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The elegant and clean lyricism of Murray Perahia's playing fits this program of piano songs without words to a tee. Perahia has always had a wonderful knack for teasing out singing contrapuntal lines that other pianists ignore. Far from sounding willful, such interpretative playing seems to reveal music that one should have been hearing all along. Consequently, Perahia lends all music that falls under his hands a decidedly polyphonic cast. It is therefore not surprising that Perahia renders the richly textured Bach-Busoni chorale transcription, "Nun freut euch, lieben Christen," with unstudied charm. Similarly, in Mendelssohn's 'Songs without Words,' Perahia projects more that composers championing of Bach than his Romantic pioneering. Perahia's playing of Liszt's transcriptions of Schubert songs is virtuosic without being showy. Even in the tour-de-force final strophe of "Auf dem Wasser zu singen," Perahia stresses the singing of individual lines over theatrical dazzle.
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Murray Perahia, Performer - Murray Perahia, Piano - Steven Epstein, Producer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Ferruccio Busoni, Transcriber
(P) 1999 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Murray Perahia, Performer - Murray Perahia, Piano - Steven Epstein, Producer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Ferruccio Busoni, Transcriber
(P) 1999 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Murray Perahia, Performer - Murray Perahia, Piano - Steven Epstein, Producer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Ferruccio Busoni, Transcriber
(P) 1999 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Murray Perahia, Performer - Murray Perahia, Piano - Steven Epstein, Producer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Ferruccio Busoni, Transcriber
(P) 1999 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Murray Perahia, Performer - Murray Perahia, Piano - Steven Epstein, Producer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer
(P) 1997 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Murray Perahia, Performer - Murray Perahia, Piano - Steven Epstein, Producer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer
(P) 1997 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Murray Perahia, Performer - Murray Perahia, Piano - Steven Epstein, Producer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer
(P) 1997 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Murray Perahia, Performer - Murray Perahia, Piano - Steven Epstein, Producer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer
(P) 1997 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Murray Perahia, Performer - Murray Perahia, Piano - Steven Epstein, Producer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer
(P) 1997 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Murray Perahia, Performer - Murray Perahia, Piano - Steven Epstein, Producer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer
(P) 1997 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Murray Perahia, Performer - Murray Perahia, Piano - Steven Epstein, Producer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer
(P) 1997 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Murray Perahia, Performer - Murray Perahia, Piano - Steven Epstein, Producer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer
(P) 1997 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Murray Perahia, Performer - Murray Perahia, Piano - Steven Epstein, Producer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer
(P) 1997 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Murray Perahia, Performer - Murray Perahia, Piano - Steven Epstein, Producer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer
(P) 1997 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Murray Perahia, Performer - Murray Perahia, Piano - Steven Epstein, Producer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer
(P) 1997 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Murray Perahia, Performer - Murray Perahia, Piano - Steven Epstein, Producer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer
(P) 1997 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Murray Perahia, Performer - Murray Perahia, Piano - Steven Epstein, Producer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer
(P) 1997 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Murray Perahia, Performer - Murray Perahia, Piano - Steven Epstein, Producer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer
(P) 1999 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Murray Perahia, Performer - Murray Perahia, Piano - Steven Epstein, Producer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer
(P) 1997 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Murray Perahia, Performer - Murray Perahia, Piano - Steven Epstein, Producer - Franz Schubert, Composer - Franz Liszt, Transcriber
(P) 1999 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Murray Perahia, Performer - Murray Perahia, Piano - Steven Epstein, Producer - Franz Schubert, Composer - Franz Liszt, Transcriber
(P) 1999 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Murray Perahia, Performer - Murray Perahia, Piano - Steven Epstein, Producer - Franz Schubert, Composer - Franz Liszt, Transcriber
(P) 1999 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Murray Perahia, Performer - Murray Perahia, Piano - Steven Epstein, Producer - Franz Schubert, Composer - Franz Liszt, Transcriber
(P) 1999 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Album review
The elegant and clean lyricism of Murray Perahia's playing fits this program of piano songs without words to a tee. Perahia has always had a wonderful knack for teasing out singing contrapuntal lines that other pianists ignore. Far from sounding willful, such interpretative playing seems to reveal music that one should have been hearing all along. Consequently, Perahia lends all music that falls under his hands a decidedly polyphonic cast. It is therefore not surprising that Perahia renders the richly textured Bach-Busoni chorale transcription, "Nun freut euch, lieben Christen," with unstudied charm. Similarly, in Mendelssohn's 'Songs without Words,' Perahia projects more that composers championing of Bach than his Romantic pioneering. Perahia's playing of Liszt's transcriptions of Schubert songs is virtuosic without being showy. Even in the tour-de-force final strophe of "Auf dem Wasser zu singen," Perahia stresses the singing of individual lines over theatrical dazzle.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 23 track(s)
- Total length: 01:06:07
- Main artists: Murray Perahia
- Label: Sony Classical
- Genre: Classical
(P) 1999 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
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