Murray Perahia
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Biography
The concert pianist and conductor Murray Perahia was born in the Bronx district of New York to a Jewish family who originated from Thessaloniki, Greece. Although he started piano lessons at the age of four Perahia found the constant practice and repetition of set pieces to be very limiting and has stated in interviews he didn't truly become interested in music until he was 15, at which point he began to take his training very seriously.
From the age of 17 he attended the renowned Mannes School of Music in Manhattan's Upper West Side where he was mentored by the diminutive Polish piano virtuoso Mieczyslaw Horszowski. After winning first prize at the prestigious Leeds Piano Competition in England, the young pianist began to draw the attention of the international classical music fraternity.
From 1973 to 2010 Perahia recorded exclusively for Columbia Masterworks (now known as Sony Classical) but unfortunately for the latter part of his performing career he has been plagued by a hand injury following septicaemia which set in after he lacerated his thumb in 1990. After a number of concert cancellations in 2007 and 2008 Perahia returned to a busy touring, overcoming his injury and winning wide critical acclaim for his performances of Beethoven's 'Hammerklavia Sonata'.
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Murray Perahia
Beethoven : Piano Sonatas Op. 106 « Hammerklavier » & Op. 27/2 « Moonlight »
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- Ãtudes, Op. 10: No. 3 in E Major "Tristesse"
- Ãtude in C-sharp minor, Op. 10 No. 4. Presto
- Bagatelle in A minor for Piano, WoO 59, "Für Elise"
- J.S. Bach: French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816 - VI. Loure
- J.S. Bach: French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816 - IV. Gavotte
- J.S. Bach: French Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 815 - IV. Gavotte
- Schubert: Winterreise, D. 911 - No. 7, Auf dem Flusse by Murray Perahia
- J.S. Bach: French Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 815 - V. Menuet
- J.S. Bach: French Suite No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 813 - VII. Gigue
- J.S. Bach: French Suite No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 813 - V. Menuet I - VI. Menuet II
- Schubert: Winterreise, D. 911 - No. 11, Frühlingstraum by Murray Perahia
- J.S. Bach: French Suite No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 812 - VI. Gigue
- J.S. Bach: French Suite No. 6 in E Major, BWV 817 - VII. Bourrée
- J.S. Bach: French Suite No. 6 in E Major, BWV 817 - VI. Petit Menuet
- J.S. Bach: French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816 - V. Bourrée
- J.S. Bach: French Suite No. 6 in E Major, BWV 817 - V. Polonaise
- Schubert: Winterreise, D. 911 - No. 20, Der Wegweiser by Murray Perahia
- Schubert: Winterreise, D. 911 - No. 18, Der stürmische Morgen by Murray Perahia
- Schubert: Winterreise, D. 911 - No. 14, Der greise Kopf by Murray Perahia
- J.S. Bach: French Suite No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 812 - IV. Menuet I - V. Menuet II
- J.S. Bach: French Suite No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 812 - I. Allemande
- Schubert: Winterreise, D. 911 - No. 16, Letzte Hoffnung by Murray Perahia
- Var. VI. Vivace by Murray Perahia
- Var. VII. Grazioso by Murray Perahia
