Martha Argerich Videography

Martha Argerich in Tokyo 1976, filmed by NHK. With special thanks to Yu Koseki.

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Latest Update: June 10 2009. Added the duo recitals with Goerner from RAI and with Akiko Ebi from Mezzo, the Schumann Quintet from Chambery and the documentary about the recital in Berlin with Kremer (please, make this a DVD, with the whole pieces!).

Remember that the performances at the Progetto Martha Argerich in Lugano are broadast live on video!

Compiled by Björn Östlund. Please send your additions, corrections and comments to bjorn.ostlund(at)mbox301.tele2.se

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The following is a listing of  all filmed performances, TV broadcasts and commercial video releases, of Martha Argerich, that I am awere of. I have decided to list excerpts as well as complete performances. Lately, I have started, little by little, to include the vast video archives from the festivals in Buenos Aires (1999-2005) and Beppu (1995-). Perhaps one day, some of this material can be released on DVD.

I have included information about the TV station that did either the recording or the broadcast. Commercial releases are indicated with labels only. For further details, recording numbers etc., I refer to the excellent and detailed discographies, linked at the bottom of this page. This page doesn't list bootleg videos or such, for obvious reasons.

Acknowledgements

Special thanks to the following contributors: Andrys Basten, Charles Couineau, Maria Elena Hartung, Yu Koseki, Alex Malow, Jit Hui Oon, Ates Tanin and Marco Vezzali.

The inspiration to create this page stems from my friend Alex Malow. I urge you to explore his fascinating videographies on Sviatoslav Richter and Emil Gilels:

Alphabethical listing of video recordings

Bach, Johann Sebastian

The Well Tempered Clavier I -- A selection of preludes and fugues

  • Studio recording. Buenos Aires 1965. Channel 7.

Partita in C minor BWV 826

  • New York 1981(?)

  • A fragment from the "Capriccio" played as encore. Live recording. Zürich 2001. Bonus material to Georges Gachot's "Conversation Nocturne". Idéale Audience DVD.

Toccata in G BWV 916

  • A fragment from the "Presto". Rehearsal, as warm up. NHK Studio 102, Tokyo 17.11.1987. NHK.

Concerto for four pianos in A minor BWV 1065

  • Live recording. Verbier 22.7.2003. With Mikhail Pletnev, Evgeny Kissin and James Levine, pianos. ARTE TV. RCA/BMG DVD.

Bartók, Bela

Piano Sonata (1926)

  • Live recording. Tokyo 8.6.1976. NHK.

Martha Argerich, rehearsing in Beppu 1995.

Suite Op.14

  • Snippet, rehearsal recording. Beppu 5.9.1995. Snippet in "Hello Oita -- Beppu Argerich concert" TOS TV Broadcast.

  • Private recording by the Argerich Music Festival in Beppu 8.9.1995. 

Sonata for two pianos and percussion

  • Live recording. Tokyo 10.11.1984. With Nelson Freire, piano; Sumire Yoshihara and Yasunori Yamaguchi, percussion. NHK

  • Private recording by the Argerich Music Festival in Beppu 14.4.2001. With Nelson Freire, piano; Shoichi Kubo and Takahumi Fujimoto, percussion.

  • Live recording. Verbier 2007. With Nelson Freire, piano; Michael Israelievitch and Gregory Zuber, percussion. ARTE.

  • Live recording. Parco della Musica, Roma. 22.2.2008. With Nelson Goerner, piano; Antonio Cantone and Marco Bugarini, percussion.

Violin Sonata No.1 

  • Live recording. Moscow 9.3.1989. With Gidon Kremer, violin. National Association of TV.

  • Live recording. Verbier 7.2007. With Renaud Capuçon, violin. ARTE.

Violin Sonata No.1 - Allegro

  • Live recording. Berlin 11.12.2006. With Gidon Kremer, violin. From the documentary "Eine konzerterinnerung" by ARTE.

Piano Concerto No.3 

Many thanks to Akiko Kose for this screen capture.

  • Live recording. Beppu 14.4.2007. With Yuri Bashmet and Toho Gakuen Orchestra. NHK-TV.

Beethoven, Ludvig van

Piano Sonata in D major Op.10 No. 3

  • Live recording. Tokyo 8.6.1976. NHK.

Sonata for piano and violin No. 4 in A-minor Op. 23

  • Live recording. Tokyo. 13.11.1987. With Gidon Kremer, violin. NHK. 

Martha Argerich with Uto Ughi in Venice 1987.

Sonata for piano and violin No. 5 in F-major Op. 24 "Spring" 

  • Live recording. Tokyo. 13.11.1987. With Gidon Kremer, violin. NHK. 

  • Live recording. Palazzo Grassi, Venice 1.9.1987. With Uto Ughi, violin. RAI.

Sonata for piano and violin No. 5 in F-major Op. 24 "Spring" -- Adagio

  • Live recording. Moscow 9.3.1989. With Gidon Kremer, violin. National Association of TV.

Sonata for piano and violin No. 9 in A-major  Op. 47 "Kreutzer"

  • Studio recording. Tokyo. 17.11.1987. With Gidon Kremer, violin. NHK. 

  • Excerpt. Menton 1999. With Ivry Gitlis, violin. France2.

  • Rehearsal excerpts. Tokyo 21.11.2000. With Ivry Gitlis, violin. "Cameo" in Siegfried's movie "Sansa".

