More By Artist: Peter Donohoe (piano)
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EDVARD GRIEG
Grieg: Lyric Pieces Volume 1 Peter Donohoe (Piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 10/Jun/2022 ] If Chopin 'invented' the Mazurka, then surely by the same token Grieg 'invented' the Lyric Piece. Over his lifetime he published ten volumes of Lyric Pieces, containing sixty-six individual works. Born in Bergen, Grieg studied in Leipzig and became... |
LITOLFF
Litolff: Piano Concertos Nos 3 & 5 Peter Donohoe (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Litton [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 26 / CD - released 15/Jul/2001 ] 'Peter Donohoe … is the ideal man for such music, while the BBCSSO under Andrew Litton offers razor-sharp support. A wonderfully clear recording' (BBC Music Magazine) |
WILLIAM ALWYN
Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Sonata alla toccata Peter Donohoe (piano) / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / James Judd, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Aug/2005 ] "Peter Donohoe, born-again champion of the British piano concerto, gives tremendous performances of two works he can rarely if ever have played live. This is music well worth discovering: and nestling between the two concerti is the splendid Derby... |
HENRY CHARLES LITOLFF
Litolff: Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 4 Peter Donohoe (piano) / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Litton [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 14 / CD - released 17/May/2001 ] 'This entertaining Hyperion CD is one of the year's surprises and very much worth having' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 3 Peter Donohoe (piano) / Bournemouth Symphony, Rudolf Barshai [ EMI Classics / CD - released 21/Oct/1987 ] "The recording, full-blooded and well balanced in both works, has a natural concert-hall effect".(Gramophone) |
DOMINIC MULDOWNEY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Muldowney: Piano Concerto / Saxophone Concerto John Harle (saxophone) Peter Donohoe (piano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Mark Elder, London Sinfonietta, Diego Masson [ EMI Classics / CD - released 20/Dec/1997 ] Not currently available |
ALWYN / BAX / BERKELEY / BRITTEN / MOERAN / RAWSTHORNE / etc
British String Quartets Maggini Quartet, with David Campbell (clarinet), Peter Donohoe (piano) [ Naxos / 20 CD Box Set - released 4/Dec/2019 ] "Another British string quartet rarity from the Maggini Quartet. Fine performances of two superbly confident chamber works." Editor's Choice - Gramophone |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Felix Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words, Vol. 2 Peter Donohoe (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 14/Apr/2023 ] Lieder ohne Worte - Songs without Words - seems to be a description invented by Mendelssohn himself for these short, lyrical and descriptive piano pieces which he composed so prolifically. Indeed, it is arguable that these works define his pianistic... |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words Vol.1 Peter Donohoe (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 28/Jan/2022 ] "Brilliantly and excitingly played: Peter Donohoe's Mendelssohn series gets off to a great start…impresses with its warm and rich sound." ***** Pizzicato.lu |
DORA PEJACEVIC
Pejacevic: Piano Concerto / Symphony Peter Donohoe (Piano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo [ Chandos / CD - released 5/May/2022 ] Countess Mária Theodora (Dora) Paulina Pejacevic was born in September 1885 in Budapest. Young Dora grew up with all the advantages of an aristocrat: a fairy-tale life of opulent palaces set in idyllic landscapes; privilege, comfort, leisure, and... |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Complete music for piano and orchestra Peter Donohoe (piano) / Bournemouth Symphony / London Philharmonic / Northern Sinfonia [ EMI Triples / 3 CD - released 21/Oct/2007 ] Gramophone wrote (of the First and Third Concertos): "The recording, full-blooded and well balanced in both works, has a natural concert-hall effect". |
BELA BARTOK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bartok: Piano Concertos Peter Donohoe (piano) / City of Birmingham Symphony, Simon Rattle [ EMI Classics / CD - released 20/Jul/1993 ] "Taken overall, this is a marvellous trio of performances and serves as a fresh reminder of just how great these works are." (Gramophone) |
ALAN RAWSTHORNE
Rawsthorne: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 Peter Donohoe (piano) / Ulster Orchestra / Takuo Yuasa (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Apr/2008 ] "Peter Donohoe's heroic series of forgotten British piano concertos brings back to life a Festival of Britain score brimming with vital ideas and effervescent writing with a 'proper-tune' finale." Gramophone |
PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Les Concertos Peter Donohoe, Sylvia Kersenbaum, Georges Cziffra (piano) Leonide Kogan (violin) Pierre Fournier (cello) / Bournemouth Symphony, Philharmonia Orchestr [ EMI Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Mar/1993 ] "These are distinguished interpretations, in which Donohoe's staggering technique is sensitively supported by the Bournemouth Symphony." (Gramophone on the Donohoe) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Brahms: Viola Sonatas Nos 1 and 2, etc. / Schumann: Adagio and Allegro Philip Dukes (viola), Peter Donohoe (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 29/Oct/2021 ] Recognised as one of the world's leading viola players, Philip Dukes has enjoyed a career spanning over thirty years as an accomplished concerto soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. He joins forces with Peter Donohoe, acclaimed as one of the... |
THOMAS PITFIELD
Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 Anthony Goldstone (piano) / Peter Donohoe (piano) / Royal Northern College of Music Orchestra / Andrew Penny [ Naxos British Piano Concertos / CD - released 18/Oct/2009 ] |
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
Scriabin: The Complete Piano Sonatas Peter Donohoe (piano) [ Somm / 2 CD - released 15/May/2018 ] "It is a tribute to Donohoe's authority and experience that his Scriabin interpretations hold their own and have something to say in a crowded and competitive catalogue" Gramophone |
CYRIL SCOTT
Piano Concerto in D / Cello Concerto / Overture to 'Pelleas and Melisanda' Peter Donohoe (piano) Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / BBC Concert Orchestra, Martin Yates [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 29/Apr/2013 ] "The indefatigible Martin Yates has rescued and edited substantial early works by Cyril Scott, including a previously unknown Piano Concerto and Cello Concerto: Donohoe and Wallfisch show they contain music of surprising merit." (BBC Music) |
ELGAR
The Very Best Of Elgar Jenö Jandó (piano), Takako Nishizaki (violin), Maria Kliegel (cello), Peter Donohoe (piano), Simone Lamsma (violin), Yurie Miura (piano), NZSO [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 2/Oct/2006 ] From raucous marches to private enigmas, the music of Elgar represents, for many, the ultimate symbol of England in the early 20th century, contrasting royal ceremonies with intimate family gatherings. This 2-CD set features Elgar's most frequently... |
GERALD FINZI
Best of Finzi (Incls music from the Cello Concerto & Clarinet Concerto) John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Peter Donohoe (piano) Tim Hugh (cello) Robert Plane (clarinet) / Northern Sinfonia / St. John's College Choir, Cambridge [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] Gerald Finzi made an important contribution to British twentieth-century song, choral and orchestral repertoire. His acute awareness of the frailty of existence found its musical expression not only in his song settings, but in the Cello Concerto,... |
