 Born in Yorkshire, his piano teacher was Fanny Waterman in Leeds. While a student at Oxford University, 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 won 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.
Paul 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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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Scriabin Late Piano Pieces
Scriabin: | Four Pieces, Op. 51 Trois Morceaux Op. 52 Two Pieces, Op. 57 Albumblatt, Op. 58 2 Pieces for Piano, Op. 59 Poème-Nocturne, Op. 61 2 Poems for Piano, Op. 63 Preludes, Op. 67 (2) Poèmes, Op. 69 Nos. 1 & 2 Deux poèmes Op. 71 Vers la flamme, Op. 72 Deux Danses Op. 73 Preludes, Op. 74 (5) |
“Sciabin's late piano pieces remain among the most revolutionary ever written for the instrument. These Morceaux, Poèmes, Danses and Préludes certainly call for a player of unusual insight… with the requisite technical command to give substance to the insubstantial. In all this Crossley succeeds admirably...” BBC Music Magazine, August 2008 ***** “Virtuoso ease and well modulated, evenly balanced sonorities have always marked Paul Crossley's way with repertoire that fuses thorny and sensual elements.” Gramophone Magazine, 2008 Awards Issue | 
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Paul Crossley & Louis Lane Boston Symphony Orchestra & New York Philharmonic, Charles Munch Works and excerpts including : Clair de lune. Prelude a l'Apres d'une faune. 3 Symphonic Studies : La Mer. Petite Suite. 3 Nocturnes. L'isle joyeuse. La cathedrale engloutie. | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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