Argerich's career has been unconventional and this adds to her charisma and mystique. Though her artistic range is wide, she has focused on a relatively small, though diverse repertoire.
She gives only a limited number of performances a year and in the past was notorious for cancelling concerts at short notice if she felt she was not in peak form. She is a generous mentor to young artists, notably through her former Progetto Martha Argerich at the Lugano Festival in Switzerland. 1st CD "The Legendary 1965 Recording" - Frederic Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor op.3 in C sharp minor, Op. 6 in A flat major op. 2nd-4th CD "Live from the Concertgebouw 1978, 1979, 1992" - Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita BWV 826; Bourrees I & II from English Suite BWV 807 / Frederic Chopin: Nocturne No. 3 / Bela Bartok: Piano Sonata / Alberto Ginastera: Danzas argentinas op.
2 / Serge Prokofieff: Piano Sonata No. 7 / Domenico Scarlatti: Piano Sonata K.
422 / Robert Schumann: Fantasiestücke op. 12 / Maurice Ravel: Sonatine; Gaspard de la Nuit / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25 / Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5th CD Cesar Franck: Cello Sonata in A major / Claude Debussy: Cello Sonata in D minor; La plus que lente for cello & piano; Prelude Volume 1 No.12 "Minstrels" for cello & piano 6th CD Manuel de Falla: Nights in Spanish Gardens for piano & orchestra / Isaac Albeniz: Iberia arranged for orchestra (excerpts) 7th CD Olivier Messiaen: Visions de l'Amen 8th CD Sergej Rachmaninoff: Suites No. 1 & 2 for 2 pianos; Symphonic Dances op.
1-3 (version for 2 pianos) 9th CD Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata in D major KV 448 for 2 pianos; Sonatas D major KV 381 & C major KV 521 for piano 4 hands; Andante & Variations G major KV 501 for piano 4 hands 10th CD Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto op. 54; Violin Concerto in D minor WoO 23 11th CD Johannes Brahms: Haydn Variations op. 56a for 2 pianos; Sonata in F minor op. 34b for 2 pianos after the Piano Quintet op.
44; Andante & Variations in B major op. 73; Fairy Tale Pictures op. 113 13th CD Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 10 for 2 pianos 14th CD Paul Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice for 2 pianos/ Richard Strauss: Sinfonia domestica op. 53 for 2 pianos / Maurice Ravel: La Valse for 2 pianos. 15th CD Serge Prokofieff: Piano Concertos No. 1 & 3 / Bela Bartok: Piano Concerto No. 3 16th/17th CD "Music from Saratoga" - Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 9 " Kreutzer" / Cesar Franck: Violin Sonata in A major / Zoltan Kodaly: Duo for Violin & Cello op.1 & 2 19th/20th CD "The Berlin Recital 2006" - Robert Schumann: Violin Sonata No. 2; Scenes from Childhood op. 15 / Bela Bartok: Sonata for solo violin; Violin Sonata No. 1 / Fritz Kreisler: Love's Sorrow; Beautiful Rosemary 21st CD Robert Schumann: Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op.
73 for Violin & Piano / Johannes Brahms: Scherzo in C minor from FAE Sonata WoO 2 / Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata in C minor, BWV 1017 for Violin & Piano 22nd CD Camille Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 "Organ Symphony"; Carnival of the Animals 23rd CD Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 45 for 2 Pianos 24th CD Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No.
6 for Piano 4-Hands; Piano Sonata No. 20 & 25; Sonata for 2 pianos KV 448; Sonata for piano 4-hands KV 381 & 497; Variations KV 501 for piano 4-hands; Fantasy in F minor KV 608 for 2 pianos (arranged by Busoni) / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Edvard Grieg: Piano Sonata No. 16 (with additional accompaniment of a 2nd piano) / Joseph Haydn: Piano Trio H.
25 / Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 46 for cello & piano; Piano Concerto No. 1; Piano Quartet in C major WoO. 5 "Ghost Trio"; Triple Concerto op. 80 / Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Sonata BWV 1017 / Franz Schubert: Variations D.
813 for piano 4 hands / Felix Mendelssohn: Overture & Scherzo for 2 pianos from A Midsummer Night's Dream op. 1 / Frederic Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1; Introduction & Polonaise brillante op. 3 / Franz Liszt: Les Preludes for 2 pianos; Reminiscences de Don Juan for 2 pianos; Concerto pathetique for 2 pianos / Robert Schumann: Scenes from Children op. 73 & 88; Violin Sonatas No.
1 & 2; Piano Concerto op. 47; Andante & Variations op.46 for 2 pianos; Piano Quintet op. 44; 5 Pieces in Folk Style op. 102; Adagio & Allegro op.
70; 6 Studies in canonic form op. 73 for flugelhorn & piano / Johannes Brahms: Haydn Variations op. 56b for 2 pianos (in two recordings); Sonata for 2 pianos op.
34b / Peter Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite op. 71a for 2 pianos / Bedrich Smetana: Sonata for 2 pianos 8 hands; Youth Rondo for 2 pianos 8 hands / Juliusz Zarebski: Piano Quintet op. 34 / Camille Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals / Claude Debussy: Petite Suite for piano 4 hands; En blanc et noir for piano 4 hands; Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune for 2 pianos / Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major; Gaspard de la nuit; La Valse for 2 pianos; Ma mere l'Oye for piano 4-hands / Sergej Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances op. 45 for 2 pianos; Suites No.
1 & 2 for 2 pianos; Morceaux op. 11 for piano 4-hands / Serge Prokofieff: Symphony No. 1 "Classical" for 2 pianos; Violin Sonata No. 2 / Bela Bartok: Romanian Folk Dances for Violin & Piano; Sonata for 2 Pianos & Percussion; Violin Sonata No. 1 / Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1; Concertino in A minor op. 94 for 2 pianos; Piano Quintet op. 2 / Francis Poulenc: Sonata for piano 4-hands / Leos Janacek: Concertino / Witold Lutoslawski: Paganini Variations for 2 pianos / Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Violin Sonata No. 5 / Manuel de Falla: Nights in Spanish Gardens / Mikhail Pletnev: Fantasia elvetica / Mariano Mores: Taquito militar for 2 pianos / Luis Bacalov: Portena for 2 pianos / Carlos Guastavino: 3 Romances argentinos / Astor Piazzolla: 3 Tangos for 2 pianos.