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Edmund Rubbra
p, voc, 1901-1986 GB, Northampton
Singer / Composer of Classical
A.k.a. Charles Edmund Duncan-Rubbra
Edmund Rubbra (/ˈrʌbrə/; 23 May 1901 – 14 February 1986) was a British composer. He composed both instrumental and vocal works for soloists, chamber groups and full choruses and orchestras. He was greatly esteemed by fellow musicians and was at the peak of his fame in the mid-20th century. The most famous of his pieces are his eleven symphonies. Although he was active at a time when many people wrote twelve-tone music, he decided not to write in this idiom himself. Instead he devised his own distinctive style. His later works were not as popular with the concert-going public as his previous ones had been, although he never lost the respect of his colleagues. Therefore his output as a whole is less celebrated today than would have been expected from its sheer merit and from his early popula
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Dormi Jesu, Op. 3, No. 1, "The Virgin's Cradle Song" on Christmas with the Dale Warland Singers by Dale Warland The Jade Mountain, Op. 116: IV. A Song on the Southern River on The Jade Mountain – Songs by Edmund Rubbra by Edmund Rubbra, Lucy Crowe, Claire Barnett-Jones, Marcus Farnsworth, Iain Burnside, Catrin Finch & Timothy Ridout Dormi Jesu, Op. 3 on Rubbra: Missa cantuariensis, Dormi Jesu, That Virgin's Child Most Meek & Missa in honorem Sancti Dominici by Edmund Rubbra, St. Margaret's Westminster Singers, Richard Hickox & Ian Watson Rubbra: Improvisations on Virginal Pieces by Giles Farnaby, Op. 50: No. 4, Loth to depart on Rubbra: Symphony No. 5, Op. 63 by Edmund Rubbra, Sir John Barbirolli & Hallé Missa Cantuariensis, Op. 59: VI. Agnus Dei on Edmund Rubbra by Edmund Rubbra, The Sixteen & Harry Christophers Missa Cantuariensis Op. 59: VII. Gloria in excelsis on Edmund Rubbra by Edmund Rubbra, The Sixteen & Harry Christophers Viola Concerto in A Major, Op. 75: III. Collana musicale. Andante moderato on Rubbra & Walton: Viola Concertos by Lawrence Power, William Walton, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Edmund Rubbra & Ilan Volkov Meditations on a Byzantine Hymn, Op. 117 on Rubbra & Walton: Viola Concertos by Lawrence Power, William Walton, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Edmund Rubbra & Ilan Volkov Viola Concerto in A Major, Op. 75: II. Molto vivace on Rubbra & Walton: Viola Concertos by Lawrence Power, William Walton, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Edmund Rubbra & Ilan Volkov Viola Concerto in A Major, Op. 75: I. Introduzione quasi una fantasia on Rubbra & Walton: Viola Concertos by Lawrence Power, William Walton, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Edmund Rubbra & Ilan VolkovTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enigmas - Solo Piano And Chamber Works | Elspeth Wyllie, Catherine Backhouse, Claire Overbury, Alexa Beattie, Hetti Price, Sir Edward Elgar, York Bowen, Kenneth Leighton, Edmund Rubbra, Nicholas Sackman | 2017 | Album |
| Sinfonia Concertante, Op. 38; Violin Concerto, Op. 103 | Edmund Rubbra, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Hugo Rignold, Endre Wolf | 2017 | Album |
| English Music For Oboe And Piano | Edmund Rubbra, York Bowen, Benjamin Britten, Herbert Howells, Marika Lombardi, Nathalie Dang | 2017 | Album |
