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John McCabe

p, 1939-2015 GB, Huyton
Musician / Composer of Classical

John McCabe, CBE (21 April 1939 – 13 February 2015) was a British composer and pianist. He created works in many different forms, including symphonies, ballets, and solo works for the piano. He served as principal of the London College of Music from 1983 to 1990. Guy Rickards described him as "one of Britain’s finest composers in the past half-century" and "a pianist of formidable gifts and wide-ranging sympathies."

     
Genres
  • Classical
  • Brass
  • Soundtrack
Popular Tracks   
Piano Sonata in D major, Hob.XVI:D1: 2. Menuet on Haydn: The Piano Sonatas/Variations/The Seven Last Words by Joseph Haydn & John McCabe
Adagio in F, H.XVII No. 9 on Haydn: The Piano Sonatas/Variations/The Seven Last Words by Joseph Haydn & John McCabe
Piano Sonata in E flat, H.XVI No. 49: 1. Allegro on Haydn: The Piano Sonatas/Variations/The Seven Last Words by Joseph Haydn & John McCabe
Piano Sonata in G, H.XVI No.40: 1. Allegretto e innocente on Haydn: The Piano Sonatas/Variations/The Seven Last Words by Joseph Haydn & John McCabe
Piano Sonata in G major, H.XVI:8: 3. Andante on Haydn: The Piano Sonatas/Variations/The Seven Last Words by Joseph Haydn & John McCabe
Piano Sonata in G major, H.XVI:8: 2. Menuet on Haydn: The Piano Sonatas/Variations/The Seven Last Words by Joseph Haydn & John McCabe
Piano Sonata in C major, H.XVI:7: 2. Menuet on Haydn: The Piano Sonatas/Variations/The Seven Last Words by Joseph Haydn & John McCabe
Sonata No. 2 for cello and piano, Op. 39: 3. Allegro giusto on British Cello Music Vol. 2 by Julian Lloyd Webber & John McCabe
Piano Sonata in G major, H.XVI:6: 3. Adagio on Haydn: The Piano Sonatas/Variations/The Seven Last Words by Joseph Haydn & John McCabe
Piano Sonata in G major, Hob.XVI:G1: 2. Menuetto on Haydn: The Piano Sonatas/Variations/The Seven Last Words by Joseph Haydn & John McCabe

