Puccini: Turandot – Riccardo Chailly

   in Piano International (Sep, 2016)
Playing with partners has been an essential aspect of the Argentinian pianist Martha Argerich’s artistry, as may be heard on the CD of her dynamic 2009 Salzburg concert with the Brazilian Nelson Freire (DG 4778570) or with Italy’s Gabriele Baldocci (Dynamic 7663). Argerich’s artistry is such that she merits a full-time pianist as an onstage companion, rather than a conductor and part-time keyboard artist who seems to hop off a jet and dash off a concert before hopping onto another one. This, alas, is the impression of the July 2015 event at the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, by Argerich and Daniel Barenboim, previously available digitally on Peral Music, Barenboim’s personal label. …