Murray Perahia

Murray Perahia
Fødd	19. april 1947 (76 år) New York by
Yrke	dirigent, pianist
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Murray Perahia (fødd 19. april 1947) er ein vidkjend amerikansk pianist og dirigent av sefardisk opphav. Perahia er særleg kjend for sine tolkingar av klassisistisk og tidleg romantisk musikk.

Prisar

Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance:

• David Corkhill, Evelyn Glennie, Murray Perahia & Georg Solti for Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion (1989)

Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra):

• Andreas Neubronner (producer & engineer) & Murray Perahia for Chopin: Études, Op. 10 & Op. 25 (2003)
• Murray Perahia for Bach: English Suites Nos. 1, 3 And 6 (1999)

Diskografi

1980-åra

• Schubert: Wanderer Fantasie; Schumann: Fantasie in C Major (1986)
• Mozart, Beethoven: quintets for piano and Winds (1986)
• Mozart: sonata (K. 448); Schubert: piano sonata for four hands (1986) — med Radu Lupu
• Beethoven: piano concertos nos. 3 and 4 (1986)
• Brahms: piano quartet (1987)
• Beethoven: piano sonatas nos. 17, 18 and 26 (1987)
• Beethoven: piano concerto no. 5 (Emperor) (1987)
• A Portrait of Murray Perahia (1987)
• Mendelssohn: piano concertos nos. 1 and 2 (1987) — med Neville Marriner og Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
• Mozart: piano concertos nos. 11, 12 and 14 (1987)
• Mozart: piano concertos nos. 22 and 24 (1987)
• Chopin: piano concerto no. 1, barcarolle, etc. (1987)
• Beethoven: piano concertos nos. 1 and 2 (1987)
• Mozart: piano concertos nos. 9 and 21 (1987)
• Schumann: Symphonic études, posthumous études, papillons; Chopin: piano sonatas nos. 2 and 3 (1988)
• Schumann: Davidsbündlertänze; Fantasiestücke (1988)
• Beethoven: The five piano concertos (1988) — med Bernard Haitink og Concertgebouw-orkesteret
• Schumann: piano sonata, (op. 22), Schubert: piano sonata (D. 959) (1988)
• Bartók: sonata for 2 pianos and percussion; Brahms: Variations on a theme by Haydn (1988)
• Schumann, Grieg: piano concertos (1989)

1990-åra

• Chopin: piano concertos nos. 1 and 2 (1990)
• Murray Perahia in Performance (1991)
• Murray Perahia Plays Franck and Liszt (1991)
• Brahms: sonata no. 3, rhapsodies, etc. (1991)
• Mozart: concertos for 2 and 3 pianos, andante and variations for piano four hands (1991) med Radu Lupu
• Mozart: piano concertos nos. 21 and 27 (1991)
• The Aldeburgh Recital (1991)
• Mozart: piano sonatas (K. 310, 333, and 533) (1992)
• Bach: harpsichord concertos (1993)
• Immortal Beloved Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1994)
• Greatest Hits: Grieg (1994)
• Chopin: ballades, waltzes, mazurkas, etc. (1995)
• Beethoven: piano sonatas (op. 2, nos. 1–3) (1995)
• Murray Perahia: 25th Anniversary Edition (1997)
• Schumann: Kreisleriana, piano sonata no. 1 (1997)
• Schumann: Complete works for piano and orchestra (1997) — med Claudio Abbado og Berlinfilharmonien
• Murray Perahia Plays Handel and Scarlatti (1997)
• Bach: English suites nos. 1, 3 and 6 (1998)
• Songs Without Words: Bach/Busoni, Mendelssohn and Schubert–Liszt (1999)
• Mozart: piano concertos nos. 20 and 27 (1999)
• Glenn Gould at the Movies (1999)
• Bach: English suites nos. 2, 4 and 5 (1999)

2000-åra

• Bach: Goldberg Variations (2000)
• Bach: Keyboard concertos volume 1, nos. 1, 2 and 4 (2001)
• Bach: Keyboard concertos nos. 3, 5, 6, 7 (2002)
• Schubert: Late piano sonatas (2003)
• Murray Perahia Plays Bach (2003)
• Murray Perahia Plays Beethoven: string quartet (op. 127) (transcribed for string orchestra), piano sonata (op. 101) (2004)

Videografi

• Mozart: piano concertos nos. 21 and 27 in rehearsal and performance (1992)

Bakgrunnsstoff

• Official artist's page
• Murray Perahia om skaden sin og om samtidige komponistar