Alan Cuckston
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Biography
British harpsichordist and organist Alan Cuckston was born in Horsforth on July 2, 1940. He studied at King's College Cambridge with Fanny Waterman and Lamar Crowson, then with Thurston Dart from 1959 to 1963. Initially a lecturer at Birmingham University between 1965 and 1969, he collaborated with the BBC, accompanying John Eliot Gardiner and The English Chamber Orchestra at the 1968 BBC Proms in Monteverdi's Vespro della Beata Vergine, before touring regularly with The Academy of Saint-Martin-in-the-Fields and the ensemble Pro Cantione Antiqua. After his first solo recital at London's Wigmore Hall in 1965, he gave concerts and recorded several volumes for Naxos, including harpsichord works by François Couperin, Rameau, Handel, Purcell, Matthew Locke, John Blow and William Croft, as well as fortepiano and piano works by John Field and his friend Alan Rawsthorne, for Swinsty Records. Also leader of a trio, Alan Cuckston commissioned works for harpsichord from composers Elizabeth Maconchy, Philip Ramey and David Wooldridge. He died on March 22, 2025 at the age of 84.
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- Capriccio in F major
- Violin Concerto No. 11 in B-Flat: II. Adagio featuring Denis Vigay
- Toccata in G minor
- Sonatina in D Minor
- Violin Concerto No. 3 in D: II. Grave - Vivace featuring Denis Vigay
- Violin Concerto No. 3 in D: I. Adagio - Allegro - Adagio - Allegro featuring Denis Vigay
- Pieces De Clavecin, Book 4: 26th Ordre In F Sharp Minor : La Pantomime / Pantomine
- Pieces De Clavecin, Book 4: 26th Ordre In F Sharp Minor : L'epineuse / The Thorny
- Pièces de clavecin, Book 4, 21st Ordre in E Minor: III. Couperin
- Telemann: Violin Concerto No. 4 in E Major, TWV 51:E3: I. Affettuoso featuring Iona Brown
- Violin Concerto No. 9 in G Minor: I. Allegro featuring Denis Vigay
- Sonata in E for 2 violins and continuo: 3. Adagio featuring Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble
- Sonata in E for 2 violins and continuo: 2. Allegro featuring Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble
- Pieces de clavecin, Book 4, 25th Ordre in E-Flat Major: Les ombres errantes / The Wandering Shadows
- Trio Sonata for 2 Violins and Continuo in B flat, Op.5, No.7, HWV 402: 6. Menuet (Andante allegro) featuring Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble
- Pieces de clavecin, Book 3, 13th Ordre in B Minor: XVI. The Folies francoises or the Dominos: Soul-Anguish
- Sonata in E for 2 violins and continuo: 1. Adagio featuring Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble
- Sonata in G minor for 2 violons and continuo: 2. Allegro featuring Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble
- Sonata in G minor for 2 violons and continuo: 1. Andante featuring Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble
- Trio Sonata for 2 Violins and Continuo in B flat, Op.5, No.7, HWV 402: 5. Gavotte (Allegro) featuring Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble
- Sonata in G minor for 2 violons and continuo: 4. Allegro featuring Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble
- Trio Sonata for 2 Violins and Continuo in D, Op.5, No.2, HWV 397: 4. Marche featuring Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble
- Sonata in G minor for 2 violons and continuo: 3. Largo featuring Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble
- Trio Sonata for 2 Violins and Continuo in D, Op.5, No.2, HWV 397: 5. Gavotte (Allegro) featuring Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble
