Murray Perahia | Classical review

Barbican, LondonChopin, whose 200th anniversary falls in a fortnight's time, was perhaps an ­inevitable choice for the second half of Murray Perahia's recital. In preceding a selection of his works with Bach and Beethoven, Perahia was able to ­capitalise on his consistency of approach to all three composers.Bach's Sixth Partita began the ­programme. Perahia's measured sense of flow was immaculate. ­Individual lines were perfectly voiced and rhythms articulated without affectation. On...

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