Credits:

Maria Jo O Pires, Maria Pires Joao/Chopin

Description:

Pianist Maria João Piris, a native of Lisbon, Portugal, will turn 70 in 2014. The complete nocturnes by Piris are now available for the first time on SHM-CD. Winner of the 1996 Recording Academy Award in the Instrumental Music category.

Tracklisting:

1 NOCTURNES NO.1 IN B FLAT MINOR. OP.9 NO.1:LARGHETTO / Maria Joao Pires
2 NOCTURNES NO.2 IN E FLAT MAJOR. OP.9 NO.2:ANDANTE / Maria Joao Pires
3 NOCTURNES NO.3 IN B MAJOR. OP.9 NO.3:ALLEGRETTO / Maria Joao Pires
4 NOCTURNES NO.4 IN F MAJOR. OP.15 NO.1:ANDANTE CANTABILE / Maria Joao Pires
5 NOCTURNES NO.5 IN F SHARP MAJOR. OP.15 NO.2:LARGHETTO / Maria Joao Pires
6 NOCTURNES NO.6 IN G MINOR. OP.15 NO.3:LENTO / Maria Joao Pires
7 NOCTURNES NO.7 IN C SHARP MINOR. OP.27 NO.1:LARGHETTO / Maria Joao Pires
8 NOCTURNES NO.8 IN D FLAT MAJOR. OP.27 NO.2:LENTO SOSTENUTO / Maria Joao Pires
9 NOCTURNES NO.9 IN B MAJOR. OP.32 NO.1:ANDANTE SOSTENUTO / Maria Joao Pires
10 NOCTURNES NO.10 IN A FLAT MAJOR. OP.32 NO.2:LENTO / Maria Joao Pires
1 NOCTURNES NO.11 IN G MINOR. OP.37 NO.1:ANDANTE SOSTENUTO / Maria Joao Pires
2 NOCTURNES NO.12 IN G MAJOR. OP.37 NO.2:ANDANTINO / Maria Joao Pires
3 NOCTURNES NO.13 IN C MINOR. OP.48 NO.1:LENTO / Maria Joao Pires
4 NOCTURNES NO.14 IN F SHARP MINOR. OP.48 NO.2:ANDANTINO / Maria Joao Pires
5 NOCTURNES NO.15 IN F MINOR. OP.55 NO.1:ANDANTE / Maria Joao Pires
6 NOCTURNES NO.16 IN E FLAT MAJOR. OP.55 NO.2:LENTO SOSTENUTO / Maria Joao Pires
7 NOCTURNES NO.17 IN B MAJOR. OP.62 NO.1:ANDANTE / Maria Joao Pires
8 NOCTURNES NO.18 IN E MAJOR. OP.62 NO.2:LENTO / Maria Joao Pires
9 NOCTURNES NO.19 IN E MINOR. OP.72 NO.1:ANDANTE / Maria Joao Pires
10 NOCTURNES NO.20 IN C SHARP MINOR. OP.POSTH.:LENTO CON GRAN ESPRESSIONE / Maria Joao Pires
11 NOCTURNES NO.21 IN C MINOR. OP.POSTH. / Maria Joao Pires