Edmund Rubbra
Wed, Nov 2 2011, 9:26PM
Until a few days ago "Edmund Rubbra" was a topic on this forum. In fact, two new postings had been entered over the weekend. SO WHERE DID IT GO/.
Thu, Nov 3 2011, 9:22PM
#2
RE: Edmund Rubbra
Well I thought he came from relatively humble beginnings and left school at 14 although he did ultimately end up at the Roylal College of Music. Still there's perhaps been a conspiracy.....
Thu, Nov 3 2011, 9:38PM
#3
RE: Edmund Rubbra
Thanks tagalie. I guess the last two posts over the weekend were considered as something that has already been said before and were therefore deleted. Were that some of the banter, some offensive, that has filled these pages lately (you know who you are) suffered a similar fate.
Thu, Nov 3 2011, 10:38PM
#4
RE: Edmund Rubbra
Well I thought he came from relatively humble beginnings and left school at 14 although he did ultimately end up at the Roylal College of Music. Still there's perhaps been a conspiracy.....
Apparently, inside every musician there's a middle class revisionist toady struggling to emerge, often succeeding so I believe. After all, the man did own a house.
I must say I welcome any chance to listen to or talk about Rubbra. Of that pretty sizeable crew of English composers generally considered not-quite-front-rank (not my own opinion), he and Bax are the two to whom I return most often. Both amply repay revisits. I'm on a Bax kick right now. We're having his kind of weather.
Fri, Nov 4 2011, 6:19PM
#5
RE: Edmund Rubbra
Since you mentioned Bax, I'd appreciate yoour comments on the Vernon Handley Chandos set of the symphonies. I grew up on the Lyrita recordings (and Handley's Revolution LP of the 4th, and also Barbirolli) and can't seem to find Handley's complete set to be any better, or in some cases as good as those earlier recordings. I know Handley did a lot of study of the scores but it seems to me he missed something, or is it just the rather unwarm sound of the BBC Philharmonic (why was that orchestra chosen?) that drives me away? By the way, I've read that Lloyd Jones on Naxos is even better, largely because of his orchestra.
Sat, Nov 5 2011, 10:55PM
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RE: Edmund Rubbra
Bliss, I've referenced some of your points in the new Bax thread.
The thread's buried down there on page 4 of General Discussion. Strangely, recent posts have vanished. I expect, as a bourgeois lackey of the middle classes and tonal to boot, he's been denounced and decreed a non-composer.