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Classical CD Reviews of Mozart the Complete Violin Concertos and Bach Partitas 1, 5, & 6
Gidon Kremer recorded the Mozart violin concertos and the Sinfonia Concertante in the mid-1980s, with the Vienna Philharmonic and Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
Renowned pianist returns for North West concerts
INTERNATIONAL concert pianist Murray Perahia is to make two rare and not-to-be-missed appearance in the North West.
The Academy of St Martin in the Fields is celebrating its half-century by touring Europe with Murray Perahia as pianist/director. This concert at Birmingham's Symphony Hall a ' given 50 years to the day since the Academy's very first performance at their alma mater a ' underlined how fruitful the relationship with principal guest conductor Perahia ...
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Bach to the future as classic is given a modern twist
Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow Rowena Smith Star rating: **** This was a rare appearance in Glasgow from a world-renowned pianist and a highly-regarded chamber orchestra as part of the Glasgow International Series, though whether the Royal Concert Hall was really the right venue was always going to be questionable.
The 'poet of the piano', Murray Perahia, talks to Igor Toronyi-Lalic about being championed by Horowitz, his rise to fame and how his injury taught him what to play Spectator Direct Click here and we will post it to you today for just 3.20 with free P&P Click here to receive The Spectator from just 12 for 12 weeks Spectator Digital Click here and ...
Bach: Partitas 1, 5 & 6 Bach on the piano was verboten, in the view of the great Chilean pianist Claudio Arrau, who felt the modern grand's arsenal of colour and dynamics stained Bach's original harpsichord intentions of limited expressive means.
Fast Tempos, Fleet Fingers and Poetry
Liszt described Schumann's "Kinderszenen" as stories read to children by grown-ups nostalgic for their youth.
Hi, readers. I'm checking in with two more days to go in my fellowship. Since I last posted I've heard Renee Fleming , Susan Graham and Miah Persson sing together as a trio during the climax of the Metropolitan Opera's production of Richard Strauss' "Der Rosenkavalier." I've also been to two concerts at Carnegie Hall, where I've seen the master ...
Review: Murray Perahia in Recital Oct 11
It was just another weekend until a friend dropped a ticket to see Murray Perahia perform at Davies Symphony Hall on Sunday Evening.
Perahia-Bach-Sony Music - a winning formula
And it does. The new release by Sony presents Bach's influential works in a recording that transcends the sound of classical piano.
Pianist Murray Perahia gives unforgettable performance
Both Friends of Chamber Music leaders and the audience breathed a sigh of relief Thursday evening when Murray Perahia stepped onto the stage of Gates Concert Hall at the University of Denver.
Pianist Murray Perahia opens Vancouver Recital Society's season with a spellbinding performance
A Vancouver Recital Society presentation. On Sunday, October 4, at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts Murray Perahia, who opened the Vancouver Recital Society's 30th season at the Chan, has been described as a vocal pianist, meaning he's one of the most natural players around.
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Piano master Murray Perahia at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
Murray Perahia, one of the finest living pianists, returns to Vancouver with a sumptuous program of Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Robert Schumann, and Frederic Chopin on Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m., at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts.
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Murray Perahia -- When the piano man can't play
His fans call classical virtuoso Murray Perahia "the poet of the piano," but he very nearly became a silent one.
Two CD discs, each featuring a world-renowned pianist, arrived on the same day and both deserve mention.
The contrapuntal, mathematical complexities of Bach's music tend to fascinate the most musical minds -- musica was not part of the number-oriented quadrivium for nothing.
2009 Fall Arts Preview: Classical Music
Chinese pianist Lang Lang can be counted among classical music's handful of superstars.
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