The Répertoire of Martha Argerich

My snapshot of Martha Argerich with Mikhail Pletnev in Lugano 2002.

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Latest Update: September 12 2009, a link to the recording of the Liszt Totentanz.

Compiled by Björn Östlund, bjorn.ostlund(at)mbox301.tele2.se 

Intentions

I started to work on this list to show that Martha Argerich has a far larger repertoire than she has recorded and, not least, a far larger repertoire than what is generally believed. Many piano aficionados are not awere of that Argerich played at least six Mozart concertos during her career, nor the Grieg concerto, nor the Scriabin Sonata No.5, nor the Second and Third sonatas by Brahms!

In recent years Martha Argerich has added several new compositions to her repertoire, often chamber music. I can't resist to mention the Schumann Quartet and the Shostakovich Quintet, both which I had the privilege to hear in Lugano in June 2006.

Acknowledgements

Special thanks to the following contributors: Willem Boone, Franco Bruni, Charles Couineau, Hywel David, Ché Frye, Maria Elena Hartung, Yu Koseki, Jit Hui Oon, Hans-Peter & Rosalyn Schiff and Peter Ziegler. 

Repertoire, in alphabethical order

Aldridge, Robert

"Tango for Gabriela Fritz" 

  • Salle Pleyel, Paris 1.12.2006 with Gidon Kremer, violin.

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Preludes and Fugues from Well Tempered Clavier I/II

Prelude and Fugue in E from Well Tempered Clavier I

  • Konzertsaal der Staatlichen Hochschule fur Musik, Berlin. 20.2.1971.

English Suite No.2 BWV 807

Gavotte from English Suite No.3 BWV 808

French Suite No.5 in G major BWV 816

  • Buenos Aires 1948. Played between the two piano concertos by Beethoven and Mozart in Argerich's orchestral debut.

Partita No.2 in C minor BWV 826

Toccata in C minor BWV 911

Toccata in G major BWV 916 -- Presto

  • Buenos Aires 11.1952(?).

Italian Concerto in F BWV 971

  • Argerich was scheduled to play this famous piece during her Japanese tour in 1981. However, she changed to the Partita No.2 (which she also played in Carnegie Hall that year). See a scanned leaflet from the Japanese concert at Yu Koseki's page: http://www.argerich.jp/Japan_5.jpg

Cello Sonata in G major BWV 1027

Cello Sonata in D major BWV 1028

Cello Sonata in G minor BWV 1029

Concerto for Two Pianos in C BWV 1061

  • München 18.1.1995. With Alexandre Rabinovitch, Württembergisches Kammerorchester and Jörg Faerber. Another concert with the same repertoire was cancelled and probably this one too.

Concerto for four pianos in A-minor BWV 1065 (after Vivaldi)

  • Verbier 7.2003. With Mikhail Pletnev, Evgeny Kissin and James Levine, piano.

Balakirev, Mily

Islamey

  • Argerich studied this work in Geneva in the 1980's. Per information from Hans-Peter & Rosalyn Schiff.

Piano Concerto No. 2

  • Argerich studied this work in Geneva in the 1980's. Per information from Hans-Peter & Rosalyn Schiff.

Bartók, Bela

Piano Sonata

Suite Op.14

  • Beppu 8.9.1995

Violin Sonata No. 1 (1921)

Roumanian Dances for violin and piano

  • Teatro Colón, Argentina 2001. With Geza Housszu-Legocky, violin.

Contrasts for piano, clarinet and violin.

Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion 

Concerto for Two Pianos and Percussion

Piano Concerto No. 2

  • Argerich studied this work in Geneva in the 1980's. Per information from Hans-Peter & Rosalyn Schiff.

Piano Concerto No. 3

Beethoven, Ludvig van

Piano Sonata Op. 2 No. 2

  • Cancelled, scheduled for Tokyo 7/9.2.2000. Repertoire details per Michael Glover in International Piano Quarterly, Spring 2000.

Piano Sonata in D major Op. 10 No. 3

  • Basel 1958.

Piano Sonata in E-flat major Op.31 No.3

Piano Sonata in C major Op. 53

Piano Sonata in F minor Op.57 "Appassionata"

  • No details.

Piano Sonata in B-flat major Op.106 

  • Argerich studied this piece as a young student in Vienna 1955 with Friedrich Gulda.

Piano Sonata in A major Op. 101

  • Venice, Basel 1969
  • Tokyo (Japanese debut tour) 1970.

Piano Sonata in A-flat major Op.110

Bagatelles Op.126

"Ich Denke Dein" with Variations WoO 74 (for four hands)

  • Buenos Aires 12.9.2005 with Akane Sakai, piano.

