The Complete Recordings on DG

Martha Argerich is nothing less than the High Priestess of the Piano and her essential legacy is with Deutsche Grammophon and Philips. If the solo recordings are relatively few in number — each a gem, from Chopin to Ravel and Bach and Schumann — her partnerships with the great artists of her time are unrivalled. One only has to think of Claudio Abbado, Nelson Freire, Gidon Kremer and Mischa Maisky, and Daniel Barenboim.

 

With this box you can trace Martha Argerich’s recording career from early Chopin — including the 1960s Chopin radio recordings — the famous Ravel and Prokofiev Concertos disc with Claudio Abbado, through her comprehensive series of chamber-music recordings with Gidon Kremer and Mischa Maisky, to the more recent live outings with Nelson Freire (a long-time partner) and Daniel Barenboim. On the way there is overwhelming Rachmaninoff, a scintillating ‘Carnival of the Animals’, and much more.

 

Her complete recordings for DG & Philips are brought together in one edition: complete solo recordings, complete concerto recordings (including the “Lugano Concertos” from 2012 and the last recording with Abbado), complete duo recordings and complete chamber music recordings. Presented with a 150-page booklet.

 

Tracklisting:

CD 1

Chopin: Scherzo No.3, Op.39 & Barcarolle, Op.60

Brahms: Rhapsody, Op.79, No.1 &2

Prokofiev: Toccata, Op. 11

 

CD 2

Chopin: Piano Sonata No.3, Op.58; Polonaise No.6&7, Op.61 Polonaise-Fantaisie; Op.53 -"Heroic"; Mazurka No.36-38

 

CD 3

Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.3, Op.26

Ravel: Piano Concerto, M. 83

 

CD 4

Chopin: Piano Concerto No.1, Op.11

Liszt: Piano Concerto No.1, S.124

Ravel: Piano Concerto, M. 83

 

CD 5

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1, Op.23

Mendelssohn: Concerto For Violin, Piano And Strings, MWV 04

 

CD 6

Liszt: Piano Sonata, S.178

Schumann: Piano Sonata No.2, Op.22

 

CD 7

Chopin: Piano Sonata No.2, Op.35; Andante spianato et Grande Polonaise brillante, Op.22; Scherzo No.2, Op.31

 

CD 8

Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit, M.55; Sonatine, M.40 - For Piano; Valses nobles et sentimentales, M.61

 

CD 9

Chopin: 24-26 Préludes, Op.28,45; posth.

 

CD 10

Stravinsky: Les Noces / Première Partie; Deuxième Partie

Bartók: Concerto For 2 Pianos, Percussion, And Orchestra, Sz.115

 

CD 11

Bartók: Sonata For 2 Pianos And Percussion, Sz.110

Mozart: Andante And Five Variations For Piano Duet, K.501

Debussy: En blanc et noir, L.134 - For 2 Pianos

Bartók: Out Doors, BB 89, Sz. 81 - Volume 1 & 2; Sonatina, BB 69, Sz. 55

 

CD 12

Schumann: Piano Concerto, Op.54

Chopin: Piano Concerto No.2, Op.21

 

CD 13

J.S. Bach: Toccata BWV 911; Partita No.2, BWV 826; English Suite No.2, BWV 807

 

CD 14

Chopin: Cello Sonata, Op.65; Introduction And Polonaise, Op.3

Schumann: Adagio And Allegro, Op.70

 

CD 15

Rachmaninov: Suite No.2 For 2 Pianos, Op.17

Ravel: La Valse; Lutoslawski: Variations On A Theme By Paganini For 2 Pianos

 

CD 16

Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.3, Op.30

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1, Op.23

 

CD 17

Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances, Op.45

Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Op.71a

 

CD 18

Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op.15 & Kreisleriana, Op.16

 

CD 19

Schubert: Sonata For Arpeggione And Piano, D.821

Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op.73 & 5 Stücke im Volkston, Op.102

 

CD 20

Beethoven: Sonata For Violin And Piano No.1-3, Op.12 No.1-3

 

CD 21

J.S. Bach: Sonata For Viola Da Gamba And Harpsichord No.1-3, BWV 1027-1029

 

CD 22

Saint-Saëns: Le Carnaval des Animaux

Meschwitz: Tier-Gebete, For Speaker And Piano

Ridout: Little Sad Sound, A Melodrama For Speaker And Double-bass

 

CD 23

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.1&2, Op.15&19

 

