Martha Argerich & Claudio Abbado - Prokofieff: Klavierkonzert Nr.3 / Ravel Klavierkonzert

Buhs had actually taken the picture when Argerich and Abbado were making their first album together – featuring works by Prokofiev and Ravel – which also happened to be Abbado’s debut recording for DG. However, a photo by Erich Auerbach was chosen for the cover on that occasion instead, as was also the case for the pair’s subsequent album of music by Chopin and Liszt. What both pictures have in common is that they present what are essentially headshots of Abbado and Argerich, therefore leaving space above them to accommodate the cartouche.