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Pires's musical qualities are well known; clarity and resilience of line, luminous singing tone, a near-ideal balance between aristocratic poise and emotional absorption, and a rare poetic eloquence.... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2009, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 25th May 2009
Catalogue No: 4777483
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Length: 2 hours 5 minutes

Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58

Work length32:34

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$6.00

Maria João Pires (piano)
Recorded: 2008-05-05
Recording Venue: Muziekcentrum, Hilversum

I. Allegro maestoso

Track length13:42

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II. Scherzo (Molto vivace)

Track length2:42

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III. Largo

Track length10:22

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IV. Finale (Presto non tanto)

Track length5:48

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Chopin: Two Nocturnes Op. 62

Work length13:54

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Maria João Pires (piano)
Recorded: 2008-07-30
Recording Venue: Muziekcentrum, Hilversum

No. 1 Nocturne in B Major (Andante)

Track length7:24

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No. 2 Nocturne in E Major (Lento)

Track length6:30

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Chopin: Mazurka No. 36 in A minor, Op. 59 No. 1

Work length3:22

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Maria João Pires (piano)
Recorded: 2008-07-30
Recording Venue: Muziekcentrum, Hilversum

Moderato

Track length3:22

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Chopin: Mazurka No. 37 in A flat major, Op. 59 No. 2

Work length2:41

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Maria João Pires (piano)
Recorded: 2008-07-30
Recording Venue: Muziekcentrum, Hilversum

Chopin: Mazurka No. 38 in F sharp minor, Op. 59 No. 3

Work length3:35

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Maria João Pires (piano)
Recorded: 2008-07-30
Recording Venue: Muziekcentrum, Hilversum

Chopin: Polonaise No. 7 in A-Flat Major, Op. 61 "Fantaisie"

Work length14:03

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Maria João Pires (piano)
Recorded: 2008-07-30
Recording Venue: Muziekcentrum, Hilversum

Chopin: Mazurka No. 39 in B major, Op. 63 No. 1

Work length2:05

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Maria João Pires (piano)
Recorded: 2008-07-30
Recording Venue: Muziekcentrum, Hilversum

Chopin: Mazurka No. 40 in F Minor Op. 63 No. 2

Work length2:08

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Maria João Pires (piano)
Recorded: 2008-07-30
Recording Venue: Muziekcentrum, Hilversum

Lento

Track length2:08

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Chopin: Mazurka No. 41 in C sharp minor, Op. 63 No. 3

Work length2:05

$1.10

$1.50

Maria João Pires (piano)
Recorded: 2008-07-30
Recording Venue: Muziekcentrum, Hilversum

Allegretto

Track length2:05

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Excerpt, Chopin: Waltzes (3), Op. 64

Work length1:57

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Maria João Pires (piano)
Recorded: 2008-07-30
Recording Venue: Muziekcentrum, Hilversum

No. 1 Molto vivace in D Major "Minute Waltz"

Track length1:57

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Chopin: Waltz No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2

Work length3:16

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Maria João Pires (piano)
Recorded: 2008-07-30
Recording Venue: Muziekcentrum, Hilversum

Tempo giusto

Track length3:16

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Chopin: Waltz No. 8 in A flat major, Op. 64 No. 3

Work length3:30

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Maria João Pires (piano)
Recorded: 2008-07-30
Recording Venue: Muziekcentrum, Hilversum

Moderato

Track length3:30

$1.10

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Chopin: Mazurka No. 45 in A minor, Op. 67 No. 4

Work length1:37

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Maria João Pires (piano)
Recorded: 2008-07-30
Recording Venue: Muziekcentrum, Hilversum

Chopin: Mazurka No. 45 in A minor, Op. 67 No. 4

Work length2:26

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Maria João Pires (piano)
Recorded: 2008-07-30
Recording Venue: Muziekcentrum, Hilversum

Chopin: Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65

Work length33:53

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$6.00

Maria João Pires (piano), Pavel Gomziakov (cello)
Recorded: 2008-05-02
Recording Venue: Muziekcentrum, Hilversum

I. Allegro moderato

Track length17:10

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II. Scherzo (Allegro con brio)

Track length5:35

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III. Largo

Track length3:56

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IV. Finale (Allegro)

Track length7:12

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Chopin: Mazurka No. 51 in F Minor, Op. 68 No. 4

Work length2:31

$1.10

$1.50

Maria João Pires (piano)
Recorded: 2008-07-30
Recording Venue: Muziekcentrum, Hilversum

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Maria João Pires, an icon for DG, returned to the recording studio in January 2008. This new recital of works by Chopin will renew interest in the pianist and will certainly be welcomed by her large number of fans, who have eagerly awaited such a new release.

Pires’s recording of Chopin’s Complete Nocturnes was a best-seller with worldwide sales exceeding 260,000 album units.

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August 2009

Pires's musical qualities are well known; clarity and resilience of line, luminous singing tone, a near-ideal balance between aristocratic poise and emotional absorption, and a rare poetic eloquence. In the Third Sonata her notably personal rubato adds to, rather than detracts from, the music's sense of flow. In the... Cello Sonata Op. 65, Pires partners the Russian cellist Pavel Gomziakov... This is a broad and reflective reading, with a lovely tone from both cello and piano, helped by DG's terrific sound, and a sense of dialogue and shared understanding that is very rewarding.

August 2009

…there are moments of rapturous beauty in every piece.

5th June 2009

Best of all is the B minor Sonata with which she begins her stroll. It's a bold, big-boned performance that rather dismisses the scherzo, but presents the slow movement in epic terms. The other large-scale works - a carefully paced Polonaise-Fantasie, and a finely communicative account with Pavel Gomziakov of the cello work - are successful. Too

29th May 2009

The transience of life and beauty; how keenly we feel this as the first chord of the B major Op 62 Nocturne subsides into its echo. But that’s just one of many magical moments in this CD release — for once presented by DG with the dignity that the music-making deserves.

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