Rachmaninov/Rubbra: Prelude in G-minor (Opus 23/5). Recorded 1959 for Mercury. Plus…

Edmund Rubbra (1901-86)

With thanks to Edward Johnson for much of what follows…

Rubbra’s Fifth Symphony (tracks 2-5). Postscript: Stokowski conducted this work in 1952 with BBCSO.

The Rachmaninov Prelude in question…

Many Happy Returns to Evgeny Kissin, 53 today.

Another Rubbra orchestration…

Also recorded by Philadelphia/Ormandy, for example.