Cover of the CD of Edmund Rubbra’s String Quartets 1, 3 & 4. Text is above a modernist painting, blue hues with red dots.

After a brutal week (month? year?), it’s time for an epic lie-down. I love Rubbra’s symphonies and his quartets are also ear candy.

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Rubbra Piano Concerto, Denis Matthews, Malcolm Sargent. More robust than the more recent Hyperion recording. Satisfying, but the Rubbra magic seems more dilute than in the string quartets. #Rubbra, #classicalmusic
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Edmund Rubbra, Piano Concerto in G (his second). Lane, Botstein. A three movement work, a fantasia, a somber movement and a lively finale. Engaging, but the dissonances not as raw as in the string quartets I recently listened to. #Rubbra #classicalmusic

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Rubbra, Sonata for cello and Piano. Just what I might have expected. Music with a spiritual atmosphere, and generous use of functional dissonance. #classicalmusic #Rubbra

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Rubbra, Lyric movement for piano quintet. Dante Quartet. Just as the title indicates, with Rubbra's unique style of harmonic tension. #Rubbra #classicalmusic
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Rubbra, String Quartet No 4, Dante Quartet. This work has an unusual structure. Two movements, has a tranquil beginning before vigorous music unfolds. The second is an extended meditation. I find it wonderfully compelling.
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Rubbra, String Quartet No 2, Dante Quartet. In contrast to the first quartet, the second is in major key, but the texture is, to my ears, similarly tenseA highlight is the third movement cavatina #Rubbra #classicalmusic
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Rubbra, String Quartet No 1, Dante Quartet. A tense, yet lyrical work that is constructed largely from interlocking bits of melody. Lovely, and convincingly performed.
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