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Maria-Joao Pires: Artist Portrait
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Artist
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Maria-João Pires, piano. Orchestre de l'Opera de Monte Carlo. Armin Jordan, conductor, & others.
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Label
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Warner Classics
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Format
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CD
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Runtime/Release Date
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77'19/2002
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Label Number
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49141
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Daedalus Item Code
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96577
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Description
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"Pires is an uncommonly observant pianist who discovers and brings out many delightful inner voices," writes The Boston Globe. "Her virtuosity is the kind that registers in elegance of phrasing and the neatness and finish of detail." This survey of Pires's artistry includes the "Minute Waltz" by Chopin; the Präeludium from Bunte Blätter by Schumann; the Fantasy in C Minor, K. 475, by Mozart and the second movement of his Piano Concerto No. 27; the first movement of the Concerto for Harpsichord, BWV 1055, by Bach; and an excerpt from Beethoven's "Moonlight" sonata. "Like a favourite local restaurant, Portuguese pianist Joao has long been a connoisseur's secret…. If Joao's speciality hitherto has been in making the formal personal, her Beethoven only confirms this. The impression that you're hearing this music for the very first time, in a close circle of friends, is unavoidable. Ravishing, lucid, gorgeous playing."—The Independent
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