- Composer: Rubbra Edmund
- Audio CD (Oct 2 2001)
- SPARS Code: DDD
- Number of Discs: 5
- Format: Box set
- Label: Chn
- ASIN: B00005NW4I
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #77,498 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Symphony No. 1, Op. 44: Allegro moderato e tempestoso | |||
| 2. Symphony No. 1, Op. 44: Perigourdine: Allegro bucolico e giocoso | |||
| 3. Symphony No. 1, Op. 44: Lento | |||
| 4. Symphony No. 2, Op. 45: Lento rubato | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Symphony No. 3, Op. 49: Moderato | |||
| 2. Symphony No. 3, Op. 49: Allegro | |||
| 3. Symphony No. 3, Op. 49: Molto adagio ma liberamente | |||
| 4. Symphony No. 3, Op. 49: Tema con 7 variazioni e una fuga | |||
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| Disc: 3 | |||
| 1. Symphony No. 5, Op. 63: Adagio-Allegro energico | |||
| 2. Symphony No. 5, Op. 63: Allegro moderato | |||
| 3. Symphony No. 5, Op. 63: Grave | |||
| 4. Symphony No. 5, Op. 63: Allegro vivo | |||
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| Disc: 4 | |||
| 1. Symphony No. 7, Op. 88: Lento e molto espressivo | |||
| 2. Symphony No. 7, Op. 88: Vivace e leggiero | |||
| 3. Symphony No. 7, Op. 88: Passacaglia and Fugue: Lento | |||
| 4. Symphony No. 8, Op. 132: Moderato | |||
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| Disc: 5 | |||
| 1. Symphony No. 9, Op. 140: Prelude | |||
| 2. Symphony No. 9, Op. 140: Chorus: 'Crux fidelis' | |||
| 3. Symphony No. 9, Op. 140: Chorale: 'Almighty Lord we pray thee' | |||
| 4. Symphony No. 9, Op. 140: Narrator: 'Now in the place where he was crucified' | |||
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Well Worth Acquiring,
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This review is from: Complete Symphonies (Audio CD)
Twenty-five years ago I bought a LP of Rubbra's second symphony and found, after several listens, I really enjoyed his composition. Now, in middle age, my inclinations have increasingly gone to modern composers. Based upon reviews, I bought this set last month from Amazon and it has rarely been out of the CD player since. Rubbra reminds me of 20 year old scotch, a taste that must be acquired but the benefits are so many. His later symphonies are very Brucknerian in dimensions and fascinating. Chandos has, again, done a marvelleous job with the recording and Richard Hickox (who did a spendid job with the Vaughan Williams symphonies) also excels. This CD box now resides in honoured position next to my heavily used sets of symphonies by Arnold Bax, Eduard Tubin, and Gustav Mahler.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A major British symphonist,
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This review is from: Complete Symphonies (Audio CD)
Edmund Rubbra's symphonies received a very mixed reception in their time. Some listeners found their contrapuntal logic absolutely riveting, and complimented Rubbra on making them fall in love with music again. Others, however, found them too single-minded and rather drably orchestrated, comparing them to reinforced concrete or brown wallpaper. Over the years, however, the musical language became more flexible in its sequence and warmer in its harmony. Strict thematic logic is combined in the later symphonies with many a wayward shift in tempo and timbre; it is the combination of logic and freedom (without the logic the freedom would produce incoherence) that makes these works so human and so endlessly rewarding for a listener who is sufficiently sympathetic to the idiom (which is akin to that of Vaughan Williams and Finzi).These performances do not entirely supersede the Lyrita recordings of the 70s (particularly of the 7th and 8th Symphonies). Hickox's direction of the Fifth is, however, even better than the classic recording by Barbirolli; it is the first recording, in my view, that makes the final epilogue convincing. The high quality of both playing and recording, and Hickox's complete understanding of the musical idiom, make this set worthy of unhesitating recommendation.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Truly a Giant of a Composer,
By Seigfrieds Hammer "Ken" (Aurora, CO USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Complete Symphonies (Audio CD)
This is music. This is truly ground breaking symphonies. There is power in every measure. Rubbra was truly a 20th Century Giant. He is in the same class as Elgar. All others of his day were mere imitators, lighweights; unable to come near the heights that he climbed. When you hear these recordings you are standing in the presence of greatness. The music is performed with enthusiasm, skill and daring. Richard Hickox knows how to inspire his band of Welshmen. The BBC National Orchestra of Wales is a true world class symphony orchestra. This is music. This set must be owned.
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