voc, 1921-1997 GB, Royal Leamington Spa
Composer / Producer of Classical
A.k.a. Robert Wilfred Levick Simpson
Robert Wilfred Levick Simpson (2 March 1921 – 21 November 1997) was an English composer and long-serving BBC producer and broadcaster.He is best known for his orchestral and chamber music (particularly those in the key classical forms: 11 symphonies and 15 string quartets), and for his writings on the music of Beethoven, Bruckner, Nielsen and Sibelius. He studied composition under Herbert Howells. Remarkably for a living contemporary composer, a Robert Simpson Society was formed in 1980 by individuals concerned that Simpson's music had been unfairly neglected. The Society aims to bring Simpson's music to a wider public by sponsoring recordings and live performances of his work, by issuing a journal and other publications, and by maintaining an archive of material relating to the composer.
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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The Complete Symphonies | Robert Simpson | 2006 | Album |
Symphony No 11 / Variations On A Theme By Carl Nielsen | Robert Simpson, City Of London Sinfonia, Matthew Taylor | 2004 | Album |
The Art Of Fugue | Johann Sebastian Bach · Robert Simpson, The Delmé String Quartet | 2000 | Album |
String Quartet No 13 / String Quintet No 2 / Clarinet Quintet | Robert Simpson, The Delmé String Quartet, Christopher Van Kampen, Thea King | 1997 | 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 / Symphony No 8 | Robert Simpson, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley | 1996 | Album |
The Complete Solo Piano Music | Robert Simpson - Raymond Clarke | 1996 | Album |
Violin Sonata • Piano Trio | Robert Simpson - Pauline Lowbury, Christopher Green-Armytage, The Lowbury Piano Trio | 1995 | Album |
Symphony No 3 / Symphony No 5 | Robert Simpson | 1995 | Album |
String Quartet No 14 / String Quartet No 15 / Quintet For Clarinet, Bass Clarinet And String Trio | Robert Simpson, The Vanbrugh Quartet, Joy Farrall, Fiona Cross | 1993 | Album |
String Quartet No 12 / String Quintet | Robert Simpson - Coull Quartet, Roger Bigley | 1992 | Album |
Symphony No 2 / Symphony No 4 | Robert Simpson | 1992 | Album |
Symphony No 10 | Robert Simpson, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley | 1991 | Album |
String Quartet No 3 / String Quartet No 6 / String Trio | Robert Simpson, The Delmé String Quartet | 1990 | Album |
String Quartet No 1 / String Quartet No 4 | Robert Simpson, The Delmé String Quartet | 1990 | Album |
String Quartet No. 10 (For Peace) / String Quartet No 11 | Robert Simpson, Coull Quartet | 1988 | Album |
Symphony No6 / Symphony No7 | Robert Simpson, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley | 1988 | Album |
Symphony No 9 | Robert Simpson – Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Vernon Handley | 1988 | Album |
String Quartet No. 7 / String Quartet No. 8 | Robert Simpson, The Delmé String Quartet | 1984 | Album |
Symphony No. 3 & Clarinet Quintet | Robert Simpson | 1979 | Album |
Symphony No 3 | Robert Simpson - Jascha Horenstein, The London Symphony Orchestra | 1970 | Album |
Clarinet Quintet (1968), String Quartet (1951/52) | Robert Simpson - Bernard Walton, Aeolian String Quartet | 1970 | Album |
Symphonie No. 2 / Symphonie No. 1 | Peter Racine Fricker / Robert Simpson | Album | |
String Quartet No 9 | Robert Simpson, The Delmé String Quartet | Album | |
String Quartet No 2 / String Quartet No 5 | Robert Simpson, The Delmé String Quartet | Album |