Murray Perahia

**Murray Perahia** () er ein vidkjend amerikansk pianist og dirigent av sefardisk opphav. Perahia er særleg kjend for sine tolkingar av klassisistisk og tidleg romantisk musikk.

## Prisar
**[[Grammy-prisen|Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance]]**:
* David Corkhill, Evelyn Glennie, Murray Perahia & Georg Solti for *[[Béla Bartók|Bartók]]: Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion* (1989) 

**[[Grammy-prisen|Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra)]]**:
* Andreas Neubronner (producer & engineer) & Murray Perahia for *[[Frederic Chopin|Chopin]]: Études, Op. 10 & Op. 25* (2003) 
* Murray Perahia for *[[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]]: English Suites Nos. 1, 3 And 6* (1999)

## Diskografi
### 1980-åra
* Schubert: *Wanderer Fantasie*; Schumann: Fantasie in C Major (1986)
* Mozart, Beethoven: quintets for piano and Winds (1986)
* Mozart: sonata (K. 448); Schubert: piano sonata for four hands (1986) &mdash; med Radu Lupu
* Beethoven: piano concertos nos. 3 and 4 (1986)
* Brahms: piano quartet (1987)
* Beethoven: piano sonatas nos. 17, 18 and 26 (1987)
* Beethoven: piano concerto no. 5 (*Emperor*) (1987)
* *A Portrait of Murray Perahia* (1987)
* Mendelssohn: piano concertos nos. 1 and 2 (1987) &mdash; med Neville Marriner og Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
* Mozart: piano concertos nos. 11, 12 and 14 (1987)
* Mozart: piano concertos nos. 22 and 24 (1987)
* Chopin: piano concerto no. 1, barcarolle, etc. (1987)
* Beethoven: piano concertos nos. 1 and 2 (1987)
* Mozart: piano concertos nos. 9 and 21 (1987)
* Schumann: Symphonic études, posthumous études, papillons; Chopin: piano sonatas nos. 2 and 3 (1988)
* Schumann: Davidsbündlertänze; Fantasiestücke (1988)
* Beethoven: The five piano concertos (1988) &mdash; med Bernard Haitink og Concertgebouw-orkesteret
* Schumann: piano sonata, (op. 22), Schubert: piano sonata (D. 959) (1988)
* Bartók: sonata for 2 pianos and percussion; Brahms: Variations on a theme by Haydn (1988)
* Schumann, Grieg: piano concertos (1989)

### 1990-åra
* Chopin: piano concertos nos. 1 and 2 (1990)
* *Murray Perahia in Performance* (1991)
* *Murray Perahia Plays Franck and Liszt* (1991)
* Brahms: sonata no. 3, rhapsodies, etc. (1991)
* Mozart: concertos for 2 and 3 pianos, andante and variations for piano four hands (1991) med Radu Lupu
* Mozart: piano concertos nos. 21 and 27 (1991)
* *The Aldeburgh Recital* (1991)
* Mozart: piano sonatas (K. 310, 333, and 533) (1992)
* Bach: harpsichord concertos (1993)
* *[[Immortal Beloved]] Original Motion Picture Soundtrack* (1994)
* *Greatest Hits: Grieg* (1994)
* Chopin: ballades, waltzes, mazurkas, etc. (1995)
* Beethoven: piano sonatas (op. 2, nos. 1&ndash;3) (1995)
* *Murray Perahia: 25th Anniversary Edition* (1997)
* Schumann: *Kreisleriana*, piano sonata no. 1 (1997)
* Schumann: Complete works for piano and orchestra (1997) &mdash; med Claudio Abbado og Berlinfilharmonien
* *Murray Perahia Plays Handel and Scarlatti* (1997)
* Bach: English suites nos. 1, 3 and 6 (1998)
* *Songs Without Words*: Bach/Busoni, Mendelssohn and Schubert&ndash;Liszt (1999)
* Mozart: piano concertos nos. 20 and 27 (1999)
* *Glenn Gould at the Movies* (1999)
* Bach: English suites nos. 2, 4 and 5 (1999)

### 2000-åra
* Bach: *Goldberg Variations* (2000)
* Bach: Keyboard concertos volume 1, nos. 1, 2 and 4 (2001)
* Bach: Keyboard concertos nos. 3, 5, 6, 7 (2002)
* Schubert: *Late piano sonatas* (2003)
* *Murray Perahia Plays Bach* (2003)
* *Murray Perahia Plays Beethoven*: string quartet (op. 127) (transcribed for string orchestra), piano sonata (op. 101) (2004)

## Videografi
* Mozart: piano concertos nos. 21 and 27 in rehearsal and performance (1992)

## Bakgrunnsstoff
* Official artist's page
* Murray Perahia om skaden sin og om samtidige komponistar