How has Argerich’s performance of Prokofiev 3rd Concerto’s coda changed over the years? (LIVE only)

00:00 - 1969 01:55 - 1977 03:51 - 1995 05:49 - 1998 07:48 - 2001 09:47 - 2003 11:46 - 2007 13:48 - 2008 15:52 - 2018 17:56 - 2020 Prokofiev 3 is probably Martha Argerich’s most iconic, becoming closely associated with her throughout the years. It is a piece that, for me, she is untouchable in. The coda to the third movement is a work of genius, a wild round between piano and orchestra (featuring the infamous double white-key glissandi) culminating in the most thrilling music imaginable. Argerich has throughout the years altered various things about the coda: tempo, accents, phrasing, and even hand positions and technical aspects.
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