Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto #4

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1. Here is what the great Argerich has to say about that

One of her lasting childhood memories is of hearing Claudio Arrau playing the Beethoven 4th piano concerto, jolting through her body like electricity. “I still do” love Beethoven, she says now. “That’s a long-lasting love. I mean, I love him more than anything” — more, even, than Prokofiev and Ravel, whom she consistently refers to as her “best friends,” or Schumann, “who touches me, so personally. When I play some phrases, I really have tears.” But Beethoven remains at the top of the list. You might think this would make her a Beethoven specialist; but she has not performed many of the 32 sonatas, though they are staples of the piano repertory. As for the 4th concerto, she loves it so much that — counter to what one might expect — she has never played it in public.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/martha-argerich-is-a-legend-of-the-classical-music-world-but-she-doesnt-act-like-one/2016/12/01/117095b4-b104-11e6-be1c-8cec35b1ad25_story.html?utm_term=.f93b8e3ea85f