"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)
"Tippett's 3rd Symphony (1972), was conceived as a response to and a commentary on Schiller's Ode to Joy. The 20th century has proven that men are not truly all brothers: acceptance of humanity's dual nature is needed to understand the events of the 20th century. Tippett structures his symphony around Beethoven's Ninth (as well as literally quoting the opening of the Finale), with a sequence of blues numbers with Tippett's own text to replace the Ode. The rest of the symphony is an intriguing alternation of extremely static music with moments of irrepressible energy. Sound quality in this recording is excellent, and the orchestra and vocal soloist perform very well. The other piece on this CD, the Praeludium, is using the same brass complement as Stravinsky's Rite of Spring and is a dramatic and enjoyable piece." (bron: Amazon)
Deze CD (verpakt in een DVD-doos) geeft in vogelvlucht een portret van de Britse componist Tippett. Fragmenten van zeer uiteenlopende composities uit diens gehele loopbaan zijn vrijwel naadloos achter elkaar gezet, leidend tot een interessante inleidende reis van een uur door 's mans oeuvre. Hiervoor is geput uit topopnamen uit de archieven van labels als Chandos, Philips, EMI Classics en Virgin Classics. "A composer who came to music relatively late in life, Sir Michael Tippett has come to be regarded as one of the most original and important British composers of the twentieth century. Tippett brought a highly individual interpretation to twentieth century neo-Classicism, writing in all the principal genres. His compositions are characterized by a strong rhythmic vitality and a complexity of the basically tonal harmonic language, and were a vehicle for the articulation of his personal views of philosophical, social, and personal issues." (Stephen Kingsbury, Allmusic)
De opname, uit 1981, van het Tripelconcert won in 1982 de Gramophone Record Of The Year Award: "Tippett's Triple Concerto, a work of enormous richness and musical satisfaction, is also one that presents formidable problems to performers and recording engineers. The soloists are masterly; but so is the orchestra, which has some passages of the greatest difficulty, and includes such unusual instruments as the bass oboe a beautiful and neglected instrument seldom heard outside the confines of Delius's Dance Rhapsody No. 1. Sir Colin directs it all with an amazing sense of freedom for so closely composed and still novel a work." Op CD werd dat concert aangevuld met de legendarische eerste opname van het Concert voor Orkest, uit 1964, onder dezelfde dirigent.
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