Martha Argerich | Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 (1969, live)
Martha first played this concerto in 1953, I believe, in the Circulo de Aeronáutica de la Orquestra Sinfônica de Buenos Aires, under the baton of maestro Juan Emilio Martini. At 11 years old she had already mastered the Mozart D minor Concerto, the Schumann Piano Concerto and the Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1. Not bad, huh?
This recording is not in perfect quality, but displays Argerich in full command of this concerto. Her reading of it is passionate, but never overdramatic.
Edward Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
00:00 – Allegro molto moderato
11:54 – Adagio
18:35 – Allegro moderato molto e marcato – Quasi presto – Andante maestoso
Martha Argerich, piano
Pedro Ignacio Calderón, conductor
Orquesta Filarmónica de Buenos Aires.
Live July 28, 1969.