LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven 2020 - The Very Best of Beethoven Daniel Barenboim, Murray Perahia, Emil Gilels, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Wilhelm Kempff, Krystian Zimerman, David Garrett, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 6/Dec/2019 ] Essential works in timeless interpretations by the biggest names in classical music - from Lang Lang to Anne-Sophie Mutter and Daniel Barenboim to Herbert von Karajan |
EDWARD GRIEG / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Grieg / Schumann: Piano Concertos (Rec 1989) Murray Perahia (piano) / Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 20/May/2011 ] "Murray Perahia's 1987 Schumann and Grieg concertos with Colin Davis remain the most recommendable digitally recorded pairing of these war-horses, and they bloom even more via Sony's Expanded Edition remastering." (ClassicsToday) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos (3 CDs ) Murray Perahia (piano) / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink [ Sony Music / 3 CD - released 12/Jul/2007 ] "Perahia, with Haitink a deeply sympathetic partner, gives masterly performances, as close to the heart of the music as any. The sound is full and well balanced...well worth it." (Penguin Stereo Guide) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Essential Beethoven - The New Complete Essential Edition Amadeus Quartet, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Emil Gilels, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Amadeus Quartet, Claudio Arrau, John Eliot Gardiner, Wilhelm Kempff, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon / 95 CD/DVD Box Set - released 22/Oct/2021 ] Deutsche Grammophon are proud to present the most modern and complete set of Beethoven's work ever issued. Assembled in cooperation with Decca and ten other labels, this New Complete Edition features over 250 legendary performers. |
W. A. MOZART / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart/Beethoven: Quintets For Piano And Wind Instruments Murray Perahia (piano) / Members Of The English Chamber Orchestra [ SONY CLASSICAL / CD ] One of the piano's most lyrical contemporary proponents, Murray Perahia was born in New York City. After first sitting down at the piano at the age of four, he entered Mannes College at 17, later graduating with degrees in conducting and composition. |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Chopin: Etudes: Op. 25 & Op. 10 Murray Perahia (piano) [ Sony Music / CD - released 2/Dec/2002 ] Gramophone Magazine Award Finalist 2003 - Recording of the Month (Gramophone November 2002) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / ROBERT SCHUMANN / FRANZ LISZT / SERGEI RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Murray Perahia - The Aldeburgh Recital Murray Perahia (piano) [ SONY CLASSICAL / CD - released 1/Feb/1990 ] One of the piano's most lyrical contemporary proponents, Murray Perahia was born in New York City. After first sitting down at the piano at the age of four, he entered Mannes College at 17, later graduating with degrees in conducting and composition. |
MENDELSSOHN / LISZT / BACH-BUSONI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Songs Without Words - piano music Murray Perahia (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] Rosette (Highest rating) Penguin Stereo Guide |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven - Complete Piano Concertos BLU-RAY Murray Perahia (piano) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ EuroArts / Unitel Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jun/2016 ] Murray Perahia, winner of the Grammy Award in 1989, 1999 and 2003, is often described as an aristocratof a piano, is performing Beethoven´s piano concertos 1-5 with eloquent phrasing, beautiful tone and poetic sensitivity, that became a trademark of... |
J. S. BACH
Plays Bach - Concerto for Flute, Violin & Clavier / Brandenburg Concerto No 5 / Italian Concerto Murray Perahia (piano) with kenneth Sillito (violin) Jaime Martin (flute) / Academy of St Martins in the Fields [ Sony Music / CD - released 28/Oct/2003 ] "Perahia's Bach registers as forthright where needed and quietly (and distinctively) supportive when other players take a lead" - Recording of the Month (Gramophone Dec 2003) |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach: Keyboard Concertos (complete) / Italian Concerto / etc Murray Perahia (piano and conductor) / Academy of St Martins in the Fields [ Sony Classical / 3 CD - released 20/May/2011 ] "Most of the works on these discs started life in another form. Perahia is an eloquent advocate, not least in Bach's wonderful slow movements, above all in a superb account of the Italian Concerto." Sunday Times |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: 