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About the artist Maria Joao Pires

Maria João Pires was born in Lisbon in 1944. She made her first public performance at the age of seven with Mozart’s Piano Concertos in Oporto, Portugal. At the age of nine she received Portugal’s highest award for young musicians just one year later. From 1953 until 1960 she studied at the Lisbon Conservatory with Professor Campos Coelho and took courses in composition, theory, and history of music with Francine Benoit. She continued her studies in Germany with Rosl Schmid and Karl Engel. She is also a keen performer of chamber music. In recent years she has been heard at all the major international festivals including the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Schubertiade, Tanglewood, Ravinia, Montpellier, Lucerne, Edinburgh and BBC Proms.

CDs and DVDs featuring the artist Maria Joao Pires

CATALOGUE NR: 2020218  (barcode: 0880242202185)
RECORD LABEL: Euroarts
FORMAT: DVD Video  DURATION: 120 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 7.99
RELEASE DATE: 31-Oct-2011

COMPOSER: Bela Bartok  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Europa Konzert from Lisbon 2003
TRACKS: Concerto for Orchestra Sz116 (Bartok). Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor K466 (Mozart). Le Tombeau de Couperin (Ravel). Fetes (Debussy). Bonus: A Portrait of Lisbon / Behind-the-Scenes / Picture Gallery. Includes EuroArts & Ideale Audience Catalogue 2012.
ORCHESTRA: Berlin Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Pierre Boulez
ARTISTS: Maria Joao Pires      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 16:9 / Sound Format: Dolby Digital 5.1 DTS 5.1 PCM Stereo / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 120 minutes / Recorded: at the World Heritage Site Mosteiro dos Jeronimos Lisbon 1-May-2003 / Languages: English French German

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CATALOGUE NR: 2053079  (barcode: 0880242530790)
RECORD LABEL: Euroarts
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 23.50
RELEASE DATE: 02-Aug-2004

COMPOSER: Bela Bartok  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Europa-Konzert from Lisbon
TRACKS: Concerto for Orchestra Sz116 (Bartok). Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor K466 (Mozart). Le Tombeau de Couperin (Ravel). Fetes (Debussy).
ORCHESTRA: Berlin Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Pierre Boulez
ARTISTS: Maria Joao Pires      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 16:9 Anamorphic / Sound Format: Dolby Digital 5.1 DTS 5.1 PCM Stereo / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 118 minutes / Recorded: 2003

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CATALOGUE NR: 4458802  (barcode: 0028944588026)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: CD  DURATION: 56 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77

COMPOSER: Cesar Franck  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Sonata for piano and violin in A major (Franck). Sonata for violin and piano in G minor (Debussy). Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Faure for violin and piano. Piece en forme de habanera. Tzigane (Ravel).
ARTISTS: Augustin Dumay   Maria Joao Pires    

- Penguin Guide 3 star 'Augustin Dumay and Maria Joao Pires give as idiomatic and sensitive an account of the Debussy Sonata as one could wish for'

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CATALOGUE NR: 4375252  (barcode: 0028943752527)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77

COMPOSER: Edvard Grieg
TITLE: Violin Sonatas
TRACKS: Sonata for Violin and Piano No.1 in F op.8. Sonata for Violin and Piano No.2 in G op.13. Sonata for Violin and Piano No.3 in C minor op.45.
ARTISTS: Maria Joao Pires   Augustin Dumay    

- Penguin Guide 3 star 'their performances are exemplary in every way, and the recorded sound is also excellent in terms of balance and realism'

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CATALOGUE NR: 5552802  (barcode: 0724355528025)
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 11.29

COMPOSER: Franz Schubert  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: La voix du ciel
TRACKS: Ave Maria 'Ellens Gesang III’- Lied D839 (Schubert). Mass No.18 'Great’ in C minor K427/K417a - Credo (Mozart). Requiem -Pie Jesu (Faure). 2 Melodies hebraiques - Kaddisch (Ravel). Sometimes I feel like a motherless chile - Negro spiritual. When the Saints go marching in - song (JM Black). Dans un bois solitaire - ariette K308/K295b (Mozart). Die Forelle - Lied D550. Schwanengesang 'Swan Song’- song collection D957 No.4 Standchen (Schubert). 5 Lieder - 1v and piano op.41 No.1 Wiegenlied (R Strauss). 3 Songs op.7 No.1 Apres un reve. 2 Songs op.46 No.2 Clair de lune (Faure). Ariettes oubliees - six songs C'est l'extase (Debussy). Vocalise en forme de habanera (Ravel). Bachianas brasileiras No.5 Aria Cantilena (Villa Lobos). My Fair Lady - I Could Have Danced All Night (Loewe).
ORCHESTRA: Stockholm Chamber Orchestra and Toulouse Capital Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Eric Ericson and Michel Plasson
ARTISTS: Barbara Hendricks   Erik Lundkvist   Maria Joao Pires  

