Sir Michael Tippett
Born: 2nd January 1905, London, England
Died: 8th January 1998, London, England
Nationality: English
Sir Michael Kemp Tippett was an English composer who rose to prominence during and immediately after the Second World War. In his lifetime he was sometimes ranked with his contemporary Benjamin Britten as one of the leading British composers of the 20th century. Among his best-known works are the oratorio A Child of Our Time, the orchestral Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli, and the opera The Midsummer Marriage.
Tippett's talent developed slowly. He withdrew or destroyed his earliest compositions, and was 30 before any of his works were published.
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The Menuhin Century - Live Performances and Festival Recordings
Yehudi Menuhin (violin, narrator), Marcel Gazelle (piano), Robert Masters (violin), Derek Simpson (cello), Bath Festival Orchestra, Zürcher Kammerorchester, London Symphony Orchestra, New Friends of Music Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Edmond de Stoutz, Istvan Kertesz, Sir Michael Tippett, Georg Schnéevoigt, Gary Bertini
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British Classical Music Masterpieces
London Brass (woodwinds, brassband), English Brass Consort (brassband, woodwinds), Kevin Bowyer (organ), English Chamber Orchestra (chamberorchestra), Martin Baker (organ), King's Consort (chamberensemble), Andrea Vigh (harp, recordingarranger), The Forbury Consort (chamberensemble), Alan Crumpler (virginals), Jane Watkins (recorder), Joanne Skuse (recorder), Karen Morgan (recorder), Kate Green (recorder), Rhiannon Thomas (recorder), Bela Banfalvi (violin), Budapest Strings (strings), The City of London Chamber Orchestra (chamberensemble), I Musici (chamberorchestra), Clive Driskill-Smith (organ), Budapest Strings Wind Ensemble (woodwinds), Patrick Halstead (baritone), Oscar Chausow (violin), Walter Bergmann (harpsichord), Alfred Deller (vocalist), Robert Evans (bassguitar), Huw Williams (organ), John English (tenor), Sarah Stowe (harpsichord, soprano), Matthew Spring (violadamore), Trinity Baroque (chamberensemble), Kate Hamilton (alto), Simon Turnill (baritone), Rachel Elliott (soprano), Rupert Jennings (tenor), Thomas Guthrie (tenor), Brian Wright (lute), Bernhard Guller (piano), Rupert Gough (organ), Martin Pope (lute), Steven Player (lute), Andrew Crowley (trumpet), Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, 101 Strings Orchestra, Westminster Abbey Choir, Iain Sutherland Concert Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Motettenchor Pforzheim, Südwestdeutsche Barocksolisten, Ambrosian Singers, Kalmar Chamber Orchestra of London, The Linden Singers Of London, Hamburg Radio Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The New York Virtuosi Chamber Symphony, Utah Symphony Orchestra, Salisbury Cathedral Choir, St Paul’s Cathedral Choir, Pro Cantione Antiqua, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Oriana Concert Orchestra, Wells Cathedral Choir, Queens' College Choir, Cambridge, Martin Neary, Walter Susskind, Neil Taylor, Iain Sutherland, Eduardo Mata, Robert King, Rolf Schweizer, Thomas McIntosh, Felix Ayo, Sir Michael Tippett, Stephen Darlington, Johannes Somary, Alexander Faris, Christian Rainer, Kenneth Klein, Maurice Abravanel, David Halls, Malcolm Archer, Julian Podger, Mark Brown, John Gibbons
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111 Choral Masterpieces
London Brass (brassband), English Chamber Orchestra (chamberorchestra), Martin Baker (organ), Georg Stangelberger, Peter Marschik (chorusmaster), Donaldson Bell (bassguitar), Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Jennifer Vyvyan (soprano), Rudolf Petrak (tenor), Salzburg Mozarteum Chorus, Kurt Prestel (piano), Bulgarian National Choir (vocalist), Robert Green (organ), Stuttgart Bach Orchestra (chamberensemble), Rostocker Motettenchor (vocalist), Zeger Vandersteene (tenor), Soloists of the Capella Fidicinia Leipzig, Renate Werner (piano), Jürgen Uhde (piano), Michel Sénéchal (tenor), Pierre Mollet (tenor), Hannelore Michel, Georg Hörtnagel (doublebass), Hans Martin (organ), Huw Williams (organ), John English (tenor), Wells Cathedral School Brass Ensemble (chamberensemble), Rupert Gough (organ), Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim (chamberensemble), Steffi Sieber (soprano), Andrew Lumsden (organ), Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano), Ildikò Raimondi (soprano), Herbert Lippert (tenor), Helmut Wildhaber (tenor), Boris Christoff (bassguitar), Martin Flämig (cantor), Adalbert Kraus (tenor), Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn (chamberensemble), David Swinson (organ), David Briggs (organ), Cologne Pro Musica Vocal and Instrumental Ensemble (chamberensemble), Daniel Cook (organ), John Harper (chorusdirector), Pro Cantione Antiqua (early music ensemble), Motettenchor Pforzheim, Südwestdeutsche Barocksolisten, Regent Chamber Choir, City of London Sinfonia, Westminster Abbey Choir, Norwich Cathedral Choir, Wiener Sängerknaben, London Symphony Orchestra, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Thomanerchor, Spandauer Kantorei, Sofia National Opera Chorus, Sofia National Opera Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Saint Louis Symphony Chorus, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Hereford Cathedral Choir, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart Figural Choir, Capella Fidicinia Leipzig, Vienna Kammerchor, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Jeunesses Musicales, Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, Prague Festival Chorus, Prague Festival Orchestra, Die Meistersänger von Nürnberg, Gächinger Kantorei, Elisabeth Brasseur Choir, Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux, Montreal, Petit Ensemble Vocal, Westminster Cathedral Choir, St Paul’s Cathedral Choir, Utah Symphony Orchestra, Worcester Cathedral Choir, Queens' College Choir, Cambridge, Wells Cathedral Choir, RIAS Kammerchor, RIAS-Sinfonietta, Chorus Viennensis, Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, Amor Artis Chorus, Southwest German Brass Soloists, Choir of King's College, Girl Choristers of Winchester Cathedral, Winchester Cathedral Choir, Choir of Magdalen College Oxford, Moscow Rybin Choir, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Spandau Kantorei, Berlin Bach Collegium, Hugo Distler Chor, Wiener Akademie, Männerchor des Rundfunkchores Berlin, Männerchor des Rundfunkchores Leipzig, Männerchor des Rundfunkorchesters Leipzig, London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Dresdner Kreuzchor, Dresdner Philharmoniker, Figuralchor der Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart, Sindelfingen Youth Choir, South German Madrigal Choir, Orchestra of the Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele, Stuttgart Chamber Choir, The Vicars Choral of Wells Cathedral, The Men and Boys Choir of the Cathedral and Abbey Church of St. Alban, The Choir of Jesus College, The Girl Choristers of Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury Cathedral Choir, Gloucester Cathedral Choir, Poliakin Chorale, Poliakin Orchestra, Stuttgart Vocal Ensemble, Pro Musica Orchestra Stuttgart, Chorus of the Black Sea Cossacks, Gentlemen of the Chapel Royal, The Children of the Chapel Royal, Ambrosian Singers, Kalmar Chamber Orchestra of London, Rolf Schweizer, Gary Cole, Martin Neary, David Dunnett, Mark Brown, Uwe Christian Harrer, Josef Krips, Georgi Robev, Hans-Joachim Rotzsch, Martin Behrmann, Bruno Turner, Emil Tabakov, Rouslan Raichev, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Leonard Slatkin, Nicolae Boboc, Roy Massey, Robert Shaw, Helmuth Rilling, Hartwig Eschenburg, Mogens Woldike, Frigyes Sandor, Pavel Urbánek, Bernd Dietrich, Igor Markevitch, George Little, David Halls, David Hill, Malcolm Archer, Maurice Abravanel, Donald Hunt, John Gibbons, Marcus Creed, Johannes Somary, John McCarthy, Sir David Willcocks, Sarah Baldock, Martin Haselböck, Dietrich Knothe, Jörg-Peter Weigle, János Ferencsik, Wilhelm Keitel, Wolfgang Gonnenwein, Frieder Bernius, Andrew Nethsingha, Barry Rose, Andrew King, Simon Lole, Adrian Lucas, Raoul Poliakin, Johannes Hömberg, Marcel Courand, Sergey Horbenko, Christopher Argent, Richard Popplewell, Stephen Cleobury, Sir Michael Tippett
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Henry Purcell: Essential Works
The City of London Chamber Orchestra (chamberensemble), King's Consort (chamberensemble), Walter Bergmann (harpsichord), Alfred Deller (vocalist), Hampton Court Chapel Brass (chamberensemble), Sarah Stowe (harpsichord, soprano), Matthew Spring (violadamore), George Malcolm (harpsichord), Kalmar Chamber Orchestra of London (chamberorchestra), Wilfred Brown (tenor), Maurice Bevan (baritone, bassguitar), Honor Sheppard (soprano), Mary Thomas (soprano), Andrew Arthur (organ), Anthony Aarons (trumpet), Martin Baker (organ), Paul Trepte (organ), Desmond Dupre (violadagamba, viol), Peter Gibbs (violin), Sir Neville Marriner (violin), Granville Jones (violin), English Consort of Viols (chamberensemble), Mark Deller (vocalist), Elena Polonska (harp), Gerald English (tenor), Owen Grundy (baritone), April Cantelo (soprano), Eileen McLoughlin (soprano), Hampton Court Chapel Choir, Ambrosian Singers, Oriana Concert Choir, Oriana Concert Orchestra, Westminster Abbey Choir, Worcester Cathedral Choir, Worcester Festival Choral Society, Concentus musicus Wien, Thomas McIntosh, Robert King, Gordon Reynolds, Sir Michael Tippett, Martin Neary, Donald Hunt, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
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