Murray Perahia

Murray Perahia (born April 19, 1947) is a distinguished American concert pianist of Sephardic origin. He is also a respected conductor.

Discography

1980s

• 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) — with 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 (CD 1987, but recorded in 1974 and originally issued on LP) — with Neville Marriner and the 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) — with Bernard Haitink and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
• 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)

1990s

• 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) with 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) — with Claudio Abbado and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
• 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 and later

• 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)