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Composer Edmund Rubbra is best known for his 11 symphonies. Recordings devoted to his songs are sparse, but Rubbra wrote a lot of them, and this little Chandos release makes a good case for them. Taken singly, the songs might seem derivative of Vaughan Williams, Holst, Gerald Finzi, or several other composers. However, they are stronger as a group, and this project does well to offer a large force of three singers and three accompanists (piano, viola, and harp), breaking up the intense sequence of numerous short pieces, most of them between one and two minutes long. Heard this way, Rubbra's songs emerge as ingenious miniatures that distill the mid-century British style down to concise statements or solutions to problems. What recital audience wouldn't be entranced by the unaccompanied The Mystery, from the Two Songs, Op. 4, if it popped up on a program? Or sample the ultra-economical Invocation to Spring, Op. 17, No. 2, as it packs several significant harmonic events into 65 seconds. The titular The Jade Mountain, Op. 116, is a mini song cycle of five pieces based on translations of Chinese texts; the songs seem to match the imagistic quality of the language. Many of the pieces have texts that are philosophical in some way, and some are religious. The modest-sized voice of soprano Lucy Crowe is ideal for this music, and all of the performers are very strong, captured beautifully by Chandos engineers at Potton Hall, Suffolk. A song recital that is nothing less than a revelation.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Edmund RUBBRA, Composer - Claire Barnett-Jones, MainArtist, MezzoSopranoVocals - Iain Burnside, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Edmund RUBBRA, Composer - Claire Barnett-Jones, MainArtist, MezzoSopranoVocals - Iain Burnside, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Edmund RUBBRA, Composer - Iain Burnside, Piano, MainArtist - Marcus Farnsworth, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Edmund RUBBRA, Composer - Iain Burnside, Piano, MainArtist - Marcus Farnsworth, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Edmund RUBBRA, Composer - Lucy Crowe, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Iain Burnside, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Edmund RUBBRA, Composer - Lucy Crowe, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Iain Burnside, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Edmund RUBBRA, Composer - Lucy Crowe, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Iain Burnside, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Edmund RUBBRA, Composer - Iain Burnside, Piano, MainArtist - Marcus Farnsworth, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Edmund RUBBRA, Composer - Iain Burnside, Piano, MainArtist - Marcus Farnsworth, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Edmund RUBBRA, Composer - Lucy Crowe, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Iain Burnside, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Edmund RUBBRA, Composer - Lucy Crowe, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Iain Burnside, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Edmund RUBBRA, Composer - Claire Barnett-Jones, MainArtist, MezzoSopranoVocals - Iain Burnside, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Two Songs, Op. 22 (Edmund Rubbra)
Edmund RUBBRA, Composer - Claire Barnett-Jones, MainArtist, MezzoSopranoVocals - Iain Burnside, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Edmund RUBBRA, Composer - Claire Barnett-Jones, MainArtist, MezzoSopranoVocals - Iain Burnside, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Edmund RUBBRA, Composer - Lucy Crowe, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Iain Burnside, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Edmund RUBBRA, Composer - Lucy Crowe, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Iain Burnside, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Two Sonnets by William Alabaster, Op. 87 (Edmund Rubbra)
Edmund RUBBRA, Composer - Claire Barnett-Jones, MainArtist, MezzoSopranoVocals - Iain Burnside, Piano, MainArtist - Timothy Ridout, Viola, MainArtist
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Edmund RUBBRA, Composer - Claire Barnett-Jones, MainArtist, MezzoSopranoVocals - Iain Burnside, Piano, MainArtist - Timothy Ridout, Viola, MainArtist
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Two Songs, Op. 4 (Edmund Rubbra)
Edmund RUBBRA, Composer - Lucy Crowe, MainArtist, SopranoSolo
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Catrin Finch, Harp, MainArtist - Edmund RUBBRA, Composer - Lucy Crowe, MainArtist, SopranoSolo
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Catrin Finch, Harp, MainArtist - Edmund RUBBRA, Composer - Lucy Crowe, MainArtist, SopranoSolo
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
The Jade Mountain, Op. 116 (Edmund Rubbra)
Catrin Finch, Harp, MainArtist - Edmund RUBBRA, Composer - Lucy Crowe, MainArtist, SopranoSolo
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Catrin Finch, Harp, MainArtist - Edmund RUBBRA, Composer - Lucy Crowe, MainArtist, SopranoSolo
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Catrin Finch, Harp, MainArtist - Edmund RUBBRA, Composer - Lucy Crowe, MainArtist, SopranoSolo
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Catrin Finch, Harp, MainArtist - Edmund RUBBRA, Composer - Lucy Crowe, MainArtist, SopranoSolo
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Catrin Finch, Harp, MainArtist - Edmund RUBBRA, Composer - Lucy Crowe, MainArtist, SopranoSolo
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Edmund RUBBRA, Composer - Iain Burnside, Piano, MainArtist - Marcus Farnsworth, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Edmund RUBBRA, Composer - Iain Burnside, Piano, MainArtist - Marcus Farnsworth, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Edmund RUBBRA, Composer - Lucy Crowe, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Iain Burnside, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Edmund RUBBRA, Composer - Lucy Crowe, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Iain Burnside, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Three Psalms, Op. 61 (Edmund Rubbra)
Edmund RUBBRA, Composer - Claire Barnett-Jones, MainArtist, MezzoSopranoVocals - Iain Burnside, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Edmund RUBBRA, Composer - Claire Barnett-Jones, MainArtist, MezzoSopranoVocals - Iain Burnside, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Edmund RUBBRA, Composer - Claire Barnett-Jones, MainArtist, MezzoSopranoVocals - Iain Burnside, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Edmund RUBBRA, Composer - Claire Barnett-Jones, MainArtist, MezzoSopranoVocals - Iain Burnside, Piano, MainArtist - Marcus Farnsworth, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
Album review
Composer Edmund Rubbra is best known for his 11 symphonies. Recordings devoted to his songs are sparse, but Rubbra wrote a lot of them, and this little Chandos release makes a good case for them. Taken singly, the songs might seem derivative of Vaughan Williams, Holst, Gerald Finzi, or several other composers. However, they are stronger as a group, and this project does well to offer a large force of three singers and three accompanists (piano, viola, and harp), breaking up the intense sequence of numerous short pieces, most of them between one and two minutes long. Heard this way, Rubbra's songs emerge as ingenious miniatures that distill the mid-century British style down to concise statements or solutions to problems. What recital audience wouldn't be entranced by the unaccompanied The Mystery, from the Two Songs, Op. 4, if it popped up on a program? Or sample the ultra-economical Invocation to Spring, Op. 17, No. 2, as it packs several significant harmonic events into 65 seconds. The titular The Jade Mountain, Op. 116, is a mini song cycle of five pieces based on translations of Chinese texts; the songs seem to match the imagistic quality of the language. Many of the pieces have texts that are philosophical in some way, and some are religious. The modest-sized voice of soprano Lucy Crowe is ideal for this music, and all of the performers are very strong, captured beautifully by Chandos engineers at Potton Hall, Suffolk. A song recital that is nothing less than a revelation.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 34 track(s)
- Total length: 01:12:32
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Lucy Crowe Claire Barnett-Jones Marcus Farnsworth Iain Burnside Catrin Finch Timothy Ridout
- Composer: Edmund Rubbra
- Label: Chandos
- Genre: Classical Art Songs, Mélodies & Lieder Mélodies
2023 Chandos Records Ltd. 2023 Chandos Records Ltd.
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