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{{Short description|American pianist and conductor (born 1947)}}
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'''Murray David Perahia''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KBE}} ({{IPAc-en|p|ə|ˈ|r|aɪ|.|ə}} {{respell|pə|RY|ə}}; born April 19, 1947) is an American [[pianist]] and [[Conductor (music)|conductor]]. He has been considered one of the greatest living pianists.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Humanist — Murray Perahia - Steinway & Sons|url=http://www.steinway.com/news/features/the-humanist-murray-perahia|website=Steinway.com|language=en|access-date=2020-05-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Classical Music Review: Perahia Perdures|url=https://artsfuse.org/663/classical-music-review-perahia-perdures/|date=2009-03-30|website=The Arts Fuse|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-04}}</ref> He was the first North American pianist to win the [[Leeds International Piano Competition]], in 1972. Known as a leading interpreter of [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]], [[George Frideric Handel|Handel]], [[Domenico Scarlatti|Scarlatti]], [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]], [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]], and [[Robert Schumann|Schumann]], among other composers, Perahia has won numerous awards, including three [[Grammy Award]]s from a total of 18 nominations,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Murray Perahia|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/murray-perahia|date=2019-11-19|website=Grammy.com|language=en|access-date=2020-05-04}}</ref> and 9 [[Gramophone Award]]s in addition to its first and only "Piano Award".<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Piano Award - Murray Perahia|url=https://www.gramophone.co.uk/awards/gramophone-classical-music-awards-2012/the-piano-award|website=Gramophone.co.uk|access-date=2020-05-04}}</ref>

==Early life==
Murray (Moshe) was born in the [[Bronx]] borough of [[New York City]] to a family of [[Sephardi Jews|Sephardi Jewish]] origin.<ref name="Expanding the Love of Music"/> According to the biography on his Mozart piano sonatas CD, his first language was [[Judaeo-Spanish]], or Ladino.{{cn|date=August 2023}} The family came from [[Thessaloniki]], Greece. His father moved to the United States in 1935.<ref name="Expanding the Love of Music">{{cite web|url=https://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1053450.html|title=Expanding the Love of Music|work=Haaretz.com|access-date=21 December 2015}}</ref>
 
Perahia began studying the piano at age four, with a teacher, he said, who was "very limiting" because she made him play a single piece until it was perfect. He said his musical interests blossomed at age 15 for reasons he can't explain, and he began to practice seriously.<ref name="Telegraph" /> At age 17, Perahia attended [[Mannes College]], where he studied keyboard, conducting, and composition with his teacher and mentor [[Mieczysław Horszowski]]. During the summer, he also attended the [[Marlboro Music School and Festival]], where he studied with musicians [[Rudolf Serkin]], [[Alexander Schneider]], and [[Pablo Casals]], among others. He played duets for piano four hands with Serkin, who later made Perahia his assistant at the [[Curtis Institute]] in [[Philadelphia]], a position he held for over a year. 
 
In 1965, Perahia won the [[Young Concert Artists International Auditions]]. In 1971, he won a grant from the [[Ford Foundation]] to commission a new work from a composer of his choice. In 1972, he was the first North American to win first prize at the [[Leeds International Pianoforte Competition|Leeds Piano Competition]], helping to cement its reputation for advancing the careers of young pianists.<ref>[http://www.leedspiano.com/info_win.html "Previous Winners"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070228105003/http://www.leedspiano.com/info_win.html |date=2007-02-28 }}, ''Leeds International Piano Competition Official Website'', 2006. Accessed June 3, 2007.</ref> <!-- Waterman's DBE dates from 2005, but the book was published in 1990. --><ref>{{cite news |last1=Henahan |first1=Donal |title=AWARDS TO SPUR WRITING OF MUSIC |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/09/25/archives/awards-to-spur-writing-of-music-soloists-getting-ford-aid-are-to.html?unlocked_article_code=1.tU4._SM0.N_zxfxN6l36M&smid=url-share |work=The New York Times |date=25 September 1971}}</ref> 

==Career==
In 1973, Perahia worked with [[Benjamin Britten]] and [[Peter Pears]] at the [[Aldeburgh Festival]], and with fellow pianist [[Radu Lupu]]. He was co-artistic director of the Festival from 1981 to 1989.<ref name="Grove">[http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/21282 "Perahia, Murray"], ''Grove Music Online'', 2007. Accessed June 3, 2007.</ref>

In the 1980s, Perahia was invited to work with [[Vladimir Horowitz]], an admirer of his art. Perahia says this had a defining influence on his pianism.<ref name="Grove" /> He became close to Horowitz, whom he visited during the elder pianist's last four years to play for him.

