The Wigmore Hall Recital - Pires, Meneses (2013)
EAC Rip | Flac (Image + cue + log) | 1 CD | Full Scans | 319 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | Catalog Number: 001893002
EAC Rip | Flac (Image + cue + log) | 1 CD | Full Scans | 319 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | Catalog Number: 001893002
Over four decades since securing worldwide recognition as one of the finest musicians of her generation, Maria João Pires continues to transfix audiences with the spotless integrity, eloquence and vitality of her art. This recital, recorded live in the splendid Wigmore Hall acoustics, is clearly a red-letter event for chamber music connoisseurs. Pires is partnered by Antonio Meneses, cellist with the Beaux Arts Trio and artist of great wisdom and imagination.
Maria João Pires is one of the reigning pianists of our times, with numerous recordings spanning more than two decades on Deutsche Grammophon. One of the label’s flagship artists, she carefully handpicks her concert appearances and recordings projects, making this release a document of extraordinary value.
The album features a collection of some of the most intimately beautiful pieces, including the Songs without Words by Mendelssohn, the Intermezzi op. 117 and Cello Sonata op. 38 by Brahms, and the eternal “Arpeggione” Sonata by Schubert.
Pires’s abiding concern for poetic shading draws the listener towards the spiritual essence of the works she performs. An exceptional live encounter between two legendary musicians at the height of their powers, here documented for the first time on disc.
Composer: Franz Schubert, Johannes Brahms, Felix Mendelssohn, Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Maria-Joao Pires, Antonio Meneses
Reviews: “This was without doubt a spellbinding concert. Brazilian Antonio Meneses is a one-off, with a technique of such refinement that he seems to conjure before us an instrument free of gruffness, buzzing or angular imbalance…Both artists are unfailingly precise and elegant, breathing rather than forcing life into sound.”
“such technical perfection could hardly have been created with day upon day and take upon take in the studio, at the same time as retaining and transferring the intimacy of a live performance on disc…the reciprocity between them feels intuitive at the same time as being grounded in familiarity.”
Tracklisting:
1. Sonata for Arpeggione in A minor, D 821 by Franz Schubert
Performer: Maria-Joao Pires (Piano), Antonio Meneses (Cello)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1824; Vienna, Austria
2. Intermezzi (3) for Piano, Op. 117 by Johannes Brahms
Performer: Maria-Joao Pires (Piano), Antonio Meneses (Cello)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1892; Austria
3. Song without words for Cello and Piano in D major, Op. 109 by Felix Mendelssohn
Performer: Maria-Joao Pires (Piano), Antonio Meneses (Cello)
Written: 1845
4. Sonata for Cello and Piano no 1 in E minor, Op. 38 by Johannes Brahms
Performer: Maria-Joao Pires (Piano), Antonio Meneses (Cello)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1862-1865; Austria
5. Pastorale in F major, BWV 590: Excerpt(s) by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Maria-Joao Pires (Piano), Antonio Meneses (Cello)
Notes: Arranger: Maria Roemaet-Rosanoff
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