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Recordings and Reviews of Simpson's Works
Reviews may be accessed from the individual recordings, or from the reviews section. Please note that reviews from Fanfare Magazine have disappeared, along with the online version of the magazine, I have restored local versions of most of Martin Anderson's reviews.For convenient navigation, the recordings are organized by genre
String Quartets, Other Chamber Music, Keyboard Music, Music for Brass Ensembles, Symphonies, Concertos, Choral, Arrangements, Forthcoming and Recent Releases
Pearl GEM0023:
String Quartets Nos. 1-3.
Element String Quartet.
String Quartet No. 1, Clarinet Quintet.
Aeolian String Quartet, Bernard Walton (clarinet).
(This performance of the Clarinet Quintet was later released on Unicorn-Kanchana UKCD2028.)
This LP is no longer available.
String Quartet No. 1, String Quartet No. 4.
Delme Quartet.
String Quartet No. 2, String Quartet No. 5.
Delme Quartet.
String Quartet No. 3, String Quartet No. 6.
Delme Quartet.
String Quartet No. 7, String Quartet No. 8.
Delme Quartet.
String Quartet No. 9.
Delme Quartet.
String Quartet No. 10, String Quartet No. 11.
Coull Quartet.
String Quartet No. 12, String Quintet No. 1.
Coull Quartet, Roger Bingley (viola).
String Quartet No. 13, Clarinet Quintet, String Quintet No. 2.
Delme Quartet, Thea King (clarinet), Christopher van Kampen (cello).
String Quartet No. 14, Quintet for clarinet, bass clarinet and string trio,
String Quartet No. 15.
Vanbrugh Quartet, with Joy Farrel (clarinet) and Fiona Cross (bass clarinet).
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Horn Trio, Horn Quartet.
Richard Watkins (horn), Pauline Lowbury (violin), Caroline Dearnley (cello), Christopher Green-Armytage (piano).
Paul Rapoport's review of this disk (from Fanfare Magazine)
Sonata for Violin and Piano, Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano.
Pauline Lowbury (violin), Christopher Green-Armytage (piano),
The Lowbury Piano Trio.
Martin Anderson's review of this disk (from Fanfare Magazine)
String Quintet No. 1, String Quartet No. 12.
Coull Quartet, Roger Bingley (viola).
Quintet for clarinet, bass clarinet and string trio,
String Quartet No. 14, String Quartet No. 15.
Vanbrugh Quartet, with Joy Farrel (clarinet) and Fiona Cross (bass clarinet).
Clarinet Quintet, Symphony No. 3.
Bernard Walton (clarinet), Aeolian String Quartet.
London Symphony Orchestra, Cond. Jascha Horenstein.
(This performance of the Clarinet Quintet was previously released with String Quartet No. 1 played by the Aeolian String Quartet, on Unicorn LP UNS 234.)
This CD is no longer available.
Clarinet Quintet, String Quintet No. 2, String Quartet No. 13.
Delme Quartet, Thea King (clarinet), Christopher van Kampen (cello).
Martin Anderson's review of this disk (from Fanfare Magazine)
Variations and Fugue for Recorder and String Quartet, (with other pieces for recorder and chamber ensembles by various composers).
John Turner (Recorder), the Camerata Ensemble.
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Sonata for Piano, Variations and Finale on a theme of Haydn,
Michael Tippett, his mystery, Variations and Finale on a theme by Beethoven.
Raymond Clarke (piano).
Roderick Swanston's review of this disc (from Classic CD magazine)
Martin Anderson's review of this disk (from Fanfare Magazine)
Eppur si muove, Canzona for Brass, Media Morte in vita sumus, Tempi.
Iain Quinn, organ, Corydon Singers, Corydon Brass Ensemble, Cond. Matthew Best.
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Music for Brass Band - Energy, Four Temperaments, Volcano, Vortex,
Introduction and Allegro on a Bass by Max Reger.
Desford Colliery Caterpillar Band, Cond. James Watson.
Energy (On The World Champions Play Test Pieces for Brass, with other music for brass band by Vinter, and Berlioz arr. Wright).
G.U.S. (Footwear) Band, Cond. Stanley Boddington.
Volcano (recorded live, with other music for brass band by Vinter, Huber, Gregson and Calvert).
