Product DescriptionPires with her burning clarity has reinforced our sense of Chopins stature (Gramophone)...An artist who makes Mozart so completely her own that one no longer senses the act of interpretation (Neue Zürcher Zeitung)...Levels of poetic sensitivity [in Schubert] that have been matched by few (Guardian).
Music is a sign that miracles exist...our way of understanding the mystery of the universe...It is the mirror of that mystery (Maria João Pires).
CD 1
BACH (1685 1750)
Partita No. 1 in B flat major BWV 825 B-dur en si bémol majeur
English Suite No. 3 in G minor BWV 808 g-moll en sol mineur
French Suite No. 2 in C minor BWV 813 c-moll en ut mineur
CD 2
BEETHOVEN (1770 1827)
Piano Sonata No. 13 in E flat major op. 27 Sonata quasi una fantasia
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor op. 27 no. 2 Moonlight
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major op. 109 E-dur en mi majeur
CD 3
CHOPIN (1810 1849)
Fantaisie in F minor op. 49
Fantaisie-Impromptu in C sharp minor op. 66
Berceuse in D flat major op. 57
24 Préludes op. 28
CD 4
CHOPIN (1810 1849)
Nocturnes Nos. 1 - 10
CD 5
CHOPIN (1810 1849)
Nocturnes Nos. 11 - 21
CD 6
CHOPIN (1810 1849)
Piano Sonata no. 3 in B minor op. 58
2 Nocturnes op. 62
3 Mazurkas op. 59
CD 7
CHOPIN
Polonaise-Fantaisie in A flat major op. 61
3 Mazurkas op. 63
3 Valses op. 64
Mazurka in G minor op. 67 no. 2
Mazurka in A minor op. 67 no. 4
Sonata for Violoncello and Piano in G minor op. 65
Pavel Gomziakov, cello
Mazurka in F minor op. 68 no. 4
CD 8
MOZART (1756 1791)
The Piano Sonatas
Sonata in A minor K 310 (300d)
Sonata in B flat major K 333 (315c)
Sonata in C major K 545
CD 9
MOZART (1756 1791)
Fantasia in C minor K 475
Sonata in C minor K 457
Fantasia in D minor K 397 (385g)
Sonata in A major K 331 (300i)
CD 10
MOZART (1756 1791)
Sonata in C major K 279 (189d)
Sonata in F major K 280 (189e)
Sonata in D major K 311 (284c)
Sonata in D major K 576
CD 11
MOZART (1756 1791)
Sonata in B flat major K 281 (189f)
Sonata in E flat major K 282 (189g)
Sonata in F major K 533 / K 494
CD 12
MOZART (1756 1791)
Sonata in G major K 283 (189h)
Sonata in D major K 284 (205b) Dürnitz
Sonata in C major K 330 (300h)
CD 13
MOZART (1756 1791)
Sonata in C major K 309 (284b)
Sonata in F major K 332 (300k)
Sonata in B flat major K 570
CD 14
SCHUBERT (1797 1828)
Impromptus D 899
Allegretto D 915
CD 15
SCHUBERT (1797 1828)
Impromptus D 935
Three Piano Pieces D 946
CD 16
SCHUBERT (1797 1828)
Piano Sonata No. 14 in A minor D 784
6 Moments musicaux op. 94 D 780
Two Scherzi D 593
CD 17
SCHUBERT (1797 1828)
Piano Sonata No. 16 in A minor D 845
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B flat major D 960
CD 18
SCHUBERT (1797 1828)
Fantasie in F minor for Piano Four Hands D 940 - Maria João Pires & Ricardo Castro, piano
Rondo in A major for Piano Four Hands D 951 - Ricardo Castro & Maria João Pires, piano
Piano Sonata in A major D 664 - Maria João Pires, piano
CD 19
SCHUBERT (1797 1828)
Piano Sonata in A minor D 784 - Ricardo Castro, piano
Allegro in A minor for Piano Four Hands Lebensstürme D 947 - Ricardo Castro & Maria João Pires, piano
CD 20
SCHUMANN (1810 1856)
Waldszenen op. 82
Arabeske op. 18
Drei Romanzen op. 28
Faschingsschwank aus Wien op. 26
Carnival Jest from Vienna
BRAHMS (1833 1897)
3 Intermezzi for Piano op. 117
Recorded live at Wigmore Hall