This lavish box set contains a whopping 68 discs, a hardcover book, and five DVDs; in short, it's Murray Perahia's entire recorded career through 2010. Although the title says "The First 40 Years," the final disc in the set is a Vox Turnabout disc of Mozart chamber music that Perahia recorded with Boris Kroyt and Harold Wright in 1967, but not released until 1976. Chamber music is not something Perahia is usually known for, nor is vocal music. There are recordings with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (also on one of the DVDs) and with Peter Pears among the many, many discs of solo piano works and concertos. With so much to choose from, listeners might start with what established Perahia as a gifted artist: his cycle of Mozart's concertos with the English Chamber Orchestra, which he conducted from the piano. Next would be his Bach recordings from the late-1990s and 2000s. In between are composers from Scarlatti to Bartók, all performed with Perahia's clear and singing tone, and phrasing that is straightforward and precise, yet engaging and conveying an affirmative sense of the music as works of art. The DVDs include live recitals from 1973 and 1989, and filmed performances of four Mozart concertos with interviews. As with any set like this, the sound quality varies from disc to disc, but is generally very good to excellent.
Murray Perahia: The First 40 Years [Includes Bonus DVDs]
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by Patsy Morita
Track Listing - Disc 1
Track Listing - Disc 2
Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor. Op. 35 | ||||||
1 | Murray Perahia | 07:42 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
2 | Murray Perahia | 06:07 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
3 | Murray Perahia | 08:06 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
4 | Murray Perahia | 01:33 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 | ||||||
5 | Murray Perahia | 09:11 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
6 | Murray Perahia | 02:34 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
7 | Murray Perahia | 09:53 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
8 | Murray Perahia | 05:19 | SpotifyAmazon |
Track Listing - Disc 3
Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 | ||||||
1 | Murray Perahia | 07:06 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
2 | Murray Perahia | 06:27 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
3 | Murray Perahia | 06:36 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in D minor, Op. 40 | ||||||
4 | Murray Perahia | 09:23 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
5 | Murray Perahia | 07:23 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
6 | Murray Perahia | 06:48 | SpotifyAmazon |
Track Listing - Disc 4
Track Listing - Disc 5
Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 24 in C minor, K. 491 | ||||||
1 | Murray Perahia | 13:25 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
2 | Murray Perahia | 08:34 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
3 | Murray Perahia | 08:59 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 14 in E flat major, K. 449 | ||||||
4 | Murray Perahia | 08:38 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
5 | Murray Perahia | 07:01 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
6 | Murray Perahia | 05:59 | SpotifyAmazon |
Track Listing - Disc 6
Track Listing - Disc 7
Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 21 in C major, K. 467 | ||||||
1 | Murray Perahia | 14:02 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
2 | Murray Perahia | 06:58 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
3 | Murray Perahia | 06:42 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 9 in E flat major, K. 271 "Jeunehomme" | ||||||
4 | Murray Perahia | 10:02 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
5 | Murray Perahia | 11:31 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
6 | Murray Perahia | 09:59 | SpotifyAmazon |
Track Listing - Disc 8
Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 20 in D minor, K. 466 | ||||||
1 | Murray Perahia | 14:36 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
2 | Murray Perahia | 09:26 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
3 | Murray Perahia | 07:16 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 11 in F major, K. 413 (K. 387a) | ||||||
4 | Murray Perahia | 08:50 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
5 | Murray Perahia | 09:06 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
6 | Murray Perahia | 05:16 | SpotifyAmazon |
Track Listing - Disc 9
Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 27 in B flat major, K. 595 | ||||||
1 | Murray Perahia | 13:18 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
2 | Murray Perahia | 08:17 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
3 | Murray Perahia | 08:40 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 12 in A major, K. 414 (K. 385p) | ||||||
4 | Murray Perahia | 10:32 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
5 | Murray Perahia | 08:20 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
6 | Murray Perahia | 06:24 | SpotifyAmazon |
Track Listing - Disc 10
Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 22 in E flat major, K. 482 | ||||||
1 | Murray Perahia | 13:01 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
2 | Murray Perahia | 10:20 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
3 | Murray Perahia | 12:29 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 8 in C major, K. 246 | ||||||
4 | Murray Perahia | 07:19 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
5 | Murray Perahia | 07:15 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
6 | Murray Perahia | 07:00 | SpotifyAmazon |
Track Listing - Disc 11
Track Listing - Disc 12
Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 | ||||||
1 | Murray Perahia | 19:24 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
2 | Murray Perahia | 09:32 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
3 | Murray Perahia | 09:41 | SpotifyAmazon |
Track Listing - Disc 13
Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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Piano Sonata, Sz 80 | ||||||
1 | Murray Perahia | 04:30 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
2 | Murray Perahia | 04:51 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
3 | Murray Perahia | 03:42 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
Eight Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz 74 | ||||||
4 | Murray Perahia | 01:18 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
5 | Murray Perahia | 00:54 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
6 | Murray Perahia | 02:07 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
7 | Murray Perahia | 00:35 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
8 | Murray Perahia | 00:48 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
9 | Murray Perahia | 01:15 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
10 | Murray Perahia | 01:49 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
11 | Murray Perahia | 01:45 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
Suite, Sz 62 | ||||||
12 | Murray Perahia | 01:56 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
13 | Murray Perahia | 01:45 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
14 | Murray Perahia | 02:04 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
15 | Murray Perahia | 02:52 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
Out of Doors, Sz 81 | ||||||
16 | Murray Perahia | 01:48 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
17 | Murray Perahia | 02:53 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
