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Rumon Gamba

  • British Tone Poems, Vol. 2 delivers on quality

    Oct 10th, 2019 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Arthur Bliss, BBC Philharmonic, CD Review, Chandos, Classical music, contemporary classical music, Dorothy Howell, Eric Fogg, Eugene Goossens, Frederic Cowen, John Folds, Orchestral music, Patrick Hadley, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Rumon Gamba

    This volume of British Tone Poems features outstanding works by lesser-known composers and lesser-known works by outstanding composers. Either way, it’s a win-win for the listener, especially with these performances. Rumon Gamba and the BBC Philharmonic deliver beautiful and insightful performances of a mixed bag of music. This round features two world-premiere recordings. And the program […]

  • Ruth Gipps Symphonies — Old Fashioned? Well-crafted!

    Mar 9th, 2019 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: BBC National Orchestra of Wales, CD Review, Chandos, Classical music, contemporary classical music, Orchestral music, Rumon Gamba, Ruth Gipps

    The 21st Century seems to be the time for the re-discovery of women composers. Obscurity could result from many factors. Some careers were frustrated by societal conventions, as with Amy Beach. Sometimes race was the issue, as with Florence Price. In the case of Ruth Gipps, it seemed to have been something not uncommon with […]

  • British Tone Poems, Vol. 1 – Luminous English Idylls

    May 22nd, 2017 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: BBC National Orchestra of Wales, CD Review, Chandos, Classical music, contemporary classical music, Frederic Austin, Granville Bantock, Henry Balfour Gardiner, Ivor Gurney, Orchestral music, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Rumon Gamba, William Alwyn

    I’ll start with the bottom line. If you love the music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, Frederic Delius, and Gerald Finzi and want more of the same, buy this disc. The works may not be familiar, but they’ll take you to that same idyllic English countryside as “The First Cuckoo of Spring” or “Egdon Heath.” This […]

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