3 Piano Concertos K.107 (with Schrother: Concerto for piano and orchestra) Murray Perahia (piano and conductor) / English Chamber Orchestra [ Sony Classical Masterworks / CD - released 1/May/1991 ] "...wonderfully refreshing and delicate, with diamond bright articulation, urgently youthful in its resilience... Faithful, well-balanced recording." - The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 1 - 4 (K37, 39, 40, 41) Murray Perahia (piano and conductor) / English Chamber Orchestra [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 1/May/1991 ] "...wonderfully refreshing and delicate, with diamond bright articulation, urgently youthful in its resilience... Faithful, well-balanced recording." - The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos (Complete) / Rondos K382 & K 386 [12 CD set] Murray Perahia (piano & conductor) / English Chamber Orchestra [ Sony Classical Masters / 12 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2012 ] "An indispensible set in every respect." Penguin Guide Rosette Recording / GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE 100 GREATEST RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 3 & 4 Murray Perahia (piano) / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink [ Sony Music / CD - released 12/Jul/2007 ] "Perahia, with Haitink a deeply sympathetic partner, gives masterly performances, as close to the heart of the music as any. The sound is full and well balanced...well worth it." (Penguin Stereo Guide) |
BARTOK / BEETHOVEN / SCHUMANN / CHOPIN / MOZART / MENDELSSOHN
Murray Perahia: The Complete Analogue Recordings 1972 - 1979 Murray Perahia (piano) with Peter Pears (tenor), Academy of St Martin in the Fields, English Chamber Orchestra [ Sony Classical / 15 CD Box Set - released 6/Oct/2017 ] Perahia's complete analogue recordings have now been brought together for the first time in this exclusive collection of 15 remastered CDs. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT / JOHANNES BRAHMS
Murray Perahia plays Schubert and Brahms Murray Perahia (piano) with Radu Lupu (piano), The Amadeus Quartet & Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) [ Sony Classical Masters / 8 CD Box Set - released 13/Nov/2020 ] "The performance of Lupu and Perahia is full of haunting poetry, with each of these highly individual artists challenging the other in imagination." (*** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide on the Schubert Fantasie ) |
MENDELSSOHN
The Complete Masterpieces (30 CDs special price) Lucia Popp, Murray Perahia, Barbara Bonney, Angelika Kirchschlager, Isaac Stern / etc [ RCA / Sony / 30 CD Box Set - released 10/Dec/2010 ] Incredible value, this 30-disc box set comprises the most important masterpieces by Mendelssohn, who celebrated his 200th anniversary in 2009. The box set includes a 132-page booklet. |
J. S. BACH
Peaceful Bach Martha Argerich, Avi Avital, Lisa Batiashvili, Rafal Blechacz, Helene Grimaud, Murray Perahia, Hilary Hahn, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 10/Jun/2019 ] A 2CD album of Bach's most relaxing melodies played by legendary artists and upcoming stars like Murray Perahia, Giuliano Carmignola, Rafal Blechacz, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock, etc |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Partitas Nos. 2, 3 & 4 Murray Perahia (piano) [ Sony Classics / CD - released 13/Feb/2009 ] BBC Music Magazine - Instrumental Choice - June 2008 / BBC Music Magazine Awards 2009 - Instrumental Finalist |
J. S. BACH
Bach; English Suites 1, 3 + 6 Murray Perahia (piano) [ Sony Classics / CD ] |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Handel Variations Murray Perahia (piano) [ Sony / CD - released 15/Nov/2010 ] |
Murray Perahia
Original Album Collection [ Sony Classical / CD - released 16/Mar/2010 ] |
J. S. BACH
Bach: English Suites Nos 2, 4 & 5 Murray Perahia, piano [ Sony Music / CD - released 12/Jul/2001 ] one of the very great Bach players of our time-BBCMusic |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Op 106 "Hammerklavier" & Op 27/2 "Moonlight" Murray Perahia (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 9/Feb/2018 ] "Perahia is artist enough to know that great art is never, of itself, ugly. It may be Beethoven's instinct to push every component of the dauntingly complex contrapuntal finale [of the Hammerklavier] to its logical conclusion (and beyond) but Perahia |
SCHUBERT
The Last Three Piano Sonatas D958, 959, 960 Murray Perahia (piano) [ Sony Music / 2 CD - released 18/Jun/2003 ] "I find when I listen to this recording, you have to believe that Schubert was really one of the outstanding composers of the 19th century. [Murray] Perahia's playing is just really that persuasive." -- Pierre Ruhe, Atlanta Journal Constitution |
