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John McCabe was a prolific English composer whose pianism generally attracted greater attention than his many worthwhile compositions. Part of the reason public focus had been directed largely at his keyboard activity owed something to his enormous pianistic talent, a talent that allowed him to record the entirety of the Haydn sonatas with great acclaim, as well as to delve into 20th century works by Hindemith, Britten, Bax, Webern, and others with equal authority. His mature compositional style was conservative and generally tonal, not much further advanced in its expressive language than that of Bartók or pre-serial Stravinsky. Though McCabe did dabble in twelve-tone music early on, he cast it aside in favor of tonality and greater accessibility. McCabe composed in most genres, including opera, ballet, symphonic (including film scores), vocal, choral, and various instrumental. As a pianist McCabe recorded for a variety of labels, including Decca, EMI, Philips, Hyperion, Lyrita, and ASV.
John McCabe was born on April 21, 1939, in Huyton, Liverpool, Merseyside, England. He was a musical prodigy, composing symphonies and numerous other works in his childhood, despite suffering periodic illnesses resulting from severe burns incurred at age two.
McCabe studied composition under Humphrey Procter-Gregg at Manchester University from 1958-1960. This period saw one of his earliest surviving large works, the Violin Concerto No. 1 (1959). At Royal Manchester College of Music (1960-1961) McCabe studied piano with Gordon Green and composition with Thomas Pitfield. He also studied briefly (1964) at the Munich Hochschule with German composer Harald Genzmer.
By 1970 McCabe had already achieved a measure of success as a pianist, but from about that year he began garnering international notice, initially for his song cycle Notturni ed alba, for soprano and orchestra. From 1974-1976 McCabe recorded the Haydn piano sonatas for Decca. It was around this time that he more or less abandoned serial music. In 1983 he was given the title of Commander of the British Empire for his contributions to British music.
McCabe's imaginative ballet Edward II (1994-1995) was premiered with great success in 1995 by the Stuttgart Ballet, with choreography by David Bintley. In 2004 McCabe, who had served as President of the Incorporated Society of Musicians in 1982-1983, received a Distinguished Musician Award from the ISM. Among McCabe's later efforts was the 2005 Helios recording of Herbert Howells' Lambert's Clavichord, the work's first recording on piano.
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British Piano Sonatas
Philip Martin, John McCabe, Peter Jacobs
Classical - Heritage Continuum 発売日 2020/04/24
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Haydn: The Piano Sonatas/Variations/The Seven Last Words
Classical - Decca Music Group Ltd. 発売日 1995/01/01
16-Bit CD音質 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Scarlatti & Clementi: Keyboard Sonatas
Classical - Divine Art 発売日 2019/10/11
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Grieg: Slåtter, Op. 72 & Stimmungen, Op. 73
Classical - SOMM Recordings 発売日 2016/03/25
16-Bit CD音質 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
John McCabe: Silver Nocturnes, The Woman by the Sea & Horn Quintet
Classical - NMC Recordings 発売日 2017/11/17
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Bax: Symphony No. 2 & Winter Legends
BBC Symphony Orchestra, John McCabe, Eugene Aynsley Goossens, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
Classical - Lyrita 発売日 2017/11/03
16-Bit CD音質 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Britten/Shostakovich: Cello Sonatas//Prokofiev: Ballade, Op.50
Julian Lloyd Webber, John McCabe
Classical - Decca Music Group Ltd. 発売日 1988/01/01
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John McCabe: Composer, Pianist & Conductor
London Philharmonic Orchestra, John McCabe, National Youth Orchestra of Scotland, John Snashall
Classical - Naxos 発売日 2014/12/02
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Nielsen: Piano Music
Classical - SOMM Recordings 発売日 2015/03/30
16-Bit CD音質 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
RAWSTHORNE: Piano Quintet / Piano Trio / Viola Sonata
Classical - Naxos 発売日 1999/08/31
16-Bit CD音質 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Howells: Lambert's Clavichord & Howells' Clavichord
Classical - Hyperion 発売日 1994/04/01
16-Bit CD音質 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Bax: Piano Quartet, Harp Quintet & String Quartet No. 1
English String Quartet, John McCabe, Skaila Kanga
Quartets - Chandos 発売日 1985/07/01
16-Bit CD音質 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
British Music for Clarinet and Piano
Murray Khouri, Peter Pettinger, John McCabe
Chamber Music - Heritage Records 発売日 2022/11/04
16-Bit CD音質 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Bax: Violin Sonata No. 1 & Violin Sonata No. 2
Classical - Chandos 発売日 1990/04/01
16-Bit CD音質 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Song-Cycles
Lesley-Jane Rogers, Richard Tunnicliffe, John Turner, John McCabe
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Toccata Classics 発売日 2000/01/01
16-Bit CD音質 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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British Cello Music Vol. 1
Julian Lloyd Webber, John McCabe
Classical - Decca (UMO) 発売日 1996/01/01
16-Bit CD音質 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Arnold Bax: Works for Piano
Classical - Heritage Continuum 発売日 2020/04/24
16-Bit CD音質 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Hindemith: Ludus Tonalis & Suite "1922"
Classical - Hyperion 発売日 1996/03/01
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