The Portuguese pianist’s return to the concert platform in the mid-1980s, after a break due to ill health, was a triumph. This programme shows her pursuing her professional career with renewed vigour and talking with great frankness and intensity about her life and work. The music Pires plays includes Mozart’s Piano Concertos Nos. 23 K. 488 and 21 K. 467, as well as his Piano Sonata K. 280, Chopin’s Nocturne No. 7 in c-sharp minor, Op. 27, No.1, Schumann’s “Abschied” from Waldszenen Op. 82, Poulenc’s Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 17 in d-minor, Op. 31, No. 2 and Schubert’s Moments Musicaux No. 2 A flat major D780.

Sound Format: PCM Stereo

Audio Languages: DE, FR, PT

Subtitles: GB, FR, DE

Picture Format: 4:3

DVD 9 / NTSC

Running Time: 59 mins

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