John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band, Cond. Major Peter Parkes.
Canzona for Brass (on 'Fanfare: British Music for Symphonic Brass Ensemble' with other works by Bliss, Brian, Benjamin, Elgar, Walton, Tippett, Rubbra and Jacob).
Locke Brass Consort, Cond. James Stobart.
(This CD was previously released as RSA Red Seal LP RL 25081.)
Canzona for Brass, Media Morte in vita sumus, Tempi, Eppur si muove.
Corydon Brass Ensemble, Corydon Singers, Cond. Matthew Best, Iain Quinn, organ.
Energy (on 'Brass from the Masters Vol 1' with other music for brass band by Alwyn, Elgar, Jenkins, Rubbra and Vaughan Williams).
The Williams Fairey Band, Conds. James Gourlay, Bryan Hurdley.
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Deryk Barker's Horenstein Discography lists several unreleased recordings of the first 3 Simpson Symphonies.
Symphonies 1-11 and Variations on a Theme by Carl Nielsen:
CDS44191: Symphonies 1 & 8 (available separately on Hyperion CDA66890);
CDS44192: Symphonies 2 & 4 (available separately on Hyperion CDA66505);
CDS44193: Symphonies 3 & 5 (available separately on Hyperion CDA66728);
CDS44194: Symphonies 6 & 7 (available separately on Hyperion CDA66280);
CDS44195: Symphony No. 9 (available separately on Hyperion CDA66299);
CDS44196: Symphony No. 10 (available separately on Hyperion CDA66510);
CDS44197: Symphony No. 11 & Variations on a Theme by Carl Nielsen (available separately on Hyperion CDA67500).
Symphony No. 1
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Cond. Sir Adrian Boult.
This CD is a re-release of His Master's Voice BLP 1092, a 1956 33 1/3 rpm mono recording that was previously reissued as HMV 20 Series HQM 1010 by EMI in 1966, with Fricker Symphony No. 2. The new CD includes the Fricker symphony along with Orr's Symphony in One Movement.
Symphony No. 2, Symphony No. 4.
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Cond. Vernon Handley.
Also available as CDS44192 as part of the complete Symphonies boxed set.
Karl Nehring's review of this disk (from The $ensible Sound)
Symphony No. 3, Symphony No. 5.
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Cond. Vernon Handley.
Also available as CDS44193 as part of the complete Symphonies boxed set.
Karl Nehring's review of this disk (from The $ensible Sound)
Martin Anderson's review of this disk (from Fanfare Magazine)
Paul Rapoport's review of this disk (from Fanfare Magazine)
Symphony No. 3, Clarinet Quintet.
London Symphony Orchestra, Cond. Jascha Horenstein.
Bernard Walton (clarinet), Aeolian String Quartet.
(This performance of Symphony No. 3 was previously released on Unicorn LP UNS 225. The coupling with the Clarinet Quintet was previously released as Unicorn-Kanchana UKCD2028.)
Symphony No. 3
Oklahoma City Symphony Orchestra, Cond. Ainslee Cox.
This is a live recording of the American premiere performance of the 3rd Symphony, given on 8th December 1974. Also on the CD are two other performances of British music conducted by Ainslee Cox: the New York Premiere of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Symphony No. 7 (Sinfonia Antarctica), given by the American Symphony Orchestra with (unidentified) narrator and soprano and Women’s Chorus on 13th April 1970; and Edward Elgar’s Elegy for Strings Op. 58, given by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. To obtain this CD, contact Theo Van Der Burg at burtw@hro.nl.
Symphony No. 6, Symphony No. 7.
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Cond. Vernon Handley.
Also available as CDS44194 as part of the complete Symphonies boxed set.
Karl Nehring's review of this disk (from The $ensible Sound)
Symphony No. 1, Symphony No. 8.
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Cond. Vernon Handley.
Also available as CDS44191 as part of the complete Symphonies boxed set.
Martin Anderson's review of this disk (from Fanfare Magazine)
Paul Rapoport's review of this disk (from Fanfare Magazine)
Symphony No. 9.
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Cond. Vernon Handley.
Also available as CDS44195 as part of the complete Symphonies boxed set.
Karl Nehring's review of this disk (from The $ensible Sound)
Symphony No. 10.