Sonata for Piano and Violin in D Op 12 No 1

Sonata for Piano and Violin in A Op 12 No 2

Sonata for Piano and Violin in E flat Op 12 No 3

Sonata for Piano and Violin in A minor Op 23

Sonata for Piano and Violin in F Op 24

Sonata for Piano and Violin in A Op 30 No 1

Sonata for Piano and Violin in C minor Op 30 No 2

Sonata for Piano and Violin in G Op 30 No 3

Sonata for Piano and Violin in A Op 47

Sonata for Piano and Violin in G Op 96

Sonata for Piano and Cello in F Op 5 No 1

Sonata for Piano and Cello in G minor Op 5 No 2

Sonata for Piano and Cello in A Op 69

Sonata for Piano and Cello in C Op 102 No 1

Sonata for Piano and Cello in D Op 102 No 2

Twelve Variations on Handel's "Judas Maccabaeus" for Cello and Piano WoO 45

Seven Variations (in E flat major) on a Theme from Mozart's 'The Magic Flute' for Cello and Piano WoO 46

Twelve Variations (in F major) on a Theme from Mozart's 'The Magic Flute' for Cello and Piano Op 66

6 Minuette WoO.10 - No.2 G major (arr. Mischa Elman)

  • With Gidon Kremer, violin, in Tokyo 3.11.1987.

Trio for Piano, Clarinet and Cello in B flat Op 11 "Gassenhauer"

Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello "Ghost trio" Op.70 No.1

  • Lugano 2007 with Renaud Capucon and Mischa Maisky.

Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Major WoO 36

  • Verbier 28.7.2004. With Vadim Repin, violin, Yuri Bashmet, viola and Gautier Capuçon, cello.

Piano Quartet in Eb major Op.16

  • Scheduled for Tokyo December 2008.

Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano in C "Triple" Op. 56

  • Lugano 6.2003. With Renaud Capuçon, violin, and Mischa Maisky, cello. 

Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Op 15 (cadenza by Bernhard Sekles at the debut, later Beethoven's cadenza)

  • Buenos Aires 1949 with Alberto Castellanos and Gran Orquestra Clásica de LR1 Radio Nacional.

Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat Op 19

Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor Op.37

  • Lausanne 1973. With Charles Dutoit and Lausanne Chamber Orchestra.
  • Ferrara 20.2.2004. With Claudio Abbado and Mahler Chamber Orchestra.

Piano Concerto No.4 in G major Op.58

  • Argerich studied this concerto at young age but she never played it in concert. 

Piano Concerto No.5 in E-flat major Op.73

  • Argerich played this concerto a few times, in Holland and in Germany, per an interview in Le Monde de Musique 2007.

Brahms, Johannes

Piano Sonata No 2 Op 2

  • New York/Tokyo 1981.

Piano Sonata No.3 Op.5

Two Rhapsodies Op 79

Sonata for two pianos in F minor Op 34b

Waltzes Op 39 (for two pianos)

Liebesliederwalzer, 18 Waltzes for Piano (4 hands) and Voices ad libitum, Op.52

  • Lugano 23.6.2005 with Gabriela Montero, piano primo.

Haydn Variations Op 56b (for two pianos)

Souvenirs de la Russie Op.151: "In der Morgendämmerung wecke sie nicht" (4 hands)

  • Ludwigsburg 30.6.2000 with Lilya Zilberstein.

Hungarian Dance No.7 (for two pianos)

  • Salle Pleyel, Paris 5.2004. With Nelson Freire, piano.

Sonata for Piano and Cello No 2 Op. 99

  • Nohant 1979. With Mischa Maisky, cello.

Piano Quartet in G minor Op. 25

  • Verbier 2001 with Gidon Kremer, Yuri Bashmet and Mischa Maisky.

Piano Quartet in D-minor Op. 60

  • Beppu, May 2009.

  • Lugano, June 2009.

Piano Concerto No 2 in B major Op.83

  • According to an interview with Claudio Abbado in Le Monde de Musique 2007, Argerich learned this work in a few days in 1955. She never performed it in public.

Chopin, Frédéric

Etudes Op.10 and 25

  • From the age of ten, when studying for Scaramuzza's assistent, Argerich tells us she had to prepare "one prelude and fugues and two Chopin etudes a week". See: http://www.russischeschule.com/Argerich.htm 

  • Argerich studied this work in Geneva in the 1980's. Per information from Hans-Peter & Rosalyn Schiff.

Etude in C Op 10 No 1

  • Buenos Aires 1955.

  • Warsaw 22.2.1965

Etude in E Op.10 No.3

  • Basel 1958. The program indicates two etudes by Chopin, in E and in C-sharp minor.

Etude in C sharp minor Op 10 No 4

  • Basel 1958.

Etude in A flat Op 10 No 10

  • Warsaw 5.3.1965. 

Etude in B minor Op.25 No 10

Mazurka in C Op 24 No 2

  • Brescia 1967.

Mazurka in D Op 33 No 2

  • Edinburgh 1967.

Mazurka in C sharp minor Op 41 No 1

  • Edinburgh 1967.

Mazurka in A minor Op 59 No 1

Mazurka A flat Op 59 No 2

Mazurka in F sharp minor Op 59 No 3

Mazurka in F minor Op 63 No 2

Waltz Op 34 No 1

  • Warsaw 5.3.1965

Waltz Op.64 No.1 ("Minute")

  • Buenos Aires, before 1955.

Preludes Op 28

Prelude in C sharp minor Op 45

Prelude in A flat Op posth

Nocturne in F Op 15 No 1

Nocturne in D flat Op 27 No 2

  • Saarbrücken 1972.

Nocturne in C minor Op 48 No 1

  • Zürich, Amsterdam 1978.

Nocturne in E flat Op 55 No 2

Ballade No 1 in G minor Op 23

  • Berlin 1959.

  • New York 1981.

Ballade No 3 in A flat Op 47

  • Edinburgh 1967.

Ballade No 4 in F minor Op 52

  • Cologne 1960.

Scherzo No 2 in B flat minor Op 31

Scherzo No 3 in C sharp minor Op 39

Barcarolle Op 60

Polonaise in A flat Op 53

Polonaise-Fantasie Op 61

Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise Brillante Op 22

Sonata No 2 in B flat minor Op 35

Sonata No 3 in B minor Op 58

Variations sur un air national de Moore in D

  • Beppu 1999. With Kyoko Ito, piano.

Introduction et Polonaise Brillante for Piano and Cello Op 3

Sonata for Piano and Cello in G minor Op 65

Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor Op 11

Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor Op 21

Couperin, François

Unknown solo piece

  • Buenos Aires 1945/1946. Per article in "Cultura Musical".

Crumb, George

Music for a Summer Evening, Makrokosmos III (for two pianos and percussion)

  • München Klaviersommer 17.7.1983. With Michel Béroff, piano; Robin Schulkowsky, James Wood, percussion. See: http://www.klaviersommer.de/ 

Czerny, Carl

Coda to the 50 variations over a waltz by Diabelli 

  • Lugano 24.6.2006.

Debussy, Claude

Pour le piano -- Prélude, Sarabande, Toccata

  • Argerich studied the Suite with Friedrich Gulda. Per interview in Georges Gachot's "Conversation Nocturne". See: http://www.gachot.ch/ 

Préludes

  • Argerich studied "qulgues préludes" with Gulda. Per interview in Georges Gachot's "Conversation Nocturne". See: http://www.gachot.ch/ 

Estampes

  • Venice 1969.

Images II

Petite Suite (for piano duet)

  • Beppu 1999 with Kyoko Ito, piano.

En blanc et noir (for two pianos)

Prélude a l'après midi d'un Faune (for two pianos)

  • Montreux 1985 with Michél Béroff.

Nocturnes: Nuages et Fêtes for (two pianos)

  • Verbier 2001 with Evgeny Kissin, piano.

Violin Sonata

Cello Sonata

Minstrels for cello and piano (Arr. Maisky)

La plus que lente for cello and piano (Arr. Maisky)

Dukas, Paul

L'Apprentice Sorcier (Arr. for two pianos by Alexandre Rabinovitch)

  • Tokyo 1997

Duparc, Henri

Phidylé (after Lisle)

  • Louvre 1.7.2004. With Kamel Boutros, barytone. For the 90th Anniversary of IBM France(!)

Dvorák, Anton

Slavonic Dance Op.72 No.7

  • Pescara 10.2000. With Géza Hosszu-Legocky, violin.

Four Romantic Pieces for Violin and Piano Op.75 B.150

Piano Quintet No.2 Op 81

  • Naples 6.1973 with Salvatore Accardo et al.

Piano Concerto Op.33

  • Argerich was supposed to play this piece in Washington 1978, but ended up playing the Mozart concerto No.25 instead. "I was supposed to play the Dvorak Concerto, but there was some strange confusion about that. Then I was to play Schumann, but Firkusny was playing Schumann, and then the only thing I could do was Mozart, I was told." See: http://www.andrys.com/arg-1979.html 

Echenique

Doña Ubensa

  • Buenos Aires 7.9.2003. With Mercedes Sosa, vocal.

Falla, Manuel de

Nights in the Gardens of Spain

  • Paris 1986 with Daniel Barenboim.

  • Lugano 2009 with Alexander Vedernikov.

Fauré, Gabriel

Dolly Suite (for four hands)

Franck, César

Violin sonata (also in for cello and flute)

Symphonic Variations

  • Argerich was scheduled to play this work with Charles Dutoit in Montreal (date unknown) but canceled.

Gershwin, George

Rhapsody in blue

  • Argerich was scheduled to play the "Rhapsody in blue" in Verbier 1997, but changed to the Ravel Concerto. 

  • In 2003 there were new plans in Verbier, but this time Argerich played the Beethoven Piano Concerto No.1 Op.15.

Ginastera, Alberto

Tres Danzas Argentinas Op.2

Zamba

La canción del árbol del olvido

Piano Concerto No. 1

  • Argerich was scheduled to play this work with Charles Dutoit in New York 2001, as part of an all Argentine program, but changed to the Tchaikovsky concerto No.1 Op.23. Read the article by Annie Dutoit: http://www.andrys.com/revista2.html 

Grieg, Edvard

Unknown solo piece

  • Buenos Aires 1945/1946. Per article in "Cultura Musical".

Cello Sonata in A minor Op.36

Piano Concerto in A minor Op.16

  • Norrköping 6.10.1968. With Sven-Gunnar Andrén and Norrköping SO. See program.

  • Buenos Aires 28.7.1969 with Pedro Ignacio Calderon and Buenos Aires PO.

Guastavino, Carlos

Tres Romances para dos piano Op.2: Las Ninãs de Santa Fe, Muchacho Jujeño, Baile en Cuyo

  • Buenos Aires 2001. With Eduardo Delgado, piano.

  • Lugano 14.6.2005. With Mauricio Vallina, piano.

Ay, que el alma

La rosa y el sauce

Jazmin de Pais: I Que Lindo...!

Hadjidakis, Manos

"Alessandro il Grando e il serpente maledetto" (for two pianos)

  • Sala delle Palme, Grand Hotel Villa Castagnola, Lugano 25.6.2005. With Dora Bakopoulous, piano.

Dance from the ballet "Wilderness" (for two pianos)

  • Athens 14.11.2004. With Dora Bakopoulous, piano. 

Haydn, Joseph

Piano Trio in G Hob.XV:25 "A la Hongroise"

  • Verbier 2001 with Vadim Repin and Mischa Maisky.

Piano Concerto in D Hob XVIII:11

Hoch, Francesco

Schizzi orchestrali for three pianos

  • Cancelled, scheduled for Lugano 2008.

Hubert, Eduardo

Martulango

  • Buenos Aires 15.10.2004. With Rafael Gintoli, violin and Néstor Marconi, bandoneon. 

Holst, Gustav

The Planets, excerpts (Arr. for two pianos by Jura Margulis)

  • Freiburg 15.7.2001 with Jura Margulis, piano (1).

Janacek, Leos

Violin Sonata

Concertino

  • Scheduled for London 16.6.1968. With Gennady Zalkowitsch and London SO. Cancelled, replaced by Albert Ferber.

  • Lugano 2008.

Kiesewetter, Peter

Tango Pathetique (for piano, violin and cello)

Korsakov, Rimsky

Flight of The Bumble Bee (Arr. Rachmaninov)

  • Albert Hall, London 2000. Prior to the rehearsal of the Schumann concerto with Michael Tilson Thomas and San Francisco SO. As per the introduction from the BBC broadcast by Stephanie Hughes.

Kreisler, Fritz

Liebeslied

Schön Rosmarin

  • Tokyo 1994 with Gidon Kremer. NHK Broadcast.

Rondino über ein Thema von Beethoven

Liszt, Franz

12 Transcendental Etudes

  • Argerich studied this work in Geneva in the 1980's. Per information from Hans-Peter & Rosalyn Schiff.

Concert Etude No 2 in A flat La leggierezza

  • Bolzano 1957.

Harmonies poétiques et religieuses No.7 -- Funérailles

  • Edinburgh 1967.

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 in D flat

  • Bolzano 1957.

Mephisto Waltz No.1

  • Zürich, late 1950's(?).

  • In Gramophone of August 2005 Bryce Morrison wrote: "I sorely miss versions by Ivo Pogorelich and, perhaps most of all, Martha Argerich (the Mephisto Waltz was reportedly once among her party pieces)...."

Sonata in B minor

Concerto Pathetique (for two pianos)

Reminiscences de Don Juan (for two pianos)

  • Montreux 1985 with Michél Béroff.

Paraphrase on Dies Irae -- Totentanz

Piano Concerto No 1 in E flat

Piano Concerto No 2 in A

  • Berlin 6.4.1996. With Daniel Barenboim and Chicago SO. See: http://www.argerich.org/Chrono.htm for two short sound clips. Plans to record the Liszt second concerto in 1997 for EMI never materialized.

Lutoslawski, Witold

Paganini Variations for two pianos

Marconi, Néstor

Tangos Concertantes

  • Buenos Aires 15.10.2004. With Rafael Gintoli, violin and Néstor Marconi, bandoneon. 

Mendelssohn, Felix

Caprice Op.33 No.2

  • Buenos Aires 11.1952.

Piano Trio in D minor Op 49

  • Verbier 2001 with Gil Shaham, violin and Mischa Maisky, cello.

  • Lugano 2002 with Renaud Capuçon, violin and Gautier Capuçon cello. Released by EMI.

Piano Quartet Op.1

  • Cancelled, scheduled for Lugano 2008.

Concerto for Piano and Violin in D minor

Messiaen, Olivier

Louange à l'éternité de Jésus - 5th movement from "Quatuor pour la fin du temps"

  • March 2008, Paris. With Mischa Maisky, cello.

Thème et variations (for piano and violin)

Visions de l'amen (for two pianos)

Milhaud, Darius

Scaramouche (for two pianos)

Montero, Gabriela

La Telenovela (for two pianos)

  • Lugano 23.6.2003 with Gabriela Montero. 

Moszkowski, Moritz

Etudes

  • Argerich studied these in Geneva in the 1980's. Per information from Hans-Peter & Rosalyn Schiff.

Guitarre Op 45 No 2 (for violin and piano)

  • New York 2001 with Ivry Gitlis

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Sonata in C K.545

  • Buenos Aires 1945/1946. Per article in "Cultura Musical".

Rondo in A minor K 511

  • Jouxtens 6.1972

Sonata in A minor K. 310

  • Munich 1960

Sonata in B flat K. 333

Sonata in C major K 545 "Sonate Facile"

  • Buenos Aires 1945

  • Jouxtens 6.1972

Sonata in D K. 576

  • Cologne 1959

Andante and Variations in G K 501 (for piano duet)

Fantasie for mechanical organ K.608 (arr. for two pianos by F. Busoni)

  • Hamburg 2.11.2006 with Lilya Zilberstein.

Sonata in B-flat K.358/186C (for piano duet)

  • Hamburg 2.11.2006 with Lilya Zilberstein.

Sonata in D K.381 (for piano duet)

Sonata in C K.521 (for piano duet)

Sonata in C K.545 (for two pianos). Arr. Grieg

  • Lugano 16.6.2005. With Piotr Anderzewski, piano.

Sonata in D for Two Pianos K 448

Sonata for Piano and Violin in G K 301

  • Beppu 4.2006. With Ivry Gitlis, violin.

  • Lugano 6.2006. With Ivry Gitlis, violin.

Sonata for Piano and Violin in G K 301 -- Slow movement as encore

  • Bonn 1990 with Gidon Kremer, violin.

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

  • Salzburg Festspiel 1993. With Sylvia McNair, soprano; Claudio Abbado and Berliner PO.

Concerto for Two Pianos in E flat K 365

Concerto for 3 Pianos in F major K 242 (cadenza with themes, "Fur Paul", "Fur Rico" and "Aria", by Friedrich Gulda)

  • Tokyo 1.2005. With Rico and Paul Gulda, piano.

Piano Concerto in E flat No.14 KV 449

  • Date and location unknown, possibly around 1965. After the German critic Joachim Kaiser's book "Great pianists of our time".

Piano Concerto in B flat No 18 K 456

  • Würzburg 1973. With Eugen Jochum and Bavarian Radio SO.

Piano Concerto in D minor No 20 K 466

  • Buenos Aires 1949 with Alberto Castellanos/Gran Orquestra Clásica de LR1 Radio Nacional.

Piano Concerto in C No 21 K 467

  • Cologne 1960 with Peter Maag and Cologne Radio SO. See: http://www.argerich.org/Chrono.htm for a short sound clip.

  • Salzburg 1985? (studio). With Camerata Academica Salzburg, directed by Martha Argerich. From the archives of the Mozarteum (recording number 41868).

Piano Concerto in A No.23 K 488

Piano Concerto in C No 25 K 503 (with first movement cadenza by Friedrich Gulda).

Mussorgsky, Modest

Night on Bare Mountain (for two pianos, arr. J.Margulis)

  • Beppu 30.11.1998. With Jura Margulis, piano.

Oe, Hikari

A talk (for cello and piano)

  • Tokyo 9.1995. Salute to Seiji Ozawa at 60. With Mstislav Rostropovich, cello.

Piazzolla, Astor

Libertango (for two pianos)

  • Pescara 10.2000 with Eduardo Hubert, piano.

La Muerte del Angel (for two pianos)

  • Pescara 10.2000 with Eduardo Hubert, piano.

"Milonga de la Anunciacion" from Maria de Buenos Aires

  • Paris February 2007. With Gidon Kremer, violin and Andrei Pushkarev, vibraphone.

Tres minutos con la realidad (for two pianos)

  • Pescara 10.2000 with Eduardo Hubert, piano.

Oblivion (for two pianos)

  • Milano 17.2.2008. With Eduardo Hubert, piano.

Tanguano (for violin and piano)

Tres minutos con la realidad (for two pianos, orchestra and violin)

  • Buenos Aires 15.10.2004. With Eduardo Hubert, piano; Rafael Gintoli, violin; Orquesta Académica del Teatro Colón; Carlos Calleja, conductor. 

Chiquilín de bachín

Los pájaros perdidos

Pletnev, Mikhail

Fantasia Helvetica for two pianos and orchestra

  • Lugano 2008.

Poulenc, Francis

Concerto for Two Pianos

  • Vienna 1990 with Alexandre Rabinovitch, piano; Pinchas Steinberg and ORF SO.

  • Montreal 2001 with Nelson Freire, piano; Charles Dutoit and Montreal SO.

Prokofiev, Sergei

Toccata Op 11

Piano Sonata No 3 in A minor Op 28

  • Hamburg 1960.

  • Buenos Aires 1965.

Piano Sonata No 7 in B flat Op 84

Ten Pieces from Romeo and Juliet Op 75

  • New York 1981.

Suite from Cinderella Op 87 (Arr for two pianos by Mikhail Pletnev)

  • Lugano 6.2002 (world premiere) with Mikhail Pletnev. 

Symphony No.1 "Classical" Op 25 (Arr for two pianos by Riyuki Terashima)

  • Beppu 1999 with Kyoko Ito.

March from Love of Three Oranges (for violin and piano)

  • Bonn 1990 with Gidon Kremer, violin.

Five Melodies for violin and piano Op 35b

Sonata for Piano and Violin No 1 Op 80

Sonata for Piano and Violin No 2 Op 94b

Sonata for Piano and Flute Op 94

Sonata for Piano and Cello

  • Brussels 4.2003 with Mischa Maisky, cello.

Waltz from The Tale of the Stone Flower, ballet in 4 Acts Op.118. (Arr. for Cello and Piano by G.Piatigorsky and S. Knushevitsky)

  • Brussels 4.2003 with Mischa Maisky, cello.

Piano Concerto No 1 in D flat Op 10

Piano Concerto 2 in G minor Op. 16

  • Argerich studied this work in Geneva in the 1980's. Per information from Hans-Peter & Rosalyn Schiff.

Piano Concerto No 3 in C Op 26

  • First known performance was in Torino 1959.

Rabinovitch-Barakovsky, Alexandre

Die Zeit (for four amplified instruments: violin, cello, piano and celesta)

Incantations (for amplified piano, amplified celesta, and chamber orchestra)

La Belle Musique No.4 (for four amplified pianos)

Liebliches Lied (for piano four hands)

Musique populaire (for two amplified pianos and orchestra)

Schwanengesang an Apollo (for amplified violin, amplified celesta and amplified piano.)

Rachmaninov, Sergei

Piano Sonata No 2 in B-flat-minor Op. 36

  • Argerich was scheduled to play it in London 1981, together with Brahms' Op.2 Sonata, but cancelled.

Suite No 1 for Two Pianos Op 5

Suite No 2 for Two Pianos Op 17

Symphonic Dances for Two Pianos Op 45

Six Pieces for Piano Duet Op 11

  • Ludwigsburg 2000 with Lilya Zilberstein

Romance for six hands

  • Milano 17.2.2008. With Nelson Goerner and Riccardo Hubert.

Waltz for six hands

  • Lugano 22.6.2003 with Giorgia Tomassi and Polina Leschenko, piano. 

Cello Sonata Op.19 -- third movement (as encore)

Trio Elegiaque No. 1 in G minor

  • Scheduled for Musikverein, Vienna, 7.3.1996 but cancelled.

Rhapsody on a theme by Paganini Op. 43

  • Rumour: Martha Argerich never played this work.

Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor Op. 18

  • Rumour: Martha Argerich never played this work.

Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor Op. 30

  • First performance at the Festival Cervantino in Mexico 1978 with Mstislav Rostropovich.

  • The last known performance was in London, June 5th 1983. Thanks to Hywel David!

Ramirez, Ariel

Alfonsina y el mar (Felix Luna)

  • With Mercedes Sosa, vocal; Camerata Bariloche, Buenos Aires 7.9. 2003.

Allá lejos y hace tiempo (Tejada Gómez)

  • With Mercedes Sosa, vocal. Buenos Aires 7.9.2003.

Las cartas de Guadalupe (Felix Luna)

  • With Mercedes Sosa, vocal. Buenos Aires 7.9.2003.

Ravel, Maurice
Jeux d'eau

Sonatine

Valses nobles et sentimentales

Gaspard de la Nuit

  • Hans Huber Saal, Basel. 27.11.1958.

Daphnis et Chloé (Suite nr.2)

  • With Sergio Tiempo, piano. Rotterdam May 2007.