Sonata for piano and violin No.10 in G-major  Op.96

  • Live recording. Tokyo 6.11.1994. With Gidon Kremer, violin. NHK.

Sonata for cello and piano Op.102 No.2

  • Live recording. Hitomi Kinen Kaikan 16.1.1994. With Mischa Maisky, cello. NHK Broadcast.

  • Live recording. Salle Gaveau, Paris. 30.6.1995. With Mischa Maisky, cello.

Trio for violin, cello and piano "Ghost"

  • Live recording. Verbier. 7.2007. With Julian Rachlin, violin and Mischa Maisky, cello. Webcast.

Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Op. 15

  • Live recording. Berlin 17.6.1983. With Seiji Ozawa and Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks. Dreamlife DVD/VHS/LD.

  • Rehearsal- and live recording. Beppu 5.9.1995. With Yasunaga and Beppu Citizen's Philharmonic Orch. Excerpt in "Hello Oita -- Beppu Argerich concert" TOS TV Broadcast.

  • Private recording by the Argerich Music Festival in Beppu 5.9.1995. With Yasunaga and Beppu Citizen's Philharmonic Orch.

  • Live recording. Teatro Grande, Brescia 11.6.2001. With Carlo Orizio and Orchestra del Festival del Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli. RAI.

  • Rehearsal- and live recording. Geneva 24.11.2004. With Charles Dutoit and Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. "Martha Argerich & Charles Dutoit: La musique partagée" TSR2. 

Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat Op. 19

  • Live recording. Milano 1980. With London Sinfonietta. Broadcast in full by RAI, excerpt in Georges Gachot's "Conversation Nocturne". Idéale Audience DVD. 

  • Live recording. Buenos Aires 27.7.1986. With Simon Blech and Buenos Aires SO.

  • Rehearsal clips. Teatro Communale, Ferrara. 2.2000. With Claudio Abbado and Mahler Chamber Orchestra.

  • Live recording. Teatro Grande, Brescia 6.2000. With Claudio Abbado and L'Orchestra del Festival Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli. RAI.

  • Studio recording. Buenos Aires. 17.10.2004. With Darío Ntaca and the Argerich Sinfonietta. Canal á.

Concerto for piano, violin and cello "Triple" in C major Op.56

  • La Roque d'Antheron 29.7.2005. With Renaud and Gautier Capuçon, violin/cello; Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky; Orchestre Symphonique de Flandres. TDK DVD.

  • Finale, as encore. Live recording. Suntory Hall, Tokyo 27.1.2005. With Renaud and Gautier Capuçon, violin/cello; Christian Arming; New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra. Friedrich Gulda Memorical Concert. NHK broadcast on 20.2.2005.

Brahms, Johannes

Martha Argerich and Brigitte Meyer 1986. Image source: http://www.classica.de/

Haydn Variations Op. 56

  • Live recording. Tokyo 10.11.1984. With Nelson Freire, piano.

  • Studio recording. Foyaé de Grand Theatre de Genève 1986. With Brigitte Meyer.

  • Live recording. Warsaw 1992. With Alexandre Rabinovitch, piano. TV POLONIA.

  • Private recording by the Argerich Music Festival in Beppu 20.11.1999. With Jura Margulis, piano.

  • Live recording. Tokyo 20.10.2003. With Nelson Freire, piano. NHK.

Souvenirs de la Russie - "In der Morgendämmerung wecke sie nicht"

  • Live recording. Salle Molière, Lyon. 23.10.2008. With Akiko Ebi, piano.

Piano Quartet in G minor Op.25

  • Studio recording. Berlin 2001. With Gidon Kremer, violin, Yuri Bashmet, viola and Mischa Maisky, cello. Short video clips from the outer movements are still avaiable from DG! 

Chopin, Frédéric

Mazurka in A minor Op. 59 no 1

  • Studio recording. Broadcast by SVT 14.10.1969. WDR.

Mazurka in F sharp minor Op. 59 no 3

  • Studio recording. Broadcast by SVT 14.10.1969. WDR.

Martha Argerich in Tokyo 1976. NHK.

Mazurka Op. 63 No.2

  • Live recording. Tokyo 8.6.1976. NHK.

Nocturne in F Op. 15 no 1

  • Studio recording. Broadcast by SVT 14.10.1969. WDR.

Nocturne in E flat Op. 55 no 2

  • Studio recording. Broadcast by SVT 14.10.1969. WDR.

Martha Argerich in Jouxtens 1972. TSR2.

Waltz Op.64 No.1 "Minute"

  • Home recording. Jouxtens 6.1972. Excerpt in "Martha Argerich & Charles Dutoit: La musique partagée" TSR2. 

Preludes Op. 28

  • Studio recording. Great Britain 1974. The weekly "Radio Times" (16-22 February 1974) mentions the program as "Martha Argerich plays Chopin". The recording is now lost, possibly due to fire.

  • Live recording. Tokyo 8.6.1976. NHK.

Scherzo no 3 in C sharp minor Op. 39

  • Studio recording. Broadcast by SVT 14.10.1969. WDR.

  • Studio recording. Chopin Competition, Warsaw 1965. MEZZO.

Polonaise in A flat Op. 53

  • Live recording. Chopin Competition, Warsaw 1965. GAKKEN DVD, MEZZO.

Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor Op. 35

  • Likely a German studio recording. The "Marcia Funèbre" was broadcast by Norwegian TV, NRK in the 1970's.

