Maria João Pires
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Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts Mendelssohn & Schumann
RecommendedMaria João Pires (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
[Pires] has the enviable ability to make everything sound fresh but natural, and her tone is enchanting...The definition on [the Blu-ray] is superb and the camera work actually helps the viewer... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th October 2014
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2015, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4
RecommendedMaria João Pires (piano)
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding
Never for a moment does she over-reach herself or force pace and sonority...Few pianists have ever been more true to their own lights and it is hardly surprising that her many performances of... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Winner - Concerto
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The Complete Chopin Edition
RecommendedKrystian Zimerman (piano), Claudio Arrau (piano), Anatol Ugorski (piano), Maurizio Pollini (piano), Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano), Maria João Pires (piano), Martha Argerich (piano), Rafal Blechacz (piano), Yundi Li (piano), Lilya Zilberstein (piano), Mikhail Pletnev (piano), Kurt Bauer, Heidi Bung (pianos),...
The quality, both of DG's chosen recordings and the set's general presentation, is just about as good as it gets. To have in one box such wonders as Zimmerman's Ballades, Pollini's Etudes,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th April 2010
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Building a Library, November 2010, First Choice
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Martha Argerich & Friends: Live from the Lugano Festival 2012 RecommendedMaria João Pires (piano), Martha Argerich (piano), Gautier Capuçon (cello), Lily Maisky (piano), Sascha Maisky (violin), Lyda Chen (viola), Mischa Maisky (cello), Nicholas Angelich (piano), Polina Leschenko (piano), Ilya Gringolts (violin), Nathan Braude (viola), Torleif Thedéen (cello), Nelson Goerner...
Several of the ensembles could have benefited from more sustained period of rehearsal, yet they still communicate vibrancy and the sheer enjoyment possible when fine musicians get together to... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th May 2013
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2013, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Shortlisted - Chamber
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her performances are characteristically thoughtful – too much so for my liking.
Pires’s approach is more high Romantic than late Classical, constantly oscillating between loud and soft, fast... — More…Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2013, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Finalist - Instrumental
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Building a Library, December 2017, First Choice
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Triple Concerto
Maria João Pires (piano), Gordan Nikolitch (violin), Tim Hugh (cello), Lars Vogt (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
Pires plays with the lightness, clarity and impeccable phrasing that have made her career...Haitink keeps the orchestra firmly in classical territory, helped by reduced instrumentation. Pires... — More…
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Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11, etc.
Maria João Pires (piano)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Emmanuel Krivine
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Building a Library, September 2001, Runner-Up
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Building a Library, March 2007, Also Recommended
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