Comp Erato Recordings
With her refined, honest artistry, the Portuguese pianist Maria Jo£o Pires - who turns 70 in July 2014 - is one of the musicians who defined the Erato label in the 1970s and 1980s. This 17-CD box presents all the recordings she made between 1972 and 1987. Reflecting the consistent focus of her repertoire, this box set's emphasis is on Austro-German composers of the Classical and early-Romantic periods. Embracing solo works, piano duets, and concertos, this release contains works by Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, and Beethoven, as well as by Bach and Chopin. <br><br>Pires' partners on these classic Erato recordings include the Turkish pianist Hseyin Sermet and the conductors Michel Corboz, Armin Jordan, Claudio Scimone and Theodor Guschlbauer. A number of items in the collection (which features the original LP/CD artwork on the individual CD slipcases) have never before been released on CD.<br><br>CD Listing:<br>CD 1: Bach: Keyboard Concertos, BWV1052, 1055 & 1056'<br>CD 2: Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 9 & 17 - Rondo, K.382<br>CD 3: Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 21 & 26 - Rondo, K.386<br>CD 4: Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 23, 13 & 14<br>CD 5: Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 19 & 12 - Rondo, K.511<br>CD 6: Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 27<br>CD 7: Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 8 & 27<br>CD 8: Mozart: Piano Sonatas Nos. 6 & 14 - Fantasia in C minor K. 475<br>CD 9: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 23, 17 & 14<br>CD 10: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 31, 8 & 30<br>CD 11: Schubert: Piano Sonata, D.960 - Impromptus D.899 Nos. 3 & 4<br>CD 12: Schubert: Piano Sonata, D.894 - Impromptus, D.899 Nos. 1 & 2<br>CD 13: Schubert: Fantasy, D.940 - Marches militaires, D.733 - Rondos, D.608 & 951 - Deutscher mit zwei trios und zwei L¤ndler, D. 618 Nos. 1 & 2<br>CD 14: Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28 - Prelude, Op.45 -Krakowiak, Op. 14<br>CD 15: Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2<br>CD 16: Chopin: Waltzes<br>CD 17: Schumann: Kinderszenen - Waldszenen - Bunte Bl¤tter