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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."
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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, Hob.XVI:G1: 2. Menuetto on Haydn: The Piano Sonatas/Variations/The Seven Last Words by Joseph Haydn & John McCabe Piano Sonata in C major, H.XVI:1: 3. Menuet & Trio on Haydn: The Piano Sonatas/Variations/The Seven Last Words by Joseph Haydn & John McCabeTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountains | John McCabe | 2019 | Album |
| The Complete Piano Works Of John McCabe Volume 1 | Jane Ford, John McCabe | 2017 | Album |
| Silver Nocturnes; The Woman by the Sea; Horn Quintet | John McCabe, David Pyatt, Roderick Williams, The Sacconi Quartet | 2017 | Album |
| Symphony No. 2; Winter Legends | Arnold Bax | 2017 | Album |
| War Memorials: Music For Brass Band | Benjamin Britten, Simon Dobson, Gavin Higgins, Robin Holloway, John McCabe, Paul McGhee, Lucy Pankhurst / Tredegar Town Band, Ian Porthouse, The Cory Band, Philip Harper, Robert Childs | 2016 | Album |
| Piano Music: Handel Variations, Piano Pieces Op 117 & Op. 119 | Johannes Brahms / John McCabe | 2006 | Album |
| Two Pianos | John McCabe, Tamami Honma | 2005 | Album |
| Credendum • Concerto For Piano And Orchestra • Symphonies No. 4 | William Schuman -- John McCabe, Albany Symphony Orchestra, David Alan Miller | 2003 | Album |
| English Recorder Concertos | Norman 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 Sutherland | 2002 | Album |
| Concerto For Orchestra | Edward Gregson • Alun Hoddinott • John McCabe — Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Douglas Bostock | 2001 | Album |
| Edward II: A Ballet In 2 Acts | John McCabe - Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Barry Wordsworth | 2000 | Album |
| The Chagall Windows | John McCabe, Hallé Orchestra, James Loughran, Jill Gomez, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | 1999 | Compil. |
| Of Time And The River / Flute Concerto | John McCabe, Emily Beynon | 1999 | Album |
| Ludus Tonalis • Suite '1922' | Paul Hindemith - John McCabe | 1996 | Album |
| A Gift of Love | John McCabe, Thomas Weisflog, William Ferris Chorale, William Ferris | 1996 | Compil. |
| The Piano Sonatas / Die Klaviersonaten / Les Sonates Pour Piano | Joseph Haydn — John McCabe | 1995 | Album |
| Best of British: Piano | Peter Jacobs, John McCabe, Philip Martin | 1992 | Album |
| Transatlantic Piano | John McCabe Plays John Adams, Richard Rodney Bennett, Aaron Copland, Elliott Carter, George Rochberg, André Previn | 1991 | Album |
| The Chagall Windows, Etc. | John McCabe / James Loughran, Louis Frémaux | 1989 | Compil. |
| Sonatas For Cello And Piano Ballad Op.15 | Benjamin Britten, Dmitri Shostakovich, Sergei Prokofiev, Julian Lloyd Webber, John McCabe | 1989 | Album |
| British Cello Music | Julian Lloyd Webber, John McCabe | 1987 | Album |
| String Quartet No. 1 / Piano Quartet / Harp Quintet | Arnold Bax - English String Quartet, John McCabe / Skaila Kanga | 1984 | Album |
| Sonatas By Domenico Scarlatti | John McCabe | 1981 | Album |
| Julian Lloyd Webber Plays Britten, Ireland, And Bridge | Julian Lloyd Webber, John McCabe, Benjamin Britten | 1981 | Album |
| Norwegian Peasant Dances - Moods | Edvard Grieg, John McCabe | 1980 | Album |
| More Piano Music | Erik Satie, John McCabe | 1980 | Album |
| The Haydn Piano Sonatas - Volume 5 | Joseph Haydn, John McCabe | 1977 | Album |
| Fricker / Berkeley / McCabe / Dalby | Julian Lloyd Webber, John McCabe | 1977 | Album |
| Piano Music Played By The Composer | John McCabe | 1977 | Album |
| The Haydn Piano Sonatas - Volume 5 | Joseph Haydn, John McCabe | 1977 | Album |
| The Haydn Piano Sonatas Volume 4 | Joseph Haydn, John McCabe | 1977 | Album |
| The Complete Piano Works | Sir Edward Elgar - John McCabe | 1976 | Album |
| The Haydn Piano Sonatas Volume One | Joseph Haydn, John McCabe | 1976 | Album |
| The Haydn Piano Sonatas Volume 2 | Joseph Haydn, John McCabe | 1975 | Album |
| Piano Music, Volume 1 | Carl Nielsen, John McCabe | 1975 | Album |
| The Chagall Windows / Variations On A Theme Of Karl Amadeus Hartmann | John McCabe, Hallé Orchestra, James Loughran | 1975 | Album |
| Piano Sonatas 1 And 2 / Dance Suite | John Joubert - John McCabe | 1975 | Album |
| The Haydn Piano Sonatas Volume 3 | Joseph Haydn, John McCabe | 1975 | Album |
| Piano Music Volume 2 | John McCabe, Carl Nielsen | 1975 | Album |
| Pastorale | Gustav Holst / Ralph Vaughan Williams / John Ireland / Ernest John Moeran / Arnold Bax / Peter Warlock / John McCabe | 1974 | Album |
| Piano Music By Erik Satie | Erik Satie, John McCabe | 1974 | Album |
| Piano Sonatas, No.6 In G Major, No.13 In E Major, No.52 In E Flat Major | Joseph Haydn, John McCabe | 1973 | Album |
| Notturni Ed Alba Symphony No. 2 | Louis Frémaux, John McCabe, Jill Gomez, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | 1973 | Album |
| Twentieth Century Piano Music | John McCabe | 1969 | Album |
| Hallé Brass Consort | Malcolm Arnold, Edward Gregson, John McCabe, Joseph Horovitz | 1968 | Album |
| Horn Recital | Ifor James, John McCabe | 1968 | Album |
| Symphony / Concerto For String Orchestra / Divertmento For String Orchestra | John McCabe / Kenneth Leighton / Adrian Cruft - John Snashall Conducting The London Philharmonic Orchestra | 1967 | Album |
| W. A. Mozart "Piano Music Volume 1" | John McCabe | Album | |
| Johannes Brahms | John McCabe | Album | |
| Englische Gitarrenmusik | Francis Cutting, Daniel Bacheler, Thomas Robinson, John Dowland, Michael Camidge, John W. Duarte, John McCabe, Thea Musgrave - Siegfried Behrend | Album |
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