Nicholas Angelich reviews
Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 8, etc
Nicholas Angelich (piano) (Erato)
Beethoven: Triple Concerto; Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano
Andreas Ottensamer, Gil Shaham, Anne Gastinel, Nicholas Angelich; Frankfurt Radio Symphony/Paavo Järvi (Naïve)
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 4 & 5
Nicholas Angelich; Insula Orchestra/Laurence Equilbey (Warner Classics)
Martha Argerich & Friends with the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
This is the last of Warner’s annual gleanings from the Lugano Festival at which Martha Argerich presides – and definitely the most exciting. She may be 76, but her playing has lost none of its phenomenal precision and brilliance; it’s a rare pleasure to hear her playing solo in Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy, which she has never before committed to disc. In every shared track she induces her ‘friends’ – including the excellent Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana – to raise their game to a level with hers.