18 | Murray Perahia | 03:00 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
19 | Murray Perahia | 05:12 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
20 | Murray Perahia | 02:08 | SpotifyAmazon |
Track Listing - Disc 14
Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 17 in G major, K. 453 | ||||||
1 | Murray Perahia | 11:30 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
2 | Murray Perahia | 10:32 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
3 | Murray Perahia | 07:59 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 18 in B flat major, K. 456 | ||||||
4 | Murray Perahia | 11:22 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
5 | Murray Perahia | 10:26 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
6 | Murray Perahia | 07:17 | SpotifyAmazon |
Track Listing - Disc 15
Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 25 in C major, K. 503 | ||||||
1 | Murray Perahia | 15:21 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
2 | Murray Perahia | 07:30 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
3 | Murray Perahia | 08:58 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 5 in D major, K. 175 | ||||||
4 | Murray Perahia | 08:14 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
5 | Murray Perahia | 08:17 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
6 | Murray Perahia | 05:13 | SpotifyAmazon |
Track Listing - Disc 16
Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat major, Op. 7 | ||||||
1 | Murray Perahia | 08:18 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
2 | Murray Perahia | 08:42 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
3 | Murray Perahia | 04:58 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
4 | Murray Perahia | 06:45 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
Piano Sonata No. 11 in B flat major, Op. 22 | ||||||
5 | Murray Perahia | 07:11 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
6 | Murray Perahia | 08:06 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
7 | Murray Perahia | 03:14 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
8 | Murray Perahia | 05:34 | SpotifyAmazon |
Track Listing - Disc 17
Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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Impromptus, D. 899, Op. 90 | ||||||
1 | Murray Perahia | 10:16 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
2 | Murray Perahia | 04:42 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
3 | Murray Perahia | 06:08 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
4 | Murray Perahia | 07:35 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
Impromptus, D. 935, Op.Posth. 142 | ||||||
5 | Murray Perahia | 09:45 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
6 | Murray Perahia | 06:53 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
7 | Murray Perahia | 10:54 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
8 | Murray Perahia | 06:35 | SpotifyAmazon |
Track Listing - Disc 18
Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 15 in B flat major, K. 450 | ||||||
1 | Murray Perahia | 11:08 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
2 | Murray Perahia | 05:46 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
3 | Murray Perahia | 07:58 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 16 in D major, K. 451 | ||||||
4 | Murray Perahia | 10:47 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
5 | Murray Perahia | 07:23 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
6 | Murray Perahia | 06:35 | SpotifyAmazon |
Track Listing - Disc 19
Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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Concerto for Piano and Strings in D major, K. 107/1 | ||||||
1 | Murray Perahia | 05:26 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
2 | Murray Perahia | 04:05 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
3 | Murray Perahia | 04:04 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
Concerto for Piano and Strings in G major, K. 107/2 | ||||||
4 | Murray Perahia | 04:23 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
5 | Murray Perahia | 05:39 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
Concerto for Piano and Strings in E flat major, K. 107/3 | ||||||
6 | Murray Perahia | 05:48 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
7 | Murray Perahia | 03:34 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
Concerto for Piano and Strings in C major, Op. 3/3 | ||||||
8 | Murray Perahia | 05:05 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
9 | Murray Perahia | 03:49 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
10 | Murray Perahia | 03:56 | SpotifyAmazon |
Track Listing - Disc 20
Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 26 in D major, K. 537 "Coronation" | ||||||
1 | Murray Perahia | 14:16 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
2 | Murray Perahia | 07:15 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
3 | Murray Perahia | 10:09 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
4 | Murray Perahia | 10:23 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
5 | Murray Perahia | 09:29 | SpotifyAmazon |
Track Listing - Disc 21
Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 19 in F major, K. 459 | ||||||
1 | Murray Perahia | 12:45 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
2 | Murray Perahia | 08:00 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
3 | Murray Perahia | 07:43 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 23 in A major, K. 488 | ||||||
4 | Murray Perahia | 11:44 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
5 | Murray Perahia | 07:27 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
6 | Murray Perahia | 08:18 | SpotifyAmazon |
Track Listing - Disc 22
Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 6 in B flat major, K. 238 | ||||||
1 | Murray Perahia | 07:24 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
2 | Murray Perahia | 06:02 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
3 | Murray Perahia | 07:33 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 13 in C major, K. 415 (387b) | ||||||
4 | Murray Perahia | 09:55 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
5 | Murray Perahia | 07:55 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
6 | Murray Perahia | 08:04 | SpotifyAmazon |
Track Listing - Disc 23
Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in F major, K. 37 | ||||||
1 | Murray Perahia | 05:23 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
2 | Murray Perahia | 05:21 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
3 | Murray Perahia | 05:04 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in B flat major, K. 39 | ||||||
4 | Murray Perahia | 05:14 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
5 | Murray Perahia | 05:52 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
6 | Murray Perahia | 03:57 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 in D major, K. 40 | ||||||
7 | Murray Perahia | 05:04 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
8 | Murray Perahia | 04:48 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
9 | Murray Perahia | 02:28 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 4 in G major, K. 41 | ||||||
10 | Murray Perahia | 05:16 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
11 | Murray Perahia | 04:40 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
12 | Murray Perahia | 03:47 | SpotifyAmazon |
Track Listing - Disc 24
Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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Piano Sonata in E major, Op. 6 | ||||||
1 | Murray Perahia | 05:56 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
2 | Murray Perahia | 05:14 | SpotifyAmazon | |||