| Kathleen Ferrier Remembered: Broadcasts Of British Songs And German Lieder 1947-1952 | Kathleen Ferrier, Franz Schubert, Johannes Brahms, Hugo Wolf, Charles Villiers Stanford, Maurice Jacobson And Edmund Rubbra With Bruno Walter, Gerald Moore, Frederick Stone | 2017 | Compil. |
| String Quartets Nos. 1, 3 And 4 | Edmund Rubbra, The Maggini Quartet | 2011 | Album |
| String Quartet No.1 String Quartet No.3 Sonata for Cello & Piano Improvisation for Cello | Edmund Rubbra | 2010 | Album |
| String Quartet No.2 String Quartet No.4 Lyric Movement Meditations on a Byzantine Hymn | Edmund Rubbra | 2010 | Album |
| Viola Concertos • Meditations On A Byzantine Hymn | Sir William Walton / Edmund Rubbra / Lawrence Power | 2007 | Album |
| British Modern Vol. 1 | Arthur Bliss • Edmund Rubbra • Malcolm Arnold • John Addison – Sidney Harth, Paul Kling, Peter McHugh, Leon Rapier – The Louisville Orchestra / Jorge Mester & Robert Whitney | 2005 | Compil. |
| Violin Concerto / Improvisations For Violin And Orchestra | Edmund Rubbra, Krysia Osostowicz, Ulster Orchestra, Takuo Yuasa | 2005 | Album |
| Song Of The Birds (English Cello Music) | Herbert Murrill, Sir George Dyson, Haydn Wood, Edmund Rubbra, Raphael Wallfisch, The BBC Concert Orchestra, Vernon Handley | 2004 | Album |
| Britten: Piano Concerto; Diversions; Young Apollo | Benjamin Britten, Edmund Rubbra | 2001 | Compil. |
| Complete Symphonies | Edmund Rubbra, The BBC National Orchestra Of Wales, Richard Hickox | 2001 | Album |
| Nine Tenebrae Motets; Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis In A Flat; Missa In Honorem Sancti Dominici; Missa Cantauriensis | Edmund Rubbra, St. John's College Choir, Christopher Robinson | 2001 | Album |
| Chamber Music. Endymion Ensemble | Edmund Rubbra | 2000 | Album |
| Inscape • Four Mediaeval Latin Lyrics • Song Of The Soul • Advent Cantata • Veni, Creator Spiritus | Edmund Rubbra - Stephen Varcoe, Chorus Of St Martin In The Fields, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 2000 | Album |
| Violin Sonata no.1 Violin Sonata no.2 Violin Sonata no.3 | Edmund Rubbra | 1999 | Album |
| Symphony No. 8, "Hommage à Teilhard de Chardin" / Ode To The Queen / Symphony No. 5 | Edmund Rubbra - The BBC National Orchestra Of Wales, Richard Hickox | 1999 | Album |
| Symphony No. 3, Symphony No. 7 | Edmund Rubbra / The BBC National Orchestra Of Wales, Richard Hickox | 1998 | Album |
| Brass From The Masters, Vol. 1 | Ralph Vaughan Williams • William Alwyn • Cyril Jenkins • Robert Simpson • Edmund Rubbra • Sir Edward Elgar / The Williams Fairey Brass Band, James Gourlay • Bryan Hurdley | 1997 | Album |
| Symphony No. 1, A Tribute, Sinfonia Concertante | Edmund Rubbra / Howard Shelley, The BBC National Orchestra Of Wales, Richard Hickox | 1997 | Album |
| Symphony No. 9 "Sinfona Sacra"; The Morning Watch | Edmund Rubbra / The BBC National Orchestra Of Wales, The BBC National Chorus Of Wales, Richard Hickox | 1996 | Album |
| Symphony No. 2; Symphony No. 6 | Edmund Rubbra / The BBC National Orchestra Of Wales, Richard Hickox | 1996 | Album |
| The Four String Quartets | Edmund Rubbra | 1996 | Album |
| Symphony No. 4 Symphony No. 10 Symphony No. 11 (Premiere Recording) | Edmund Rubbra, The BBC National Orchestra Of Wales, Richard Hickox | 1995 | Album |
| Violin & Viola Concertos | Edmund Rubbra / Tasmin Little, Rivka Golani, Vernon Handley, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | 1994 | Album |
