Edmund Rubbra - The Jade Mountain - Songs

Edmund RUBBRA (1901-1986)

The Jade Mountain – Songs

Lucy Crowe (soprano) 

Claire Barnett-Jones (mezzo-soprano) 

Marcus Farnsworth (baritone)

Timothy Ridout (viola) 

Catrin Finch (harp) 

Iain Burnside (piano)

rec. February 2022, Potton Hall, Suffolk

Edmund Rubbra - Choral Works

Edmund RUBBRA (1901-1986)

Choral Works

Song of the Soul, Op. 78 (1952) 

Four Mediæval Latin Lyrics, for baritone and string orchestra, Op. 32 (1947) 

Inscape, Suite for mixed choir, strings and harp, Op. 122 (1964) 

Veni, creator Spiritus, for mixed chorus and brass, Op. 130 (1965-6)

Advent Cantata: Natum Maria Virgine, Op. 136 (1968)

 

Stephen Varcoe (baritone) (op. 32 & 136)

Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus (op. 78, 122, 130 & 136)

City of London Sinfonia

Richard Hickox

rec. Blackheath Halls, London, 27-28 August 1999

British Piano Concertos: Addison, Bush, Maconchy, Searle, Rubbra, Benjamin

British Piano Concertos

John ADDISON (1920-1998)

Wellington Suite for Two Horns, Piano, Timpani, Percussion and Strings (1959)

Arthur BENJAMIN (1893-1960)

Concertino for Piano and Orchestra (1927) 

Elizabeth MACONCHY (1907-1994)

Concertino for Piano and String Orchestra (1949)

Humphrey SEARLE (1915-1982)

Concertante for Piano, Percussion and String Orchestra (1954) 

Edmund RUBBRA (1901-1986)

Nature’s Song, Tone Poem for Orchestra, Organ and Pianoforte (1920) 

Geoffrey BUSH (1920-1998)

A Little Concerto on Themes of Thomas Arne for Pianoforte and Strings (1939) 

Simon Callaghan (piano)

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Martyn Brabbins

rec. 29-30 June 2021, Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, UK

Edmund Rubbra - Symphonies Nos.2 and 4

Edmund RUBBRA (1901-1986)

Symphony No. 2, Op 45 (1938, rev 1946)

Symphony No. 4, Op 53 (1942) 

Edmund Rubbra introduces his fourth Symphony 

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Sir Adrian Boult (2) 

Edmund Rubbra (4)

rec. live, Royal Albert Hall, London 14 August 1942 (4 - first performance), Maida Vale Studios, London 8 October 1954 (2)

Introductory talk broadcast on BBC Radio 9 August 1942

ADD Mono

Edmund Rubbra - SInfonia Concertante; Violin Concerto

  

Edmund RUBBRA (1901-1986)

Sinfonia Concertante, Op.38 (1936, 1943) 

Prelude and Fugue on a Theme of Cyril Scott, Op.69 (1949)

Cyril SCOTT (1879-1970)

Consolation (1918) (W80)  

Edmund RUBBRA

Violin Concerto, Op.103 (1959) 

Endré Wolf (violin)

Edmund Rubbra (piano)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Hugo Rignold (sinfonia)

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Rudolf Schwarz (concerto)

BBC broadcast 20 February 1960 (concerto),  

2 May 1967 (sinfonia), 

9 August 1967 (prelude, consolation). ADD/mono.

LYRITA ITTER BROADCAST COLLECTION 

Rubbra - Smphonies Nos. 6 and 8; Soliloquy

Edmund RUBBRA (1901-1986)

Symphony No. 6, Op. 80 (1953/4)

Symphony No. 8, Op. 132, ‘Hommage à Teilhard de Chardin’ (1966-68) 

Soliloquy for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 57 (1947) 

Philharmonia Orchestra/Norman Del Mar (symphonies)

Rohan de Saram (cello); London Symphony Orchestra/Vernon Handley (Soliloquy).

Rubbra - Symphonies 3 and 7

Edmund Rubbra 

Symphony No. 3, Op. 49

Symphony No. 7 in C, Op. 88

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Richard Hickox

Rubbra - String Quartet No.2; Amoretti; Ave Maria; Piano Trio No.1

Edmund Rubbra (1901–1986)

String Quartet No. 2 • Amoretti • Ave Maria Gratia Plena • Piano Trio No. 1

Charles Daniels, Martin Roscoe, Maggini Quartet

Edmund Rubbra - Symphonies Nos.2 & 6

 

Edmund  RUBBRA (1901-1986)

Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 45; 

Symphony No. 6, Op. 80. 

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Richard Hickox.

Edmund Rubbra - Symphonies Nos.4; 10 and 11

Edmund  RUBBRA

Symphonies 4; 10 and 11

BBC National Orchestra Of Wales,

Richard Hickox

Edmund Rubbra - The Four String Quartets

Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986) 

The Four String Quartets

The Sterling Quartet

Edmund Rubbra - Symphony No.9; The Morning Watch

Edmund RUBBRA (1901-1986)

Symphony No. 9, 'Sinfonia Sacra'; The Morning Watch

The Morning Watch, Op. 33
Symphony #9 "Sinfonia Sacra," Op. 140

Lynne Dawson, soprano
Della Jones, alto
Stephen Roberts, baritone
BBC National Chorus & Orchestra of Wales/Richard Hickox

Edmund Rubbra - Violin Concerto; Improvisation for Violin and Orchestra

Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986)

Violin Concerto, Op. 103 

Improvisations on Virginal Pieces by Giles Farnaby, Op. 50

Improvisation for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 89

Ulster Orchestra, Takuo Yuasa

Krysia Osostowicz (Violin)

Rubbra - Symphonies 8 and 5, Ode to the Queen

Edmund Rubbra

Symphony No. 5 (1947), Symphony No. 8 Teilhard de Chardin (1968), Ode to the Queen (1953) Three Songs for Medium Voice and Orchestra - première recording   

Susan Bickley (soprano) BBC Welsh SO/Richard Hickox