Edmund Rubbra News
British composer (1901-1986)
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- United Kingdom
- composer, pianist, musicologist
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[…] the Vietnamese composer Ton-That Tiêt (b. 1933) of verses by the 8th century Chinese poet Wang Wei. Tôn-Thất Tiết studied composition at the Paris Conservatoire with André Jolivet and followed his teacher's dictum that music should be “a means to express ideas and not an aim in itself”. Despite being an agnostic the Mahayana Buddhism of his native Vietnam is, along with Hinduism, one of the influences on Thất Tiết's music. Edmund Rubbra had a life-long interest in comparative religion and metaphysics, and following a flirtation with Theosophy briefly practiced Buddhism before returning to Catholicism. In 1947 Arnold Bax's brother Clifford wrote the BBC radio play The Buddha; Rubbra provided the incidental music which became his Suite, The Buddha op.64 for chamber ensemble. Although this is the most overtly Buddhist of Rubbra's compositions, his whole opus is imbued with Buddha nature - the unceasing search for enlightenment. […]
2023-12-01 00:00:00
Chamber Music for Strings (Coull, Dante, Duke, Goldner, Jean Sibelius, New Zealand String Quartets & Ironwood)
[…] - 03 Edward Elgar: String Quartet in E minor, op.83 (1918) [29'16]04 - 06 Frank Bridge: Three Idylls for String Quartet, H.67 (1906) [15'03]07 - 10 William Walton: String Quartet in A minor (1947) [28'09]Coull Quartet (Roger Coull and Philip Gallaway- violins, David Curtis- viola, John Todd- cello)Hyperion Helios CDH55218 [December 1993; this re-issue 2006][digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venue: St Silas the Martyr, Kentish Town, LondonRecording engineer and Producer: Garry ColeEdmund Rubbra:01 - 03 String Quartet No. 1 in F minor, op.35 (1933-34, rev. 1946) [19'51]04 Improvisation for unaccompanied Cello, op.124 (1964) * [6'08]05 - 07 String Quartet No. 3, op.112 (1963) [20'32]08 - 10 Cello Sonata in G minor, op.60 (1946) *^ [24'18]Dante Quartet (Krysia Osostowicz and Matthew Truscott- violins, Judith Busbridge- viola, Pierre Doumenge- cello *); Michael Dusek- piano ^Dutton Epoch CDLX 7123 [recorded April 2002; CD issued 2002][digital download; flacs, cover and inlay […]
2023-11-10 00:00:00
Farquhar, Farr, Finzi, Imogen Holst, Lilburn, McCabe, Psathas, Rubbra & The King's Alchemist: British and New Zealand Chamber Music
[…] Two Violins (1956) [19'22]11 - 12 Canzonettas for Violin and Viola (1942-1958) [4'17]13 - 15 String Trio (1945) [15'54]Martin Riseley- violin with the Chamber Players of the New Zealand School of Music (Jun He and Lyndon Taylor- violins, Donald Maurice- viola, Inbal Megiddo- cello, Jian Liu- piano)Atoll ACD142 [recorded June 2011; issued 2014][digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venue: somewhere in Wellington, New ZealandRecording engineers: Nigel Scott and Michael Parsons; Producer: Wayne LairdEdmund Rubbra: Chamber Music:01 Piano Trio in one movement, op.68 [19'31]02 Meditazioni Sopra 'Cœurs Désolés' for oboe and piano, op.67 [5'21]03 Phantasy for two violins and piano, op.16 [11'27]04 - 06 Sonata in C for oboe and piano, op.100 [12'30]07 - 11 (arr. A Cruft): Suite 'The Buddha', op.64 [9'05]12 - 13 Piano Trio No. 2, op.138 [13'15]14 Duo for cor anglais and piano, op.156 [5'41]Endymion Ensemble (Krysia Osostowicz- violin, Catherine Manson- violin & viola, Jane […]
2023-10-13 00:00:00
Britten, Chausson, Debussy, Rachmaninov, Ravel, Rubbra, Schumann et al: Orchestral & Vocal Works (Malcolm Sargent et al)
[…] in A minor, op.44 ~ [39'03]Cyril Smith- piano and Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra*, London Symphony Orchestra^, BBC Symphony Orchestra~, all conducted by Malcolm SargentGuild GHCD 2423 [recorded September 1931 ^, June 1947 * and May 1953 ~; issued 2014][digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venues: Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool *, Queen's Hall ^ and Abbey Road Studios ~, LondonRecording engineers and Producers: not givenRecordings from the collection of Edward Johnson remastered by Peter Reynolds.Britten and Rubbra Piano Concertos:01 - 03 Edmund Rubbra: Piano Concerto in G major, op.85 * [27'25]04 - 05 Benjamin Britten: Prelude and Fugue for 18-part string orchestra, op.29 ^ [9'05]06 - 09 Benjamin Britten: Piano Concerto in D major, op.13 ~ [31'21]Denis Matthews- piano, BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Malcolm Sargent *; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Norman Del Mar ^; Jacques Abram- piano, Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Herbert Menges ~EMI CDZ 5747812 [recorded January ~ […]
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