Sonata No.3 in B minor Op.58

  • Private recording by the Argerich Festival in Beppu 8.9.1995. 

Martha Argerich in Paris 1969. Excerpt in Georges Gachot's "Conversation Nocturne".

Introduction and Polonaise Brilliante Op.3

  • Private recording by the Argerich Music Festival in Beppu 20.11.1999. With Yo Kigoshi, cello.

Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor Op. 11

  • Live recording. Chopin Competition, Warsaw 10.3.1965. With Stanislaw Rowicki and Warsaw PO. Finale excerpt. Japanese DVD.

  • Live recording. Paris 1969. With Franco Mannino and Orchestre National de la RTF. Excerpt in Georges Gachot's "Conversation Nocturne". Idéale Audience DVD.

  • Home recording. Jouxtens 6.1972. Excerpt in "Martha Argerich & Charles Dutoit: La musique partagée" TSR2.

  • Live recording. Tokyo 21.12.1996. With Charles Dutoit and NHK SO. NHK.

  • Studio recording. 1997(?). With Charles Dutoit and Montreal SO(?). Showed in a record shop in Singapore, prior to the EMI CD release of the Chopin concerti.

  • Live recording. Beppu 14.11.1999. With Chikara Iwamura and Toho Gakuen Orchestra. TBS-TV. Excerpts.

  • Private recording by the Argerich Festival in Beppu 14.11.1999. With Chikara Iwamura and Toho Gakuen Orchestra. 

Piano Concerto no 2 in F minor Op. 21

  • Live recording. Strasbourg 16.3.1978. With Bernhard Klee and Südwestfunks Baden-Baden SO. SWF.

Debussy, Claude

Cello Sonata

  • Studio recording. Paris 1983. With Mischa Maisky, cello. KULTUR VHS.

Violin Sonata

  • Rehearsal excerpts. Tokyo 21.11.2000. With Ivry Gitlis, violin. "Cameo" in Siegfried's movie "Sansa".

Dvorák, Antonin

Slavonic Dances Op. 72

  • Live recording. Pescara 10.2000. With Géza Hosszu-Legocky, violin. Excerpt in Georges Gachot's "Conversation Nocturne". Idéale Audience DVD.

Franck, Cesar

Violin sonata in A

  • Live recording. Palazzo Grassi, Venice 1.9.1987. With Uto Ughi, violin. RAI.

  • Live recording. Moscow 9.3.1989. With Gidon Kremer, violin. National Association of TV.

  • Private recording by the Argerich Music Festival in Beppu 27/28.11.1998. With Ivry Gitlis, violin. 

  • Excerpt. Menton 5.8.1999. With Ivry Gitlis, violin. France2.

Ginastera, Alberto

Danza de la mosa donosa Op.2 No. 2

  • Private recording by the Argerich Music Festival in Beppu 30.11.1998.

Guastavino, Carlos

"Las Niñas" from "Tres Romances para dos pianos"

“Baile en Cuyo” from "Tres Romances para dos pianos"

"Bailecito"

  • Rehearsal/Live recording. Brussels/La Roque d'Antheron. 17/22.7.2000. With Nelson Freire, piano. Excerpt from João Moreira Salles documentary on Nelson Freire.

Haydn, Joseph

Martha Argerich in Milan 1980. RAI.

Piano Concerto in D Hob XVIII:11 (with original cadenza)

  • Live recording. Milan 1980. With London Sinfonietta; Nona Lidell, concert master. RAI.

Piano Concerto in D Hob XVIII:11 (with cadenza by Wanda Landowska)

  • Live recording. Poland 1992. With Agnieszki Duczmal and Orchestra Kameralna “Amadeus” Polskieco Radia TV.

Janácek, Leos

Sonata for Violin and Piano -- Ballada "Con Moto"

  • Live recording. Moscow 9.3.1989. With Gidon Kremer, violin. National Association of TV.

Kiesewetter, Peter

Tango Pathétique

  • Live recording. Tokyo 19.5.1998. With Gidon Kremer, violin and Mischa Maisky, cello. NHK.

Kreisler, Fritz

"Liebesleid"

  • Live recording. Moscow 9.3.1989. With Gidon Kremer, violin. National Association of TV.

  • Live recording. Beppu 29.4.2002. With Géza Hosszu-Legocky, violin. NHK.

"Liebesleid" (excerpt)

  • Live recording. Berlin 11.12.2006. With Gidon Kremer, violin. From the documentary "Eine konzerterinnerung" by ARTE.

"Schön Rosmarin"

  • Live recording. Tokyo 6.11.1994. With Gidon Kremer, violin. NHK.

  • Live recording. Berlin 11.12.2006. With Gidon Kremer, violin. From the documentary "Eine konzerterinnerung" by ARTE.

Liszt, Franz

Martha Argerich in 1957, silent home video. Excerpt in Georges Gachot's "Conversation Nocturne".

Hungarian Rhapsody No.6 (?)

"Funérailles" from "Harmonies poétiques et religieuses"

  • Studio recording. Montréal 1977. VAI DVD/VHS.

Sonata in B minor

  • Home recording. Jouxtens 6.1972. Excerpt in "Martha Argerich & Charles Dutoit: La musique partagée" TSR2. 

Réminiscences de Don Juan (for two pianos)

  • Abridged studio recording. France, around 1984. With Michél Béroff, piano 2.

    • Is there more footage?

Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat

  • Live recording. Germany 1973. With Erich Leinsdorf and New Philharmonia Orchestra. Excerpt in Georges Gachot's "Conversation Nocturne". Idéale Audience DVD.

  • Live recording. Frankfurt.9.1981. With Christoph von Dohnanyi and Berlin RSO. ZDF.

  • Live recording. Paris 1983. With Daniel Barenboim and Orchestre de Paris. TF1.

  • Live recording. Buenos Aires 27.7.1986. With Simon Blech and Buenos Aires SO.

  • Live recording. Beppu 12.11.1999. With Chikara Iwamura and Toho Music School Orchestra.

Lutoslawski, Witold

"Paganini Variations"

  • Pescara 2001. With Mauricio Vallina, piano. Excerpt in Georges Gachot's "Conversation Nocturne". Idéale Audience DVD.

  • Live recording. Tokyo 20.10.2003. With Nelson Freire, piano. NHK.

Mendelssohn, Felix

Piano Trio Op.49 in D minor

  • Private recording by the Argerich Music Festival in Beppu 14.4.2001. With Takashi Shimizu, violin; Jian Wang, cello.

  • Second and third movements. Private recording by the Argerich Music Festival in Beppu 17.5.2003. With Takashi Shimizu, violin; Ivan Monigetti, piano.

Milhaud, Darius

"Scaramouche"

  • Live recording. Salle Molière, Lyon. 23.10.2008. With Akiko Ebi, piano.

"Scaramouche" -- "Brasileira"

  • Live recording. Tokyo 20.10.2003. With Nelson Freire, piano. NHK.

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Martha Argerich in Jouxtens 1972. TSR2.

Rondo in A minor K.511

  • Home recording. Jouxtens 6.1972. Excerpt in "Martha Argerich & Charles Dutoit: La musique partagée" TSR2.

Sonata in C major K.545 "Facile"

  • Home recording. Jouxtens 6.1972. Excerpt in "Martha Argerich & Charles Dutoit: La musique partagée" TSR2.

Sonata in D K.381 (for piano duet)

  • Live recording. München 1982. With Nicholas Economou, piano. Pioneer Classics DVD.

  • Private recording by the Argerich Music Festival in Beppu 17.5.2003. With Kyoko Ito, piano.

  • Live recording. Parco della Musica, Roma. 22.2.2008. With Nelson Goerner, piano.

Sonata in C K.521 (for piano duet)

  • Private recording by the Argerich Music Festival in Beppu 27.4.2002.With Karin Merle, piano.

  • Live recording. Verbier 22.7.2003. With Evgeny Kissin. ARTE TV. RCA/BMG DVD.

Sonata in D K.448 (for two pianos)

  • Live recording. Salle Molière, Lyon. 23.10.2008. With Akiko Ebi, piano.

Martha Argerich, Claudio Abbado and Sylvia McNair in Salzburg 1993. SVT.

Concert Aria K.505: "Ch'io mi scordi di te?... Non temer, amato bene", for soprano, piano and orchestra.

  • Live recording. Salzburg Festspiele 16.4.1993. With Sylvia McNair, soprano, Claudio Abbado and Berliner PO. SVT

    • Was the rest of the concert filmed? Argerich also played the Strauss Burleske, which was broadcast by the radio.

Concerto for two pianos K.365

  • Private recording by the Argerich Music Festival in Beppu 10.9.1995. With Kyoko Ito, piano, Yasunaga and Beppu Citizen's Philharmonic Orch.  

Concerto for three Pianos in F major K 242

  • Excerpts from the rehearsal. Suntory Hall, Tokyo 27.1.2005. With Rico Gulda, piano 1; Paul Gulda, piano 2. NHK broadcast on 20.2.2005.

  • Live recording. Suntory Hall, Tokyo 27.1.2005. With Rico Gulda, piano 1; Paul Gulda, piano 2; Christian Arming; New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra. Friedrich Gulda Memorical Concert. NHK broadcast on 20.2.2005. Opus Arte DVD.

Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor K.466

  • Live recording. Suntory Hall, Tokyo 27.1.2005. With Christian Arming and New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra. Friedrich Gulda Memorial Concert. NHK broadcast on 20.2.2005. Opus Arte DVD.

Mussorgsky, Modest

Night on bare mountain (arr. J. Margulis)

  • Live recording, excerpts. With Jura Margulis, piano. Beppu 28.11.1998. RKB TV.

  • Private recording by the Argerich Music Festival in Beppu 28.9.1998. With Jura Margulis, piano. 

Piazzola, Astor

Martha Argerich, Eduardo Hubert and Riccardo Rossi in Pescara 2000. Excerpt in Georges Gachot's "Conversation Nocturne".

"Libertango"

  • Rehearsal. Pescara 10.2000. With Eduardo Hubert, piano and Riccardo Rossi, percussion. Excerpt in Georges Gachot's "Conversation Nocturne". Idéale Audience DVD.

"Tanguano"

  • Live recording. Tokyo 6.11.1994. With Gidon Kremer, violin. NHK.

Poulenc, Francis 

Concerto for two pianos

  • Private recording by the Argerich Music Festival in Beppu 20.4.2001. With Nelson Freire, piano; Antonio Pappano and Tokyo National University of Fine Arts & Music for Beppu Argerich Music Festival.

Prokofiev, Sergei

Argerich playing the Prokofiev Toccata.