From 1973 to 2010, Perahia recorded exclusively for [[Columbia Masterworks]], now [[Sony Classical]]. His first major recording project was [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart's]] [[Piano_concertos_by_Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart|27 piano concerto]]s, conducted from the keyboard with the [[English Chamber Orchestra]]. In the 1980s, he also recorded [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]]'s five piano concertos, with [[Bernard Haitink]] and the [[Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra]]. 

===Hand injuries===
In 1990, Perahia suffered a cut to his right thumb, which became septic. He took antibiotics for this condition, but they affected his health.<ref name="Telegraph">{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/classicalmusic/3590418/I-dont-really-have-any-technique.html|title='I don't really have any technique'|date=February 27, 2003|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]}}</ref> In 1992, his career was threatened by a bone abnormality in his hand causing inflammation, requiring several years away from the keyboard and a series of operations. During that time, he says, he found solace through studying the music of [[Johann Sebastian Bach|J.S. Bach]]. After recovering, he produced a series of award-winning recordings of Bach's keyboard works in the late 1990s, including a notable rendition of the ''[[Goldberg Variations]]''.

In early 2005, Perahia's hand problem recurred, prompting him to withdraw from the concert stage on the advice of his doctors. He cancelled several appearances at the [[Barbican Centre]], as well as a ten-city national tour of the United States but returned with recitals in German cities in 2006 and at the Barbican in April 2007.

In the autumn of 2007, he completed a ten-city tour of the United States. Owing to his hand problem, and on the advice of his doctor, Perahia cancelled a February 2008 solo recital at the Barbican Centre<ref name='Barbican1'>{{cite web | url = http://www.barbican.org.uk/music/event-detail.asp?ID=5367 | title = Murray Perahia in recital – 12 February 2008 / 19:30 – Barbican Hall (Cancelled) | access-date = 2011-06-25 | date = 2008-01-31 | work = Barbican Centre | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080404003211/http://www.barbican.org.uk/music/event-detail.asp?ID=5367 | archive-date = 2008-04-04 | quote = Unfortunately, due to a problem he is suffering with his hand, Murray Perahia has been forced to cancel this recital on the advice of his doctor.}}</ref> and a tour in the United States with the [[Academy of St Martin in the Fields]] (March and April 2008).<ref name='NYT1'>{{cite news | first = Steve | last = Smith | title = Unexpected Conductor and Soloist; Expected Results | date = 2008-04-10 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/10/arts/music/10mart.html | work = Then New York Times | access-date = 2011-06-25 | quote = Murray Perahia, the ensemble’s principal guest conductor, withdrew from its American tour because of illness.}}</ref> He returned to the platform in August 2008, touring with the [[Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra]] under the direction of [[Bernard Haitink]], and had an Asian recital tour in October and November.

=== Recent activities ===
Perahia has recorded [[Frédéric Chopin|Chopin]]'s [[Études (Chopin)|étude]]s, and [[Franz Schubert|Schubert]]'s [[Schubert's last sonatas|late piano sonata]]s. He is currently editing a new [[Urtext edition]] of [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]]'s [[Piano sonatas (Beethoven)|piano sonatas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.steinway.com/news/features/the-humanist-murray-perahia|title=Listen Magazine Feature - The Humanist|publisher=[[Steinway & Sons]]|work=Listen Magazine|last=Finane|first=Ben|access-date=May 21, 2018}}</ref> Besides his solo career, Perahia is active in chamber music and appears regularly with the [[Guarneri Quartet|Guarneri]] and [[Budapest String Quartet]]s. He is also Principal Guest Conductor of the [[Academy of St Martin in the Fields]], with which he records and performs.<ref>[http://www.asmf.org/html/murray-perahia.htm "Murray Perahia"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070708222917/http://www.asmf.org/html/murray-perahia.htm |date=2007-07-08 }}, ''The Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Official Website'', 2006. Accessed June 3, 2007.</ref>

