Rubbra: Meditations on a Byzantine Hymn for two violas, Op.117a

This page lists all recordings of Meditations on a Byzantine Hymn for two violas, Op.117a, by Charles Edmund Rubbra (1901-86) on CD.

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Rubbra - String Quartets Nos. 1-4

Rubbra - String Quartets Nos. 1-4

Rubbra:

String Quartet No.1 in F minor op.35

String Quartet No.2 in E flat op.73

String Quartet No.3 op.112

String Quartet No.4 op.150

Lyric Movement for Strings & Piano op.24

with Michael Dussek (piano)

Meditations on a Byzantine Hymn for two violas, Op.117a

with Krysia Osostowicz & Judith Busbridge (violas)

Improvisation for Cello, Op. 124

Sonata in G minor for Cello & Piano op.60

with Michael Dussek (piano)

Dante Quartet

Edmund Rubbra’s String Quartets span his career from 1933 to 1977. Possibly the Second is the best known, but as a group they make an unmissable pendant to the symphonies. Possibly the most important string quartet cycle by any British composer, the Dutton Epoch recordings by the Dante Quartet enjoyed a very positive critical reception when they first appeared, and have now been re-packaged as a bargain-priced 2-CD box set.

“The Dante's rendition of Rubbra's four quartets is superb, but the gem here is Pierre Doumenge and Michael Dussek's account of the Cello Sonata.” BBC Music Magazine, September 2010 *****

Dutton - LXBOX2010

(CD - 2 discs)

$10.50

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Rubbra: String Quartet No.2 in E flat op.73, etc.

Rubbra:

String Quartet No.2 in E flat op.73

String Quartet No.4 op.150

Lyric Movement for Strings & Piano op.24

Meditations on a Byzantine Hymn for two violas, Op.117a

with Krysia Osostowicz & Judith Busbridge (violas)

Michael Dussek (piano)

Dante Quartet: Krysia Osostowicz & Declan Daley (violins), Judith Busbridge (viola), Alastair Blayden (cello)

“Completed in 1951, the Second Quartet is a marvellously inventive piece, beautifully scored for the medium, unfailingly purposeful and full of beguilingly subtle rhythmic and harmonic resource. Bearing a dedication to Robert Simpson, the two-movement Fourth Quartet of 1975-7 was one of Rubbra's last major works.
Probing and intensely poignant, it's another hugely eloquent, seamlessly evolving affair which repays repeated hearings. The Dante Quartet prove outstandingly sympathetic proponents of Rubbra's noble inspiration, their playing urgently expressive and tonally ingratiating.
Pianist Michael Dussek joins proceedings for a stylish and delectably unforced account of the Lyric Movement of 1929, an expertly wrought essay for piano quintet which itself grew out of an earlier, discarded string quartet. Tony Faulkner's Maltings sound is excellent on the whole, if just a fraction too closely balanced. No matter, a wonderful disc.” Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010

Dutton - CDLX7114

(CD)

$16.50

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