Saturday, August 16, 2008

Ode to Martha

Argerich, of course. I racked up a lot of kilometres in my car over the past few days, and listened to a lot of music. My final choice was the live Martha Argerich/Chailly/Berlin RSO Rachmaninoff 3 and her Tchaikovsky 1 with Kondrashin/Bavarian RSO.

She just OWNS it. Never mind that she misses notes here and there, that her tempi are sometimes wildly different from the orchestra when she comes in at a new section.

It's wonderfully distinctive, spontaneous, electric playing and reminded me yet again of why I love her so much.

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