Argerich, Martha

Performer

Martha Argerich (born June 5, 1941) is an Argentine pianist, considered one of the greatest pianists of the second half of the 20th century. Argerich was born in Buenos Aires. Her paternal ancestors were Catalonians based in Buenos Aires since 18th century. Her maternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from the Russian Empire, who settled in Colonia Villa Clara in the Entre Ríos province — one of the colonies established by Baron de Hirsch and the Jewish Colonization Association. The provenance of the name Argerich is from Catalonia, Spain. She started playing the piano at age three. At the age of five, she moved to teacher Vincenzo Scaramuzza, who stressed to her the importance of lyricism and feeling. Argerich gave her debut concert in 1949 at the age of eight.  [source from Wikipedia]

Work

• Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23
• Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, S. 124
• Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19
• Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26
• Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
• Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
• Piano Concerto in G major, M. 83
• Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
• Keyboard Concerto in D major, Hob. XVIII:11
• Sonata for Viola da Gamba in G major, BWV 1027
• Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percussion, Sz. 110
• Violin Sonata No. 1 in C sharp minor, Sz. 75
• Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 12 No. 2
• Piano Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22
• Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10 No. 3
• Piano Sonata No. 18 in D major, K. 576
• Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65
• Fountains, M. 30
• Artful Dodger of the Night, M. 55
• English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807
• The Nutcracker (Suite), Op. 71a
• Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31
• Scherzo No. 3 in C sharp minor, Op. 39
• 5 Variations in G major, K. 501
• 12 Variations for cello and piano in F major on Mozart's ‘A girl or a woman', Op. 66
• The Carnival of the Animals, R. 125
• 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies, S. 244
• Toccata in D minor, Op. 11
• Rondo in A major, D. 951
• 2 Rhapsodies, Op. 79
• Scenes from Childhood, Op.15
• Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60
• 24 Preludes, Op. 28
• Cinderella, Op.87 (Suite from the Ballet. Transcribed for 2 Pianos by Mikhail Pletnev)
• Mazurkas, Op. 59
• Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
• The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op.118 (Arranged for Cello and Piano by G.Piatigorsky and S. Knushevitsky)