Martha Argerich / Erwin Ortner / Wiener Kammerorchester in Chopin Piano concerto op.11 in 2010

Описание: Today is my birthday and I am sharing the video of one of the most moving Martha Argerich concerts I attended :

Martha Argerich / Erwin Ortner / Wiener Kammerorchester
Chopin : Piano concerto no.1 in e-minor, op.11
Vienna Konzerthaus, May 16, 2010
Encore : Chopin Mazurka No.15 in C major Op.24-2

It was a tribute to Friedrich Gulda concert in Vienna. I believe that Martha Argerich did not play the Chopin 1 at all between January 2000 and this performance in May 2010. In Japan she was scheduled to play half solo recitals in January 2000, 2 months before the famous Carnegie Hall recital and here is what happened (she ended up playing solo in Tokyo later that year) :

"Of course, some real crises compelled her to miss performances in some cases, like two recitals scheduled in Tokyo early last month. Ms. Argerich had been hoping to try out there the solo works she will play tonight. But a former teacher, the pianist Friedrich Gulda, a deeply spiritual musician (''my most important influence''), died, plunging her into distress. After attending his funeral in Vienna, Ms. Argerich flew that same day to Tokyo, and within two hours of landing performed, as scheduled, the Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 with Vladimir Ashkenazy conducting. ''It was the best Chopin E Minor I ever played,'' she said. ''I don't know why.'' But she developed a fever and had to cancel two eagerly anticipated solo recitals."
Extracts from an article in the New York Times by Anthony Tommasini (March 25th, 2000)