 In 2005 he directed from the accordion Piazzolla's "Maria de Buenos Aires" at the Royal Danish Opera.A selection of Crabb's acclaimed solo arrangements of Piazzolla's music was published in 2009 by Boosey & Hawkes.James Crabb has recorded with his accordion duo colleague Geir Draugsvoll for EMI Classics transcriptions of Igor Stravinsky's "Petrushka" and Modest Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition".