Re: Martha Argerich, her birthday, and her "fans"
David O.
<1pian...@gmail.com> wrote:
>I attended one of her last full piano recitals - Carnegie
>Hall, 1981 - and it was, truly, one of the greatest piano recitals I
>have ever witnessed.
That was the same year of Stevie Nicks's first solo tour (in support
of "Bella Donna"), which ended with a triumphant five-night stand at
the newly renovated Fox Wilshire Theatre in Beverly Hills. I was there
for those concerts, but I missed Martha's Carnegie Hall recital.
Oscar
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> >I attended one of her last full piano recitals - Carnegie
> >Hall, 1981 - and it was, truly, one of the greatest piano recitals I
> >have ever witnessed.
>
> That was the same year of Stevie Nicks's first solo tour (in support
> of "Bella Donna"), which ended with a triumphant five-night stand at
> the newly renovated Fox Wilshire Theatre in Beverly Hills. I was there
> for those concerts, but I missed Martha's Carnegie Hall recital.
Ouch, you missed Martha solo for Stevie Nicks? Well, I guess she was
one of the biggest female pop stars in the world at that time. You
know that, because of a horribly collapsed septum, she was getting
cocaine inserted up her rectum by a personal assistant at the time?
No, it's not just an urban legend. And not a job I would take!! As
Dave Chappelle said, 'Cocaine's a helluva drug!'
Btw, Tom, that was a nice message. I wish I could see Martha play
Schumann. Kreisleriana, Carnaval, even Gesänge der Frühe, wouldn't
that be something?
Tomm_nk
This CD was scheduled to release on her 70th birthday.
http://www.hmv.co.jp/product/detail/4074191
Schumann : Concerto (Live in Tokyo, 1/12/2010)
Chopin : 1st Concerto (Live in Tokyo, 28/11/2010)
New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra
Christian Arming , Conductor
But it was released in May for the charity (big earthquake and tsunami
in Japan).
pianomaven
> Btw, Tom, that was a nice message. I wish I could see Martha play
> Schumann. Kreisleriana, Carnaval, even Gesänge der Frühe, wouldn't
> that be something?
Yes, indeed.
And how about the Toccata, which she has used to warm up for decades.
She plays it at a tempo that would make your hair stand on edge.
TD
pianomaven
Ho hum. Same old. Same old.
TD
Matthew B. Tepper
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Availability in USA/Europe?
The Chopin appears to come from the concert listed here:
http://marthargerich.blogspot.com/2010_08_01_archive.html
I think the smiling portrait of Argerich in the middle of the page is just
about the prettiest photograph of her I've ever seen.
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Tomm_nk
Maybe ... No (limited Edition in Japan).
But "Overseas shipment" is available in HMV/Japan (you can see
"ENGLISH" in the up-right of the page. ).
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> Tomm_nk <tomonosuk...@hotmail.com> appears to have caused the following
> letters to be typed in news:be3115b5-fc5f-4877-8d81-
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> > Dear !
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> > This CD was scheduled to release on her 70th birthday.
>
> >http://www.hmv.co.jp/product/detail/4074191
>
> > Schumann : Concerto (Live in Tokyo, 1/12/2010)
> > Chopin : 1st Concerto (Live in Tokyo, 28/11/2010)
>
> > New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra
> > Christian Arming , Conductor
>
> > But it was released in May for the charity (big earthquake and tsunami
> > in Japan).
>
> Availability in USA/Europe?
>
> The Chopin appears to come from the concert listed here:
>
> http://marthargerich.blogspot.com/2010_08_01_archive.html
>
> I think the smiling portrait of Argerich in the middle of the page is just
> about the prettiest photograph of her I've ever seen.
>
> --
> Matthew B. Tepper: WWW, science fiction, classical music, ducks!
> Read about "Proty" here:http://home.earthlink.net/~oy/proty.html
> To write to me, do for my address what Androcles did for the lion
> Opinions expressed here are not necessarily those of my employers
Give me Martha Argerich circa 1965 any day! She was a gorgeous woman!
As for her pianism, I have mixed feelings about it. I prefer her
earlier recordings to her later ones. Too mannered and willfully
eccentric at times.
Dufus
> Give me Martha Argerich circa 1965 any day!
Surely not her "Legendary 1965 Recital" from EMI ?
mandryka
Do you prefer the 1979 English Suite to the 2007 one on DVD from
Verbier? I'm not so sure I would agree, they both seem outstanding in
different ways. The later maybe has a bit of human tenderness about
it. (according to this discography there's an even earlier one (1969)
which I would like to hear: http://homepage1.nifty.com/classicalcd/discography/argerich.htm
-- does anyone have the recording)