Toccata Op. 11

  • Studio recording. Germany, around 1960, possibly 1966/67.

Piece from Romeo and Juliet Op.75

Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 2 Op. 94b

  • Live recording. Tokyo 6.11.1994. With Gidon Kremer, violin. NHK.

  • Private recording by the Argerich Music Festival in Beppu 27.4.2002. With Vladimir Sitkovetsky, violin.

Symphony No.1 Op.25 "Classical" (Arr. R. Terashima)

  • Private recording by the Argerich Music Festival in Beppu 17.5.2003. With Kyoko Ito, piano.

  • Live recording, excerpts. With Kyoko Ito, piano. Kita-Kyusyu 2.12.1998. RKB TV.

Piano Concerto No.1 Op.10

  • Longer excerpt, rehearsal, informal session. Buenos Aires 2003. Excerpt in a three part documentary by Stéphanie Argerich: "Concurso internacional de piano Martha Argerich".

  • A glimpse from the rehearsal of the first movement. La Roque d'Antheron. With Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky and Orchestre Symphonique de Flandres. France 2.

  • Live recording. With Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky and Orchestre Symphonique de Flandres. TDK DVD.

Martha Argerich London 2001. BBC. Image from Yu Koseki.

Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Op. 26

  • Live recording. Croydon 25.5.1977. With André Prévin and London SO. BBC. Excerpt in Georges Gachot's "Conversation Nocturne". Idéale Audience DVD.

  • Live recording. Buenos Aires 27.7.1986. With Simon Blech and Buenos Aires SO.

  • Live recording. Tokyo 1.9.1995. "Salute to Seija Ozawa at 60." Second and third movement only.

  • Live recording. Beppu 30.11.1998. With Myung Whun-Chung and Toho Gakuen Orchestra. RKB TV. Excerpts, from the first movement and the finale.

  • Private recording by the Argerich Music Festival in Beppu 30.11.1998. With Myung Whun-Chung and Toho Gakuen Orchestra. 

  • Live recording. Torino 10/11.12.1998. With Eliahu Inbal and Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI. RAI.

  • Rehearsal excerpts. Lucerne 8.2001. With Charles Dutoit and NHK SO. BBC.

  • Live recording. London 29.8.2001. With Charles Dutoit and NHK SO. BBC.

  • Live recording. London 27.3.2002. With Sir Colin Davis and London SO. BBC. Mstislav Rostropovich 75 years jubilée. Third movement only.

  • Live recording. Toronto 8.11.2002. With Andrew Davis and Toronto SO. CBC.

  • Live recording. Verbier 7.2007. With Mikhail Pletnev and UBS SO. Webcast.

  • Live recording: Torino 27.3.2008. With Tugan Sokhiev and Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale RAI..

Rachmaninov, Sergei

Martha Argerich and Alexandre Rabinovitch in Warsaw 1992. TV Polonia.

Suite no 1 for Two Pianos Op. 5

  • Live recording. Warsaw 1992. With Alexandre Rabinovitch, piano. TV POLONIA.

  • Private recording by the Argerich Music Festival in Beppu 20.11.1999. With Jura Margulis, piano.

Suite no 2 for Two Pianos Op. 17

  • Live recording. München 1982. With Nelson Freire, piano. Pioneer Classics DVD.

  • Studio recording. Foyaé de Grand Theatre de Genève 1986. With Brigitte Meyer, piano.

  • Live recording. Korsholm Festival, Finland 1992. With Bela Davidovich. YLE. Concert and backstage excerpts.

  • Live recording. Hitomi Kinen Kaikan 16.1.1994. With Kyoko Ito, piano. NHK Broadcast.

  • Live recording. Tokyo 20.10.2003. With Nelson Freire, piano. NHK.

  • Live recording. Salle Molière, Lyon. 23.10.2008. With Akiko Ebi, piano.

Suite no 2 for Two Pianos Op. 17 -- Valse

  • Rehearsal. Brussels. 17.7.2000. With Nelson Freire, piano. Excerpt from João Moreira Salles documentary on Nelson Freire.

Symphonic Dances Op.45

  • Live recording. Parco della Musica, Roma. 22.2.2008. With Nelson Goerner, piano.

Symphonic Dances Op.45 (the second dance wasn't broadcast)

  • Live recording. Tokyo 10.11.1984. With Nelson Freire, piano.

Valse from Six pieces for four hands Op.11

  • Rehearsal. Brussels. 17.7.2000. With Nelson Freire, piano. Excerpt from João Moreira Salles documentary on Nelson Freire.

Martha Argerich in Berlin 1982, playing the cadenza. ZDF.

Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor Op. 30

  • Live recording. Berlin 5.12.1982. With Riccardo Chailly and Berlin RSO. ZDF. (The Philips audio CD release contains material from two concerts: 5/6.12.1982.)

Ravel, Maurice

Martha Argerich playing Ravel's "Scarbo". Left 1983, right 1980.

"Gaspard de la Nuit"

  • Studio recording. Paris 1983. KULTUR VHS.

  • Studio recording. February 1980. Filmed by François Rechenbach. Excerpt from Scarbo broadcast by France 2 (28.11.2005).

"Jeux d'eau"

Martha Argerich and Kyoko Ito 1994.

"Ma Mere l'Oye"

  • Live recording. Hitomi Kinen Kaikan. 16.1.1994. With Kyoko Ito, piano. NHK Broadcast.

  • Private recording by the Argerich Music Festival in Beppu 30.11.1998. With Myung-Whun Chung, piano.. 

  • Live recording. Verbier 7.2007. With Lang Lang, piano. ARTE.

  • Live recording. Parco della Musica, Roma. 22.2.2008. With Nelson Goerner, piano.

  • Live recording. Salle Molière, Lyon. 23.10.2008. With Akiko Ebi, piano.

"Ma Mere l'Oye" -- "La laideronette, impératrice des pagodes"

  • Live recording. Buenos Aires 1999. With Nelson Freire, piano. Excerpt in Georges Gachot's "Conversation Nocturne". Idéale Audience DVD.

  • Excerpt. Live recording. "Festival de Wallonie-Brabant-Wallon", Belgium 1999. With Sergio Daniel Tiempo, piano. From a documentary on Sergio Tiempo by Karl More productions. 

  • Live recording. Tokyo 20.10.2003. With Nelson Freire, piano. NHK.

" Ma Mere l'Oye" -- "Le Jardin Féerique"

  • Live recording. Paris 12.2001. With Myung-Whun Chung, piano.

"La Valse" for two pianos

  • Live recording. München 1982. With Nelson Freire, piano. Pioneer Classics DVD.

  • Live recording. Tokyo 10.11.1984. With Nelson Freire, piano.

  • Studio recording. Paris 1983. With Nelson Freire, piano. KULTUR VHS.

  • Live recording. Warsaw 1992. With Alexandre Rabinovitch, piano. TV POLONIA.

  • Private recording by the Argerich Music Festival in Beppu 20.11.1999. With Nelson Freire, piano.

  • Live recording. Buenos Aires 21.11.2002. With Sergio Daniel Tiempo, piano. Video excerpt online: http://www.sergiotiempo.com/ 

  • Live recording. Tokyo 20.10.2003. With Nelson Freire, piano. NHK.

  • Live recording. Salle Molière, Lyon. 23.10.2008. With Akiko Ebi, piano.

Martha Argerich and Charles Dutoit in Zaragoza 1972, image from Yu Koseki, and with Seiji Ozawa in Berlin 1982.

Concerto for Piano in G major

  • Live recording. Royal Albert Hall, London. Late 1960's. With unknown orchestra and conductor. BBC. Lost.

  • Live recording. El Teatro Principal, Zaragoza (Spain) 1972. With Charles Dutoit and Orquestra Sinfonica de RTV. See: http://www.argerich.jp/AC-Ravel_Concerto_Zaragoza1972-E.htm

  • Rehearsal recording. Berlin 22.6.1982. With Seiji Ozawa and Berliner Philharmoniker. Excerpts in "82 Seiji Ozawa World". 

  • Live recording. Hannover 14.12.1985. With Aldo Ceccato and Rundfunchorchester Hannover des NDR. ZDF.

  • Live recording. Hitomi Kinen Kaikan, Showa Women's University, Tokyo. 9.11.1987. With Armin Jordan and Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. NHK. 

  • Live recording. Frankfurt 9.9.1990. With Charles Dutoit and Orchestre National de France. Dreamlife DVD. Videoclip at: http://www.dreamlife.co.jp/menu/1106.html 

  • Live recording. Lucerne 13.9.1998. With Charles Dutoit and Philharmonische Werkstatt Schweiz. Excerpt in "Martha Argerich & Charles Dutoit: La musique partagée" TSR2.

  • Live recording. Beppu 29.4.2002. With Charles Dutoit and Tokyo University of Arts Special Orchestra. NHK.

Saint-Saëns, Camille

Carneval des animaux

  • Live recording. 30.6.2002 Lugano. With Eduardo Hubert, piano; Dora Schwarzberg and Renaud Capuçon, violin; Lida Chen, viola; Mark Drobinsky, cello; Marek Denemark, clarinet; Ermanno Ferrari, double bass, et al. TSI. Streaming video. 

    • No longer available!

Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso

  • Informal practice session. Genève 2000. With Géza Hosszu-Legocky, violin. Excerpt in Georges Gachot's "Conversation Nocturne".Idéale Audience DVD.

Scarlatti, Domenico

Sonata in D minor K. 141 (L. 422)

  • Live recording. Tokyo 8.6.1976.

  • Studio recording. Paris 1983. KULTUR VHS.

  • Live recording. Poland 1992. Polish TV broadcast.

  • Private recording by the Argerich Music Festival in Beppu 8.9.1995. 

  • Live recording. Teatro Grande, Brescia 6.2000. RAI.

  • Live recording. Tokyo 23.7.2002.

  • Private recording by the Argerich Music Festival in Beppu 17.5.2003.

  • Live recording: Torino 27.3.2008. RAI.

Schnittke, Alfred

Rondo from Suite in old style

  • Live recording. Tokyo 6.11.1994. With Gidon Kremer, violin. NHK.

Schubert, Franz

Rondo D.951

  • Private recording by the Argerich Music Festival in Beppu 20.11.1999. With Fou Ts'ong, piano.

  • Live recording. Tokyo 20.10.2003. With Nelson Freire, piano. NHK.

  • Live recording. Verbier 7.2007. With Lang Lang, piano. Webcast.

Arpeggione sonata

  • Live recording. Verbier 7.2007. With Yuri Bashmet, viola. Webcast.

