Performers: Alissa Margulis, Karin Lechner, Lida Chen, Renaud Capuçon, Martha Argerich, Mischa Maisky, Jorge Bosso, Nicholas Angelich, Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg, Lucia Hall, Dora Schwarzberg, Alexander Mogilevsky, Mauricio Vallina, Francesco Piemontesi, Gabriela Montero, Lilya Zilberstein, Sergio Tiempo, Mark Drobinsky, Alexander Moglievsky
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Martha Argerich's annual festival in Lugano provides a reliable feast of both well-established and unfamiliar repertoire played by well-known and less familiar artists, many of them young, all of them compelling. The 2007 festival certainly ran true to form - with composers as diverse as Mozart, Glinka, Messiaen, Schumann, Lutosławski, Ravel, Bartók and Beethoven - variety and discovery were as abundant as ever.
No other pianist in the musical world nurtures and promotes emerging talent with the same level of personal commitment and belief as Martha Argerich. The results of the chamber music partnerships displayed on this release demonstrate the magic that is made when these professional friends are brought together by her unique artistic personality.
This year’s recording also boasts a substantial solo spot from Martha herself, playing Schumann's Kinderszenen Op. 15.
Amongst many other artists, this year’s set features EMI Classics-signed pianists Gabriela Montero and Sergio Tiempo and Virgin Classics inimitable cellist Renaud Capuçon.
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