Move Records Australian classical & art music, est. 1968

Paul Hamburger

Paul Hamburger (1920–2004) was a pianist, accompanist and chamber musician, active in Britain as a recital partner, opera coach and teacher.

Born in Vienna, he settled in England before the war and built a career with singers and instrumentalists on the concert platform and on disc. He coached at Glyndebourne and for the BBC, taught at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and appears as pianist on Ian King’s historic Tuba Recital (MD 3226), including the Hindemith sonata and transcriptions from Bach, Handel, Vivaldi and Beethoven.

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Tuba Recital

One of the world’s finest tuba players, and the first to give a tuba recital in Australia, Ian King presents a programme from Bach and Vivaldi through to Paul Hindemith’s remarkable Sonata for Tuba and Piano.

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