Schumann, Robert

Toccata Op. 7

  • Beginning, as warm up. Date and location unavailable. Excerpt in Georges Gachot's "Conversation Nocturne". Idéale Audience DVD.

Kinderszenen Op. 15

  • Live recording. Verbier 7.2007. Webcast.

Kinderszenen Op. 15 - 1 (excerpt), 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)

  • Live recording. Berlin 11.12.2006. With Gidon Kremer, violin. From the documentary "Eine konzerterinnerung" by ARTE.

Kinderszenen Op. 15 No.1 "Von fremden ländern und menschen"

  • Live recording. Warsaw 1.10.1980. Gakken DVD.

  • Live recording. Buenos Aires 27.7.1986.

  • Private recording by the Argerich Music Festival in Beppu 8.9.1995. 

  • Live recording. Tokyo 23.7.2002. 

  • Live recording. Leipzig. 31.5.2006. ARTE broadcast and EuroArts DVD.Video clip at: http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=2055498 

Fantasie Op.17

  • Private recording by the Argerich Festival in Beppu 8.9.1995. 

Piano Sonata No. 2 in G minor Op. 22

  • Studio recording. Location and date unavailable. Broadcast in Germany in the 1970's.

Martha Argerich and friends in Beppu 1998.

Piano Quintet Op.44

  • Rehearsal excerpt. Finland, unknown year. With Vladimir Sitkovetsky, violin, et al. TV broadcast.

  • Live recording. Hitomi Kinen Kaikan 16.1.1994. With Tomoko Kato, violin; Takashi Shimizu, violin; Yasushi Toyoshima, viola, Mischa Maisky, cello. NHK Broadcast.

  • Rehearsal and concert excerpts. With Ivry Gitlis, Lida Chen et al. Beppu 27/28.11.1998. RKB TV.

  • Private recording by the Argerich Music Festival in Beppu 27/28.11.1998. With Ivry Gitlis, Lida Chen et al. 

  • Live recording. Espace Malraxux Chambéry, La Ravoire, Festival "Rencontres de Musique de Chambre de Bel-Air". With Renaud Capuçon, violin; Vilde Frang, violin, Lars Andreas Tomter, violin; Gautier Capuçon, cello. MEZZO.

Andante and variations in B-flat  Op.46

  • Live recording, excerpt. Verbier Festival 27.2.2000. With Evgeny Kissin, piano; Mischa Maisky, Jian Wang, cello; Paul Lafollette, horn. Appendix to "Mostly Classic" (Japanese Music Magazine) October, 2004 Vol. 89.

Fantasiestücke Op. 73

  • Live recording. München 1982. With Mischa Maisky, cello. Pioneer Classics DVD.

Violin Sonata No.1 Op.105

  • Live recording. Moscow 9.3.1989. With Gidon Kremer, violin. National Association of TV.

  • Live recording. La Roque d'Antheron 29.7.2005. With Renaud Capuçon, violin. TDK DVD.

Violin Sonata No 2 in D minor Op. 121

  • Live recording. Tokyo 6.11.1994. With Gidon Kremer, violin. NHK.

Violin Sonata No 2 in D minor Op. 121 - First movement "Zeimlich langsam - Lebhaft"

  • Live recording. Berlin 11.12.2006. With Gidon Kremer, violin. From the documentary "Eine konzerterinnerung" by ARTE.

Violin Sonata No 2 in D minor Op. 121 -- Fourth movement, "Bewegt"

  • Live recording. Moscow 9.3.1989. With Gidon Kremer, violin. National Association of TV.

Martha Argerich in Strasbourg 1978.

Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 54

  • Studio recording. Montreal 1977. With Franz-Paul Decker and Orchestre Philharmonique de Montréal. VAI DVD/VHS.

  • Live recording. Strasbourg 16.3.1978. With Bernhard Klee and Südwestfunks Baden-Baden SO. SWF.

  • Live recording. London 30.8.2000. With Michael Tilson-Thomas and San Fransisco SO. BBC.

  • Rehearsal. Heilbron 2001. With Jörg Faerber and Württembergisches Kammerorchestre. Long excerpt, as dvd extra, in Georges Gachot's "Conversation Nocturne". Idéale Audience DVD.

  • Rehearsal and concert excerpts. Paris 1.12.2001. With Myung-Whun Chung and Orchestre de Paris.

  • Live recording, excerpt. Beppu 6.5.2004. With Antonio Pappano and The Special Orchestra of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts & Music for Beppu Argerich Music Festival.

  • Live recording. Teatro Grande, Brescia 1.6.2004. With Pier Carlo Orizio and Prague Philharmonia. RAI.

  • Live recording. Leipzig. 31.5.2006. With Riccardo Chailly and the Gewandhausorchester. ARTE broadcast and EuroArts DVD. Video clip at: http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=2055498  

Scriabin, Alexander

Martha Argerich in Berlin 1992.

"Le poème du feu -- Prometheus" Op. 60

  • Studio recording. Berlin 1992. With Claudio Abbado, Berliner PO and Berliner Singerakademie. Pioneer Classics DVD.

Shostakovich, Dimitri

Sonata for Piano and Cello Op. 40

  • Live recording. Salle Gaveau, Paris. 30.6.1995. With Mischa Maisky.

Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor Op. 67

  • Live recording. Tokyo 19.5.1998. With Gidon Kremer, violin and Mischa Maisky, cello. NHK.

  • Private recording by the Argerich Music Festival in Beppu 17.5.2003. With Takashi Shimizu, violin; Ivan Monigetti, cello.

