Le carnaval impérial de Martha Argerich et Nelson Goerner à Gstaad

Nelson Goerner et Martha Argerich dans les Danses symphoniques

Le Carnaval des animaux dans l'église de Saanen

Annie Dutoit-Argerich, Amrtha Argerich et un tourneur de pages de prestige

By Rémi Monti, 05 February 2024

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“excellence de la musique, ambiance décontractée et informelle, rires dans la salle”

Reviewed at Saanen Church, Saanen on 3 February 2024

Rachmaninov, Symphonic Dances, Op.45

Saint-Saëns, Carnival of the Animals

Martha Argerich, Piano

Nelson Goerner, Piano

Annie Dutoit, Narrator

Sergey Ostrovsky, Violin

Pascale Servranckx-Delporte, Violin

Lyda Chen, Viola

Dan Sloutskovski, Cello

Ivy Wong, Double Bass

Claudia Pana, Flute

Dmitry Rasul-Kareyev, Clarinet

Sébastien Cordier, Percussion

Argerich, Maisky and the elixir of youth

Mark Pullinger, 6th February

Martha Argerich and Mischa Maisky's duo recital at Wigmore Hall turns into a trio... and offers the London audience a rare opportunity to hear the Argentinian pianist play solo.

****1

Sinning on a Sunday: Argerich, Mehta and the Vienna Philharmonic

Chanda VanderHart, 17th March

In the sacred golden temple that is the Musikverein, Martha Argerich plays Ravel's saucy Piano Concerto in G major, before the Philharmoniker and Zubin Mehta play Bruckner's Seventh Symphony.

****1

Stars, slapstick and soul: Martha Argerich joins the Rotterdam Phil

Eleanor Knight, 28th September

Soaring choral music precedes the arrival of Martha Argerich for a daredevil account of Shostakovich's First Piano Concerto with RPhO Principal Trumpet, Alex Elia.

*****

Argerich and Dutoit demonstrate that vitality is ageless

Edward Sava-Segal, 18th September

Martha Argerich returns to the Enescu Festival for one of the pillars of her repertory, Prokofiev's Third Piano Concerto, in a buoyant performance.

***11

Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester and Martha Argerich in Évian

David Karlin, 2nd July

Argerich shows her full artistry, while Europe's young musicians show impressive coordination and dynamics, if short of emotion in Beethoven 7.

****1

Clumsy Liszt, listless Berlioz from Barenboim and the Staatskapelle

Mark Pullinger, 7th March

Some conductors get better with age, ripening like fine wines, but age wearies others. Daniel Barenboim’s decline is difficult to bear.

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Rémi Monti

Auditeur compulsif de concerts dont l’amour pour la musique classique s’est développé à Toulouse, Paris mais surtout à Moscou, par le chatoiement des pianistes et des orchestres se succédant dans la Grande Salle du Conservatoire, Rémi travaille depuis plusieurs années entre journalisme et production (Radio Classique, Pianiste Magazine, Philippe Maillard Productions, Festival Tons Voisins d’Albi…).

Le carnaval impérial de Martha Argerich et Nelson Goerner aux Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad