Barenboim Argerich West?Eastern Divan Orchestra - Argerich & Barenboim - DVD

What if chamber music returned to it's traditional venue within well-loved artists' homes? Initially, chamber music was composed for the private sphere, but ended up losing part of it's essence as this form started performing within venues that gradually expanded. This double program rekindles the origins of the genre by showing itself inside the living rooms of grand artists for original concerts, played in an intimate and privileged setting at Daniel Barenboim's in Berlin, where he plays with Michael Barenboim and Kian Soltani; and at Martha Argerich's in Geneva, with Mischa Maisky. They invite us to hear masterpieces of the chamber repertoire in a new light Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin, Brahms... and between each movement, the artists confide about their lives and their art to presenter, Annie Dutoit, who has known them all since childhood. A tender musical lesson.

Acclaimed by critics as an evening of superlative, Martha Argerich - arguably the greatest living pianist - joins Daniel Barenboim and his West-Eastern Divan Orchestra for an unforgettable interpretation of Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto. Argerich's playing is full of astonishing virtuosity and uncompromising, alternating with breakneck passages and tender tones InchMartha Argerich is and remains uniqueInch (Die Presse). In addition to Tchaikovsky's brilliant piece, Schubert's Symphony InchUnfinishedInch is played, a work that has never been performed during the composer's lifetime. InchMartha Argerich, Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra provide an exceptional atmosphere in the Festspielhaus.Inch (Salzburger Nachrichten)

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