J.S. BACH
Partitas 1, 5 & 6 Murray Perahia (piano) [ Sony & BMG Masterworks / CD - released 29/Sep/2009 ] "In short, for modern sound and stylish aplomb, Perahia's Bach Partitas easily warrant a first choice recommendation." (10/10 ClassicsToday.com) |
J.S. BACH
Partitas 2, 3 & 4 Murray Perahia (piano) [ Sony & BMG Masterworks / CD - released 12/Apr/2008 ] "Lots of performers play Bach on the modern piano. No one does it better than Murray Perahia, whose command of sonorities, dynamics and phrasing makes you hear the piano as an ideal Baroque instrument." - The San Francisco Chronicle |
W.A. MOZART
Piano Sonatas K310, K331, K533 Murray Perahia (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 12/Sep/2007 ] Perahia is often described as a "musician's musician," one who does not adopt a virtuoso persona but performs with a distinctive directness, without exaggerated or demonstrative gestures. His playing is clean and meticulous, his sound cool,... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Op.14 Nos 1 & 2, 26 & 28 'Pastorale' Murray Perahia (piano) [ Sony Music / CD - released 15/Jan/2009 ] "… a masterly recital, and one whose undemonstrative performances enable the music to speak for itself most eloquently." BBC Music Magazine Awards 2010 - Instrumental WINNER |
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5 (complete) (recorded in 1988) Murray Perahia (piano) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner [ EuroArts Medici Arts DVD / 2 DVD - released 10/Oct/2011 ] "Murray Perahia… is undoubtedly on tremendous form. He displays limitless reserves of strength for the bravura passages and a huge strong tenderness in, for instance, the opening of the slow movement of the Third Concerto." (BBC Music) |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Keyboard Concertos, Volume 2 (Nos 3, 5, 6 & 7) Murray Perahia (piano) / Academy of St Martins in the Fields [ Sony Classics / CD - released 18/Mar/2002 ] Rosette (highest rating) Penguin Stereo Guide |
J. S. BACH
Murray Perahia plays Bach: The complete recordings Murray Perahia (piano) / Academy of St Martins in the Fields [ Sony Music / 8 CD Box Set - released 10/Nov/2016 ] "No mannerisms, no distractions, no self-serving virtuosity - just the most lucid and moving recording yet of this work." (Gramophone, 2001 GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER - Instrumental for Goldbergs) |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Keyboard Concertos Vol 1 (Nos 3, 5, 6 & 7) Murray Perahia (piano and conductor), Academy of St Martins in the Fields [ Sony Music / CD - released 20/Mar/2001 ] ROSETTE (Highest Rating) Penguin Stereo Guide 2001 GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST - Concerto |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Sonata in D Major for Two Pianos / etc (with Schubert - Fantasia in F minor for two pianos) Murray Perahia (piano) Radu Lupu (piano) [ Sony Originals / CD - released 20/Jul/2011 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1801-1850) - "The performance of Lupu and Perahia is full of haunting poetry, with each of these highly individual artists challenging the other in imagination." (*** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide) |
BARTOK
Sonata / Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs / Suite, Op. 14 / Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion / etc (Rec 1973-87) Murray Perahia (piano) with Sir Georg Solti (piano) David Corkhill and Evelyn Glennie (percussion) [ Sony Great Performances / CD - released 1/Aug/2006 ] Includes The First CD Release Of The Piano Sonata! |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The First 40 Years [72 Disc set] Murray Perahia (piano) with various orchestras & ensembles & instrumentalists [ Sony Classical / 72 CD/DVD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2012 ] On the occasion of Murray Perahia's 40th anniversary with Sony Classical in January 2013, we celebrate the fantastic pianist with this limited-edition set of all 67 CDs of his Sony Classical discography in original jacket facsimiles plus 5 DVDs and a... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Concertos for 2 & 3 Pianos / Andante and Variations for Piano Four Hands Murray Perahia, Radu Lupu (pianos) / English Chamber Orchestra [ Sony Music / CD - released 1/Nov/2009 ] "Murray Perahia and Radu Lupu are in good form...the performances emanate from public concerts and have much more excitement and spontaneity of live music-making. The two pianists are beautifully matched...." - The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs |
FRANZ SCHUBERT / W. A. MOZART
Schubert: Fantasy For Piano / Mozart: Sonata for two pianos Murray Perahia (piano) Radu Lupu (piano) [ Sony Classics / CD - released 10/Oct/2010 ] |