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Cond. Vernon Handley.
Also available as CDS44196 as part of the complete Symphonies boxed set.
Symphony No. 11, Variations on a theme by Carl Nielsen.
City of London Sinfonia, Cond. Matthew Taylor.
Also available as CDS44197 as part of the complete Symphonies boxed set.
Martin Anderson's review of this disk (from Fanfare Magazine)
Martin Anderson's interview with Matthew Taylor (from Fanfare Magazine)
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Piano Concerto (with Rawsthorne: Piano Concerto No 2*, Concerto for Two Pianos+).
John Ogdon, piano, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Cond. Constantin Silvestri, *BBC Symphony Orchestra, Cond. John Pritchard, +Brenda Lucas, piano, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Cond. John Pritchard.
Andy Jackson's review of this disk
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Media Morte in vita sumus, Tempi, Canzona for Brass, Eppur si muove.
Corydon Singers, Corydon Brass Ensemble, Cond. Matthew Best, Iain Quinn, organ.
Martin Anderson's review of this disk (from Fanfare Magazine)
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Bach/Simpson: Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue).
Delme Quartet.
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Forthcoming and Recent Releases :
In 2006, two recordings of Simpson’s 3rd Symphony were released. First is a re-release, on NMC’s Ancora label (NMC D109), of the Horenstein/London Symphony Orchestra version coupled with the Clarinet Quintet played by Bernard Walton and the Aeolian String Quartet (previously released by Unicorn-Kanchana as UKCD2028). Second is a recording of the American premiere of the 3rd given on December 8th 1974 by the Oklahoma City Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ainslee Cox and released privately by Theo Van Der Burg [www.med.hro.nl/burtw/]. The CD can be obtained by e-mailing burtw@hro.nl. Also in 2006, Hyperion records re-released their pioneering series of complete Simpson Symphonies as a boxed set. Hyperion’s list price for the seven CD boxed set is £48.93, compared to £97.99 for the individual CDs.
A memorial concert was held at Wigmore Hall on July 17 at 7:30 pm to commemorate the life of Ted Perry. Proceeds from the concert went towards funding the last CD in the Simpson symphony cycle. This consists of the London Sinfonia playing Symphony No. 11 and the Nielsen Variations, conducted by Matthew Taylor. The CD was recorded December 11th and 12th 2003, and was released as Hyperion CDA67500 in August 2004. My account of the recording session was published in the Spring 2004 issue of Leading Notes.
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Please note that the reviews by Martin Anderson and Paul Rapoport at the Fanfare Magazine site have disappeared, along with the online version of the magazine. I have restored most of Martin's reviews and hope to put up local versions of the rest in due course.
Roderick Swanston's review of the piano music (Clark/Hyperion CDA66827)
Martin Anderson's review of the piano music (Clark/Hyperion CDA66827)
Martin Anderson's review of the violin sonata and piano trio (Hyperion CDA66737)
Martin Anderson's review of Symphonies 3&5 (RPO/Handley/Hyperion CDA66728)
Martin Anderson's review of Symphonies 1&8 (RPO/Handley/Hyperion CDA 66890)
Martin Anderson's review of the Clarinet Quintet, String Quintet No. 2 and String Quartet No. 13 (Hyperion CDA 66905)
Paul Rapoport's review of Symphonies 1&8 (RPO/Handley/Hyperion CDA 66890)
Paul Rapoport's review of the Horn Trio and Horn Quartet (Watkins/Lowbury/Grean Armytage/Dearnley/Hyperion CDA 66695)
Paul Rapoport's review of Symphonies 3&5 (RPO/Handley/Hyperion CDA66728)
Karl Nehring's review of Symphonies Nos 3&5 (RPO/Handley/Hyperion CDA66728)
Karl Nehring's review of Symphonies Nos 2&4 (BSO/Handley/Hyperion CDA66505)
Karl Nehring's review of Symphonies Nos 6&7 (RLPO/Handley/Hyperion CDA66280)
Karl Nehring's review of Symphony No 9 (RPO/Handley/Hyperion CDA66299)
Martin Anderson's review of this disk (from Fanfare Magazine)
Martin Anderson's interview with Matthew Taylor (from Fanfare Magazine)
Paul James' review of the Symphonies and Quartets
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