Martha Argerich Beethoven Piano Concerto No 1 on Through The Night .

[Barbirollians]

Discussed ny Nick and EH on the Malofeev thread I thought it might be worth a thread on its own so more people get to hear it .

Considering the ordinary concerts they often play in the afternoon this Lausanne Festival Orchestra concert conducted by Rene Capucon deserves more attention.

I have only heard the Prokofiev and this so far. Beethoven 1 is the piece in which I think Argerich is at her greatest . I heard her play it with the Manchester Camerata at the Manchester Piano Festival about 10 years ago and it was one of the best and most memorable concerts I have ever been too . Her dialogue with the wind in the slow movement was magical - and here she is at 81 in Lausanne( she will be 82 on Monday ) playing it as if she was half her age. A perennially fresh account and very well accompanied and conducted too.

It is available on BBC Sounds for 24 days .

[Ein Heldenleben]

Discussed ny Nick and EH on the Malofeev thread I thought it might be worth a thread on its own so more people get to hear it .

Considering the ordinary concerts they often play in the afternoon this Lausanne Festival Orchestra concert conducted by Rene Capucon deserves more attention.

I have only heard the Prokofiev and this so far. Beethoven 1 is the piece in which I think Argerich is at her greatest . I heard her play it with the Manchester Camerata at the Manchester Piano Festival about 10 years ago and it was one of the best and most memorable concerts I have ever been too . Her dialogue with the wind in the slow movement was magical - and here she is at 81 in Lausanne( she will be 82 on Monday ) playing it as if she was half her age. A perennially fresh account and very well accompanied and conducted too.

It is available on BBC Sounds for 24 days .

Absolutely agree that it deserves a higher profile outing. According to the intro she also played it on her debut at the age of 8 ! Has any one ever before sustained such a long pianistic career at this level of accomplishment ? Usually with pianists in their 80’s one is having to forgive the odd technical slip but this needed no such indulgence. She really is a miracle.

[pastoralguy]

Absolutely agree that it deserves a higher profile outing. According to the intro she also played it on her debut at the age of 8 ! Has any one ever before sustained such a long pianistic career at this level of accomplishment ? Usually with pianists in their 80’s one is having to forgive the odd technical slip but this needed no such indulgence. She really is a miracle.

Yes, she’s wonderful. The violinist Nathan Milstein was still playing at an extremely high level in his 80’s.

[HighlandDougie]

Much enjoying the performance (assisted by a Kir - it's after 6pm here on the continent). Thanks to all for highlighting its existence. TTN often seems rather unfairly to be a bit of a backwater for performances by lesser-known - but not in any way sub-fusc - ensembles and soloists. Not this PC1, though.

[silvestrione]

I've only just twigged that TTN is not some broadcaster I don't have access to, but Through the Night! Which night was it please?

[cria]

We heard her play this in Oxford at the end of March. I had hoped that she could still conjure some magic and in a way she did. Two Bach gavottes as encores.

[Ein Heldenleben]

I've only just twigged that TTN is not some broadcaster I don't have access to, but Through the Night! Which night was it please?

Sat 27th 15 minutes in

[richardfinegold]

I heard her play that Concerto perhaps 10 years ago. I haven’t been keeping up with her recent recordings as mostly they seem to be chamber music and of repertoire that she had already duplicated

[silvestrione]

There's freshness to it nevertheless, and, as a reviewer said about a Manchester performance a few years ago, the clarinet player will remember and treasure those moments of dialogue (the latter part of the slow movement) for the rest of his life!

[muzzer]

Marvellous - on the to be listened to list

[Ein Heldenleben]

Another TTN piano gem from early Saturday. 58 minutes in

03:58 AM Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) 12 Studies Op 25 for piano Lukas Geniusas

Listened to it half volume while watching the Cup Final and kept turning it up.

You can tell just from the opening A Flat “harp” etude Lukas is a superb player.