Person · British composer
Robert Simpson
Albums
36
Members
0
Active
1921–1997
Origin
United Kingdom
Biography
Robert Wilfred Levick Simpson (* 2. März 1921 in Leamington Spa; † 21. November 1997 in Tralee, County Kerry, Irland) war ein britischer Komponist und Musikschriftsteller.
Simpsons Vater, Robert Warren Simpson, war Brite; seine Mutter, Helena Hendrika Govaars, kam aus den Niederlanden. Er studierte an der Westminster City School bei Herbert Howells. 1946 heiratete er Bessie Fraser; nach deren Tod 1981 heiratete er 1982 Angela Musgrave, eine Verwandte der Komponistenkollegin Thea Musgrave. Abgesehen von der Musik galt seine große Leidenschaft der Astronomie; er war Mitglied der British Astronomical Association und der Royal Astronomical Society. Er erhielt zahlreiche Ehrungen, so 1952 den Doctor of Music der University of Durham, 1956 die Carl Nielsen Goldmedaille (für sein Buch Carl Nielsen, Symphonist, 1952 veröffentlicht), 1962 die Ehrenmedaille der Bruckner Society of America und 1991 die Namensgebung für den Asteroiden (4788) Simpson. (Wikipedia)
Discography
Symphony No. 3 & Clarinet Quintet
String Quartet No. 7 / String Quartet No. 8
Symphonies 6/7
Symphony No6 / Symphony No7
String Quartet no. 7 / String Quartet no. 8
String Quartet no. 9
String Quartet no. 1 / String Quartet no. 4
String Quartet No 1 / String Quartet No 4
String Quartet no. 2 / String Quartet no. 5
String Quartet No 3 / String Quartet No 6 / String Trio
Energy / Four Temperaments / Vortex / Volcano / Introduction and Allegro on a Bass by Max Reger
Symphony no. 10
Symphony No 10
String Quartet no. 12 / String Quintet
String Quartet No 12 / String Quintet
Symphony no. 2 / Symphony no. 4
Symphony No 2 / Symphony No 4
String Quartet No 14 / String Quartet No 15 / Quintet For Clarinet, Bass Clarinet And String Trio
String Quartet's 14,15 & Two-clarinet quintet
Symphony No 3 / Symphony No 5
Rawsthorne: Piano Concerto no. 2 / Concerto for Two Hands / Simpson: Piano Concerto
Symphony no. 1 / Symphony no. 8
The Complete Solo Piano Music
String Quartet No 13 / String Quintet No 2 / Clarinet Quintet
String Quartet no. 13 / String Quintet no. 2 / Clarinet Quintet
Symphony no. 11 / Variations on a Theme by Carl Nielsen
The Complete Symphonies
The Complete Symphonies
Symphony no. 5 / Symphony no. 6
Clarinet Quintet (1968), String Quartet (1951/52)
String Quartet No. 10 (For Peace) / String Quartet No 11
String Quartet No 2 / String Quartet No 5
String Quartet No 9
Symphony No 3
Symphony no. 9
Symphony No 9
Credits
Symphony no. 1 / Symphony no. 8
Symphonien No. 6 "Pastorale" & No. 8
Symphony no. 4
Symphonies no. 9
Clarinet Quintet / Clarinet Trio
Music for Wind Instruments: Wind Quintet / Serenata in vano / Two Fantasias / Canto serioso / “The Mother”
10 Symphonien
9 Symphonien • Ouvertüren
Beethoven • Schnittke
Beethoven - The Overtures
Cello Sonata / "Arpeggione" Sonata
Clarinet Quintet (1968), String Quartet (1951/52)
Clarinet Sonatas
Die Kunst Der Fuge = The Art Of Fugue
Die Ouvertüren · The Overtures
"Emperor" Concerto = Klavierkonzert Nr. 5 / "Choral" Fantasy = Chorfantasie Op. 80
Mass In E Minor • Libera Me • Zwei Aequale
Piano Concerto No.1
Piano Concerto No. 2 / Choral Fantasy, Op. 80
Piano Concerto No. 3
Piano Concerto No. 4
Piano Concerto No. 5 (Emperor) / Coriolanus
Piano Concerto No. 5 In E Flat, "Emperor"
Piano Music Of Carl Nielsen - Suite / Chaconne / Symphonic Suite / Three Piano Pieces
Pictures At An Exhibition / Symphony For Solo Piano Op. 39
Quintet For Wind Instruments / Variations On A Free Theme For Wind Quintet / Three Short Pieces For Wind Quintet
Requiem In D Minor (1849)
Requiem / Psalms 112 114
Rhapsodies: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 / Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1 / The Moldau / "The Bartered Bride" Overture
String Quartet No. 10 (For Peace) / String Quartet No 11
String Quartet No 12 / String Quintet
String Quartet No 13 / String Quintet No 2 / Clarinet Quintet
String Quartet No 14 / String Quartet No 15 / Quintet For Clarinet, Bass Clarinet And String Trio
String Quartet No 1 / String Quartet No 4
String Quartet No. 2 In F Minor / String Quartet No. 2, Opus 47
String Quartet No 2 / String Quartet No 5
String Quartet No 3 / String Quartet No 6 / String Trio
String Quartet No. 7 / String Quartet No. 8
String Quartet No 9
String Quartets, Op. 127 In E Flat - Op. 135 In F (Vol.8)
String Quartets, Op. 18 No 3 In D - No 4 In C Minor - No 6 In B Flat (Vol.2)
String Quartets: Op 59 No 2 In E Minor - Op 59 No 3 In C)
String Trios (Volume 1)
Symphonien Nos. 1 & 4
Symphonien Nos. 7 & 8
Symphonie No. 3 »Eroica« • »Coriolan«-Ouvertüre
Symphonie No. 6 »Pastorale«, Chor-Fantasie ∙ Meeresstille Und Glückliche Fahrt
Symphonie No. 8 - Te Deum
Symphonie No. 9
Symphonie Nr. 0
Symphonie Nr. 9 D-moll
Symphony No 10
Symphony No.10; Symphony No. 21
Symphony No. 1 / Silence For Strings
Symphony No 2 / Symphony No 4
Symphony No 3
Symphony No. 3 & Clarinet Quintet
Symphony No 3 / Symphony No 5
Symphony No. 4 Romantic = Romantique = Romantische
Symphony No. 4 »The Inextinguishable«