"Tippett coached the Lindsay Quartet for these recordings of his first three quartets, and the other two were written for them. In a note written for their twenty-fifth anniversary in 1992 he said that in these recordings they were concerned to establish good precedents in matters of style, so that succeeding generations of interpreters start at an advantage. In fact one of the most enjoyable things about these readings is that they are so very characteristic of the Lindsay Quartet."
Geschreven tijdens WO II en bedoeld als aanklacht tegen het oorlogsgeweld en de jodenvervolging. Muzikaal beïnvloed door The Messiah van Handel en Bachs Mattheus Passion. In plaats van koralen gebruikte hij negro spirituals. Deze versie uit 1958 is de eerste uitgebrachte opname van het werk.
"Hickoxs Tippett cycle goes from strength to strength. The notoriously complex rhythms of this Stravinskian symphony hold no fears for the players of the Bournemouth SO (though admittedly lacking the welcome sense of danger in Colin Daviss pioneering LSO account). And, augmented by saxophones and electric guitars, they revel in the rich sonorities of the suite from Tippetts space-age opera New Year, music all the more enjoyable when distanced from its embarrassing rap element and slangy libretto." (Matthew Rye, BBC Music Magazine)
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