Ma Mere l'Oye (for four hands) / Ma Mere l'Oye (for two pianos and percussion arr. Sadlo)

Rapsodie espagnole (for two pianos and percussion arr. Sadlo)

La Valse (for two pianos)

Bolero (arr. for four pianos)

  • Argerich was scheduled to play the this work in Karlsruhe 2003 but cancelled.

Pièce en forme de Habanera (for violin and piano)

  • New York 2001 with Ivry Gitlis, violin.

Trois Chansons de Don Quichotte à Dulcinée (after Lisle)

  • Beppu 16.5.2004. With Kamel Boutros, baritone.

Concerto for the left hand

  • According to a former member of the Odense SO in Denmark, who contacted me via e-mail, Argerich played the left hand concerto, not the G major concerto in Denmark 1972. I wrote to Odense SO only to find out that Argerich in fact played the G major concerto... Karol Stryja conducted the concert on 24.10.1972. (Three days later she played the same work in Copenhagen and this performance was broadcast by the radio.)

Concerto in G

  • First performance with Charles Dutoit in Lausanne 1959.

Saint-Saëns, Camille

Danse Macabre for two pianos

  • Cancelled, scheduled for Lugano 2008.

Variations for Two Pianos on a Theme by Beethoven

  • Montreux 1991 with Alexandre Rabinovitch, piano.

Carnval of the Animals

Piano concerto No. 2 Op.22

  • Argerich was scheduled to play this work with Charles Dutoit and the Montreal Symphony at Place des Arts, Montreal, on May 23-24 2000, but cancelled.

Scarlatti, Domenico

Sonata in D minor K 141, L 422 (Toccata)

Schnittke, Alfred
Homage to Stravinsky, Prokofiev and Shostakovich (for piano six hands)

  • Scheduled for Saratoga 8.2003, but cancelled.

Rondo from Suite in old Style (for violin and piano)

  • Tokyo 1994 with Gidon Kremer, violin.

Schubert, Franz

Hungarian Melody D.817

  • Tokyo 12.10.2003.

Sonata D.845

Divertissement à la Hongroise D.818 (for four hands)

Fantasie in F minor, D.940 (for four hands)

  • Livorno 2.2.2008. With Gabriele Baldocci, piano (primo).

Grand Duo D.812 (the LP cover is, unfortunately, incorrect, the work is Rondo D.951)

  • 20-30.11.1973 Naples. With Christian Ivaldi, piano. EMI [Italy] AC 60108 (LP)

Rondo D. 608 (for two pianos)

Rondo D. 951 (for piano duet) 

  • Berlin 19.5.1980. With Nelson Freire, piano. 

  • Lugano 25.6.2002. With Ricardo Castro, piano.

Marches caractéristiques D. 968b (D. 886)

  • Buenos Aires 12.9.2005 with Akane Sakai, piano.

Nachthelle D.892 for tenor, male choir and piano.

  • Lugano 12.6.2006. With Coro della Radio Svizzera and Diego Fasolis, conductor. 

Arpeggione Sonata for cello and piano

Trio No.1 in Bb major D. 898 -- Second movement

  • New York 11.5.2002 with Gidon Kremer, violin, and Mischa Maisky, cello.

Piano Quintet i A major "Trout"

  • Scheduled for Verbier 2009, but cancelled. Replaced with the Schumann Quintet.

Schumann, Robert

Abegg variations Op. 1

  • Argerich is told to have learned the Abegg variations in one week, together with Ravel's "Gaspard de la Nuit" during her time with Friedrich Gulda. See interview: http://www.andrys.com/arg-1979.html

Toccata Op 7

  • Cologne 1960.

  • Vienna 1981.

Fantasiestücke Op 12

Kinderszenen Op 15

  • Venice 1969.

Kreisleriana Op 16

Fantasie Op 17

Waldzenen Op 82

Song "Widmung"(?) (Arr. Liszt)

  • Albert Hall, London 2000. Prior to the rehearsal of the Schumann concerto with Michael Tilson Thomas and San Francisco SO. As per the BBC broadcast introduction by Stephanie Hughes.

Piano Sonata No 2 in G minor Op 22

Andante and Variations Op 46 for two pianos, two celli and horn 

Andante and Variations Op 46b for two pianos

Six pieces in the form of a canon for two pianos Op.56 (transcription by Debussy for two pianos).

Six pieces in the form of a canon for piano, violin and cello Op.56 (arr. by Theodor Kirchner): Nicht zu schnell

  • Carnegie Hall 11.5.2002. With Gidon Kremer, violin; Mischa Maisky, cello.

Adagio and Allegro Op 70 for cello and piano 

Bilder aus dem Osten Op.66 (transcription for piano, clarinet and cello by Marek Denemark)

  • Lugano 16.6.2007 with Marek Denemark and Mark Drobinsky.

