Perahia Plays Brahms & Schubert

The Schubert and Brahms recordings by Murray Perahia are now collected on 8 albums. His versions of the three late Schubert sonatas released in 2003 were the top choice for these works in BBC Radio 3s Building a Library. Gramophone likened his playing here to a tree just opening from bud in the radiance of spring Perahias limpid delicacy constantly reminding us of his dedication to Mozart. In solo Brahms the F minor Sonata, Handel Variations and late piano pieces Gramophone lauded Perahias superfine musical intelligence and technique. Murray Perahia the collaborative pianist is showcased in Dietrich Fischer-Dieskaus 1990 recording (his seventh) of Schuberts Winterreise (A gripping performance of mature reflection, aided by Perahias positive, interactive playing BBC Music Magazine); Brahmss Haydn Variations for piano four hands partnered in 1987 by Sir Georg Solti ( so communicative, so warmly sympathetic, so alive and spontaneous Gramophone); and the Brahms G minor Piano Quartet from 1986 with the Amadeus Quartet (Wild and urgent brims with energy and immediacy Perahia emerges as a powerful, passionate Brahmsian Gramophone).