Maria-Joao Pires: Complete Erato Recordings

With her refined, honest artistry, the Portuguese pianist Maria Jo£o Pires - who turns 70 in July 2014 - is one of the musicians who defined the Erato label in the 1970s and 1980s. This 17-CD box presents all the recordings she made between 1972 and 1987. Reflecting the consistent focus of her repertoire, this box set's emphasis is on Austro-German composers of the Classical and early-Romantic periods. Embracing solo works, piano duets, and concertos, this release contains works by Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, and Beethoven, as well as by Bach and Chopin.

Pires' partners on these classic Erato recordings include the Turkish pianist Hseyin Sermet and the conductors Michel Corboz, Armin Jordan, Claudio Scimone and Theodor Guschlbauer. A number of items in the collection (which features the original LP/CD artwork on the individual CD slipcases) have never before been released on CD.

CD Listing:
CD 1: Bach: Keyboard Concertos, BWV1052, 1055 & 1056'
CD 2: Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 9 & 17 - Rondo, K.382
CD 3: Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 21 & 26 - Rondo, K.386
CD 4: Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 23, 13 & 14
CD 5: Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 19 & 12 - Rondo, K.511
CD 6: Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 27
CD 7: Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 8 & 27
CD 8: Mozart: Piano Sonatas Nos. 6 & 14 - Fantasia in C minor K. 475
CD 9: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 23, 17 & 14
CD 10: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 31, 8 & 30
CD 11: Schubert: Piano Sonata, D.960 - Impromptus D.899 Nos. 3 & 4
CD 12: Schubert: Piano Sonata, D.894 - Impromptus, D.899 Nos. 1 & 2
CD 13: Schubert: Fantasy, D.940 - Marches militaires, D.733 - Rondos, D.608 & 951 - Deutscher mit zwei trios und zwei L¤ndler, D. 618 Nos. 1 & 2
CD 14: Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28 - Prelude, Op.45 -Krakowiak, Op. 14
CD 15: Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
CD 16: Chopin: Waltzes
CD 17: Schumann: Kinderszenen - Waldszenen - Bunte Bl¤tter