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~ Michael George (Baritone), Edmund Rubbra (Composer), Richard Hickox (Conductor), BBC National Orchestra of Wales (Orchestra)
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  • Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  • Conductor: Richard Hickox
  • Composer: Edmund Rubbra
  • Audio CD (1 Oct 1999)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Chandos
  • ASIN: B000000AXR
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Symphony No. 4, Op. 53: I. Con moto12:56Album Only
Listen  2. Symphony No. 4, Op. 53: II. Intermezzo: Allegretto gracioso 5:03£0.59
Listen  3. Symphony No. 4, Op. 53: III. i) Introduzione: Grave e molto calmo 4:43£0.59
Listen  4. Symphony No. 4, Op. 53: III. ii) Allegro maestoso 5:39£0.59
Listen  5. Symphony No. 10, Op. 145, "Sinfonia da Camera": I. Lento e liberamente - 4:44£0.59
Listen  6. Symphony No. 10, Op. 145, "Sinfonia da Camera": II. Scherzando ma grazioso - 3:49£0.59
Listen  7. Symphony No. 10, Op. 145, "Sinfonia da Camera": III. Lento - 5:29£0.59
Listen  8. Symphony No. 10, Op. 145, "Sinfonia da Camera": IV. Molto adagio 1:01£0.59
Listen  9. Symphony No. 11, Op. 153: Symphony No.11, Op. 15314:58Album Only

On this CD:
  1. Symphony No. 4
    Composed by Edmund Rubbra
    Performed by BBC National Orchestra of Wales
    Conducted by Richard Hickox

  2. Symphony No. 10, 'Sinfonia da camera'
    Composed by Edmund Rubbra
    Performed by BBC National Orchestra of Wales
    Conducted by Richard Hickox

  3. Symphony No. 11
    Composed by Edmund Rubbra
    Performed by BBC National Orchestra of Wales
    Conducted by Richard Hickox

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5.0 out of 5 stars An introduction to Rubbra, 16 May 2006
By Paul Dalheim (Beverley UK) - See all my reviews
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The 4th is perhaps the most immediately appealing of Rubbra's 11 symphonies and is a good place to start exploring his music. After a quiet opening the 1st movement slowly gathers momentum and develops into powerful, memorable music. The lighter second movement leads into the 3rd and 4th, played without a break: the finale is rousing, uplifting and thoroughly satisfying. Clearly a logical, planning mind has produced this music. The performance by the National Orchestra of Wales is excellent and the superb Chandos sound enhances the pleasure. Richard Hickox is an outstanding interpreter of English music and this disc is no exception. It is music to listen to again and again. The 10th and 11th symphonies, the two final works in the symphonic cycle, are not perhaps as immediately appealing as the 4th. However, repeated listening brings great rewards. Both have some fine music and are well executed: I find that each of them creates that same sense of satisfaction in the listener. I regard this as one of the best discs in my collection - an essential for lovers of English 20th Century music.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A fine performance of one of Rubbra's most sublime works, 9 Nov 2000
By Dr. R. G. Bullock "Gavin Bullock" (Winchester, UK) - See all my reviews
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Rubbra's 1st symphony was completed in 1937 and he had already finished his 4th by 1942. Sergeant Rubbra, in uniform, conducted the first performance at a prom. Like a number of composers, he joined up but mostly played the piano in a small chamber group. Rubbra was an excellent pianist. On one occasion a concert was advertised to the troops as featuring 'Ed Rubb and his string combinations'. They did not get quite what they expected. At this time, Rubbra was considered one of England's most promising composers and this symphony consolidated his position as it was his finest so far. The opening passage has been described as one of the most beautiful in English symphonic music. It begins in the simplest of ways, with a falling fifth and rising third. Rubbra used to say that he liked to have a starting point he could be sure of and then everything else would follow. The movement builds to a climax, the tempo steadily increasing. At the end the music subsides to a peaceful conclusion with a reprise of the opening material. There follows an allegretto grazioso in a sort of waltz rhythm. There is no separate slow movement but the introduction to the final movement is a very beautiful but short grave e molto calme. One longs for more. It leads seamlessly into the final allegro maestoso. The music has a 'catch me if you can' quality. Rubbra once wrote a piano teaching piece called exactly that. The symphony finishes broadly and optimistically.

The 10th symphony (1974) found Rubbra in very different circumstances. He had had to wait three years for the first performance of his 8th symphony. He had been totally ignored by the BBC and concert organisers. However things were about to improve - the BBC was to put on a complete cycle of the symphonies in 1976 when he reached his 75th birthday. The 'Sinfonia da camera' or chamber symphony is only about 15 minutes long. Although the orchestra is not large, it would not fit in your lounge comfortably. The title refers more to the chamber-like textures used throughout. Rubbra set out to compose a single movement work with each 'movement' corresponding to a division of a sonata form movement - exposition, development, recapitulation and coda, achieving a unity across the whole structure. Even in his 70s, he was striving to extend his mastery of symphonic form. It is a wonderful work

The 11th symphony (1979)was his last. He did start a 12th in 1985 but only completed one page. The 10th is again short and in one movement with no divisions identified (unlike the 10th). A BBC commission, it was first performed at the proms. There is a magical opening with a horn theme (based on the interval of the 5th), harp and strings. Someone described this as having a 'Brucknerian spaciousness'. The interval of a 5th is the main building block of the work. The material develops organically to a short climax topped by the tam-tam. Textures and melodic material change kaleidoscopically. Whooping horns return towards the end, recreating the atmosphere of the beginning and the music quickly subsides to a subdued, almost apologetic conclusion. One critic described the symphony as 'a stuffed carcass of a symphony' but it represents a new direction in some ways and has a distinct sound world of its own.

This is a very important disc - three symphonies for the price of one, and they demonstrate the development of Rubbra's symphonic style. Richard Hickox and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales give excellent performances and the recording by Chandos is up to the usual house standard. The notes by Robert Saxton, himself a distinguished composer, are fairly short but very perceptive.

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