CD 24

Schumann: Sonata No.1&2 For Violin And Piano, Op.105&121

 

CD 25

Beethoven: Sonata For Violin And Piano No.4&5, Op.23&24- "Spring"

 

CD 26

Bartók: Sonata For Violin And Piano No.1, Sz. 75

Janácek: Violin Sonata

Messiaen: Theme And Variations For Violin And Piano

 

CD 27

Beethoven: 12 Variations On "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" For Cello And Piano, Op. 66;

Sonata For Cello And Piano No.1 &2; 7 Variations On "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen", For Cello And Piano, WoO 46

 

CD 28

Prokofiev: Sonata For Violin And Piano No.1&2, Op.80, Op.94a; 5 Mélodies

 

CD 29

Beethoven: Sonata For Cello And Piano No.3- 5; 12 Variations On "See The Conquering Hero Comes" For Cello And Piano, WoO 45

 

CD 30

Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra Op.35

Haydn: Concerto For Harpsichord And Orchestra, Hob.XVIII:11

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1, Op.23

 

CD 31

Bartók: Sonata For 2 Pianos And Percussion, Sz. 110

Ravel: Ma mère l'oye, M. 62; Rapsodie espagnole, M. 54

 

CD 32

Beethoven: Sonata For Violin And Piano No.6, 7 & 8, Op. 30

 

CD 33

Beethoven: Sonata For Violin And Piano No.9, Op.47 - "Kreutzer"; Sonata For Violin And Piano No.10, Op.96

 

CD 34

Shostakovich: Piano Trio No.2, Op.67

Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio, Op.50

Kiesewetter: Tango pathétique

 

CD 35

Schumann: Adagio And Allegro, Op.70; Fantasiestücke, Op.73; 3 Romances, Op.94; 5 Stücke Im Volkston, Op.102; Märchenbilder, Op.113

Beethoven: Sonata For Violin And Piano No.9, Op.47 - "Kreutzer"

 

CD 36

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.3, Op.37; Piano Concerto No.2, Op.19

 

CD 37

Chopin: Cello Sonata, Op.65; Introduction And Polonaise, Op.3

Franck: Sonata For Violin And Piano

Debussy: Sonata For Cello And Piano, L.135

 

CD 38

Brahms: Piano Quartet No.1, Op.25

Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op.88

 

CD 39

Stravinsky: Suite Italienne (From "Pulcinella") - For Violoncello And Piano

Prokofiev: Sonata For Cello & Piano, Op.119; The Tale Of The Stone Flower, Ballet In 4 Acts, Op.118

Shostakovich: Sonata For Cello And Piano, Op.40

 

CD 40

Prokofiev: Cinderella, Op.87 - Suite From The Ballet

Ravel: Ma mère l'oye - For Piano Duet, M.60

 

CD 41

Brahms: Variations On A Theme By Haydn, "St. Anthony Variations", Op. 56b

Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances, Op.45 - Two Pianos

Schubert: Grand Rondeau, D 951

Ravel: La Valse - poème choréographique, M. 72

 

CD 42

Mozart: Piano Concerto No.25, K.503; Piano Concerto No.20, K.466

 

CD 43

Mozart: Sonata For 2 Pianos, K.448

Schubert: Variations On A Original Theme, D.813

Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps - Version For Piano Duet

 

CD 44

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.1, Op.15

Poulenc: Concerto For 2 Pianos And Orchestra

Mozart: Concerto For 3 Pianos And Orchestra (No.7), K.242 "Lodron"

 

CD 45

Schumann: Piano Concerto, Op.5

Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.1, Op.10; Piano Concerto No.3, Op.26

 

CD 46

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.2, Op.19

Liszt: Piano Concerto No.1, S.124

Bartók: Piano Concerto No.3, BB 127, Sz. 119

Mozart: Andante And Variations, K.501

 

CD 47

Schubert: Divertissement à l'hongroise, D.818

Brahms: Liebeslieder-Walzer, Op.52 - Verses From "Polydora"

Stravinsky: Les Noces / Première Partie & Deuxième Partie

Milhaud: Scaramouche, Suite For 2 Pianos

 

CD 48

Chopin: Ballade No. 1 Op. 23; Etude, Op. 10 No. 4 Mazurkas, Op. 24 No. 2, Op. 33 No. 2, Op. 41 No. 1 & 4, Op. 59 No. 1 - 3, Op. 63 No.2 Nocturne, Op. 15 No.1, Nocturne, Op. 55 No.2