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...exercise in the mechanical art of staying together.The Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor fared no better under Sung’s direction and Brazilian pianist Nelson Friere’s touch. Friere, whose command of the keyboard rivaled that of his longtime duo partner and legendary pianist Martha Argerich at the peak of his career, delivered a restrained performance that failed to communicate the rustic, fiercely nationalistic character of Grieg’s music. Friere’s former flair for pairing reckless abandon with nuanced maturity was completely absent from this performance. The attack of the opening octave...
...solo and in combination, in 29 mostly intimate concerts under the blue-and-white tent. But the festival's undoubted highlight will be a 12-piece superorchestra, featuring violin maestros like Vadim Repin, Sarah Chang and Gidon Kremer, along with eight top-flight pianists, among them Evgeny Kissin, Martha Argerich and Mikhail Pletnev. The July 22 performance will be the starriest classical concert in living memory - four of the world's major TV companies will be there to record it, and a dvd release will follow. In addition to the opportunities for such unusual collaborations, Verbier gives the maestros...
...Julio Argerich Ullared, Sweden...
...make the finals of the Van Cliburn four years ago, outraged fans launched him by raising an equivalent of the first-prize money themselves. Similarly, when Yugoslav-born Ivo Pogorelich, 22, was eliminated before the last round of the recent Chopin competition in Warsaw, one judge, Pianist Martha Argerich, resigned in protest. The incident became a musical cause célèbre. Pogorelich's first U.S. record includes wayward but ultimately persuasive interpretations of the Chopin Funeral March sonata and six shorter pieces. Lightning tempos in some works, such as the C-sharp-minor Scherzo, display his formidable...
...Deutsche Grammophon). In the finest piano album to result from the Ravel centenary, Argentina's Martha Argerich, 34, displays a mind that is as dexterous as her fingers...