Concerto for piano, trumpet and string orchestra Op.35

  • Private recording by the Argerich Music Festival in Beppu 26.4.2002. With Sergei Nakariakov, trumpet, Vladimir Sitkovetsky and Tokyo National University of Fine Arts & Music for Beppu Argerich Music Festival.

Strauss, Richard

Martha Argerich in Berlin, New Year's Eve 1992. Image from Yu Koseki.

Burleske for Piano and Orchestra

  • Live recording. Berlin 31.12.1992. With Claudio Abbado and Berlin PO. SONY VHS/LD, ZDF broadcast (slightly different footage).

Stravinsky, Igor

"Suite Italienne" for piano and cello

  • Live recording. Salle Gaveau, Paris. 30.6.1995. With Mischa Maisky, cello.

"Les Noces"

  • Live recording. London 13.5.1978. With Krystian Zimerman, Cyprien Katsaris and Homero Francesch pianos, conducted by Leonard Bernstein. Introduced by Humphrey Burton, interview with Leonard Bernstein. BBC.

Tchaikovsky, Peter

The Nutcracker -- Suite Op. 71a (Arr. for two pianos by Nicholas Economou)

  • Live recording. "Festival de Wallonie-Brabant-Wallon", Belgium 1999. With Sergio Daniel Tiempo, piano.

  • Private recording by the Argerich Music Festival in Beppu 27/28.11.1998. With Jura Margulis, piano. 

  • Live recording, excerpts. With Kyoko Ito, piano. Kita-Kyusyu 2.12.1998. RKB TV.

 "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" from The Nutcracker -- Suite Op. 71a (Arr. by Nicholas Economou)

  • Rehearsal/Live recording. Brussels/La Roque d'Antheron. 17/22.7.2000. With Nelson Freire, piano. Excerpt from João Moreira Salles documentary on Nelson Freire.

  • Live recording. Tokyo 20.10.2003. With Nelson Freire, piano. NHK.

Piano Trio in A minor Op. 50

  • Live recording. Tokyo 19.5.1998. With Gidon Kremer, violin and Mischa Maisky, cello. NHK.

Martha Argerich in Genève 1973. Image source: http://www.classica.de/

Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor Op. 23

  • Home recording. Jouxtens 6.1972. Excerpt in "Martha Argerich & Charles Dutoit: La musique partagée" TSR2.

  • Live recording. Paris 26.12.1972. With Charles Dutoit and Orchestre National de l'ORTF.

  • Live recording. Victoria Hall, Genève. 24.10.1973. With Charles Dutoit and Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Mezzo.

  • Rehearsal excertps and a full live performance. Guild Hall, Preston 6.2.1977. With Sir Charles Groves and the Royal Liverpool PO. BBC. Also, see documentaries below. 

  • Live recording. Warsaw 1.10.1980. With Kazimir Kord and Warsaw SO. Gakken DVD. See: http://www.argerich.jp/10th_Chopin_Competition_Opening_Concert-E.htm 

  • Live recording. Beppu 22.4.2001. With Antonio Pappano and Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music Student Orchestra. NHK.

Documentaries

"Are we together?". Martha Argerich and Sir Charles Groves talk about, rehearse and perform the Tchaikovsky concerto No 1. (BBC 1976).

"Martha Argerich: A Short Documentary" by Roman Vinoly: http://www.bruno.to/roman.htm 

"Hello Oita", news report from the concerts in Beppu 1995 (TOS 1995): http://www.argerich.jp/Beppu-1995-TOS-E.htm 

Martha Argerich in Beppu 1998, playing Prokofiev's Third concerto.

"Argerich and Kyoko" by Stéphanie Argerich (RKB 1999): http://www.argerich.jp/Argerich_and_Kyoko-TV-1999-E.htm 

"Claudio Abbado & Martha Argerich in prova" by Giovanni Piperno. Rehearsal of the Beethoven Piano Concerto No.2 Op.19 in Ferrara 2000. Interview with Martha Argerich. (RAI 2001).

Martha Argerich in "Conversation Nocturnes" by Georges Gachot 2001.

"Conversation Nocturnes" by Georges Gachot (cinema/SVT etc. 2001): http://www.gachot.ch/gachot_argerich.html

  •  Idéale Audience DVD.

"Concurso internacional de piano Martha Argerich" by Stéphanie Argerich (Canal á 2003): http://www.malba.org.ar/web/cine_pelicula.php?id=696&subseccion=programacion_pasada 

Martha Argerich in Brussels 2001, cleaning the piano keys with 4711 eau de cologne. João Moreira Salles 2003.

"Eine konzerterinnerung", ARTE 3 May 2009.

"Nelson Freire", by João Moreira Salles (Riofilme/Video Filmes 2003): http://www.cinemando.com.br/arquivo/filmes/nelsonfreire.htm 

"The Verbier Festival and Academy 10th Anniversary" (BMG/RCA DVD 2004). http://www.verbierfestival.com/html_en/dvd.html 

Martha Argerich in Jouxtens 1972. TSR2 2005.

"Martha Argerich & Charles Dutoit: La musique partagée" (TSR2, a compilation documentary from 2005, with footage from 1972 and 2004): http://www.tsr.ch/tsr/index.html?siteSect=313100 

Please see Yu Koseki's wonderful webpage for a listing of TV interviews, something I have yet to include here...

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