ALAN BUSH
Africa Piano Concerto / Symphony No. 2 / Fantasia on Soviet Themes Peter Donohoe (piano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Martin Yates [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] Alan Bush's stern face usually hid a tuneful heart, and in Dutton Epoch's second disc of orchestral music by this composer, the RSNO presents the popular, programmatic Nottingham Symphony evoking Sherwood Forest, Clifton Grove, Castle Rock and the... |
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,... |
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... |
FERGUSON / GERHARD / ROWLEY / DARNTON
British Piano Concertos Peter Donohoe (piano & conductor) / Northern Sinfonia [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Apr/2005 ] Gramophone Magazine Award Finalist 2005 - Concerto "Four contrasting concertos for piano with string orchestra. They are all played with surging elan and no little poetry. Enthusiastically recommended." (MusicWeb) |
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 |
FERRUCCIO BUSONI
Busoni: Elegien / Toccata / etc Peter Donohoe (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 30/Jul/2021 ] "The Toccata BV 29, being a transcription of Bach's Toccata, Adagio and Fugue BWV 564, allows Donohoe's artistry to flower. The first movement has a majestically cathedral sound, and the Adagio has grave beauty, with the Fugue flying exhilaratingly" |
GERALD FINZI
Finzi: Cello Concerto / Grand Fantasia and Toccata / Eclogue for Piano & Strings Tim Hugh (cello) / Peter Donohoe (piano) / Northern Sinfonia / Howard Griffiths [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2002 ] "Tim Hugh and the Northern Sinfonia communicate with depth and feeling. Hugh is recorded more as first among equals than prominent soloist, which works well" (BBC Music) |
HARTY
A Comedy Overture / Piano Concerto / Fantasy Scenes Peter Donohoe (piano) / Ulster Orchestra / Takuo Yuasa (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Mar/2006 ] "As a single disc invitation card to the refulgent talent of Hamilton Harty this Naxos CD is at the top of the list" (MusicWeb Feb 2006) |
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". |
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 |
KEVIN VOLANS
Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments / etc Netherlands Wind Ensemble / Peter Donohoe (piano) / Kevin Volans (piano) / Daniel Harding (conductor) / Wim Steinmann (conductor) [ Chandos / CD - released 30/Jun/2009 ] Born in South Africa, but now resident in Ireland, Kevin Volans' musical idiom has been shaped by an unusually diverse range of influences, including studies with Stockhausen in Cologne, field trips to Africa to study traditional music, his own... |
JOHN FOULDS
Dynamic Triptych / April Evening / 2 Short Indian Works Peter Donohoe (piano) / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo [ Warner Classics / CD - released 5/Jun/2006 ] "Brilliant music Stokowski would have loved and Oramo does proud" (Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine June 2006) |
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... |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Simon Rattle Edition: Stravinsky Peter Donohoe (piano) / London Sinfonetta, Berlin Philharmonic, City of Birmingham Symphony, Sir Simon Rattle [ EMI Simon Rattle Edition / 4 CD Box Set - released 9/Feb/2009 ] The box of Stravinsky contains works from all parts of Stravinsky's musical life including six ballets, Symphonies, Suites, the Ebony Concerto, and more. |
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... |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky (Incls 'Le Sacra du Printemps', 'Petrushka' & 'L'Oiseau de feu') Peter Donohoe (piano) / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Simon Rattle [ EMI 20th Century Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2008 ] "As ever with Rattle, it's the immense trust he places in the composer's handiwork, the care he exercises in matters of balance and dynamic shading, harmonic context and so on, that pays the dividends." (Gramophone on The Firebird) |
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) |
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 |
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) |
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) |