In January 2009, Murray Perahia was appointed president of the [[Jerusalem Music Center]] established by violinist [[Isaac Stern]].<ref name="Expanding the Love of Music" /> In an interview with [[Haaretz]] newspaper, he said: "Music represents an ideal world where all dissonances resolve, where all modulations — that are journeys — return home, and where surprise and stability coexist."<ref name="Expanding the Love of Music" />

Perahia appeared at Sir [[Neville Marriner]]'s 90th birthday concert on April 1, 2014, playing [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]'s [[Piano Concerto No. 20 (Mozart)|Piano Concerto No. 20]] with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields conducted by Marriner.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/classicalmusic/10739726/Sir-Neville-Marriner-at-90-concert-Royal-Festival-Hall-review.html "Sir Neville Marriner at 90 concert, Royal Festival Hall, review"], The Telegraph (Accessed: 17 April 2014).</ref><ref>[http://www.classicfm.com/artists/sir-neville-marriner/music/neville-marriner-90th-birthday-concert-video/ "Watch: Neville Marriner's 90th birthday concert"], Classic FM (Accessed: 17 April 2014.)</ref>

In 2016, Perahia signed with [[Deutsche Grammophon]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/artist/perahia/|title=Murray Perahia &#124; Start|access-date=2016-09-16|archive-date=2019-08-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807152513/https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/artist/perahia/|url-status=dead}}</ref> His first release for the label, Bach's ''[[French Suites (Bach)|French Suites]]'', came out in October 2016.

On April 16, 2024, at [[Wigmore Hall]], after a six-year health hiatus, Perahia returned to performing.<ref>[https://slippedisc.com/2024/04/first-review-perahias-return/ "First Review: Perahia's Return"], ''Slipped Disc'', April 17, 2024.</ref>

== Teaching ==
Upon graduation from Mannes, Perahia was appointed to the faculty and taught there from 1969 to 1979. Perahia was invited to teach at the International Piano Foundation Theo Lieven (known today as the [[International Piano Academy Lake Como]]) to selected students.<ref>{{Cite web|title=International Piano Academy Lake Como|url=http://internationalpianofoundation.org/lake-como-academy/|date=2017-01-30|website=The International Piano Foundation|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-19}}</ref> He has given masterclasses at such institutions as [[Juilliard School]], [[Stanford University]], and [[Peabody Institute]], among many others. Each year, he holds a summer course at the [[Jerusalem Music Centre]] to young Israeli pianists, aged 12 to 18.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jerusalem Music Centre|url=https://www.jmc.org.il/E/index.php?p=edunew&id=5|website=Jmc.org.il|access-date=2020-05-19}}</ref> He continues to give frequent masterclasses as president of the JMC. Perahia plans to hold a series of masterclasses in Munich on Beethoven's piano sonatas, hosted by the publisher [[G. Henle Verlag]], with ten young professional pianists.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Masterclass|url=https://www.henle.com/masterclass/|website=Henle.com|language=en|access-date=2020-05-19}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Perahia lives in [[London]] with his wife, Ninette Shohet, who is of Iraqi-Jewish heritage. He has two adult sons, Benjamin and Raphael.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/07/arts/classical-music-perahia-is-back-this-time-it-seems-for-good.html|title=CLASSICAL MUSIC; Perahia Is Back, This Time, It Seems, for Good|last=Tommasini|first=Anthony|work=The New York Times |date=7 December 1997 |access-date=2018-11-18|language=en}}</ref><ref name='SeattleTimes2004'>{{cite news | first = Melinda | last = Bargreen | title = A grand pianist: Murray Perahia's mastery and modesty go hand in hand | date = 2002-04-05 | url = https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20020405/perahia05/a-grand-pianist-murray-perahias-mastery-and-modesty-go-hand-in-hand | work = The Seattle Times | access-date = 2012-12-22 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131207105632/http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20020405&slug=perahia05 | archive-date = 2013-12-07 | quote = Living in London, Perahia — who is married with two sons — is able to take part in one of the world's most spectacular cornucopias of the arts (it is no accident that Alfred Brendel, another émigré, is a longtime London resident). | url-status = bot: unknown }}</ref>

== Awards ==
'''Leeds International Piano Competition'''
*1972 [[Leeds International Piano Competition]] First Prize

