“Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.” ― Frédéric Chopin

Martha’s playing makes the life of this old girl worth living!

And.. of course.. it’s just perfect. My heart wants to explode. I often think that the third ballade is performed a bit to soft but no, not when played by her. The amount of emotion she’s able to put into her playing is just incredible

Wow..when Martha plays, the whole world just stops completely... and I sometimes forget to breathe... Thank you

C'est toujours magnifique, l'art de Madame Argerich!

Such delicacy and touch. The one and only Martha Argerich, my favorite.

All points of view are welcome here. I post these recordings to bring joy to the listeners and I understand that some of you may prefer some other interpretation. I just want to clarify one thing: - Chopin was fragile and feeble. His music was not.

she is my idol for the interpretation of chopin's ballad - she has enriched my life with it

That is such a beautiful ballad. Argerich is great. Beautiful old recording. There is nothing more to add to that.

I always hear a piece anew when she plays.

A truly treasure!

So different from the ballades I've been hearing in the preliminary round of Chopin Piano Competition these past few days. Not a single contestant came close to what I just heard

Martha Argerich si muzica lui Chopin ,in intepretarea sa ,este o imbinare de frumusete,delicatete si sublim!!! Silvia Baciu.

Simplement sublime .Le tempo, les nuances tout est parfait . De tout mon coeur je vous remercie Madame Argerich

Damn, she plays it so fast....reminds me of the great Hoffman. Very 19th century and I love it!!!

Très belle interprétation, qui me parle, rien n'est parfait en effet mais le bonheur musical en tout cas ne se trouve pas dans la perfection! Merci à l'artiste.

No one can play like that only her

La ballade numero 1 est tellement magique !!

What a gift, thank you Max.

She is one of my idols playing chopin such beautyfull.

Merci !!! C'est si beau , si bien interprété !!! Merci !!!

Thank you Max for posting these outstanding recordings!

Beaatiful interpretation !

Thank you 🙏☺️

Amazing performance 💕

Thanks for finding this, Max. I've always hoped to come across a recording of Argerich playing the fourth ballade.

Il n’y a pas de mots qui peuvent décrire ce qu’on sent en écoutant cette merveille de musique ! Pas de mot qui compte quand la musique est si parfaite...

She's obviously among the world's finest pianists alive or dead, there's no doubt at all about that... and there are many points in these ballades and her other interpretations where she does something unique and surprising, like she's extracting some dynamic from certain passages that I'd never noticed before, but that was really there embedded in the music all along. That said, the tremendous scope of her dynamics can be a little... jarring isn't the right word. I don't know, oftentimes her playing just has this liquidity, and I feel like I can't keep hold of it - it's always changing shape and falling into the gaps in my understanding. It can actually become quite frustrating! Come to think of it, many women have this effect on me...

Perfecto.

She's a tiger roaring into her climaxes, when minutes befoe she was purring at your ear like a new born kitten.. Her emotional scope within each work is huge, her interpretative skills fully cope with what Chopin wrote. Thank you so much, Max. Heaven on Earth to start my morning ❤️❤️❤️🇦🇷💙🇦🇷

Perfetta

Me LLENA EL ALMA Y ME DA FLORES EN MI CABEZA. ❤

Fun fact: These recordings were made before Chopin composed his second ballade!

Sempre tocca il mio cuore con la sua bravura.

Great technique and tremendous soul. She is unbeatable

❤

😍😍😍😍😍

So much speed. Wow!

Didn't she play the F major ballade?

She is a fine pianist, but I have always wished she would slow down. It sounds like she is playing fast, and rushing her way through the music. (She sounds like this in many of the pieces she plays.) She has some wonderful voicing in many spots, but you almost miss it because she's playing at the speed of light. But what do I know, right. Interestingly enough, she recently performed the Tchaikovsky piano concerto and it was glorious.

Strange that, as Horowitz, she never recorded the second ballade. Lack of interest ?

Chopin é mais poesia Sra Martha. Não precisa disparar na velocidade.

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ma partie préférée de la no3 en A c'est la pub pour les chips lays en plein milieu

Рихтер и Аргерих, Аргерих и Рихтер)) Могут ВСЁ

Exactly like Janis Joplin.

The fucking 9 dislikes lmfao!

*A SCREAMING ad* right in the middle of the quietest, most tender part of the first of the three ballades!! *NOT COOL!!*

I am silent.....

For some reason not only did Argerich never perform nor record Ballade 2, she would not do it. A very superstitious person - there is a Beethoven concerto she felt the same way about, #2 I think....

Why is the piano so out of tune?

As so many other pianists, she had no clue how to play Chopin.

Thank you 🙏☺️

Thank you 🙏☺️