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Sonata in D [VHS]

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Filmed on location in the Orangerie of the Chateau de Sceaux in Paris, this performance features a wonderfully varied program of works by Scarlatti, Debussy and Ravel. Famed pianist Martha Argerich opens the concert with a compelling interpretation of Scarlatti's Sonata in D Minor. Ms. Argerich is then joined by cellist Misha Maisky in the great Debussy Sonata for Cello and Piano in D Minor. The concert then focuses on the works of Ravel. First we hear Martha Argerich give a moving rendering of "Gaspard de la Nuit". This work consists of three piano settings of poems based on the writings of Aloysius Bertrand. As a finale, pianist Nelson Freire joins Martha Argerich in a marvelous reading of Ravel's "Waltz for Two Pianos". This video concert, set in the opulent Orangerie of Sceaux Castle, is in my opinion both visually and musically a delight.