'''Seventh International Schumann Festival'''
*2000 Robert Schumann Society [[Arrau Medal|Claudio Arrau Memorial Medal]]

'''[[Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance]]'''
*[[Grammy Awards of 1989|1989]] ''[[Béla Bartók|Bartók]]: Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion''

'''[[Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra)|Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance]]'''
*[[Grammy Awards of 2003|2003]] ''[[Frédéric Chopin|Chopin]]: Études, Opp. 10, 25''
*[[Grammy Awards of 1999|1999]] ''[[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]]: English Suites Nos. 1, 3 and 6''

'''[[Gramophone Award]]'''
*[[Gramophone Award]] for best concerto recording, 1984, Piano Concertos Nos. 15 and 16 by [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] 
*[[Gramophone Award]] for best concerto recording, 1986, Piano Concertos Nos. 3 and 4 by [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] 
*[[Gramophone Award]] for best instrumental recording, 1986, works by [[Franz Schubert]] and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with [[Radu Lupu]]
*[[Gramophone Award]] for best instrumental recording, 1995, works by [[Frédéric Chopin]] 
*[[Gramophone Award]] for best instrumental recording, 1996, works by [[George Frideric Handel]] and [[Domenico Scarlatti]]
*[[Gramophone Award]] for best instrumental recording, 2001, ''[[Goldberg Variations]]'' by [[Johann Sebastian Bach|J.S.Bach]]
*[[Gramophone Award]] for best instrumental recording, 2003, ''[[Études (Chopin)|Études]]'' by Frédéric Chopin
*[[Gramophone Award]] for best instrumental recording, 2011, piano music of [[Johannes Brahms]]
*[[Gramophone Award]] for best instrumental recording, 2016, [[French Suites (Bach)|''Six French Suites'']] by J.S. Bach<ref>{{Cite web|title=IMG Artists Congratulates Our Gramophone Award Winners – Vasily Petrenko, Murray Perahia and Dame Kiri Te Kanawa|url=https://www.classicalmusicartists.com/img-gramophone-winners.aspx|website=Classicalmusicartists.com|access-date=2020-05-04}}</ref>

Perahia is an Honorary Fellow of the [[Royal College of Music]] and Honorary Member of the [[Royal Academy of Music]] (1985).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Perahia-Murray.htm|title=Murray Perahia (Piano, Conductor) – Short Biography|website=Bach-cantatas.com|access-date=21 December 2015}}</ref> In 2007, he was elected to an Honorary Fellowship of Jesus College, Cambridge.

On March 8, 2004, [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]] made him an [[List of honorary British knights and dames|honorary]] [[Order of the British Empire|Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire]]. (This entitles him to use the [[post-nominal letters]] KBE, but not to the title "Sir".)

In 2012 he was voted into the inaugural [[Gramophone (magazine)|Gramophone]] Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web|title=Murray Perahia (pianist and conductor)|url=http://www.gramophone.co.uk/HallofFame/ArtistPage/Perahia|website=Gramophone.co.uk|access-date=12 April 2012}}</ref>

In 2012 he was awarded the Jean Gimbel Lane Prize in Piano Performance from [[Northwestern University]].

In 2013 he was awarded the [[Royal Academy of Music Bach Prize]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ram.ac.uk/news?nid=316|title=News|website=Royal Academy of Music}}</ref>

In 2015 he was awarded the [[Wolf Prize in Arts]] (with [[Jessye Norman]]).

A species of solitary bee from Israel was named in his honour in 2016.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4189.3.3|title=Eight new species of Andrena Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Andrenidae) from Israel—a Mediterranean hotspot for wild bees|first1=Gideon|last1=Pisanty|first2=Erwin|last2=Scheuchl|first3=Netta|last3=Dorchin|date=November 10, 2016|journal=Zootaxa|volume=4189|issue=3|pages=485–515|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4189.3.3|pmid=27988745 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

In 2024 he received an honorary doctorate from the [[University of Cambridge]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-19 |title=Cambridge confers honorary degrees {{!}} University of Cambridge |url=https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-confers-honorary-degrees |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=www.cam.ac.uk |language=en}}</ref> 

==Discography==
===1970s===
*[[Robert Schumann|Schumann]]: ''[[Davidsbündlertänze]]'', Op. 6; ''[[Fantasiestücke]]'', Op. 12 (1973)
*[[Frédéric Chopin|Chopin]]: ''The Chopin Preludes''. (1975)
*[[Robert Schumann|Schumann]]: Études Symphoniques op. 13 & Études Posthumes; ''[[Papillons]]'' (1977)

