Argerich, Maisky and the elixir of youth

Yossif Ivanov, Martha Argerich and Mischa Maisky

Mischa Maisky

Yossif Ivanov, Mischa Maisky and Martha Argerich

By Mark Pullinger, 07 February 2025

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“the quicksilver Scherzo scampering off into thin air in Puckish style”

Reviewed at Wigmore Hall, London on 6 February 2025

Bach, Cello suite no. 1 in G major, BWV1007

Haydn, Piano Trio in G major, "Gypsy Rondo," Hob XV:25

Bach, Partita no. 2 in C minor, BWV826

Mendelssohn, Piano Trio no. 1 in D minor, Op.49

Schubert, Du bist die Ruh' (Rückert), D.776 (trans. Maisky)

Mischa Maisky, Cello

Martha Argerich, Piano

Yossif Ivanov, Violin

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.

Martha Argerich returns with thrilling Schumann concerto in Lucerne

Stephen Pritchard, 8th February

Returning to the concert platform after recent illness, Argerich demonstrates why she's still the reigning pianist in Lucerne's “Le Piano symphonique” festival.

****1

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.