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The Berlin Recital


		$13.98 2-CD Set
		Album Review Released: 2009 Label: EMI Classics Selection #: 223878

This pairing with the violin great on works of Schumann & Bartók is a highlight of the Argentinian pianist’s five-decade career.


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1 Sonata for violin & piano No. 2 in D minor, Op. 121: 1. Ziemlich langsam. - Lebhaft
2 Sonata for violin & piano No. 2 in D minor, Op. 121: 2. Sehr lebhaft
3 Sonata for violin & piano No. 2 in D minor, Op. 121: 3. Leise, einfach
4 Sonata for violin & piano No. 2 in D minor, Op. 121: 4. Bewegt
5 Sonata for violin solo ('quarter-tone variant' version, published in 1994), Sz. 117, BB 124: 1. Tempo di ciaccona
6 Sonata for violin solo ('quarter-tone variant' version, published in 1994), Sz. 117, BB 124: 2. Fuga
7 Sonata for violin solo ('quarter-tone variant' version, published in 1994), Sz. 117, BB 124: 3. Melodia
8 Sonata for violin solo ('quarter-tone variant' version, published in 1994), Sz. 117, BB 124: 4. Presto
9 Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood) for piano, Op. 15: Von fremden Ländern und Menschen
10 Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood) for piano, Op. 15: Kuriose Geschichte
11 Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood) for piano, Op. 15: Hasche-Mann	N/A	N/A
12 Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood) for piano, Op. 15: Bittendes Kind
13 Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood) for piano, Op. 15: Glückes genug
14 Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood) for piano, Op. 15: Wichtige Begebenheit
15 Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood) for piano, Op. 15: Träumerei
16 Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood) for piano, Op. 15: Am Kamin
17 Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood) for piano, Op. 15: Ritter vom Steckenpferd
18 Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood) for piano, Op. 15: Fast zu ernst
19 Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood) for piano, Op. 15: Fürchtenmachen
20 Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood) for piano, Op. 15: Kind im Einschlummern
21 Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood) for piano, Op. 15: Der Dichter spricht
22 Sonata for violin & piano No. 1 in C sharp minor, Sz. 75, BB 84 (Op. 21): 1. Allegro appassionato
23 Sonata for violin & piano No. 1 in C sharp minor, Sz. 75, BB 84 (Op. 21): 2. Adagio
24 Sonata for violin & piano No. 1 in C sharp minor, Sz. 75, BB 84 (Op. 21): 3. Allegro
25 Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow), for violin & piano

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Album Review

Violinist Gidon Kremer and pianist Martha Argerich are two of the greatest living virtuosos on their instruments and, though they are wholly individualistic players, they get along extremely well together. German Romantic Robert Schumann and Hungarian modernist Béla Bartók don't have much in common at first blush: one is dreamy and poetic, the other brutal and cerebral. But as Kremer and Argerich's recital reveals, one thing Schumann and Bartók have in common is passionate expressivity; the two players bring that quality out no matter which composer's music they're playing. Schumann's ardent lyricism and Bartók's searing lines are both equally articulated here.

The program itself is wonderfully paced by alternating between the two composers and solo and duo works. Thus, Kremer soars in Bartók's Solo Violin Sonata, Argerich shines in Schumann's Kinderszenen, and they both catch fire together in the formers First Sonata and latter's Second Sonatas. The addition of Kremer and Argerich's extremely soulful readings of Fritz Kreisler's Liebesleid and Schön Rosmarin as encores are like dessert after a heavy meal.

It should be noted that the recording here of Kinderszenen is Argerich's first solo recording in three decades. It is entirely different in conception and execution from her 1984 Deutsche Grammophon recording and demands to be heard by anyone who admires the Argentinean pianist's work. ~ James Leonard, All Music Guide

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