Robert Simpson
About Robert Simpson
Robert Simpson (1921-1997) was arguably Britain's most important composer since Vaughan Williams; he was certainly one of the century's most powerful and original symphonists anywhere. He completed 11 symphonies, concertos for violin, piano, flute and cello, 15 string quartets, and two choral compositions. Simpson used those large-scale forms to grapple with particular compositional problems, often with considerable ingenuity. Most employ the structural
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Volcano
Symphony No. 3: I. Allegro ma non troppo
Symphony No. 9: II.
Symphony No. 5: I. Allegro (Live)
Symphony No. 9: III.
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Symphony No. 3: II. Adagio - andante - allegretto
Symphony No. 9: IV.
Symphony No. 9: VII.
Clarinet Quintet: III. Prestissimo
Symphony No. 9: X.
Symphony No. 9: XII.
Symphony No. 9: V.
Symphony No. 9: IX.
Clarinet Quintet: I. Adagio - Allegro ma non troppo
Clarinet Quintet: II. Adagio molto
Symphony No. 9: VIII.
Symphony No. 9: XIII.
Clarinet Quintet: IV. Lento grazioso e tranquillo
Symphony No. 5: IV. Canone 2. Adagio (Live)
Symphony No. 4: I. Allegro Moderato
Symphony No. 9: XI.
Symphony No. 9: XIV.
Symphony No. 5: III. Scherzino. Molto vivace (Live)
String Quartet No. 7: I. Tranquillo –
Symphony No. 5: II. Canone 1. Comodo e tranquillo (Live)
String Quartet No. 7: III. Tempo primo
Symphony No. 9: XVI.
String Quartet No. 7: II. Vivace –
String Quartet no. 8: III. Allegretto grazioso
Symphony No. 9: XVII.
Clarinet Quintet: V. Allegro molto - andantino - poco meno mosso
Symphony No. 5: V. Finale. Molto allegro e con fuoco (Live)
Symphony No. 4: II. Presto
Symphony No. 4: III. Andante
Symphony No.6 (1977) - V.
String Quartet no. 8: I. Grave, molto intensivo
String Quartet No. 2
Symphony No. 4: IV. Allegro Vivace
String Quartet no. 8: II. Molto vivace "Eretmapodites gilletti"
Symphony No.6 (1977) - III.
Symphony No.6 (1977) - VII.
Symphony No.6 (1977) - VIII.
String Quartet No. 8: IV. Risoluto e concentrato
String Quartet No. 5: I. Allegro molto
Symphony No.6 (1977) - VI.
Symphony No. 6: Pt. 1, — (Live)
Symphony No.6 (1977) - IX.
Symphony No. 3: IIa. Adagio
Symphony No.7 (1977) - V.
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