Gabriela Montero is one of classical music’s most diversely talented musicians. Her playing alone has attracted the admiration of legendary pianist Martha Argerich, with whom she has regularly performed at the Lugano festival. You can hear several of their live recordings together on this playlist including, for sheer fire and superb ensemble, Lutosławski’s mischievous Variations on a Theme of Paganini for two pianos. Or for something that emotionally strikes deep, listen to the final two movements of Argerich and Montero’s performance of Schubert’s haunting Fantasia in F Minor for four hands. Montero is an equally sensitive and lively soloist—witness the slow movement of Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major, or Rachmaninoff’s enchanting Prelude, Op. 32 No. 5. And there are her remarkable improvisations, recorded in spontaneous single takes, including jazzed-up Chopin, an elaboration of Bach’s C major Prelude, and a new creation, Beyond Bach, inspired by the Baroque composer. And be sure not to miss Montero the composer—and soloist—in her lively and atmospheric “Latin” Concerto.