| Sacred Choral Music | Patrick Hadley / Edmund Rubbra - The Choir Of Gonville & Caius College | 1993 | Album |
| Symphony Nos. 2 & 7 | Edmund Rubbra | 1992 | Album |
| Symphony Nos. 6 & 8 • Soliloquy | Edmund Rubbra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Norman Del Mar, Rohan de Saram, The London Symphony Orchestra, Vernon Handley | 1992 | Compil. |
| Symphonies 3 & 4 • A Tribute | Edmund Rubbra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Norman Del Mar | 1990 | Album |
| Oboe Sonatas | Edmund Rubbra, Benjamin Britten, Martin Grabert, Julius Röntgen - Peter Bree, Paul Komen | 1989 | Album |
| Violin Concerto / Piano Concerto | Edmund Rubbra, Carl Pini / John Ireland, Geoffrey Tozer, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, David Measham | 1986 | Album |
| Music For Oboe And Piano | Herbert Howells / Edmund Rubbra / Sir Hamilton Harty - Sarah Francis, Peter Dickinson | 1986 | Album |
| Symphonies 6 And 8 | Edmund Rubbra | 1982 | Album |
| The Complete Piano Music Played by Edwin Moore | Edmund Rubbra | 1981 | Album |
| Symphony No.5 / Five Dances From 'Checkmate' | Edmund Rubbra / Arthur Bliss - Melbourne Symphony Orchestra / West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Hans-Hubert Schönzeler | 1980 | Album |
| Symphony No. 7 In C Op. 88 / Soliloquy For Cello & Orchestra Op. 57 | Edmund Rubbra, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult, The London Symphony Orchestra, Vernon Handley, Rohan de Saram | 1979 | Album |
| Symphony No. 2 And Festival Overture | Edmund Rubbra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Vernon Handley | 1978 | Album |
| Improvisation For Violin And Orchestra - Concerto For Violin And Orchestra | Edmund Rubbra, Benjamin Britten, Sidney Harth, Paul Kling, The Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney | 1977 | Album |
| • Symphony No. 10 • Improvisations On Virginal Pieces By Giles Farnaby • A Tribute (For Vaughan Williams) • | Edmund Rubbra, Hans-Hubert Schönzeler, Bournemouth Sinfonietta | 1976 | Album |
| Missa Cantuariensis; Missa In Honorem Sancti Dominici; Two Carols For Unacompanied Choir. | Edmund Rubbra | 1975 | Album |
| Symphony No7 / Fantasia On A Theme Of Thomas Tallis | Edmund Rubbra / Ralph Vaughan Williams, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult | 1970 | Album |
| String Quartet No. 2 / "Echoes" For String Quartet | Edmund Rubbra / Bernard Herrmann, Amici String Quartet | 1967 | Album |
| Elegie For Baritone, Chorus & Small Orchestra / Concerto For Strings / Inscape Suite For Chorus & Orchestra | Robert Still / Edmund Rubbra, John Carol Case, The Ambrosian Singers, The Jacques Orchestra / Myer Fredman | 1967 | Album |
| Symphony No. 5 / Dives And Lazarus / Oboe Concerto | Edmund Rubbra, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Sir John Barbirolli, Hallé Orchestra, The London Symphony Orchestra, Evelyn Rothwell | 1966 | Album |
| String Quartet No. 2 In E Flat, Op. 73 / "Echoes" For String Quartet | Edmund Rubbra, Bernard Herrmann, Amici String Quartet | Album | |
| Piano Concerto Nr.1 / Piano Concerto | Benjamin Britten / Edmund Rubbra | Album | |
| Epic Brass (British Music For Brass Band | Percy Fletcher • Sir Edward Elgar • Edmund Rubbra • Gilbert Vinter • Eric Ball / The Black Dyke Mills Band, Roy Newsome • Peter Parkes | Album | |
| Mass In G Minor; Missa In Honorem Sancti Dominici, Op 66 | Ralph Vaughan Williams, Edmund Rubbra | Album |
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