Martha Argerich and Charles Dutoit are two giants, and their concerts together are an embrace. It is always difficult to say who is more fearless of the two: she captures and overwhelms with her indomitable temperament, he chisels orchestrations of rare beauty. It is the wonders of Ravel's G major Concerto that confirm that the queen of the piano is still firmly on the throne. Alongside her, the historic Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo conducted by Dutoit continues the tribute to the French composer, whose 150th birthday falls in 2025, with the limpid grace of the Tombeau de Couperin, a suite dedicated to his homeland and the friends who fell during the Great War, and the colourful intensity of the orchestral transcription of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition.
