timeless
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), Piano Concerto in G Major (1929-31); Martha Argerich (1941-), piano; Orchestre National de France (Charles Dutoit, cond.); live, Germany (Frankfurt), 1990
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Lurie Garden, Millennium Park)
You don’t need to be asleep to be lost in a dream.
Maurice Ravel, Piano Concerto in G Major (1929-31); Martha Argerich, piano; Orchestre National de France (Charles Dutoit, cond.); live, Germany (Frankfurt), 1990
If, someday, Björk invites you over for tea, don’t be surprised if she wants to show you this.
Martha Argerich, at home with then-husband conductor Charles Dutoit, Switzerland (near Lausanne), 1972
‘Recently I have been guilty of watching a lot of YouTube,’ Björk says. She’s been exploring Martha Argerich (1972 home movies) . . .
—Alex Ross, The Rest Is Noise (blog), 11/13/11
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Happy Birthday, Suzanne!
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