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Paul Crossley
Paul Christopher Richard Crossley CBE 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 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. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Crossley_(pianist)) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)
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Albums See All
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The Sad Smile – Mompou Piano Music
2025
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Fauré: The Complete Piano Works
2017
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Paul Crossley Plays Poulenc - Complete Works for Piano
2015
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Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces
2014
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Debussy: Complete Works for Solo Piano
2012
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Scriabin: Late Piano Pieces
2008
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Liszt: Piano Favourites
2007
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Complete Solo Piano Works Volume I
2007
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Ravel, Complete Solo Piano Works Volume 2
2007
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Fauré: The Nocturnes 8-13 / Pieces Breves Op.84
2007
Singles & EPs
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Mompou: Canción y Danza No. 6
Single • 2025
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Canción y Danza No. 6
Single • 2025
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Mompou: Charmes: III. Pour inspirer l'amour
Single • 2025
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Charmes: III. Pour inspirer l’amour
Single • 2025
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Mompou: Prelude No. 5
Single • 2025
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Prelude No. 5
Single • 2025
Videos See All
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Debussy - Prélude from Suite Bergamasque (Crossley)
ClassicalScores • 363K views
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John Adams - Eros Piano (1989)
Cmaj7 • 71K views
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Debussy - Clair de Lune from Suite Bergamasque (Crossley)
ClassicalScores • 595K views
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Takemitsu - Rain Tree Sketch II - In memoriam Oliver Messiaen(1992)
DaeSeob Han • 5.2K views
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Toru Takemitsu -『ロマンス』(Romance for Piano) (1948-9) (Score)
Signore S. • 1.3K views
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Olivier Messiaen - Rondeau (Crossley) (1943)
Sheep • 6.7K views