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Discography



Title Artist Year Type
MountainsJohn McCabe2019Album
The Complete Piano Works Of John McCabe Volume 1Jane Ford, John McCabe2017Album
Silver Nocturnes; The Woman by the Sea; Horn QuintetJohn McCabe, David Pyatt, Roderick Williams, The Sacconi Quartet2017Album
Symphony No. 2; Winter LegendsArnold Bax2017Album
War Memorials: Music For Brass BandBenjamin Britten, Simon Dobson, Gavin Higgins, Robin Holloway, John McCabe, Paul McGhee, Lucy Pankhurst / Tredegar Town Band, Ian Porthouse, The Cory Band, Philip Harper, Robert Childs2016Album
Piano Music: Handel Variations, Piano Pieces Op 117 & Op. 119Johannes Brahms / John McCabe2006Album
Two PianosJohn McCabe, Tamami Honma2005Album
Credendum • Concerto For Piano And Orchestra • Symphonies No. 4William Schuman -- John McCabe, Albany Symphony Orchestra, David Alan Miller2003Album
English Recorder ConcertosNorman Kay / Philip Lane / Robin Milford / Wilfrid Mellers / Peter Lawson / John McCabe / John Gardner / Kenneth Leighton / Stephen Dodgson - John Turner, Keith Elcombe, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Gavin Sutherland2002Album
Concerto For OrchestraEdward Gregson • Alun Hoddinott • John McCabe — Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Douglas Bostock2001Album
Edward II: A Ballet In 2 ActsJohn McCabe - Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Barry Wordsworth2000Album
The Chagall WindowsJohn McCabe, Hallé Orchestra, James Loughran, Jill Gomez, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra1999Compil.
Of Time And The River / Flute ConcertoJohn McCabe, Emily Beynon1999Album
Ludus Tonalis • Suite '1922'Paul Hindemith - John McCabe1996Album
A Gift of LoveJohn McCabe, Thomas Weisflog, William Ferris Chorale, William Ferris1996Compil.
The Piano Sonatas / Die Klaviersonaten / Les Sonates Pour PianoJoseph Haydn — John McCabe1995Album
Best of British: PianoPeter Jacobs, John McCabe, Philip Martin1992Album
Transatlantic PianoJohn McCabe Plays John Adams, Richard Rodney Bennett, Aaron Copland, Elliott Carter, George Rochberg, André Previn1991Album
The Chagall Windows, Etc.John McCabe / James Loughran, Louis Frémaux1989Compil.
Sonatas For Cello And Piano Ballad Op.15Benjamin Britten, Dmitri Shostakovich, Sergei Prokofiev, Julian Lloyd Webber, John McCabe1989Album
British Cello MusicJulian Lloyd Webber, John McCabe1987Album
String Quartet No. 1 / Piano Quartet / Harp QuintetArnold Bax - English String Quartet, John McCabe / Skaila Kanga1984Album
Sonatas By Domenico ScarlattiJohn McCabe1981Album
Julian Lloyd Webber Plays Britten, Ireland, And BridgeJulian Lloyd Webber, John McCabe, Benjamin Britten1981Album
Norwegian Peasant Dances - MoodsEdvard Grieg, John McCabe1980Album
More Piano MusicErik Satie, John McCabe1980Album
The Haydn Piano Sonatas - Volume 5Joseph Haydn, John McCabe1977Album
Fricker / Berkeley / McCabe / DalbyJulian Lloyd Webber, John McCabe1977Album
Piano Music Played By The ComposerJohn McCabe1977Album
The Haydn Piano Sonatas - Volume 5Joseph Haydn, John McCabe1977Album
The Haydn Piano Sonatas Volume 4Joseph Haydn, John McCabe1977Album
The Complete Piano WorksSir Edward Elgar - John McCabe1976Album
The Haydn Piano Sonatas Volume OneJoseph Haydn, John McCabe1976Album
The Haydn Piano Sonatas Volume 2Joseph Haydn, John McCabe1975Album
Piano Music, Volume 1Carl Nielsen, John McCabe1975Album
The Chagall Windows / Variations On A Theme Of Karl Amadeus HartmannJohn McCabe, Hallé Orchestra, James Loughran1975Album
Piano Sonatas 1 And 2 / Dance SuiteJohn Joubert - John McCabe1975Album
The Haydn Piano Sonatas Volume 3Joseph Haydn, John McCabe1975Album
Piano Music Volume 2John McCabe, Carl Nielsen1975Album
PastoraleGustav Holst / Ralph Vaughan Williams / John Ireland / Ernest John Moeran / Arnold Bax / Peter Warlock / John McCabe1974Album
Piano Music By Erik SatieErik Satie, John McCabe1974Album
Piano Sonatas, No.6 In G Major, No.13 In E Major, No.52 In E Flat MajorJoseph Haydn, John McCabe1973Album
Notturni Ed Alba Symphony No. 2Louis Frémaux, John McCabe, Jill Gomez, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra1973Album
Twentieth Century Piano MusicJohn McCabe1969Album
Hallé Brass ConsortMalcolm Arnold, Edward Gregson, John McCabe, Joseph Horovitz1968Album
Horn RecitalIfor James, John McCabe1968Album
Symphony / Concerto For String Orchestra / Divertmento For String OrchestraJohn McCabe / Kenneth Leighton / Adrian Cruft - John Snashall Conducting The London Philharmonic Orchestra1967Album
W. A. Mozart "Piano Music Volume 1"John McCabeAlbum
Johannes BrahmsJohn McCabeAlbum
Englische GitarrenmusikFrancis Cutting, Daniel Bacheler, Thomas Robinson, John Dowland, Michael Camidge, John W. Duarte, John McCabe, Thea Musgrave - Siegfried BehrendAlbum
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