You may never hear better four-hand piano as long as you live

You may never hear better four-hand piano as long as you live

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norman lebrecht

April 17, 2016

The new Lebrecht Album of the Week:

The question is, what took them so long? Martha Argerich and Daniel Barenboim, born a year apart in Buenos Aires to Jewish mothers of Russian extraction, have left it until their mid-seventies to discover common ground. Both prodigious pianists, they sailed for Europe where their paths diverged….

Read on here and here.

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Comments

  • Petros Linardos says:

    Argerich plays a Steinway instrument, Barenboim a Barenboim.

  • esfir ross says:

    It’s not the best piano duo . You should hear Turkish twins-Pakinel, Dordoncu. Finest , dynamite pianists.

  • esfir ross says:

    There was another great Argentinian pianist Bruno Gelber that born 1941 same year as Martha. He leaves in Monaco now. He also was a child protegee, but not known as this ubiquitous two.

  • Mick says:

    There is a lovely video of them playing in the Berlin Philharmonic hall, both on 2 pianos and 4 hands, Mozart and Schubert, a couple of years ago.

  • Julian Reynolds says:

    BTW here is MA with Ozawa last year (first time I saw him since his illness).
    Worth a peep

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoAG9VPJ4DQ

  • Una says:

    Argerich and Barenboim are just wonderful as a duo in so many ways, not just about showing off. Long may they keep their health and continue. Such a wealth of experience behind them.

  • Sue says:

    Now that would be something to see!!! I’ve heard the ‘Barenboim Steinway’ in Vienna and couldn’t hear any difference, to be honest.

  • Sue says:

    BTW, the Gebruder Kutrowatz in Vienna in 2011, playing Liszt, were absolutely phenomenal!!

  • cabbagejuice says:

    Maybe yes and maybe no. My favorite Argentinian pianist is Gelber.

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