Sergei Babayan reviews
Rachmaninov: Preludes; Etudes-Tableaux, etc
Sergei Babayan (piano) (DG)
Prokofiev for Two
Martha Argerich, Sergei Babayan (DG)
Chopin Evocations with Daniil Trifonov
Pianist du jour Daniil Trifonov continues his commitment to keyboard heavyweights with a bumper release inspired by Chopin, featuring both concertos, plus pieces connected to the Polish composer. |
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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.