Paul Crossley (pianist)

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Paul Christopher Richard Crossley (born 17 May 1944) is a British pianist.

Born in Dewsbury, Yorkshire, his piano teacher was Fanny Waterman in Leeds. While a student at Mansfield College, Oxford, he was discovered by Olivier Messiaen and his wife Yvonne Loriod, who heard him play and immediately invited him to come to Paris to study with them. In 1968 he was second prize winner (joint prize winner with Japanese pianist Izumi Tateno) at the Messiaen Competition in Royan, France. Crossley is particularly associated with the music of Messiaen and British composers such as Michael Tippett, Nicholas Maw and George Benjamin. Tippett wrote his third and fourth piano sonatas specifically with Crossley in mind. His extensive discography includes the piano works of Tippett, Fauré, Debussy and Ravel and the Fauré violin sonatas with Arthur Grumiaux.

Crossley was artistic director of the London Sinfonietta from 1988 to 1994.

He presented a landmark television series on avant garde classical music entitled Sinfonietta for Channel 4.

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Discography

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YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
2017The Complete Piano WorksGabriel Fauré; Paul Crossley1

Album

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1983Complete Solo Piano Works, Volume 1: The Nocturnes nos. 1-7Gabriel Fauré; Paul Crossley1
1983The Nocturnes nos 8-13 / Pièces Brèves, op. 84Gabriel Fauré; Paul Crossley1
1987Complete Solo Piano Works, Volume 4: The Nine Préludes op. 103 / The Five Impromptus opp. 25, 31, 34, 91 & 102 / Thème et Variations in C sharp minor op. 73Gabriel Fauré; Paul Crossley1
1989Des Canyons aux étoilesOlivier Messiaen; London Sinfonietta, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Paul Crossley1
1990The Complete Music for Solo PianoPoulenc; Paul Crossley1
1990Works for Piano and OrchestraIgor Stravinsky; Paul Crossley, London Sinfonietta; Esa‐Pekka Salonen52
1991John Adams Conducts American ElegiesOrchestra of St. Luke’s, Dawn Upshaw, Paul Crossley, John Adams3
1993Complete Works for Solo Piano, Volume IDebussy; Paul Crossley1
1994Symphony in D minor / Symphonic VariationsCésar Franck; Wiener Philharmoniker, Paul Crossley, Carlo Maria Giulini1
1995Turangalîla-SymphonieMessiaen; Paul Crossley, Tristan Murail, Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen1
1996Symphony no. 2 / Chantefleurs et chantefables / Piano ConcertoLutosławski; Dawn Upshaw, Paul Crossley, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa‐Pekka Salonen1
1996Works for Violin and PianoPoulenc, Ravel, Debussy; Cho-Liang Lin, Paul Crossley1
1998Quotation of DreamTakemitsu; Paul Crossley, Peter Serkin, London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen41
2000Complete Works for Solo PianoTakemitsu; Paul Crossley1
2009Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Works, Volume 1Maurice Ravel; Paul Crossley1
Capriccio / Symphonies of Wind Instruments / Concerto / MovementsStravinksy; Paul Crossley, Esa‐Pekka Salonen, London Sinfonietta1

Album + Compilation

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
2002Arabesque / Images / Clair de Lune / Prélude / Danse / Rhapsodie / Sonata / La Mer / Estampes / Nocturnes / Quartet / Suite / GolliwoggDebussy; Philadelphia Orchestra, Isaac Stern, Paul Crossley1
2002The Complete Works for Solo PianoClaude Debussy; Paul Crossley2
2004Chamber Music / Orchestral WorksJanáček; Paul Crossley, Gabrieli String Quartet, London Sinfonietta, Atherton, Wiener Philharmoniker, Chailly, Mackerras1

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