Fantasiestücke Op 73 for cello and piano

Romanzen Op 94 for cello and piano

Stücke im Volkston  Op 102 for cello and piano

Märchenbilder Op 113 for viola and piano

Märchenerzählungen Op.132 for viola and clarinet

  • Lugano 23.6.2004. With Lida Chen, viola, and Marek Denemark, clarinet. 

Violin sonata No 1 Op 105

Violin sonata No 2 Op 121

Fantasiestücke Op 88 for violin, cello and piano

Piano Trio No.3 Op.110

  • Lugano 12.6.2005 with Gidon Kremer, violin and Mischa Maisky, cello.

Piano Quintet in E flat Op 44

Piano Quartet Op. 47

  • Verbier 7.2003. With Gidon Kremer, Yuri Bashmet and Mischa Maisky. (Reviewed in Diapason.)

  • Brussels 2005. With Renaud Capuçon, Lida Chen and Gautier Capuçon.

Dichterliebe Op 48 (Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12.)

  • Beppu 16.5.2004. With Kamel Boutros, baritone.

Piano Concerto in A minor Op 54

  • Buenos Aires 1952. With Castro and Orquestra Sinfonica de la Ciudat de Buenos Aires.

Scriabin, Alexander

Etudes

  • Argerich studied this work in Geneva in the 1980's. Per information from Hans-Peter & Rosalyn Schiff.

Piano Sonata No. 5 Op.53

Piano Sonata No. 9 Op. 68 (Black Mass)

  • Royal Festival Hall, London 1978/1979. Cancelled.

Prometheus Op 60

Shostakovich, Dimitri

Preludes and Fugues Op.87 (Selection)

  • Royal Festival Hall, London 1978/1979. Cancelled.

Sonata for Piano and Cello Op 40

  • Edinburgh 1994. With Mischa Maisky, cello.

Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello No 1 in C major Op.8

  • Duisburg 30.6.2001. With Gidon Kremer, violin and Mischa Maisky, cello.

Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello No 2 in E minor Op 67

Piano Quintet Op.57

Concertino for two pianos Op.94 

  • Beppu 4.2006 with Kyoko Ito, piano.

Piano Concerto No 1 Op 35

Slonimsky, Sergei

Polka for piano four hands and prepared piano

  • Ludwigsburg 10.7.2005. With Lilya Zilberstein, piano (primo)

Strauss, Richard

Allerseelen Op. 10 No. 8

  • Beppu 16.5.2004. With Kamel Boutros, baritone.

Sinfonia Domestica (Arr. for two pianos by Otto Singer)

Burleske for Piano and Orchestra

Stravinsky, Igor

Suite Italienne

  • Edinburgh 1994. With Mischa Maisky, cello.

Tango (arr. for two pianos)

  • Ludwigsburg 1982. With Nelson Freire, piano.

Concerto for two pianos

  • Montreux 1985. With Michél Béroff, piano.

Concerto for Piano and Wind instruments

  • Edinburgh 31.8.1967. With István Kértesz and London Symphony Orchestra.

Svadebka (Les Noces Villageoises) for four pianos, orchestra, vocal soloists and choir.

Tchaikovsky, Piotr

Valse Sentimentale (for violin and piano)

  • Lugano 2003. With Dora Schwarzberg, violin. 

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

Piano Trio Op 50

  • Tokyo 1998 with Gidon Kremer, violin and Mischa Maisky, cello. Only a handful performances.

Piano Concerto No 1 Op 23

  • First performance in UK 1970 with Schwarz.

Tickmeyer, Steven Kovacs

Three Variations on Bach’s Brunnquell aller Güter

  • Salle Pleyel, Paris 2.2.2007.

Vivaldi, Antoni

The seasons, in arrangement by Nicolas Economou for four pianos

  • Premiere in Lugano 26.6.2007 with Nelson Goerner, Walter Delahunt and Dora Bakopoulos.

Webern, Anton

Deux pièces (1899)

  • Cancelled, scheduled for March 2008, Paris. With Mischa Maisky, cello.

Trois petites pièces pour violoncelle et piano, op. 11

  • Cancelled, scheduled for March 2008, Paris. With Mischa Maisky, cello.

Wagner, Richard

Ouverture to The Flying Dutchman (arr. by Debussy)

  • Scheduled for Buenos Aires 9.2005, but likely cancelled. With Eduardo Hubert, piano.

Weissenberg, Alexis

La Fugue (parts)

  • Lugano 2008.

Williams, Byrd

Unknown solo piece

  • Buenos Aires 1945/1946. Per an article in "Cultura Musical".

Wittasek, Johann Nepomuk August (Jan August Vitasek)

Variation no. 40 from 50 variations over a waltz by Diabelli 

  • Lugano 24.6.2006.

Worzischeck, Jan Hugo

Variation no. 50 from 50 variations over a waltz by Diabelli 

  • Lugano 24.6.2006.

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