Martha Argerich - Early Recordings: Mozart, Beethoven, Prokofiev, Ravel

Martha Argerich — Early Recordings: Mozart, Beethoven, Prokofiev, Ravel

180-gram vinyl gatefold 2LP

Part of The Original Source Series from Deutsche Grammophon

100% pure analog AAA mastering

Remastered from the original 4- and 8-track recordings at Emil Berliner Studios

No tape copies used, no unnecessary devices in the signal path, no digital sound processing!

Pressed by Optimal in Germany

Martha Argerich's exhilarating early recordings, released here for the first time in honor of her 75th birthday, include sonatas by Mozart, Beethoven and Prokofiev that appear nowhere else in her discography, as well as her first recordings of Ravel's Gaspard and Prokofiev Seventh Sonata. They show her to be an imaginative artist at the age of 18, already at the peak of her abilities. These are radio recordings made for North German (NDR) and West German Radio (WDR) in 1960 and 1967. 180-gram double LP set.

LP 1 Side A

EARLY RECORDINGS WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756 - 1791)

PIANO SONATA NO.18 IN D, K.576

1. Allegro

2. Adagio

3. Allegretto

LP 1 Side B

EARLY RECORDINGS LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770 - 1827)

PIANO SONATA NO.7 IN D, OP.10 NO.3

1. Presto

2. Largo E Mesto

3. Menuetto (Allegro)

4. Rondo (Allegro)

LP 2 Side A

EARLY RECORDINGS SERGEI PROKOFIEV (1891 - 1953)

1. Toccata, Op.11

MAURICE RAVEL (1875 - 1937)

GASPARD DE LA NUIT, M.55

2. Ondine

3. Le Gibet

4. Scarbo

SERGEI PROKOFIEV (1891 - 1953)

PIANO SONATA NO.3 IN A MINOR, OP.28

5. Piano Sonata No.3

LP 2 Side B

EARLY RECORDINGS MAURICE RAVEL (1875 - 1937)

SONATINE, M.4

1. Modere

2. Mouvement De Menuet

3. Anime

SERGEI PROKOFIEV (1891 - 1953)

PIANO SONATA NO.7 IN B FLAT, OP.83

4. Allegro Inquieto - Andantino - Allegro Inquieto - Andantino - Allegro Inquieto

5. Andante Caloroso - Poco Piu Animato - Piu Largamente - Un Po Co Agitato - Tempo I

6. Precipitato

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