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CATALOGUE NR: 4277692  (barcode: 0028942776920)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77

COMPOSER: Franz Schubert
TRACKS: Piano Sonata in A minor D784 op.post143. Moments musicaux D780 op.94. 2 Scherzi D593 No.1 in B flat major / No.2 in D flat major.
ARTISTS: Maria Joao Pires      

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CATALOGUE NR: 4575502  (barcode: 0028945755021)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 20.41
RELEASE DATE: 16-Mar-1998

COMPOSER: Franz Schubert
TITLE: Le Voyage Magnifique
TRACKS: Impromtus D899. Allegretto D915. Impromptus D935. Drei Klavierstucke D946.
ARTISTS: Maria Joao Pires      

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CATALOGUE NR: 2564687174  (barcode: 0825646871742)
RECORD LABEL: Warner Classics
FORMAT: 5 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 22.49
RELEASE DATE: 16-Nov-2009

COMPOSER: Frederic Chopin
TITLE: Masterworks volume 1
TRACKS: CD1 Maria-Joao Pires / Orchestre National de l'Opera de Monte Carlo / Armin Jordan - Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor op.11. Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor op.21. CD2 Gyorgy Sebok - Piano Sonata No.2 in B flat minor op.35 'Funeral March'. Piano Sonata No.3 in B minor op.58. Barcarolle op.60. Polonaise op.40 No.1 'Military'. CD3 & CD4 Elizabeth Leonskaya - 21 Nocturnes. CD5 Boris Berezovsky - Etudes op.10. Etudes op.25. 3 Etudes op.post.
ORCHESTRA: Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Armin Jordan
ARTISTS: Maria Joao Pires   Gyorgy Sebok   Elisabeth Leonskaja   Boris Berezovsky

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CATALOGUE NR: 2564687147  (barcode: 0825646871476)
RECORD LABEL: Warner Classics
FORMAT: 5 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 22.49
RELEASE DATE: 16-Nov-2009

COMPOSER: Frederic Chopin
TITLE: Masterworks volume 2
TRACKS: CD1 Nikolai Lugansky - 24 Preludes op.28. Jean-Bernard Pommier - Fantasie op.49. Andante spianato and grand polonaise op.22. CD2 Cyprien Katsaris - 4 Ballades. 4 Scherzos. Ballade No.2 in F major op.38. Ballade No.3 in A flat minor op.47. Ballade No.4 in F minor op.52. Scherzo No.1 in B minor op.20. Scherzo No.2 in B flat minor op.31. Scherzo No.3 in C sharp minor op.39. Scherzo No.4 in E major op.54. CD3 Elizabeth Leonskaya - Polonaises op.26. Polonaises op.40. Polonaises op.44. Polonaises op.53. Polonaise-Fantaisie op.61. CD4 Maria-Joao Pires - 14 Waltzes. Frederic Lodeon / Francois-Rene Duchable - Grand Duo Concertante. Polonaise Brilliante op.3. CD5 Frederic Lodeon / Francois-Rene Duchable - Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor op.65. Halina Czerny-Stefanska / Teresa Zylis-Gara - Melodies op.74.
ARTISTS: Nikolai Lugansky   Cyprien Katsaris   Elisabeth Leonskaja   Maria Joao Pires

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CATALOGUE NR: 4777483  (barcode: 0028947774839)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 25-May-2009

COMPOSER: Frederic Chopin
TITLE: The Voice of Late Chopin
TRACKS: Piano Sonata No.3 in B minor op.58. 2 Nocturnes op.62 : Nocturne in B major / Nocturne in E major. Mazurka in A minor op.59 No.1. Mazurka in A flat major op.59 No.2. Mazurka in F sharp minor op.59 No.3. Polonaise in A flat major op.61 Polonaise-fantasie. Mazurka in B major op.63 No.1. Mazurka in F minor op.63 No.2. Mazurka in C sharp minor op.63 No.3. Waltz in D flat major op.64 No.1. Waltz in C sharp minor op.64 No.2. Waltz in A flat major op.64 No.3. Mazurka in G minor op.67 No.2. Mazurka in A minor op.67 No.4. Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor op.65. Mazurka in F minor op.68 No.4.
ARTISTS: Maria Joao Pires   Pavel Gomziakov    

