Audio (live tracks)

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Most tracks are complete works or movements. However, there are a selection of [Excerpt] tracks for those who have slower connections. All tracks are presented here at 96Kpbs.

Schumann Concerto [Excerpt]

TRACK INFO: 10 minutes 16 seconds [7,297KB]  Recorded live on March 6th, 2008 at the  Town Hall , Auckland, New Zealand  Orchestra: Auckland Philharmonia  Conductor: Okko Kamu  Copyright © 2008 Radio New Zealand  This concerto performance was broadcast live by Radio New Zealand

Strauss - 'Don Quixote' [Variation V: Don Quixote's vigil]

TRACK INFO: 5 minutes 01 second [3,575KB]  Recorded live on June 28th, 2007 at the  Town Hall , Auckland, New Zealand  Orchestra: Auckland Philharmonia  Conductor: Marko Letonja  Copyright © 2007 Radio New Zealand  This concerto performance was broadcast live by Radio New Zealand

Paris Debut at Auditorium du Louvre
 1. Bridge Sonata - 1st mvt [Excerpt] 1 minute 16 seconds [913KB]
 2. Bridge Sonata - 2nd mvt [Excerpt] 4 minutes 26 seconds [3,167KB]
 3. Shostakovich Sonata - 2nd mvt 3 minutes 07 seconds [2,229KB]
 4. Glazunov - Chant du Ménestrel 4 minutes 10 seconds [2,974KB]

Recorded live on December 15th, 2005 at the  Auditorium du Louvre, Paris  Pianist: Christoph Berner  Copyright © 2005 Radio France This concert was recorded by Radio France and broadcast in January 2006.

Elgar Concerto
 1. 1st mvt [Excerpt] 1 minute 23 seconds [1,010KB]
 2. 2nd mvt [Excerpt] 1 minute 25 seconds [1,023KB]
 3. 3rd mvt [Excerpt] 1 minute 52 seconds [1,343KB]
 4. 4th mvt [Excerpt] 4 minutes 18 seconds [3,066KB]

 Recorded live on April 29th, 2005 at the Philharmonic Hall, Ekaterinburg, Russian Federation
 This was the concerto's first performance in the Ural region of Russia
 Orchestra: Ural Philharmonic
 Conductor: Douglas Bostock
 Copyright © 2005 Ural Philharmonic/www.richardharwood.com

Beethoven Sonata Op.5 No.1 - Rondo: Allegro Vivace
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"His Beethoven Op5 No1 was one of the finest performances I've heard. It's young-style Beethoven and Harwood perfectly caught the freshness and delicacy of this sonata."
 Annette Morreau  The Independent (January 18th, 2005)

 TRACK INFO: 6 minutes 44 seconds [4,791KB]
 Recorded live on January 13th, 2005 at the Wigmore Hall, London
 Pianist: Christoph Berner
 Copyright © 2005 Wigmore Hall/Fournier Award

Martinu Sonata No.1 (1939) - 3rd mvt [Excerpt]

 TRACK INFO: 2 minutes 35 seconds [1,840KB]
 Recorded live on January 13th, 2005 at the Wigmore Hall, London
 Pianist: Christoph Berner
 Copyright © 2005 Wigmore Hall/Fournier Award

Popper - 'Hungarian Rhapsody'

 TRACK INFO: 8 minutes 11 seconds [5,804KB]
 Recorded live on January 13th, 2005 at the Wigmore Hall, London
 Pianist: Christoph Berner
 Copyright © 2005 Wigmore Hall/Fournier Award

Boccherini Sonata No.18 in C minor - 1st mvt [Excerpt]

 TRACK INFO: 1 minute 54 seconds [1,367KB]
 Recorded live on July 20th, 2004 at the Thomaskirche, Leipzig
 'Cello Continuo: Anna Niebuhr
 Copyright © 2004 MDR/Bach-Archiv Leipzig

Barber Sonata
 1. Allegro ma non troppo 7 minutes 24 seconds [5,256KB]
 2. Adagio - Presto - di nuovo Adagio 3 minutes 55 seconds [2,783KB]
 3. Allegro appassionato 5 minutes 36 seconds [4,550KB]

 Recorded live on May 7th, 2004 at the Manchester International 'Cello Festival
 Pianist: Gretel Dowdeswell
 Copyright © 2004 'Cello Festival/RNCM

Martinu - 'Slovakian Variations' [Last Variation]

 TRACK INFO: 1 minute 16 seconds [920KB]
 Recorded live on September 24th, 2001 at the Purcell Room, London
 Pianist: Dominic Harlan
 Copyright © 2001 South Bank Centre