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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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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 |
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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 |
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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) |
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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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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 |
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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) |
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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 |
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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) |
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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 |
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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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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) |
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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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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 ] |
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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) |