===1980s===
*Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 26, k. 537 "Coronation" and Rondos, K.382 & 386 (1984)
*[[Franz Schubert|Schubert]]: ''[[Wanderer Fantasy]]'', Op. 15; Schumann: Fantasy in C major, Op. 17 (1986)
*Mozart, Beethoven: Quintets for piano and winds (1986)
*Mozart: Sonata (K. 448); Schubert: Piano Sonata for four hands (1986; with [[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 (CD 1987, but recorded in 1974 and originally issued on LP) — with [[Neville Marriner]] and the [[Academy of St. Martin in the Fields]]
*Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 11, 12 and 14 (1987)
*Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 22 and 24 (1987)
*[[Frédéric Chopin|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) — with [[Bernard Haitink]] and the [[Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra]]
*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)

===1990s===
*Schubert: Impromptus (1990)
*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) with [[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 (1994 film)|Immortal Beloved]] Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' (1994)
*''Greatest Hits: Grieg'' (1994)
*Chopin 4 Ballades: Waltzes Op 18&42, Nocturne Op 15, Mazurkas Op 7,17&33, Études Op 10 Sony Classical #SK 64 399 (1994)
*Beethoven: Piano Sonatas (Op. 2, Nos. 1–3) (1995)
*''Murray Perahia: 25th Anniversary Edition'' (1997)
*Schumann: ''Kreisleriana'', Piano Sonata No. 1 (1997)
*Schumann: Complete works for piano and orchestra (1997) — with [[Claudio Abbado]] and the [[Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra]]
*''Murray Perahia Plays Handel and Scarlatti'' (1997)
*Bach: English Suites Nos. 1, 3 and 6 (1998), Sony Classical<ref>{{Cite web |title=Murray Perahia - Bach: English Suites Nos. 1, 3 & 6 Bach: English Suites Nos. 1, 3 & 6 {{!}} CD |url=https://www.sonyclassical.de/alben/releases-details/bach-english-suites-nos-1-3-6 |access-date=2022-07-04 |website=Sonyclassical.de}}</ref>
*''Songs Without Words'': [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]]/[[Ferruccio Busoni|Busoni]], [[Felix Mendelssohn|Mendelssohn]] and [[Franz Schubert|Schubert]]–[[Franz Liszt|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), Sony Classical<ref>{{Cite web |title=Murray Perahia - Bach: English Suites Nos. 2, 4 & 5 Bach: English Suites Nos. 2, 4 & 5 {{!}} CD |url=https://www.sonyclassical.de/alben/releases-details/bach-english-suites-nos-2-4-5 |access-date=2022-07-04 |website=Sonyclassical.de}}</ref>

===From 2000===
*Bach: ''Goldberg Variations'' (2000), Sony Classical<ref>{{Cite web |title=Murray Perahia - Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 {{!}} CD |url=https://www.sonyclassical.de/alben/releases-details/bach-goldberg-variations-bwv-988-7 |access-date=2022-07-04 |website=Sonyclassical.de}}</ref>
*Chopin: Études (2001)
*Bach: Keyboard Concertos Nos. 1, 2 and 4 (2001), Sony Classical<ref>{{Cite web |title=Murray Perahia - Bach: Keyboard Concertos, Vol. 1 Bach: Keyboard Concertos, Vol. 1 {{!}} CD |url=https://www.sonyclassical.de/alben/releases-details/bach-keyboard-concertos-vol-1 |access-date=2022-07-04 |website=Sonyclassical.de}}</ref>
*Bach: Keyboard Concertos Nos. 3, 5, 6, 7 (2002)
*Schubert: ''Late Piano Sonatas'' (2003)
*''Murray Perahia Plays Bach'' (2003)
*Beethoven: String Quartet, Op. 127; Piano Sonata, Op. 101 (2004) (The string quartet is transcribed for full string orchestra and conducted by Murray Perahia)
*Bach: Partitas Nos. 2, 3, 4 (2008), Sony Classical<ref>{{Cite web |title=Murray Perahia - Bach: Keyboard Partitas Nos. 2-4 Bach: Keyboard Partitas Nos. 2-4 {{!}} CD |url=https://www.sonyclassical.de/alben/releases-details/bach-keyboard-partitas-nos-2-4 |access-date=2022-07-04 |website=Sonyclassical.de}}</ref>
*Bach: English Suites Nos. 1-6, BWV 806-811 (2008), Sony Classical<ref>{{Cite web |title=Murray Perahia - Bach: English Suites Nos. 1-6, BWV 806-811 Bach: English Suites Nos. 1-6, BWV 806-811 {{!}} CD |url=https://www.sonyclassical.de/alben/releases-details/bach-english-suites-nos-1-6-bwv-806-811 |access-date=2022-07-04 |website=Sonyclassical.de}}</ref>
*Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Op. 14, Nos. 1 and 2, Op. 26, Op. 28 (Pastorale) (2008), Sony Classical<ref>{{Cite web |title=Murray Perahia - Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Opp. 14, 26 & 28 Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Opp. 14, 26 & 28 {{!}} CD |url=https://www.sonyclassical.de/alben/releases-details/beethoven-piano-sonatas-opp-14-26-28 |access-date=2022-07-04 |website=Sonyclassical.de}}</ref>
*Bach: Partitas Nos. 1, 5, 6 (2009), Sony Classical<ref>{{Cite web |title=Murray Perahia - Bach: Partitas Nos. 1, 5 & 6 Bach: Partitas Nos. 1, 5 & 6 {{!}} CD |url=https://www.sonyclassical.de/alben/releases-details/bach-partitas-nos-1-5-6 |access-date=2022-07-04 |website=Sonyclassical.de}}</ref>
*Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 17 & 18 (2009), Sony Classical<ref>{{Cite web |title=Murray Perahia - Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 17 & 18 Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 17 & 18 {{!}} CD |url=https://www.sonyclassical.de/alben/releases-details/mozart-piano-concertos-nos-17-18 |access-date=2022-07-04 |website=Sonyclassical.de}}</ref>
*Brahms: ''Handel Variations''; Two Rhapsodies, Op. 79; Six Piano Pieces, Op. 118; Four Piano Pieces, Op. 119 (2010)
*Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54 - Grieg: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16 (2010), Sony Classical<ref>{{Cite web |title=Murray Perahia - Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54 - Grieg: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16 Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54 - Grieg: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16 {{!}} CD |url=https://www.sonyclassical.de/alben/releases-details/schumann-piano-concerto-in-a-minor-op-54-grieg-piano-concerto-in-a-minor-op-16 |access-date=2022-07-04 |website=Sonyclassical.de}}</ref>
*Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 21, 23 & Rondos (2010), Sony Classical<ref>{{Cite web |title=Murray Perahia - Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 21, 23 & Rondos Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 21, 23 & Rondos {{!}} CD |url=https://www.sonyclassical.de/alben/releases-details/mozart-piano-concertos-nos-21-23-rondos |access-date=2022-07-04 |website=Sonyclassical.de}}</ref>
*Bach: French Suite No 5 (2011)
*Beethoven: Piano Sonata No 27 Op 90 (2011)
*Chopin: Mazurka C-Sharp Minor Op 30 No 4 (2011)
*Bach: The French Suites (2016), Deutsche Grammophon
*Beethoven: Piano Sonatas op. 106 "Hammerklavier" & Op. 27/2 "Moonlight" (2018), Deutsche Grammophon

==Videography==
*Murray Perahia in Performance (1992)
*Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 21 and 27 in rehearsal and performance (1992)
*Schubert: ''Winterreise'' (with [[Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau]])
*Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 3 (1988)
*Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 4 (1988)
*Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 (1988)

==References==
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== External links ==
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* [http://www.murrayperahia.com/ Official site]
* [https://www.sonyclassical.de/kuenstler/artist-products/murray-perahia Page at Sony Classical]
* [http://www.imgartists.com/?page=artist&id=195 Full Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807152521/https://imgartists.com/?page=artist&id=195 |date=2019-08-07 }}
* Masterclass with Murray Perahia at the {{YouTube|RJVCtPFhLgA|Jerusalem Music Centre}}
* [http://www.bruceduffie.com/perahia.html Interview with Murray Perahia] by Bruce Duffie, March 13, 1997
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkOLfGPt5Oc David Dubal interview with Murray Perahia, 3-Apr-1981]

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