LP. All those solo Ravel pieces should be in the catalog; as Argerich plays them, they offer a primer on what keyboard color is all about. --Leslie Gerber more
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Recent Reviews
- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jun-05-2007
- treasured
I won't go at length about this CD's every refinement, but the Adagio assai on ravel's concerto is easily the best I have ever heard. It is possibly the best collaboration between orchestra/conductor and the pianist of any work. Abbado...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: May-24-2007
- Easily one of the finest releases of the Deutsche Grammophon catalog
It's criminal that Deutsche Grammophon waited almost thirty years to reissue these excellent recordings as a Compact Disc edition. Never mind the middling late Karajan discs or all this overwrought Lang Lang tripe that they're defecating...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: May-24-2007
- Easily one of the finest releases of the Deutsche Grammophon catalog
It's criminal that DG waited almost thirty years to reissue these excellent recordings as a compact disc edition. Never mind the middling late Karajan discs or all this overwrought Lang Lang tripe that they're defecating into...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: May-12-2007
- Miraculous!
The collaboration between Argerich and Abbado is impressive. Argerich is at her best. A must for your classical collection.
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Selected Reviews
- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jun-05-2007
- treasured
I won't go at length about this CD's every refinement, but the Adagio assai on ravel's concerto is easily the best I have ever heard. It is possibly the best collaboration between orchestra/conductor and the pianist of any work. Abbado...
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- 3/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Dec-19-2001
- good, but NOT that good
Without reservation this is a fine recording; Michelangeli's is an act of God. A crude analogy would be as follows: the girl next door is pretty; the girl of one's dreams is the stuff of life. I urge you to not buy this recording! Buy...
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- 1/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Sep-06-2005
- Dreadfull
This is simply the worst recording of this concerto. I realize she was young, but it is unmusical, almost as if the idea is to play just the opposite of what the composition calls for. Sort of out Gould Gould. The slow movement has no...
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