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... |