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A pianist for all seasons: Martha Argerich crowns her festival with a Tchaikovsky debut

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“soulful, intimate performances, almost as if Argerich was unaware of her audience”
Reviewed at Laeiszhalle: Großer Saal, Hamburg on 30 June 2021
Bach, Partita no. 1 in B flat major, BWV825
Vivaldi, L'estro armonico: Concerto for 4 violins, cello and strings in B minor, Op.3 no.10, RV 580
Couperin, Les Ombres errantes
Couperin, Pièces de clavecin, Ordre no.18: Le Tic-Toc-Choc ou Les Maillotins
Bartók, Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percussion, Sz.110
Tchaikovsky, Les Saisons (The Seasons) for piano, Op.37a or Op.37b (excerpts)
Piazzolla, Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas (The 4 Seasons of Buenos Aires) (piano trio)
Martha Argerich, Piano
Akane Sakai, Piano
Akiko Suwanai, Violin
Tedi Papavrami, Violin
Adrian Iliescu, Violin
Thomas Lefort, Violin
Lea Petra, Piano
Iddo Bar-Shaï, Piano
Nelson Goerner, Piano
Alexej Gerassimez, Percussion
Lukas Böhm, Percussion
Eugene Lifschitz, Cello
Alexander Gurning, Piano
Revolutionary voices in Hamburg with Sylvain Cambreling
****1
German Romanticism from Argerich, Cambreling and Symphoniker Hamburg
***11
Catriona Morison joins Martha Argerich in outstanding performances
****1
Martha Argerich brings magical Ravel to Hamburg
*****
Argerich, Dutoit and Russian revelry in Hamburg
****1
Unexpected promise: Bryce Dessner at the Elbphilharmonie
***11
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