CD, Rubbra (composer)
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Walton & Rubbra - Viola Concertos
RecommendedLawrence Power (viola)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov
…Lawrence Power's… playing is stunningly precise, crisply articulated and beautifully projected, with no hint of the little scrambles and occasionally pinched tone that beset even quite famous... — More…
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Building a Library, November 2007, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Finalist - Concerto
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Building a Library, March 2023, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. Rubbra - Complete Symphonies
Lynne Dawson (soprano), Della Jones (contralto), Stephen Roberts (baritone)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC National Chorus of Wales, Richard Hickox
Hickox's reading of the Fifth Symphony is easily the finest and most penetrating; the slow movement has great depth and, thanks to a magnficent recording, a great clarity than either of its... — More…
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Rubbra’s Piano Concerto in G major is something special…Piers Lane’s solo playing throughout is a phenomenon of tireless technical strength, always beautifully aligned to each work’s different... — More…
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Special offer. Poetry in Music
Ruth Provost, Kirsty Hopkins, David Clegg, Jeremy Budd, Ben Davies, Julie Cooper, Edward McMullan, Mark Dobell
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
It is clear that this is something really special. That specialness comes not just from the fact that The Sixteen elevate everything they perform through their opulent musicality and supreme... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2015, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Choral
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British Piano Concertos Vol. 2
Simon Callaghan
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Stephen Bell, George Vass
In every case, Simon Callaghan radiates delight in reviving these neglected items, and his pungent and precise fingering is matched by the spirited attack of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales... — More…
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Special offer. The Jade Mountain – Songs by Edmund Rubbra
Claire Barnett-Jones, Iain Burnside (piano), Marcus Farnsworth (baritone), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Timothy Ridout (viola), Catrin Finch (harp)
The five-song cycle The Jade Mountain dates from four decades later, and is central to the recital. Chinese poetry provides the texts, and Catrin Finch’s harp brings a sense of ethereality and... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2023
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Rubbra: Symphony No. 6, Op. 80, etc.
Rohan de Saram (cello)
Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Norman Del Mar, Vernon Handley
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The most stylistically striking piece is Rubbra's Sonata of 1946...The Watkins brothers, true to form, pay close attention to its rhythmic life, though they also know how to soar into beauty...[they]... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2014, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Rubbra: Symphony Nos. 3 & 7
RecommendedBBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox
For some years the Third Symphony was a repertory piece, at least on BBC programmes, but it fell out of favour in the late 1950s. Commentators have noticed a certain Sibelian cut to its opening... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Rubbra: Symphony No. 9, Op. 140 'Sinfonia Sacra', etc.
RecommendedLynne Dawson (soprano), Della Jones (contralto), Stephen Roberts (bass)
BBC National Chorus & Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox
The Ninth (1973) is Rubbra's most visionary utterance, and its stature has so far gone unrecognised.
(This is its only recording.) Its subtitle, Sinfoniasacra, gives a good idea of its character.... — More…Awards:
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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