- Aug-2009 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 4470962  (barcode: 0028944709629)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: 2 CD Set  DURATION: 109 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 20.41
RELEASE DATE: 01-Oct-1996

COMPOSER: Frederic Chopin
TITLE: Nocturnes - complete
ARTISTS: Maria Joao Pires      

- Penguin Guide 3 star 'Pires gives performances of great character, her playing is often bold as well as meltingly romantic and brings the right poetic feel to this music'

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CATALOGUE NR: 4575852  (barcode: 0028945758527)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 16-Nov-1998

COMPOSER: Frederic Chopin
TRACKS: Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor op.11. Fantaisie in F minor op.49. Fantaisie-Impromptu op.66. Berceuse op.57.
ORCHESTRA: Chamber Orchestra of Europe
CONDUCTOR: Emmanuel Krivine
ARTISTS: Maria Joao Pires      

- Penguin Guide 3 star 'Maria João Pires's concerns centre on the more inward-looking side of Chopin rather than its incandescence or brilliance, but this is a performance of substance and she is given eminently responsive support from the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and Emmanuel Krivine'

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CATALOGUE NR: 4378172  (barcode: 0028943781725)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 11.99

COMPOSER: Frederic Chopin
TITLE: Piano Works
TRACKS: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.2 in F minor op.21. Preludes No.1 in C. No.2 in A minor. No.3 in G. No.4 in E minor. No.5 in D. No.6 in B minor. No.7 in A. No.8 in F sharp minor. No.9 in E. No.10 in C sharp minor. No.11 in B. No.12 in G sharp minor. No.13 in F sharp. No.14 in E flat minor. No.15 in D flat. No.16 in B flat minor. No.17 in A flat. No.18 in F minor. No.19 in E flat. No.20 in C minor. No.21 in B flat. No.22 in G minor. No.23 in F. No.24 in D minor.
ORCHESTRA: Royal Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Andre Previn
ARTISTS: Maria Joao Pires      

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CATALOGUE NR: 4777583  (barcode: 0028947775836)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon Grand Prix
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.45
RELEASE DATE: 09-Jun-2008

COMPOSER: Frederic Chopin
TITLE: Nocturnes
TRACKS: Nocturne No.1 in B flat minor op.9/1. Nocturne No.2 in E flat major op.9/2. Nocturne No.4 in F major op.15/1. Nocturne No.5 in F sharp major op.15/2. Nocturne No.7 in C sharp minor op.27/1. Nocturne No.8 in D flat major op.27/2. Nocturne No.10 in A flat major op.32/2. Nocturne No.11 in G minor op.37/1. Nocturne No.13 in C minor op.48/1. Nocturne No.15 in F minor op.55/1. Nocturne No.18 in E major op.62/2. Nocturne No.20 in C sharp minor op.posth.
ARTISTS: Maria Joao Pires      

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CATALOGUE NR: 4779568  (barcode: 0028947795681)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon Duo
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.49
RELEASE DATE: 03-Oct-2011

COMPOSER: Frederic Chopin
TITLE: The Nocturnes
TRACKS: Nocturne No.1 in B flat minor op.9 No.1. Nocturne No.2 in E flat op.9 No.2. Nocturne No.3 in B op.9 No.3. Nocturne No.4 in F op.15 No.1. Nocturne No.5 in F sharp op.15 No.2. Nocturne No.6 in G minor op.15 No.3. Nocturne No.7 in C sharp minor op.27 No.1. Nocturne No.8 in D flat op.27 No.2. Nocturne No.9 in B op.32 No.1. Nocturne No.10 in A flat op.32 No.2. Nocturne No.11 in G minor op.37 No.1. Nocturne No.12 in G op.37 No.2. Nocturne No.13 in C minor op.48 No.1. Nocturne No.14 in F sharp minor op.48 No.2. Nocturne No.15 in F minor op.55 No.1. Nocturne No.16 in E flat op.55 No.2. Nocturne No.17 in B op.62 No.1. Nocturne No.18 in E op.62 No.2. Nocturne No.19 in E minor op.72 No.1. Nocturne No.20 in C sharp minor op.posth. Nocturne No.21 in C minor op.posth.
ARTISTS: Maria Joao Pires      

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CATALOGUE NR: 4478942  (barcode: 0028944789423)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 12-Feb-1996

COMPOSER: Johann Sebastian Bach
TRACKS: Partita No.1 in B flat BWV825. English Suite No.3 in G minor BWV808. French Suite No.2 in C minor BWV813.
ARTISTS: Maria Joao Pires      

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CATALOGUE NR: 4358002  (barcode: 0028943580021)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 22-Apr-1996

COMPOSER: Johannes Brahms
TRACKS: Sonata for Violin and Piano No.1 in G op.78. Sonata for Violin and Piano No.2 in A op.100. Sonata for Violin and Piano No.3 in D minor op.108.
ARTISTS: Augustin Dumay   Maria Joao Pires    

- Penguin Guide 3 star 'they bring temperament and finesse to all three sonatas and, though there are one or two interpretative touches that may not enjoy universal appeal, these are unlikely to inhibit pleasure'

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CATALOGUE NR: 4470552  (barcode: 0028944705522)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77

COMPOSER: Johannes Brahms
TITLE: Piano Trios
TRACKS: Piano Trio No.1 in B op.8. Piano Trio No.2 in C op.87.
ARTISTS: Maria Joao Pires   Augustin Dumay   Jian Wang  

- Penguin Guide 3 star 'the performances overall have authority and finesse'

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CATALOGUE NR: 4591352  (barcode: 0028945913520)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 10-Aug-1998

COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Fur Elise
TRACKS: Bagatelle in A minor WoO59 'Für Elise : Poco moto (Beethoven). Prelude and Fugue in C BWV846 (JS Bach).. Lieder ohne Worte op.62 No.6 Andante grazioso in A 'Spring Song' (Mendelssohn). Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor op.27 No.2 Moonlight : Adagio sostenuto (Beethoven). Kinderszenen op.15 : Von fremden Landern und Menschen (Schumann). Traumerei. Waldszenen op.82. Vogel als Prophet (Schumann). Suite bergamasque. Clair de lune (Debussy). 12 Etudes op.10 No.3. in E 'Tristesse' (Debussy). Piano Sonata No.11 in A K.331 Alla Turca : Alla Turca Allegretto (Mozart). Liebestraum No.3 in A flat S541 No.3 nach einem Gedicht von Ferdinand Freiligrath. Notturno III: O lieb so lang du lieben kannst Poco Allegro con affetto (Liszt). Jeux d'enfants op.22 : Trompette et tambour. La toupie. Le bal (Bizet). Waltzes op.39 : Waltz in A flat (Brahms). Children's Corner : Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (Debussy). 4 Impromptus op.90 D899 : Impromptu No.2 in E flat : Allegro (Schubert). Waltz No.6 in D flat op.64 No.1 Minute (Chopin). 12 Variations in C K265 on Ah vous dirai-je Maman (Mozart). Lyric Pieces op.57 : Heimweh (Grieg).
ARTISTS: Maria Joao Pires   Daniel Barenboim   Martha Argerich   Wilhelm Kempff

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CATALOGUE NR: 0927491412  (barcode: 0809274914125)
RECORD LABEL: Warner Portrait
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 4.99
RELEASE DATE: 11-Nov-2002

COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor op.27 No.2 Moonlight : 1st movement : Adagio sostenuto (Beethoven). Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor op.27 No.2 Moonlight : 2nd movement : Allegretto (Beethoven). Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor op.27 No.2 Moonlight : 3rd movement : Presto agitato (Beethoven). Piano Concerto in A major BWV1055 1st movement : Allegro (JS Bach). Impromtu D899 op.90 No.2 in Eb major (Schubert). Piano Concerto No.13 in C major 3rd movement : Rondo (Mozart). Piano Concerto No.27 in Bb major 2nd movement : Larghetto (Mozart). Impromptu D899 op.90 No.3 in Gb major (Schubert). Bunte Blatter op.99 Drei Stucklein - Nicht schnell mit innigkeit. Bunte Blatter op.99 Drei Stucklein - Sehr rasch. Bunte Blatter op.99 No.3 - Frisch (Schumann). Piano Concerto No.2 in F major 3rd movement : Allegro vivace (Chopin). Marche Militaire D733 op.51 No.1 in D major (Schubert). Fantaisie KV475 in C minor (Mozart). Prelude (Schumann). Kinderszenen op.15 No.1 : Von Fremden Landern und Menschen (Schumann). Waltz in Db major op.64 No.1 Minute (Chopin).
ARTISTS: Maria Joao Pires      

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