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Murray Perahia
Original Album Collection [ Sony Classical / CD - released 16/Mar/2010 ] |
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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. |
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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,... |
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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) |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 ) |
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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... |
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Music by Alexandre Desplat
Little Women (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 20/Feb/2020 ] On the Sony Classical label - This is the x26 song, original motion picture soundtrack to the highly anticipated film "Little Women" by the ten-time Oscar nominated and two-time Oscar winning film composer Alexandre Desplat. "Little Women" is based... |
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Music by Daniel Pemberton
OST: The Man From U.N.C.L.E. [Soundtrack] [ Sony Classical / CD - released 20/Oct/2017 ] Henry Cavill ("Man of Steel") stars as Napoleon Solo opposite Armie Hammer ("The Social Network") as Illya Kuryakin and Alicia Vikander ("Ex Machina"), in director Guy Ritchie's "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.", a fresh take on the hugely popular 1960s... |
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Music by Hans Zimmer
OST: Dunkirk. [Soundtrack] [ Sony Classical / CD - released 20/Oct/2017 ] Henry Cavill ("Man of Steel") stars as Napoleon Solo opposite Armie Hammer ("The Social Network") as Illya Kuryakin and Alicia Vikander ("Ex Machina"), in director Guy Ritchie's "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.", a fresh take on the hugely popular 1960s... |
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LISZT / SCHUBERT / TCHAIKOVSKY / BRAHMS / CHOPIN / SHOSTAKOVICH / etc
Emil Gilels - the complete RCA and Columbia Album Collection Emil Gilels (piano) [ Sony / RCA Originals / 7 CD Box Set - released 20/Jan/2017 ] One of the greatest pianists of the 20th century, Gilels was best-known for his remarkable vitality and sensitivity to the Romantic style. |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 'Pathétique' MusicAeterna, Teodor Currentzis [ Sony Classical / CD - released 25/Feb/2018 ] "This performance is so devastatingly powerful that it would be difficult to imagine hearing anything else alongside it." (BBC Music Magazine Recording of the month February 2018) |
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Mychael Danna
Ost: Life Of Pi [ Sony Classical / CD - released 17/Dec/2012 ] |
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MONTEVERDI / COSTELEY / CHARPENTIER / JANEQUIN / RAMEAU / BRAHMS / etc
Nadia Boulanger - Icon: The American Decca Recordings Nadia Boulanger (harpsichord/piano/conductor) [ Deutsche Grammophon Decca Eloquence / 5 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2020 ] "Nadia Boulanger's control of the score is wholly magnificent, a great artist at work … wonderfully vivid" Philip Hope-Wallace, Gramophone, July 1954 (Charpentier) |
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Nat King Cole
The Christmas Song [ Capitol / CD - released 27/Nov/2020 ] A new reissue of the original 1962 collection of Christmas classics from Nat King Cole, featuring five bonus tracks including "The Christmas Song" duet with Natalie Cole. |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Lieder Natalie Dessay (soprano), Philippe Cassard (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD ] "This inspired collection of songs could serve as a useful introduction to newcomers to this repertoire and Philippe Cassard's tender, balanced touch is a delight" BBC Music |
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MICHEL LEGRAND
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow (The Extraordinary Story of an Ordinary Woman) Natalie Dessay (soprano), London Studio Orchestra, Michel Legrand [ Sony Classical / CD - released 2/Dec/2017 ] Sony Classical presents Between Yesterday and Tomorrow, a truly unique album from the stunning Natalie Dessay alongside Michel Legrand and the London Studio Orchestra. Composed by multi-award-winning artist Michel Legrand and written by American... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Pictures of America: Natalie Dessay Natalie Dessay (soprano), Paris Mozart Orchestra, Claire Gibault [ Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 21/Dec/2016 ] Recorded with the Paris Mozart Orchestra and 2 Jazz Musicians, this is Natalie Dessay's exciting first album release for Sony Classical. The album is a journey through music (Great American Song Book, Broadway & Jazz) and Edward Hopper's art. The... |
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KIRCHNER / KILLMAYER / HARRISON / LEES / DENNY / ROSEN / etc
Fromm Music Foundation - Twentieth Century Composer Series Nathan Rubin, Ludwig Shapero (violins) George Neikrug (cello) Leon Kirchner (piano) / The New York Concert Choir & Orchestra, Juilliard String Quartet [ Sony Classical / 10 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2020 ] From January 1957 to March 1962 Columbia Masterworks in collaboration with the Fromm Music Foundation released a series of 9 highly acclaimed LPs in the Twentieth Century Composer Series with music by, then, contemporary composers. |