Right from her first acclaimed Deutsche Grammophon recording of the work with Claudio Abbado and the Berliner Philharmoniker, Ravel’s brilliant jazz-inspired Piano Concerto in G has been a staple of Martha Argerich’s repertoire: a work whose scintillating rhythms, sparkling passage-work and melodic inspiration seem tailor made to the legendary Argentinian pianist’s remarkable gifts. And that fact is clear to see and hear in this thrilling performance filmed in the Alte Oper in Frankfurt in September 1990, in which Argerich is joined by the Orchestre National de France and conductor Charles Dutoit.
Le carnaval des animaux (The carnival of the animals)
Salzburg Festival 2013: NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo
The NHK Symphony Orchestra first performance at the Salzburg Festival. —– PROGRAM: Toru Takemitsu: November Steps for Biwa, Shakuhachi and Orchestra (Soloists: Kaoru Kakizakai, Shakuhachi; Kakujo Nakamura, Biwa) / Toshio Hosokawa: Lamentation for Soprano and Orchestra after poems by Georg Trakl (world premiere, work commissioned by the Salzburg Festival; Soloist: Anna Prohaska) / Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique op. 14
Krzysztof Penderecki – Concert in Celebration of his 80th Birthday
Grand Gala Concert with international classical music stars on occasion of the 80th birthday of Krzysztof Penderecki. Program: Threnody – To the Victims of Hiroshima, Conductor: Krzysztof Urbanski // Duo Concertante for Violin and Double Bass – Soloists: Anne-Sophie Mutter, Roman Patkoló // Concerto grosso for three Cellos and Orchestra – Soloists: Arto Noras, Ivan Monighetti, Daniel Müller-Schott, Conductor: Charles Dutoit // Credo – Soloists: Iwona Hossa, Ewa Vesin, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Krystian Krzeszowiak, Nikolay Didenko, Conductor: Valery Gergiev.