Murray McLachlan
Prolific in the recording studio and ever-busy on the concert stage and as a teacher, Murray McLachlan is recognized as one of the finest pianists from the U.K. of his generation. Early in his career he became known for his insightful performances of Russian piano music, recording the complete sonatas of Prokofiev, as well as several discs of works by Myaskovsky, Khachaturian, Kabalevsky, Vainberg, and others. But he soon divulged his versatility in a range of repertory: Bach, Mozart, Beethoven (complete piano sonatas), Brahms (complete solo works), Chopin, Gershwin, and modern composers like Ronald Stevenson, Michael Parkin, and Martin Butler. McLachlan has made over 40 recordings for several labels, including Olympia, Divine Art, and Linn Records.
McLachlan was born in Dundee on January 6, 1965. He studied at Manchester's Chetham's School of Music (where he would return years later as a faculty member) and at Cambridge University. In 1985 he began studies with eminent British pianist Peter Katin. McLachlan made his television debut in Holland in 1987 playing the Rachmaninov Second Piano Concerto as part of a young musician's series. He cut his first recording for Olympia, a CD of works by Myaskovsky that was released in 1988, with favorable critical response. He recorded the Prokofiev sonatas in 1988-1989 for the same label, a set that also drew positive notice.
Throughout the 1990s and into the new century, McLachlan made numerous concert tours of the U.K., Europe, the United States, South Africa, Malta (where he received a knighthood in 1997 for his tireless musical work there), and the Far East. McLachlan gave a remarkable series of 50 Chopin recitals in 1997 for the benefit of the Marie Curie Cancer Fund's Golden Jubilee. During the 2000-2001 season, McLachlan made his conducting debut (in period dress) leading the Mozart Festival Orchestra in an acclaimed series of 18 concerts throughout the U.K.
In 2003 McLachlan delivered another marathon-like event when he played the 32 piano sonatas of Beethoven in a series of concerts in Manchester, once again drawing high praise. In 2006 he launched another series of celebrated concerts, this time to mark the Shostakovich centenary, playing seldom-performed works like the two piano sonatas. Among McLachlan's later recordings was the 2006 release on Regis Records of Piano Music of Scotland, a disc featuring works by Ronald Stevenson (a former teacher of McLachlan), F.G. Scott, and Ronald Center.
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Bright & Gipps: Works for Piano & Orchestra
Samantha Ward, Murray McLachlan, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Peebles
Klassik - Erschienen bei SOMM Recordings am 20.09.2019
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Geoffrey Allen: Complete Piano Sonatas
Klassik - Erschienen bei Metier am 10.03.2023
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Russian Piano Music Series, Vol. 10 - Weinberg
Klassik - Erschienen bei Divine Art am 10.08.2012
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Russian Piano Music Series, Vol. 9 - Weinberg
Klassik - Erschienen bei Divine Art am 10.08.2012
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Stevenson, R.: Passacaglia on DSCH
Klassik - Erschienen bei Divine Art am 01.01.2003
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Stevenson: Piano Music
Klassik - Erschienen bei Divine Art am 21.01.2013
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Edward Gregson: Complete Music for Solo Piano
Murray McLachlan, Edward Gregson, Rose McLachlan
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 28.08.2020
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Myaskovsky: Complete Piano Sonatas
Klassik - Erschienen bei Musical Concepts am 26.01.1999
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Dmitry Kabalevsky: Chamber & piano music
Marina Tarasova, Alexander Polezhaev, Murray McLachlan
Kammermusik - Erschienen bei Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga Musica am 01.01.1994
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Khachaturian Piano Music
Klassik - Erschienen bei Musical Concepts am 04.10.1993
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Alexander Tcherepnin: Piano concertos 2,3 & 6
Chetham's Symphony Orchestra, Julian Clayton, Murray McLachlan
Klassik - Erschienen bei Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga Musica am 01.01.1994
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Russian Piano Music Series, Vol. 1 - Shostakovich and Comrades
Klassik - Erschienen bei Divine Art am 01.12.2009
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J. McLeod: Piano Music
Murray McLachlan, Rose McLachlan, John McLeod
Klassik - Erschienen bei Metier am 20.07.2018
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Marcus Blunt: Orchestral Works
Murray McLachlan, Lesley Wilson, Manchester Camerata, Stephen Threlfall
Klassik - Erschienen bei Metier am 12.01.2018
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Chisholm, E.: Music for Piano, Vol. 1
Klassik - Erschienen bei Diversions am 01.01.2008
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Daydreams
Yeomans String Quartet, Murray McLachlan, Jamie Walton
Kammermusik - Erschienen bei SOMM Recordings am 07.10.2002
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Myaskovsky: Piano Sonatas Nos. 4 & 5 Sonatine Op. 57; Prelude Op. 58
Klassik - Erschienen bei Musical Concepts am 05.08.2014
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Chisholm: Music for Piano, Vol. 7
Klassik - Erschienen bei Diversions am 04.08.2011
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Innovations: Music for 2 Pianos & Percussion
Murray McLachlan, Kathryn Page, Heather Corbett, Stephen Burke
Klassik - Erschienen bei Diversions am 13.04.2018
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Kavalevsky: 24 Preludes, Sonata No.3, Sonatina
Klassik - Erschienen bei Musical Concepts am 04.05.2010
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Ronald Stevenson: Piano Concertos No.1 & 2
Chetham`s symphony orchestra, Julian Clayton, Murray McLachlan
Klassik - Erschienen bei JSC Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga Musica am 01.01.1993
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