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Jeremy Siepmann, BBC Music Magazine, October 2001
"An example of a record company getting everything right. Outstanding artist playing worthy yet neglected repertoire in beautifully recorded sound."
Three stars - The Penguin Guide to CDs and DVDs 2003-4 edition
"Although all these pieces do exist in various other versions, Michael Dussek's fine survey is undoubtedly the one to have."
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Well played and recorded,
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This review is from: Rubbra - Complete Piano Music (Audio CD)
The distinguished English composer, Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986), is best known for his eleven symphonies and fine choral and chamber works. This CD contains all his music for solo piano. It is odd he wrote so little, considering his ability as a pianist.I love Rubbra's music but I have to say that the piano music has not been my preference. It may be that his mature style was not really suitable for the instrument. That said, much of the material on this CD has not been available before and there are some fine compositions here. The Sonatina, Nemo fugue, Fantasy fugue and the two groups of teaching pieces are ones I shall return to. The programme begins with the Bachian Prelude and fugue on a theme of Cyril Scott. Scott was Rubbra's first composition teacher whose own style of composition was impressionistic and not at all Bachian, so was this a bit of a joke on Rubbra's part? The Introduction, aria and fugue is a late work. The invention is rather heavy and the thematic material is not really memorable. The Eight preludes (1966) is the longest work he composed for piano solo. There are good things here but I find it uneven. The allegretto (3) and the following andante have considerable atmosphere. The final lento is full of foreboding but comes to a premature end. On the negative side, the writing is often thick and lacks the delicacy of the earlier Sonatina. In the moderato (2) the repeated notes in the left hand make the piano sound like the old honky-tonks that used to accompany silent films. As a whole, it does not quite come off. The Nemo fugue is a rather good short work. The Four Studies are teaching pieces but also have a freshness of invention within their tiny spans. The Fantasy fugue (1982) is a fine piece, with a nobility of expression that builds to a climax and subsides to a beautiful ending. Bell sounds had haunted Rubbra since his childhood and you hear these throughout much of this work. Finally, the Nine teaching pieces have a special place in my life as I 'played' some of them when I was learning the piano. It is nice to hear how they really go. Michael Dussek's daughter, Rachael, plays the first piece which she does faultlessly. These are beautiful miniatures and it is rare to see a composer extending his invention to write something really memorable for children - they make a change from Czerny. Rubbra took the theme from The Shining River and used it for the variations in his only brass band composition. This part of the recording is called an appendix but to me it is one of the best bits. The playing of Michael Dussek (and Rachael!) is exemplary, as is the recording. The full notes are by Michael Dussek and reveal his commitment to this composer.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful, Sensitive Music From A Too-Neglected Composer,
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This review is from: Rubbra - Complete Piano Music (Audio CD)
I'm very glad I bought this CD of lovely, sensitive, beautifully-played music by a composer who is, it seems, far too neglected, particularly when it comes to performances of larger works, surely. The short, deceptively-simple Studies are particularly fine; how nice it would be to see an (appropriate) TV programme with these used as introduction/incidental music. Also, it was nice to hear the Shining River in its original (piano) form, before it was made into a brass band piece (2 recordings of which are available, I see). When hearing these piano pieces, I kept thinking of French late 18th/early 19th century piano music, say by Satie or Debussy.
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4.0 out of 5 stars (1 customer review) 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Listen to Michael Dussek and his little daughter, Rachael,
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This review is from: Rubbra - Complete Piano Music (Audio CD)
The distinguished English composer, Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986), is best known for his eleven symphonies and fine choral and chamber works. This CD contains all his music for solo piano. It is odd he wrote so little, considering his ability as a pianist.I love Rubbra's music but I have to say that the piano music has not been my preference. It may be that his mature style was not really suitable for the instrument. That said, much of the material on this CD has not been available before and there are some fine compositions here. The Sonatina, Nemo fugue, Fantasy fugue and the two groups of teaching pieces are ones I shall return to. The programme begins with the Bachian Prelude and fugue on a theme of Cyril Scott. Scott was Rubbra's first composition teacher whose own style of composition was impressionistic and not at all Bachian, so was this a bit of a joke on Rubbra's part? The Introduction, aria and fugue is a late work. The invention is rather heavy and the thematic material is not really memorable. The Eight preludes (1966) is the longest work he composed for piano solo. There are good things here but I find it uneven. The allegretto (3) and the following andante have considerable atmosphere. The final lento is full of foreboding but comes to a premature end. On the negative side, the writing is often thick and lacks the delicacy of the earlier Sonatina. In the moderato (2) the repeated notes in the left hand make the piano sound like the old honky-tonks that used to accompany silent films. As a whole, it does not quite come off. The Nemo fugue is a rather fine short work. The Four Studies are teaching pieces but also have a freshness of invention within their tiny spans. The Fantasy fugue (1982) is a fine piece, with a nobility of expression that builds to a climax and subsides to a beautiful ending. Bell sounds had haunted Rubbra since his childhood and you hear these throughout much of this work. Finally, the Nine teaching pieces have a special place in my life as I `played' some of them when I was learning the piano. It is nice to hear how they really go. Michael Dussek's daughter, Rachael, plays the first piece which she does faultlessly. These are beautiful miniatures and it is rare to see a composer extending his invention to write something really memorable for children - they make a change from Czerny. Rubbra took the theme from The Shining River and used it for the variations in his only brass band composition. This part of the recording is called an appendix but to me it is one of the best bits. The playing of Michael Dussek (and Rachael!) is exemplary, as is the recording. The full notes are by Michael Dussek and reveal his commitment to this composer. Did you know the Rubbra's had a pet donkey called Freddy? |
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