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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... |
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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,... |
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WALTON
Piano Quartet in A minor / String Quartet in A minor Maggini Quartet / Peter Donohoe (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Sep/2000 ] Colourful chamber works from this internationally famous English composer |
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WILLIAM WALTON
Walton: Piano Quartet In D Minor Maggini Quartet / Peter Donohoe (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Nov/2010 ] |
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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... |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Solo Piano Works Peter Donohoe (piano) [ Signum / 2 CD - released 22/Nov/2019 ] "There's a lightness of touch, a crisp transparency and clarity of texture that sends the opening 'Scherzo à la russe' spinning off into the realms of sheer delight… A very fine issue indeed." Gramophone Editor's Choice Feb 2020 |
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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" |
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MESSIAEN / MUSSORGSKY / RAVEL
Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition / Messiaen - Cantéyodjayâ / Ravel - Miroirs Peter Donohoe (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 15/Mar/2019 ] "Donohoe earns plaudits with this magisterial account of Pictures at an Exhibition. Everything you could reasonably - or unreasonably - ask for is here." BBC Music |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas Vol. 1 Peter Donohoe (piano) [ SOMM / CD - released 1/Oct/2013 ] "Donohoe absolutely nails the Fifth Sonata's Andantino to a proverbial tee...Evidently Donohoe harbours great affection for this underrated, attractively French-tinged masterpiece." - Gramophone |
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TIPPETT
Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-3 Peter Donohoe (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Nov/2005 ] "For those fans of Tippett who are unfamiliar with his sonatas, this disc fits in perfectly with Naxos’s wonderful record of presenting rarely heard works that are sensitively recorded and ably played. Donohoe’s performances have conviction and... |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: 24 Preludes & Fugues Peter Donohoe (piano) [ Signum / 2 CD - released 16/Jun/2017 ] "These two discs present musical invention at its most purely exhilarating. ..Donohoe's commitment is superb." Sunday Times |
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GRAZYNA BACEWICZ
Bacewicz: Orchestral Works, Volume 2 Peter Donohoe (Piano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo [ Chandos / CD - released 25/Jul/2025 ] This second volume of Sakari Oramo's Bacewicz series features three rarely recorded works, played with conviction by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and featuring Peter Donohoe as the soloist in the Piano Concerto. Grazyna Bacewicz was a pioneering... |
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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... |
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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". |
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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. |
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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) |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 / Piano Sonatas Nos 1 & 2 Peter Donohoe (piano) Hugh Davies (trumpet) / Orchestra of the Swan, David Curtis [ Signum / CD - released 1/Dec/2017 ] "Unbridled talent on display here… his control of rhythm and dynamics exemplary...Both concertos receive very proficient and idiomatic performances." MusicWeb |
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ARTHUR BLISS
Piano Concerto / Piano Sonata / Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra Peter Donohoe (piano) / Martin Roscoe (piano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Jan/2004 ] "Eager and polished performances that do Bliss absolutely proud." Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (February 2004) |
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JOHN GARDNER
Piano Concerto No. 1 / Symphony No. 1 / Midsummer Ale Overture Peter Donohoe (piano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos British Piano Concertos / CD - released 3/Oct/2007 ] This recording should help to re-establish [Gardner's] reputation with two relatively early works written in the post-war years, the Symphony No. 1, "a superbly crafted work... by a subtle and imaginative orchestrator" (Paul... |
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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) |