Robert Simpson
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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
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Symphony No. 3: I. Allegro ma non troppo
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Symphony No. 9: II.
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Symphony No. 5: I. Allegro (Live)
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Symphony No. 9: III.
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Energy
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Symphony No. 3: II. Adagio - andante - allegretto
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Symphony No. 9: IV.
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Symphony No. 9: VII.
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Clarinet Quintet: III. Prestissimo
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Symphony No. 9: X.
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Symphony No. 9: XII.
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Symphony No. 9: V.
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Symphony No. 9: IX.
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Clarinet Quintet: I. Adagio - Allegro ma non troppo
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Clarinet Quintet: II. Adagio molto
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Symphony No. 9: VIII.
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Symphony No. 9: XIII.
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Clarinet Quintet: IV. Lento grazioso e tranquillo
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Symphony No. 5: IV. Canone 2. Adagio (Live)
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Symphony No. 4: I. Allegro Moderato
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Symphony No. 9: XI.
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Symphony No. 9: XIV.
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Symphony No. 5: III. Scherzino. Molto vivace (Live)
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String Quartet No. 7: I. Tranquillo –
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Symphony No. 5: II. Canone 1. Comodo e tranquillo (Live)
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String Quartet No. 7: III. Tempo primo
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Symphony No. 9: XVI.
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String Quartet No. 7: II. Vivace –
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String Quartet no. 8: III. Allegretto grazioso
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Symphony No. 9: XVII.
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Clarinet Quintet: V. Allegro molto - andantino - poco meno mosso
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Symphony No. 5: V. Finale. Molto allegro e con fuoco (Live)
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Symphony No. 4: II. Presto
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Symphony No. 4: III. Andante
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Symphony No.6 (1977) - V.
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String Quartet no. 8: I. Grave, molto intensivo
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String Quartet No. 2
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Symphony No. 4: IV. Allegro Vivace
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String Quartet no. 8: II. Molto vivace "Eretmapodites gilletti"
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Symphony No.6 (1977) - III.
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Symphony No.6 (1977) - VII.
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Symphony No.6 (1977) - VIII.
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String Quartet No. 8: IV. Risoluto e concentrato
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String Quartet No. 5: I. Allegro molto
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Symphony No.6 (1977) - VI.
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Symphony No. 6: Pt. 1, — (Live)
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Symphony No.6 (1977) - IX.
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Symphony No. 3: IIa. Adagio
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Symphony No.7 (1977) - V.
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