Artist
Peter Donohoe
Personb. 1953 · Manchester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
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Bio
Peter Donohoe is a British classical pianist born in 1953 in Manchester. He studied at Chetham’s School of Music and the Royal Northern College of Music, later winning joint second prize at the 1982 International Tchaikovsky Competition. Donohoe has performed with major orchestras including the London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia, and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and has recorded extensively for EMI, Chandos, and Naxos. His repertoire spans Romantic and 20th-century works with a particular focus on Russian composers. He is also active as a teacher and chamber musician.
Popular tracks
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Suite No. 2 in C Major, Op. 17: II. Valse. Presto
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- 24:25
Chopin: Berceuse in D-Flat Major, Op. 57
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- 34:01
Britten: Diversions, Op. 21: Variation X. Adagio
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- 42:27
Gershwin: George Gershwin’s Songbook: No. 7, Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)
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- 56:10
Rachmaninov: 13 Preludes, Op. 32: No. 10 in B Minor
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- 612:41
Piano Concerto, Op. 33: I. Allegro moderato
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- 76:12
Suite No. 2 in C Major, Op. 17: III. Romance. Andantino
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- 87:54
Piano Concerto, Op. 33: III. Allegro con fuoco
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- 912:31
Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op. 16: I. Grave - Allegro ma non troppo
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- 108:21
Piano Concerto, Op. 33: II. Adagio con estro poetico
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- 116:28
Fantaisie tableaux - Suite No. 1, Op. 5: III. Les larmes: Largo di molto
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- 128:11
Fantaisie tableaux - Suite No. 1, Op. 5: I. Barcarolle: Allegretto
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Albums
Rachmaninov: Music for 2 Pianos
Album · 2006
Beethoven: Octet in E-Flat Major, Piano Quintet in E-Flat Major & Symphony No. 7
Album · 1996
The Jazz Album
Album · 1987
Dora Pejačević: Piano Concerto, Op. 33, Symphony in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 41
Album · 2022
Scriabin: The Complete Piano Sonatas
Album · 2017
Walton: String Quartet - Piano Quartet
Album · 2000
Messiaen: Works for Wind Ensemble
Album · 1994
Stravinsky: Music for Piano Solo and Piano & Orchestra
Album · 2018
Taneyev • Schumann
Album · 2024
Schubert & Hummel: Piano Quintets
Album · 2025
Godfrey, Ivor Hodgson & Others: Piano Quintets
Album · 2025
Alwyn: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Album · 2005