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This is something very special. Pires's characteristic impassioned absorption in all she plays – that concentration which makes the listener appear to be eavesdropping on secrets shared between... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Release Date: 16th Mar 1998
Catalogue No: 4575502
Label: DG
Length: 1 hour 47 minutes

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Contents

Schubert: 4 Impromptus, D899

29:30

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Maria João Pires (piano)
Recorded: 1996-07
Recording Venue: Concertgebouw, Haarlem

No. 1 in C Minor: Allegro molto moderato

11:05

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No. 2 in E-Flat Major: Allegro

4:46

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No. 3 in G-Flat Major

5:50

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No. 4 in A-Flat Major: Allegretto

7:49

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Schubert: Allegretto in C minor, D915

5:41

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Maria João Pires (piano)
Recorded: 1997-09
Recording Venue: Palacio de Queluz, Lisbon

Schubert: 4 Impromptus, D935

40:02

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Maria João Pires (piano)
Recorded: 1997-09
Recording Venue: Palacio de Queluz, Lisbon

No. 1 in F Minor: Allegro moderato

12:25

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No. 2 in A-Flat Major: Allegretto

7:58

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No. 3 in B-Flat Major: Theme (Andante) With Variations

13:04

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No. 4 in F Minor: Allegro scherzando

6:35

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Schubert: Klavierstücke (3), D946

32:34

$3.30

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Maria João Pires (piano)
Recorded: 1997-09
Recording Venue: Palacio de Queluz, Lisbon

No. 1 in E-Flat Minor (Allegro assai)

14:36

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No. 2 in E-Flat Major (Allegretto)

12:29

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No. 3 in C Major (Allegro)

5:29

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2010

This is something very special. Pires's characteristic impassioned absorption in all she plays – that concentration which makes the listener appear to be eavesdropping on secrets shared between friends – could hardly find a truer soul mate than Schubert.
Each Impromptu has a rare sense of integrity and entirety, born of acute observation and long-pondered responses.
Pires's instinct for tempo and pacing brings a sense of constant restraint, a true molto moderato to the Allegro of the C minor work from D899, created by a fusion of right-hand tenuto here with momentary left-hand rubato there. Then there's the clarity of contour within the most subtly graded undertones of the G flat major of D899 which re-creates it as a seemingly endless song. Or an Andante just slow, just nonchalant enough for the Rosamunde theme of the D935 B-flat major to give each variation space and breath enough to sing out its own sharply defined character.
The Allegretto, D915 acts as a Pause between the two discs, a resting place, as it were, for reflection and inner assessment on this long journey. Its end – which could as well be its beginning – is in the Drei Klavierstücke, D946 of 1828. The first draws back from the fiery impetuousness within the Allegroassai's tautly controlled rhythms, to an inner world with its own time scale; the second, more transpired than played, has an almost unbearable poignancy of simplicity.
The paradox of these unselfregarding performances is how unmistakably they speak and sing out Pires and her unique musicianship. To draw comparisons here would be not so much odious as to miss the point.

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